But will that respect be reciprocated? Not at all.
“President Donald Trump has reportedly [quietly] expressed frustration with Israel’s decision to allow Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) to enter the country later this month despite their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Who could blame him? Omar affirms BDS, which aims to delegitimize Israel and has the ultimate goal of “liberating Palestine” from “the River to the Sea” (which would mean the obliteration of Israel). Tlaib believes in a one-state solution (which would also result in the obliteration of Israel). So what motive might these two have to visit a country they despise so much?
“White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham on Saturday said the report was ‘fake news.’ The Israeli government can do what they want, she said.” The Israeli government, after much speculation, decided to allow them in. Meanwhile, U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer weighed in and “told reporters in Jerusalem that Tlaib and Omar’s trip could only have positive ramifications.”
Coming to Israel, seeing the reality of Israel, seeing the security situation in Israel, seeing the extraordinary people who are working so hard to create jobs and a better life for their people and for many people around the world” would lead to a “more positive view of the country”.
Really? Hoyer assumes that Islamic antisemitism is based on ignorance, as so many assume, especially Democrats. He does not understand that the jihad impulse is grounded in knowledge, not ignorance, of anti-Semitic Islamic doctrines. Surely Hoyer should recognize that the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Fatah and the PLO all know the truth about Israel, but truth doesn’t matter to them. He must also know that Israeli medical staff will deliver treatment to the same jihad terrorists who try to murder innocent Israelis. Again, the goodness of Israelis and their respect for life does not matter to jihadists.
Interesting to note:
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. Both Tlaib and Omar have expressed their support for the BDS movement.
But Tlaib and Omar have no qualms about using their diplomatic status for special privileges, in full Islamic supremacist style.
“Report: Trump Unhappy with Israel’s Decision to Allow Entry to BDS Extremists Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib,” by Deborah Danan, Breitbart, August 11, 2019:
TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump has reportedly quietly expressed frustration with Israel’s decision to allow Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) to enter the country later this month despite their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Trump told senior advisers that “Israel should bar Omar and Tlaib’s entry because the two congresswomen favor a boycott of Israel,” the Axios news site reported.In a separate report from Israel’s Channel 13, Trump was allegedly quoted by advisors saying that if Omar and Tlaib want to boycott Israel, “then Israel should boycott them.”
The Axios report said three U.S. officials confirmed Trump’s remarks and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office did not deny the account. Two senior Netanyahu aides said the issue was very sensitive and they were not allowed to discuss it, Axios said.
However, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham on Saturday said the report was “fake news.”
“The Israeli government can do what they want,” she said.
Last month, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer said Israel would allow Omar and Tlaib to visit “out of respect for Congress.”
“Out of respect for the U.S. Congress and the great alliance between Israel and America, we would not deny entry to any member of Congress into Israel,” Dermer told the Haaretz daily.
On Sunday, U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters in Jerusalem that Tlaib and Omar’s trip could only have positive ramifications.
“I talked with Mr. Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., and he issued a statement after discussing this with the [Israeli] government and the prime minister that any member of Congress was welcome to come to Israel,” Hoyer said.
“Coming to Israel, seeing the reality of Israel, seeing the security situation in Israel, seeing the extraordinary people who are working so hard to create jobs and a better life for their people and for many people around the world” would lead to a “more positive view of the country,” he said.
“Israel’s confidence as expressed by Mr. Dermer in having any member of Congress who wants to come to Israel have the opportunity to come to Israel and have access and to see what all these members have seen and will see is appropriate.”
House Republican leader Keven [sic] McCarthy, who is leading a trip by Republican congressmen, said he wished Omar and Tlaib could have joined such a trip.
“The president knows there are people who have a difference of opinion,” McCarthy said. “I think it is healthy for anyone who has that opinion to come. I feel very secure in this. Anyone who comes with open ears, open eyes and an open mind, will walk away and have an understanding just as all these [Congress] members do, that this bond is unbreakable.”….
Emilie Green says
“out of respect for Congress”
File this one under “No Good Deeds Goes Unpunished”
Pat says
How could they even allow them near Israel.
