Writing yesterday, the Washington Post said that Omar and Tlaib s trip to Jerusalem and the West Bank was planned by Miftah, a nonprofit organization headed by Palestinian lawmaker and longtime peace negotiator Hanan Ashrawi. The New York Times described it as an organization headed by a longtime Palestinian lawmaker. In its editorial, the New York Times editorial board identified it as a group that promotes global awareness and knowledge of Palestinian realities.
This is a whitewash. Thanks to a Twitter thread from the Washington Examiner s Seth Mandel who pointed to multiple additional sources I started looking at the articles and views published on the Miftah website, and it was like peeling an onion of evil. There was layer upon layer of vile anti-Semitism.
But other than the vile antisemitism, they're alright.