{"id":809978,"date":"2021-09-24T13:13:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=809978"},"modified":"2021-09-24T13:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:13:33","slug":"jewish-groups-issue-tepid-responses-to-tlaibs-accusations-of-israeli-apartheid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-groups-issue-tepid-responses-to-tlaibs-accusations-of-israeli-apartheid\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Groups Issue Tepid Responses To Tlaib\u2019s Accusations Of Israeli \u2018Apartheid\u2019"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fjewish-groups-issue-tepid-responses-to-tlaibs-accusations-of-israeli-apartheid%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=809978&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><\/div>\n<p>Many prominent Jewish groups have only weakly criticized Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib following a rant in the House of Representatives that one fellow Democrat labeled anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n<p>During Thursday\u2019s floor debate over a $1 billion funding package for Israel\u2019s Iron Dome missile defense system, Tlaib <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/ted-deutch-rashida-tlaib-anti-semitism-iron-dome\/\">accused<\/a> Israel of being an \u201capartheid regime\u201d that \u201cmanufactured\u201d the \u201ccrisis\u201d that made the funding necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can not only be talking about Israelis\u2019 need for safety at a time when Palestinians are living under a violent apartheid system and are dying from what Human Rights Watch said are war crimes. We should also be talking about Palestinian need for security from Israeli attacks,\u201d she said. <strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/19\/rashida-tlaib-israel-coronavirus-vaccine-rollout-racist-palestine\/\">RELATED: Rep. Rashida Tlaib Claims Israel Is A \u2018Racist State\u2019 For Excluding Palestinians From COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tlaib immediately faced bipartisan criticism for her remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot allow one of my colleagues to stand on the floor of the House of Representatives and label the Jewish democratic state of Israel an apartheid state. I reject it,\u201d Democratic Florida Rep. Ted Deutch responded. \u201cWhen there is no place on the map for one Jewish state, that\u2019s anti-Semitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have a vocal minority in the majority party that is anti-Israel, that is anti-Semitic, and as Americans we can never stand for that. I grew up with Holocaust survivors. I grew up with children of Holocaust survivors. Israel has been attacked and attacked and attacked since its inception. As Americans I beseech you. I reach out to the majority and I say condemn what we just heard on the floor,\u201d Republican Tennessee Rep. Chuck Fleischmann said.<\/p>\n<p>However, many Jewish advocacy organizations have been slow to condemn her remarks. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) cheered the passage of the appropriations bill and called on the Senate to pass it, as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.6629834254144\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Applaud those in the House for this overwhelmingly bipartisan vote to provide aid to Israel\u2019s LIFESAVING Iron Dome Defense system.<br \/>We now urge the Senate to follow suit and swiftly pass legislation to ensure Israel can defend itself and all of its people who call it home. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fbNCs5IFil\">pic.twitter.com\/fbNCs5IFil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGreenblattADL\/status\/1441114444940001284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But when reached for comment, the ADL did not respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s question about Tlaib\u2019s remarks. The organization did not name Tlaib, instead reemphasizing its support for the funding.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the American Jewish Congress (AJC) did not name Tlaib in its <a href=\"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/statements\/press-release-american-jewish-congress-applauds-the-passage-of-house-legislation-funding-israels-iron-dome\/\">statement<\/a> celebrating the passage of the funding, only referring to \u201cirresponsible rhetoric made by a small group of legislators about Israel that was both swiftly denounced by Members from both sides of the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AJC did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) praised the passing of the bill but did not name Tlaib.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) slammed Tlaib\u2019s comments and JDCA\u2019s silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongresswoman Tlaib\u2019s comments attacking our ally Israel on the floor of the House of Representatives were appalling. Unfortunately, this isn\u2019t an isolated incident, as House Democratic leadership has refused time and again to hold their members accountable for dangerous anti-Israel rhetoric. In contrast, House Republican leadership has consistently held their members accountable, whether that be former Rep. Steve King or current Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. RJC proudly and righteously supported primary challengers against both Steve King and Marjorie Taylor Greene \u2013 while the Jewish Democratic Council of America has refused to support primary challengers against Rashida Tlaib or Ilhan Omar. Bottom line: the GOP and RJC walk the walk, while the Democrats and JDCA shrug and balk,\u201d RJC national political director Sam Markstein told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>The American Israel Political Affairs Committee ripped Tlaib\u2019s \u201cvicious, dangerous lies,\u201d although it did not respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment on whether it would support sanctions on Tlaib.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.863309352518\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTedDeutch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepTedDeutch<\/a> for your passionate defense of our ally Israel and for standing up to the vicious, dangerous lies spoken on the House floor by Rep. Tlaib about our democratic ally. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W6m48iFPxJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/W6m48iFPxJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AIPAC \u2013 Text IRON DOME to 73075 (@AIPAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AIPAC\/status\/1441138065083404289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) went the furthest, <a href=\"https:\/\/zoa.org\/2021\/09\/10444128-zoa-remove-jew-haters-from-congressional-committees-aoc-tlaib-omar-mccollum-and-their-squad-endangered-jewish-and-arab-lives-twice-this-week\/\">calling<\/a> on Democratic leadership to strip Tlaib, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Minnesota Reps. Ilhan Omar and Betty McCollum, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal of their committee seats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Squad members \u2026 demonstrated that endangering Jews and Israel is their top priority\u2015even more important to them than keeping the U.S. government operating, and even more important to them than enacting their $3.5 trillion spending agenda,\u201d ZOA President Morton Klein said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many prominent Jewish groups have only weakly criticized Democratic Michigan Rep. 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