Slamming 73-year-old President Donald Trump for being anti-Semitic, the Democrat Party and media friends continued to paint Trump as a bigot for statements he made about American Jews not supporting him for president. Without question, with the possible exception of former President George W. Bush, Trump has been Israel’s best friend, giving them more backing than any U.S. president. When Trump enforced a Congressional resolution declaring Jerusalem Israel’s capital Dec. 6, 2017, Trump distinguished himself as Israel’s best friend. Trump’s recent criticism of American Jews for backing the Democrat Party stem from the recent bout with 37-year-old Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Min.) and 43-year-old Rep. Rashida Talib (D-Mich.), the only two Muslims in the U.S. Congress. Known for their anti-Semitic rhetoric, Trump backed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ban from Israel.
Omar and Tlaib wanted to go to the West Bank, home to Tlaib’s Palestinian grandmother, to promote the BDS [Boycott, Divest and Sancitions] movement against Israel for “occupying” Palestinian territory. Omar and Tlaib’s trip was sponsored by a known anti-Semitic Non-governmental Organization [NGO], Miftah Group, headed by anti-Israel Palestinian lawmaker Hanan Ashwari, known for publishing neo-Nazis calling for the destruction of Israel. Democrat and media outlets don’t want the truth to come out about Omar and Tlaib but instead have chosen to attack Trump as an anti-Semite for questioning American Jews who support Tlaib and Omar. Trump’s daughter Ivanka, a senior adviser to the president and her Orthodox Jewish husband Jared, also a senior Trump adviser, converted to Judaism. Calling Trump anti-Semitic is so preposterous it can’t pass unnoticed.
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu banned Omar and Tlaib from Israel, he cited a 2017 law, passed by the Knesset [the Israeli parliament], banning foreigners who back the BDS Movement from entering Israel. Yet members of the House, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), were outraged by Israel banning members of the U.S. Congress. Not one Democrat in Congress or member of the press questioned Omar and Tlaib’s affiliation with Ashwari’s anti-Israel Miftah Group, only talk about denying Omar and Tlaib entrance to Israel. With nearly daily terror attacks from Palestinians on Israeli civilians and military, allowing Omar and Tlaib to incite more violence would have been a mistake. “If you vote for a Democrat, you’re disloyal to Jewish people and you’re being disloyal to Israel,” Trump told reporters outside the White House, prompting a media backlash.
Trump tried to make the point that he’s been Israel’s best friend since taking office Jan. 20, 2017. Certainly recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was a bold move in support of the peace process. Trump hoped to bring West Bank leader 83-year-old Mahmoud Abbas back to the peace table but instead Abbas broke off diplomatic relations with the U.S. Trump retaliated in kind Aug. 24, 2018 cutting off $200 million in Palestinian aid. Abbas announced Aug. 19 that he was firing his Cabinet, expecting rank-and-file government workers to take a 50% pay cut and return past bonuses to the government. Abbas finds his Ramallah-based government out of cash because he broke off diplomatic relations with the U.S. But Omar and Tlaib wanted to go to Israel to promote the BDS movement, talking about Israel, the Mideast’s only democracy, as an Apartheid state.
Turning Omar and Tlaib’s behavior on its head, the media now promotes Trump as an anti-Semite for questioning Jewish loyalty to the Democrat Party. “In my opinion, Democrats have gone very far away from Israel,” Trump said, listening to anti-Semitic black preachers like Rev. Louis Farrakhan, known for his anti-Semitic rants. With over 80% of American Jews voting for Democrats, Trump can’t fathom the backing. “I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” referring backing anti-Semitic trends in the Democrat Party. No matter how the media cuts it, Trump a bigot, backing white nationalist groups some Jews hold responsible for the Oct. 27, 2018 Pittsburgh, Pa. Tree of Life Synagogue mass shooting, killing 11, injuring 7 by 46-year-old self-avowed white nationalist Gregory Robert Bowers.
Continuing the same fake narrative, the media has now accused Trump of anti-Semitism, when he’s been the most supportive president to Israel in U.S. history. Democrats and the media can’t stomach the fact that Omar and Tlaib, as Trump has said, are both vehemently anti-Israel and anti-Jewish. No one in the mainstream press has the journalistic integrity to call out Omar and Tlaib for their involvement with Ashwari’s bitterly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel Miftah Organization. Calling for a cut-off of Israeli aid for banning Omar and Tlaib, some members of Congress don’t get Israel’s close national security relationship to the U.S. Omar and Tlaib have a lot of explaining to do backing known anti-Semite Hanan Ashwari’s group, known for publishing vicious neo-Nazi propaganda against Israel. Branding Trump an anti-Semite shows the extremes to which leftist groups go to cover-up their behavior.
