AOC Accuses Israel of Killing Al Jazeera Journalist: “Our Tax Dollars Are a Part of This”

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) accused Israel of killing Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh right through a May 19 Instagram Live video and mentioned that there had to be a “line” drawn over the United States’ investment of Israel.

Abu Akleh used to be shot within the head right through an Israel Defense Force (IDF) raid within the West Bank village of Jenin in line with Palestinian terrorists getting into Israel illegally from the village; it’s recently unknown whether or not or now not she used to be shot through Israeli or Palestinian gunfire.

“She was killed by Israeli forces,” Ocasio-Cortez mentioned of the Al Jazeera journalist. “We can’t allow this stuff to be happening with our resources.” She rejected those that argue that she “is picking [Israel] out and treating them differently” because “our tax dollars are part of this. Our resources are a part of this. We can’t even get healthcare in the United States, and we’re funding this.”

On IG reside, @AOC suggests slicing army help to Israel in wake of killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh. “She was killed by Israeli forces. You know, we can’t allow this stuff to be happening with our resources.. We can’t even get healthcare in the US — and we are funding this.” pic.twitter.com/JMbElH7K4M

— Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) May 20, 2022

Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks drew hearth from Jewish and pro-Israel teams.

“It’s dangerous to accuse Israel when even the Palestinian coroner has made no determination,” Israel Consul General of New York Asaf Zamir tweeted to Ocasio-Cortez. “This is exactly what leads to more violent antisemitism in NYC. As a new fellow New Yorker, I invite you to meet and discuss.”

Hi @AOC, It’s unhealthy to accuse Israel when even the Palestinian coroner has made no resolution. This is strictly what results in extra violent antisemitism in NYC. As a brand new fellow New Yorker, I invite you to fulfill and speak about. Here’s what I mentioned about this on @CNN this week: pic.twitter.com/7XGCjicnT5

— Asaf Zamir (@AmbAsafZamir) May 20, 2022

The American Jewish Committee tweeted that the alliance between the USA and Israel “creates monumental advantages for each international locations and it is important we stay this courting sturdy. @AOC’s declare that army help to Israel undermines good enough healthcare in the USA is, at perfect, an affordable exposure stunt and, at worst, one thing way more insidious.”

The -🇮🇱 alliance creates monumental advantages for each international locations and it is important we stay this courting sturdy.@AOC‘s declare that army help to Israel undermines good enough healthcare in the USA is, at perfect, an affordable exposure stunt and, at worst, one thing way more insidious. https://t.co/L2CpnKeabc

— American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) May 20, 2022

Tel Aviv Institute Fellow Hen Mazzig tweeted, “AOC went on Instagram and claimed that Americans ‘cannot get healthcare’ on account of Israel. Scapegoating Jews for the struggles of the day is textbook antisemitism, even supposing you utilize Israel because the surrogate. She must ask for forgiveness straight away — sooner than her phrases reason hate crimes.”

AOC went on Instagram and claimed that Americans “can’t get healthcare” on account of Israel.

Scapegoating Jews for the struggles of the day is textbook antisemitism, even supposing you utilize Israel because the surrogate.

She must ask for forgiveness straight away — sooner than her phrases reason hate crimes.

— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) May 20, 2022

Human rights attorney Arsen Ostrovsky, CEO of the International Legal Forum, tweeted that “whenever @AOC starts lecturing on #Israel, this video invariably comes to mind” and shared the viral clip of Ocasio-Cortez acknowledging in a 2018 interview that she is “not the expert” at the “geopolitics” of the Israeli-Palestinian war.

Whenever @AOC begins lecturing on #Israelthis video invariably involves thoughts: https://t.co/bgD6C7a33z pic.twitter.com/8iBNKSHVQj

— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) May 20, 2022