(JTA) Omar Suleiman, an imam who has wished for the end of Zionism, called for a third Intifada, and likened Israel to Nazi-era Germany, delivered the opening prayer at the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday. Suleiman has a long record of incendiary social media statements about Israel. He has called Zionists "the enemies of God" and is a backer of the boycott-Israel movement. Suleiman's congresswoman, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), invited him to deliver the prayer. The office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said it is looking into how and why Johnson invited Suleiman. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) said that inviting Suleiman was a "terribly bad call."
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