Brad Schneider – Eye on Islamism

House set to vote on bill targeting nonprofits accused of supporting terrorism Supporter[s] say the government needs a new tool to crackdown on nonprofits that support terrorism. Critics say the bill could be used to punish the government’s political opponents.

November 11, 2024 Asaf Elia-Shalev

(JTA) U.S. law prohibits nonprofits from providing support to terrorist organizations, but enforcing that prohibition requires the government to furnish proof of a violation, triggering a judicial process that can be lengthy and arduous. In the more than two decades since the […]

Bipartisan group of House lawmakers presses administration on pro-Palestinian charities in the U.S. The lawmakers requested information from the administration about allegations that U.S.-based charities are funding Hamas and other terrorist groups

February 5, 2024 Marc Rod

(Jewish Insider) A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee wrote to the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation last week requesting information on alleged links between Hamas and U.S.-based tax-exempt charities that they […]

New resolution championed by Tlaib calls for Biden to apply genocide prevention law to Israel The resolution accuses Israeli officials of 'increasingly threatening a second Nakba'

May 12, 2023 Marc Rod

(Jewish Insider) On the same day that she hosted a controversial “Nakba Day” event on Capitol Hill, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) also introduced a resolution that would ask the Biden administration to target Israel with a law aimed at preventing genocides and […]

Ilhan Omar sponsors pro-Israel resolution on day that Republicans kick her off a key committee

February 2, 2023 Ron Kampeas

(JTA) The resolution is called “Recognizing Israel as America’s Legitimate and Democratic Ally and Condemning Antisemitism,” and its cosponsors are a who’s-who of the pro-Israel Democrats, including leading Jewish lawmakers. Also on the sponsor list: Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has been one […]

Republicans: If a special envoy is to monitor and combat ‘Islamophobia’ it needs to be defined

December 10, 2021 Patrick Goodenough

(CNS) A bill to create a special envoy to monitor and combat “Islamophobia” ran into Republican opposition in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, as critics pushed for amendments to define the phenomenon — and some were themselves accused by Democrats […]

Rashida Tlaib says she doesn’t have freedom of speech in tweet to her 1.4 million followers

June 10, 2021 Anders Hagstrom

(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib claimed that Muslim women in Congress don’t have freedom of speech in a Thursday tweet to her 1.4 million followers on Twitter. Tlaib’s comments came in response to House Democrats condemning Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan […]

Omar: I wasn’t equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries

June 10, 2021 Cristina Marcos and Tal Axelrod

(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday sought to clarify controversial remarks she made earlier this week during a House hearing, saying she was not equating the U.S. and Israel with terrorist organizations. “On Monday, I asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken […]

12 Jewish Democrats say grouping of Israel and the US with Hamas and the Taliban gives terrorists cover, call on Ilhan Omar to clarify

June 9, 2021 Ron Kampeas

(JTA) Twelve of the 25 Jewish Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said the grouping of the United States and Israel with the Taliban and Hamas in remarks about pursuing war crimes prosecutions gives “cover to terrorist groups” and called on […]

Jewish Democratic lawmakers consider condemning Ilhan Omar for likening Hamas to Israel and US

June 9, 2021 Ron Kampeas

(JTA) Jewish Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives met Wednesday to discuss antisemitism. The 25 members of the unofficial caucus ended up fulminating about a fellow Democrat, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, for appearing to liken Hamas and the Taliban to Israel […]

Rep. Omar will travel to Israel, Palestinian territories

July 17, 2019 Laura Kelly

(Jewish Insider) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said she’ll be traveling to Israel and the Palestinian Territories in a few weeks, calling it an opportunity to learn more about the situation on the ground, “occupation,” and best ways forward on a two-state solution. […]

Tlaib blasts Foreign Affairs Committee’s anti-BDS bill as ‘unconstitutional’

July 10, 2019 Zack Budryk

(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) took aim at a bill in the House Foreign Affairs Committee condemning the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, calling it “unconstitutional.” The measure, H.R. 246, aims “to silence opposition of Israel’s blatantly racist policies that […]

Omar hits back at Pelosi over BDS remarks

March 26, 2019 Cristina Marcos

(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday pushed back against Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for denouncing the global boycott and sanctions movement against Israel during an appearance before the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference. During a speech before the […]

Ilhan Omar endorses the Israel boycott and is on the influential Foreign Affairs Committee. Here’s what she and her colleagues say

January 23, 2019 Ron Kampeas

(JTA) The top two Jewish members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee revile BDS, the boycott Israel movement. Its newest member, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has embraced the movement. It’s not a big deal, the Jewish Democrats say. Reps. […]