{"id":1975850,"date":"2023-07-18T05:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gone-off-a-cliff-dems-grapple-with-anti-semitism-ahead-of-israeli-presidents-visit\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T05:18:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:18:00","slug":"gone-off-a-cliff-dems-grapple-with-anti-semitism-ahead-of-israeli-presidents-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gone-off-a-cliff-dems-grapple-with-anti-semitism-ahead-of-israeli-presidents-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems struggle with anti-Semitism before Israeli President&#8217;s visit."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fgone-off-a-cliff-dems-grapple-with-anti-semitism-ahead-of-israeli-presidents-visit%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=1975850&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>\n<h2>Democratic Leaders Rush to Combat Accusations of Anti-Semitism<\/h2>\n<p>Democratic leaders are\u2063 rushing to combat accusations of anti-Semitism after\u200b a slew\u200b of\u200d anti-Israel comments from members \u2062of\u2062 the party \u2063raised the stakes on \u200da \u200cplanned\u2064 Democratic boycott of\u2062 Israeli president Isaac Herzog\u2019s\u200b address to Congress.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064\u2063 <\/p>\n<div>\n   \u200d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u200b target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Progressive &#8220;Squad&#8221;\u2064 Members Boycott\u200c Herzog&#8217;s Address<\/h3>\n<p>At \u2064least four\u2062 members \u2062of the\u200c Democratic Party\u2019s progressive &#8220;Squad&#8221;\u200d announced \u200dthey would boycott Herzog\u2019s address to Congress this \u2064Wednesday. The\u200c group \u2062includes \u200dReps. Alexandria \u2063Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), Jamaal \u200bBowman (D., N.Y.), \u200bCori \u200bBush\u200c (D.,\u2064 Mo.), \u2064and Ilhan\u2064 Omar (D., Minn.).\u2063 Omar and fellow \u2063progressive Rep. Pramila \u200dJayapal (D., Wash.) drew \u2062widespread scrutiny over the \u2063weekend \u200dfor criticizing Israel, which Jayapal slammed\u200d as a\u2063 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-meltdown-plays-out-in-private-facebook-group\/\" title=\"New York Times Meltdown Plays Out in Private Facebook Group\">racist state<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Herzog\u2019s visit comes days after President \u200dJoe \u2063Biden denounced Israel\u2019s governing coalition as &#8220;extremist.&#8221; Until\u2062 Monday, \u200dwhen Biden spoke \u200bto \u2062Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> Benjamin\u200d Netanyahu \u2064by phone and made plans\u2064 to\u200d meet with \u2063him in\u2064 person, the\u200b two \u2062had \u2064not \u2064talked in \u2062months,\u200d and Biden&#8217;s invitation to Herzog, who has been a \u200ccritic of Israeli \u200bjudicial reforms backed by Netanyahu, was\u2063 viewed as a \u2064rebuke. It was also a move\u200b that \u2062some \u200dJewish community leaders say \u2064has\u2063 emboldened\u200b Israel-bashing \u2063within\u200c the\u200b Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Biden\u200c administration has created an atmosphere \u2064that is \u200dliterally anti-Israel, that doesn\u2019t respect\u200c democracy,&#8221; former Democratic \u2064New York\u2064 City \u2064councilman Dov \u2064Hikind told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;When the prime minister\u200d is not invited \u200bto the White House, which is\u200c a\u2062 tradition going back decades and\u200d decades and decades, what message \u200cdoes that send? That gave a \u2064green light to these \u200c[anti-Israel] radicals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u2063\u200b <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the\u200b left-wing Netroots Nation\u2062 conference Saturday, Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1680323648433840131?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> for voters \u200dto elect \u2063to Congress &#8220;Palestinian people \u2063who have now \u200bexperienced occupation and\u200b displacement for 75 years.&#8221;\u2064 At the\u200d same event, Jayapal,\u2064 the \u200bchairwoman of\u200b the Congressional Progressive Caucus, \u2064said\u2062 she \u2064was \u200b&#8221;fighting to make\u2063 it clear that \u2062Israel\u200b is\u2063 a racist state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Democratic presidential \u200bcandidate \u200dRobert F.\u2062 Kennedy\u2062 Jr. \u2063was also <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/rfk-jr-accused-making-antisemitic-racist-claims-covid\/story?id=101323851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> of anti-Semitism over the weekend \u2063after he \u2063said there was \u2063&#8221;an argument that [COVID-19] is ethnically targeted&#8221; to have a\u2062 greater impact\u200d on white\u2062 and black people \u200band a lower impact on Chinese and Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064American Jewish \u200cCommittee said \u2063Kennedy\u2019s claim &#8220;reflects \u200dsome of the most\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gone-off-a-cliff-dems-grapple-with-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/things-that-donald-trump-did-not-do\/\" title=\"Things That Donald Trump Did Not Do\">anti-semitism<\/a>-ahead-of-israeli-presidents-visit\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Dems struggle with anti-Semitism before Israeli President&#8217;s visit.