Scarcely a couple of days after voting in favor of a resolution calling upon "elected officials, faith leaders, and civil society leaders to use their bully pulpit to condemn and combat any and all manifestations of antisemitism", New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez manifested some anti-Semitism of her own.
In an Instagram video released this morning, AOC claimed, without evidence, that Israel was responsible for killing al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh last week:
I think it's really important for us to have eyes on what happened with Shireen Abu Akleh in Palestine, she was killed by Israeli forces — A venerated journalist, a US citizen. We can't allow this stuff to be happening with our resources. Our tax dollars are a part of this...we can't even get healthcare in the US, and we're funding this. There has to be some sort of line that we draw.
AOC doesn't know this for a fact. While it is possible that Akleh was killed by Israeli forces it will be impossible to prove unless the Palestinian Authority turns over the bullet for forensic analysis. Alas, the Palestinian Authority will not cooperate in any investigation. If the Palestinians are so sure Israel is responsible for Akleh's death then why are they withholding it?
But AOC isn't interested in facts any more than Trump supporters who claim the election was stolen are. The objective of AOC's statement is to enflame and promote hatred of Israel and consequently hatred of Jews. When AOC says "we can't even get healthcare in the US" she is holding Jews solely responsible for this state of affairs even though one has nothing to do with the other. Expressions of such attitudes will invariably lead to violence against Jews and perhaps this violence will be committed by her own constituents.
And just what if it turns out Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by a Palestinian? Will AOC apologize? Absolutely not. Because her objective is to dismantle Israel and do so by any means necessary.
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