The letter, sent Monday to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, threatens to withhold U.S. security assistance to Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves forward with a plan to annex parts of the disputed West Bank, an act that "Would lay the groundwork for Israel becoming an apartheid state." In addition to Ocasio-Cortez, the letter was backed by Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
In an internal email circulated to House Democrats and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, Ocasio-Cortez lists 10 organizations that support her letter to Pompeo.
Most of these groups are prominent leaders of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which seeks to wage economic warfare on Israel.
Ocasio-Cortez's collaboration with groups that have traditionally been seen among Democrats as extremist and outside the bounds of collaboration suggests an escalating fight within the party over not just criticism of Israel, but the acceptability among Democrats of supporting the Jewish state's destruction through BDS and terrorism.
Each of these advocacy groups has a lengthy history of Israel criticism.
Both organizations have promoted conspiracy theories about Israel and endorsed violent Palestinian resistance groups.
Among the group's activities, as revealed by Tablet magazine in 2018, is "Help[ing] facilitate tax-exempt donations to a Palestinian coalition that includes Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other groups the U.S. State Department designates as terrorist organizations."
In an internal email circulated to House Democrats and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, Ocasio-Cortez lists 10 organizations that support her letter to Pompeo.
Most of these groups are prominent leaders of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which seeks to wage economic warfare on Israel.
Ocasio-Cortez's collaboration with groups that have traditionally been seen among Democrats as extremist and outside the bounds of collaboration suggests an escalating fight within the party over not just criticism of Israel, but the acceptability among Democrats of supporting the Jewish state's destruction through BDS and terrorism.
Each of these advocacy groups has a lengthy history of Israel criticism.
Both organizations have promoted conspiracy theories about Israel and endorsed violent Palestinian resistance groups.
Among the group's activities, as revealed by Tablet magazine in 2018, is "Help[ing] facilitate tax-exempt donations to a Palestinian coalition that includes Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other groups the U.S. State Department designates as terrorist organizations."
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