The congresswoman noted that she had met a number of Jewish students who were participating in the encampment.
A US congressional committee on Wednesday accused Columbia University's president of failing to protect Jewish students on campus.
Censuring is one of the final forms of rebuke before expulsion which the House of Representatives can hand out to its members.
Ilhan Omar, who has accused pro-Israel politicians of dual loyalty in the past, now faces questions of her own after remarks she made to the Somalian community have gone viral.
The US has been criticized by Democratic US Representatives for their sale of arms to Israel.
Fleeing Saddam Hussein’s regime, Al-Aqidi sought refuge in the United States in 1993 and has since become a distinguished journalist and activist.
The symbolic measure, endorsed by an overwhelming vote of 412-9 in the US House of Representatives, affirms that Israel "is not a racist or apartheid state."
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Those Democrats publicly declaring their intention to skip Herzog’s speech are sending a clear message: They are boycotting the entire State of Israel.
Omar also slammed the Israeli government for promoting judicial reform.
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