Israel and Palestinians

Government & Politics

Omar rakes in cash online as controversies pile up The freshman Democrat took in over $832,000, largely from online donors, after facing criticism for using anti-Semitic tropes this winter.

April 15, 2019 and   

(Politico) Small-dollar donors rushed to defend embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in the first three months [of] this year, as she faced charges of anti-Semitism from prominent Democrats, according to a fundraising report filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission. Omar, a […]

Government & Politics

Trump escalates his attacks on Omar after Pelosi ups her security The president also goes after the House speaker, saying she has ‘lost all control of Congress.’

April 15, 2019 and   

(Politico) President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his verbal attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, less than 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she is seeking protection for the Minnesota congresswoman due to increased death threats following tweets from the president. […]

Law Enforcement

Police raids across Germany target alleged Hamas-linked charities German police have raided charities alleged to provide support to the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. The enclave on the east Mediterranean Sea suffers from one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

April 10, 2019   

(Deutsche Welle) Police carried out raids across Germany on Wednesday targeting charities suspected of providing “financial and propaganda” support to the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, the interior ministry said. Around 90 properties in ten states were searched, with the focus of the raids targeting […]

Government & Politics

Rashida Tlaib praises her Islamist entourage

April 3, 2019   

(IPT) Last month, an entourage featuring anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour and Council on American-Relations (CAIR) executive director Nihad Awad protected U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., from an outspoken critic. Sarsour has espoused anti-Semitic smears worse than U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a […]

Government & Politics

Rabbis demand Sarsour apologize for ‘anti-Semitic narrative’ 'There has never been a country called Palestine,' says Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, responding to brouhaha over NY Councilman Yeger tweet.

March 30, 2019   

(Arutz Sheva) The Coalition for Jewish Values, representing over 1000 traditional rabbis in matters of public policy, is demanding a public apology from activist Linda Sarsour for “peddling in anti-Semitic falsehoods” in order to attack an observant Jewish New York City councilman, […]

Clerics & Preachers

NJ imam claims IDF chief rabbi condoned rape of Palestinian women Baker Assaf calls on Muslims to hate ‘Zionism’ rather than Jews, says Islam won’t accept gays but won’t ‘kick anybody off the Empire State Building’

March 30, 2019   

(Times of Israel) A New Jersey imam has accused the chief rabbi of the Israeli army of condoning the rape of Palestinian women. In a February sermon at the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson, NJ, Baker Assaf said Muslims should […]

Academics & Education

Linda Sarsour’s NYU makeover

March 26, 2019   

(IPT) She certainly looked like Linda Sarsour, the flame-throwing Islamist political activist. And the speaker had Sarsour’s voice. But the woman who spoke Monday night at New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts seemed entirely unfamiliar with Sarsour’s own views. […]

Government & Politics

Omar hits back at Pelosi over BDS remarks

March 26, 2019   

(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 […]

Demonstrations

Greeted by protests, Rep. Ilhan Omar tells LA-area Muslims to ‘raise hell’ in face of intolerance Outside the Woodland Hills Hilton, at least 1,000 people protested Omar's appearance.

March 24, 2019   

(LA Daily News) Freshman Congresswoman [Ilhan] Omar of Minnesota urged some 400 Los Angeles-area Muslims packed inside the Woodland Hills Hilton on Saturday to stand defiant and “raise hell” in the face of discrimination they confront as Muslims in America. It’s advice […]

Government & Politics

llhan Omar speaks at CAIR fundraiser

March 22, 2019   

(IPT) It might seem natural for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Los Angeles chapter to invite U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar to speak at Saturday evening’s fundraising dinner. CAIR is predominantly a conservative Sunni-run political organization, and Omar, D-Minn., is one of […]

Government & Politics

Pro-Israel philanthropist remains committed to ‘speaking out’ against anti-Semitism Adam Milstein has withdrawn from a panel at the upcoming AIPAC conference after tweets criticizing Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib over their rhetoric and ties to CAIR.

March 20, 2019   

(JNS) Pro-Israel philanthropist Adam Milstein has said that he remains committed to speaking out against the anti-Semitic rhetoric of Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), as well as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), following his announcement that he has […]