On Tuesday, the day after she posted her infamous tweet likening the U.S. and Israel to terror groups Hamas and the Taliban, Omar retweeted a post with a video produced by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).
Issawi was freed in a prisoner swap in 2011, but was quickly re-arrested after breaking his release terms. While in prison, he began a hunger strike that captured international attention.
"The Palestinian resistance must take on a variety of characteristics – both nonviolent and violent," the article read."But most importantly it must develop a strategy involving both aspects." "Violent resistance is when an armed Palestinian fighter shoots an Israeli who is oppressing him," they wrote, with Bernstein pointing out they did not specify Israeli soldiers, but rather"any Israeli deemed to be"oppressing" a Palestinian."
"But in any event, ISM's always been a propaganda machine for the Palestinians, not an objective human rights source," he said.
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