{"id":2068535,"date":"2023-10-16T08:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-squad-member-ilhan-omar-blasted-for-circulating-misinformation-about-childrens-deaths\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T08:14:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:14:24","slug":"israel-war-squad-member-ilhan-omar-blasted-for-circulating-misinformation-about-childrens-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-squad-member-ilhan-omar-blasted-for-circulating-misinformation-about-childrens-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar criticized for spreading false information on children&#8217;s deaths in Israel war."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-war-squad-member-ilhan-omar-blasted-for-circulating-misinformation-about-childrens-deaths%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2068535&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Controversy Surrounds Rep. Ilhan\u200d Omar&#8217;s Social Media Post<\/h2>\n<p>Rep.\u2063 Ilhan Omar, a member of\u2064 the &#8220;Squad,&#8221; has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-unloads-on-lebron-james-his-racist-rants-are-divisive-nasty-insulting-and-demeaning\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Trump Unloads On LeBron James: \u2018His RACIST Rants Are Divisive, Nasty, Insulting, And Demeaning\u2019\">faced intense backlash<\/a> for sharing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> that featured \u2062images of deceased\u200c children in\u2062 Syria. The congresswoman \u200cclaimed that these children\u200c were victims\u2063 of the conflict between \u200cIsrael and Hamas in \u200cGaza.\u200b However, it was later revealed \u200dthat the \u200cpictures were actually from a 2013 sarin gas attack\u2063 in Syria, unrelated to \u200bthe\u2062 Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<h3>Reactions and Accusations<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2062American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) shared \u2062a \u200dscreenshot of Omar&#8217;s \u2063retweet,\u2062 which \u200daccused Israel of committing &#8220;child genocide&#8221;\u2062 and \u200bclaimed that 614 Palestinian children\u200b had been murdered \u2062by Israeli forces.\u200b Fellow\u2064 &#8220;Squad&#8221;\u2062 member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized\u2064 the\u2062 spread of \u2062misinformation on social \u2062media and urged people to verify information from multiple \u200bsources.<\/p>\n<p>AIPAC called out Ocasio-Cortez\u2062 for Omar&#8217;s reposting, \u200daccusing the &#8220;Squad&#8221; \u200dof being anti-Israel and \u2062spreading dangerous misinformation. This criticism adds to the ongoing controversy surrounding Omar&#8217;s past posts, which have been viewed as discriminatory and antisemitic.<\/p>\n<h3>The Divide\u200c Among\u2062 Democrats<\/h3>\n<p>The conflict between Palestine \u2063and Israel has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-hamas-terrorist-attack-put-democratic-support-for-ally-to-the-test\/\" title=\"Hamas attack tests Democratic support for Israel.\">long divided public opinion<\/a>, particularly\u2063 among Democrats. A Gallup poll revealed that Democrats&#8217; \u2062sympathies have shifted more towards Palestinians\u200b than Israelis. Some Democrats have faced criticism for their \u200bsupport of Palestine,\u200d including their boycott of the Israeli president&#8217;s joint address to \u2063Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Omar&#8217;s office has been contacted for comment\u200c on the matter.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has \u2064the American Israel Public\u2063 Affairs Committee (AIPAC)\u2064 accused the\u200d &#8220;Squad&#8221; of \u2063being anti-Israel?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Controversy has\u2062 arisen over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-squad-member-ilhan-omar-blasted-for-circulating-misinformation-about-childrens-deaths\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar criticized for spreading false information on children's deaths in Israel war.\">social \u200dmedia post shared<\/a> by Rep. \u200cIlhan Omar, a prominent member of the group known as the &#8220;Squad.&#8221;\u2064 The congresswoman has\u200d faced intense backlash for sharing images of deceased \u200bchildren in Syria. She claimed that these children were victims\u2062 of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. However,\u200d it was later revealed that \u2064the pictures were actually from\u200d a 2013 sarin gas attack \u200din\u2062 Syria, unrelated to the Israel-Hamas \u2063war.<\/p>\n<p>The American Israel \u2064Public \u2062Affairs Committee (AIPAC) shared a screenshot of Omar&#8217;s retweet, \u2062which accused Israel of committing &#8220;child genocide&#8221; \u2064and claimed that 614 Palestinian children had been murdered by Israeli forces. Fellow &#8220;Squad&#8221; member\u2064 Rep. \u2064Alexandria\u200d Ocasio-Cortez \u200bcriticized \u2062the spread \u200cof \u200dmisinformation on social media and urged people to verify information from multiple sources.<\/p>\n<p>AIPAC called out Ocasio-Cortez for Omar&#8217;s \u200dreposting, \u200daccusing \u200cthe &#8220;Squad&#8221; of being anti-Israel and spreading dangerous misinformation. \u200cThis criticism adds to the ongoing controversy surrounding Omar&#8217;s past\u2063 posts, which\u200b have been viewed as discriminatory and antisemitic.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict between Palestine and Israel has long divided public opinion, particularly among Democrats. A Gallup poll revealed that Democrats&#8217; sympathies\u2063 have shifted more towards Palestinians than Israelis.\u2064 Some Democrats have faced criticism for their support of Palestine, including their boycott \u2062of the Israeli \u2064president&#8217;s joint\u200b address to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Omar&#8217;s \u2064office has been contacted \u200cfor comment on the \u200dmatter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Squad&#8221; member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) faced backlash for sharing a social media post displaying images of deceased children in Syria, falsely attributing them to Gaza casualties in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Omar retweeted a message stating &#8220;CHILD GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE&#8221; and &#8220;614 Palestinian children.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2068537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2068535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2068535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2068535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2068535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2068535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}