Jewish roots, BDS leanings

Regarding “Ocasio-Cortez defends claim she has Sephardi heritage” (December 11), US Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s mention of supposedly having distant Sephardic ancestors counts for nothing because she is an enthusiastic supporter of the genocidal BDS movement.

BDS cofounder Omar Barghouti has said that the sole purpose of BDS is the euthanasia of Israel. He knows well that the Nazi T4 Euthanasiav Program was the foundation of the Final Solution of the Jews as enacted in the Wannsee Protocol in January 1942. By embracing BDS, Ocasio-Cortez has joined Barghouti’s goal to continue the eliminationist mission the Nazis started.

If she has Sephardic ancestors, I am sure they are really proud of her being part of Barghouti’s genocidal BDS movement.

RICHARD SHERMAN Margate, Florida

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the new darling of the Left in Congress, said at a Hanukkah candle lighting that she is descended from Sephardic Jews who went to Puerto Rico to escape the Spanish Inquisition. Given her anti-Israel statements, “descended” is a good choice of words.

Her pronouncement sounds a lot like “some of my best friends are Jewish” except it’s worse. You can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family.

She has yet to prove her mettle, but so far the prognosis is bad. I’ve watched a couple of interviews she’s given and her responses have been alarming. For example, she offers firm opinions about things she later admits she knows nothing about. She believes steadfastly in a socialist economy – this, while living in the most successful capitalist country in the world. And then there’s that comparison of the Central American migrant caravan with Jews fleeing the Holocaust.

Apparently Boston College gives away degrees in International Relations a little too easily these days.

DESMOND TUCK

San Mateo, CA