Ilhan Omar
“I condemn the attacks by the Iranian military on Israel, as well as Israel’s military attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria that further escalates tension in the region,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
The congresswoman denounces Israeli “genocide” while “advocating to keep Somaliland shackled to Somalia,” scholar Joshua Meservey told JNS.
The deputy minister of foreign affairs of Somaliland called Omar’s recent comments “lacking in common decency.”
The congresswoman from Minnesota shared photos of meetings with a Holocaust survivor and a leftist rabbi with her 1.2 million followers.
“Rashida will stand strong, and the Palestinian movement will continue for liberation until every single Palestinian has the right to live in liberty,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
“I didn’t come to America to import the pathologies I left behind,” the Iraqi-born media adviser told JNS.
“It is customary for the leaders of both parties to endorse all their incumbent co-partisans,” according to Mark Mellman, president and CEO of Democratic Majority for Israel.
If there’s a lobby that’s really “all about the Benjamins,” that’s Qatar, said Jonathan Schanzer, of FDD.
“No way in hell,” the Minnesota Democrat said, when asked by The Messenger if she planned to attend.
A few hours earlier, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president has no plans to visit Israel for its 75th anniversary.
All members of Congress are invited to pre-record remarks; Joel Griffith of Heritage says “this unjustly allows her to rehabilitate her image.”
Having introduced legislation stripping Rep. Ilhan Omar of her foreign affairs committee assignment, the Ohio congressman says he would welcome her back if she truly repents.
