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In 2019, Tlaib claimed her ancestors provided Jews with a “safe haven” around the time of the Holocaust. The truth is very different.

In 2019, Tlaib claimed her ancestors provided Jews with a “safe haven” around the time of the Holocaust. The truth is very different.

Tlaib’s ‘calming feeling’ about the Holocaust were outrageous.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/rashida-tlaibs-calming-feeling-about-the-holocaust-591500 No Holds Barred: Rashida Tlaib’s ‘calming feeling’ about the Holocaust], JPost, June 4, 2019.</ref>  There are so many historical inaccuracies in her single statement.<ref>Philip Klein, [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rashida-tlaib-says-thinking-of-the-holocaust-provides-her-a-calming-feeling-shockingly-claims-palestinians-created-safe-haven-for-jews Rashida Tlaib says thinking of the Holocaust provides her a 'calming feeling,' shockingly claims Palestinians created 'safe haven' for Jews], Washington  Examiner, May 12, 2019.

Tlaib’s ‘calming feeling’<ref>David Harsanyi, [https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/13/rashida-tlaibs-lies-remind-us-why-israel-must-exist/ Rashida Tlaib’s Lies Remind Us Why Israel Must Exist], ''The Federalist,'' May 13, 2019.<blockquote>A charitable reading of Tlaib’s claim of being "calmed" by the Holocaust is that she believes her ancestors offered safe harbor for Jews who were running from the European slaughter. Yet any rudimentary reading of history proves the rest of her contention laughable.</blockquote></ref> about the Holocaust were outrageous.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/rashida-tlaibs-calming-feeling-about-the-holocaust-591500 No Holds Barred: Rashida Tlaib’s ‘calming feeling’ about the Holocaust], JPost, June 4, 2019.</ref>  There are so many historical inaccuracies in her single statement.<ref>Philip Klein, [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rashida-tlaib-says-thinking-of-the-holocaust-provides-her-a-calming-feeling-shockingly-claims-palestinians-created-safe-haven-for-jews Rashida Tlaib says thinking of the Holocaust provides her a 'calming feeling,' shockingly claims Palestinians created 'safe haven' for Jews], Washington  Examiner, May 12, 2019.

<blockquote>There are so many historical inaccuracies in one statement that it's difficult to even know where to start. But to highlight a few:

<blockquote>There are so many historical inaccuracies in one statement that it's difficult to even know where to start. But to highlight a few:

It should be noted that she was making this claim in the context of arguing for a one-state solution, the goal of which has always been for Arabs to overwhelm the Jewish population, and then force them as a minority to be governed by the people who are currently launching rockets at them.

It should be noted that she was making this claim in the context of arguing for a one-state solution, the goal of which has always been for Arabs to overwhelm the Jewish population, and then force them as a minority to be governed by the people who are currently launching rockets at them.

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Famed historian:<ref>Benny Morris, "[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/rashida-tlaib-misled-skullduggery-listeners-israel/589417/ Rashida Tlaib Has Her History Wrong]", ''The Atlantic'', May 14, 2019.<br><i>

Famed historian:<ref>Benny Morris, "[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/rashida-tlaib-misled-skullduggery-listeners-israel/589417/ Rashida Tlaib Has Her History Wrong]", ''The Atlantic'', May 14, 2019.<br><i>