They do not represent Americans..
mgoldberg says
The Israeli’s are between a rock and hard spot. If they keep them out, they’ll be called this or that by the bds ers and the dems. If they let them in, it’s a hog fest of the two jew haters, hopefully screwiing up and being caught in the deceptions they wallow in. Then Israel can point to the nitwittery and show them the door.
carpediadem says
The Israelis won’t do that, they’re too polite.
On the other hand, if Tlaib and Omar go to Israel they can no longer be taken seriously about being BDS supporters because visiting a country is the opposite of boycott.
Instant status as hypocrites.
But on this I agree with Trump.
K.Fordham says
That is like leading the wolves to the Sheep.
Mr. Cohen says
According to the laws of Saudi Arabia, no Jew can live anywhere in Saudi Arabia.
According to the laws of Jordan, selling land to any Jew is punished with death.
According to the laws of Nice [France] no Jew can buy an apartment there [not nice!].
No college professors complain about these racist laws.
No college students complain about these racist laws.
No college mainstream newspapers complain about these racist laws.
No college politician or lawmakers complain about these racist laws.
The European Union does not complain about these racist laws.
The United Nations does not complain about these racist laws.
===================================
Jonathan S. Tobin [Editor in Chief of
JNS dot org, Jewish News Syndicate] said:
“… [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortes, [Ilhan] Omar,
[Rashida] Tlaib, and others making egregious
comparisons of Israel with Nazi Germany are still
being treated as the “future of the Democratic party”
— in the words of the Democratic National
Committee chairman Tom Perez…”
SOURCE:
A blow to BDS in the House
by Jonathan S. Tobin, 2019/7/24 http://www.jns.org/opinion/a-blow-to-bds-in-the-house/
===================================
Rabbi Harry Maryles said:
“These four freshmen congresswomen have been
granted far more attention, influence, and power
than any other first-term congressmen in US history!”
SOURCE: A Word to My Readers
by Harry Maryles, 2019 July 17
http://haemtza.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-word-to-my-readers.html
===================================
Melanie Phillips said:
“Yet the Democratic Party, which still attracts
unquestioning support from some three-quarters
of Jewish voters, has failed to discipline these
women [Ilhan Omar (Democrat-Minnesota),
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat-New York),
Rashida Tlaib (Democrat-Michigan) and
Ayanna Pressley (Democrat-Massachusetts)] —
not just for their Jew-baiting, but also for their
deep-dyed anti-Americanism and anti-White racism.”
SOURCE: In Trump vs. ‘the Squad,’
American Jews have picked the wrong target
by Melanie Phillips, 2019/7/18
http://www.jns.org/opinion/in-trump-vs-the-squad-american-jews-have-picked-the-wrong-target/
===================================
The most senior Democrat in the USA government,
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has also condemned
“[Ilhan] Omar’s use of anti-Semitic tropes and prejudicial
accusations about Israel’s supporters” as “deeply offensive.”
SOURCE: Ilhan Omar’s Pro-BDS Resolution
Isn’t About Free Speech — It’s About Hating
Israel and Jews by Adelle Nazarian, 2019/7/19
http://www.algemeiner.com/2019/07/19/ilhan-omars-pro-bds-resolution-isnt-about-free-speech-its-about-hating-israel-and-jews/
===================================
Sarah Idan [Former Miss Iraq] said:
“[Ilhan] Omar does not represent me as a Muslim,
(she) does not represent millions of Muslims in
the Middle East. You know like in Arab countries
we call her the Muslim Brotherhood…”
SOURCE:
Former Miss Iraq Blasts ‘AntiSemitic’ Ilhan Omar,
Says ‘She Does Not Represent Me as a Muslim’
by Shiryn Ghermezian, 2019 August 11
http://www.algemeiner.com/2019/08/11/former-miss-iraq-blasts-antisemitic-ilhan-omar-says-she-does-not-represent-me-as-muslim/
===================================
Ilhan Omar’s Contempt for the Law:
trespassing, multiple traffic violations,
– and she “married” her brother:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/07/ilhan-omars-contempt-for-the-law
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274444/ilhan-omars-contempt-law-robert-spencer
gravenimage says
Mr. Cohen wrote:
According to the laws of Nice [France] no Jew can buy an apartment there
………………….
