House judiciary chairman Jerry Nadler condemned what he saw to be a rise in the discriminatory rhetoric

A senior Democrat has hit out at politicians, including members of his own party, for what he's described as growing anti-Semitic commentary.

House judiciary chairman Jerry Nadler condemned the discriminatory rhetoric, making specific references to how Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, two female democratic congresswomen, shared a cartoon depicting Israel's Prime Minister.

In a tweet he also condemned the US President and other politicians from both sides of the divide for their sharing of anti-Semitic words.

'The growing anti-Semitism in our political dialogue is repugnant,' he tweeted. '@realdonaldtrump's comments about disloyalty are a vicious and dangerous anti-Semitic trope. And the Carlos Latuff cartoon forwarded by @RepRashida and @Ilhan can surely be read for its vile underlying message.'

This week Donald Trump claimed Jewish people who voted for the Democrats were showing a 'total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty'.

His comments came as part of a new attack on the two Muslim-American congresswomen, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, who were earlier this month banned from visiting Israel.

Jerry Nadler took to Twitter to contemn what he saw as a rise in the discriminatory rhetoric against Jews

House judiciary chairman Jerry Nadler made specific references to his fellow Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar who shared a cartoon depicting Israel's Prime Minister

His comments paid reference to this cartoon the two Democratic congresswomen shared over the weekend that showed the two Heads of State silencing them

The duo were scheduled to visit Israel and the occupied territories as guests of a Palestinian lawmaker. Tlaib had also planned to visit her elderly grandmother and other relatives living on the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government had imposed the ban citing the congresswomen's itinerary, that named Palestine as their destination, as evidence they wanted to promote a boycott against the country.

Subsequently, the two women, who were also the other subjects of Mr Nadler's latest tweet drew a backlash, this weekend, after posting a cartoon that depicted their voices being silenced by Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

It displayed a Star of David in the center and appeared to show Trump trying to silence Ms Omar. It also showed Ms Tlaib with what appeared to be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hand over her mouth.

The cartoon creator, Carlos Latuff, has a history of creating images with anti-Semitic themes.