On Tuesday, hard-Left anti-Israel Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) accused Israel of “indiscriminate bombing” in its war effort against the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon, ignoring the precise nature of the Israeli attacks in war, their warning to residents to evacuate their homes before the Israeli strikes, and furthermore, the literal indiscriminate bombing Hezbollah carried out for nearly a year on Israel, with more than 8,000 rockets resulting in tens of thousands of Israelis forced to flee their homes.
Tlaib started by claiming Israel was committing “genocide” in Gaza, then referred to “the Israeli government’s indiscriminate bombing of Lebanon.” She made no reference to Hezbollah, whose ruthless dominance has caused many Lebanese Christians to flee Lebanon over the decades.
My statement on the indiscriminate bombing of Lebanon: pic.twitter.com/ZfpXa84R5c
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) September 25, 2024
“Like Hamas, Hezbollah also has genocidal intentions to annihilate Israel and kill all the Jews, intentions which they have made repeatedly clear and have continuously sought to act on,” John Spencer, chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point, co-wrote in Newsweek. “Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has said that that the entire Middle East will not rest until the ‘cancerous gland’ that is Israel is removed, and on October 8 last year, a day after the Hamas massacre, Hezbollah formally joined the war in the wistful hope that they might help eradicate the Jewish state.”
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Tlaib has long shown support and sympathies for anti-Semitic extremists, terror groups, and attacks on Israel, and has been photographed with an alleged Hezbollah supporter. Tlaib has called for the elimination of the state of Israel following Hamas’ unprecedented October 7 attack, in which terrorists murdered 1,200 people. She was censured by Congress for supporting genocide against Israel, and by lying about how Israel has conducted itself in its war with Hamas.
Even leftist Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, has accused Tlaib of overt anti-Semitism after Tlaib slammed her office for alleging students at the University of Michigan had committed ethnic intimidation. Nessel told CNN’s Jake Tapper, “Rashida Tlaib is an individual who is well known for making inflammatory — inflammatory and incendiary remarks that are anti-Semitic in nature.”
Social media blasted Tlaib for her comments:
You couldn’t even mention Hezbollah.
Are there any jihadists and murderers of Jews you don’t like?
— Arsen Ostrovsky ????️ (@Ostrov_A) September 25, 2024
When I saw you use the words indiscriminate bombing I was shocked that you finally saw the light and decided to call out Hezbollah for firing over 7000 rockets at Israel since October 7th. But of course, it could not possibly be that your moral compass had recalibrated. You are…
— Chaskel Bennett (@ChaskelBennett) September 25, 2024
The reason your district is home for such a large Lebanese community is because the terrorists you're defending made Lebanon unlivable for decent people. They have no fled Israel. They have fled the same kind of rabid Islamism you're trying to inflict on America now.
— Uri Kurlianchik (@VerminusM) September 25, 2024
“Indiscriminate? That would be the Bataclan theatre in Paris, Arianna Grande concert in Manchester, train bombs in Spain, nightclub bombings in Bali, bus bombs in London, embassy bombings in Kenya and Beirut, Lockerbie, Crocus Theatre in Moscow. You are a disgrace to humanity,” one social media user commented.
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article.
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