A present for Benjamin Netanyahu from Americans supporting Members of Congress; Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.
A day after barring Representative Rashida Tlaib under pressure from President Trump, Israel said on Friday that she could visit her 90-year-old grandmother, who lives in the occupied West Bank, but only after she agreed in writing not to “promote boycotts against Israel” during her trip.
But after being criticized by some Palestinians and other opponents of the Israeli occupation [for agreeing to Israel’s terms], Ms. Tlaib, too, reversed course on Friday, saying that she would not make the trip after all. “Visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in,” she wrote on Twitter.
“Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me,” Ms. Tlaib said of her grandmother. “It would kill a piece of me.”
Trump minion Israeli interior minister, Aryeh Deri made sure he’ll collect his Goebbels brownie points by copying #RacistInChief @realdonaldtrump with his inhumane sadistic cruelty.
“Apparently her hate for Israel overcomes her love for her grandmother.”
Never forget.
Israelis, Trump, Robert Jeffress and John Hagee only love you as a means to an end.
“Dispensationalists believe Israel will play an important role in end-times prophecy. They teach that the return of the Jews to their homeland will be a sign that the end of the world is near.”, John Fea
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In case, people have forgotten #TrumpApocalypse.
then on Aug 15, 2019
*** Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is a daughter of Palestinian immigrants to the United States.
Israel, why would you allow Benjamin Netanyahu to BAN U.S. Members of Congress — Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting Israel —
Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. To date, the United States has provided Israel $142.3 billion (current, or noninflation-adjusted, dollars) in bilateral assistance and missile defense funding. Almost all U.S. bilateral aid to Israel is in the form of military assistance, although from 1971 to 2007 Israel also received significant economic assistance.
P.L. 116-6, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, provides the following for Israel:
P.L. 115-245, the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, provides the following for Israel:
For FY2020, the Trump Administration requested $3.3 billion in FMF for Israel and $500 million in missile defense aid to mark the second year of the MOU. The Administration also requested $5 million in MRA humanitarian funding for migrants to Israel.
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It is disgusting that a bigot like Trump is attacking @RashidaTlaib and @IlhanMN in this way. Opposing Netanyahu's policies is not “hating the Jewish people.” We must stand together against those who promote hatred and racism in Israel, Palestine, the U.S. and everywhere.
— Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders
MoC are frequently asked to visit Israel to “see things for ourselves.”
But Netanyahu choosing to ban the only 2 Muslim women in Congress from entering tells the US that only *some* Americans are welcome to Israel, not all.
Trump is exporting his bigotry &making matters worse.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC
“Democracies don’t ban visiting leaders from other democracies.”, Rep. Eric Swalwell
I condemn the Prime Minister’s decision to bar to Congresswomen Tlaib and Omar from entering Israel.
My full statement
— Rep. Katie Porter @RepKatiePorter
