The problem is that Omar and Tlaib weren't visiting Israel.
Omar and Tlaib could have come as part of the large Democratic congressional delegation that visited Israel last week.
Any doubt of Omar and Tlaib's bad faith dissipated with Tlaib's reaction after Israel backtracked.
Apparently hoping to put Israel in an even worse light, Tlaib sent a letter to Israel's interior minister asking to be allowed to visit her grandmother, in her 90s, because "This might be my last opportunity to see her." When Minister Aryeh Deri unexpectedly granted her request, asking only that she not engage in BDS activities while in Israel, Tlaib tweeted, "I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in-fighting against racism, oppression and injustice." In other words she believes Israel represents all these things-racism, oppression, and injustice.
American Jewish groups who are now criticizing Israel make another argument-that barring the congresswomen's entry alienates half of Congress, endangering decades of bipartisan support for Israel.
The argument, on the face of it, sounds credible, particularly as the Democrats did rally around Omar and Tlaib, including those with unquestionable pro-Israel bona fides, like Rep. Nita Lowey, who said Israel's decision would strengthen "Those who seek to create a wedge between our two countries."
Instead, they've strengthened Omar and Tlaib by giving moral backing to the position that these two should have been admitted to Israel regardless of their agenda, that it was Israel that was in the wrong.
https://freebeacon.com/blog/us-jewish-groups-pick-wrong-side-on-omar-tlaib/
Omar and Tlaib could have come as part of the large Democratic congressional delegation that visited Israel last week.
Any doubt of Omar and Tlaib's bad faith dissipated with Tlaib's reaction after Israel backtracked.
Apparently hoping to put Israel in an even worse light, Tlaib sent a letter to Israel's interior minister asking to be allowed to visit her grandmother, in her 90s, because "This might be my last opportunity to see her." When Minister Aryeh Deri unexpectedly granted her request, asking only that she not engage in BDS activities while in Israel, Tlaib tweeted, "I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in-fighting against racism, oppression and injustice." In other words she believes Israel represents all these things-racism, oppression, and injustice.
American Jewish groups who are now criticizing Israel make another argument-that barring the congresswomen's entry alienates half of Congress, endangering decades of bipartisan support for Israel.
The argument, on the face of it, sounds credible, particularly as the Democrats did rally around Omar and Tlaib, including those with unquestionable pro-Israel bona fides, like Rep. Nita Lowey, who said Israel's decision would strengthen "Those who seek to create a wedge between our two countries."
Instead, they've strengthened Omar and Tlaib by giving moral backing to the position that these two should have been admitted to Israel regardless of their agenda, that it was Israel that was in the wrong.
https://freebeacon.com/blog/us-jewish-groups-pick-wrong-side-on-omar-tlaib/
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