ISRAEL LIKE SEGREGATED SOUTH? - During her short time in Congress, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, has gained a reputation for views on Israel that some critics may call radical and anti-Semitic. Earlier this week, Omar said she “almost chuckle[s]” when the Jewish state is described as a democracy. Then she defended fellow freshman Democratic lawmakers who have been accused of anti-Semitism and called them "thoughtful colleagues."
In the latest controversy involving Omar, the freshman lawmaker raised ire when she agreed with a liberal activist who wrote online that current-day Israel is much like the U.S. South was during segregation. “Israel is like the south before 1963: millions of people under Israeli control are denied the right to vote, speak freely or assemble because of their ethnicity. It's a democracy for Jews only. That's not a real democracy,” activist Max Berger tweeted.
Omar endorsed the tweet, sharing his anti-Israel rhetoric to her more than 471,000 followers.
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