Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has broken with members of her far-left “squad” of Democratic lawmakers to condemn the “unacceptable” pro-Palestine rallies in New York.
“It shouldn’t be hard to stop hate and anti-Semitism where we see it,” AOC said in a statement on Monday. “This is a central tenet of solidarity.” “The bigotry and insensitivity expressed in Times Square on Sunday were unacceptable and damaging in this devastating moment.”
A pro-Palestinian mob occupied Times Square on Sunday, just a day after the terrorist organization Hamas launched its attack on Israel, killing more than 1,000 people.
Shocking new footage emerged today showing a pro-Hamas mob in Tampa, Florida, taunting Jewish people with images of murdered Israelis – another example of the vile anti-Semitism sweeping sections of the population.
AOC’s statement marks a break with other members of the so-called Hateful Eight of Democratic lawmakers — including Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush — who have been vocal critics of Israel in the past.
The statement is notable given AOC’s vocal criticism of Israel in the past
One of the hundreds of placard-clad demonstrators could be seen at the front holding up a swastika
Other members of the Woke group of lawmakers, Greg Casar and Summer Lee, were also critical of the Jewish state.
AOC added in her statement that the rally “did not speak for thousands of New Yorkers who are in a position to condemn both Hamas’ horrific attacks against innocent civilians and the grave injustices and violence faced by Palestinians under the occupation.” are to be rejected”.
New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman, a member of the Squad, also condemned the rally.
“I am shocked and outraged by the rally that took place here in New York this weekend celebrating deaths or attacks on civilians and displaying swastikas,” he wrote on Twitter.
Adding: “I condemn in the strongest possible terms any demonstration that does this. “We must proceed on the basis of recognition of our common humanity.”
At Sunday’s rally, protesters gathered with megaphones and carrying yellow signs that read: “Resisting the occupation is a human right” and “Stop all US aid to apartheid Israel.” They shouted: “5, 6, 7, 8 Israel is a terrorist state.”
Protesters planned to take over Times Square – the social and symbolic epicenter of New York – just a day after Israeli women and children were dragged from their homes and slaughtered by Palestinian militants.
Other members of the “Hateful Eight” have been widely criticized for their lack of support for Israel following Hamas’ devastating attacks.
Ilhan Omar called on the US government to withdraw its support for the Jewish state and called Israel’s retaliatory attacks “collective punishment, a war crime.” He added: “The US should oppose any violations of international law if we truly support a rules-based international command.”
Cori Bush also called for an end to US support for Israel, calling it an apartheid state.
Similarly, Rashida Tlaib wrote in a statement following the Hamas attacks that the path to peace “must include lifting the blockade, ending the occupation and dismantling the apartheid system, which creates oppressive, dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance.” .”
The number of people killed in Hamas’ attack on Israel has risen to 1,200 and 2,900 were injured. The latest figures in Gaza are 900 dead and 4,500 injured.
Crowds of pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Manhattan on Sunday following rocket attacks, looting and killings on the streets of Israel over the weekend. Hamas, the terrorist organization and de facto ruler of the Gaza Strip, attacked and killed hundreds of Israelis during its high holiday
There was a heavy police presence in New York’s Times Square today – as pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Midtown after Hamas launched surprise attacks on Israel
Hundreds of people flocked to Times Square to protest on Sunday
Through the afternoon, pro-Palestinian protesters continued to chant “resistance is justified” as a sea of signs and posters took over Times Square
American citizens were among the dead and prisoners, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
AOC has officially called Israel an apartheid state, the Jerusalem Post reported, and skipped Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address to Congress earlier this year.
Democrat Summer Lee said she “strongly condemns Hamas’ terrible attack” but that “we must end the occupation” and that there is “no military solution that will end this violence.”
On Tuesday evening it became known that babies had been beheaded by Hamas fighters in Israel.
Armed Hamas fighters massacred 40 children in a farming settlement alone, whose small bodies lay riddled with bullets in their rooms.
And as the devastated survivors told their stories, a grieving grandson, Shmuel Harel, told the Chron’s Sam Greenhill: “They are the new Nazis. ‘This was a Holocaust, pure and simple.’
Israeli forces recover bodies of Israeli residents from a destroyed house as fighting continues between Israeli troops and Islamist Hamas militants
Israeli soldiers prepare to recover the bodies of their compatriots killed in a Hamas attack in Kfar Aza
Cars and a stroller left at the scene of a rocket attack from Gaza over the weekend are pictured on a main street near the entrance to Israel’s Kibbutz Kfar Aza
Israeli soldiers on Tuesday recovered the body of a compatriot who was killed in an attack by Hamas terrorists in Kfar Aza
He said his terrified 90-year-old grandmother’s final moments involved being dragged into her living room and shot twice in the head.
A sobbing Israeli woman said she watched in helpless horror as her 12-year-old autistic daughter was kidnapped while she desperately clung to her grandmother.
As vengeful Israel unleashes a military retaliation, stunned survivors gather in refugee hotels a safe distance from the front lines – where they cry.
Last night at the Leonardo Plaza Hotel on the Dead Sea, dozens sat in the lobby and cafe, some carrying photos of slaughtered or kidnapped relatives.