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Deputy foreign minister confirms: Israel to ban Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar
[Jpost] Israel will not allow US Congresswomen Ilhan Omar ...Somali-AmericanDem representative from Minnesota. She is apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw on her mother's side... (D-Minnesota) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) into the country because of their vocal BDS advocacy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. Netanyahu issued a statement saying that no country in the world respects the US Congress more than Israel, but that Isaeli law prohibits entry to those calling for a boycott of the country. He said that other countries as well ‐ including the US ‐ bar entry to those who are perceived to want to harm them. He said that Israel is a "vibrant and free democracy" that is open to all criticism, with the exception of a call for boycotts. "Congresswomen Tlaib and Omar are leading activists in promoting boycott legislation against Israel in the US Congress," Netanyahu said. He said that Israel received their itinerary only a few days ago, and it became clear that they were "planning a campaign whose sole purpose was to strengthen the boycott and to undermine Israel's legitimacy." He pointed out that they referred to the visit as a visit to "Paleostine," and not to Israel, and ‐ as opposed to all other Democratic and Republican representatives in the past ‐ did not request any meeting with official Israeli representatives, either from the government or the opposition. Netanyahu said that the NGO that is sponsoring the trip ‐ Miftah ‐ is a fervent advocate of BDS and includes members who have supported terrorism against Israel. The prime minister said that the decision to bar entry was made by Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, and that he supports the decision. Israel has been banning politicians for years — just not Americans [IsraelTimes] Lawmakers from Spain to Ghana have been kept out by Israeli authorities in recent years, though few garner any major outcry, probably because the EU bans people all the time too. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-08-16 |
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