An aide to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D – Minn.) is being criticized for a tweet in which he asserted that anti-Semitism “is a right-wing force,” the Washington Examiner reported Thursday. Jeremy Slevin, Omar’s communications director, wrote the phrase “Anti-semitism is right-wing force” eight times on his Twitter account on Tuesday, prompting an...

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Controversial freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D -Minn.) lashed out Tuesday at Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for pushing back against anti-Semitism during the latter’s appearance before the annual AIPAC conference, The Hill reported. In her speech, Pelosi stressed that Democrats remain “relentlessly bipartisan” in support of Israel and vowed that “we...

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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) has launched a blistering attack against freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for her repeated use of anti-Semitic language, JNS reported. Speaking at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference (AIPAC) in Washington, D.C., Hoyer said: “I stand with Israel, proudly and unapologetically....

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Freshman Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) apologized to Jewish constituents at a town hall meeting on Tuesday night for anti-Semitic comments made by fellow Democrat Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) that drew bipartisan backlash, Jewish Insider reported. “As a young congressman, I’ve got to tell you I’m sorry,” Rose told the crowd gathered by the Council...

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A spokeswoman for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign was forced to apologize Tuesday after posting “insensitive” comments on social media suggesting that American Jews have dual loyalty to Israel, POLITICO reported. Belén Sisa, the senator’s national deputy press secretary, had taken part Sunday in a conversation on Facebook discussing...

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Despite the media attention she’s been getting for her controversial remarks about Israel and American Jews, Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D – Minn.), and the movement she represents will not “succeed in breaking up the U.S.-Israel alliance,” a prominent historian said in a column published Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal....

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In a video message to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, firebrand Palestinian-American activist and co-chair of the Women’s March, Linda Sarsour, claimed the movement and other left-wing pressure groups helped water-down the language of a resolution aimed at condemning anti-Semitism that passed in the House Thursday night. The...

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio broke ranks with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party Thursday, slamming freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D- Minn.) anti-Semitic remarks, comparing them to offensive statements made about Italian-Americans in past generations. “Let me be really clear, suggesting that support for Israel is beholden...

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White supremacist David Duke, formerly the head of the Ku Klux Klan, signaled his approval of controversial Rep. Ilhan Omar (D – Minn.), calling her the “most important member” of Congress, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. Duke promoted a show on his website using a tweet that said, “By Defiance...

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In light of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D- Minn.) recent anti-Semitic statements, The Israel Project CEO and President, Joshua S. Block, told PBS in a TV interview Thursday that the congresswoman had used “specific language that seeks to marginalize and stigmatize Jewish participation in the political process, in a way that’s...

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