IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1207 

Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota for her recent hateful 

comments and history of antisemitism. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2024 

Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. VAN ORDEN, 

and Ms. TENNEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Ethics 

RESOLUTION 

Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota for her 

recent hateful comments and history of antisemitism. 

Whereas, on April 26, 2024, while visiting Columbia University amidst growing encampments protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza, Representative Ilhan Omar referred to 

Jewish students as ‘‘pro-genocide’’; 

Whereas Representative Omar has a long and demonstrated 

history of hateful rhetoric that plays into the worst 

antisemitic tropes; 

Whereas Representative Omar’s slanderous comments against 

Jewish students could inflame violence against the Jewish 

community; 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee’s 2023 State of 

Antisemitism in America report found that 63 percent of 


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American Jews feel the status of Jews is less secure than 

1 year ago, which is an increase of more than 20 percent 

in just 1 year; 

Whereas that same report indicated that 78 percent of American Jews who heard about the Hamas terrorist attacks 

in Israel say the attacks made them feel less safe as a 

Jewish person in the United States; 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee report also indicated that 85 percent of American Jews and 84 percent 

of the general public believe the statement ‘‘Israel has no 

right to exist’’, the foundational core of anti-Zionism, is 

antisemitic; 

Whereas antisemitism has reached unprecedented levels in 

the United States, demonstrated by the 2023 Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 

with a reported 8,873 antisemitic incidents across the 

country, representing a 140-percent increase from the 

year before and an average of 1 incident per hour; 

Whereas this is the highest number of incidents on record 

since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking 

antisemitic incidents in 1979, and ADL has tracked more 

incidents in 2023 than in the previous 3 years combined; 

Whereas Representative Omar has a history of further fueling the flames of antisemitic hatred by her unrelenting 

attacks against the State of Israel, the only democracy in 

the Middle East; 

Whereas, in 2021, Representative Omar compared Israel and 

the United States not only to Hamas, but also to the 

Taliban, when she tweeted ‘‘we have seen unthinkable 

atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban’’; 


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Whereas the State of Israel is a key ally and a strategic partner of the United States; 

Whereas Hamas was designated by the Department of State 

as a foreign terrorist organization on October 8, 1997; 

Whereas Hamas is actively engaged in committing war 

crimes, including using civilians as human shields, which 

is banned under customary international humanitarian 

law; 

Whereas Hamas and its Palestinian terrorist allies in Gaza 

are funded by Iran; 

Whereas the cowardly terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, by 

Hamas on innocent Israeli citizens, as well as citizens of 

the United States and other countries, was the deadliest 

murder of the Jewish people since 1945; 

Whereas Representative Omar has previously argued that 

Israel’s military response to Hamas strikes was ‘‘an act 

of terrorism’’ rather than an act of self-defense; 

Whereas Representative Omar accused the United States of 

backing crimes against humanity; 

Whereas, in 2012, Representative Omar tweeted, ‘‘Israel has 

hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and 

help them see the evil doings of Israel.’’; 

Whereas, in 2018, Representative Omar posted, ‘‘Drawing attention to the apartheid Israeli regime is far from hating 

Jews.’’; 

Whereas, in 2019, Representative Omar resorted to horrible 

stereotypes against Jewish people when she previously 

suggested that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the Jewish people were trying to buy 


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political influence by saying ‘‘It’s all about the Benjamins, baby.’’; 

Whereas Representative Omar stated during a town hall in 

2019, ‘‘I want to talk about the political influence in this 

country that says it is okay to push for the allegiance to 

a foreign country.’’; 

Whereas, in 2019, Congressional Democratic Leadership 

issued a joint statement in response to Representative 

Omar, saying, ‘‘Anti-Semitism must be called out, confronted, and condemned whenever it is encountered, without exception.’’; 

Whereas, on February 2, 2023, Representative Omar was removed from the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

House of Representatives for her numerous antisemitic 

and other problematic statements regarding the United 

States democratic ally Israel; and 

Whereas Representative Omar has repeatedly and frequently 

referred to the United States close partner Israel, the 

only democracy in the Middle East, as an ‘‘apartheid’’ 

State and accused it of committing ‘‘genocide’’: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That Representative Ilhan Omar of Min2 nesota is censured for her comments targeting Jewish stu3 dents in the United States. 

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