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Tlaib and Omar Weren’t Banned for Disagreeing with Israel

Aug 20, 2019 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Their jihad advocacy is far worse than that. My latest in FrontPage:

It is unlikely to come as a surprise to anyone except the most blinkered Leftist ideologue that Ilhan Omar’s response to being banned from entering Israel, along with her fellow antisemitic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, was outstandingly disingenuous. But she knows, when she retails her outrageous falsehoods, that the establishment media will never call her on them or reveal the true depths of her alliance with jihadis and agitation against Israel.

“The irony of the ‘only democracy’ in the Middle East making such a decision,” said Omar, “is that it is both an insult to democratic values and a chilling response to a visit by government officials from an allied nation.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to restore some realism and honesty to the discussion, saying: “As a free and vibrant democracy,” he said, “Israel is open to critics and criticism, with one exception: Israeli law prohibits the entry into Israel of those who call for, and work to impose, boycotts on Israel, as do other democracies that prevent the entry of people believed to be damaging to the country.”

There’s the rub. 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. The Washington Examiner reported in May that “Rep. Ilhan Omar appeared to take the side of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad Sunday night after terrorists fired hundreds of rockets at civilian targets in Israel this weekend.” Omar tweeted: “How many more protesters must be shot, rockets must be fired, and little kids must be killed until the endless cycle of violence ends? The status quo of occupation and humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unsustainable. Only real justice can bring about security and lasting peace.” About Hamas’ genocidal incitement and celebration of the murders of Israeli civilians she was silent. Nor has she ever uttered a murmur of protest against the fact that Hamas is dedicated to the complete destruction of Israel, which, if it ever happened, would result in the deaths of millions of Israelis.

Tlaib, meanwhile, according to the Investigative Project on Terrorism, “was photographed with an avowed Hizballah supporter in January – just after being sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives.” When this came to light, “she claimed she didn’t know the guy or what he stood for. But just two months later, Tlaib did it again. In a March photograph just discovered by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, Tlaib poses with Nader Jalajel, a Palestinian activist who last year mourned the death of a terrorist who led a shooting attack that murdered a rabbi.”

Hizballah is a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is also dedicated to the complete destruction of Israel.

Both Tlaib and Omar have also spoken at fundraisers for the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. CAIR’s cofounder and longtime Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), as well as its chief spokesman (Ibrahim Hooper), have made Islamic supremacist statements about how Islamic law should be imposed in the U.S. (Ahmad denies this, but the original reporter stands by her story.) CAIR chapters frequently distribute pamphlets telling Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement. CAIR has opposed virtually every anti-terror measure that has been proposed or implemented and has been declared a terror organization by the United Arab Emirates. CAIR’s Hussam Ayloush in 2017 called for the overthrow of the U.S. government. CAIR’s national outreach manager is an open supporter of Hamas.

In a sane society, fundraising for such a group would be political suicide. But in a sane society, neither Omar nor Tlaib would ever have been elected to Congress in the first place. Their lies would have dashed their political hopes. Tlaib’s would have been done in by her risible claim that her “Palestinian ancestors” worked “to create a safe haven for Jews” after the Holocaust.

In reality, as I show in detail in my forthcoming book The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process, the Muslim Arabs in Palestine actually carried out numerous pogroms against the region’s Jewish residents and new arrivals. No Palestinian Arabs, none, worked to create a safe haven for Jews there or anywhere else.

But the most egregious falsehood that both Tlaib and Omar energetically propagate is the fiction that Israel is an occupying power, and that the Palestinian Arabs are suffering under this Israeli occupation. In reality, there never was a state of Palestine for Israel to occupy, in whole or part. Following the right of self-defense itself that all nations have honored throughout history (until the case of Israel), the Jewish state took control of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) from Jordan and Gaza from Egypt, after defeating the aggressive war of the neighboring Arab Muslim states. No Palestinian Arabs uttered a word of protest against the “occupations” from 1948 to 1967 by Jordan and Egypt of what they claim is their territory. Their rhetoric about Israel “occupation” now is designed to discredit Israel in the court of international opinion, and ultimately destroy it.

It is also worth noting that all the political parties in the “Palestinian territories” are pro-terror and dedicated to the destruction of Israel. This is what Omar and Tlaib support. Those who are comparing their ban with the banning of Pamela Geller and me from Britain are ignoring the fact that we never have called for or justified any violence or terrorism. The same cannot be said of Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.

