Posts Tagged: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Rashida Tlaib Event at Arizona State University Canceled Amid Backlash
Arizona State University (ASU) has canceled an event featuring US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) that was organized by anti-Israel groups and scheduled to be held...
Rep. Ilhan Omar Expelled from House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ocasio-Cortez Slams ‘Targeting Women of Color’
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was expelled from the House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday in a 218-211 party line vote, booting one of Israel's most hostile...
Who Is the 21st-Century’s Role Model? Queen Elizabeth or AOC?
JNS.org - The people we choose to admire speaks volumes about ourselves. That’s true of individuals but perhaps even more so of societies. Perhaps the...
New York Jewish Leader Calls Out AOC for ‘Bombastic Suggestions, Lies’ About Israel
A New York City Jewish leader based in Queens called out the borough’s congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, after she falsely asserted that Israel keeps Palestinian children...
Do We Pay Too Much or Too Little Attention to ‘The Squad?’
JNS.org - It was, to all appearances, a great day for the US-Israel alliance. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of House Democrats on...
Progressive Zionist Org Calls on US Lawmakers to Reject Antisemitism of Sunrise Movement Chapter That Withdrew From Rally With Jewish Groups
A top progressive Zionist organization has called on a group of US Democratic lawmakers to condemn the "antisemitism" of an environmental advocacy group that withdrew...
AOC Defends ‘Present’ Vote on Iron Dome Funding Bill, Blames ‘Both Parties’ for Creating ‘Panic’
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D), who helped lead an attempt by left-wing lawmakers to block US funding for Israel’s Iron Dome, defended on MSNBC...
Comedian Sarah Silverman Slams Squad for Iron Dome Vote: ‘People Only Really Like Jews If They’re Suffering’
The reliably progressive comedian Sarah Silverman voiced a rare criticism of the left-wing “Squad” of Democratic lawmakers over their recent opposition to US funding for...
‘Powerful’ Rabbis Brought AOC to Tears, New York Times Claims in Passage Assailed for Antisemitism
The New York Times initially described the tears of a member of Congress voting on funding a missile shield for Israel as underscoring “how wrenching...
Israel’s Erdan Lambasts AOC Effort to End Munition Weaponry Sales to Israel
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nation Gilad Erdan slammed US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s legislative effort to block specific US weapons sales to Israel. "I would expect...
You Can’t Be ‘Pro-Israel’ If You Defend Anti-Zionists
JNS.org - It appears that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) may have finally gone a bit too far even for some of her left-wing Jewish allies...
Palestinian Activist: It’s Time Ilhan Omar and ‘The Squad’ Learned the Truth About Israel and Hamas
US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) appeared on CNN's State of the Union on Tuesday, and was asked by host Jake Tapper about her long record...
American Jews Need Wait No Longer, the Barbarians Have Arrived
“It is night, and the barbarians have not arrived,” the great modern Greek poet C. F. Cavafy’s “Waiting for the Barbarians” concludes. “And some people...
From ‘Defund the Police’ to ‘Defund Israel’
A coalition of activists and politicians, such as the "Squad," that repeatedly called on authorities to "defund the police" last year is focusing on a...
