As Democrats Condemn Omar’s Anti-Semitism, Campaign to Declaw AIPAC Gains Ground
12th February 2019
The anti-Semitic emperor still has no clothes, but she’s learned to move faster – that’s the real, and ominous lesson of Congresswoman Illhan Abdullahi Omar’s weekend fiasco (See: Minnesota Muslim Congresswoman Maligns AIPAC in New Anti-Semitic Tirade). Because while she apologized and, evidently, rejoined the civilized world in accepting that attacking Jews is bad, she made great strides in defining the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as the prime example of what’s wrong with Washington, delegitimizing in the process the very right of pro-Israel US Jews to participate in the political process.
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Her so-called apology the next day reflected all of the above unabashedly. She opened with, “Anti-Semitism is real, and I am grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes.”
Or, I’m just a poor girl from Somalia who doesn’t know much about the historic evil of Jew hatred. Thank you, enlightened liberal folks, especially the Jews among you, for showing me the light.
Seriously? A Muslim woman living in one of the top three most radical Islamic communities in the US does not know about Jew hatred? Please respect our intelligence, Congresswoman.