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Ilhan Omar apologizes after Pelosi denounces tweet as anti-Semitic Democrats moved quickly after the freshman lawmaker suggested support for Israel stemmed from campaign donations.

February 11, 2019 Melanie Zanona and Heather Caygle

(Politico) Rep. Ilhan Omar apologized for anti-Semitic comments Monday after coming under pressure from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats. The Minnesota Democrat sparked a firestorm Sunday night when she implied lawmakers’ support for Israel is driven by campaign donations from […]

Ilhan Omar ignites new anti-Semitism controversy with comments on AIPAC The first-term Democrat suggests GOP support for Israel is fueled by campaign donations.

February 10, 2019 John Bresnahan

(Politico) Freshman Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar ignited a new controversy on Sunday night when she suggested GOP support for Israel is driven by campaign donations from a prominent pro-Israel group. Omar singled out AIPAC, one of the most influential lobbying groups in […]

Tlaib invites Dem chairman on West Bank delegation after his criticism

January 31, 2019 Avery Anapol

(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has invited House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) to join her on a planned congressional delegation to the West Bank after he criticized the trip in an interview. “Yo [Engel] how are we ever going to obtain peace?” […]

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 […]

Omar, Tlaib come under fire from GOP

January 25, 2019 Cristina Marcos

(Hill) Freshman Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, are drawing fire from Republicans in their first weeks since taking office. House GOP leaders condemned the appointment of Omar, a Minnesota progressive, […]

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. […]

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 […]

Rep. Omar apologizes for tweet about Israel

January 22, 2019 Cristina Marcos

(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) expressed regret for saying in a 2012 tweet that “Israel has hypnotized the world” while doing “evil,” saying she had not realized her words would be offensive to Jewish people. Omar responded in a series of tweets […]

GOP lawmaker pushes to derail Rashida Tlaib from leading delegation to West Bank

January 17, 2019 Melanie Zanona

(Politico) A Republican lawmaker is trying to block freshman firebrand Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) from leading a congressional delegation to the West Bank. In a letter obtained by Politico, Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) and Democratic committee chairs […]

GOP leaders blast Pelosi for elevating freshman rep with history of anti-Israel remarks

January 17, 2019 Gregg Re

(Fox) A series of top Republicans on Thursday condemned the decision by Democratic leaders to elevate freshman Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, charging that she has a history of making overtly anti-Semitic comments. The strong GOP criticism came as […]

Tlaib corrects news reports, says she swore in on personal Quran

January 5, 2019 John Bowden

(Hill) Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) revealed Saturday that she swore in as a member of the House of Representatives on her personal Quran, rather than the historic copy owned by Thomas Jefferson, as news reports previously indicated. Multiple news outlets including […]

Incoming Muslim congresswomen mock Pence’s Christian faith

December 13, 2018 Patrick Goodenough

(CNS) One of the first two Muslim women elected to the U.S. Congress took a snide dig on Twitter at Vice President Pence for sitting with eyes closed during a heated Oval Office meeting, posting a photo with the caption, “Jesus take […]