Hakeem Jeffries – Eye on Islamism

Shapiro rebukes Mamdani for failing to condemn ‘blatantly antisemitic’ extremists The Pennsylvania governor told JI: ‘When supporters of yours say things that are blatantly antisemitic, you can't leave room for that to just sit there’

July 23, 2025 Gabby Deutch

(Jewish Insider) Inside a coffee shop in this small town of 8,500 people, hundreds of miles from the bustle of Manhattan, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro made his first public comments about Zohran Mamdani, criticizing the New York City Democratic mayoral candidate for […]

Mamdani says he will ‘discourage’ the term ‘globalize the intifada’ Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the race for mayor of New York City, moved to distance himself from comments that sparked outrage during the primary.

July 15, 2025 Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Lauren Hirsch

(NY Times) Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, told an influential group of business leaders on Tuesday that he would not use the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which has been seen as a call to violence against Jews, […]

House Democratic leaders call on GOP congressman to apologize over ‘unhinged, racist and Islamophobic’ attack on Ilhan Omar

July 9, 2025 Morgan Rimmer

(CNN) Top House Democratic leaders condemned GOP Rep. Randy Fine and demanded that he apologize after the Florida lawmaker suggested in a post on X that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is a terrorist. Fine was replying to an X post […]

Jeffries says Mamdani will need to ‘aggressively address the rise in antisemitism’ in NYC

June 29, 2025 Rachel Scully

(Hill) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said Zohran Mamdani, the winner of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, must prepare to “aggressively address the rise in antisemitism in the city of New York.” During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Jeffries […]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand slams Mamdani for defense of ‘globalize the intifada’ slogan as pressure mounts on presumptive mayoral nominee

June 27, 2025 Corey Walker

(Algemeiner) Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has condemned presumptive New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani for his defense of the controversial phrase “globalize the intifada.” During a Thursday appearance on Brian Lehrer’s WNYC radio show, Gillibrand called on Mamdani to distance […]

NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls Zohran Mamdani an ‘antisemite’ who has embraced Hamas, says Jews ‘should be concerned’

June 27, 2025 Corey Walker

(Algemeiner) New York City Mayor Eric Adams has accused mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani of spreading antisemitic views, citing Mamdani’s past remarks and anti-Israel activism as he starts his efforts to thwart the progressive insurgent. Adams’s repudiation comes in the aftermath of a […]

Soon-to-be-former Rep. Jamaal Bowman to be honored by group with terrorist ties

October 21, 2024 Rebecca Downs

(Townhall) Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) only has a few months left in office, but the Squad member is being lauded in other ways for his anti-Israel narratives. While Bowman lost his primary to Westchester County Executive George Latimer in June, he’ll be […]

‘Squad’ member Summer Lee to fundraise for anti-Israel group whose leader celebrated Hamas attack

February 15, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Pennsylvania Rep. Summer Lee (D.), whose congressional district was the site of the worst anti-Semitic attack in American history, will raise money next month for a Muslim advocacy group whose leader said he was “happy” that Hamas invaded Israel. The […]

Progressive Minnesota US Rep. Ilhan Omar draws prominent primary challenger

November 12, 2023 Steve Karnowski

(AP) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar got a prominent Democratic primary challenger Sunday when former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels announced he’ll try once again to unseat her after coming close in 2022. Omar, a charter member of “the squad” of progressive […]

House censures Tlaib for Israel criticism

November 7, 2023 Mychael Schnell

(Hill) The House voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday night, rebuking the Michigan Democrat for her criticism of Israel following Hamas’s unprecedented attack on the U.S. ally. The chamber approved the reprimand in a 234-188-4 vote, with 22 Democrats bucking […]

Pro-Palestinian rally met by Israel supporters in Midtown as Hochul slams ‘abhorrent’ demonstration after Hamas attack

October 8, 2023 Jared Downing and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

(NY Post) Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, organized by the Democratic Socialists of America, rallied Sunday in the Big Apple — stomping on and burning the Israeli flag — as Islamic terrorists in the Gaza Strip continued their assault on the Jewish state. Scores of […]

Tlaib breaks silence on Hamas attack on Israel, blames ‘apartheid system’

October 8, 2023 Daniel Chaitin

(Daily Wire) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a Palestinian American and member of the leftist “Squad” in the House, broke her silence on the Hamas militant group’s attack on Israel from Gaza with a statement placing fault on what she called an “apartheid system” […]

Jeffries endorses Ilhan Omar amid AIPAC primary threat Democratic leadership is sending a message to progressives who are worried about primary challenges from the pro-Israel group: Caucus leaders plan to support all incumbents.