&#8221;>abhorrent\u200d antisemitic conspiracy theories<\/a> throughout\u2063 history and contributes\u2063 to today\u2019s dangerous rise \u200cof antisemitism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After facing\u2063 backlash \u2063from Jewish\u200d community leaders\u2014who noted that her \u2064remarks\u200b fall\u2062 under the International \u2062Holocaust Remembrance Alliance\u2019s definition of anti-Semitism\u2014Jayapal\u2062 tried to dial back\u200c her \u2063comments slightly.\u200c In \u2063a statement, \u2063she said she\u200b was referring\u2063 to the &#8220;outright \u2062racist policies&#8221; of the Israeli government and does \u2063not believe that &#8220;the idea of Israel as a nation\u200c is racist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But in her apology,\u2062 Jayapal reiterated her\u200d opposition to\u2062 conservative Israeli leader \u2064Benjamin \u200dNetanyahu, writing:\u200b &#8220;I\u200c do, however, believe that Netanyahu\u2019s extreme\u200c right-wing \u2063government has engaged in discriminatory and outright racist policies and that there\u2062 are extreme racists driving that policy within the leadership\u2063 of the\u2064 current government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The apology \u2064did not go nearly far\u2064 enough for mainstream Jewish \u2064Democrats, who\u200d are circulating a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-leaders-slam-adam-schiff-urge-newsom-not-to-appoint-him-as-ca-attorney-general\/\" title=\"BLM Leaders Slam Adam Schiff, Urge Newsom Not To Appoint Him As CA Attorney General\">letter calling<\/a> for the expulsion of &#8220;anti-Zionist voices&#8221; \u2064from \u2063the party, according \u200cto a copy of the \u200bmissive\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/16\/jayapals-israel-comments-spark-internal-backlash\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained<\/a> Sunday evening \u2063by <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Israel is the legitimate \u2064homeland of the \u2062Jewish\u200b people and \u200befforts \u2064to delegitimize\u200c and demonize it \u2063are\u2063 not only\u200b dangerous\u2062 and\u200d antisemitic, \u200dbut\u200b they also undermine \u2064America\u2019s \u2064national \u200bsecurity,&#8221; \u200dthe signatories\u200d wrote. The letter stopped \u2062short\u2062 of calling Jayapal\u2019s\u2062 statements anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has been \u200dincreasingly vocal with his criticism of Israel as well. In a July \u20629\u200d interview with \u200bCNN, he labeled \u2063Netanyahu\u2019s \u200dgovernment &#8220;one \u2062of the most extremist&#8221; of all time, and\u2063 called on the Israeli leader to \u2064&#8221;move toward moderation.&#8221; The White House\u2064 also appeared to support\u2063 anti-Netanyahu protests \u2063in\u200c Israel last week, saying it \u2062&#8221;urge[s] authorities in\u200c Israel to protect and respect the right of peaceful assembly&#8221;\u2014a comment that the\u2063 administration\u2062 has \u200bnot made about protests in \u200dother countries, such as France, and which \u2062carries the\u200b implication that Netanyahu\u2019s government is\u200b undemocratic.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d  <\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2064 reiterated these\u2063 concerns in his Monday call \u200cto \u2064Netanyahu, during which \u200dhe also\u200c &#8220;expressed concern&#8221; \u2062about Israeli settlements, according to the White\u2064 House.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have\u2062 seized on Democrats\u2019\u2064 internecine conflict in \u200dadvance of Herzog\u2019s trip, set to mark \u200d75 years\u200b of\u200d Israeli independence. Republican presidential\u2062 hopefuls Mike Pence and Nikki Haley\u2063 both condemned\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/2023-07-14\/ty-article\/.premium\/gop-slams-antisemitic-democrats-boycotting-israeli-presidents-congress-speech\/00000189-5507-d481-afbd-5f37ed250000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boycott<\/a>. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), \u2064who has repeatedly \u2063clashed\u2062 with anti-Israel \u2062Democrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/minutes\/congress\/07-14-2023\/mccarthy-knocks-dems-over-israel\/\">told<\/a>\u200c reporters\u200d on Friday that \u2062&#8221;anti-Semitism \u2062shouldn\u2019t be anywhere, and especially shouldn\u2019t be\u200c inside Congress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p>\n<div>\n \u200c \u2064  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hikind, a\u2064 longtime Democratic politician in New\u200d York, said\u200d the increasing \u2063animosity against Israel from Biden \u200band top Democratic leaders has \u200dcrossed the line\u2014and pushed him\u2062 to register as a Republican\u2063 for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s\u200d not because \u2062things are perfect in the Republican Party, they\u2019re not,&#8221;\u2062 said\u2064 Hikind. \u2064&#8221;But the Democratic Party, forget it, \u2062they\u2019ve\u2063 gone off a cliff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic leaders are scrambling to address allegations of anti-Semitism following a series of anti-Israel remarks by party members. This has intensified concerns over the planned Democratic boycott of Israeli president Isaac Herzog&#8217;s speech to Congress. 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