evidence: This was not the first time that Omar had been criticized for being anti-Semitic, though. As she was running for Congress last year, an old tweet of hers criticizing Israel surfaced. In it, she said that Israel had "hypnotized the world" and that she prayed people would awaken to see the country’s "evil doings." When the issue arose, she said that her comments were meant as criticism of "the apartheid Israeli regime."