(Daily Caller) Many prominent Jewish groups have only weakly criticized Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib following a rant in the House of Representatives that one fellow Democrat labeled anti-Semitic.
During Thursday’s floor debate over a $1 billion funding package for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, Tlaib accused Israel of being an “apartheid regime” that “manufactured” the “crisis” that made the funding necessary.
“We can not only be talking about Israelis’ need for safety at a time when Palestinians are living under a violent apartheid system and are dying from what Human Rights Watch said are war crimes. We should also be talking about Palestinian need for security from Israeli attacks,” she said.
Tlaib immediately faced bipartisan criticism for her remarks.
