Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) retweeted a “from the river to the sea” tweet on November 29.
The tweet that Tlaib retweeted read, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” with an “International Day of Solidarity” picture.
Tell me again how Rashida Tlaib is not a raving antisemite. pic.twitter.com/lHFzbBmrBm
— Claire (@Claire_V0ltaire) November 30, 2020
Tlaib later undid the retweet and instead tweeted, “Thinking of my sity Muftieh and family in Palestine today. From Detroit to Gaza, we will always fight against oppression and inequality.”
Thinking of my sity Muftieh and family in Palestine today. From Detroit to Gaza, we will always fight against oppression and inequality.
Art: @shirien.creates pic.twitter.com/qN6sqy5mW8
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) November 30, 2020
Tlaib has come under fire over the initial retweet.
“Rashida Tlaib RT’s out the same message that got Marc Lamont Hill canned from CNN,” the Stop Antisemitism.org watchdog tweeted. “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free – code for eradicating the State of Israel and its millions of Jews. Reminder – this is a sitting U.S. Congresswoman.”
Rashida Tlaib RT's out the same message that got Marc Lamont Hill canned from CNN.
From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free – code for eradicating the State of Israel and its millions of Jews.
Reminder – this is a sitting U.S. Congresswoman pic.twitter.com/zEWOptrGPW
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) November 30, 2020
Bryan Leib, who heads the Jewish millennial group HaShevet, called for “House Republicans to draft a resolution condemning Rashida Tlaib for calling for the genocide of the Jewish people in Israel.”
I'm calling on House Republicans to draft a resolution condemning Rashida Tlaib for calling for the genocide of the Jewish people in Israel.
"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is a call for genocide! @RepMeuser @RepSmucker @GReschenthaler @RepFredKeller https://t.co/ULVXnrnRFR
— Bryan E. Leib (@BryanLeibFL) November 30, 2020
Israel-based writer Hen Mazzig also tweeted, “Instead of acknowledging the 850,000 Jews exiled from the Middle East, on #JewishRefugeeDay Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted out a slogan calling for the mass murder of Jews in Israel. If you can’t support Palestinians without calling for genocide, maybe you shouldn’t be in Congress.”
Instead of acknowledging the 850,000 Jews exiled from the Middle East, on #JewishRefugeeDay Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted out a slogan calling for the mass murder of Jews in Israel.
If you can’t support Palestinians without calling for genocide, maybe you shouldn’t be in Congress. pic.twitter.com/JM4dvsrA2R
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 30, 2020
In 2018, Marc Lamont Hill was fired from CNN after he called for a “free Palestine from the river to the sea” during a speech at the United Nations. Journal contributor Micha Danzig explained at the time that the “from the river to the sea” line “has always been a call for annihilation,” dating as far back as the Palestine Liberation Organization’s 1964 charter.
Tlaib is scheduled to participate in a December 15 panel co-sponsored by IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace, among others, called “Dismantling Antisemitism, Winning Justice.” Hill, author Peter Beinart and University of Chicago Professor Barbara Ransby will also be on the panel.
