{"id":559715,"date":"2021-06-10T16:21:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T20:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559715"},"modified":"2021-06-10T16:22:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T20:22:01","slug":"ilhan-omar-slams-jewish-democrat-critics-accuses-colleagues-of-islamophobia-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-slams-jewish-democrat-critics-accuses-colleagues-of-islamophobia-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar Slams Jewish Democrat Critics, Accuses Colleagues Of Islamophobia, \u2018Harassment\u2019"},"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\">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%2Filhan-omar-slams-jewish-democrat-critics-accuses-colleagues-of-islamophobia-harassment%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=559715&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\/06\/2587A8F7-D64E-4CBE-898E-1861BD857E63_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar lashed out at a dozen of her colleagues, Thursday, slamming a statement made by a dozen Jewish Democrats criticizing comments Omar made on Twitter that appeared to accuse the United States and Israel of \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d and compare the two democratic nations to terrorist groups, Hamas and the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>As The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-only-12-democrats-condemn-ilhan-omar-for-comparing-u-s-israel-to-terrorists\">Daily Wire reported earlier Thursday<\/a>, the Jewish Democrats\u2019 statement took issue with Omar\u2019s words and demanded Omar clarify whether she believes that the United States and Israel are morally equivalent to designated terror groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReps. Brad Schneider (IL), Jake Auchincloss (MA), Ted Deutch (FL), Lois Frankel (FL), Josh Gottheimer (NJ), Elaine Luria (VA), Kathy Manning (NC), Jerrold Nadler (NY), Dean Phillips (MN), Kim Schrier (WA), Brad Sherman (CA), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) slammed Omar in a statement,\u201d The Daily Wire noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEquating the United States and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban is as offensive as it is misguided,\u201d the group, led by Rep. Schneider, wrote. \u201cIgnoring the differences between democracies governed by the rule of law and contemptible organizations that engage in terrorism at best discredits one\u2019s intended argument and at worst reflects deep-seated prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States and Israel are imperfect, and like all democracies, at times deserving of critique, but false equivalence give cover to terrorist groups,\u201d they continued. \u201cWe urge Congresswoman Omar to clarify her words placing the U.S. and Israel in the same category as Hamas and the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omar issued a clarification on Thursday, claiming that her words were taken out of context; she was asking Secretary of State Anthony Blinken about pending cases before the International Criminal Court, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jk le iz lf lg lh\">\u201cOn Monday, I asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken about ongoing International Criminal Court investigations,\u201d Omar wrote in a statement. \u201cTo be clear: the conversation was about accountability for specific incidents regarding those ICC cases, not a moral comparison between Hamas and the Taliban and the U.S. and Israel. I was in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omar\u2019s explanation does not fully explain her initial statements, but before her Jewish Democrat colleagues could respond, Omar issued a second statement, accusing the group of using \u201cIslamophobic tropes\u201d and of \u201cconstant harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s shameful for colleagues who call me when they need my support to now put out a statement asking for \u2018clarification\u2019 and not just call,\u201d Omar tweeted, suggesting that none of the signatories contacted her personally. \u201cThe Islamophobic tropes in this statement are offensive. The constant harassment and silencing from the signers of this letter is unbearable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cIslamophobic tropes\u201d appears to be a reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/02\/11\/rep-ilhan-omar-apologies-weeks-anti-semitic-tropes\/\">a 2019 incident in which Omar was accused<\/a> of using \u201canti-Semitic tropes\u201d that she claimed not to recognize as anti-Jewish. Omar was forced to apologize.<\/p>\n<p>Omar went on in Thursday\u2019s statement: \u201cCiting an open case against Israel, U.S., Hamas, and Taliban in the ICC isn\u2019t comparison or from \u2018deeply seated prejudice.\u2019 You might try to undermine these investigations or deny justice to their victims, but history has taught us that the truth can\u2019t be hidden or silenced forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omar followed up on her response statement by generally accusing her critics of fomenting Islamophobic violence, and shared a clip of a death threat she says she received as a result of criticism \u2014 a threat she claimed was\u00a0\u201cincited directly by [articles and far-right politicians] and enabled by a political culture \u2013 in both parties \u2013\u00a0that allows and often fuels Islamophobia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the \u201cSquad,\u201d Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) also weighed in, slamming the same group of Jewish Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib said on Twitter that the group\u2019s \u201cobsession with policing [Omar] is sick. She has the courage to call out human rights abuses no matter who is responsible. That\u2019s better than colleagues who look away if it serves their politics.\u201d Ocasio-Cortez claimed she was \u201cpretty sick and tired of the constant vilification, intentional mischaracterization, and public targeting of [Omar] coming from our caucus.\u201d \u201c[T]hey have no concept for the danger they put her in by skipping private conversations and leaping to fueling targeted news cycles around her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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