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Friday, August 16, 2019

'Their intent is to hurt Israel': Netanyahu addresses Tlaib and Omar ban

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib will be barred from entering the country because "their intent is to hurt Israel."

The Israeli government announced Thursday morning that the two Muslim congresswomen would not be allowed into the country only days before their expected arrival. Omar and Tlaib's public support for the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to penalize Israel for their treatment of the Palestinian people, was a major reason in Israel's decision to bar them.

"There is no country in the world that respects the US and the US Congress more than the State of Israel," Netanyahu's statement began. "As a vibrant and free democracy, Israel is open to any critic and criticism, with one exception: Israel's law prohibits the entry of people who call and operate to boycott Israel, as is the case with other democracies that prevent the entry of people whose perception harms the country. The same is true of the US towards an Israeli Knesset and other public figures in the world."

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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Their intent is to hurt everyone who is not them so that everyone will either become them or be eliminated.

Anonymous said...

POS

TheRealRay said...

Please bar them from re-entering the U.S. President Trump...

Anonymous said...

I agree it has nothing to do with seeing a relative and paying respects it is all to throw more racism out their in their campaigns, if you don't believe every word they utter you are a racist. Omar should never have become a congresswoman and should be stripped of the title and position, even more she needs to be deported everything she has said and done has been lies. She used Pelosi to get attention and a welcome to the Congress, her real colors are just beginning to show.

Anonymous said...

send them over there Hamas could send a rocket to meet them

Anonymous said...

Let them go. Maybe they'll get the Epstein treatment.

Anonymous said...

If Tlaib violates Israeli law by running her big mouth, then lock her up!

Anonymous said...

Keep them out of USA & Congress toooo !!!!!

Anonymous said...

Just think these two was going to use US tax dollars to travel to Israel / Pakistan to meet with PLO and other anti Israel / US organizations. They are traitors to the US. They are to be considered terrorist and enemies of the State / US. They commit treason against the US all the time.