WASHINGTON (JNS) – Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is scheduled to be on a panel about anti-Semitism with other figures who have themselves engaged in anti-Semitism.
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The Dec. 15 webinar, “Dismantling Anti-Semitism, Winning Justice: A Panel Discussion,” also features others engaged in anti-Semitic rhetoric, including Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill and the University of Illinois at Chicago professor Barbara Ransby.
Hill was fired as a CNN as a contributor in 2018 for calling for “a Free Palestine From the River to the Sea.”
Controversial journalist Peter Beinart is also slated to participate in the program. While he has not engaged in anti-Semitism though, Beinart, who is Jewish and whose parents were Jewish immigrants from South Africa, has called for the end of Israel as a Jewish state.
In response to a tweet asking what makes him qualified to be on such a panel, Hill wrote, “… I’m genuinely curious to know why you constantly question my qualifications. You’ve publicly stated multiple misstatements about my background, training, etc. I’m excited to be a part of this event. I think standing up against antisemitism is critical and necessary.”
Tlaib retweeted Hill’s post and added, “We all are standing against all forms of hate + bigotry. When it comes to standing up for Palestinian rights & human dignity, our intentions are questioned even though we probably are some of the biggest fighters against antisemitism. This is an attempt to police and silence us.”
Tlaib, who supports the anti-Israel BDS movement and was easily re-elected this month to a second term as the representative from Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, has met with supporters of terrorist organizations, made controversial statements on the Holocaust and has endorsed the end of Israel as a Jewish state.
More recently, she made a controversial comment regarding Joe Biden’s expected nomination of Tony Blinken, who is Jewish, to be his secretary of state. Tlaib tweeted on Sunday, “So long as he doesn’t suppress my First Amendment right to speak out against Netanyahu’s racist and inhumane policies. The Palestinian people deserve equality and justice.”
The big question is, how many anti Israel Jew haters will biden appoint, he already picked one, the horse faced traitor kerry.
SAD DAYS ARE COMING TO AMERICA!!!
All supoorted and endorsed by the democrat party. Nasty pelosi not only endorsed the Jew haters tlaib and omar in their primaries, she donated to their campaign.
MICHIGAN CERTIFIES BIDEN!
OTS OVER FOR TRUMP!
I understand the need to be vigilant against anti-Semites in the Democratic Party. As a Democrat, I am horrified by the election and political rise of people whose positions threaten my rights and even my existence as a Jew and Zionist. I applaud those who stand up against them.
HOWEVER, and it is a very big however, I cannot understand why these same people remain silent or offer excuses when there are anti-Semites and anti-Zionists in the Trump administration and elected Republicans.
I don’t know if Tlaib is a greater anti-Semite than Marjorie Taylor Greene or Loraine Boebert, two Republican supporters of the anti-Semitic conspiracy Qanon (and who were publicly endorsed by Trump) who recently won election to Congress or Darren Beattie, a Trump speechwriter who was fired because he attended White Nationalist conference (and who was just recently appointed by Trump – wait for it) to a Holocaust commission.
How about we leave politics aside and confront anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism whenever and wherever they show up? How about we not argue whether people are anti-Semites or ant–Zionists just because they espouse policies that we disagree with especially when there are millions of committed – even frum – Jews both here and in Israel who agree with them?
Anti-Semites and anti-Zionists are real and dangerous. Calling them out rather than calling those we merely disagree ugly names is far more productive.
Curious what her thoughts on the last Palestinian elections are. What about her thoughts on the next one?