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In her latest brush with anti-Semitism, The View host Whoopi Goldberg questioned whether Hamas and the Taliban are rightfully viewed as terrorist organizations.
On Tuesday's episode of The View, co-host Sunny Hostin praised House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's handling of progressive 'Squad' member Ilhan Omar's prior alleged anti-Semitic comments, while Republican Kevin McCarthy says he will kick her off committee assignments for them.
The Minnesota representative has come under fire for touting anti-Semitic tropes. In 2019, she first tweeted that the support of US politicians for Israel is 'all about the Benjamins baby,' a reference to a song about $100 bills.
Hostin also praised Omar's apology for the 2019 comment, which she proceeded to read out loud on air, and added that Omar has never 'said anything like that again.'
Last year, however, Omar suggested the actions of Israel, the Taliban, Hamas and the United States are equivalent, which co-host Sara Haines pointed out to the group.
'We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban,' she wrote, referring to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and subsequent Taliban takeover. 'We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity.'
Haines noted that Omar was equating the actions of the US government and Israel to those of at least one designated terrorist organization.
Goldberg, as she so often does, interrupted to say, 'Depends on who you talk to.'
The View host Whoopi Goldberg suggested it is a matter of opinion whether Hamas and the Taliban should be designated 'terrorist groups'
Co-host Sunny Hostin (left) defended congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who has previously compared the US government and Israel to the Taliban and Hamas. Co-host Alyssa Farah (right), said she agrees with Kevin McCarthy's desire to strip Omar of some committee assignments on the basis of her alleged anti-Semitism
Co-host Sara Haines pointed out that Hamas is a US-designated terrorist organization and that it bothered her that Omar would compare its actions to those of the US government and Israel
Hamas is a US-designated terrorist organization, and while the Afghan branch of the Taliban are not currently a designated terror group, the group's state-sponsored violence, treatment of civilians (especially women), and radical Islamism match the working definition of an organized terror group.
Hamas, a political terror group with a habit of using civilians as human shields, is backed by the Iranian regime and operates in the
