The New York congresswoman said that “when the Jewish community is threatened, the progressive movement is undermined.”
In an online webinar, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said on Monday that progressivism and Judaism are compatible and that “bad faith actors” falsely accuse black women in particular of being antisemitic.
“Antisemitism is an assault on our values as Americans and especially as progressives,” the member of the so-called “Squad” in Congress said.
She added that “it is also important to say here in this moment and during that conversation that criticism of the Israeli government is not inherently antisemitic and criticism of Zionism is not automatically antisemitic.”