If Rashida Tlaib believes Israel has the right to exist, why does she support BDS?

Published July 29, 2019 11:25pm ET



Make no mistake: Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar want Israel to pay. They want its economy and government suppressed, just as Palestine’s has been for decades. An eye for an eye: that is a Judeo-Christian doctrine, after all.

Tlaib and Omar both support the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, which the House overwhelmingly condemned in a resolution last week. Tlaib dismissed the resolution in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, saying it disregards the “right to boycott the racist policies of the government and state of Israel.”

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