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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has stirred controversy by bashing President Joe Biden for defending Israel amid the crisis currently engulfing the Middle East’s lone democratic nation.
In a tweet posted Wednesday afternoon, she aimed fury at Biden for having issued a statement earlier that afternoon in defense of Israel and its “right to defend itself.”
“Blanket statements like these w/ little context or acknowledgement of what precipitated this cycle of violence – namely, the expulsions of Palestinians and attacks on Al Aqsa – dehumanize Palestinians & imply the US will look the other way at human rights violations. It’s wrong,” she wrote.
“By only stepping in to name Hamas’ actions – which are condemnable – & refusing to acknowledge the rights of Palestinians, Biden reinforces the false idea that Palestinians instigated this cycle of violence. This is not neutral language. It takes a side – the side of occupation,” she added.
Look:
Blanket statements like these w/ little context or acknowledgement of what precipitated this cycle of violence – namely, the expulsions of Palestinians and attacks on Al Aqsa – dehumanize Palestinians & imply the US will look the other way at human rights violations. It’s wrong. https://t.co/afCgoGdiMG
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 12, 2021
By only stepping in to name Hamas’ actions – which are condemnable – & refusing to acknowledge the rights of Palestinians, Biden reinforces the false idea that Palestinians instigated this cycle of violence.
This is not neutral language. It takes a side – the side of occupation.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 12, 2021
The tweet provoked both praise and backlash.
On one hand, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, a fierce critic of Israel, praised the Democrat lawmaker for finally standing up to Biden for a change:
This is how you criticize politicians who matter and wield power over US policy toward Israel. US policy toward Israel and Palestine rests with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Antony Blinken. They’re who are responsible:https://t.co/rFpRVs2NZu
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 12, 2021
A few other high-profile left-wing figures, all of them members of the mainstream press, followed Greenwald’s lead.
Look:
Good to see AOC training her fire on the Biden administration – where power on this lies https://t.co/dT01PHU03u
— Ross Barkan (@RossBarkan) May 12, 2021
.@AOC is on point. She is a leader who cares and has conviction. https://t.co/T0If3DdGjM
— Wajahat “Not Fasting” Ali (@WajahatAli) May 12, 2021
That being said, the praise was fairly muted compared to the avalanche of outrage that erupted from pro-Israel conservatives who understand that Israel is America’s number one ally and only real democracy in the Middle East.
Pro-Israel conservatives also seemed to boast a better understanding of the current crisis, which was reportedly triggered by a group of Palestinian residents refusing to pay rent to the Jewish owners of their homes.
Jewish people originally owned the homes, but after Israel lost control of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood during the War of Independence in 1948, Arab families settled in the neighborhood and took over. But once Israel reacquired control of the territory, ownership of the homes was rightly restored to the original Jewish owners.
Instead of evicting the families there, the Jewish owners offered them a choice — either accept a $15 million settlement for their homes or pay rent. Because of pressure from the Palestinian Authority, the terrorist-aligned nationalist group that rules over the Palestinian people, the residents were barred from doing either.
“We now have to choose between a death sentence for Arab landowners who sell land to Jews or living on the street,” one resident told the Jewish Press, describing how the PA has been threatening their lives if they cooperate with the Jewish owners.
This left the owners with no other option but to pursue eviction through the courts. Israel’s Supreme Court had been slated to issue a final ruling on the matter this week, and that’s a large part of what caused a crisis to unfold in Israel.
Below is an explanation:
🔴WATCH: What’s really happening in Gaza
The media isn’t painting an accurate picture pic.twitter.com/LL4riat4eH
— Israel Advocacy Movement (@israel_advocacy) May 13, 2021
The crisis specifically erupted because angry Palestinians allegedly started launching rockets into Israel and attacking Israelis. This prompted Israel to fire back in self-defense, and thus the crisis escalated to the point that it’s now a full-blown conflict.
Based on Ocasio-Cortez’s tweets, it seems she lacks a fundamental understanding of the dynamics playing out in Israel. In fairness to the New York lawmaker, prior to getting elected in 2018, she herself admitted in an interview, “I am not the expert on geopolitics on this issue,” i.e., the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
No kidding?
Allow me to quote @AOC on this issue: “I am not the expert on geopolitics on this issue … Middle Eastern politics is not exactly at my kitchen table every night.” CLEARLY. Please feel free to take your advice @StandWithUs @RozRothstein @ActForIsrael @elderofziyon @benshapiro https://t.co/Gtrx4RmMXz
— Shahar Azani (@ShaharAzani) May 13, 2021
For a comprehensive history lesson, she may want to consider reading the tweets below and taking some notes.
So the icon of the American left thinks that Israel doesn‘t have the right to defend itself against massive rocket attacks by an Islamist terror organization supported and armed by Iran https://t.co/o4B4TMUs8a
— Clemens Wergin (@clemenswergin) May 12, 2021
Congresswoman, you are literally justifying terrorist groups firing rockets targeting Israeli men, women and children. Nothing caused them to commit these war crimes.
If you are progressive, why do you side with Hamas which just urged Arabs to “cut off the heads of the Jews”? https://t.co/l17QFwdKMW
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 12, 2021
@AOC, you whitewashed the firing by Hamas and Islamic Jihad of more than a thousand rockets targeting Israeli civilians by saying that these were “precipitated”—which means caused—by other events.
These are the people you support. Shame on you, @AOC.https://t.co/tn9aW0s8sU
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 12, 2021
“We Israelis learn from a young age that our blood is cheap. Our murders go unreported and unmourned by the media and those who want to preserve a one-sided narrative about Israel.” via @HenMazzig
— Fred Menachem (@FredMenachem) May 12, 2021
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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.
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