Later she retracted the tweets and apologized. In January Omar had defended a 2012 tweet in which she had attacked Israel for how it “hypnotized the world.” But she later said the tweet was “unfortunate and offensive.” Then in early February they insinuated that other members of Congress were pro-Israel because “it’s all about the Benjamins baby.” Asked what she meant, she pointed to AIPAC. ![]() This is the third iteration of these kinds of comments, that seem to be increasingly frequent and a growing obsession of Omar. But she went on to then attack “political influence in this country” and link it to “allegiance to a foreign country.” This was clearly aimed at Israel, and not a critique of Israel’s policies, but of Americans. This was a very smart way of pre-empting accusations of anti-semitism, but simply pretending that in fact Omar is the victim because of here faith. Omar and Tlaib: Anti-Semitism charges shut down criticism of Israel | Jewish Insider “A lot of our Jewish colleagues, a lot of our constituents, a lot of our allies, go to thinking that everything we say about Israel to be anti-Semitic because we are Muslim.” It sought to portray criticism of Israel as solely about government policies but Omar claimed that she was painted as anti-semitic because she is Muslim. ![]() An audience member shouted “It is about the Benjamins,” approvingly reiterating a new deleted Omar tweet. The February 27 evening at Busboys and Poets began with claims that voices like Omar’s had been silenced for decades and generations, according to a report in Jewish Insider. In the wake of her “all about the Benjamins” tweets attacking AIPAC, she told a progressive audience in Washington that she wanted to talk about “the political influence in this country that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country.” Ilhan Omar’s new offensive comments about US Jews extend disturbing patternįor the third time in two months US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has waded into anti-semitism charges.
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