Israel

Rep. Omar called out for seeming to be ‘okay’ with Hamas terrorist rocket fire against Israel

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2 years ago

May 10, 2021

Israeli Twitter users and alike railed against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) when she tweeted only half of the story of the Hamas missile attacks on Israel, choosing to paint Israel as terrorists instead. This comes after a weekend full of riots in Jerusalem that culminated in a missile raid on Israel reportedly from Hamas.

Israeli air strikes killing civilians in Gaza is an act of terrorism.

Palestinians deserve protection.

Unlike Israel, missile defense programs, such as Iron Dome, don’t exist to protect Palestinian civilians.

It’s unconscionable to not condemn these attacks on the week of Eid. https://t.co/vWWQfMqBkT
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) May 10, 2021

Some were upset that Omar was only telling half of the story, leaving out the attacks on Israel that preceded Israel firing back.

This reads like a statement from Hamas https://t.co/Vv4EMWGTWL
— Nick Short ‎‎ (@PoliticalShort) May 10, 2021

According to Ilhan Omar, Israel should be demonized for developing defensive weapons systems that protect her civilian population and Hamas deserves empathy for having limited capabilities to practice terrorism.

This is from a sitting member of Congress. https://t.co/cNh5LIjhN7
— Yoni Michanie (@YoniMichanie) May 10, 2021

So it’s okay to shoot missiles into Israel? You’re okay with that?
— snaphappy (@snaphappy) May 10, 2021

may be, just may be…they should try not to fire hundreds of misiles towards civilians…
— Posi (@la_posita) May 10, 2021

Many pointed out that Hamas was asking for trouble. The first of the missiles were fired from the Gaza strip, not by Israel.

Neither Israelis nor Palestinians would need Iron Dome if Hamas didn't fire rockets into Israel. There is one side that always starts the terror, and that is Hamas.
— Judah Kerbel (@JudahKerbel) May 10, 2021

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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar kicked off House Foreign Affairs Committee

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3 days ago

February 2, 2023

Alexander Carter

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar was voted off the House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday. The action was expected, as Republican members of Congress had criticized Omar’s antisemetic and anti-American rhetoric.

After intense debating on the House floor, the resolution passed with a 218-211 vote. Democrats attempted to pull the race card, accusing Republican House members of racism for removing Omar from the committee.

Omar also accused House Republicans of racism, saying, “I am Muslim, I am an immigrant, and interestingly, from Africa…Is anyone surprised that I am being targeted? Is anyone surprised that I am somehow deemed unworthy to speak about American foreign policy, or that they see me as a powerful voice that needs to be silenced?”

“There is this idea that you are a suspect if you are an immigrant or if you are from certain parts of the world or certain skin tone or a muslim.” Omar said during the heated debate. A fiery Alexandria Ocasia Cortez also chimed in shouting, “This is an attack on women of color!”

Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, from New York, said she had personally witnessed Omar spew anti-American rhetoric. Malliotakis said, “I have been in that committee room where, the representative, equates Israel and the United States to Hamas and the Taliban. Absolutely unacceptable for a member of that committee.”

A four-page resolution was written for the justification of removing Omar from the house Foreign Affairs Committee. The resolution states that in 2019, Omar suggested that Jewish people were buying U.S. political support when she posted on Twitter, “it’s all about the Benjamins, baby.”

Omar also commented on the September 11th attacks saying, “some people did something.” This type of comment is unacceptable for any representative who is sitting on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, lawmakers said.

In the resolution it states that members of this committee should all be held to an “equal standard of conduct due to the international sensitivities and national security concerns under the jurisdiction of this committee.”