Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Don't let the lie stand: Denounce the Israeli genocide claim, no matter who raises it - editorial

Labeling Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide is not criticism but a modern blood libel, one that distorts October 7, fuels antisemitism worldwide, and must be confronted head-on.

People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.
DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT Representative Tom Malinowski participates in a get out the vote event ahead of next month’s midterm elections on October 29, 2022 in Rahway, New Jersey.

AIPAC ads against pro-Israel New Jersey candidate open to conditions for US aid backfires

AMBASSADOR DEBORAH Lipstadt, US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism speaks during 'March For Israel' at the National Mall on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Jackson synagogue arsonist unconnected to pro-Palestinian movement

 ‘THE SQUAD’ – US Reps. Ayanna Pressley (from left), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2019

The Squad’s selective feminism fails Iranian women, too - comment


Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, AOC star in 'Simpsons' clip mocking Trump

"They shouldn't be in America," sings Trump to the tune of West Side Story. "No one but me in America/ No taxes for me in America/ This is my natural hair-ica..."

U.S. Reps Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hold a news conference after Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved to formally condemn President Donald Trump's attacks on the four minority congresswomen on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S.,

What freshman members of Congress should learn on their trip to Israel

How does one reconcile this moral dilemma if you believe Israel has a right to exist as the home of the Jewish people but believe in two states for two peoples?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a meeting with a delegation of 41 US House Democrats in Israel

August 4, 2019: AOC: All-Out Crazy

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

AOC has a lot to say about Israel, antisemitism and Bernie Sanders

In a radio interview, AOC expounded on a huge range of Jewish topics including Israeli-Palestinian conflict, antisemitism, her use of the term “concentration camps” and her possible Jewish ancestry.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing

U.S. House Speaker Pelosi all smiles after meeting with Ocasio-Cortez

The rise of "the squad," as Ocasio-Cortez's small group of four minority congresswomen is known, has sometimes appeared to strain Pelosi's patience.

U.S. Speaker of the House Pelosi poses with Rep. Ocasio-Cortez after they met in the Speaker's office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Stephen Miller: AOC's concentration camp comments offended me ‘as a Jew’

The architect of President Donald Trump’s restrictive immigration policies, made his remarks on “Fox News Sunday” while seeking to defend his boss from charges of racism.

Stephen Miller

Policemen fired over Facebook post suggesting AOC be shot

A Louisiana policeman who suggested on Facebook that high-profile U.S. Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez needed to be shot was fired on Monday, along with a second officer who "liked" his post.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) looks on during a march organised by the Women's March Alliance in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 19, 2019

How to talk about the Holocaust: Analogize rarely, never appropriate

Holocaust appropriation is kidnapping.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing

Trump: Congresswomen not capable of loving U.S., must apologize to Israel

The tweet is the latest in a string of presidential tweets where he discussed the congresswomen's feelings regarding Israel and the Jewish community.

U.S. President Donald Trump

Trump taunts Congresswomen, says they can’t love America

The congresswomen are believed to be Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley. Last Wednesday, he confirmed these identities.

US President Donald Trump (left), called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (bottom right) and 'her crowd,' Rashida Tlaib (middle) and Ilhan Omar (top) Communists, Israel haters and antisemites