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 …
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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
Uh, the “powerful Jewish Lobby” actually exists; it’s called the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee. It’s an extreme right group that boasts loudly about how it’s “the most powerful lobby in America” and it is legitimately criticized for aggressive self interest, bribery etc
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Having said that, nobody should ever use the term “the Jewish lobby”, which falsely conflates “all Jews” with Israel, a gross distortion. It’s the “Israel Lobby.” That’s the correct language. (~half of American Jews do not support AIPAC.)
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Replying to @riverjordan19 @AngryBlackLady
You proved your own point saying "the “powerful Jewish Lobby” actually exists; it’s called the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee." That's how people think of AIPAC, they think of it as the "powerful Jewish lobby" with undue influence on our government.
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Replying to @emahlee @AngryBlackLady
I did not prove my own point, I was quoting your language in your text without thinking clearly. It's a huge mistake to use the term "Jewish Lobby" -- it is not a cultural or religious organization that represents Jews, it's a political lobby. I corrected this in another tweet.
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the quotes around "powerful jewish lobby" made it clear that you were, in fact, quoting someone else who had used the phrase
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I meant it as in that was the subtext — that was what was understood. Apologies for any confusion. No one at the time had said that, but since writing it, others have.
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and funnily, in all the searching I've done, I can't find a single instance of Rep Omar herself using that phrase, which started our whole conversation. Can you point to her using "Powerful Jewish Lobby"? (which, for anyone jumping in, is a term that distorts dangerously)
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The answer is in my last tweet: no.
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