Tag: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The left wants no part of liberal Israel
In the world of politics, celebrity and name recognition is priceless, so in that sense, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is among the richest members of Congress. In two years, the freshman went from being...
Ocasio-Cortez withdraws from event to commemorate Yitzhak Rabin
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has withdrawn from being a speaker at an upcoming Americans for Peace Now (APN) event memorializing Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister who was assassinated by a Jewish extremist almost...
Does it matter if Democratic Socialists don’t want Jews in Israel?
In a bygone era of New York City politics, you could always tell if a politician was serious about running for mayor if he made public plans to travel to the three “I’s”: Ireland,...
AOC praises support of anti-Semitic groups for letter censuring Israeli sovereignty
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) praised the support by at least 10 anti-Semitic groups for a letter issued by her and signed by other Democrats, The Washington Free Beacon recently reported, citing “an internal email circulated to House Democrats.”
The “supporting...
Is longtime pro-Israel congressman Eliot Engel in trouble?
Longtime Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) is having a rough week. First, the pro-Israel Jewish lawmaker was caught in a hot-mic moment on Tuesday, and on Wednesday fellow New York Democratic congresswoman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Corbyn; he and Labour lost big in UK elections
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) endorsed the British Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, in the Dec. 12 national elections, despite its problem with anti-Semitism.
As of Friday morning, incumbent premier Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party won...
Socialism becomes the anti-Semitism of the enlightened
What is old is sometimes new again. In recent years, socialism—the ideology that gave birth to some of the worst horrors of the 20th and bloodiest century of the Common Era—is back. Only 30...
Ocasio-Cortez, Omar and Tlaib to endorse Sanders for president
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) say they plan on endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
The three freshmen congresswoman are scheduled to officially...
Ocasio-Cortez accuses Trump of anti-Semitism for Twitter war against Rep. Adam Schiff
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accused U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend of being “engaged in deliberate, atrocious, targeted anti-Semitism” in response to the president’s Twitter attacks Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who is Jewish.
“Understand...
Ocasio-Cortez points finger at Netanyahu, accusing him of ‘unjust,’ ‘inhumane policies’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday of enacting “unjust and inhumane policies.”
“The Netanyahu administration has been pursuing a lot of extraordinarily concerning policies,” she told reporters. “To conflate...