Omar compared the US and Israel to terrorist organizations in provocative tweet Democrats have denounced her 'outrageous and clearly false statements' On Thursday, she accused them of using offensive Islamophobic themes Her office said the result had been a surge in death threats Other members of the so-called 'squad' of progressive Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leapt to her defense A day earlier Jewish Democrats met to discuss how to respond to her comments Brad Sherman said the real insight was Omar admitting atrocities by Hamas New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin said Omar should be removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee