“Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been named the 2023 “Anti-Semite of the Year” by a nonprofit watchdog group for her comments about Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Democratic lawmaker defeated Islamist terrorist mastermind and model Gigi Hadid. title.
“While Rep. Tlaib's earned disgrace reflects a long history of anti-Semitism, her comments following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack were particularly unconscionable,” Stop Anti-Semitism said. principle Posted on X Monday.
“She has not only accused Israel of victimhood, but has also accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians and continues to defend the ethnic cleansing of Israel's Jews through genocide. .”
The organization says its purpose is to expose “groups and individuals who support incitement against the Jewish people and the state and engage in anti-Semitic behavior,” and the Michigan Democratic Party continues to criticize Israel. He cited what he was doing.
In October, Tlaib faced backlash when he falsely accused the Israel Defense Forces of bombing a hospital in Gaza, despite evidence that it was actually a Palestinian Islamic Jihad missile that misfired.
“Israel's denial of responsibility cannot be uncritically accepted as fact,” said the Detroit-born Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American elected to Congress, even calling for an independent investigation into the bombing.
“Both the Israeli and U.S. governments have a long history of misleading the public about war and war crimes, including the assassination of Shireen Abu Akre by Israeli forces last year and false claims of weapons of mass destruction that led our country to war in Iraq. have been documented, and without an independent international investigation, we cannot exonerate ourselves,” she said at the time.
In early November, Taib accused President Biden of supporting a “genocide” of Palestinians and warned him. In a video posted on X Voters “won’t forget” that in 2024.
Just days later, she came under fire online for defending protesters who chanted, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
she The chant claimed that Despite the Anti-Defamation League's claim that this is a call for the disappearance of the state of Israel in its current form between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, the call is an “aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence.” It was a call.” The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) also stated that the term literally calls for genocide against the Jewish people.
For defending this hate chant, Tlaib was censured by the House of Representatives, where 22 of her Democratic supporters voted in favor, along with 212 Republicans.
It was later revealed that Tlaib was part of a hidden Facebook group praising Hamas jihadists who have kidnapped and murdered hundreds of civilians in Israel, including at least 39 Americans. Ta.
The founder of the group Palestinian American Congress referred to Israelis as not “real Jews” and questioned whether the Holocaust really happened. fox news.
Most recently, members of the “Squad” raged against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the Jewish state's leader a “genocidal maniac” in a social media post.
The newspaper has reached out to Tlaib's office for comment.
“Stop Anti-Semitism” is a campaign that includes finalist Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and false claims in November that Israel is “the only country in the world that keeps children captive.” Tlaib won the title over model Hadid.
Executive Director Liora Rez said. jerusalem post office All three finalists “demonstrate the depth and breadth of modern anti-Semitism,” the statement said.
However, in announcing Tlaib as the winner, Rez cited Tlaib's status as a member of Congress.
“This is a historically dangerous time for American Jews,” she said.
“With anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes exploding, elected officials cannot add fuel to the fire!”
