Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) faced criticism on Christmas for a distorted retelling of the birth of Jesus Christ and for trying to politicize the event by making false comparisons to the situation in modern day Israel.
“In the story of Christmas, Christ was born in modern-day Palestine under the threat of a government engaged in a massacre of innocents,” she claimed. “He was part of a targeted population being indiscriminately killed to protect an unjust leader’s power. Mary and Joseph, displaced by violence and forced to flee, became refugees in Egypt with a newborn waiting to one day return home.”
“Thousands of years later, right wing forces are violently occupying Bethlehem as similar stories unfold for today’s Palestinians, so much so that the Christian community in Bethlehem has cancelled this year’s Christmas Eve celebrations out of both safety and respect,” she added. “And yet, also today, holy children are still being born in a place of unspeakable violence — for every child born, of any identity and from any place, is sacred. Especially the children of Gaza.”
Nowhere in her post on Instagram did Ocasio-Cortez make any mention of Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack on Israel in which the Islamic terrorist group murdered 1,200 Israelis, wounded 5,300+, took more than 240 people hostage, and engaged in a sadistic campaign of rape against Israeli women and children.
“The entire story of Christmas and Christ himself is about standing with the poor and powerless, the marginalized and maligned, the refugees and immigrants, the outcast and misunderstood, without exception,” she continued. “This high Christian holiday is about honoring the precious sanctity of a family that, if the story were to unfold today, would be Jewish Palestinians.”
Ocasio-Cortez was called out online over her remarks by a wide range of individuals.
“Nothing to see here… just a Democratic congresswoman with a large social media following openly hating on Jews in broad daylight,” said columnist Joe Concha.
Jacob N. Kornbluh, senior political reporter at The Forward, wrote: “AOC describes Israel as a ‘violent right wing occupying force’ in Christmas post. No mention of Hamas terror, the victims of Oct. 7 attack.”
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What @AOC tells you: If the Christmas story were to happen today, Jesus’ family would be Jewish Palestinians.
What @AOC doesn’t tell you: Jewish Palestinians don’t exist and Jews aren’t allowed to live in or even enter various parts of the Palestinian Territories.
Merry…
— Jordyn (@JordynTilchen) December 25, 2023