Ilhan Omar
The congresswoman, who has a long history of antisemitic statements, was previously slated to speak at the release of the commission’s 2023 annual report.
“Ilhan Omar has no business whatsoever being on the House Foreign Affairs Committee,” co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement M. Zuhdi Jasser told JNS.
Every Democrat opposed; one Republican voted present.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) earlier this month repeated his promise to oust Omar from her influential post due to her antisemitism.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy repeats promise to remove congresswoman with history of antisemitic comments from influential committee.
Republicans have a slim majority in the House, while Democrats maintain control of the Senate.
AIPAC, B’nai B’rith, RJC and ZOA are supportive of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s pledge to dismiss the congresswoman with a history of antisemitic and anti-Israel statements.
The overwhelmingly negative Twitter response accuses her of “audacity,” given the anti-Semitic comments she has made in the past.
House approves Omar-backed bill to create Islamophobia monitor, despite concerns of targeting Israel
If enacted, the bill would create an office to monitor and combat Islamophobia in the State Department—similar to the one that exists for anti-Semitism. But Republicans and some Democrats noted the bill’s vagueness and the fact that it could be used to attack Israel.
“We condemn the disgraceful comments made by [Omar] in a CNN interview in which she accused her Jewish congressional colleagues, along with the Jewish people as a whole, of not being committed to the pursuit of justice,” said the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s June 7 tweet comparing the “unspeakable atrocities” of the United States, Israel, Hamas, Afghanistan and the Taliban was “unacceptable” and “unfair,” says the terror group.
Democratic strategist Steve Rabinowitz told JNS that while he personally would not have chosen Rep. Ilhan Omar for the committee, Democrats are likely not calling for her removal because “the world is not just Israel and the Palestinians.”
