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  • Ilhan Omar seizes spotlight to push pro-BDS resolution

    07/17/2019 11:49:54 AM PDT · by C19fan · 26 replies
    Al Momitor ^ | July 16, 2019 | Bryant Harris
    House Democrats today rallied around a resolution to condemn President Donald Trump’s racist tweets against four high-profile freshmen congresswomen. But at least one of those congresswomen — Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — is about to drop her own resolution that may not go over so well with Democratic leadership. Her resolution would defend the pro-Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. “We are introducing a resolution … to really speak about the American values that support and believe in our ability to exercise our first amendment rights in regard to boycotting,” Omar told Al-Monitor. “And it is...
  • ‘Beneath Any Leader’: Ilhan Omar Hits Back at Nancy Pelosi for Condemning BDS

    03/26/2019 10:41:00 AM PDT · by BadLands59 · 47 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 3/26/2019 | Ramsey Touchberry
    Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, rebuked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday for condemning a Palestinian-led movement that Omar supports at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference. Without mentioning Omar by name, or her fellow freshman Democratic colleague Rashida Tlaib, Pelosi condemned the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement—which Omar and Tlaib both support. The movement seeks to exert international pressure on Israel over disputed territories, including the West Bank, and ongoing conflicts with Palestine. “Israel and America are connected now and forever,” Pelosi...