Mr. Cohen, I have found your posts to be very factual–but I have not heard of the above, and after a search could find no information on this. Do you have a link?
Mr. Cohen says
Graven Image, this is what you asked me for:
===================================
A ban on renting apartments to Jews on France’s
Cote d’Azur reportedly has not been changed
since it was enacted under the World War II-era
Vichy government.
The law requires that applicants for certain apartments attest that they are:
“French, non-Jews, and not married to a Jew, in the legal sense currently in effect.”
The newspaper Nice-Matin, which discovered the law, reported that Jews who wish to buy an apartment in Nice must pay an extra $1,000 to $10,000 in notary fees to get around these articles, and that such arrangements are probably in effect in other towns in France as well.
SOURCE:
The Jewish Herald, 2007 March 9,
article on page 8, The Jewish Herald,
1689 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11204,
editorial@jewishherald.com, (718) 972-4000
gravenimage says
Thank you, Mr. Cohen. I had no idea this hideous Nazi law was still on the books.
Mr. Cohen says
Jonathan S. Tobin [Editor in Chief of
JNS dot org, Jewish News Syndicate] said:
“… [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortes, [Ilhan] Omar,
[Rashida] Tlaib, and others making egregious
comparisons of Israel with Nazi Germany are still
being treated as the “future of the Democratic party”
— in the words of the Democratic National
Committee chairman Tom Perez…”
SOURCE:
A blow to BDS in the House
by Jonathan S. Tobin, 2019/7/24 http://www.jns.org/opinion/a-blow-to-bds-in-the-house/
Mr. Cohen says
Rabbi Harry Maryles said:
“These four freshmen congresswomen have been
granted far more attention, influence, and power
than any other first-term congressmen in US history!”
SOURCE: A Word to My Readers
by Harry Maryles, 2019 July 17
http://haemtza.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-word-to-my-readers.html
gravenimage says
Yes–this would be absurd even if the “Squad” wasn’t so nasty. Generally even the most opinionated junior Congresspeople keep there heads down and spend their first term learning from their more experienced colleagues. One of these fools–I think it was AOC–sneered at this when asked about it.
Mr. Cohen says
Melanie Phillips said:
“Yet the Democratic Party, which still attracts
unquestioning support from some three-quarters
of Jewish voters, has failed to discipline these
women [Ilhan Omar (Democrat-Minnesota),
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat-New York),
Rashida Tlaib (Democrat-Michigan) and
Ayanna Pressley (Democrat-Massachusetts)] —
not just for their Jew-baiting, but also for their
deep-dyed anti-Americanism and anti-White racism.”
SOURCE: In Trump vs. ‘the Squad,’
American Jews have picked the wrong target
by Melanie Phillips, 2019/7/18
http://www.jns.org/opinion/in-trump-vs-the-squad-american-jews-have-picked-the-wrong-target/
Mr. Cohen says
The most senior Democrat in the USA government,
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has also condemned
“[Ilhan] Omar’s use of anti-Semitic tropes and prejudicial
accusations about Israel’s supporters” as “deeply offensive.”
SOURCE:
Ilhan Omar’s Pro-BDS Resolution
Isn’t About Free Speech — It’s About Hating
Israel and Jews by Adelle Nazarian, 2019/7/19
http://www.algemeiner.com/2019/07/19/ilhan-omars-pro-bds-resolution-isnt-about-free-speech-its-about-hating-israel-and-jews/
Angemon says
That’s how normal people work – not ideologues…
James Lincoln says
Any clear thinking person, after visiting Israel, would have a positive view of the country.
I sincerely doubt that these two congresswomen will change their mind after their visit…
They are not clear thinking – and use their position only to push Palestinian propaganda.
CRUSADER says
Indeed!
