{"id":1303177,"date":"2022-02-16T09:54:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1303177"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:55:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:55:33","slug":"vicious-libel-aoc-blasted-after-implying-israel-keeps-palestinian-children-in-cages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vicious-libel-aoc-blasted-after-implying-israel-keeps-palestinian-children-in-cages\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Vicious Libel\u2019: AOC Blasted After Implying Israel Keeps Palestinian Children In Cages"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvicious-libel-aoc-blasted-after-implying-israel-keeps-palestinian-children-in-cages%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1303177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1370194172-1-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Speaking at an Austin Democratic Socialists of America event held in Texas on Sunday, hard-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) implied, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaCGFruoOUy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again\">caught on video<\/a>, that Israel kept Palestinian children in cages, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t believe that a child should be in a cage on our border and I don\u2019t believe a child should be in a cage in the West Bank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez was blasted for her false claims involving the Jewish state. The American Jewish Committee responded by tweeting, \u201c@AOC, you know as well as we do that there are no Palestinian children \u2018in cages\u2019 in the West Bank. This kind of gross misinformation hurts chances for reasonable discussion and furthers harmful biases.&nbsp;You must apologize for these baseless allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a>, you know as well as we do that there are no Palestinian children &#8220;in cages&#8221; in the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>This kind of gross misinformation hurts chances for reasonable discussion and furthers harmful biases. <\/p>\n<p>You must apologize for these baseless allegations.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E1cYf4wf1S\">https:\/\/t.co\/E1cYf4wf1S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJCGlobal\/status\/1493715617576374275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Simon Wiesenthal Center echoed, \u201c@RepAOC demonizing Jews at a time of raging #Antisemitism in NYC. Throwing children into cages is inhuman and cruel. Prove it or apologize. You are legitimizing hatred against Jewish people everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepAOC<\/a> demonizing Jews at a time of raging <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Antisemitism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Antisemitism<\/a> in NYC. Throwing children into cages is inhuman and cruel. Prove it or apologize. You are legitimizing hatred against Jewish people everywhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8k9yEbj2tN\">https:\/\/t.co\/8k9yEbj2tN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SimonWiesenthalCntr (@simonwiesenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonwiesenthal\/status\/1493659818527113218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Israel War Room tweeted, \u201cThis should go without saying, but Israel does not have children in cages in the West Bank, @AOC. This vicious libel mirrors the libels that have plagued Jewish civilization for centuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This should go without saying, but Israel does not have children in cages in the West Bank, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a>. This vicious libel mirrors the libels that have plagued Jewish civilization for centuries. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FusLvw8zJ3\">https:\/\/t.co\/FusLvw8zJ3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraelWarRoom\/status\/1493652783194595335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>United With Israel fired, \u201cDear @AOC, I also don\u2019t believe that children should be in cages. Please reply with one example of a Palestinian child being held in a cage by the State of Israel. Ever. Looking forward to hearing from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a>,<br \/>I also don&#8217;t believe that children should be in cages. Please reply with one example of a Palestinian child being held in a cage by the State of Israel. Ever. <br \/>Looking forward to hearing from you,<br \/>Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B82JPvGDBr\">https:\/\/t.co\/B82JPvGDBr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 United With Israel (@UniteWithIsrael) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniteWithIsrael\/status\/1493640947451805706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Executive Editor of the Washington Examiner Magazine Seth Mandel blasted, \u201c\u2018Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s office did not respond when asked on Monday to provide examples of children being imprisoned in cages in the West Bank.\u2019 Not sure there\u2019s a politician alive today pushing a wider range of blood libels.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s office did not respond when asked on Monday to provide examples of children being imprisoned in cages in the West Bank.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not sure there&#8217;s a politician alive today pushing a wider range of blood libels. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IXVlnMu6Eo\">https:\/\/t.co\/IXVlnMu6Eo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethAMandel\/status\/1493609891302461441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last Christmas Eve, a staffer for Ocasio-Cortez called Israel \u201ca racist European ethnostate built on stolen land from its indigenous population.\u201d Hussain Altamimi, who began his tenure as a legislative assistant to Ocasio-Cortez in the fall, posted an Instagram story in which he wrote, \u201cIsrael is a racist European ethnostate built on stolen land from its indigenous population!\u201d Fox News Digital took a screenshot of the post.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Ocasio-Cortez&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-slammed-for-crying-after-iron-dome-funded-shedding-tears-that-less-israelis-are-going-to-die\">appeared to cry<\/a>&nbsp;after the House passed a bill to fund Israel\u2019s Iron Dome, which protects the Jewish state from rocket attacks from the terrorist groups Hamas in the south and Hezbollah in the north.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez did not support funding Iron Dome, which intercepted approximately 90% of the rockets fired out of Gaza in May 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2019 Ocasio-Cortez said that Palestinians \u201chave no choice but to riot\u201d against Israel in an interview on \u201cEbro in the Morning\u201d with host Ebro Darden. The Daily Wire&nbsp;<a href=\"denied:applewebdata:\/\/4ffc0920-6dc3-4fa7-8382-b88b5aeb1298\/v\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Ocasio-Cortez \u201cabsolutely\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/50075\/watch-ocasio-cortez-agrees-you-can-absolutely-have-molly-prince\">agreed<\/a>&nbsp;with Darden that Israel was \u201cvery, very criminal\u201d and \u201cvery, very unjust,\u201d as Darden claimed there are \u201cwhite supremacist Jews.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Later in the interview, Ocasio-Cortez justified violence from the Palestinian people against Israel, saying: \u201cI believe that injustice is a threat to the safety of all people, because once you have a group that is marginalized and marginalized and marginalized \u2014 once someone doesn\u2019t have access to clean water, they have no choice but to riot, right?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In July 2018, in an interview on PBS\u2019s \u201cFiring Line\u201d with host Margaret Hoover, Ocasio-Cortez called Israel the \u201coccupiers\u201d of \u201cPalestine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One critic <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/ocasio-cortez-staffer-calls-israel-racist-european-ethnostate\/\">fired back at her<\/a>, \u201cDear @Ocasio2018, Keep my country\u2019s name out of your mouth. Your ignorance re Israel and the Palestinian conflict is not bliss. All you\u2019re doing is inciting against Israelis (Jews), while stuttering to make sense. Stay in your lane, and educate yourself, child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being m<\/i><i>et with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. 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