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What classified documents has she allegedly shared with Israel's enemies?It is a wonderful accomplishment. It is chilling how liberals - including Jewish liberals - are upset that an Israel-hating antisemite has been removed from a critical committee, with access to highly classified info involving Israel, has been removed from that position.
hate speech by the stupid low IQ Hakeem Negro
That's all Flash does.BRAVO!!!!!!
One racist post after another. Come back for more.
You‘re getting weaker and weaker in your arguments. We cannot afford to have a self-acclaimed Israel-hater on the Foreign Relations Committee. That you would side with an antisemitic Muslim over Jews is a big problem among secular Jews.What classified documents has she allegedly shared with Israel's enemies?
You may not be aware of it, but there are a lot of Republicans who also hate Israel. Maybe some in Congress? As they are just waiting for Jesus to come back? Which will never happen? How long before they do turn against Israel, all of those Republican evangelical conservatives?
Your cognitive, critical thinking, powers are just amazing.^^^ And here is an example of a liberal Jew, defending an antisemite who has lobbied to defund their Iron Dome that protects from Islamic terrorists‘ rocket launches.
As I said, these secular Jews bend over backwards to defend an antisemitic Muslim.
And you insist in not knowing that the US is NEVER going to again, since Obama, do anything to harm Israel with Military help.Your excuses are weak: she’s only PROPOSING that America take action to harm Israel and allow more Jewish children to be killed by her fellow Muslims.
And your excuse that she knew the proposal wouldn’t go anywhere is even a weaker defense.
Thank Gd the Republicans are now in control and won’t risk her presence on the Foreign Relations Committee.
I am angry MTG has not been made to resign considering all the conspiracy theories she hangs on to, and even spits out while working on one of the committees she is in.You‘re getting weaker and weaker in your arguments. We cannot afford to have a self-acclaimed Israel-hater on the Foreign Relations Committee. That you would side with an antisemitic Muslim over Jews is a big problem among secular Jews.
And a lot of Republicans hate Israel, do they? That’s your new defense? The fact is it took a Republican House to kick the Jew-hater off the committee, while the Democrat Committee circled the wagons around the nasty little bitch.
I think you are mentally ill, actually. On one hand, you type post after post defending Israel, and on the other, you are angry that Republicans kicked the most notorious Israel-hater off the Foreign Relations committee.
You are the most extreme example I’ve seen of a Jew who prioritizes his liberalism over his Judaism. SMH.
www.theguardian.com
[ An article to think about ]
But it’s also clear that a lot of Omar’s critics don’t have much of a leg to stand on. Conservatives have been trying to label Omar an anti-Semite since she was elected in November, on the basis of fairly flimsy evidence. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House minority leader, blasted her tweet despite having sent his own tweet accusing prominent Jewish Democrats of trying to “buy” the 2018 election. Trump once told a room full of Jewish Republicans that “you’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money,” adding that “you want to control your politicians, that’s fine.”
The fact that Omar apologized under pressure, and that Trump and McCarthy have never faced real consequences for their use of anti-Semitic tropes, tells you everything you need know about the politics of anti-Semitism in modern America.
This is not to minimize Omar’s offense: Her tweet was ignorant at best, and she was right to apologize. If we’re trying to understand anti-Semitism in American politics, though, we need to be clear-eyed about where all the problems are — and what’s being done to address them.
There are two core truths about this incident. First, Omar’s statement was unacceptable. Second, Republicans going after her — including the president — should spend less time on Democrats and more time dealing with the far worse anti-Semitism problem on the right.
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It’s true that in some cases, all criticism of Israel or AIPAC, even if it’s legitimate, is labeled anti-Semitic — and that’s a real problem. Omar’s faith has made her a particular target, and it’s fair to want to defend her against these smears in the abstract.
But the specifics of Omar’s tweet make things quite different. In the original context — where she was quote-tweeting Greenwald— she says that US lawmakers’ support for Israel is “all” about money. Yes, it’s a Puff Daddy reference, but she’s a member of Congress and maybe should be a little more careful about the implications of what she says:
There are two problems here: First, the tweet isn’t true. The US-Israel alliance has deeper and more fundamental roots than just cash, including the legacy of Cold War geopolitics, evangelical theology, and shared strategic interests in counterterrorism. Lobbying certainly plays a role, but to say that “US political leaders” defending Israel is “all” about money is to radically misstate how America’s Israel politics work (and discount the findings of the scholars who study it).
Second, and more important, totalizing statements like this play into the most troubling anti-Semitic stereotypes. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an infamous early-20th-century Russian forgery, describes a plot by Jewish moneyed interests to subvert and destroy Christian societies through their finances. This in turn draws on longstanding European anti-Semitic traditions that portray Jews as greedy and conniving.
After World War II and the creation of the state of Israel, the conspiracy theory shifted. Anti-Semites started using “Zionist” or “Zio” as a stand-in for “Jewish,” using Jewish activism in favor of the Jewish state as proof that they were right all along about the Jewish conspiracy. David Duke, the former Louisiana state representative and Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, released a YouTube video in 2014 that bills itself as an “illustrated” update of the Protocols. The video features footage of leading Democratic and Republican politicians speaking to pro-Israel groups, with the caption “both are in the grips of Zio money, Zio media, and Zio bankers.”
“Do you really think, in politics, that he who pays the piper doesn’t call the tune?” Duke asks rhetorically.
Omar is, of course, not coming from the same hateful place as Duke is. But by using too-similar language, she unintentionally provides mainstream cover for these conspiracy theories. After her comments, Duke repeatedly defended her, even tweeting a meme that said “it took a Muslim congresswoman to actually stand up & tell the truth that we ALL know” (he rescinded the praise after her apology).
