(Detroit News) Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib reiterated Wednesday that her criticism of Israel does not equate to hostility against Jews, saying she’s been the first to speak out against anti-Semitism “in a room sometimes where people don’t even want to talk about it.”
“When I criticize (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s discrimination, inequality, human rights violations, saying you have to do better and we have to look at real equality and even desegregating certain communities,” Tlaib said, “that, to me, does not make me charging toward the Jewish faith at all. And I’m very conscientious of that.”
Speaking to the Detroit News editorial board, she compared the situation to criticism of President Donald Trump’s policies and how that “doesn’t make you less loyal to America. You just want a better America.”
