When asked about her comments on the occupation of Palestine in a July 2018 episode of Firing Line with Margaret Hoover, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attempted to give reasons for her pro-Palestinian stance, before backtracking to admit that she's "no expert" on the issue.
"You used the term 'the occupation of Palestine,' what did you mean by that?" asked Hoover.
Ocasio-Cortez responded simply with "Oh, um," before taking a long pause to think.
Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacks Israel, calls them the occupiers of Palestine.
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 16, 2018
When pressed on what she meant she struggled to give an answer and then admitted she does not know what she is talking about. pic.twitter.com/e3Uq1eupD3
"I think what I meant is, like, the settlements that are increasing in some of these areas, in places where Palestinians are experiencing difficulty in access to their housing and homes," she continued.
When asked to elaborate on her response to the question further by Hoover, Ocasio-Cortez instead deflected by admitting that she "wasn't an expert" in the area.
"Yeah, I mean, I think I'd also just; I am not the expert on geopolitics on this issue," said Ocasio-Cortez.
With the recent skyrocketing growth of violence between Israel and Palestine in recent weeks, Ocasio-Cortez has once again spoke up in favor of Palestinians, calling Israel an Apartheid state and condemning the American sales of weapons to the Israeli government.
The United States should not be rubber-stamping weapons sales to the Israeli government as they deploy our resources to target international media outlets, schools, hospitals, humanitarian missions and civilian sites for bombing.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 19, 2021
We have a responsibility to protect human rights. https://t.co/OctBNYFpwp
Apartheid states aren’t democracies.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 15, 2021
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