Visit ?? Israel
Mr. Cohen says
Sarah Idan [Former Miss Iraq] said:
“[Ilhan] Omar does not represent me as a Muslim,
(she) does not represent millions of Muslims in
the Middle East. You know like in Arab countries
we call her the Muslim Brotherhood…”
SOURCE:
Former Miss Iraq Blasts ‘AntiSemitic’ Ilhan Omar,
Says ‘She Does Not Represent Me as a Muslim’
by Shiryn Ghermezian, 2019 August 11
http://www.algemeiner.com/2019/08/11/former-miss-iraq-blasts-antisemitic-ilhan-omar-says-she-does-not-represent-me-as-muslim/
===================================
Ilhan Omar’s Contempt for the Law:
trespassing, multiple traffic violations,
– and she “married” her brother:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/07/ilhan-omars-contempt-for-the-law
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274444/ilhan-omars-contempt-law-robert-spencer
Mr. Cohen says
Sarah Idan [Former Miss Iraq] said:
“[Ilhan] Omar does not represent me as a Muslim,
(she) does not represent millions of Muslims in
the Middle East. You know like in Arab countries
we call her the Muslim Brotherhood…”
SOURCE:
Former Miss Iraq Blasts ‘AntiSemitic’ Ilhan Omar,
Says ‘She Does Not Represent Me as a Muslim’
by Shiryn Ghermezian, 2019 August 11
http://www.algemeiner.com/2019/08/11/former-miss-iraq-blasts-antisemitic-ilhan-omar-says-she-does-not-represent-me-as-muslim/
gravenimage says
I hope Sarah Idan stays safe–she has been threatened before for not hating Jews.
elee says
Might it not behoove the brave and beleaguered band of survivors that is Israel to actually read the gospel of their persecutors? Well, maybe “The Squad” will reap a fatwa or two for violating any of a huge number of antiSemitic commandments. One can hope.
Mary says
Maybe the Palestinians will send an incendiary kite and it will land on one or both of them, then they may change their minds about Israel.
gravenimage says
I don’t think these two pious Muslims would consider the Jihad against Israel to be a bad thing–they haven’t so far.
A. Wunderkinish says
They haven’t so far considered Jihad a against Israel a bad thing?
Was this something that was considered by these two?
When did they call for jihad against Israel?
gravenimage says
A. Wunderkinish, have you missed the support of “Palestinian” violence against Israel from this pair?
Ilhan Omar defends Palestinians after terrorists rain rockets on Israel”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ilhan-omar-defends-palestinians-after-terrorists-rain-down-rockets-on-israel
“Tlaib labels Palestinians ‘activists’ and Israel ‘white nationalist’”
https://www.jns.org/post-mass-shootings-tlaib-labels-palestinians-activists-and-israel-white-nationalist/
There are many, many more examples.
Mario Alexis Portella says
I fail to say the logic and sense out of this, except to slap Donald Trump in the face. Why not invite Louis Farrakhan to speak to them?
CRUSADER says
That’ll be next.
The Minister gets a free pass.
Too bad for him and those who have believed in him
it most likely be into a path toward hellfire.
FYI says
The koran says that a woman’s testimony is HALF that of a man k2:282{due to what muhammed said was “the DEFICIENCY of a woman’s mind” sahih bukhari 2658}
So,by koranic mathematics we have..
A muslima female =HALF the value of a muslim man
ilhan omar{or rashida tlaib}=HALF the value of a muslim man
So{Rashida Tlaib(1/2)+Ilhan omar(1/2)}= 1 man
Perhaps,by islamic koranic values,ONE muslim male would be all allah requires,not TWO muslimas.
al LAH and muhammed are very clear about this;the muslima female is HALF the worth of a man
when a boy is born TWO sheep are sacrificed
When a girl is born ONE sheep is sacrificed
Sunan Nasai 4217
islam: the religion that respects women?
But the koran is clear:women are inferior to, and never equal to men.
All that virtue-signalling hijab wearing for nothing,for a god and “prophet” who are chauvinist,misogynists.
Ilhan Omar ,Rashida Tlaib and Linda “muhammed was a feminist”sarsour.
CRUSADER says
I have found I had to pay double the attention to the women in my life!!
sheliak says
A cynical, self-serving and cowardly position on the part of the Israeli government. Democrats may be in power again in DC in 2021 and the financial contributions by progressive american jews to Israeli NGOs must continue to flow.
carpediadem says
Cynical and self-serving? Hardly!! the world sneers at Israel and presses it to accept terrorism and murder. If they refused to host these two pigs they’d be accused of I don’t know what and Congress would react badly as would the UN etc.
