The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Rep. Rashida Tlaib was among those circulating an unverified claim that Israeli settlers had kidnapped and assaulted a 7-year-old boy and executed him by throwing him in a well to freeze to death.
A Twitter account called “Real Seif Bitar” tweeted that the boy had been kidnapped and executed and showed a video of the boy’s body being found by emergency services. The tweet claimed that the boy was kidnapped by “Israeli settlers, assaulted and thrown in a water well, was found this morning frozen to death in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem after Israeli forces assaulted search teams.” Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi re-tweeted the allegation and added “the heart just shatters, the pain is unbearable, no words.” Congresswoman Tlaib then retweeted the Ashrawi tweet that included the allegations.
As Eylon Levy tweeted, those retweets just added layer after layer of amplification to an unverified tweet by an unverified user.
Three layers of what for now appears to be a blood libel. From a faceless activist to a Palestinian government official to a US Congresswoman to a global audience of 898,000 followers. pic.twitter.com/spGwJAp5RT
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) January 25, 2020
.@RashidaTlaib again indulges in vile antisemitism and promotes a modern day blood libel against Jews!
Where’s the Democrat’s outrage?! Where’s Chuck “watcher of Jews” Schumer to condemn these libelous calls to pointless violence?!
They’re all complicit!https://t.co/Ew33NKw2xM
— Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) January 25, 2020
.@RashidaTlaib spreading a blood libel. There is no evidence that the boy was "kidnapped and executed." He drowned in a cistern near his home. It was Israeli firefighters who found him, not "Israeli forces assaulted search teams." https://t.co/yZO7jdEgC8 https://t.co/TYu7Gm1IJu
— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) January 25, 2020
And Ashrawi, who has her own experience spreading blood libels, even apologized for her tweet: pic.twitter.com/bgArC0q7gb
— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) January 25, 2020
We don’t recall seeing a lot of apologies from Tlaib ever, over anything.
Looks like Seif Bitar, the source of the tweet, has been suspended from Twitter before:
And @BitarReal has a track record of not letting the truth interfere with taking advantage of a tragedy: https://t.co/mtere7gL7L
— Mike Harris (@DrMikeH49) January 25, 2020
Since when has she ever cared about truth that didn't fit her own narrative and hate?
— ? Liz ? (@Diabeetus_Cat) January 25, 2020
It still stuns me that we, the people voted an ‘all-in to destroy this country from within’ activist to such a position of power. Shame on the voters.
— Ellie Brown ? #SayIt I will NOT be silenced (@Real_EllieBrown) January 26, 2020
You lefties wanted it, you lefties got it.
— Conservative Genius (@ConservativeGe5) January 25, 2020
That’s one hateful disgusting woman
— #Trump2020 ?? (@Shelia__H) January 25, 2020
@RashidaTlaib is a vile, despicable, unctuous one-term congressman. Don't give her any notion of thought. She's a boil on the ass of history.
— Jess (@JessKane15) January 25, 2020
Pound for pound, Palestinians seem to fry their brains with hate more than any other entity.
— Doc McMurphy (@GreeseWood) January 25, 2020
It says a lot about Tlaib that she'd believe this in the first place. Demonization of Jews leads to believing every fable. At least @DrHananAshrawi now says she might not have the facts on this.
— A. Norman (@AFIChai) January 25, 2020
George Galloway hasn't deleted his false tweet yethttps://t.co/bt6fFUOnhV
— Amihai Bannett (@israelconnect) January 25, 2020
She is heartless in this regard.
— Arthur Bodek (@ArthurBodek) January 25, 2020
Every US politician with a radical view is guilty of this. I wish none of them had twitter since they only use it for hate and promulgation of their skewed views.
— Deep State Agent Dave (@GiganticBlue) January 25, 2020
What can you expect from this woman? She hates Jews and she hates Israel. Her fellow Democrats have given her license to say any hateful thing she wishes. On the Left, “hate speech” doesn’t apply to Jews.
— Jim Silberman (@jedsilb) January 25, 2020
We are born and have the choice in life to do good or do evil. Rashida Tlaib you have chosen evil. You are a waste of skin and bone.
— Arnishel Ross (@Arnishel) January 25, 2020
Rashida Tlaib never let the truth stand in the way of her denouncing Israel or discrediting the Jews. Tlaib has no shame. But it is to be expected of a member of the Democrat squad.
— EJ Kraus (@EJKrausJr) January 25, 2020
@RashidaTlaib's narratives about Israel & Jewish people are steeped in ignorance. Repeating lies doesn't make her an expert. She lacks ethical reasoning, critical thinking, empathy, & civic engagement: all of which are critical 4 sustaining democracy.@facinghistory #NeverAgain
— Victoria Feldman (@Lightworker4God) January 25, 2020
.@RashidaTlaib you are a propagandist. Apologize for the lies you spread.
— PassthePopcorn (@RealiTeaRead) January 26, 2020
Her loyalties seem quite clear. The barbaric Intifada takes precedence over everything else.
— Aboud Dandachi (@abouddandachi) January 25, 2020
“A herd”
— Robert Funk (@FunkofChile) January 25, 2020
Remember the progressive freak-out when President Trump called MS-13 gang members “animals”?
Ashrawi “apologized” saying with breathtaking understatement that her false charge is “not certain”. Best I can tell Congresswoman @RashidaTlaib hasn’t even taken that little responsibility for her reckless retweet.
— NYPop18 (@NYPop18) January 25, 2020
@RashidaTlaib , did you find your foot in your mouth again? Seems to be a common occurrence!
— Alex Agranovsky (@darth_opeth) January 25, 2020
Maybe it’s best for our politicians to tweet, as it gives us a better idea of who they really are.
Related:
‘Big SHOCK she’s on the wrong side’: Rashida Tlaib calls Trump ‘lawless’ for Soleimani’s death and HELLO backfire https://t.co/ciR1d2Ji2m
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 3, 2020
