Jonathan S. Tobin [editor in chief of JNS] said:
“She [Ilhan Omar] has made a name for herself not by talking about the concerns of Minnesotans, but by the outrageous manner in which she has trafficked in anti-Semitic tropes as she pursues her advocacy against Israel.
Along with Tlaib, she is one of the only two open supporters of the anti-Semitic BDS movement that promotes boycotts against the State of Israel. She has claimed that Jews are buying the support of Congress for Israel and questioned the loyalty of her congressional colleagues who are pro-Israel.
Despite this, the Democrats elevated [Ilhan] Omar to a seat on the House Foreign Relations Committee and refused to name her in a resolution denouncing anti-Semitism.”
SOURCE: Is it Ilhan Omar’s Democratic Party now?
Jonathan S. Tobin, 2019 May 22, www (dot) JNS (dot) org
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Jonathan S. Tobin [editor in chief of JNS] said:
“If even a popular, pro-Israel Jewish Democrat like Adler was afraid to stand up to Ilhan Omar in his own city, then it’s not clear under what circumstance any member of that party would think they could afford to do so.
That means that the battle to quarantine an anti-Semite like Omar to the margins of American politics has been lost.
Not only are she and Tlaib among the young rock stars of their party, they have far greater influence than anyone would have thought only a few months ago.”
SOURCE: Is it Ilhan Omar’s Democratic Party now?
Jonathan S. Tobin, 2019 May 22, www (dot) JNS (dot) org