Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) received heat from the rabid pro-Hamas mob when she condemned recent displays of antisemitism in New York City after spending months criticizing Israel and sticking up for her antisemitic colleagues.
AOC tried to save face, but the mob didn’t relent. Those on the other side saw right through her.
In the months since the October 7th Hamas terrorist attacks, there has been an alarming rise in incidents of antisemitic expression and attacks worldwide as anti-Israel extremists, emboldened by so-called elected leaders and their media enablers, have shed their masks to show us who they really are.
Being home to the largest population of Jewish people in the United States, New York City, in particular, has become a hotbed of antisemitism, with reports of antisemitic incidents now a near-daily occurrence.
Such was the scene Monday night where, during the Nova Music Festival Exhibition, pro-Hamas activists participated in a “day of rage,” showing support for terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah while lighting flares and severely disrupting the somber event with hate-filled chants:
A mob of anti-Israel protesters chanted “Long live the Intifada” during a depraved celebration Monday night outside a downtown Manhattan exhibit that memorializes the murder and rape victims of the Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival, where 364 people were killed by Hamas terrorists.The deranged pro-terror crowd lit flares and waved a flag associated with the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah in front of the Nova Music Festival Exhibition on Wall Street during what was billed by organizers as a “citywide day of rage for Gaza,” according to video from the scene.The protesters also yelled “Israel go to hell” and clashed with police during the gathering that drew swift backlash from Israel supporters.The demonstration, organized by pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime, began in Union Square, where some protesters unfurled a “Long live October 7th” banner, according to social media footage.
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The ADL shared this photo and wrote:
Protestors are currently shouting “Long live the intifada” outside the @novaexhibition in NYC, which memorializes the 364 people massacred by Hamas terrorists at the Nova Festival on 10/7. For anyone still questioning what this slogan means, look no further – it’s support for terrorism and justification for brutal violence against Jews and Israelis.Protestors are also holding signs that say “Zionists are not Jews & not humans.” This is a textbook example of antisemitic dehumanization – and it’s sickening.
Fortunately, exhibit organizers decided in the aftermath to extend one more week:
AOC, leader of the so-called “Squad” of radicals in Congress that includes antisemitic members Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), took to the Twitter/X machine the next day to do something she rarely does: condemn antisemitism:
Post Millennial senior editor Andy Ngo was among the many who pointed out the obvious:
Marty Dolan, her Democratic primary opponent, had this to say:
On the other side of the aisle, the “broader movement” types on the activist left whose support AOC needs were not amused:
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has been on the receiving end of bashing from the pro-Hamas side before because in their view she didn’t take her anti-Israelism far enough since she wouldn’t – at the time – call Israel’s campaign against Hamas a genocide:
Two weeks after that video went viral, AOC gave a speech on the floor of the U.S. House and accused Israel of genocide.
Now, just as she did then, AOC is attempting to explain how she can be staunchly anti-Israel and anti-antisemitism at the same time:
The terms “reaping and sowing” come to mind here.
Interestingly, on the same day the “day of rage” took place, AOC hosted a live-streamed discussion on antisemitism with the Jewish Council for Public Affairs:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Monday that the “progressive movement is undermined” by the antisemitism that is on the rise in the U.S.[…]She emphasized on Monday that “criticism of the Israeli government is not inherently antisemitic, and criticism of Zionism is not automatically antisemitism.”“That being true, does not mean that we should not recognize when criticism and when that criticism crosses a line into real harms against our Jewish community,” Ocasio-Cortez added.
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Cynical election-year ploy or a genuine change of heart? I report, y’all decide.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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