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House Democrats consider action against Israeli and US ambassadors over banning of Tlaib and Omar

Aug 19, 2019 9:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

Senior Democratic members of Congress are “are considering releasing a statement of no confidence” in Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer and “opening an inspector-general investigation” into U.S. envoy to Israel David Friedman over Israel’s decision to ban Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering Israel.

The Democratic lawmakers are advancing the idea that Omar and Tlaib were banned from Israel because they are Muslim; nothing could be further from the truth. The Dems:

raised an incident in 1975 in which Henry Waxman, a longtime Democratic congressman from California, was initially banned from Saudi Arabia for his Jewish roots. He was eventually granted entry following pressure from the State Department.

Friedman’s endorsement of Israel’s decision to bar Omar and Tlaib’s entry into the country broke with that precedent, they argued, and as a result called for an investigation “the role the ambassador played in barring them from entering the country.”

The Waxman case is completely different from that of Omar and Tlaib. Waxman was banned from Saudi Arabia because he was Jewish, while Omar and Tlaib have been banned from Israel because they are a security threat to the Jewish state. They were going there with the intention of furthering the Palestinian jihad against Israel, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explained when he defended his decision on the basis that the “the two intended to use the visit to harm Israel.” He stated:

“Several days ago, we received [Omar and Tlaib’s] trip itinerary,” Netanyahu said, “which clarified that they planned a visit whose sole purpose was to support boycotts and deny Israel’s legitimacy. For example, they called their destination ‘Palestine’ and not ‘Israel,’ and unlike all Democratic and Republican members of Congress before them, they did not seek any meeting with any Israeli official, whether government or opposition.”

Omar and Tlaib have brought to the forefront a fact that has been virtually ignored since 1948: that the aim of the Palestinian Authority, Fatah, Hamas, the Palestinian Liberation Organization and every other Palestinian movement is to obliterate the state of Israel. Accusations against Israel about “racism,” “apartheid,” and the so-called “occupation” are intended to delegitimize the Jewish state. When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared that “not a single Israeli” would live in a future Palestinian state, that was a demonstration of apartheid.

As Robert Spencer writes:

Omar and Tlaib are not just Congresswomen with opinions that are critical of Israel. They are not just spokesmen; they are activists. They are active apologists for the jihad terror networks Hamas and Hizballah.

In 2017, Israel passed a law that barred entry to those advocating for Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, and “Israel’s Interior and Strategic Affairs Ministries have denied visas to students, activists and artists who have a proven record of publicly calling for the boycott of Israel.” Tlaib and Omar not only advocate for BDS; they also sponsored a bill in Congress to support it, and Tlaib has compared the boycott of Israel to the American boycott of Nazi Germany.

Without the support of useful idiots, the relentless Palestinian jihad would not have advanced into Congress and continued its dogged efforts there. In the words of Rashida Tlaib:

The more they try to silence us, our voices rise. The more they try to weaken us, the stronger we become.

But in reality, the supporters of BDS and other anti-Israel initiatives are emboldened by the weakness they perceive in their opposition.

“Report: House Democrats Weighing Action Against Israeli, U.S. Envoys over Tlaib, Omar Ban,” by Deborah Danan, Breitbart, August 18, 2019:

TEL AVIV – Senior Democratic members of Congress are said to have launched discussions to formally censure the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Jerusalem’s envoy in Washington over Israel’s decision to bar entry to congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.

Around a dozen lawmakers, several of whom are Jewish, have begun talks to communicate a “deep lack of confidence and trust” in Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer and U.S. envoy to Israel David Friedman, the McClatchy news service reported, citing congressional sources.

According to the report, the Democrats are considering releasing a statement of no confidence in Dermer and opening an inspector-general investigation into Friedman.

Among the twelve are House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel and House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, two Jewish lawmakers from New York.

“We are reviewing all of our options,” McClatchy quoted a source as saying. “With Dermer, the issue is that there already was a severe lack of trust. But now there is a severe lack of confidence. It is completely unclear that he represents his government given he has made promises that he has not kept and wasn’t clear if he ever had any chance of keeping.”

