Wednesday, February 13, 2019

you're allowed to speak your opinion about the empire but not so when you begin to speak of those who own the empire;


It is official. Criticism of Israel is anti Semitism and recognising the power of AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, invites retribution.
Ilhan Omar, a Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota, first created a stir by refusing to delete her 2012 tweet, which said: “Israel has hypnotised the world.” Her original tweet was in response to Israel’s eight-day bombing of Gaza, the so-called  Operation Pillar of Defence. The Israeli army claimed that it had “as usual… made great efforts to reduce the number of civilian casualties and amount of collateral damage”. The families of the167 Palestinians killed in the bombing were no doubt reassured by these words.
Ms Omar recently apologised for her choice of words, but added:...........https://www.redressonline.com/2019/02/americans-can-criticise-america-but-not-israel/

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