From a petition at Change.org:
Supporters of justice around the world were heartened when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently won the Democratic congressional primary for a Bronx/Queens district with a grassroots campaign that included a forceful condemnation of the ongoing Israeli massacre of Palestinian Great Return March protesters in Gaza.
This is a massacre.
I hope my peers have the moral courage to call it such.
No state or entity is absolved of mass shootings of protesters. There is no justification. Palestinian people deserve basic human dignity, as anyone else.
Democrats can’t be silent about this anymore. https://t.co/wJGATOtDsR
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) May 14, 2018
Now, under intense Zionist backlash, she has “walked back” her stand, saying she had not used “the right words” in calling out Israeli occupation, and endorsing Israel’s “right to exist.”
We fully embrace Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ original defense of Palestinian rights, and reiterate these essential facts:
- From day one, Israel has been a settler-colonial regime of occupation on stolen Palestinian land, a status it recently formalized. It has no more “right to exist” than Jim Crow or apartheid South Africa!
- The Great Return March demands an end to Israel’s genocidal siege on Gaza, as well as refugees’ right, enshrined in UN Resolution 194, to return to homes from which they were expelled during the 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe)that created that Israeli state.
- Since the Gaza protests began in March, Israel has murdered at least 146 Palestinians (including children, reporters, and first responders), while wounding another 16,496. Unconscionably, this massacre is made possible by $3.8 billion a year in bipartisan U.S. military aid to Israel.
- The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), of which Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a member,endorses the growing movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against apartheid Israel.
Alexandria, your campaign is only as strong as its principles. Just as you speak truth to power for Abolish ICE, Standing Rock, Black Lives Matter, and Puerto Rico, stand firm with justice for Palestine!
This post was originally published as a petition on Change.org on July 22, 2018.
Simply not going to happen. She’s aiming for the big-time in US politics, and you ain’t going to get there being pro-Palestinian.
Petition is good. I will sign it, and spread it around.
who is currently the most pro palestinian congressman?
i would think that she should contact peter beinart, i think he could help her navigate uncharted waters. it will involve savvy and wisdom.
James Comey weighs in on twitter:
“Democrats, please, please don’t lose your minds and rush to the socialist left. This president and his Republican Party are counting on you to do exactly that. America’s great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership.”
Such concern he has.
By the way, the Great March of Return was not so great. More like desperate measures. It will be remembered in the context of what comes next in Gaza. And that is still unclear.