J Street – Eye on Islamism

Kamala Harris’s new Arab outreach director said ‘Zionists’ are ‘controlling’ American politics Brenda Abdelall comments came at a convention featuring prominent anti-Semite Cynthia McKinney

August 29, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Kamala Harris’s newly appointed head of Arab-American outreach once accused Zionists of “controlling” American politics, echoing an anti-Semitic trope that suggests Jews nefariously manipulate global affairs. “The Zionists have a strong voice in American politics,” Brenda Abdelall, an Egyptian-American lawyer […]

Growing number of Democrats call for Palestinian speaker on final night of DNC

August 22, 2024 Yash Roy

(Hill) A growing number of elected Democrats and activists are calling on the Harris campaign and the Democratic National Committee to allow a Palestinian to speak on the final night of the DNC. “We cannot ignore the Chicagoland Palestinian community as one […]

Rep. Summer Lee headlines CAIR fundraising banquet, alongside speakers with antisemitic history One scheduled speaker rejoiced over the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre hours after it occurred

February 26, 2024 Matthew Kassel

(Jewish Insider) Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) is scheduled to give remarks at a fundraising banquet for a leading Muslim advocacy group on Saturday alongside several speakers who have made antisemitic and homophobic comments. The freshman Squad member, a vocal critic of Israel […]

Liberal Jewish groups push back on McCarthy plan to remove Omar from committee

December 13, 2022 Mychael Schnell

(Hill) A coalition of liberal Jewish groups is pushing back on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) pledge to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee, arguing that the vow was made upon “false accusations that she is antisemitic […]

Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Israel has apartheid system, two-state solution won’t work 'We need to change our policies when it comes to the state of Israel. We desperately need to look at it [through] a different lens,' Tlaib told Al Jazeera.

September 19, 2022 Unlisted Author

(JNS) U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) stated in an interview with the Al Jazeera network on Sept. 16 that she does not see how a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can work. She further claimed that Israel has an “apartheid system” […]

American University Muslim student group withdraws from interfaith seder with Hillel over its Israel support

April 21, 2022 Andrew Lapin

(JTA) A Muslim student group at American University was set to co-sponsor an interfaith seder and iftar event this week with the campus Hillel chapter, to commemorate Passover and Ramadan. Then, in an Instagram post Saturday, the Muslim Student Association at the […]

Muslim leader’s warning about Hillel, ADL and other pro-Israel groups prompts backlash

December 8, 2021 Arno Rosenfeld

(Forward) A speech by a leader in the Council on American-Islamic [Relations] — the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group — drew a concerned response from some pro-Israel Jewish groups after she warned that Muslims who support Palestinian rights should not work […]

Islamist who defended murderers of Jews to speak at Tree of Life anti-hate summit Bush, ADL, Biden cabinet member join with hater to fight hate.

October 18, 2021 Daniel Greenfield

(FrontPage) In October, former President George W. Bush, Biden’s DHS secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, ADL boss Jonathan Greenblatt, and other notables will descend on the massive Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. The occasion isn’t a party convention, but the inaugural Eradicate Hate […]

Progressive Jewish leaders condemn AIPAC for ads slamming ‘Squad’ members

August 13, 2021 Ben Sales

(JTA) Dozens of progressive Jewish leaders have signed a letter condemning the Israel lobby AIPAC for social media ads targeting Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members of the group of progressive Congress members known as “the Squad.” J Street, a […]

How foreign policy factors for American Muslims in 2020

April 1, 2020 Adham Sahloul and Shadi Hamid

(Lawfare) Muslims represent only around 1 percent of the American population, yet today they find themselves playing an increasingly important public role. For instance, two of the most prominent congresspeople are the first two Muslim congresswomen in American history, Ilhan Omar and […]

AIPAC apologizes for ads that called some Democrats ‘radicals’ pushing ‘anti-Semitic’ policies

February 8, 2020 Ron Kampeas

(JTA) The American Israel Public Affairs Committee apologized for and removed at least two Facebook ads that slammed “radical” Democrats in Congress, and altered a petition that said Israel’s harshest critics in Congress pose a threat “maybe more sinister” than ISIS and […]

Ilhan Omar praises Breaking the Silence exhibit on ‘occupation in Hebron’ This year, J Street's 'Rise to the Moment' national conference saw speakers such as presidential candidates Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro and Amy Klobuchar.

October 29, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Jerusalem Post) “Thank you to @YehudaShaul and the Israeli veterans of @BTSIsrael for the moving exhibit on the occupation in Hebron at #jstreet2019. Acknowledgment is the first step to peace. By sharing your stories, you are paving a path to the end […]

Amy McGrath attended dinner hosted by radical Muslim group CAIR

October 22, 2019 Brent Scher

(Free Beacon) As Democrat Amy McGrath was laying the groundwork for her Senate bid, she attended a dinner hosted by the Kentucky chapter of a radical anti-Israel organization that has been tied to funding of global terror networks. The Kentucky chapter of […]

Trump: Israel shouldn’t let Omar, Tlaib visit country

August 15, 2019 Tal Axelrod

(Hill) President Trump on Thursday said Israel should not allow two U.S. congresswomen with whom he has feuded to enter the country for an upcoming trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Trump tweeted that it would show “great weakness” on Israel’s […]

Jewish advocacy groups voice concern over partisan rhetoric on Israel

August 7, 2019 Gabriella Muñoz

(Washington Times) Republicans have been aggressive this year in challenging Democrats over support for Israel — and some key Jewish advocacy groups say they fear it is backfiring and sowing more division over U.S. relations with its closest Middle East ally. One […]

Flashback: Sestak took fire for Israel record in failed 2010 Senate bid Latest 2020 candidate regretted signing J Street letter condemning Gaza blockade

June 24, 2019 David Rutz

(Free Beacon) Former Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak, the 25th Democratic presidential candidate this year, took sharp criticism in 2010 for his Israel record en route to losing a U.S. Senate election that year. In the summer of 2010, the newly founded pro-Israel […]

Republicans amp up attacks on Tlaib’s Holocaust comments

May 14, 2019 Scott Wong and Mike Lillis

(Hill) The war of words over race and anti-Semitism is heating up on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers in both parties launched new salvos Tuesday in the escalating uproar over recent comments from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) invoking the Holocaust. House Republicans fired […]

Prominent pro-Israel donor pulls out of AIPAC conference after saying two Muslim lawmakers ‘clash’ with American values

March 19, 2019 Ron Kampeas

(JTA) Adam Milstein, a major pro-Israel funder, has withdrawn from speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference following a series of tweets in which he accused two Muslim lawmakers of clashing with “American values.” The American Israel Public Affairs Committee distanced itself […]

Top Democrat on foreign affairs shoots down pro-Palestinian trips

January 29, 2019 Bryant Harris

(Al-Monitor) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress. She’s also one of Congress’ first two female Muslim lawmakers. As such, Tlaib wants to take the fight to the pro-Israel lobby by organizing a congressional delegation […]

Pro-Israel groups take issue with appointment of Omar to House Foreign Affairs Committee While several pro-Israel groups criticized the appointment of Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has endorsed BDS, as a 'dangerous development,' others expressed confidence in the pro-Israel leadership of the committee to counter her. J Street contends the attacks on her are 'bigoted and deeply wrong.'

January 23, 2019 Jackson Richman

(JNS) It didn’t take long for Jewish and Israel-related groups to react to the appointment of anti-Israel Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Along with several other new members of Congress, Omar has gained considerable attention as part of […]