U.S. Foreign Policy
Staffers for top House Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have been drafting a resolution in response to the situation.
They also sounded the alarm ahead of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s scheduled appearance at Islamic Relief USA, “whose parent organization and chapters have documented ties to terrorist organizations.”
“It really goes to show how colossally poor of a decision it was for Democratic leadership to put someone on the House Foreign Affairs Committee whose animus towards Jews and Israel so clouds her judgement that she can’t recognize that Israel is not only a democracy, but the only one in the Middle East,” said RJC spokesperson Neil Strauss.
The move by Israel comes amid growing international concern over Chinese involvement in construction projects and the fallout from its trade war with the United States.
Using social media as part of the campaign, which includes a live stream on the grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where almost 1 million Jews were killed between 1940 and 1945.
While several pro-Israel groups criticized the appointment of Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has endorsed BDS, as a “dangerous development,” others expressed confidence in the pro-Israel leadership of the committee to counter her. J Street contends the attacks on her are “bigoted and deeply wrong.”
House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called on the reversal of her appointment, which was made on Jan. 17.
“Hamas is part of the Palestinian people, and we won’t accept any attempt to add it to the list of terror groups,” said Azzam al-Ahmed, a senior Fatah official.
