Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, two major critics of Israel, planned to visit Palestinian territories, but their trip was cancelled after Israel announced they would not be allowed to enter the country.
The trip was partially sponsored by Miftah, a Ramallah-based organization that has expressed sympathy for Palestinian suicide bombers and supports the anti-Israel BDS movement.
Rashida Tlaib's and Ilhan Omar's cancelled trip to Israel was sponsored by a Palestinian-based organization whose members have expressed sympathy for terrorist activities and support the BDS movement.
Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota to enter their borders for a planned trip into Palestinian territory, citing the two lawmakers' support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
Despite billing itself as a peaceful organization dedicated to promoting Palestine's democratic institutions, Miftah for years has carried notable ties to terrorist sympathizers, has openly accused Israel of atrocities and supports the boycott of Israeli products.
Sponsorship of Omar and Tlaib's now-botched trip was not the first for Miftah.
The organization sponsored a trip for a group of Democratic lawmakers in 2016, where they met with an alleged member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a terrorist organization.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/15/tlaib-omar-trip-sponsor-miftah/
"Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me. It would kill a piece of me. I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in - fighting against racism, oppression & injustice," Tlaib said Friday on Twitter.
In another Friday statement, Tlaib said "In my attempt to visit Palestine, I've experienced the same racist treatment that many Palestinian-Americans endure when encountering the Israeli government."
Israel on Friday said that Tlaib could visit her family under the condition that she not restate her support for a boycott of Israel during the visit - a condition laid out by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman called the trip, supposed to start this weekend, "Nothing more than an effort to fuel the BDS engine," referencing the "Boycott, divestment and sanctions" movement against Israel over the country's treatment of Palestinians, who Omar and Tlaib have voiced support for.
The decision to block the visit reversed a previous announcement in July, from Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer, that Israel would permit the women to enter out of respect for Congress.
Tlaib rejected Netanyahu's offer, saying that her family would not have wanted her to agree to Israel's restrictive conditions and "Bow down to their oppressive and racist policies."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-16/rep-tlaib-rejects-israels-new-offer-visit-west-bank
The trip was partially sponsored by Miftah, a Ramallah-based organization that has expressed sympathy for Palestinian suicide bombers and supports the anti-Israel BDS movement.
Rashida Tlaib's and Ilhan Omar's cancelled trip to Israel was sponsored by a Palestinian-based organization whose members have expressed sympathy for terrorist activities and support the BDS movement.
Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota to enter their borders for a planned trip into Palestinian territory, citing the two lawmakers' support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
Despite billing itself as a peaceful organization dedicated to promoting Palestine's democratic institutions, Miftah for years has carried notable ties to terrorist sympathizers, has openly accused Israel of atrocities and supports the boycott of Israeli products.
Sponsorship of Omar and Tlaib's now-botched trip was not the first for Miftah.
The organization sponsored a trip for a group of Democratic lawmakers in 2016, where they met with an alleged member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a terrorist organization.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/15/tlaib-omar-trip-sponsor-miftah/
Rep. Tlaib Rejects Israel's New Offer To Visit West Bank
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who was barred from entering Israel on Thursday, says she won't accept the country's new offer to allow her to visit her grandmother in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds."Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me. It would kill a piece of me. I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in - fighting against racism, oppression & injustice," Tlaib said Friday on Twitter.
In another Friday statement, Tlaib said "In my attempt to visit Palestine, I've experienced the same racist treatment that many Palestinian-Americans endure when encountering the Israeli government."
Israel on Friday said that Tlaib could visit her family under the condition that she not restate her support for a boycott of Israel during the visit - a condition laid out by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman called the trip, supposed to start this weekend, "Nothing more than an effort to fuel the BDS engine," referencing the "Boycott, divestment and sanctions" movement against Israel over the country's treatment of Palestinians, who Omar and Tlaib have voiced support for.
The decision to block the visit reversed a previous announcement in July, from Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer, that Israel would permit the women to enter out of respect for Congress.
Tlaib rejected Netanyahu's offer, saying that her family would not have wanted her to agree to Israel's restrictive conditions and "Bow down to their oppressive and racist policies."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-16/rep-tlaib-rejects-israels-new-offer-visit-west-bank
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