ep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a ‘Squad’ member who has long voiced animosity toward the country of Israel, ripped the Jewish state’s response to the deadliest attack against it in decades.
Following a rocket barrage and an invasion by about 1,000 Hamas fighters, the Israeli government declared a state of war and launched a counterattack into Gaza, targeting military sites that have included civilian casualties. But the response came after Hamas forces slaughtered more than 1,000 Israelis, many of them civilian men, women, and children, including reports of decapitating dozens of Israeli infants.
In a lengthy post to the X platform, Omar appeared to equate the deaths of Israel’s citizens with Palestinians killed in Israel’s response, Fox News reported.
“Just as we honor the humanity of the hundreds of innocent Israeli civilians and 9 Americans who were killed this weekend, we must honor the humanity of the innocent Palestinian civilians who have been killed and whose lives are upended,” she wrote.
She went on to accuse Israel of being an “apartheid” state — a familiar talking point accusation from the Democrat left – and noted the hardships of living in the Gaza Strip.
“Palestinian residents of the West Bank have scarcely better lives than Gazans — with the routine destruction of their ancestral homes, destruction of their crops, and violent attacks by Israeli settlers,” she claimed.
“Palestinians have few recourses for justice and accountability. Attacks by the IDF and settlers against Palestinians are regularly met with impunity. Efforts to seek justice in international courts are stonewalled by the Israeli government, with U.S. support,” she added.
“As the world is condemning Hamas’s attacks, we must also oppose an Israeli military response that has already taken the lives of hundreds of Palestinians, including nearly two dozen children,” she wrote.
Fox News added:
The congresswoman did not clarify how she believed Israel should have responded to Saturday’s attack, which has since left at least 1,000 Israelis dead and 2,700 more wounded. The Minnesota Democrat’s only suggestion for a “solution to this horror” was “a negotiated peace — with Israelis and Palestinians enjoying equal rights and security guarantees.”
Later in the thread, Omar said that Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had called all Palestinians “human animals” in comments earlier this week, though his full statement made clear that he was referring only to Hamas terrorists.
