Israel war: AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Rashi­da Tlaib’s anti­se­mit­ic remarks in spot­light after Hamas attacks

As war rages between Israel and the ter­ror­ist orga­ni­za­tion Hamas fol­low­ing the group’s fatal week­end attack on Israeli civil­ians, com­ments made by a few House Democ­rats regard­ing the region have been thrust back into the spot­light.
Since the attacks on Sat­ur­day, the death toll has risen to rough­ly 1,600, with Israel report­ing about 900 deaths and Gaza 680.
ISRAEL WAR: HAMAS TERRORIST ATTACK PUT DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR ALLY TO THE TEST
Reps. Alexan­dria Oca­sio-Cortez (D‑NY), Ilhan Omar (D‑MN), and Rashi­da Tlaib (D‑MI), who are mem­bers of the group known as the “Squad,” have been crit­i­cized for state­ments that were con­sid­ered anti­se­mit­ic. Some rep­re­sen­ta­tives have fur­ther been accused of show­ing sym­pa­thy for Hamas and oth­er ter­ror­ist orga­ni­za­tions.
Here are some com­ments from Oca­sio-Cortez, Omar, and Tlaib regard­ing the region.
Alexan­dria Oca­sio-Cortez
Before her 2018 elec­tion, the politi­cian was pressed to elab­o­rate on a pre­vi­ous claim that Israel was occu­py­ing …