There is enough real, virulent and deadly anti-Semitism in the world. Politicians shouldn't be manufacturing opportunistic attacks. /1
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I may question @RashidaTlaib's historical facts but when she told @Isikoff and Skullduggery podcast of her "calming feeling" about the Holocaust, she was saying her Palestinian ancestors sought to create a safe haven for Jews after World War II and paid a terrible price for it.
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If you want to argue the history of Independence-era Israel-Palestine, fine. You should. But suggesting that
@RashidaTlaib found pleasure in the Holocaust is beyond wrong. Curious what@Isikoff thinks.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I agree that she did not express any positive regard for the Holocaust. But her claiming that the Palestinisn Arab people "created a haven" for the survivors is a blatant whitewashing of history, and a sad attempt to give the Arabs credit for the incredible efforts of the 1/
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Jewish people to escape Europe and get to the Jewish homeland. No European governments were helping them, the British even attempted to sabotage the boats that they were able to get. 2/https://www.thedailybeast.com/mi6-attacked-jewish-refugee-ships-after-wwii …
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It was the British policy of seizing such shops and putting their passenhers in internment camps which helped turn international opinion against their mandate. For Tlaib to now claim that the Arabs were, in any way, helping the Jews find safety is an insult to the struggles 3/
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and losses of that generation, as well as an attempt to whitewash the role of the Arab population in shutting the doors to Jewish refugees at the worst period of the Nazi genocide and their attempt to commit genocide after the war. 3/3
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You understand that a historical fabrication, don't you? Oh wait, you probably don't.https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Tlaib-turns-history-on-its-head-with-Palestine-safe-haven-comment-589486 …
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It's not a question. It's a historical fact. The White Paper of 1939 was the British response to placate the Arabs. It cut off nearly all access to Palestine when it was most needed.https://israeled.org/white-paper/
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But that's just not true. Palestinians tried to fight Jewish immigration to Palestine and even collaborated with Nazis. These are well-documented facts. How can you call yourself a journalist?
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I once wrote here and will repeat I'm a historian about Nakba. Since our history was written, I interviewed over 1000 refugees. I always asked: how ur relations w/ Jews prior to nakba? Almost always they said perfect to good All can be seen here https://www.palestineremembered.com/OralHistory/Interviews-Listing/Story1151.html … Follows
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Well, if that's how they remember things, it must be true. You are not a historian.
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the interviews are at http://Palestineremembered.com all can be heard when i ask jews... they say the same thing that came to us as shock we thought something was wrong later i started asking israelis they confirmed it Zionists turned friends to enemies that is what fascists always do
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Cringeworthy interview, in so many ways, including a naive call for world peace by a politician when asked an incredibly complex question and ignoring
#colonialism BUT to say#Tlaib thought the#holocaust was “calming” is just not true luckily people don’t have to READ to clarifyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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