Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has been under heavy fire for the last week. During a seminar last Tuesday on online activism, she discussed the US government’s refusal to hold Israel accountable for the murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli soldiers. Even some self-styled progressive lawmakers have been unwilling to touch Abu Akleh’s case. But, Tlaib argued, support for the abuses of an “apartheid government” is incompatible with “progressive values.”

All the usual suspects leapt into action to condemn Tlaib. Few referenced the original issue about Abu Akleh. Instead, they focused on Tlaib’s “progressive values” comment, which they characterized as an unacceptable “anti-Israel” (or even “antisemitic”) litmus test.

Right-wing commentator Mark Levin called Tlaib a “Jew-hater.” The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League accused her of “doubling down on her #antisemitism by slandering Israel.” And the Democratic Party’s establishment has gone all in on the attack.