Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, the Detroit-born daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is used to being a lightning rod for controversy given her support of Palestinians and criticism of Israel — but now she’s at the epicenter of the white-hot political fight over the Israel-Hamas war this week.
Tlaib is known for her explosive rhetoric; she has used the phrase “from the river to the sea” despite warnings the words are antisemitic and code for those who want the eradication of Israel.
One Jewish activist told The Post she has said all “the most horrible things about Israel” that there are and Lee Zeldin, the Republican New York gubernatorial candidate who served with her in the House, called her “evil.”
A conservative activist accosted Tlaib near her congressional offices Oct. 27, asking if she would denounce Hamas.
\Tlaib’s response was that he was “dehumanizing Palestinians.”
She has long accused Israel of genocide. She also refused to apologize two weeks ago for saying Israel caused the hospital blast in Gaza despite United States officials saying they had evidence it was an errant rocket launched by Hamas.
In 2019, Israel barred both Tlaib and US Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from entering the country. President Donald Trump claimed both women hate “all Jewish people”; Tlaib accused him of trying to “ignite vile attacks” by taking her comments “out of context,” and Omar said it was “an affront.”
On Wednesday she survived a bid by her fellow congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to have her censured for “antisemitic activities.”
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