Last month, Dermer assured lawmakers that Omar and Tlaib — open supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel — would be allowed into Israel “out of respect for Congress.”

However, on Thursday, Israel said the two would be denied entry.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a statement defending the decision to bar entry to Omar and Tlaib, said the two intended to use the visit to harm Israel.

“Several days ago, we received [Omar and Tlaib’s] trip itinerary,” Netanyahu said, “which clarified that they planned a visit whose sole purpose was to support boycotts and deny Israel’s legitimacy. For example, they called their destination ‘Palestine’ and not ‘Israel,’ and unlike all Democratic and Republican members of Congress before them, they did not seek any meeting with any Israeli official, whether government or opposition.”

On Friday, Omar claimed that she had planned to meet with Knesset members and security officials, although the jam-packed itinerary — released days before their planned visit — showed otherwise.

The trip, according to the itinerary, would be based exclusively in the Palestinian territories with the exception of the first day that would take place in the primarily Arab-populated eastern area of Jerusalem. The two were slated to meet only with Palestinian officials as well as representatives from human rights groups and other organizations.

The congresswomen were scheduled to meet with representatives from Palestinian groups Miftah, a sponsor of the trip, and the Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P), groups that have endorsed terrorism and have ties to terror organizations.

“In addition, the organization that is funding their trip is Miftah, which is an avid supporter of BDS, and among whose members are those who have expressed support for terrorism against Israel,” Netanyahu said.

The prime minister said that Tlaib was welcome to apply to visit on humanitarian grounds to see her family, with the caveat that she not engage in promoting boycotts of Israel while in the country. Tlaib acquiesced, and quickly received permission to visit. However, she changed her mind hours later, saying that coming to Israel on its terms would be “humiliating” and she would not “bow down to their oppressive & racist policies.”

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who recently led a large Democratic delegation to Israel, issued a statement Thursday censuring Israel over the decision and said it contradicted what he and others had been told by Dermer.

McClatchy quoted the source as saying, “Dermer is saying privately that he expects this to go away within a day — it’s a real lack of understanding on the consequences of this.”

In the discussions Friday, the lawmakers raised an incident in 1975 in which Henry Waxman, a longtime Democratic congressman from California, was initially banned from Saudi Arabia for his Jewish roots. He was eventually granted entry following pressure from the State Department…..

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Filed Under: Featured, Israel, Palestinian jihad, United States, Useful idiots Tagged With: Democrats, Henry Waxman, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib


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  1. Shirley Ann says

    Aug 19, 2019 at 9:39 am

    Why do Liberal Jewish Members of the HOUSE of Reps., always support the Islamist Side Of Any Situation in Congress? I assume that the Jewish-American CongressPersons represent Constituents, who think the Same Way, but I can Not Fathom WHY! Thank You.

    • Ami says

      Aug 19, 2019 at 10:09 am

      Omar so passionate about justice. Send her to Somalia Pakistan Afghanistan to fight for women rights
      Rashida is s good example what we have to put up in Israel with i guess grandmother love was a hoax

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 19, 2019 at 8:43 pm

        Turns out that Tlaib has not visited her grandmother for thirteen years.

        And after hearing about her grandmother, Israel actually said Tlaib could go–and she turned the offer down.

    • Rarely says

      Aug 19, 2019 at 10:37 am

      Why? They are not sitting in Congress as Jews but Jews sitting in Congress.

      • Scott Aarons says

        Aug 19, 2019 at 10:42 am

        Their religion is no longer Judaism but rather Liberalism.

        • Rarely says

          Aug 19, 2019 at 12:32 pm

          Scott Aarons.
          How would the Christians who are Democrat Representatives to Congress be classified. Are they too no longer Christians but rather Liberals?

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 19, 2019 at 8:44 pm

        Rarely is right–it is not just some Jewish people who are in denial about Islam.

  2. Christopher Kline says

    Aug 19, 2019 at 11:28 am

    Kurt Wilhem, while president of Austria was barred from the United States.