This is not to equate Duke and Omar — which, to be clear, would be absurd — but rather to point out how if you’re not careful when talking about pro-Israel lobbying, you can provide ammunition to some awful people. By saying that US support for Israel is “all” about money, Omar was essentially mainstreaming ideas that have their roots in anti-Semitism, helping make them more acceptable to voice on the left.
What’s more, this kind of sincere willingness to reconsider past comments is characteristic of Omar. She had previously gotten flak for a tweet about Israel “hypnotizing” the world, and recently gave a lengthy and thoughtful apology for the connection to anti-Semitic tropes during an appearance on The Daily Show.
“I had to take a deep breath and understand where people were coming from and what point they were trying to make, which is what I expect people to do when I’m talking to them, right, about things that impact me or offend me,” she told host Trevor Noah.
This is not the kind of behavior you see from deeply committed anti-Semites. Yair Rosenberg, a journalist at the Jewish magazine Tablet who frequently writes about anti-Semitism, argued on Monday that Omar has earned the benefit of the doubt:
This is what it looks like when the system works. A member of Congress says something offensive, most of her party explains why it’s wrong, and then she issues a sincere apology and demonstrates an interest in changing. That is a healthy party dealing with bad behavior in a healthy way.
This is not what you see on the Republican side when it comes to most forms of bigotry — up to and including anti-Semitism.
Take McCarthy, the House minority leader, whose campaign to stigmatize Omar and fellow Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib kicked off this whole incident. Last summer, McCarthy sent a tweet accusing three Democratic billionaires of Jewish descent — George Soros, Tom Steyer, and Michael Bloomberg — of trying to buy the midterm election:
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As many noted at the time, this kind of tweet engages in exactly the kind of Protocols-esque rhetoric that Republicans have condemned Omar for. Yet McCarthy quietly deleted the tweet, with nothing like the level of internal criticism from his own party that Omar has faced.
Around the same time, President Trump claimed that protesters against Brett Kavanaugh were being paid by Soros:
(full article online)
Ilhan Omar’s tweet revealed core truths about anti-Semitism in America
Omar’s tweet was bad. But the Republican reaction was profoundly hypocritical.www.vox.com
I am angry MTG has not been made to resign considering all the conspiracy theories she hangs on to, and even spits out while working on one of the committees she is in.
Exactly what in the world is this Racist, antisemitic woman doing in Congress and having roles in two committees?
And let us not also forget George Anthony D. Santos. Nothing antisemitic about anything he has ever said.
And there are others in the Republican Congress.
Thank you! (It‘s antisemitic, btw.) That poster is twisting himself into a pretzel making excuses for that antisemitic Israel-hater - and he’s Jewish! What I’ve noticed from leftist Jews is that when a conflict involves a Muslim and what is best for Jews, the liberal Jew will side with the Muslim.It's tragically sad, that dems have gone so low that you are claiming someone is anti-sematic simply because they want to keep billionaires from buying elections.
Frankly, that tells me just how anti-sematic you are, if you somehow equate the two.
The Racist is this Hakeem Negro that spews racial hatred almost every time he opens his mouth.That's all Flash does.
Types racist BS from his mighty keyboard.
His misery make me Happy.
So you post an article from the left-wing WaPo condemning Republicans? Color me surprised.
So state it here, right now.The Racist is this Hakeem Negro that spews racial hatred almost every time he opens his mouth.
A stupid low IQ Negro that is full of Socialist hate and is wrong on every issue he address. Typical Democrat dumbass.
No, I am not ok keeping antisemites anywhere in Congress or Committees.YES…. MTG was forced off committee assignments. She was allowed to stay on two, which is the same approach taken toward Antisemite Omar, as MCCarthy never said she couldn’t serve on ANY committees. Just not the one involving Jews and Israel.
And Omar and the Squad, with their lobbying against Israel, are much more dangerous than MTG and her silly conspiracy remark.
You were just fine with MTG being kicked off. But when the antisemite is a Democrat and Muslim, you jump to her defense and make weak excuses for her hatred of Jews and Israel.
Your hypocrisy could not be more stark.
CRT is the teaching of African History and culture.She almost sounds as stupid as the people who don't know that CRT is a moronic cultural Marxism device.
You do not know everything and do not care to know.So you post an article from the left-wing WaPo condemning Republicans? Color me surprised.
What about the rising antisemitism among Democrats? What about how Democrats applaud Tlaib, a vicious antisemite associating with an awful anti-Jew hate group? What about all the so-called Jewish organizations, such as the ADL, who downplay antisemitism among Democrats (like you do), and merely parrot DNC talking points?
Future of Democrats and mainstreaming of antisemitism
IronyCRT is the teaching of African History and culture.
That is how ignorant you choose to be as to what it is.
Wow. You’ve really bought into all the lies. You are so hateful toward Republicans, based on falsehoods and propaganda the Democrats put out, that you would defend antisemites and Israel-haters because you are more driven by your misinformed liberalism.You do not know everything and do not care to know.
Why are YOU parroting someone who is against the Democratic Party?
Enough said.
What exactly do the Republicans stand for besides taking people's rights away?
Taking away programs that poor people depend on ?
Cut healthcare so that Insurance companies can charge people whatever they like? Deny people in need of necessary Health care?
Cut Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid?
Stopping immigration altogether unless it is Europeans, White People coming in.
Cry all you like about the antisemites on the left in the US, as I showed....Republican Party is full of them. The Nazis, the KKK, QAnon, Skinheads,
every White Supremacist group in the country.
I could go on, but......
