Newly Elected Muslim Congresswomen Favor Eliminating Israel

[P F Tinmore]

It's nice to see Ilhan Omar is making new friends while devoting ample time to ignoring her day job.

12 pro-Israel groups call on Pelosi, Engel to remove Omar from House Committee


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.”

The Zio-Lobby's War on "Anti-Semitism" & Ilhan Omar

 

[Hollie]

It's nice to see Ilhan Omar is making new friends while devoting ample time to ignoring her day job.

12 pro-Israel groups call on Pelosi, Engel to remove Omar from House Committee


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.”

The Zio-Lobby's War on "Anti-Semitism" & Ilhan Omar

All the latest Zio-News accompanied by a Zio-tube video.

 

[Sixties Fan]

After getting some (thankful) serious pushback from some of her congressional colleagues for invoking yet another anti-Semitic slur, Omar decided to double-down on her anti-Semitism, tweeting three days later: “I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee.”

To be clear, nobody has asked Omar or anyone else in the U.S. Congress to “swear allegiance” to Israel or any other foreign country. Not for Japan, which the US supports in numerous ways, not Kuwait, when the US Congress backed sending hundreds of thousands of US troops to fight for Kuwait’s sovereignty; and not to Nigeria, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, which last year received a combined $3 billion in foreign aid from the U.S.

And Omar knows this. But just like her colleague, Rashida Tlaib, Omar can’t help but accuse Americans who support the only Jewish state of doing so for pernicious reasons; and of supporting policies or positions that favor Israel, not because for example: they genuinely believe it is the right thing to do, Israel is the sole democracy in a sea of brutal autocracies, Israel’s environmental and medical innovations and inventions literally save lives, or because America and the US are critical military allies, sharing intelligence, and important military innovations (like the Iron Dome).

Omar also doesn’t even give American Jews the benefit that is afforded to millions of other Americans, who are Nigerian, Kenyan, Italian, Polish, Irish, Japanese etc., the right to be Americans first and foremost, but to also want to see their ancestral homeland, particularly ones that are strong U.S. allies, do well too.

No. For Omar, people in Congress or in America who support Israel, are different than those who support Japan, Kenya, Ireland, etc. Their support for Israel is based on a nefarious “pledge of allegiance” to Israel, something that every American citizen is supposed to give only to the U.S. Well, there is a name for this anti-Semitic slur; and it is a pretty infamous one: the “dual loyalty” canard.

Like, the other two slurs invoked by Omar, this one also goes back millennia and has been used for centuries, including in the last one by both Hitler and Stalin, as a justification, for persecuting, rounding up, and murdering Jews. For more on the role that the mendacious and vile dual loyalty slur has played for literally thousands of years for Jews, as one of the most persecuted and oppressed groups in history, one should read Alex Zeldin’s excellent piece in the Forward on Omar’s all too familiar attack on Jewish “allegiances.”

(full article online)

When It Comes to Anti-Semitism, For the Left It’s Suddenly 'All Lives Matter'

 

[Coyote]

RE: Newly Elected Muslim Congresswomen Favor Eliminating Israel
⁜→ Sixties Fan, et al,

I am not so much opposed to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaking her mind in opposition to Israel.

American Muslim woman destroys Muslim Congresswoman for antisemitism

(COMMENT)

What I am worried about is that, taken to the extreme, all Muslim Americans get painted with the same brush.

Let's not forget that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) represents the 5th District of Minnesota and NOT the entirety of Muslims in America. I feel sorry for her constituents. And, what is more important, is that I feel sorry for all Muslims (as specific women of color) that might feel the fallout for what "SOME" might interpret as "hate speech" and the spread of "Islamophobic" politics.

Most Respectfully,
R

The question is mainly why is she opposed to Israel, and why does she say things like "Israel has hypnotized the world", etc, which are nothing but what the people who want to destroy Israel via making the US stop its help to her have been attempting to do.

Saying one's mind and fair criticism are one thing.
What she and many other Muslims do is an anti Israel campaign.

And no, I do not think that it paints ALL Muslims with the same brush.

There are Muslims speaking against what she has been saying and what she has meant with the words she has chosen to use.

I am glad to see the Dems take a strong stand on not only anti semitism but also all forms of hate and bigotry. If they are supposedto be theparty of tolerance etc they need to start showing. You can criticize Israel's policies without straying into antisemitic tropes. I DO think pro- Israel lobbies exercise a disproportionate amount of influence on our politics but so does Saudi Arabia and unlike Saudi Arabia, Israel shares our democratic and human rights values.

 

[Coyote]

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

 

[Shusha]

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

I think both these women are antisemitic in part because they are Muslim.

