Rep. Ilhan Omar Statement on H.Con.Res. 57

WASHINGTON – Today,  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on H.Con.Res. 57.

"I’m voting against this resolution. It was designed by MAGA Republicans to target and shame a colleague, Pramila Jayapal, for comments for which she apologized and clarified. 

"While I strongly agree with explicitly and affirmatively rejecting xenophobia and antisemitism, conflating antisemitism with criticism of the Israeli government is wrong. 

"Multiple human rights groups—including Israel’s leading human rights group B’Tselem, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International—have found that the Israeli government’s policies meet the legal definition of apartheid. While the term may be discomforting, I don’t believe it is appropriate for Congress to be explicitly targeting the legal findings of human rights groups in this way.  

"We shouldn’t allow for the silencing of voices supporting Palestinian human rights."