The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in matters of public policy, called Monday for House Democratic leadership to rescind the appointment of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as vice chair of an important House subcommittee with jurisdiction over global human rights.
Omar, despite a history of support for organizations with ties to Islamic terror and condemnations of Israel sufficient to be voted “2019’s Anti-Semite of the Year” by StopAntiSemitism.org, was named Vice Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
“This appointment is both risible and dangerous. Ilhan Omar’s long-standing hatred for Israel and contempt for Jews and for America make this a mockery of human rights advocacy,” said Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Israel Regional Vice President of the CJV.
“I have little doubt that she will abuse the framework of ‘human rights’ to further her campaign to demonize the Jewish State, as the UN Human Rights Council does on an annual basis. Rep. Omar should have been stripped of her committee assignments, rather than rewarded with a promotion.”
Earlier this month, Congressman Brian Babin (R-TX) also called for her to be removed from her committee assignments, tweeting a list of Rep. Omar’s anti-American and anti-Semitic statements. This came as House Democrats acted to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from her assignments, purportedly for spreading hateful and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories before running for office, while allowing both Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib (D-MI) to retain theirs despite statements made as members of Congress.
The latter, as recently as last month, not merely blamed Israel after the Palestinian Authority refused to collaborate to speedily obtain and distribute COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens, but claimed this was “proof” that Israel is “a racist state.”
“The real concern is that House Democrats are treating anti-Semitism as a political weapon, abetted by the silence and even backing of Democratic Jewish members,” stated Rabbi Pesach Lerner, President of the CJV. “The action against Rep. Greene, coupled with the elevation of Rep. Omar, signals that Congress is now willing to tolerate Anti-Semitism when it is politically advantageous to do so.”
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The “Socialist Democrat Party State” political officers and Gestapo are just getting started.
You will obey, be loyal and support the “Socialist Democrat Party State” or you will be classified as
“Enemies of the State”.
I’ll save the communist occupiers the trouble of “classifying” me….WHERE DO I SIGN UP!!!!
When the Democrat communists start putting the Jewish people in “reeducation camps”, maybe the Non – Orthodox Jewish people, will start waking up and vote Conservative, instead of 70% or more of Jewish people voting for the Democrat communists.
I doubt that very much. FOR DECADES those ‘orthodox jews’, have voted lock step for the demon-rats. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES they get stabbed in the back, how many times the dems SHANK over israel.. TO ME they are faux-jews..
I can’t imagine Schumer going along with Republicans even if his life depended on it.
Why should pelosi care?? she is still going to get the jewish votes anyway.
How many times can you be poke a bear before you get attacked? I guess we’ll find out!
What bear is that? TOO OFTEN we see the US jewish community, just TAKE it from the dems with nary a word. or maybe the occasional gripe/moan and protest. BUT NO MATTER WHAT, they keep voting for the same insane politicians TIME AFTER TIME…
I can’t for the life of me understand why Jews would belong to the party of anti-semitism, unless it involves self-loathing.
Bernie Sanders, for instance, knows these people personally. he sees them every day at work. He knows first hand how much they hate Jews.
So why is he a Democrat?
The best friend a Jew can have this side of Heaven is a fundamentalist Christian. Anyone who understands the Bible knows that God blesses those who bless the Israelites and curses those who curse them. When you curse the Jews (as the Dems routinely do) you are begging for a curse from God.
And fundamentalist Christians are rarely Democrats. Because what Christian would support the wholesale slaughter of unborn babies?
AND since for decades, he’s caucused, voted with and even RAN AS a democrat, HOW IN GODS NAME< can he ever still claim he's independent??
Bernie is an Independent . So how was he able to run in the Democrat Primary?