Much was made of Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie being the lone vote against a House resolution condemning anti-Semitism and violence against Jews in America.
And not without justification. Massie's vote comes as no surprise as he has also voted against funding Holocaust education and Israel's Iron Dome. As stupid as Massie's vote is at least we know where he stands.
The same cannot be said of some of the 420 Congressmen who voted in favor of the resolution which in part "calls on elected officials, faith leaders, and civil society leaders to use their bully pulpit to condemn and combat any and all manifestations of antisemitism."
Indeed, a day before the passage of the resolution against anti-Semitism, seven Democratic Congressmen saw fit to lend their support to an anti-Semitic resolution.
Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib, a member of The Squad, introduced a resolution calling upon the United States to recognize Israel's creation as a catastrophe or "Nakba" as the Palestinians like to call it. Nakba coincides with the anniversary of Israel's founding. Joining Tlaib in support of her resolution were fellow Squad members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Cori Bush of Missouri along with Congresswomen Marie Newman of Illinois and Betty McCollum of Minnesota. Surprisingly, Squad member Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts did not sign on in support of the resolution (at least not as of this writing).
Tlaib's resolution, in part, calls upon the United States to "commemorate the Nakba through official recognition and remembrance". Of course, Nakba is inherently anti-Semitic as it singles out Israel. The seven Congressmen do not consider the establishment of any other country in the world as a catastrophe. Many events commemorating Nakba promote hatred and explicitly call for violence against Jews - exactly the sort of thing the Resolution against anti-Semitism condemns. As such their support for the Resolution against anti-Semitism is meaningless.
Nakba's aim and objective is to for Palestinian refugees to return and effectively dismantle Israel out of existence. There is nothing peaceful about this objective. As I noted earlier this month, Palestinian refugees are different from every other refugee in the world as they exist in perpetuity. One can be born and raised in the United States and be elected to Congress like Tlaib and still be deemed a refugee.
Fortunately, this resolution is unlikely ever to come to the House floor for a vote. But I suspect that Tlaib will keep introducing this resolution in Congress on or around May 14th and with every year she will get more support. And if we are not careful Nakba could become official U.S. foreign policy.
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