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  1. Jay says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 12:14 pm

    Tlaib and Omar are the enemies within! Hopefully all the ongoing investigations into both of them, will be their demise! If they were republicans, doing all the lawless things Tlaib and Omar have done, they would have already been removed from office. The double standard by the liberals is disgusting!
    This trip was a complete fraud and charade from the beginning, being paid for by a terrorist organization!! And… Tlaib has not seen her grandmother since 2006, over 13 years ago, ,so her outrage is beyond phony,!!! .
    I wish these two traitors would stop getting so much coverage for their despicable, destructive anti- American behavior!! They both belong in Gitmo!
    Trump,2020 our only hope to save America and our soverignity!
    🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • Rhonda says

      Aug 21, 2019 at 8:05 am

      Totally agree! I want no no no muzzies in my government.

  2. gordon says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 12:27 pm

    It’s hard to believe these women are actually members of Congress.

    • CRUSADER says

      Aug 20, 2019 at 1:44 pm

      How it would be good for Trump to influence UK in lifting ban on PG and RS, and for RS to serve in the Trump Administration …. and for Tommy Robinson to be freed and extended welcome in the USA.

      • James Lincoln says

        Aug 20, 2019 at 4:08 pm

        How good, CRUSADER?

        Really, really good!

        • GreekEmpress says

          Aug 20, 2019 at 5:02 pm

          EXCELLENT!!!

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 20, 2019 at 9:48 pm

      I know how you feel, Gordon.

    • william carr says

      Aug 21, 2019 at 12:12 pm

      One is used to politicians lying unfortunately, it seems to be part of the job description!
      But this gang of four lie so egregiously and blatantly it is beyond comprehension that they get away with it

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 21, 2019 at 10:56 pm

        They are far worse than the average politician.

  3. Anjuli Pandavar says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 12:51 pm

    I can’t put my finger on it yet, but this Omar-Tlaib thing feels like its building towards a perfect storm (Iran issue, Democratic Party internal crisis and Deal of the Century) and is going to backfire spectacularly on Omar and Tlaib. They’re out of their league and they’re too wrapped up in their own importance to see it. You don’t mess with two powerful governments, two heads of government (one of whom is President of the United States, the other the most powerful leader in the Middle East), mess with two ambassadors *and* double down on your support for jihad terrorism, *all within the same week* and expect to get away with it.

    • libertyORdeath says

      Aug 20, 2019 at 1:01 pm

      I would have agreed with you 5 years ago but today this behavior seems to be the norm as is the public’s ignorance of the facts.

      I sure hope u are right though.

      • CRUSADER says

        Aug 20, 2019 at 1:29 pm

        Yeah, it seems things could go either way. Luckily there is a development of young conservatives with cogent thought occurring. But the multitude don’t seem to run on clear thinking… but simply on feelings, taxing the rich, for-for-alls and gimme grants.

        • CRUSADER says

          Aug 21, 2019 at 2:21 am

          Free For All’s…

    • James Lincoln says

      Aug 20, 2019 at 4:21 pm

      Anjuli Pandavar,

      An excellent post, my compliments.

      So far, Omar-Tlaib have been getting away with it – and they crave the constant media attention.

      They are heavily supported by the far left, mainstream media, and Muslim Brotherhood front groups. They are also triple protected because of their race, gender, and religion.

      You may be right, however. They may be overplaying their hand.

      But I’m not sure what a “backfire” would look like…

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 20, 2019 at 9:53 pm

      I hope so, Anjuli. I do know that even by the low standards of Congress right now, this pair’s ratings are in the toilet.

  4. libertyORdeath says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 12:58 pm

    “But in a sane society, neither Omar nor Tlaib would ever have been elected to Congress in the first place.”

    They were elected thanks to the civilization and demographic jihad being waged on America and the rest of Western civilization. They are quite savvy in their loading of congressional districts with members of the ummah thereby guaranteeing that a muslim will be elected in that district. If this trend continues we may see more and more antidemocratic representatives elected who will inevitably attempt to transform the country from a constitutional republic first into a direct democracy where sheer numbers are enough to change the constitution itself and then into a shariah compliant caliphate. The former is the goal of the left, the latter will be the result of their ineptitude.

  5. James says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 1:30 pm

    Probably they can get away with what they say and do because the Democrats are supporting division of America into grievance groups based on identities. They do not care what sort of identity or grievances the just want to benefit from this. Islam has the advantage of being a world religion, unlike communism or Marxism. So they get the bonus that everyone thinks religions all teach the unity of mankind, love thy neighbor, golden rule, etc. But that is not the case for them, they have a different ideology in their religion. Plus they try to claim the protective mantel of anti-racism. Of course Omar is black, but that does not apply to all Muslims, and that does not justify her attacks on Israel and America.

    • CRUSADER says

      Aug 20, 2019 at 1:36 pm

      Divide ….then Rule.

