I was off twitter for most of the weekend and I guess I missed the conflagration over Rep. Omar. It seems like if you criticize aipac or Israel you’re automatically anti-Semitic—especially if you wear a hijab? Is that the gist? Yikes.
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Replying to @AngryBlackLady
Emily Cunningham Retweeted Alex
Legitimate criticism of Israel is not the issue here. Rep Omar is rightfully being called out for using antisemetic tropes about Jewish money and the "powerful Jewish lobby" controlling our government.https://twitter.com/Wonko_the_sane_/status/1094982900049678336 …
Emily Cunningham added,
Alex @JewishWonkI caught up on the news of representative@IlhanMN and... wow. A sitting Member of Congress is accusing American Jews of engaging in a shadowy conspiracy to control U.S. Foreign Policy. A thread with some historical context and what her comments mean for American Jews. 1/ https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1094761790595088384 …Show this thread30 replies 5 retweets 72 likes -
Replying to @emahlee @AngryBlackLady
AIPAC IS a powerful Lobby influencing us though. It influenced us right into this unconstitutional BDS bill. And it influences us to send bails of money to Israel. So because of the tropes about Jews and money we can never criticize Israel/AIPAC the same we do other lobbies?
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Emily Cunningham Retweeted Ilhan Omar
Rep Omar "unequivocally apologized" which gives me a lot of hope. As she put it, "she's listening and learning:"https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1095046561254567937 …
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