Opinion: The new wave of left-leaning anti-Israel activists is unlikely to succeed in breaking up the U.S.-Israel alliance, writes wrmead
To ask whether freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar was being anti-Semitic or merely inartful when she suggested U.S. support for Israel is driven by moneyed interests and Americans who owe “allegiance to a foreign country” is a waste of time. Ms.
Omar is a gifted and ambitious politician who thinks Jew-baiting will help her career; the question is not whether she is a nice person but whether she is a significant one. Does her appearance on the political stage herald a substantial change in American politics—either a renewed anti-Semitism or a diminished U.S.-Israel alliance?Following anti-Semitic comments by Rep.
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