U.S. Politics
Since entering Congress in January, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has made multiple anti-Semitic and anti-Israel remarks.
Mohamed Magid, current imam of the Virginia-based All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center, is slated to be on a general session panel titled “Different Faiths Advancing Religious Freedom Together.”
The three would also reinstate talks towards a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
There for the first time, Nicholas (Nick) Langworthy said it’s important for the American people to stand with Israel because of similar value systems within both nations.
The “Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism” was prompted by a rise in anti-Semitic incidents throughout the United States, coupled with two deadly synagogue shootings six months apart.
“We will continue to seek ways to block terrorist travel and cut off the flow of money to these groups,” said Nathan Sales, the U.S. State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism.
The measure was added by a vote of 251-170 to a $733 billion National Defense Authorization Act to prohibit the Trump administration from utilizing taxpayer funds for military action “in or against” the regime.
“I believe the administration made a mistake to move the embassy to Jerusalem,” said the former two-term Pennsylvania congressman. “That will be a major impediment, if not a permanent impediment, to try to get a two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Steve Bullock joined other 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, including Pete Buttigieg, Marianne Williamson, John Hickenlooper and Amy Klobuchar, who would not move it back to Tel Aviv.
Saikat Chakrabarti wore it in a video produced by the left-wing outlet NowThis News, titled “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Chief of Staff on Acting Fast in Congress,” in December 2018.
Sessions during the July 15 summit include “combating anti-Semitism while respecting the First Amendment,” “anti-Semitism on campus” and “prosecuting hate crimes.”
Facebook and Twitter have reportedly also not been invited to the summit, which is being held as conservatives have criticized social networking cites of censoring right-wing content.
