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| Wearing a head scarf is only proper fashion etiquette when castigating willing participants of a foreign invasion. |
A: #MeToo & Election Interference.
It seems Jeffrey Epstein's body was claimed by his brother, Mark Epstein.
Mark Epstein runs Humpty Dumpty.
Humpty Dumpty was sponsoring the trip for Ihan and Rashida, but it looks like it may be canceled.
Jeffrey Epstein was doing lots of stuff in Rashida's Congressional District, but she does not know yet because Trump continues to obstruct justice by keeping that IG Report in his backpocket.
Perhaps, Rashida should focus on impeachment, instead, that way Trump will be forced to remove that IG Report from his backpocket so that everyone can finally #sayhisname.
Be nice to Ilhan for she has her own election interference legal defense matters to prepare.
Besides, I do not believe Ilhan has a freakin' clue about SIGTARP or the gerrymandering of her District.
Poor thing.
Ilhan took over Keith Ellison's Congressional seat.
Rashida took over John Conyers's Congressional seat.
Both had #MeToo propaganda campaigns, but hey, what do I know?
I know I am waiting for Trump to stop obstructing justice and pull that IG Report from his backpocket.
I wonder if Dawud Walid is going to make a public statement, that should be fun.
#perkisncoiesucks
Israel will block Tlaib, Omar from visiting country
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| Ilhan looking clueless. Rashida looking stressed the fuck out. |
"We will not allow the congresswomen to enter the country," Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said, according to the Jerusalem Post.
"We will not allow anyone who denies our right to exist in the world to enter the country. In principle, this is a very correct decision."
The decision was announced shortly after President Donald Trump had openly urged Israel to block the congresswomen from entering.
Trump, who has sparred in the press with Tlaib and Omar in recent weeks, tweeted Thursday morning that it would show "great weakness" on Israel's part if it allowed in the lawmakers, who are the first Muslim women elected to Congress.
"They hate Israel & all Jewish people, & there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds," Trump wrote. "Minnesota and Michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. They are a disgrace!"It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep.Tlaib to visit. They hate Israel & all Jewish people, & there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds. Minnesota and Michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. They are a disgrace!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2019
Both Omar and Detroit's Tlaib, who is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, have criticized Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and support the movement to boycott, divest and impose sanctions against Israel.
Israel in 2017 passed a law giving the government the ability to deny entry to supporters of the boycott.
Tlaib of Detroit and Omar of Minnesota were expected to arrive in Israel this weekend for a five-day trip that would have included stops in Jerusalem as well as the West Bank cities of Hebron, Bethlehem and Ramallah, according to a source familiar with the planning.
The five-day journey wouldn't include any meetings with government officials but instead with students, human rights activists, humanitarian aid workers and business owners and investors.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who had pressed the Israeli government to allow Tlaib and Omar to enter the country, said discussions were underway to ensure that Tlaib would at least see her family in the West Bank, where her grandmother still lives.
Hoyer's efforts included speaking directly on Wednesday toIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer, who said last month that no member of Congress would be denied entry to Israel.
Hoyer on Thursday urged Netanyahu to reconsider, calling his decision "wrong" and "unwarranted and self-destructive."
“The decision of the Israeli government to deny entry to Israel by two members of Congress is outrageous, regardless of their itinerary or their views," the Maryland Democrat said in a statement.
"This action reflects weakness, not strength. Instead, the Israeli government should seek to engage these members of Congress in a dialogue regarding Israel’s security and the future of both Israelis and Palestinians.
"When members of Congress visit Israel, they gain a stronger appreciation for its unique challenges and the existential threats that endanger Israel’s survival as a Jewish, democratic state," he added.
Israel often hosts delegations of members of Congress, who typically meet with senior Israeli officials as well as Palestinian officials in the West Bank.
Tlaib's planned trip was to follow on the heels of just such a visit to Israel by 70 members of Congress as part of the annual delegation sponsored by the pro-Israel group AIPAC’s educational arm.
Neither Tlaib nor Omar went on the AIPAC trip, but the group said Thursday they should be allowed entry into Israel.
"We disagree with Reps. Omar and Tlaib’s support for the anti-Israel and anti-peace BDS movement, along with Rep. Tlaib’s calls for a one-state solution," AIPAC said in a statement.
"We also believe every member of Congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally Israel firsthand."
Trump has targeted Tlaib and Omar with repeated attacks in recent months, including a series of tweets a month ago in which he said they should “go back” to the countries they came from. Both are U.S. citizens, and Tlaib was born in Detroit.
Several of Tlaib and Omar's colleagues in Congress were quick to speak out Thursday against barring the congresswomen from visiting Israel.
U.S. Rep. Andy Levin, D-Bloomfield Township, called it a "completely misguided decision that reeks of political motivation."
He said Israel should reject Trump's "bigoted, wedge-driving political tactics."
"Congresswoman Tlaib, whose family lives in the West Bank, and Congresswoman Omar, who is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, deserve to be treated with the dignity and respect that any other Member of Congress would receive," said Levin, who is Jewish and sits on the Foreign Affairs panel.
"This decision pulls at the seams of our two countries’ important relationship and endangers Israel by attempting to politicize American support for the country."
Rep. Justin Amash, an independent representing the Grand Rapids area, said Israel should "stand up to President Trump and allow our colleagues to visit."
"Nobody has to agree with their opinions, but it will inevitably harm U.S.-Israel relations if members of Congress are banned from the country," tweeted Amash, whose parents are from Palestine and Syria.
"We must find ways to come together; there’s enough division."
Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, also condemned the decision, saying Israel barring members of Congress "hurts our alliance and runs contrary to our shared Democratic values.
"It is shameful that President Trump has politicized the U.S.-Israel relationship to try and divide people," said Kildee, House Democrats' chief deputy whip.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-South Carolina, said the action is "antithetical to our countries’ shared democratic values that are the basis for a strong, bipartisan alliance.
"Disagreements among our citizens — elected officials in particular — must be addressed through engagement, not ostracism," Clyburn added.
David Harris, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy group, said Israel "did not choose wisely" in reversing its initial decision to admit the congresswomen, while highlighting that Tlaib and Omar had not requested any meetings with Israeli officials or lawmakers nor briefings from Israeli experts.
"The failure of the legislators to include any Israeli perspectives whatsoever reveals this to have been not a fact-finding mission, but rather a propaganda exercise. They went so far as to call the trip a 'Delegation to Palestine,' making it clear that they were not coming to hear from various points of view, but rather to undermine the very legitimacy of the State of Israel," Harris said in a statement.
"While we fully respect Israel’s sovereign right to control entry into the country, a right that every nation employs, and while we are under no illusions about the implacably hostile views of Reps. Omar and Tlaib on Israel-related issues, we nonetheless believe that the costs in the U.S. of barring the entry of two members of Congress may prove even higher than the alternative."
Several former Israeli diplomats spoke out on Twitter against the decision.
Arthur Lenk, formerly Israel’s ambassador to South Africa, said barring Omar and Tlaib “would be sinking us deeper into U.S. domestic political quagmire.”
Alon Pinkas, formerly Israel’s consul in New York, called such an action “fake policy” and said Israel should instead “engage Omar and Tlaib, show them where they are wrong or have a partial and skewed perception of reality.”
Organizers of Tlaib's trip were still waiting Thursday on the required approval of the House Ethics Committee.
Under House rules, the lawmakers needed the go-ahead of the committee because the journey is privately funded, but the committee issuing approval within days of departure is not unusual.
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