Commenting on the controversy sparked by freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D – Minn.) suggesting that Jews bought support for Israel and subsequently that allegiance of American Jews was to Israel, noted Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt said that “Jews can be victims of prejudice,” in an interview with NPR on Wednesday....

• Kindle

Controversial Palestinian-American activist and leader of the Women’s March, Linda Sarsour, has doubled down in her defense of freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D – Minn.), who has been accused of promoting anti-Semitism on several occasions. On her Twitter account Wednesday, Sarsour shared a tweet from Electronic Intifada, saying, “Actual hate...

• Kindle

Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour attacked Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D – Calif.) for introducing a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, resulting in part from a series of offensive remarks about Jewish political influence made by freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D – Minn.), in a Facebook post on Monday. “Nancy is a...

• Kindle

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D – Minn.) has again sparked controversy by employing the classic anti-Semitic trope of accusing Jews of dual loyalty, the New York Post reported Sunday. The rebuke followed an exchange with Omar’s Jewish colleague, Rep. Nita Lowey (D – N.Y.), who had defended Omar over a poster that...

• Kindle

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D – Minn.) said that she and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D – Mich.) are accused of anti-Semitism because they are Muslim, the Jewish Insider newsletter reported Thursday. “What I’m fearful of — because Rashida and I are Muslim — that a lot of our Jewish colleagues,” Omar...

• Kindle

In his latest anti-Semitic outburst, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan spoke in defense of the Women’s March national leadership and charged “wicked Jews” were trying to use him to break up the movement, The Jerusalem Post reported. Farrakhan made the comments during the annual Saviours’ Day conference in Chicago...

• Kindle

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was slammed on Sunday by members of both parties for suggesting that Jewish money was behind American elected officials’ support for Israel. At the same time, some American organizations rushed to Omar’s defense, including the National Women’s March, a group beset with allegations of anti-Semitism stemming,...

• Kindle

Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D – Minn.) offered an apology after the House Democratic leadership rebuked her for tweeting that Jews pay politicians to support Israel, The New York Times reported Monday. In a tweet earlier this week about possible action that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R – Calif.)...

• Kindle

Adding to her anti-Israel portfolio, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was slammed on Sunday by members of both parties for suggesting that Jewish money was behind American elected officials’ support for Israel, The Times of Israel reported. Omar, who serves on the influential House Foreign Affairs Committee, was responding on Twitter...

• Kindle

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has appointed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to serve on the influential House Foreign Affairs Committee that oversees U.S. foreign policy and foreign aid, despite Omar’s history of anti-Israel rhetoric and her support for the anti-Semitic boycott movement, JNS reported Friday. Omar’s tweets about...

• Kindle