{"id":184932,"date":"2019-03-17T08:39:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T08:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=184932"},"modified":"2021-01-17T08:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T08:45:25","slug":"why-is-washington-afraid-of-ilhan-omar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=184932","title":{"rendered":"Why is Washington Afraid of Ilhan Omar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Wire &#8212; March 8, 2019<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Politically speaking, Washington DC has now become an occupied territory.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Outspoken Minnesota Congresswoman, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/member\/ilhan-omar\/O000173\"><strong>Ilhan Omar<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (D) has the two-party establishment in knots following her recent statements on the abnormal power and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/21stcenturywire.com\/2018\/11\/04\/sunday-screening-inside-the-israeli-lobby-in-usa-2017\/\">influence of the Israeli Lobby over US politics<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Omar\u2019s critics are <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/07\/us\/politics\/ilhan-omar-anti-semitism-vote.html\"><strong>claiming that she\u2019s guilty<\/strong><\/a> of \u201cantisemitism\u201d for criticizing Israel\u2019s oppressive policies that subjugate the native Palestinian population, but the charge doesn\u2019t stop there. Following Israel Lobby successes in the UK and France in limiting speech concerning Zionism and criticism of Israel \u2013 US political leaders are now pushing to extend proscribed \u2018hate\u2019 language to include any criticism of fundamentalist Zionism, the \u201cdual loyalty\u201d of the House and Senate members, and even criticism of<em> The Lobby<\/em> itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Does Anti-Israel really equal <em>Anti-Semitic<\/em>? Upon examination of the evidence, it seems that Omar is merely observing her legitimate Constitutional rights, while US lawmakers opposing her are not. Press TV UK\u2019s <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.21stcenturywire.com\/category\/robert-inlakesh\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Robert Inlakesh<\/span><\/strong><\/a> explains.\u00a0 <span class=\"_44bj\"><em>Watch:<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">how. <em>Watch:<\/em><\/span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frixon.stewart.1%2Fposts%2F2348304948514158&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"451\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>Reporter Robert Inlakesh is a special contributor to 21WIRE and European correspondent for Press TV. He has reported from on the ground in occupied Palestine.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/21stcenturywire.com\/2019\/03\/08\/why-is-washington-afraid-of-ilhan-omar\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politically speaking, Washington DC has now become an occupied territory. 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