As the Tlaib turns
16th August 2019
Yesterday, Israel reversed a previous decision and determined that two Israel-hating congresswomen — Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib — would not be permitted to visit the country. It relied on a law that forbids the entry of people calling for and acting to place a boycott on Israel. However, it seemed clear, at least to me, that President Trump’s hand was the decisive factor in Israel’s decision.
Tlaib responded to Israel’s decision with a letter to the government requesting to see her 90-year-old grandmother, a Palestinian who lives in the West Bank. She promised in her letter that she would “respect any restrictions and will not promote boycotts against Israel during my visit.”
Israel agreed that Tlaib could visit, conditioned on the pledge in her letter not to advocate a boycott of Israel while in the country.
Tlaib then reversed her position and refused to accept this condition.
Obviously the letter was just a ploy to give her an opportunity for more grandstanding.
August 19th, 2019 at 17:45
“MOMMEEE!!! Israel hit me !”