Wait. Joshua's Zeitz's tweet seems to align with Tlaib's (AIPAC) criticism. Is he making a broader attack on her other stuff?
hard to tell them apart?
Wait. Joshua's Zeitz's tweet seems to align with Tlaib's (AIPAC) criticism. Is he making a broader attack on her other stuff?
YupIts like i am taking crazy pills. The israeli lobby is well known.
I think the very idea that lobbyists can donate to governments and super paks can be used to discretely donate money to governments is just insane. It's insane and ripe for corruption. How the fuck is this legal?
There is the smart way of discussing things and bringing to light the problematic things that AIPAC does, and then there's the dumb as fuck way to do it. She chose the latter. How can she not realise the words she chose to use could get the reactions that they did? Even for many who absolutely can not stand what AIPAC does, her insinuating that Jewish money is the reason American politicians behave the way they do, is too damn reminiscent of the bigoted conspiracies of secret Jewish cabals controlling the world. It also ignores the geopolitical and religious reasons why Israel garners the level of support it does, making it seem as if money is the only factor.
She's smart and she should know better than to make such a tweet like that.
Because the world is not simply 1's and 0's. There's a lot more to this than being right, including how to say that without coming off as being antisemitic. You can't just say things like that in our complicated world on complicated subjects on top of which she's a female Muslim congresswoman, who is already at a disadvantage in the system. Giving ammunition so the GOP can paint her as antisemitic won't help anyone, which is why politicians need to be skilled at not giving soundbites that will be used against them.
This. She is going to tweet and talk herself out of Congresss.
Only if we as Americans allow it. I think people underestimate the leeway that Congresspersons are given for making genuinely terrible statements, and overestimate how much of the general public supports Israel or anti-BDS legislation.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...-u-s-liberals-millennials-and-women-1.6594182
This Economist/YouGov poll taken just before midterms showed that younger voters, liberals, African Americans, and women increasingly do not view Israel as an ally. Overall the numbers have dropped among all demographics, but specifically the ones who go out and vote for a female Muslim congresswoman.
The media and right wing attacks on Omar are going to land with the impact of a wet fart. The new democratic coalition doesn't really care about upsetting the old order. This new indifference is why the anti-BDS legislation exists in the first place. There is no populist way forward for Israel to maintain the status quo, only the lobbyist way.
This time however, there seems to be some bipartisanship, because if there's one thing everyone can agree on in US politics, is to support AIPAC's bullshit, and tell women of color to shut the fuck up.Asked to clarify what he meant by his first tweet, Zeldin denied it had anything to do with Omar's religion or gender. "Congressman Zeldin is referring to empowering/elevating pro-BDS, anti-Israel, pro-Maduro, etc., including asking for leniency for ISIS fighters," spokeswoman Katie Vincentz wrote in an email, referring to the boycott, divestment and sanction movement and socialist Venezuelan President Nicolรกs Maduro. Zeldin tagged Omar in the tweet with the anti-Semitic voicemail because he wanted to know "if his pro BDS, anti Israel colleague disagreed with it," Vincentz continued.
Zeldin's claims about Omar's political stances are baseless. She has praised the boycott movement but also questioned whether it is an effective way to achieve an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. She opposes legislation that would criminalize the constitutionally protected act of participating in a boycott. Supporting the BDS movement is not equivalent to being anti-Semitic or anti-Israel. She has urged against a "U.S. backed coup in Venezuela" but has not supported Maduro. And the claim that she has pushed for leniency for ISIS fighters โ a narrative spread by far-right conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl โ is based on a letter she wrote to a judge in 2016 suggesting rehabilitation instead of long prison sentences for a group of radicalized young men who were convicted of trying to join ISIS but never made it to a combat zone.
Probably not, because they will all be dead or dispersed. It will be more akin to native americans where it has taken 150 years for any recognition and most people still don't give a shit.Future generations will see Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people and everyone who supported them or were indifference towards it as bad as we see Nazism or the apartheid today. Just wait. Good for her for speaking up. If more politicians around the world spoke for Palestinians and denounced Israel's criminal actions, then perhaps things would be different.
Does it matter though?Future generations will see Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people and everyone who supported them or were indifference towards it as bad as we see Nazism or the apartheid today. Just wait. Good for her for speaking up. If more politicians around the world spoke for Palestinians and denounced Israel's criminal actions, then perhaps things would be different.
As a fellow Jew, I couldn't agree more.As a Jewish person, I loathe how successful Israeli foreign lobbying efforts have been at equating "anti-Bibi" with "anti-Israel" with "anti-Semitic".
And that's your next president.
You see Native Americans don't have a country being attacked by Muslims so it's not the same at all.
I mean, she came out in support of Maduro, so clearly she's okay with brutal, murderous heads of state as long as they identify as leftists.They hate her because she's a woman.
They hate her because she's black.
They hate her because she's Muslim.
There is NO way on Earth she could have framed it without being pilloried by all sides for being an anti-Semite because that is how pervasive and pernicious the pro-Netanyahu/anti-Palestine lobby is. You know, the thing she's complaining about?
But congrats to all the people who are so woke that they're carrying water for a murderous Apartheid state.
Bingo. And it works. Because we're a country of idiots. This is exactly how AIPAC keeps getting what it wants.It seems like any criticism of Israel these days is called anti Semitic
I mean, she came out in support of Maduro, so clearly she's okay with brutal, murderous heads of state as long as they identify as leftists.
I mean, she came out in support of Maduro, so clearly she's okay with brutal, murderous heads of state as long as they identify as leftists.
She blamed the US for the issues there, called the Venezuelan opposition to Maduro "the far-right", and gave passive support to Maduro by citing nations backing him. She also used typical Maduro propaganda talking points to dismiss criticism.She came out in support of Maduro or like Bernie Sanders came out in support of non intervention. Two different things
She can do whatever she wants. It's not about allowing her to do or not do things. It's about calling her a shitty hypocrite when she's being a hypocrite.Oh shit I guess that means that she isn't allowed to ever criticise AIPAC.