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‘Ten years ago, I’d have thought that would be from Hezbollah. That’s an American congressperson.’

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Amid all the excitement about Kanye West, a reminder of a major source of antisemitism that the Left pretends doesn’t exist.

“‘From Hezbollah’: Bill Maher Calls Out Omar, Tlaib Over Antisemitic Comments,” by Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller, October 15, 2022:

HBO host Bill Maher called out Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan Friday night over antisemitic comments they posted on social media….

“Here’s one, ‘Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel,’” Maher said, while not explicitly naming Omar as the author of the 2012 tweet that is now deleted. “Ten years ago, if you read that to me, I’d have thought that would be from Hezbollah. That’s an American congressperson.”

Maher then read a post on Twitter where Tlaib invoked apartheid when discussing the Israeli government.

“Another American congressperson says, ‘The reality of Israel’s apartheid government,’ goes on to say, ‘the occupation and ethnic cleansing Palestinians [must] live with every day,’” Maher read, before moving on to a second tweet by Tlaib that accused Israel of deliberately targeting journalists….

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