U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is inviting members of Congress on a trip to the Palestinian Territories, and it could overlap with AIPAC’s planned trip to Israel, Jewish Insider reported. The trip will take place in the middle of August, during Congress’ summer recess. That is typically the time when AIPAC’s trip to Israel, led…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Palestinian-American congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., criticized The New York Times for a headline on a story about the recent violence on the Israel-Gaza border, saying it promotes a “lack of responsibility on Israel.” The headline read “Gaza Militants Fire 250 Rockets, and Israel Responds with Airstrikes.” “When will the world stop dehumanizing our…
(JTA) — MoveOn, the progressive advocacy movement, in its first official endorsements for the 2020 election cycle, said it will back Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib for reelection. The organization said in a statement that it has over 16,000 members in Minnesota’s 5th district, and that Omar was backed for reelection with…
A visitor leaving an anti-Muslim note at the U.S. Capitol got a bit confused on Tuesday. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a freshman Democrat from Michigan, tweeted a picture Tuesday evening of a sticky note left on her office door addressed to Rep. Ilhan Omar, a freshman Democrat from Minnesota. “Rep. Omar, Stop your disgusting Jew hatred,”…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Adam Milstein, a major pro-Israel funder, has withdrawn from speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference following a series of tweets in which he accused two Muslim lawmakers of clashing with “American values.” The American Israel Public Affairs Committee distanced itself from Milstein. Milstein, the chairman of the Israeli American Council, said…
Days after she deleted tweets widely criticized for anti-Semitism, Rep. Ilhan Omar made comments that some saw as accusing Jews of possessing dual loyalties. According to Jewish Insider, Omar said during a panel discussion at a Washington, D.C. bookstore that because she and fellow first-term Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who was also there, are Muslim,…
A supporter of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has posted anti-Semitic theories about the origins of Jews to Facebook, the Daily Caller first reported. Maher Abdel-qader, an engineer and fundraiser for Tlaib, publicly shared a video earlier this month that falsely suggests that Jews are descended from Khazars, a semi-nomadic Eurasian tribe that was destroyed in…
Last week, both Republican and Democratic representatives in Congress were revealed to have met with anti-Semites. But only one side was reported in the mainstream media: GOP Congressmen’s association with Holocaust denier Chuck Johnson. Correct me if I’m wrong, but is that Chuck C. Johnson walking with Reps. Phil Roe and Andy Harris? Both waited…
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