Since the days of the Obama Presidency, the Democrats have displayed a proclivity for antisemitism.
They championed the
Palestinian cause, abandoning the US’s only true ally and pluralistic
democracy in the Middle East, Israel.
President Barack Obama refused to meet with then-Israeli Premier Benjamin
Netanyahu during his March 2015 stay in Washington.
A snub of such magnitude was a clear indication that Obama and his
administration had little regard or respect for Israel, its history, and the
plight of the Jewish people.
This has been the case with most Democrats.
But they know they cannot be antisemitic.
Hence they often resort to dog whistles often claiming they are anti-Zionist or against Israeli
policies but not antisemitic.
The Democrats are usually silent after terror attacks on Israel.
They may issue official statements but that’s all.
The left frequently compared the Republicans to Nazis, which is a
shameful trivialization of the darkest chapters in human history. It is also
the equivalent of Holocaust denial by euphemizing the Nazis.
Socialist Bernie Sanders was
raised Jewish and was once sympathetic toward Israel. However, in
recent times, he has been pro-Palestinian, perhaps to
appease the antisemitic base. He has frequently brushed aside the antisemitism
of his lawmaker colleagues.
It’s not only the left in the US, the left in the UK has also been rabidly
antisemitic.
Now for the 'Squad'.
Just yesterday, the leader of the 'squad', Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) posted a tweet where she decried
antisemitism.
This surprised many.
"The Squad," which includes Palestinian-American Rashida Talib and Somalian-American Ilhan Omar is blatantly antisemitic.
Omar and Tlaib, both pro-Palestine Democratic lawmakers, have come
under fire several times for sharing anti-Semitic tropes.
In 2012, Omar tweeted
'Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see
the evil doings of Israel.' During an interview
on CNN in 2019, Omar defended her 2012 tweet, claiming it wasn’t against the
Jewish people but the ‘military action by a government that has exercised
really oppressive policies'.
Tlaib accused Israel of being an "apartheid state"
https://twitter.com/RepRashida/status/1488973923320487943
The Squad, particularly Omar and Talib have supported the
notorious Boycott,
Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) against Israel. AOC signed on as a
co-sponsor of Ilhan Omar's resolution defending BDS.
The Squad opposed funding of Israel's Iron Dome, and AOC famously ‘wept’ to apologize for her ‘present’ vote.
Iron Dome is a mobile all-weather air
defense system designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and
artillery shells fired from distances of 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) to 70 kilometers
(43 mi) away and whose trajectory would take them to an Israeli-populated area.
The Squad’s opposition showed how little regard they have for the the
people of Israel who are surrounded by hostile countries and terror groups that frequently fire rockets
and missiles into Israel.
Ilhan Omar compared Israel and the US to Hamas and the Taliban.
https://twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1401985884191404041
Talib was so overcome by her antisemitism that she attacked her
Democrat colleagues for supporting Israel claimed: “you cannot claim to hold
progressive values, yet
back Israel’s apartheid government.”
Back in May, Tlaib and a handful of progressive Democrats introduced a resolution on Monday referring to Palestinian Arabs as the “indigenous inhabitants” of Israel and endorsing the Palestinian right of return, one of the most sensitive issues in Israeli-Palestinian relations. The resolution was co-sponsored by AOC, Omar, Betty McCollum (D-MN), Marie Newman (D-IL), Cori Bush (D-MO), and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY).
Back in August, Tlaib urged the Biden administration to "hold Israel accountable".
Omar condemned the Biden Administration's plan for an arms
sale to the Israeli government claiming that “the United States should not stand
idly by while crimes against humanity are being committed with our backing.”
Back to AOC’s tweet.
In addition to pointing out how it's "harmful +
dangerous" to Jews, AOC also mentioned it's "to our collective
society at large."
AOC concluded her tweet with a call to reject antisemitism, whenever
we see it. She even included a dustbin emoji to make it obvious that she was
absolutely serious about her claims.
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1579295827574788096
Many on social media were quick to point out AOC’s dual standards
It began with Senator Ted Cruz
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1579518179902394368
Others jumped in as well
https://twitter.com/RebeccaRoseGold/status/1579459048755593217
https://twitter.com/FiveTimesAugust/status/1579302056967671808
AOC's condemnation didn't emanate from what was said but rather on the basis of who said it.
Her target was Kanye West.
Rapper Kanye West came under fire for a vile antisemitic tweet where
he essentially declared war on Jewish people.
'I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death con 3
On JEWISH PEOPLE,'
AOC via her condemnation was merely scoring political points because Kanye West, has
expressed support for President Trump.
By condemning and highlighting Kanye’s antisemitism, AOC is
attempting to push the old Democrat narrative that Donald Trump and Republicans
are Nazis or perhaps Nazi sympathizers.
It is such a shame that the likes of AOC who claim to be brimming
with empathy for persecuted individuals, need a partisan crutch to condemn attacks
on one of the world’s most persecuted minorities – the Jewish people.
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