Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, a member of the far-left Squad, is facing criticism after it was revealed that she would host a congressional event to mark the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe), a term used by Palestinians to refer to the creation of the Jewish state.
The event at the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday features numerous anti-Israel organizations as cosponsors, including the radical Emgage Action and Americans for Justice in Palestine Action. The invitation for the function, which lists Tlaib as a special guest, accuses Zionist militias and the new Israeli military of having violently expelled approximately three-quarters of all Palestinians from their homes and homeland in what became the state of Israel.
In response to the announcement, officials and groups slammed the congresswoman. The Republican Jewish Coalition noted that the antisemitic Democrat Tlaib would be hosting the event, highlighting how These are the ascendant anti-Israel voices in the Democratic Party, and House Democrats continue to pathetically coddle them.
Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel wrote, Rashida Tlaib, who has repeatedly used antisemitic tropes, is hosting an event to attack Israel with groups that defend terrorism and support the antisemitic BDS movement. This is outrageous. We condemn this completely. Republicans stand with Israel!
Philanthropist Adam Milstein accused Tlaib of using the US Congress to promote her anti-Israel extremism through the event. The Democrats dont even try to hide their hate anymore, one Twitter user noted.
Last week, Tlaib was fact-checked by Twitters new Community Notes system after she objected to a bipartisan trip to Israel. Tlaib, who has expressed antisemitic views and has been barred from Israel due to her support for the boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement, was reacting to a tweet by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was warmly received in Israel last week.
After the radical legislator claimed that apartheid Israel was born out of violence and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, she was promptly fact-checked by the Community Notes system, which uses crowdsourcing from a variety of viewpoints rather than outsourcing to third-party organizations (many of which have a partisan bias).
The Community Notes accurately pointed out that Israel was officially created by a UN resolution, and not violence though Palestinian Arabs and surrounding Arab states tried to crush the state in its infancy.
Tlaib often finds ways of bringing Israel and the Palestinians into matters, even when only discussing local issues. Last year, former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon accused the progressive Squad member of espousing pure hate and antisemitism. The Squad has a history of antisemitic charges and has been accused of repeated attacks on Israel while ignoring the plight of Palestinians at the hands of Hamas or Afghans under Taliban control.
Previously, Tlaibs campaign was reported to have paid $170,000 to an anti-Israel activist who has called for defunding the police on multiple occasions. After she participated in an anti-Israel conference with purported terrorist ties as well as having retweeted a slogan calling for the elimination of the Jewish State, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) urged his colleagues across the aisle to join him in calling for Tlaibs immediate removal from all congressional committees.
The radical Squad member has long supported emptying all federal prisons and has scolded President Joe Biden for not enacting Green New Deal-like policies into law while calling for Congress to pass the Presidents Build Back Better Plan and eliminate the filibuster. Despite being in the top ten percent of income earners, Tlaib has demanded taxpayers pay off her student loans.
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