Betty McCollum: AIPAC Embraces Genocide Of The Palestinian People!

Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) doesn't care what AIPAC thinks of her. She says the group is endorsing the genocide of the Palestinian people at the hands of Israel.

Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) has coming out swinging against AIPAC.

The progressive lawmaker joins Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in taking on the largest lobby in the United States.

She said that AIPAC is "weaponizing anti-semitism and hate to silence dissent."

The lawmaker made it clear that AIPAC is toxic to the Democratic Party.

"By weaponizing anti-semitism and hate to silence dissent AIPAC is taunting Democrats and mocking our core values. I hope Democrats understand what is at stake and take a stand, because working to advance peace, human rights and justice is not sinister, it is righteous."

She said that the attacks on her, Omar and Tlaib is disgraceful.

She said AIPAC called the lawmakers a greater threat than the Islamic State.

In a memo, AIPAC said directly: "It's critical that we protect our Israeli allies especially as they face threats from Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS and -- maybe more sinister -- right here in the U.S. Congress."

In an interview with Middle East Eye, McCollum said AIPAC's attacks on Israel's Democratic critics in Congress proves that the organization is not "inclusive or non-partisan" as it claims to be.

"I choose not to attend. Why would I go to an organization that thinks I'm a terrorist, thinks I'm worse than ISIS... I am not going to look the other way and not acknowledge speech that is hateful which was directed towards me," said McCollum.

Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

She says that Donald J. Trump's peace deal is unfair to the Palestinian people. It pretty much allowing Israel control the land it already occupied and doesn't give the West Bank and Gaza Strip any say.

McCollum was one of the many lawmakers who refuse to support the resolution condemning the BDS movement. The Global Boycott Divestment and Sanction movement is a Palestinian inspired group that is pressuring global leaders to boycott Israel.

Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) support the American Israeli Political Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group that advocates apartheid in the Middle Eastern country.

Warren decided to not attend the AIPAC 2020 conference.