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Other way around. They're going after @AOC for re tweeting @YousefMunayyer

Of course nobody would dare suggest that the JPost reporter who as we speak is live tweeting racist remarks by the ideological successor party of a US-declared terror organization is in any way supporting those statements or that party by tweeting or retweeting them.

The only winners here are the GOP & the Israeli right, who are thrilled that instead of talking about the GOP's obscene racism, or about how Israel denies human rights from millions of Palestinians, w/ US support, we are talking about a few impolitic words by a Muslim immigrant.

This charade, this exploitation of Jewish pain, is is about punishing people of color who are challenging the rules on what can and cannot be said about Israel, AND about scaring Jews away from the progressive movement which has become more supportive of Palestinian rights.

Don't be fooled. The campaign against @Ilhan is not about fighting anti-Semitism. If it were, we would also see GOP reps held accountable for their relentless spewing of hateful tropes about Jews, our money & our allegiances. But we are not seeing that.

Yes, you can disagree w & criticize @Ilhan's word choice. But choosing to abandon her in this moment, to join the chorus of those calling to punish and oust her, is to participate in a dangerous and racist campaign that will make Jews and people of color in America less safe.

American Jews have a choice to make today. We can stand unequivocally and proudly with @Ilhan, or we can let the racist right wing weaponize Jewish pain to destroy the career of one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. There is simply no middle ground here.

Media reports should note how many Jewish supporters and defenders - and admirers - @IlhanMN has. None will be put on cable TV to defend her but news reports should acknowledge that Jewish support for Omar is substantial because this issue has changed greatly:https://twitter.com/NaomiAKlein/status/1102961081465618432 …

an @aipac activist to @nytimes says @aoc @ilhanmn @rashidatlaib “are 3 people who in my opinion will not be around in several years” also is this an Antisemitic trope, or is it determined by who says it? "AIPAC has helped create and maintain a staunchly pro-Israel Congress"

Let these people gohttps://twitter.com/elivalley/status/1102805135091294208 …

The president of the United States and his supporters incited the deadliest antisemitic attack in the country's history. It is outrageous that this fact has been submerged beneath the endless fretting about left-wing antisemitism.