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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue with Omar's comments is she questioned the loyalty of Americans who support Israel and claimed politicians only support Israel because of big money paid to them by a powerful Jewish lobby.
She cannot see that the support has everything to do with the fact that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East that supports Western values and is surrounded by nations that would like to wipe Israel off the map.  [/quote]

Wrong, everyone sees that Israel is a democracy and that it's surrounded by hostile nations.  But that said, Israel being a democracy and being surrounded by hostile nations still doesn't justify Israel shooting children and journalists, violating UN agreements, building illegal settlements and other things, nor does it justify Americans and American politicians turning a blind eye to all of that, and apparently you don't see that.  Israel doesn't *have* to continue those policies in order to survive and succeed.  And to deny that AIPAC isn't a powerful lobby and that they throw a lot of money around is simply not credible as it's right in AIPAC's FEC and lobbying filings.  There is nothing wrong let alone anti-semitic with stating those kinds of things, as Ilhan Omar has.  [/quote]

That Israel is a democracy is massively more dubious than assumed here. It makes a point of disenfranchising millions: Israeli Arabs, West Bank Palestinians, and millions of expelled refugees (including those in Gaza)...Some of us are old enough to remember South Africa pulling the same "only democracy" routine because it allowed elections for a select few.

After decades of always getting their way, Israel's supporters have become seriously sloppy. If you care about Israelis, Jews, and dare I say it, other people in general, you should re-examine the decades-old propaganda that obviously failed to produce a durable peace.[/quote]

Israeli Arabs have voting rights, hater.[/quote]

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