In a heated exchange on social media, Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, launched a scathing attack on Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Monday, accusing her of promoting baseless accusations and knowingly defaming Israel at a time when anti-Jewish hate crimes are on the rise.
Greenblatt’s criticism came in response to a tweet shared by Tlaib, wherein she claimed that Israeli forces were obstructing ambulances from reaching wounded Palestinians following a reported death toll of at least eight people in Jenin. Tlaib went on to call for an end to funding the alleged “violent Israeli apartheid regime.” Greenblatt promptly replied to her tweet, stating, “Even for @RashidaTlaib, the level of dishonesty here is truly staggering.”
“For starters, it’s a complete fiction. But equally important, this was a targeted action against armed terrorists who brutally murdered innocents, recklessly hid weapons under a mosque and intentionally located their ops center next to a school,” Greenblatt wrote.
“But when members of congress knowingly slander the Jewish state in a time of rising anti-Jewish hate, they should be held accountable for fanning the flames and endangering Jewish people everywhere.”
This fiery exchange on Twitter between Greenblatt and Tlaib highlights a growing divide within the American left, as both individuals are perceived as aligned with the Democratic Party. Greenblatt, a former member of the Obama administration, and Tlaib, who made history as one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress in the 2018 midterms and has Palestinian heritage, represent opposing perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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If you read Al Jazzeria you will get the exact same picture. Israel just went on a rampage kicking civilians out of their houses, shooting into hospitals and homes, destroying roads and infrastructure, killing and injuring innocent people. And each article is prefaced by Jenin occupied territory. Then they always manage to throw in how since the Nakba in 1953 when the Palestinians were driven from their ancestral lands Istrael is chasing them out again. of course they don’t write why Israel is going in there in the first place and no mention of the terrorist attacks..
somebody should remind tlaib that she was elected to represent michigan, not ramallah.
“Tlaib… who has Palestinian heritage” – Why are you perpetuating this lie?!
There is no such thing as Palestinian heritage.
There was never a Palestinian state or nation EVER in history other than the Plishtim (Philistines) in Biblical times. Mark Twain described Israel as a desolate country with a sparse population. There was a Jewish and Arab presence then but no rule. When Jews began settling and developing Israel, more Arabs came to the region seeking employment. Until the end of WWI, the Ottoman Turks ruled Israel. Should the local population in Israel have been called Turks?! They were not, but they certainly were not called Palestinians either – not the local Jews, or the Arabs. After the Turks’ exit, Britain was given a temporary mandate to govern what they called Palestine. In the UN’s Partition Plan, the country was to be divided into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The State of Israel declared its independence (I speak historically, not as a Zionist, which I am not) but the Arabs did not declare statehood. Instead, they went to war in protest. The part that they captured was called Transjordan, never Palestine, so should those Arabs be called Jordanians?
Palestine was a fictitious entity created in the mind of Yasser Arafat and his co-terrorists – a state that never existed – that needed to be “liberated” from the “occupation”. When you go to war, there are 2 options. You win, or you lose. The Arabs tried it a number of times. If you lose, there are consequences.
I don’t know what Tlaib’s roots are, but “Palestine” is not her heritage.
Shloimebaruch – is there a difference between Michigan and Ramallah? I think that is how she was elected. Alligator tears and all.