ISRAEL (VINnews) — Former NY assemblyman Dov Hikind and Trump’s former U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman called on Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, of Crown Heights, to launch an ethics probe into two members of the “Squad” who falsely accused Israel of bombing a Gazan hospital.
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Hikind and Friedman slammed media outlets and two antisemitic “Squad” members for jumping “instantly to the conclusion that Israel was behind the strike and that 500 Palestinians had been killed, despite not a shred of evidence to back either claim.”
Hikind and Friedman wrote to Jeffries:
“Clearly the Hamas Caucus doesn’t give a d*** about Palestinian lives because if they did, not only would they immediately retract their statements, but they would reissue them with Hamas and Islamic Jihad as the subject of their scorn rather than Israel.
“Very clearly, accuracy is not the concern for these fomenters of anti-Jewish violence, but demonizing Israel is.
“Therefore, we are calling on the House Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, to take action against these dangerous terrorist-lovers by opening an ethics inquiry into their tweets which had, within hours, incited violence against Israeli and American targets around the Middle East and America.”
Bombing a hospital is among the gravest of war crimes. The IDF reportedly blowing up one of the few places the injured and wounded can seek medical treatment and shelter during a war is horrific.@POTUS needs to push for an immediate ceasefire to end this slaughter. https://t.co/dPJ48dyDe8
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 17, 2023
They observed that Omar and Tlaib, as well as “the BBC and other peddlers of this pernicious blood libel,” have not deleted their “erroneous and dangerous tweets.”
“Hakeem has an opportunity to prove to American Jewry that the Democrats are not the anti-Israel/pro-Hamas party their loudest representatives make them out to be! The ball is in his court,” they said.
They also wrote: “Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and any other member of Congress who promoted this nasty blood libel crossed all lines and exposed their truest intention which is not support for Palestinians but to harm and enfeeble Israel. Hakeem has an opportunity to prove to American Jewry that the Democrats are not the anti-Israel/pro-Hamas party their loudest representatives make them out to be! The ball is in his court.”