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Two Takes on Rep. Omar, Democrats and Israel

CQ on Congress podcast, Episode 143

Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Dean Phillips, D-Minn., attend a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Feb. 13, 2019. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

By Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou

Posted March 8, 2019 at 3:44pm

Janeen Rashmawi of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and Logan Bayroff of the pro-Israel group J Street worry that Congress is losing sight of the bigger issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict amidst the debate over Rep. Ilhan Omar‘s comments on Israel. Both offer support for the March 7 House resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry.

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