Head of ADL Jonathan Greenblatt slammed for saying ‘hats off’ to Omar, whom ZOA still considers to be pro-ISIS
Head of ADL Jonathan Greenblat was slammed for lauding a statement by Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar [Dem] in which she distanced herself from allegations of antisemitism, claiming in a Tweet from January 22 that she used an “anti-semitic trope” unknowingly in 2012 when she said during a CNN interview that “Israel has hypnotized the world” to carry out “evil.”
“Hats off to Rep Omar for her honest apology,” Greenblatt wrote before saying she is committed to “a more just world.”
Ilhan Omar never apologized for calling Israel “evil” and an “apartheid regime,” said ZOA in a Monday Press Release, “Rep. Omar lacks credibility and her weak words of “apology” can’t be taken seriously.”
“ZOA believes that it is a serious mistake for ADL/Greenblatt to accept Rep. Omar’s limited “apology,”” the statement goes on to say.
Hundreds called on Omar to resign when it became known she called on US District Judge Michael Davis to show “compassion” during a 2016 trial of Somali-American men who planned to travel to Syria and join ISIS to fight and kill for radical Islamic values.
Eventually all men were given a sentence of at least 15 years, the Daily Mail reported.
This week, journalists and experts slammed Omar for her comments appearing to back Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela and warning against a US backed coup in that country.
As reported by The Jerusalem Post