Original sentence: In early 2019 Omar was criticized by a number of Democrats, Republicans and Jewish civil rights groups for comments about Israeli policies that they said drew on anti-Semitic tropes.Omar apologized for some comments, disputed others, condemned antisemitism, and said that the object of her criticism was the Israeli government, not Jewish people
Edited sentence: In early 2019 Omar was criticized by a number of Democrats, Republicans and Jewish civil rights groups for comments about American support for Israel that they said drew on anti-Semitic tropes.Omar initially apologized but doubled down on later remarks, saying that her comments had been misconstrued