Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who has called Israel a “racist state” and who, in December, twice hedged when condemning Hamas terrorists raping Israeli women, accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “sacrificing” hostages and civilians.
“Today’s labor strike and protests are extremely important,” Jayapal stated on Monday. “Netanyahu has no interest in a ceasefire—he’s prioritized his own political survival while sacrificing hostages and tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians.”
“The United States must use the entirety of our leverage to end this war,” the congresswoman added.
Jayapal’s statement didn’t mention Hamas, the U.S.-designated terror organization that executed the hostages.
In a fact sheet on the “elements of antisemitic discourse” by Kenneth L. Marcus, president and general counsel of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, posted on the website of the United Nations Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, the suggestion that Jews “sacrifice” others is identified as Jew-hatred.
“Since medieval times, Jewry has frequently been depicted as a wealthy, powerful, menacing and controlling collectivity, demanding the sacrifice of others to their own greed,” per the fact sheet. “In these respects, Jews have been associated with Mammon, the deity associated with of money, and Moloch, the Ammonite god associated with human sacrifice.”
