Democrat Lawmakers Admit During Private Meeting They Don’t Know What Anti-Semitism Looks Like

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Omar doesn't respond when asked to 'affirm Israel’s right to exist'

"A meeting of Democratic lawmakers about anti-Semitism in the party included anti-Semitic jokes and unapologetic members of Congress, the Washington Post reports." . . .

The meeting was supposed to ease tensions between Muslim and Jewish Democrats. It ended with tears.

. . . "Rep. Dean Phillips (D., Minn.), a Jew who represents a district neighboring Omar's, told the room he considered her comments to be "tips of the arrow" of Jew hatred in America. 
"According to "several participants" who spoke to the Post on the condition of anonymity, 
Phillips asked Omar to apologize and "publicly affirm Israel’s right to exist and protect itself."

Phillips's request that Omar support the right of Jews to exist in the Jewish state and in the United States "stunned the three Muslim Democrats in the room."

"Omar did not reply to the Jewish member's request. Instead, one of her allies responded by changing the subject to the Palestinians. Tlaib "grew emotional and started to cry as she spoke of her grandmother’s suffering in the West Bank at the hands of Israelis," according to the Post.

"Tlaib has faced scrutiny for ties to anti-Semitism and for anti-Semitic comments of her own. In January, she accused senators supporting pro-Israel policies of acting as if they "represent" a country other than the United States. Maher Abdel-qader, one of Tlaib's top campaign volunteers and fundraisers, promotes anti-Semitic conspiracies." . . .