    • jarmanray says

      Aug 19, 2019 at 12:49 pm

      Excellent point and the U.S. was not at war with Austria nor was America trying to discredit the people of Austria. Also when government officials meet from nations hostile to the U.S., those officials are limited to their travel while at a U.N. council meeting or event. When someone like Kim Il Un visits Washington for a meeting at the White House, that person and his or her entourage are kept on a very tight leash.

  3. crawford421 says

    Aug 19, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    And the Constitution gives Congress what role in foreign affairs? Declaring war. That’s it.

  4. Angemon says

    Aug 19, 2019 at 12:59 pm

    The more they try to silence us, our voices rise. The more they try to weaken us, the stronger we become.

    Lady, the stronger you get, the more people hear what you have to say. And the more people hear what you have to say, the more people decide you’re bats*** crazy and want nothing to with you.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 19, 2019 at 8:46 pm

      🙂

      By the way, these Muslim members of the “Squad” have the lowest approval ratings of anyone in Congress–which is saying a great deal.

  5. James Lincoln says

    Aug 19, 2019 at 2:35 pm

    It took me a long time to get my head around the fact that extreme liberal Jews actually support “followers of Islam”.

    But they are Jews in name only…

  6. lisa says

    Aug 19, 2019 at 3:37 pm

    My guess is the radical islam are blackmailing senior house democrats……into doing their bidding in regards to jews and israel. Why else would these sr. members of congress believe that israel should allow this woman into israel to make nice nice with known terrorists? I wonder what the jihadists know about these democrats………?

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 19, 2019 at 9:06 pm

      I doubt it. All too many of these useful idiots have swallowed the “politically correct” koolaid.

  7. JMB says

    Aug 19, 2019 at 6:07 pm

    (From Australia) Regarding Tlaib & Omar, I thought that your nation had severe penalties for un-American activities. But having said that, my next fear is that one of them will be running for president on the Dem ticket.

    • Mike says

      Aug 19, 2019 at 11:17 pm

      I’m not worried. After all, Americans have around 300 million guns. Our founding fathers added the second amendment for just such a scenario. Our elected officials govern over us only because “we the people” allow them too.

  8. James Lincoln says

    Aug 19, 2019 at 6:55 pm

    Just so we all don’t forget, here’s one true Palestinian hero:

    • Giacomo Latta says

      Aug 20, 2019 at 9:31 am

      I didn’t quite catch the country or organization represented by the two thugs in front of the final speaker who tried to give him the evil eye. They couldn’t believe anyone from the democracy of Palestine (one bullet, one vote) would dare tell the truth.

  9. gravenimage says

    Aug 19, 2019 at 6:57 pm

    House Democrats consider action against Israeli and US ambassadors over banning of Tlaib and Omar
    …………………

    Shameful insanity.

    • GreekEmpress says

      Aug 19, 2019 at 7:07 pm

      +1

  10. Eric Jones says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 1:33 am

    House Democrats should be spending their time making sure that there is full employment here in the USA. They should be funding the building of the national infrastructure with USA citizens doing all of the work. Elliot Engel is not the sharpest tool in the shed.

    Eric

  11. AP says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 7:11 am

    A vote for a Democrat is a vote for the downfall of the country,

  12. fredoniahead says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 7:20 am

    Just exactly what do these bitches do for their districts?. Israel obsession appears to be their schtick and that’s all. Have they been fighting to allocate highway funds, anything for the people in MI and MN?. NO…just obsessed with what Israel is doing. Typical Muhammadan nut sacks.

    Besides, we’re always hearing Democrats do this, Democrats say that….where in the hell are the worthless, mute, jellyfish Republicans?. Off in the corner pissing their pants.

  13. James says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 7:46 am

    The Democrats have shifted farther to the Left since Hillary lost the election. Making a stink against Israel is just one way for them to attract attention to themselves. They do not have much to contribute to making America safer. Look at how they sabotage attempts to stop illegal immigration. Look at how little they do to bring prosperity to the big cities they have run for decades in the USA. Look at how they promote multi-culti to try to undermine traditional American society. Who needs them?

  14. OLD GUY says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 2:52 pm

    Take action against them, they are the root of the problem. Censure or impeachment!

  15. Lakshman says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 4:08 pm

    Is not Allah ruining the whole world?

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