 

[Sixties Fan]

RE: Newly Elected Muslim Congresswomen Favor Eliminating Israel
⁜→ Sixties Fan, et al,

I am not so much opposed to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaking her mind in opposition to Israel.

American Muslim woman destroys Muslim Congresswoman for antisemitism

(COMMENT)

What I am worried about is that, taken to the extreme, all Muslim Americans get painted with the same brush.

Let's not forget that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) represents the 5th District of Minnesota and NOT the entirety of Muslims in America. I feel sorry for her constituents. And, what is more important, is that I feel sorry for all Muslims (as specific women of color) that might feel the fallout for what "SOME" might interpret as "hate speech" and the spread of "Islamophobic" politics.

Most Respectfully,
R

The question is mainly why is she opposed to Israel, and why does she say things like "Israel has hypnotized the world", etc, which are nothing but what the people who want to destroy Israel via making the US stop its help to her have been attempting to do.

Saying one's mind and fair criticism are one thing.
What she and many other Muslims do is an anti Israel campaign.

And no, I do not think that it paints ALL Muslims with the same brush.

There are Muslims speaking against what she has been saying and what she has meant with the words she has chosen to use.

I am glad to see the Dems take a strong stand on not only anti semitism but also all forms of hate and bigotry. If they are supposedto be theparty of tolerance etc they need to start showing. You can criticize Israel's policies without straying into antisemitic tropes. I DO think pro- Israel lobbies exercise a disproportionate amount of influence on our politics but so does Saudi Arabia and unlike Saudi Arabia, Israel shares our democratic and human rights values.

Do you have any unbiased source where it actually shows that the Israel lobby actually exercises a disproportionate amount of influence on US politics?

 

[Sixties Fan]

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

I think they are being targeted because of what they have been saying.

From pro Israel and anti BDS before elections, to anti Israel and pro BDS post elections.

 

[USAF 2023]

It's nice to see Ilhan Omar is making new friends while devoting ample time to ignoring her day job.

12 pro-Israel groups call on Pelosi, Engel to remove Omar from House Committee


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.”

The Zio-Lobby's War on "Anti-Semitism" & Ilhan Omar

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

You honestly see nothing wrong with her saying “ It’s

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

Really? It has nothing to do with her remarks “ It’s about the Benjamin’s baby” or saying that anyone who supports Israel has an allegiance to a foreign Country? I’m not surprised at your stance.
While I do wish she should have been condemned the broad Resolution did do one thing; She knows she better keep her mouth shut

 

[Coyote]

After getting some (thankful) serious pushback from some of her congressional colleagues for invoking yet another anti-Semitic slur, Omar decided to double-down on her anti-Semitism, tweeting three days later: “I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee.”

To be clear, nobody has asked Omar or anyone else in the U.S. Congress to “swear allegiance” to Israel or any other foreign country. Not for Japan, which the US supports in numerous ways, not Kuwait, when the US Congress backed sending hundreds of thousands of US troops to fight for Kuwait’s sovereignty; and not to Nigeria, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, which last year received a combined $3 billion in foreign aid from the U.S.

And Omar knows this. But just like her colleague, Rashida Tlaib, Omar can’t help but accuse Americans who support the only Jewish state of doing so for pernicious reasons; and of supporting policies or positions that favor Israel, not because for example: they genuinely believe it is the right thing to do, Israel is the sole democracy in a sea of brutal autocracies, Israel’s environmental and medical innovations and inventions literally save lives, or because America and the US are critical military allies, sharing intelligence, and important military innovations (like the Iron Dome).

Omar also doesn’t even give American Jews the benefit that is afforded to millions of other Americans, who are Nigerian, Kenyan, Italian, Polish, Irish, Japanese etc., the right to be Americans first and foremost, but to also want to see their ancestral homeland, particularly ones that are strong U.S. allies, do well too.

No. For Omar, people in Congress or in America who support Israel, are different than those who support Japan, Kenya, Ireland, etc. Their support for Israel is based on a nefarious “pledge of allegiance” to Israel, something that every American citizen is supposed to give only to the U.S. Well, there is a name for this anti-Semitic slur; and it is a pretty infamous one: the “dual loyalty” canard.

Like, the other two slurs invoked by Omar, this one also goes back millennia and has been used for centuries, including in the last one by both Hitler and Stalin, as a justification, for persecuting, rounding up, and murdering Jews. For more on the role that the mendacious and vile dual loyalty slur has played for literally thousands of years for Jews, as one of the most persecuted and oppressed groups in history, one should read Alex Zeldin’s excellent piece in the Forward on Omar’s all too familiar attack on Jewish “allegiances.”

(full article online)

When It Comes to Anti-Semitism, For the Left It’s Suddenly 'All Lives Matter'

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

I think both these women are antisemitic in part because they are Muslim.

That sounds as if you are saying Muslims are automaticaly antisemitic. Is it?

 

[Shusha]

After getting some (thankful) serious pushback from some of her congressional colleagues for invoking yet another anti-Semitic slur, Omar decided to double-down on her anti-Semitism, tweeting three days later: “I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee.”

To be clear, nobody has asked Omar or anyone else in the U.S. Congress to “swear allegiance” to Israel or any other foreign country. Not for Japan, which the US supports in numerous ways, not Kuwait, when the US Congress backed sending hundreds of thousands of US troops to fight for Kuwait’s sovereignty; and not to Nigeria, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, which last year received a combined $3 billion in foreign aid from the U.S.

And Omar knows this. But just like her colleague, Rashida Tlaib, Omar can’t help but accuse Americans who support the only Jewish state of doing so for pernicious reasons; and of supporting policies or positions that favor Israel, not because for example: they genuinely believe it is the right thing to do, Israel is the sole democracy in a sea of brutal autocracies, Israel’s environmental and medical innovations and inventions literally save lives, or because America and the US are critical military allies, sharing intelligence, and important military innovations (like the Iron Dome).

Omar also doesn’t even give American Jews the benefit that is afforded to millions of other Americans, who are Nigerian, Kenyan, Italian, Polish, Irish, Japanese etc., the right to be Americans first and foremost, but to also want to see their ancestral homeland, particularly ones that are strong U.S. allies, do well too.

No. For Omar, people in Congress or in America who support Israel, are different than those who support Japan, Kenya, Ireland, etc. Their support for Israel is based on a nefarious “pledge of allegiance” to Israel, something that every American citizen is supposed to give only to the U.S. Well, there is a name for this anti-Semitic slur; and it is a pretty infamous one: the “dual loyalty” canard.

Like, the other two slurs invoked by Omar, this one also goes back millennia and has been used for centuries, including in the last one by both Hitler and Stalin, as a justification, for persecuting, rounding up, and murdering Jews. For more on the role that the mendacious and vile dual loyalty slur has played for literally thousands of years for Jews, as one of the most persecuted and oppressed groups in history, one should read Alex Zeldin’s excellent piece in the Forward on Omar’s all too familiar attack on Jewish “allegiances.”

(full article online)

When It Comes to Anti-Semitism, For the Left It’s Suddenly 'All Lives Matter'

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

I think both these women are antisemitic in part because they are Muslim.

That sounds as if you are saying Muslims are automaticaly antisemitic. Is it?

Nope. Saying people who are demonstrably antisemitic, are often influenced by Islamic or Christian religious ideology.

 

[Coyote]

It's nice to see Ilhan Omar is making new friends while devoting ample time to ignoring her day job.

12 pro-Israel groups call on Pelosi, Engel to remove Omar from House Committee


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.”

The Zio-Lobby's War on "Anti-Semitism" & Ilhan Omar

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

You honestly see nothing wrong with her saying “ It’s

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

Really? It has nothing to do with her remarks “ It’s about the Benjamin’s baby” or saying that anyone who supports Israel has an allegiance to a foreign Country? I’m not surprised at your stance.
While I do wish she should have been condemned the broad Resolution did do one thing; She knows she better keep her mouth shut

I did not say there is nothing wrong with it. I initially defended her when she first made her statements, because she subsequently apologized, but she keeps making the same sort of statements so it's not a one-off.

But I am very glad the resolution was broader than anti-semitism. We need to condemn all forms of hate...right? I don't think that demonizing is acceptable in American politics whether its racial, ethnic, religious, immigrants - it leads to bad things. If you are going to argue Israel's policies then argue those policies specifically.

There is no US demand for "allegience" to Israel from mainstream politics. But she does have a point. There are sectors, in American politics that do seem to almost demand it. It's not driven by American Jews, but rather in the more conservative Christian parts of the country. And it should be able to be discussed without either reverting to anti-semitic tropes or muslim bashing.

What are you thoughts on situations like these:

Lawsuits filed in Texas challenging law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel

(this claim was fact checked FACT CHECK: Does a Texas Law Require Government Contractors to Swear They Won't Boycott Israel?)

Texas lawmaker demands Muslims to swear allegiance next to an Israeli flag | The Express Tribune

I know you don't agree with BDS, but imo - we have a right to boycott whom we choose. As Americans, it's a right of free speech, and boycott movements are generally non-violent. When a government entity makes it a requirement to sign an oath you will not engage in boycotts of one and only one specific country - that is disturbing.

 

[USAF 2023]

After getting some (thankful) serious pushback from some of her congressional colleagues for invoking yet another anti-Semitic slur, Omar decided to double-down on her anti-Semitism, tweeting three days later: “I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee.”

To be clear, nobody has asked Omar or anyone else in the U.S. Congress to “swear allegiance” to Israel or any other foreign country. Not for Japan, which the US supports in numerous ways, not Kuwait, when the US Congress backed sending hundreds of thousands of US troops to fight for Kuwait’s sovereignty; and not to Nigeria, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, which last year received a combined $3 billion in foreign aid from the U.S.

And Omar knows this. But just like her colleague, Rashida Tlaib, Omar can’t help but accuse Americans who support the only Jewish state of doing so for pernicious reasons; and of supporting policies or positions that favor Israel, not because for example: they genuinely believe it is the right thing to do, Israel is the sole democracy in a sea of brutal autocracies, Israel’s environmental and medical innovations and inventions literally save lives, or because America and the US are critical military allies, sharing intelligence, and important military innovations (like the Iron Dome).

Omar also doesn’t even give American Jews the benefit that is afforded to millions of other Americans, who are Nigerian, Kenyan, Italian, Polish, Irish, Japanese etc., the right to be Americans first and foremost, but to also want to see their ancestral homeland, particularly ones that are strong U.S. allies, do well too.

No. For Omar, people in Congress or in America who support Israel, are different than those who support Japan, Kenya, Ireland, etc. Their support for Israel is based on a nefarious “pledge of allegiance” to Israel, something that every American citizen is supposed to give only to the U.S. Well, there is a name for this anti-Semitic slur; and it is a pretty infamous one: the “dual loyalty” canard.

Like, the other two slurs invoked by Omar, this one also goes back millennia and has been used for centuries, including in the last one by both Hitler and Stalin, as a justification, for persecuting, rounding up, and murdering Jews. For more on the role that the mendacious and vile dual loyalty slur has played for literally thousands of years for Jews, as one of the most persecuted and oppressed groups in history, one should read Alex Zeldin’s excellent piece in the Forward on Omar’s all too familiar attack on Jewish “allegiances.”

(full article online)

When It Comes to Anti-Semitism, For the Left It’s Suddenly 'All Lives Matter'

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

I think both these women are antisemitic in part because they are Muslim.

That sounds as if you are saying Muslims are automaticaly antisemitic. Is it?

Nope. Saying people who are demonstrably antisemitic, are often influenced by Islamic or Christian religious ideology.

Actually, both. The other Muslim literally has a Map on her door with a Non Existing Israel. That says it all

 

[Coyote]

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

I think they are being targeted because of what they have been saying.

From pro Israel and anti BDS before elections, to anti Israel and pro BDS post elections.

Other politicians have expressed anti-semitic views and not been targeted. There is absolutely no requirement for any of our politicians to be pro-Israel. Israel is a nation, like any other nation who happens to be an ally.

 

[Dan Stubbs]

New Muslim congresswomen favor eliminating Israel

I am so happy they stated that is the long term Goal. For that reason alone Israel will never give up any more territory or allow " Right of Return"

She also have reason to kill off the catholics and white folks who don't buy into the Muslim faith. Death to America I think is the motto.

 

[Dan Stubbs]

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

I think they are being targeted because of what they have been saying.

From pro Israel and anti BDS before elections, to anti Israel and pro BDS post elections.

Other politicians have expressed anti-semitic views and not been targeted. There is absolutely no requirement for any of our politicians to be pro-Israel. Israel is a nation, like any other nation who happens to be an ally.

So I take it Death to America is OK.

 

[Sixties Fan]

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

I think they are being targeted because of what they have been saying.

From pro Israel and anti BDS before elections, to anti Israel and pro BDS post elections.

Other politicians have expressed anti-semitic views and not been targeted. There is absolutely no requirement for any of our politicians to be pro-Israel. Israel is a nation, like any other nation who happens to be an ally.

Just maybe, none of the politicians you are thinking about won seats in office by saying they were pro Israel and anti BDS when they were really not.

In other words, both of these women lied in order to be voted in.

Beyond that, they did not miss any time in attacking Israel after they got in.

They do not need to be Pro Israel.

They do not need to make it their main event for the next 2 to 4 years.

 

[USAF 2023]

It's nice to see Ilhan Omar is making new friends while devoting ample time to ignoring her day job.

12 pro-Israel groups call on Pelosi, Engel to remove Omar from House Committee


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.”

The Zio-Lobby's War on "Anti-Semitism" & Ilhan Omar

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

You honestly see nothing wrong with her saying “ It’s

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

Really? It has nothing to do with her remarks “ It’s about the Benjamin’s baby” or saying that anyone who supports Israel has an allegiance to a foreign Country? I’m not surprised at your stance.
While I do wish she should have been condemned the broad Resolution did do one thing; She knows she better keep her mouth shut

I did not say there is nothing wrong with it. I initially defended her when she first made her statements, because she subsequently apologized, but she keeps making the same sort of statements so it's not a one-off.

But I am very glad the resolution was broader than anti-semitism. We need to condemn all forms of hate...right? I don't think that demonizing is acceptable in American politics whether its racial, ethnic, religious, immigrants - it leads to bad things. If you are going to argue Israel's policies then argue those policies specifically.

There is no US demand for "allegience" to Israel from mainstream politics. But she does have a point. There are sectors, in American politics that do seem to almost demand it. It's not driven by American Jews, but rather in the more conservative Christian parts of the country. And it should be able to be discussed without either reverting to anti-semitic tropes or muslim bashing.

What are you thoughts on situations like these:

Lawsuits filed in Texas challenging law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel

(this claim was fact checked FACT CHECK: Does a Texas Law Require Government Contractors to Swear They Won't Boycott Israel?)

Texas lawmaker demands Muslims to swear allegiance next to an Israeli flag | The Express Tribune

I know you don't agree with BDS, but imo - we have a right to boycott whom we choose. As Americans, it's a right of free speech, and boycott movements are generally non-violent. When a government entity makes it a requirement to sign an oath you will not engage in boycotts of one and only one specific country - that is disturbing.

She “ apologized “ because she was Forced to. Common sense would dictate that. Free speech? Then a Jewish Congressman or woman would have the Right to call Muslims Terrorists, Killer of Christians, etc. etc.
It’s obvious by the way she dressed she’s proud of her heritage. I can say she doesn’t have an allegiance to this Country

 

[USAF 2023]

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

I think they are being targeted because of what they have been saying.

From pro Israel and anti BDS before elections, to anti Israel and pro BDS post elections.

Other politicians have expressed anti-semitic views and not been targeted. There is absolutely no requirement for any of our politicians to be pro-Israel. Israel is a nation, like any other nation who happens to be an ally.

So I take it Death to America is OK.

Haven’t you heard? It’s free speech!! What about Death to Islam?

 

[Sixties Fan]

It's nice to see Ilhan Omar is making new friends while devoting ample time to ignoring her day job.

12 pro-Israel groups call on Pelosi, Engel to remove Omar from House Committee


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.”

The Zio-Lobby's War on "Anti-Semitism" & Ilhan Omar

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

You honestly see nothing wrong with her saying “ It’s

It really is a shame that identity politics has lead us to dregs like Rashida Tlaib.

Rep. Tlaib Defends Rep. Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Controversy: She's 'Targeted' Like 'Civil Rights Icons'

I think both these women are being targeted in part because they are Muslim.

Really? It has nothing to do with her remarks “ It’s about the Benjamin’s baby” or saying that anyone who supports Israel has an allegiance to a foreign Country? I’m not surprised at your stance.
While I do wish she should have been condemned the broad Resolution did do one thing; She knows she better keep her mouth shut

I did not say there is nothing wrong with it. I initially defended her when she first made her statements, because she subsequently apologized, but she keeps making the same sort of statements so it's not a one-off.

But I am very glad the resolution was broader than anti-semitism. We need to condemn all forms of hate...right? I don't think that demonizing is acceptable in American politics whether its racial, ethnic, religious, immigrants - it leads to bad things. If you are going to argue Israel's policies then argue those policies specifically.

There is no US demand for "allegience" to Israel from mainstream politics. But she does have a point. There are sectors, in American politics that do seem to almost demand it. It's not driven by American Jews, but rather in the more conservative Christian parts of the country. And it should be able to be discussed without either reverting to anti-semitic tropes or muslim bashing.

What are you thoughts on situations like these:

Lawsuits filed in Texas challenging law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel

(this claim was fact checked FACT CHECK: Does a Texas Law Require Government Contractors to Swear They Won't Boycott Israel?)

Texas lawmaker demands Muslims to swear allegiance next to an Israeli flag | The Express Tribune

I know you don't agree with BDS, but imo - we have a right to boycott whom we choose. As Americans, it's a right of free speech, and boycott movements are generally non-violent. When a government entity makes it a requirement to sign an oath you will not engage in boycotts of one and only one specific country - that is disturbing.

We have been through those alleged allegiances in Texas. There is no truth to them.