The Dems may indeed be in power in 2021 and there will be little comeback since non Dems have failed to establish any community groups, bases or any paths to the top or into avenues and arenas of power unlike the Left, whose first instinct is to infiltrate and establish power bases throughout the country and in government departments.
That is how they retain power even when not in government.
Non-lefties have not learned this essential tactic for some bizarre reason and when they are once again out of power they will do nothing but wail.
Jay says
How is this even possible? Both Tlaib and Omar are under investigation for various campaign fraud issues, tax issues with the IRS, resident qualifications, false marriages, immigration fraud, etc etc. They should both be suspended pending investigation findings!
Omar just went on a trip to Italy and Africa with Pelosi, which was an insult to every tax paying citizen in the USA!! Pelosi should be embarrassed! Omar’s behavior on that trip was horrible! These woman are an insult to all of America and they certainly do not deserve the honor of visiting Israel on tax payer money! Seriously, I find this appalling.
I pray for some reason it does not happen! The world of politics has gone mad!
God bless America!
Trump 2020. Our only hope!! ??????????
Susan says
Exactly! I’m sick of these two ushering in jihad ? and this govt allowing their bs
And yes!!! #TRUMP2020 ❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??
elee says
Hey Israel, do us both a favour: when they go visit their Muslim utopia at Gaza, don’t let them out. Oh and call the imams there and tip them off about women going barefaced and unescorted.
gravenimage says
Israel to allow anti-Semites Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to visit “out of respect for Congress”
……………………..
There *are* reasons to respect the US Congress–but these two Jew-hating thugs are not part of that.
Francis Weber says
Passport stamped “Israel” can’t go to another Muslim country!
Suck eggs bitches!
gravenimage says
Good point… 🙂
SamB says
Love and respect is beautiful axiom taught by one great man and Israel has not jettisoned this heuristic. Islam has nothing comparable instead love has been inverted by another heuristic- kill, maim , oppose those who one disagrees with. The concept of love applied by Israel is appropriate in this day and age. It is better and it supersedes the contrariness of jihad. Jihad, may Tlaib and Omar understand, popularized for 1400 years have vulgarized Islam. Instead love is a principle one great man said must be extended even to you enemies
Giacomo Latta says
How do Tlaib and Omar justify this activity to their sheep? T & O are instructing them to follow BDS rules yet, assuming the Israelis are not paying their way, they shall be purchasing Israeli goods and services during their trip. Or is it a junket? What hypocrites!
Jonathan Sanchez says
They advocate for Islam which is dangerous to Israel and American society
OLD GUY says
Maybe Israel will catch them in a terrorist cell and arrest them for what they are. If you love islam you can not be a supporter of Israel nor do you support the constitution of the United States. These two are BAD ACTORS and it is wrong for the tax payers to pay for these two’s junket.
Dean says
The great delusion of the Jewish people is that they can overcome evil with love and by showing how, honest and fair good they are. It never works and throughout history few who have wanted to do harm to Jewish people have ever been persuaded by well-constructed arguments, facts or reason.
The only thing which prevented the Jewish people from being extinguished in the 20th century was the revival of their ancient home, Israel, and the pain, suffering and determination that went into defending it against the same kinds of enemies we see today in Congress and in the neighboring countries surrounding Israel who want to eliminate and replace Jews with terrorists.
I do not know how leftists can be so blind and it pains me to see how the leftist Jews in the US, especially leaders such as Schiff, Nadler, Blumenthal, Schumer, etc., lead the charge against the most pro-Israel President in history of the USA.
In Canada we have former leaders in the Jewish community actively working against the Jewish nation and against our interests. they use a Jewish newspaper as their platform among other venues the left offer to them on silver platters to express their views and then ban anyone who wants to express their concerns about what these people say.
If ever there were a case where an antisemites be banned from Israel, it is the hit squad who use their high offices to damn Israel, excuse terrorism and promote the kind of extremism (Islamism + Communism) which has never done jewish people any good.
To think that Jews can overcome this hatred through sound arguments and reason is as insane as saying that Trump is an antisemlite or “racist.”
CTTV15@Hotmail.com says
Uggghhhh!!!!
MJP says
Hopefully it will be a one way trip