Michigan far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a progressive “Squad” Democrat, was bolstered by Twitter for her “lies” that a brawl between Palestinian teens in Jerusalem was actually Israel’s “violent apartheid government” that pitted Palestinians with the military. had as a target.
Tlaib, one of the House’s most notorious anti-Israel lawmakers, has made numerous wild claims about the Jewish homeland, including that it is an “apartheid state” that targets Palestinians and claims that one cannot be progressive if they support Israel .
Her latest claim came on Sunday when Tlaib responded to a post from the pro-Palestinian non-profit organization, the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), showing a fight breaking out at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate during Ramadan festivities.
RASHIDA TLAIB, ‘SQUAD’ RELATED COMMITTEES PRESSED LARGE AMOUNTS TO ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST’S CONSULTING COMPANY
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., one of the House’s most notorious anti-Israel lawmakers, has made numerous wild claims about the Jewish homeland, including that it is an “apartheid state” that targets Palestinians and claims that a person is not can be progressive if they support Israel. ((Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images))
IMEU’s tweet to which Tlaib responded accused Israel of “apartheid” and claimed that “Israeli soldiers” “attacked Palestinians who were celebrating the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in occupied Jerusalem.”
“This is Israel’s violent apartheid government,” Tlaib claimed in a quote from IMEU’s post.
“Don’t look away,” she continued.
However; the Michigan Democrat’s most recent baseless online claim against the Israeli government saw her reinforced with an information check from Twitter itself that revealed the real cause behind the video.
Video shows police fighting between Palestinian teens that broke out at the Damascus gate,” reads the context box, referring to an article in the Jerusalem Post about the altercation.
Twitter also checked IMEU’s video, which included a link to the Jerusalem Post article and a tweet about the incident.
Fox News Digital contacted Tlaib’s office asking if the congressman would correct or delete the tweet, but received no response.
Twitter users blasted Tlaib’s post, including anti-Semitism watchdog StopAntisemitism who wrote, “Twitter calling out Rashida Tlaib’s lies is a perfect start to the week.”
Yochonon Don, editor of Mispacha Magazine, pointed out that a “US Congressman just lied on Twitter” about the video.
“Don’t normalize this,” Don wrote.
Musician Phil Labonte laughed at the “community notes” under Tlaib’s tweet.
IMEU website attacks the Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “racist right-wing government”, as well as outlandish claims against Israel, such as “environmental apartheid”.
In addition, IMEU claims that the Israeli government is engaged in “Ethnic cleansingtargeting Palestinians through a conspiratorial “Plan Dalet” that “turned most Palestinians into stateless refugees and marked the beginning of Israel’s apartheid system on 78% of the land of Palestine.”
“Many Israelis, including leading Israeli political and religious leaders, believe that the ethnic cleansing during Plan Dalet did not go far enough and are openly calling for further displacement of Palestinians and the destruction of Palestinian communities,” the organization claims.
“These threats and incitement fuel the fear of Palestinians, rooted in the memory of the mass expulsions of 1948 and the knowledge that it could happen again,” they continued.
Two committees linked to Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and another committee linked to the “Squad” have transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars to a company run by an anti-Israel activist over the past two years, filings show. .
The progressive entities collectively pushed nearly $270,000 to Unbought Power LLC, a Florida-based consulting and advocacy firm owned and operated by Rasha Mubarak, a community and political activist who has expressed openly anti-Israel views on multiple occasions. social media platforms.
Tlaib’s latest claim came on Sunday when the congressman responded to a post from the pro-Palestinian nonprofit the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) showing a fight breaking out at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate during Ramadan festivities. (SOPA images)
Many members of the “Squad” — a group of far-left Democrats in the House — have come under fire in the past for controversial comments deemed anti-Semitic. Late last year, Florida Democrat Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz set her sights on Tlaib after claiming that individuals cannot be progressive if they support Israel. Democrat Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has repeatedly been in hot water for her anti-Israel comments.
The Squad-linked money has flowed to Mubarak’s company over the past election cycle. Tlaib’s campaign paid Unbought Power $179,000 for fundraising services in 2021 and 2022. At the same time, her leadership PAC, Rooted in Community Leadership, added $44,000 in payments, a Fox News Digital review of Federal Election Commission filings found (FEC). Mubarak, meanwhile, also serves as treasurer of Tlaib’s leading PAC, according to his records.
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The Squad Victory Fund, a joint fundraiser that supports the campaigns and leadership committees of far-left Squad members, including Tlaib, Omar and New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has also made several payments to the company. The fund added Unbought Power to its payroll last summer and paid $44,000 to Mubarak’s firm for fundraising assistance for the remainder of the year, their filings show.
Tlaib’s two committees and the Squad Victory Fund were the only federal entities to pay Mubarak’s consulting firm, according to a search of the FEC database.
Fox News Digital’s Joe Schoffstall contributed reporting.
Houston Keene is a political writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene
