(IPT) Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar dodged a question about her comments concerning Israel Tuesday morning during a discussion about religious freedom at the Center for American Progress (CAP).
Just last week, Omar said hearing Israel described as a democracy made her “almost chuckle,” then comparing it to Iran’s theocratic dictatorship.
She also compared Israel to the Jim Crow-era South, saying: “The American Jewish establishment claims Israel is a democracy for all its citizens. But the nation state law classifies 1.6 million Palestinian Israelis as second class.”
Arabs comprise more than one-fifth of Israel’s population of nearly 9 million people. They hold 18 seats in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. An Israeli-Arab has sat on the country’s supreme court and a growing number serve in the nation’s army.
