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 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