(Fox) The House on Wednesday passed a bipartisan resolution condemning Hamas terrorists’ use of rape and sexual violence as weapons of war during — and since — the attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(Floridian) Noor Salman, the widow of Islamic terrorist Omar Mateen, the Pulse nightclub mass shooter, is now being honored by the Muslim Legal Fund of America center (MLFA) at their annual “The [Angels] Await” charity fundraiser. Salman is listed as a guest […]
(Palm Beach Post) Amid a wave of attacks on social media companies by far-right and conservative activists, a federal judge found Monday that firebrand and congressional hopeful Laura Loomer does not have grounds to sue a local Islamic advocacy group for her […]
(Detroit News) Efforts to revise the federal law prohibiting female genital cutting had been stalled in the U.S. House, but leaders appear poised to take up the issue this fall. Republican lawmakers have pushed legislation to restore the law after a ruling by a federal judge […]
(VOA) U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar struck a chord with other Muslim Americans when she denounced a perceived assumption that she is reluctant to condemn or sympathetic to terrorism and atrocities committed by Islamic groups. “Does this need to be on repeat every […]
(Newsweek) The House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan resolution denouncing the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) and recognizing it as a human rights violation against women and girls. “Today we’re sending a clear message that every girl, no matter where […]
(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 […]
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