Ilhan Omar under attack for telling truth about Israel lobby | The Electronic Intifada
Posted by M. C. on February 13, 2019
Omar was talking about the Israeli government, not Jews.
Like her or not, in this case she is correct.
There is a saying in Washington-If you want to lose your job fast, criticize the Israeli government.
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under fierce attack from Chelsea Clinton and other Republican and Democratic establishment figures for voicing a fundamental truth: much of Congress is muzzled when it comes to Israel by the powerful lobby group AIPAC.
On Sunday, journalist Glenn Greenwald highlighted a news story about how Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy wants to punish Omar, and fellow Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, for their criticisms of Israel.
In a perverse move, McCarthy tried to equate the two women’s support for Palestinian rights with notorious Republican Congressman Steve King’s white supremacism.
“It’s stunning how much time US political leaders spend defending a foreign nation even if it means attacking free speech rights of Americans,” Greenwald tweeted.
Omar then retweeted Greenwald, adding the comment, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” the title of a rap song by Puff Daddy.
“Benjamins” is a slang term for $100 bills, a reference to the portrait of Benjamin Franklin that is on the banknotes.
Then, Batya Ungar-Sargon, the opinion editor of the The Forward, chimed in, challenging Omar to explain who she “thinks is paying American politicians to be pro-Israel.”
Ungar-Sargon also accused Omar of tweeting an “anti-Semitic trope.”
Omar’s answer to Ungar-Sargon’s question was succinct: “AIPAC!”
That’s when the floodgates opened….
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