(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D., Minn.) backing of pro-Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) legislation in the House comes about a year after she told Jewish voters in her district she viewed the anti-Israel movement as counterproductive to peace efforts.
Omar signed on as a cosponsor for a resolution supporting the right to boycott Israel, saying the United States “must support efforts to end the occupation and achieve two-state solution.”
“We cannot simultaneously say we want peace, then openly oppose peaceful means to hold our allies accountable,” Omar said.
Speaking last summer to Jewish voters in her district during a Democratic primary debate, however, Omar said she opposed BDS because it would hurt efforts to achieve peace in Israel.
