{"id":533655,"date":"2021-05-21T13:06:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533655"},"modified":"2021-05-21T13:06:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:06:31","slug":"pelosi-slams-pro-israel-group-over-ads-calling-out-ilhan-omar-ocasio-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-slams-pro-israel-group-over-ads-calling-out-ilhan-omar-ocasio-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi Slams Pro-Israel Group Over Ads Calling Out Ilhan Omar, Ocasio-Cortez"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fpelosi-slams-pro-israel-group-over-ads-calling-out-ilhan-omar-ocasio-cortez%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=533655&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-1232201590-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) slammed<span>&nbsp;the American Israel Public Affairs Committee<\/span>&nbsp;(AIPAC) this week for an ad calling out various Democrats <span>\u2014 <\/span> including <span>Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN),&nbsp;Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&nbsp;(D-NY) \u2014 who have criticized Israel for defending itself against Hamas terror attacks.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One AIPAC ad featured a picture of Omar superimposed over Hamas rocket fire, with the caption, \u201cWhen Israel targets Hamas, Rep. Omar calls it an \u2018act of terrorism.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamas has fired thousands of rockets at Israeli civilians,\u201d AIPAC wrote. \u201cThis isn\u2019t about evictions, annexation, or two states. It\u2019s not about Palestinians or a better future. It\u2019s about Hamas wanting to terrorize Israelis, destroy Israel, and gain power for itself and its Iranian backers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>The ad appeared to be referencing a May 10 tweet by Omar that read, \u201cIsraeli air strikes killing civilians in Gaza is an act of terrorism.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"16.147058823529\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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><span>Three other images shared by AIPAC displayed the text, \u201cIsraeli citizens \u2014 Jews and Arabs \u2014 have faced more than 3,100 rocket attacks over the past week from Hamas, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization. Tell Congress: America must stand with Israel.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One image shows numerous Democrats with the caption, \u201cIsrael is under attack yet some in Congress want to put political restrictions on our aid to Israel.\u201d Another featured Ocasio-Cortez, with the caption, \u201c\u2018It\u2019s wrong\u2019 for President Biden to say Israel \u2018has a right to defend itself.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, Omar complained that the ads were \u201cdeeply offensive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is desperate and deeply offensive,\u201d Omar tweeted. \u201cThe rights of Palestinians and all people yearning for freedom and self-determination will not be ignored and no level of harassment will silence me or the millions of people demanding peace and justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.622950819672\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is desperate and deeply offensive. <\/p>\n<p>The rights of Palestinians and all people yearning for freedom and self-determination will not be ignored and no level of harassment will silence me or the millions of people demanding peace and justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JK3I0xcAjz\">https:\/\/t.co\/JK3I0xcAjz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1395083364856700932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Pelosi responded to AIPAC\u2019s ads by condemning the pro-Israel group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t agree with Congresswoman Omar\u2019s comments, but it\u2019s very disappointing to see deeply cynical and inflammatory ads twisting her words,\u201d <\/span><span>Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aidachavez\/status\/1395144717495640065?s=20\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Wednesday<\/span><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs we always respect Israel\u2019s right to defend herself, there must be a serious effort on the part of both parties in the conflict to end the violence and respect the rights of both the Israeli and Palestinian people,\u201d Pelosi added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As reported by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/05\/20\/ilhan-omar-facebook-hamas-aipac\/\"><span>The Washington Post<\/span><\/a><span>, Facebook refused to give in to Democrats\u2019 calls to remove the adverts from their platform.&nbsp;<\/span><span>\u201cFacebook spokesman Andy Stone confirmed the company determined the ads did not violate its policies. However, the social network does reject ads that its fact-checking partners determine are false, and the company told Omar\u2019s office in an email exchange that this ad would be eligible for a fact check.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the Post, Omar\u2019s office expressed deep concern \u201cthat Facebook would continue to profit off this hate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2019, Omar was widely criticized for anti-Semitic rhetoric when she argued that American support for Israel was motivated by Jewish money, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/03\/07\/700901834\/minnesota-congresswoman-ignites-debate-on-israel-and-anti-semitism\"><span>tweeting<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201c<\/span><span>It\u2019s all about the Benjamins baby.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) slammed\u00a0the American Israel Public Affairs Committee\u00a0(AIPAC) this week for an ad calling out various Democrats \u2014 including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN),\u00a0Rep. Rashida Tlaib &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312598,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232201590-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Pelosi Slams Pro-Israel Group Over Ads Calling Out Ilhan Omar, Ocasio-Cortez","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-533655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232201590-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Pelosi Slams Pro-Israel Group Over Ads Calling Out Ilhan Omar, Ocasio-Cortez","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533655","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=533655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}