"Fine, we’re all against anti-Semitism... We fought against anti-Semitism for years in that context of fighting against white supremacy and racism. But this isn’t about what she (Ilhan Omar) said... It’s about the fact that she is a Muslim African immigrant, a Somali refugee, who is talking about Palestinian rights, who is talking about the power of the Israel lobby, and the big pharma lobby, and the lobby for fossil fuels. And that’s not OK... And that’s why she’s facing death threats."
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Democratic Party (United States) politiciansMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesMuslims from the United States20th-century African-American womenPuntlanders
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Ilhan Omar’s Denunciation of Israel Lobby is Not Anti-Semitism, interview with Phyllis Bennis, The Real News Network (5 March 2019)
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