Jewish Democrats in the US House of Representatives held a meeting on Wednesday, during which they deliberated on condemning the tweet of Dem. Ilhan Omar ( D-Minn) for drawing a moral equivalence between the US and Israel and Hamas and the Taliban, JTA reported.
During the meeting of the unofficial caucus, which focused on anti-Semitism, the 25 members of the group differed on how to respond to Omar’s comments, with some urging to call her out in an official statement and others expressing hesitation to do so.
Ultimately, only 12 of the representatives, led by Rep. Brad Schnieder, D-Ill, issued an official statement asking Omar to clarify her statements.
“Equating the United States and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban is as offensive as it is misguided,” the statement said. “Ignoring the differences between democracies governed by the rule of law and contemptible organizations that engage in terrorism at best discredits one’s intended argument and at worst reflects deep-seated prejudice.”
“The United States and Israel are imperfect and, like all democracies, at times deserving of critique, but false equivalencies give cover to terrorist groups,” the statement continued.
“We urge Congresswoman Omar to clarify her words placing the US and Israel in the same category as Hamas and the Taliban.”
Although House Democrats passed two resolutions in 2019 condemning anti-Semitism in response to Omar’s comments on Israel and AIPAC, those resolutions did not call out Omar by name.
Omar’s response was to counterattack and completely ignore the legitimate complaints against her. “It’s shameful for colleagues who call me when they need my support to now put out a statement asking for ‘clarification’ and not just call,” she wrote on Twitter.
“The islamophobic tropes in this statement are offensive. The constant harassment and silencing from the signers of this letter is unbearable.”
It’s shameful for colleagues who call me when they need my support to now put out a statement asking for “clarification” and not just call.
The islamophobic tropes in this statement are offensive. The constant harassment & silencing from the signers of this letter is unbearable. https://t.co/37dy2UduW0
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 10, 2021
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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and where is Mr.Schumer,certainly he is quitt, he has the wrong name he is not any more a shomer but has become a quitte man who is ashamed to be jews.
Clarify? What wasn’t terroristically clear? She supports terror against Israel, and similarly to US as Israel’s ally. She is a terrorist who sends others to do the dirty work. She needs to be prosecuted and given a lengthy sentence where she cannot incite violence. Condemning is not enough. But clarify? What a bunch of losers.
Good for the Congress people. She’s free to move to gaza anytime she wants.
Because this is the United States of Arabia
Omar should be kicked out and banned from U.S. politics.
She should be tried and convicted of being a sleeper Muslim terrorist and placed in a maximum security male prison.
1. Why are only Jewish Dems calling her out? Anyone that calls themselves an American citizen, let alone a lawmaker should be all over this!
2. Why the hesitation? She said something entirely insane and NEEDS to be called out for it (better yet, removed from her position)
3. There is nothing here to be “clarified”. She is as anti-American as she is anti-Israel (and Anti-Semitic). GET RID OF THIS PIECE OF TRASH.
See how she victimizes herself to avoid answering the question
Send her back to Somalia. She seems to miss it there.
only jewish Democrats? she not only went against israel she went against the United states the country which has done so much for her and given her citizenship and good old American freedom and the country which she represents… every single politician Republican or Democrat needs to be outraged by such comments comparing our beautiful country and a other democratic country which is a ally of ours to terrorists groups…SHAME ON HER! as for me I will fly my American flag the highest I can proudly for the country who has done so much good for us jewish ppl😘🇺🇸