{"id":1509980,"date":"2022-06-09T18:20:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509980"},"modified":"2022-06-09T18:21:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:21:02","slug":"the-lefts-latest-attempt-to-demonize-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-lefts-latest-attempt-to-demonize-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left\u2019s Latest Attempt To Demonize Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fthe-lefts-latest-attempt-to-demonize-israel%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=1509980&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--><p>It is one thing when the Muslim world, especially in the Middle East, views the founding of Israel in 1948 as Al-Nakba, the catastrophe. It is another thing when a political leader here in America calls for Congress to give official recognition to \u201cthe Nakba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly what happened last month when Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib <a href=\"https:\/\/tlaib.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-tlaib-introduces-house-resolution-commemorating-nakba\">introduced<\/a> a resolution calling for the commemoration of the Nakba.<\/p>\n<p>As stated on her website on May 16, \u201cThis Sunday was a day of solemn remembrance of all the lives lost, families displaced, and neighborhoods destroyed during the violent [sic] and horror of the Nakba. The scars bourn [sic] by the close to 800,000 Palestinians who were forced from their family homes and their communities, and those killed are burned into the souls of the people who lived through the Nakba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talk about a one-sided narrative. Talk about not recognizing the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishpress.com\/indepth\/opinions\/nakba-myth-hijacks-congress\/2022\/05\/22\/\"> rest of the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But for Tlaib and her like-minded colleagues, there is no \u201crest of the story.\u201d Instead, the statement claims that \u201cthe violence and war crimes are an ongoing and ever-present assault on the existence and humanity of the Palestinian people. The Israeli apartheid government\u2019s ongoing ethnic cleansing seeks to degrade Palestinian humanity and break the will of the people to be free. Fortunately, as Palestinians and their allies prove time and time again, we will persist no matter the circumstances until peace, freedom, equity and respect for all people are secured and protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What a masterful example of putting most of the standard anti-Zionistic (and often antisemitic) tropes into a few short sentences.\u00a0This is not the place to rebut these charges. But it is the place to look at the growing anti-Israel (and even antisemitic) sentiments found in sectors of the Democratic Party as that party lurches further and further left.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 years ago, on January 18, 1991, just two days after the Persian Gulf War erupted and only hours after Iraq\u2019s scud missiles had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/were-going-to-attack-iraq-israel-told-the-us-move-your-planes\/#:~:text=In%20the%20predawn%20hours%20of,damage%20to%20several%20residential%20buildings\">exploded<\/a> in Tel Aviv, Illinois congressman Gus Savage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/GPO-CRECB-1991-pt2\/pdf\/GPO-CRECB-1991-pt2-4.pdf\">equated<\/a> Iraq\u2019s unprovoked bombing of civilians in Israel the previous night with Israel\u2019s bombing of Iraq\u2019s nuclear weapon plant in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>While he deplored Iraq\u2019s actions, he wondered where our national outcry had been when Israel destroyed Iraq\u2019s nuclear capabilities which, if developed, could have brought destruction on the entire Middle East. His sentiments at the time were noted as aberrant. These days, he would find a growing number of supporters.<\/p>\n<p>As<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/emilytamkin\/israel-dnc-bds-democrats-2020\"> noted<\/a> in a January 16, 2019 article, \u201cSome of the Democratic Party\u2019s brightest new stars believe Israel is a rogue state that should be treated like apartheid South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the latest sign that, after 50 years, support for Israel is no longer a bipartisan cause\u2014a dramatic change that will be felt in the wide-open Democratic presidential primary,\u201d the piece continued. \u201cThe young progressives who have ascended to power within the Democratic Party over the last few years want to force what were once fringe views into the mainstream, and significantly change US policy toward Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article focused on Tlaib and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, both of whom are Muslims, and have been accused of antisemitism.\u00a0Recall Omar\u2019s 2012<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/21\/opinion\/ilhan-omar-israel-jews.html\"> tweet<\/a> that stated, \u201cIsrael has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.\u201d (Despite her best efforts, it has been difficult for her to explain away that decade-old tweet.)\u00a0Recall Tlaib\u2019s 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/01\/rashida-tlaib-scrubs-anti-semitic-tweet\/\"> retweet<\/a> of a meme proclaiming, \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t done the math, the only way that \u201cPalestine\u201d can be \u201cfree\u201d from the Jordan River (to the east) and the Mediterranean Sea (to the west), is for the state of Israel to cease to exist. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/1967-and-the-myth-of-palestinian-victimization-490940\">Push the Jews into the sea!<\/a>\u201d\u00a0Of course, there are Palestinian leaders who use this slogan and <a href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/opinion\/415250\/from-the-river-to-the-sea-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means\/\">do not intend it<\/a> in this overtly violent and threatening way.\u00a0But there\u2019s a reason that terrorist groups like Hamas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.org\/translatehate\/From-the-River-to-the-Sea\">embraced<\/a> these words in the past. Ethnic cleansing of the Jews in the land \u2013 meaning, their land \u2013 was certainly their goal.<\/p>\n<p>What is interesting is that Christian denominations that have shifted to the left have consistently changed their positions on at least three key social issues: abortion, homosexuality, and Israel.\u00a0They moved from pro-life to pro-\u201creproductive rights,\u201d from affirming marriage as the union of one man and one woman to supporting same-sex \u201cmarriages\u201d from standing with Israel (without being hostile to the Palestinians) to standing with the Palestinians (to the point of being hostile towards Israel).\u00a0Is it any surprise that the Democratic Party, as it moves further and further left, is becoming so extreme in these three areas as well?<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2012, \u201cThe Jerusalem Post\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/The-US-Presidential-race\/Democrats-reinstate-Jerusalem-in-party-platform\"> reported<\/a> that, \u201cDemocrats amend party platform to include language supporting J\u2019lem as capital of Israel in wake of mounting criticism.\u201d\u00a0Then, in 2015, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/convention-floor-erupts-as-dems-restore-references-to-god-jerusalem-in-platform\">reported<\/a> that, \u201cThe floor of the Democratic National Convention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is one thing when the Muslim world, especially in the Middle East, views the founding of Israel in 1948 as Al-Nakba, the catastrophe. 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