Posted on 08/17/2019 9:45:28 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
House Democrats are reportedly considering retaliatory moves against two top American and Israeli diplomats in response to Israel’s decision to block Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib from entering the country.
Senior Democratic members of Congress are considering legislative action against Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to Washington, and David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, according to McClatchy.
According to the report, the Democrats are discussing a possible vote on a statement of no confidence in Dermer, as well as the opening up of an inspector general investigation into Friedman.
Meanwhile, Tlaib’s 90-year-old grandmother, Muftia Tlaib, who lives in the West Bank, used fiery language as she ripped President Trump for his comments about the banned trip: “Trump tells me I should be happy Rashida is not coming,” she said, according to Reuters. “May God ruin him.”
Earlier in the week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cited Omar and Tlaib’s anti-Israel statements in saying it would block her and another Democratic congresswoman from entering Israel as part of a planned trip.
The move – announced shortly after Trump tweeted that it would "show great weakness" to allow them in – has ignited a massive outcry from Washington Democrats, as Netanyahu's government stands by the decision arguing the U.S. lawmakers have an ulterior, anti-Israel agenda.
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Fox News Flash top headlines for August 16:
“Real Time” host Bill Maher spent part of Friday’s show slamming the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, calling it a “bulls-— purity test.”
Maher kicked off the show’s panel segment by asking if it was “fair” to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel in wake of the clash between the Israeli government and pro-BDS U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., over their planned visit to Israel.
But since Maher’s panelists all sidestepped the question, he decided he would “answer it myself.”
“It’s a bulls-— purity test, BDS is a bulls-— purity test by people who want to appear ‘woke’ but actually slept through history class,” Maher said, drawing loud cheers from the audience. “It’s predicated on this notion ... I think it’s very shallow thinking that the Jews in Israel are mostly white and Palestinians are mostly brown, so they must be innocent and correct and the Jews must be wrong. As if the occupation came right out of the blue, that this ‘completely peaceful people’ found themselves occupied. Forget about the intifadas and the suicide bombings and the rockets and how many wars.”
The HBO star quoted BDS movement founder Omar Barghouti, who said, “No Palestinian — rational Palestinian, not a sellout Palestinian — will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.”
“So that’s where that comes from, this movement. Someone who doesn’t even want a Jewish state at all,” Maher told the panel. “Somehow this side never gets represented in the American media. It’s very odd.”
Maher then noted how Saudi Arabia doesn’t let Jews into the kingdom and listed statistics of several Middle Eastern countries where the Jewish population had plummeted in recent years.
“And Congresswoman Omar has said things like, ‘It’s all about the Benjamins,’ ‘Israel has hypnotized the world,’ ‘May Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.’ She apologized for it, but it’s out there,” Maher said.
“I see why they don’t get a hero’s welcome,” he added.
The Jewish people in Israel have never loved a US President as much as they love President Trump. To them, he’s biblical.
Tlaib and Omar have less than 9% support each in their districts.
Pelosi is supporting these 9 percenters.
This is a no-brainer, a complete win for POTUS and Israel.
I think they are going to get an education in the next few years
“Meanwhile, Tlaib’s 90-year-old grandmother, Muftia Tlaib, who lives in the West Bank, used fiery language as she ripped President Trump for his comments about the banned trip: “Trump tells me I should be happy Rashida is not coming,” she said, according to Reuters. “May God ruin him.””
Lol, who else can get a 90 year old Arab woman in Israel part of a news story.
Retaliate away. It’s DOA in the Senate.
I guess it’s virtue signaling for all the anti-Israel leftists, although the Democrats already have a monopoly on such people. Maybe this stirs up their enthusiasm - to keep the base riled up.
There are traditional rabbis warning American Jews to make arrangements to emigrate to Israel ahead of the coming widespread American pogroms.
Where the hell did all this sudden activist "authority" come from? These imbeciles are way out of line and drunk on the tiny bit of power they got for the first time in their stupid little lives out of some stupid little local election.
It's way past smack-down time for this moronic bunch of citizen-rabblerousers masquerading as elected "lawmakers".
What about Grandpa? Was he lost long ago in a “work accident?”
BS
All they can do is bitch moan and whine
The main issues for Jewish Dems are abortion on demand, global warming, gun confiscation, and erasing our borders. Israel is way down on the list. And when Israel is on their radar they advocate ceding the entire West Bank to the Arabs and a “2-state solution” that would effectively cut Israel in half.
ELECTION YEAR CANDIDATES % OF JEWISH VOTE % OF NATIONAL VOTE
2016 Clinton (D) 71 48
2016 Trump (R) 24 46
2012 Obama (D) 69 51
2012 Romney (R) 30 47
To make Trump look bad of course. That’s the reason for everything they do.
We were way too nice to Obama.
There is an increased level of hatred against the Jewish state worldwide. If we are not careful, this will lead to the uprising of another dictator who wishes to eradicate the Jews. Hatred from the left fuels nothing good...
(From a poll this May of News)
Princeton University’s James Madison Program who has written widely on Jewish voting patterns — argued that the snap poll was not a complete representation of the political orientations of American Jews.
“The Jewish community is incredibly diverse,” Rocklin told The Algemeiner on Wednesday. “We know already that there are sharp voting contrasts between Orthodox Jews and Russian Jews and most other Jewish communities.” Rocklin added that most estimates among modern Orthodox and Haredi Jews had consistently downplayed their level of support for Trump, whereas the analysis of precinct returns had typically shown Trump receiving upwards of 70 percent support in these communities.
Moreover, Rocklin said, Trump’s lack of popularity among non-Orthodox Jewish voters was consistent with that of his Republican predecessors — a pattern that has been visible since the election of President George W. Bush to his second term in 2004.
RATs are looking to lose more voters fast.
In November 2020 the legal citizens of the USA will have a no confidence vote on the DNC.
If you see a person at the polls who can not speak nor read English the odds are very high that they are not a legal citizen.
“May God ruin him.”
It’s Alla, LADY!
“Now the Dems are willing to start throwing away Jewish support!”
They probably won’t lose the Jewish vote (sadly), but the MONEY from the Jews practically funds the Democrat Party - that will be gone in big numbers. I do agree with Omar in a sense - the Dems do kiss up to Israel to get Jewish money - they otherwise simply HATE JEWS.
Would be nice if the Jewish Community in the US took a few minutes to figure out who their REAL FRIENDS are.
I’ll bet she actually said ‘May ALLAH ruin him’.
The news doesn’t want us to know what she really said.
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