On Christmas, Democratic New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was criticized for distorting the account of the birth of Jesus Christ and attempting to politicize the event through erroneous parallels to the current situation in 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. 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.” Cortez said.
“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. 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.” she continued.
Ocasio-Cortez made no mention of the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas in her Instagram post.
During that day, the Islamic terrorist organization executed over 5,300 Israelis, injured over 1,200 others, abducted over 240 individuals, and conducted a sadistic campaign of rape against Israeli women and children.
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“Holy Children”. Is she turning pro-life, or channeling Burt Ward?