      Marxist and Alinsky playbooks.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals

    • CRUSADER says

      Aug 20, 2019 at 1:41 pm

      Not all Israelis nor all Christians are Caucasian.

      Most of history has Islam being controlled by those with lightest skin, while the Negroid race was denigrated by Sheikhs and Emirs and Effendis and Sultans.

      • FYI says

        Aug 20, 2019 at 5:21 pm

        Absolutely true.

        The Arabs were in effect the equivalent of White Supremacists.

        In islam shaitan is…..a black man.
        Even today Arab muslims do not regard Indonesians,malays etc as equal or authentic muslims.

        Note how many of those idiotic converts to islam adopt faux Arab supremacist names{al amriki,al britani etc}to go along with the equally idiotic looking muslim beard.

  6. CRUSADER says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 1:33 pm

    The bit about pallies not meaning about occupation till 1967 is interesting.

    After 1967 the pallies extended their reach from complaining about Israel in general to griping about the wider Israel post-1967.

    Front Page Mag is great to read.

    As is Discover The Networks.

    Both from the David Horowitz Freedom Center linkage.

    https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/

  7. Angemon says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 1:46 pm

    But in a sane society, neither Omar nor Tlaib would ever have been elected to Congress in the first place.

    Democrats: leaning to the very far left since 1994:

    https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/pew-research-center-study-shows-that-democrats-have-shifted-to-the-extreme-left/

  8. Bob Jones says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 2:12 pm

    Please quit publishing their photo. It makes me sick every time I see them!

    • CRUSADER says

      Aug 21, 2019 at 4:35 am

      Omar must be named after Umar…

      Fascinating story about what occurred to Umar…

      ———————

      Among the Shia, for the act of killing Umar, Nahavandi acquired the honorific title of Baba Shujauddin (roughly translated as ‘the honored, brave defender of the religion’). The day of Umar’s assassination (9 Rabi’ al-awwal), and the glorification of Nahavandi, is still celebrated in remote Iranian villages and was previously celebrated in major Iranian cities until the protests of Arab countries resulted in its banning there by the authorities. The celebration is known as jashn-e Omar koshi (the celebration of the killing of Umar).

      In 2010, controversy was caused when the International Union for Muslim Scholars called for Nahavandi’s tomb to be destroyed—a request which was not well received by some Iranians, having been perceived as a specifically anti-Iranian act. Al-Azhar University also demanded the Iranian government demolish the shrine; the issue caused the cancellation of diplomatic relations between the university and the Iranian government. These requests were made because the shrine is considered to be “offensive and un-Islamic” by mainstream Sunni scholars. Due to this Sunni pressure, it was reported that the Iranian government shutdown the shrine in 2010. It is currently used as the local police head office.

  9. Mary says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 2:19 pm

    Omar is right too many rockets are fired and too many children killed so she should tell her Palestinian friends to leave Israel and go live in a Muslim country.

  10. Walter Sieruk says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 2:48 pm

    Those two Muslim politicians Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib there not banned from entering the State of Israel over a different of “opinion” the Jewish officials in charges of the security of the citizens of Israel . They there banned because in would most likely incite violence.

    In addition ,they being so very anti-Jewish and anti-Israel must also be, in hidden essence, very anti-American .As the former US President ,William Howard Taft, had so wisely declared in a speech “Antisemitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.”

    Furthermore, those two anti –Israel Muslim politicians are ignorant fools for the Jews have every right to that land that now makes up the State of Israel. For the Jewish people have every right to all of that land, including the West Bank, by Divine Right. As seen, for example, in Genesis 28:13-15. 35:48, 49. Psalms 105:7-11. 135:4. Furthermore, the Jewish people should also have that land by historic rights. As found in First Kings 4:20,21,24,25. 8:55,56.

    As Psalm 135:4. reads “For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself . Israel for His special treasure.” [N.K.J.V.]

  11. Peter Dale says

    Aug 20, 2019 at 3:17 pm

    So Tlaib and Omar oppose terrible Israel for oppressing the downtrodden Palestinians? So they support Moslem extremists? Strange, don’t you think, that they have not criticized China and its policy of forcible destruction of its Moslem minority. Strange, indeed, that no Islamic country has criticized China. Strange, that no Moslem mobs have attacked the Chinese embassies around the world. Very strange. Or perhaps not, because supporting oppressed minorities is simply a cover for achieving publicity and conquest.

  12. CTTV15@Hotmail.com says

    Aug 21, 2019 at 8:51 am

    Very dangerous IDIOTS.. These are just 2 of the faces of evil in our time..

  13. Horseman says

    Aug 21, 2019 at 9:51 am

    It’s an absolute outrage that they are USA “government officials.”

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 21, 2019 at 10:58 pm

      Yes–sickening.

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