{"id":494072,"date":"2021-05-10T21:50:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T01:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=494072"},"modified":"2021-05-10T21:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T01:50:13","slug":"ilhan-omar-says-it-is-an-act-of-terrorism-for-israel-to-defend-itself-from-hamas-rocket-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-says-it-is-an-act-of-terrorism-for-israel-to-defend-itself-from-hamas-rocket-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar Says It Is An \u2018Act Of Terrorism\u2019 For Israel To Defend Itself From Hamas Rocket Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Filhan-omar-says-it-is-an-act-of-terrorism-for-israel-to-defend-itself-from-hamas-rocket-attacks%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=494072&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232420210-scaled-e1620694904779.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar accused Israel of terrorism for responding to a barrage of rocket fire from the terrorist organization Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsraeli air strikes killing civilians in Gaza is an act of terrorism. Palestinians deserve protection. Unlike Israel, missile defense programs, such as Iron Dome, don\u2019t exist to protect Palestinian civilians. It\u2019s unconscionable to not condemn these attacks on the week of Eid,\u201d Omar said in Monday afternoon tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"16.168604651163\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Israeli air strikes killing civilians in Gaza is an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians deserve protection.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Israel, missile defense programs, such as Iron Dome, don\u2019t exist to protect Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unconscionable to not condemn these attacks on the week of Eid. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vWWQfMqBkT\">https:\/\/t.co\/vWWQfMqBkT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1391841207588999168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tensions have skyrocketed between Israelis and Palestinians lately due to a decades-long court battle over the legal ownership rights of the Sheikh Jarrah apartments in East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas, a U.S. and European Union designated terrorist organization that governs the Gaza strip, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/hamas-palestinians-gaza-terrorists-missile-rockets-jerusalem-israel-knesset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fired<\/a> 150 rockets into Israel on Monday evening after the terror group gave Israel a 6 p.m. local time ultimatum to remove troops from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the site of violent riots over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket fire forced cities in Southern Israel to lock down and the Knesset to be temporarily evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>Israel responded to the rocket attacks by launching retaliatory airstrikes on Hamas targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.8753709198813\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israeli?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israeli<\/a> retaliatory airstrikes against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Palestinian?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Palestinian<\/a> militants target a building belonging to the local <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hamas?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hamas<\/a>-dominated government in Al Maqousi, north of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a> city<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0641\u0644\u0633\u0637\u064a\u0646<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B6?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u0633_\u062a\u0646\u062a\u0641\u0636<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Palestine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Palestine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/News?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MiddleEast?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MiddleEast<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0639\u0627\u062c\u0644<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TrpY9qdkYL\">pic.twitter.com\/TrpY9qdkYL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Jose (@realandrewjose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realandrewjose\/status\/1391846358764728322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Omar also accused Israel in a Sunday tweet of committing \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d due to the legal fight, which would evict the Palestinian residents from the apartment complex and return it to the Jewish families that were forced out by the Jordanians in the aftermath of the 1948 War for Independence. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/jake-sullivan-biden-israel-al-aqsa-mosque-sheikh-jarrah-jerusalem-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Israel Warns Biden Admin to Back Off, Says Intervening Would Make Jerusalem Conflict Worse)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.194690265487\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This deputy mayor is describing ethnic cleansing here, yet everyone is the West is pretending that\u2019s not what\u2019s happening to Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s reprehensible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XUTdeLvf9m\">https:\/\/t.co\/XUTdeLvf9m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1391248886266667009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Omar has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/03\/02\/ilhan-omar-israel-anti-semitism-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">come under fire<\/a> several times during her career in Congress for strong anti-Israel statements many of which have resulted in accusations of anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AviMayer\/status\/1391909847055179779?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">continues<\/a> to fire rockets into Israel as of 3 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Minnesota Rep. 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