the Democratic leadership does not mince words against their own congressman Ilhan Omar, a newly installed 37-year-old muslim who is representing a progressive district in Minnesota.
Democrats, including the president, Nancy Pelosi, writes that ”Omar’s use of the anti-semitic allusions and biased accusations against the defender of Israel is deeply offensive”.
an apology from Omar in the eleventh hour. Omar writes that anti-semitism is real and expresses gratitude to their jewish colleagues as ”teach me about the painful history of anti-semitic allusions”.
Uppsträckningen from the party leadership, and representatives from several anti-racist organizations, came after tweets that Omar formulated in Sunday night. Omar wrote when speaking of politicians who support Israel: ”It’s all about the Benjamins baby”. ”Benjamin” refers to hundradollarssedlar. The message was that the defender of Israel are driven by money. When a journalist asked Omar who she think is paying u.s. politicians to defend Israel, she replied: ”AIPAC!”. The acronym for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a big påverkansorganisation.
the great political significance for the relationship between the U.S. and Israel, and arranges trips for american politicians to Israel. But it gives no money directly to the individual american politicians. It could therefore be perceived as Omar speculated in an anti-semitic cliché: friends of Israel corrupted by pengastinna jews. There are many motives behind american politicians ‘ support for Israel – geopolitical, cultural, religious. If one reduces the explanation to the economic motives open to anti-semitic accusations.
Omar was not on plus before Sunday’s formulations. A tweet written five years ago has continued to chase her. She wrote in november 2012 that ”Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah bring his people and helping them to see Israel’s devilish deeds”. The comment has been interpreted as if Omar flirts with anti-semitic beliefs about a hidden jewish power in the world.
Ilhan Omar and partikollegan Rashida Tlaib of Detroit is the congress of the first two muslim women ever. Omar is the first to wear the veil. She grew up in Somalia, whose population is prohibited from entering the united states, according to Trump’s entry ban.
, the Republican leader in the house of representatives, has been a driving force in the criticism of Omar and Tlaib. But McCarthy has his own baggage in question. In the fall, said McCarthy, George Soros, Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer must stop meddling in american elections. All three men, which McCarthy pointed out are liberal and jewish. ”We can’t allow Soros, Steyer and Bloomberg to BUY this election”, tweeted McCarthy and aimed at the mellanårsvalet in november.
During the criticism of Ilhan Omar is probably the best selection so far, from Nancy Pelosi to the young radical left moved forward positions after mellanårsvalet. But Omar has so far not been deprived of real political power. She is still on the foreign affairs committee where she can be involved in the formulation of, inter alia, to middle east policy.
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