Ilhan Omar comes clean on how she feels about boycotting Israel

Published November 15, 2018 4:11pm ET



For all of the flak directed at congresswomen-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley, none deserve it so much as Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, D.-Minn.

Omar, on the campaign trail, was asked about the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. She gave vague answers about how BDS undermined the two-state solution. With the election behind us, she was much more forthcoming, making it clear she likes the movement, finds it morally fine, but simply disagrees with its tactics.

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