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“Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel. #Gaza #Palestine #Israel”
Ilhan Omar, tweet 2012
Opinion | Ilhan Omar and the Myth of Jewish Hypnosis
“When are we gonna decide or realize that terrorism is a reaction? It’s an ideology, it’s a means of things, it’s not an entity, it’s not a place, people. It’s a reaction to a situation,” host Ahmed Tharwat asked then-activist Omar, on the show "Belahdan" on Twin Cities PBS during a discussion about the experience of the Somali community in the U.S. following the attack in Kenya.
Not sure what your point is here. She is right. Terrorism is a reaction. It is a tactic. It isn’t born of a vacuum but usually as a result of multiple factors right or wrong. It isn’t a place or a people. Recognizing that is not supporting it or saying it is justified. People don’t wake up one morning, eat their wheaties and decide they will become a terrorist.
What seems to be happening is that Omar is being parsed and cherry picked in order to support false memes about her. Now I agree she has said so e antisemitic stuff, and she deserves to be called on it, but opposing the US policy towards Israel is not anti-Semitic or anti-American. There is nothing wrong with that...except you will be demonized for doing so and boy oh boy is she. Conspiracy theories and distorted claims out the whazoo. People are incensed because she refuses to take it lying down.
Why do people feel the need to demonize her with this crap, why aren’t you attacking her for her progressive POLICIES? Is it because she is an AMERICAN Muslim woman who refuses to hide the fact that she is Muslim
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