Opinion | Ilhan Omar’s Blast from the Past
Ilhan Omar's tweets caused a controversy. But anti-Semitism in Congress is nothing new....
Friday, August 23, 2019
Author: Nathan Guttman
Five Things to Know This Week: Is the Ilhan Omar Issue Over Yet?
Democrats may wish this story fades away, and pro-Israel advocates are probably hoping that the last moment could be magically erased, but the Ilhan Omar story is here to stay. At least for a while....
Five Things to Know This Week: Can Bernie Sanders show Ilhan Omar the right way to criticize Israel?
1. Ilhan Omar watch: Where’s Bernie? House Democrats are spending more and more time trying to understand, educate and counter their colleague Ilhan Omar. What started off as an unfortunate Twitter quip has ballooned into a major issue for Dems. This week brought some Jewish Democratic...
Five Things To Know This Week: AIPAC and Bibi Clash
1. Are Bibi and AIPAC no longer BFFs? As promised last week, the Ilhan Omar controversy has died out and made way for a fresh debate. And yes, once again it’s about AIPAC and once again it’s tearing the pro-Israel community apart. For those who spent...
Five Things to Know This Week: Breaking Down the Ilhan Omar Scandal
1. Unpacking the Ilhan Omar scandal The Facts: Freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar, one of two newly-elected Muslim women in the House of Representatives, created a firestorm over the weekend after tweeting “It’s all about the Benjamin’s baby” (as in $100 bills carrying the portrait of Benjamin Franklin)....
Five Things to Know This Week: Special Relationships and Twitter Fights
Nathan Guttman's Weekly Column on Donald Trump, Israel, and building the wall, political Twitter feuds And Rashida Tlaib's Israel Trip....
Five Things to Know This Week: With New Bill, Anti-Semitism Remains a Partisan Issue
Last week, Republican Lee Zeldin introduced House Resolution 72. Its title, “Rejecting anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred in the United States and around the world,” should have promised a wide bipartisan group of co-sponsors rushing to sign on....
Five Things to Know This Week: What Did the Women’s March Mean for the Democrats?
With thousands of participants taking to the streets across the nation on Saturday, the third Women’s March provided a defining moment for the movement, and even more so for the future face of liberals in American politics. ...
Five Things to Know This Week: Where Is Trump’s Anti-Semitism Envoy?
Seriously, for a White House struggling to shake off criticism of being too hospitable to extremists and anti-Semites on the margins of its support base, the Trump administration’s reluctance to fill the of anti-Semitism envoy is starting to raise concerns....