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NEW GENERATION OF DEMOCRATS NOT FANS OF ISRAEL


AOC, A LEADING ULTRA-PROGRESSIVE, CRITIQUES THE GAZA WAR AND US AID TO ISRAEL;
DISMISSING HER OVERLOOKS THE NEW GENERATION SHE REPRESENTS WITH DISTINCT VIEWS
ON ISRAEL

Tzippy Shmilovitz|01.07.24 | 10:59
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On Sunday, October 8, when many parts of Gaza were still under the control of
Hamas militants, a massive protest was held in Times Square, which turned out to
be the first major demonstration against Israel in the U.S. and Western
countries. The protest, supported by an organization called DSA (Democratic
Socialists of America), one of the most extreme left-wing movements in the U.S.,
attracted around a thousand participants.
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Some justified the Hamas attack with signs like "Resist in every way," while
others defiled Israeli flags. Amidst widespread condemnations, one stood out.
"The things seen at this protest are not acceptable in any way, and it should
not be difficult to condemn hate and anti-Semitism when we see them," wrote
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. This was a surprising response,
especially since DSA received its initial publicity in 2018 when Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez, known as AOC, became the driving force behind it, stunning
everyone when she won elections in the Bronx at the age of 29.
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Much has happened in the past five years. One thing is that AOC is no longer
left enough for an organization like DSA. The other is that she has become a
powerful voice on foreign policy issues, especially in the Middle East. In one
of her first interviews after the 2018 victory, AOC said she did not know enough
about the subject to express an opinion.

Still, in the past two years, long before October 7, she entered a significant
vacuum in the Democratic Party: a clear pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel stance.
It is still a minority view among Democratic elected officials, but it is no
longer a minority view among Democratic voters. Just as Sarah Palin's nomination
as John McCain's vice president paved the way for Donald Trump in 2016, AOC's
central position today needs to prepare Israel for a situation where the next
Democratic president will be much closer to her than to Joe Biden.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, although the most famous figure in the small
ultra-progressive group known as The Squad within the House of Representatives,
has set herself apart from her colleagues. Her years in Congress have
demonstrated her understanding of politics, and she has learned to compromise in
a way that occasionally incites anger from the far left.

Unlike Rashida Tlaib, for example, you won't catch her tweeting slogans like
"from the river to the sea." When she called for a ceasefire in the early weeks
of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, she faced criticism from the White House.
However, unlike many on the extreme left, she avoids using the term "genocide"
in her criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza. She has met with families of
kidnapped soldiers in Washington and supports a two-state solution, a view that
is almost considered right-wing by some on the left who pushed her into
Congress.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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In recent months, AOC has taken a more explicit stance, even apologizing for her
avoidance of the events of October 7. She opposed several symbolic House
resolutions expressing full support for Israel when and said she won't agree to
support what essentially dictates that any opposition to Zionism, Israeli
government policy, or Netanyahu's extremism is antisemitic. Congressional
members note that she tirelessly pressures hundreds of colleagues in both houses
to prevent the unconditional continuation of military aid to Israel.
Things reached a peak last Christmas when she posted comparing Jesus to
Palestinians. AOC drew parallels between Jesus’ persecutors and present-day
Israel, and wrote that Jesus was born in “modern-day Palestine” under a
government carrying out “a massacre of innocents.” According to the New
Testament, Jesus was a Jew who lived within the modern borders of Israel and was
killed by the Roman forces ruling the territory at the time.
“He was part of a targeted population being indiscriminately killed to protect
an unjust leader’s power,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “Thousands of years later,
right-wing forces are violently occupying Bethlehem as similar stories unfold
for today’s Palestinians.” In the post, Ocasio-Cortez completely ignored Hamas,
the October 7 attack, and the kidnapped soldiers, receiving severe backlash on
social media.
It's easy to get upset and dismiss AOC's positions, but it's more effective to
understand that she represents a generation with vastly different views on
Israel. Unlike her parents and grandparents, who witnessed the establishment of
Israel in the aftermath of the Holocaust, this generation grew up with Israel
already a military power, and its policies have been a source of significant
debate.
Even those who claim in polls to fully support Israel in its conflicts with Gaza
often believe that the U.S. shouldn't continue funding the IDF's operations.
AOC's perspective reflects a broader shift in attitudes toward Israel, shaped by
a different historical context and a desire for a reevaluation of U.S. support.
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Israel is squandering their sympathy by surviving!
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And Jewish liberal assimilationists still believe the new Democrats will love
the non Jewish Jews if these assimilationists just keep aping the lib/left
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AOC is just an uneducated hypocrite who is a puppet
As a Boricua from Boriken who was born and raised in NYC, whom is embarrassed of
the uneducated Puerto Ricans from Puerto Rico raised in NYC who don’t know their
own histories or the meaning of their own surnames (which is why they speak the
way they do). The problem with this group is that they were indoctrinated to
think and behave like a Spaniard socialists colonists. Ocasio and the rest of
the fake Puertoricans in government refuse to fight for the Arawak/Alkebulan
(colonizer name Native American/African) cultured of Boriken because her lineage
& culture comes from the extremist Christian colonists who owe reparations to
Boriken. She makes Boriken, NYC & the USA look like indoctrinated uneducated
fools and is horrendous with world politics. Unfortunately, the real Boricuas
who comprehend what is going on & are with on Israel’s side are blacklisted from
speaking truths and supplying receipts.
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