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On Tuesday, Hamas launched over 500 to such a with some of the brightest State Department Spokes- UPI rockets targeting civilian d o u b l e minds in medicine working person Heather Nauert stat- to develop life-saving medi- ed: “We stand with Israel as As the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, territories, resulting in one standard by cal innovations. Israel defends itself against 29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has attracted much Israeli death and wounding the interna- I saw firsthand how the these attacks. It is simply media attention. 70 others. tional com- Israeli people are dedicated unacceptable to target ci- A young outspoken woman who defines herself as “an Unsurprisingly, these munity and to progress and peaceful vilians.” educator, an organizer, a working-class New Yorker,” attacks were not against ARMSTRONG complicit WILLIAMS living -- and not just for the Until bloodthirsty Pales- Ocasio-Cortez has positioned herself as an outsider who military targets; rather, the m e d i a ? people of Israel. Heads of tinian terrorist organizations isn’t afraid of speaking truth to power. rockets were indiscrimi- Any other Sheba Medical Center ex- will permanently cease their While her radical political positions -- from abolish- nately fired into populated c o u n t r y plained to me how it is their attacks on innocent Israeli ing ICE to Medicare for all -- are responsible for some civilian territories within that routinely faced attacks sacred mission to provide civilians, Israel will be ob- of that publicity, her fashion choices have also drawn a Israel, destroying homes, and threats from hostile world-class care to anyone ligated to utilize its tal- lot of scrutiny. businesses and restaurants forces would be given un- who arrives in this city of ented army to defend the “I’ll tell you something,” Washington Examiner re- and terrorizing thousands of derstanding. Yet according peace in need of medical at- state. Flare-ups of violence porter Eddie Scarry tweeted on Nov. 16, “that jacket and unsuspecting people. to the enablers of terror- tention, regardless of origin emanating from Gaza derail coat don’t look like a girl who struggles.” Israelis are no strangers ist organizations such as or religion. The point of the progress toward the peace It seems that some critics just can’t accept the fact that to unprovoked attacks on Hamas, Israel should turn matter is this: The Israeli and reconciliation that Is- an unapologetic Democratic socialist like Ocasio-Cortez their land. They have seen a blind eye to the plight of people are some of the most raelis so earnestly seek. -- who calls for a more equal distribution of wealth and this all too many times its people being bombarded generous, gifted and peace- Imagine a world in which fair shake to workers -- can also wear designer clothes. before. The more things with hundreds of rockets in ful people that I have ever the Israeli people were not To a historian like me who writes about fashion and change, the more they stay the middle of the night. had the pleasure of meeting forced to take defensive or politics, the attention to Ocasio-Cortez’s clothing as a the same. Now Hamas will That double standard is and spending time among. preventative military action way to criticize her politics is an all-too-familiar line retreat into the shadows and morphing into a single stan- They share dreams and against those infected with of attack. anti-Israel detractors will dard at this point. Groups aspirations of living normal blind hatred. Ocasio-Cortez isn’t the first woman or even the first criticize Israel for taking of rogue troublemakers are lives. Despite these rather I pray that, at some point, outsider to receive such treatment. strong action to defend itself allowed to plan and commit modest expectations, they peace will truly descent on In particular, I’m reminded of Clara Lemlich, a young and its citizens.