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Supporting Hamas is Not Progressive
Hamas stands in violent opposition to everything progressives hold dear: Diversity, equity, and human rights.
“Rashida Tlaib says progressives can’t be pro-Israel, drawing fire from own party,” reported the Times of Israel last year. “Democratic Congress members and Anti-Defamation league censure Michigan lawmaker for saying ‘you cannot claim to hold progressive values yet back Israel’s apartheid.’”
“I want you all to know that among progressives, it’s become clear that you cannot claim to hold progressive values, yet back Israel’s apartheid government, and we will continue to push back and not accept that you are progressive except for Palestine.” Rep. Tlaib made the comments during an online discussion hosted by American Muslims for Palestine.
“In one sentence, [Tlaib] simultaneously tells American Jews that they need to pass an anti-Zionist litmus test to participate in progressive spaces even as she doubles down on her antisemitism by slandering Israel as an apartheid state,” tweeted Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
Moreover, Rep. Rashida Tlaib is considering one narrow view of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict — a land dispute. Setting aside for a moment the extremely complex and long-running contest over land rights in the Middle East — which is 75 years old by modern standards…