Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib Barred From Entering Israel Following Pressure From Trump
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🗓️ 15 August 2019
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Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib Barred From Entering Israel Following Pressure From Trump Over their support for the BDS Movement.
It was reported initially that the far left progressive Democrats would be allowed to enter Israel but following pressure from President Trump it seems that the interior minister of Israel has refused entry. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement explaining the decision and expressing support.
Israel has a law that allows the country to deny entry to anyone who supporters the Boycott, Divestment, And Sanctions movement as it causes harm to Israel.
They criticized Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib for negating their 'right of existence.'
Recently Israel welcomed 70 democratic and republican members of congress but singled out the far left democrats for writing 'palestine' as their destination and planning to meet Pro BDS individuals.
Donald Trump tweeted that Israel would appear weak if it allowed them in and specifically criticized the two as hating Israel and the Jewish people.
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| 0:00.0 | Israel is blocking Ilhan Omar and Rashid Tlaib from entering the country over their support |
| 0:04.9 | for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, also known as BDS. |
| 0:09.2 | Now, interestingly, some people have said, |
| 0:11.8 | Israel was actually going to allow them in up until pressure from Donald Trump and |
| 0:16.3 | sure enough early this morning, Trump did tweet out that Israel would be weak if they allowed |
| 0:22.6 | Rashid Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to end the country. My understanding as of now, and we'll go through |
| 0:26.2 | the story is that Netanyahu is saying they will be allowed in for humanitarian reasons to visit |
| 0:30.4 | family if that's what they choose to do. But essentially, there's concern that they're going to |
| 0:35.0 | come to Israel to try and further the BDS movement. Now, here's the thing. There's always been a |
| 0:40.9 | this debate has been ongoing between the left and the right and everybody else, as to whether or not |
| 0:45.5 | these women are anti-Semites or just critical of Israel. I have certainly talked with people who say |
| 0:51.2 | it is not anti-Semitic to criticize Israel. For that, I agree. Based on the statements made by |
| 0:57.9 | Rashid Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, I think they have gotten really close to being anti-Semitic in their |
| 1:03.0 | statements, but have it actually made overtly anti-Semitic comments. However, based on the company they |
| 1:10.2 | keep and the people they support, I really do believe they don't like Jewish people. It goes beyond |
| 1:17.5 | Israel. That's the big argument. They're criticizing Israel sure, but there's a lot to dig through. |
| 1:21.8 | One of the big criticisms is why always Israel? That's a legitimate question. I've got to say |
| 1:28.0 | one of the things that annoys me more than anything else in the world are these anti-Semitic |
| 1:32.4 | conspiracy theories that get pushed by people like Ilhan Omar, Rashid Tlaib, and then they dance |
| 1:37.4 | around the issue by saying it's just Israel, but then you look at who they hang out with and |
| 1:41.2 | the conspiracy theories they push. I think what they're actually doing is targeting Israel |
| 1:46.5 | specifically because it's the only real state that Jewish people have. But my opinion, that's just |
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