Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — one of President Trump’s closest allies — will reportedly have to decide whether two of the President’s latest political enemies can enter Israel and the West Bank for a tour in coming weeks, Haaretz reported.
Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) are both supporters of the BDS movement — Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions — designed to put pressure on Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. According to Haaretz, Israel’s Foreign Ministry can recommend exceptions to diplomatic law to keep BDS supporters out of Israel, but because the two women are federal elected officials, the decision would be left to Netanyahu.
Omar confirmed the details of her and Tlaib’s upcoming trip to the Jewish Insider on Wednesday.
Omar has been accused of anti-Semitism by some on the left and right because of how she’s vocalized opposition to Israel and its discriminatory policies and treatment of Palestinians. Israel passed a law in 2017 that bans foreign supporters of BDS from entering Israel.
As a strong supporter of Trump, Netanyahu — who named a region of Golan Heights after Trump as thanks for his recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the area — will be faced with a political decision. Trump has spent the better part of the past week lobbing racist insults against Omar, Tlaib and two other congresswomen of color who have criticized him for months.
If Bibi-the-Criminal bars US Congress members from entering Israeli, the House should immediately pass a resolution condemning this unprecedentedly inappropriate action by an alleged “ally”–and every single #resistance voice should be united in condemning Netanyahu personally.
And, of course, it’ll blow up in Bibi’s face–just the way such bullshit blows up in Trump’s.
It was OK to boycott South Africa to pressure them because of their mistreatment of blacks. But it’s not OK to boycott Israel because of their mistreament of Palestinians.
Seems legit.
I don’t claim to understand Israeli politics at more than a skin-deep level, but this seems like an astoundingly stupid play on Netanyahu’s part. I tend to think Omar (less sure about Tlaib) has been playing a bit far out over her skis politically, and this gives Israel skeptics more cover than they could possibly want.
Forget about what’s right or wrong for a moment, it just looks stupid.
You would think, if Yahoo had any brains, he would be mulling what could happen if Trump loses the 2020 election and he and his country have to deal with a Democratic administration.
Nah! He’s just like Trump. Tomorrow he’ll be telling the Palestinians to go back where they came from - you know, Palestine.
DO it Bibi…just DO IT. Show America what a racist POS you really are. DO IT. The American Jews can pull support for you just that fast. DO IT.