Posts Tagged: Ilhan Omar
Selective Anti-Imperialism
JNS.org - At a rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Minneapolis on Sunday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) told a cheering crowd that she was...
Confusing Narratives 18 Years After 9/11
Last week, we honored the memories of heroes, first responders, and loved ones lost on September 11, 2001. It was a clarion call to remember not...
Muslim Reformers: Ilhan Omar and Islamists Don’t Speak for Islam
Anti-Islamist Muslims came to US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)'s home turf on Tuesday night. They made it clear that not all Muslims support her shutting...
With Congress Back in Session, Action Against Israel for Barring Entry to Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib ‘Not Happening’
House Democrats are unlikely to move forward on any declarative action against the Israeli government over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision last month to prevent...
Was Israel’s Entry Refusal a Boon or Bust for Tlaib and Omar?
Ever since the heavy British crackdown on Irish rebels after their defeat during the famous Easter uprising of 1916, policymakers have been acutely aware that...
Omar, Tlaib, and Israel’s Nonexistent Anti-Propaganda Agency
The clumsy manner in which the Israeli government handled the non-visit to Israel of US Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar was not a...
The Tlaib-Omar Show Was a BDS Masterstroke
It is a great and quintessentially Israeli irony that Arab members of the Knesset have repeatedly proposed establishing an official Nakba Day -- in other...
Why Is New York Times Still Surprised When AIPAC Breaks With Netanyahu?
How many times does the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) need to break publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before The New York...
At the Risk of Further Upsetting Ms. Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib was in tears over the conditions in which her grandmother lives in the West Bank, and furious that her mother, an American citizen,...
Amid Tlaib/Omar Uproar — Terror Victims Risk Being Forgotten
August 20 was no ordinary day. It marked the 18th Hebrew memorial date of the murder of Malki Roth and 15 other innocents at the...
Banning Tlaib and Omar: Israel’s Self-Inflicted Black Eye
JNS.org - In the aftermath of Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s rejection of Israel’s offer to visit her ailing grandmother, it’s important to step back and...
Omar and Tlaib Use Their Controversy to Push Anti-Israel Propaganda
US Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib held a news conference on Monday to condemn the Israeli government for last week's decision banning the Congresswomen...
The Tlaib-Omar Trainwreck: An Early Assessment
The last-minute Israeli decision to ban US members of Congress and prominent BDS supporters Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar is the culmination of a drama...
‘May God Ruin Trump,’ Tlaib’s Grandmother Says
Sitting under an olive tree in the disputed West Bank, Muftia Tlaib scoffs at the attention she has recently received from the president of the...