August 30, 2023 Nicholas Wu

(Politico) When Pramila Jayapal faced fierce blowback in mid-July after dubbing Israel a “racist state,” it immediately unnerved fellow House progressives. Their concern: Would Democratic leaders recommit to the longstanding policy of backing all incumbents, including critics of Israel? The answer was […]

Rashida Tlaib asks supporters to ‘chip in’ so she can host more anti-Semitic events

May 15, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) is fundraising off the anti-Semitic event she hosted last week, telling supporters she needs the money to battle “Israel’s apartheid regime.” Tlaib’s fundraising pitch references the “Squad” member’s controversial push to host an event mourning […]

McCarthy blocks Rashida Tlaib’s anti-Semitic congressional event 'As long as I’m speaker, we are going to support Israel’s right to self-determination and self-defense'

May 9, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy moved on Tuesday evening to block Michigan’s Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib from hosting an anti-Semitic congressional event planned for Wednesday, the speaker’s office confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon. McCarthy told the Free Beacon that he […]

House Republicans vote to remove Omar from Foreign Affairs panel

February 2, 2023 Mychael Schnell

(Hill) House Republicans voted on Thursday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee, notching a win for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who has long vowed to oust the Minnesota Democrat from the panel. The chamber approved the resolution […]

Spartz won’t support McCarthy in denying Omar seat on Foreign Affairs Committee

January 24, 2023 Mychael Schnell

(Hill) Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said she will not support Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (Calif.) effort to deny Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, making matters more difficult for the GOP leader as he looks to follow […]

Liberals ramp up pressure on Pelosi to discipline Boebert

December 8, 2021 Mike Lillis and Hanna Trudo

(Hill) House liberals are escalating their campaign to punish Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) for recent Islamophobic remarks targeting a Muslim colleague, warning Democratic leaders that a failure to do so will condone bigotry and threaten the safety of minorities across the country. […]

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 […]

Ilhan Omar, Linda Sarsour welcome Sen. Sanders’ decision not to attend AIPAC conference

February 24, 2020 Patrick Goodenough

(CNS) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Sunday praised Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders’ decision to stay away from the upcoming annual conference of the nation’s leading pro-Israel lobby, and said all the candidates should do the same. “Thank you Bernie Sanders […]

U.S. MB supporters lobby Congress for third straight year

April 2, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) Muslim Brotherhood supporters from the New York-New Jersey area lobbied members of Congress Monday to ask them to pressure Egypt about its execution of political opponents. The event piggybacked on a broader Muslim Advocacy Day organized by the U.S. Council of […]

House Dems postpone vote rebuking Omar amid pressure from left Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal allies stepped up their defense of the freshman Democrat.

March 5, 2019 Heather Caygle, John Bresnahan and Sarah Ferris

(Politico) A vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism in response to controversial comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar is set to slip past Wednesday amid intensifying pressure from the left both inside and outside the House Democratic Caucus. An array of progressive groups […]

House Dems will take floor action to confront Omar’s latest Israel comments The freshman Democrat is clashing with senior lawmakers who view her remarks as anti-Semitic.

March 4, 2019 Sarah Ferris, Heather Caygle and John Bresnahan

(Politico) Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democrats will take floor action Wednesday in response to controversial remarks by Rep. Ilhan Omar about Israel, the second such rebuke of the freshman Democrat from party leaders in recent weeks. Pelosi and other senior Democrats […]

Dem leaders defend freshmen Tlaib, Omar

January 29, 2019 Cristina Marcos

(Hill) House Democratic leaders on Tuesday defended progressive freshman Reps. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) against GOP accusations of anti-Semitism for their views toward Israel. The two freshmen have drawn ire from Republicans for their support of the boycott, divestment […]