Posted on 08/18/2019 10:49:42 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
In the midst of the hot takes offered up by the 2020 Democrat candidates when the two anti-Semitic U.S. congresswomen were denied entry into Israel, the guy at the front of the pack was quickly reminded that former President Obama’s administration made a similar decision.
Joe Biden posted a tweet meant to criticize the Israeli government’s decision. He said he is a supporter of Israel but no one should be denied entry into a democratic state over “ideas”. “No democracy should deny entry to visitors based on the content of their ideas”, he said.
Joe Biden:
I have always been a stalwart supporter of Israel—a vital partner that shares our democratic values. No democracy should deny entry to visitors based on the content of their ideas—even ideas they strongly object to. And no leader of the free world should encourage them to do so.
Under normal circumstances, this would be a reasonable opinion from an American accustomed to First Amendment rights. In the case of congresswomen Tlaib, however, the fact that an organization that is known for supporting the BDS movement and the elimination of Israel was sponsoring her trip certainly played a role in the decision. When it became clear that Tlaib’s motivation was to go to Israel and provoke controversy on behalf of Palestine, it shouldn’t be surprising that denial of entry was made.
Hey, remember that time that the Obama administration made a similar decision? As a matter of fact, the Obama administration made a similar move in 2012 when the State Department denied entry to a member of the Israeli Knesset. Ben Shapiro quickly reminded Biden he was vice-president when that happened.
Ben Shapiro:
Remember that time the Obama administration barred a member of Israeli Knesset from entering the United States in 2012? Because you were vice president at the time. https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1162074225265512448
In that case, the person denied a visa to enter the United States to attend a conference was Michael Ben Ari. The reason given was that, according to the State Department, Ben Ari had ties to a terrorist group. This idea centered around Ben Ari’s conservative views and actions. He follows Kahanism ideology which means he believes that Arabs shouldn’t be living in Israel and shouldn’t have voting rights in Israel. The Kach party has been banned by the Israeli government and the U.S. State Department has labeled it a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Michael Ben Ari’s denial of entry would fall into the same category as Tlaib’s since both were denied due to their political statements. Yet Biden only voiced objection to one and that happened in the course of his Democrat primary campaign. Biden didn’t personally make the decision in 2012, of course, but I am surprised he weighed in as he did, given the dreadful relationship the Obama administration had with Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu in particular.
At the time of Ben Ari’s denial of entry, the President of the Knesset, Reuven Rivlin voiced his opposition.
Shapiro was referring to an incident in 2012 in which Israeli Knesset Member Michael Ben Ari was denied an entry visa by then-President Obama’s State Department who claimed he had ties to a terrorist group. President Reuven Rivlin responded to the ban, calling it “an assault on the Knesset as a whole.” Rivlin said, ”The United States’ allegation that an MK is a terrorist is unacceptable.”
It is also noteworthy that despite garnering more than 70 percent of the Jewish vote in his elections, Obama, with Biden at his side, pursued policies that were anti-Israel including a deal greenlighting Iran’s nuclear program at the same time the country was ringing with calls of “Death to Israel and America” and running tests of intercontinental missiles with “Death to Israel” painted on their nose-cones.
The organization sponsoring Tlaib and Omar is MIFTAH, an anti-Israel propaganda group founded by Haneen Ashrawi. The group organizes junkets to introduce U.S. politicians to the region and their propaganda. For example, in 2016 Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) was caught calling Jews “termites” in a speech a few months after one such trip to Israel with MIFTAH. You may remember Johnson as the congressman who voiced his concern that Guam may tip over and capsize if it becomes over-populated.
So, if the outrage is over Israel denying entry to members of Congress, that argument can quickly be overruled because of the intentions of the politicians who were denied. Tlaib made her intention perfectly clear in a tweet Friday. When she was granted entry to visit her elderly grandmother – the reason for her trip, she claimed – Rep. Tlaib said nevermind.
Rashida Tlaib ✔ @RashidaTlaib 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. https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1162341203406401536 …
Rashida Tlaib:
When I won, it gave the Palestinian people hope that someone will finally speak the truth about the inhumane conditions. I can't allow the State of Israel to take away that light by humiliating me & use my love for my sity to bow down to their oppressive & racist policies. https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1162333169846247425 …
56.6K 8:52 AM - Aug 16, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 35.8K people are talking about this A visit to see Grandma was just an excuse and it looks like Tlaib hates Israel more than she loves her elderly grandparent. It’s all about Palestine, not America with her. Tlaib is milking it for all the political capital she can get with her supporters. Rep. Omar made the same claims as Tlaib – they were going to witness “the occupation” of Palestine.
Ilhan Omar ✔ @IlhanMN Let’s be clear: the goal of our trip was to witness firsthand what is happening on the ground in Palestine and hear from stakeholders —our job as Members of Congress.
But since we were unable to fulfill our role as legislators, I am sharing what we would have seen. (THREAD)
54.1K 1:18 PM - Aug 16, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 27K people are talking about this I agree with Ed’s conclusion that ended his article Friday: “Tlaib’s a lying provocateur, who’s now been caught in her own trap.” Tlaib was caught and exposed herself and her intentions. Sleepy Joe Biden allowed himself to get involved because he’s in a campaign now.
I’ll end with this – we’ve been pondering the memory lapses of good old Joe on the campaign trail and enjoying the entertainment of his verbal gaffes, too. Well, he did it again. Friday night during a fundraiser in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware he got confused about in which state he delivered remarks recently attacking President Trump on his Charlottesville statement.
At one point, the former vice president referenced his own speech in Burlington, Iowa last week when he accused the president of “fueling a literal carnage” in the country with his rhetoric, but initially said the speech took place in “Burlington, Vermont.” Biden immediately corrected himself to say he delivered those remarks in “Burlington, Iowa.”
Not normally a big deal with most candidates and he quickly corrected himself according to the pool report but Joe is a known gaffe machine. It’s just further proof that he can’t speak without gaffes, even the most simple of facts get mixed-up. And, if I were Biden, I wouldn’t be reminding everyone within earshot that the whole basis of his campaign is based on a trope. Despite what Biden and fellow Democrats say, President Trump did denounce white supremacists and the neo-Nazis in the Charlottesville march.
The organization sponsoring Tlaib and Omar is MIFTAH, an anti-Israel propaganda group founded by Haneen Ashrawi.
Yeah it’s not free speech when you’re supporting the violent downfall of a democracy.
Nice to see baby-face (Shapiro) being useful to our side, once in a while.
Biden has ZERO chance of being President.
Well of COURSE Slow Joe doesn’t remember that because....OBAMA!!
WOO-HOO!
Ben Shapiro comes through!!
Hating the Jews is so dark ages.
Thanks Marv. The Partisan Media Shills didn't object to Zero in any way, shape, or form, from 2009 to the present, whey would they start now?
These two Satanic IslamoNazi witches are sponsored by an anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic hate group... think SorozNazi front group ...
and they both should be deported or tried and executed imho.
we are already SICK SICK of these evil evil big=mouthed haters of America and American values....
why in HELL doesn’t Nancy Pelousy tell the same Puppetmeisters (who’ve purchased and play her like a damned fiddle) to stuff it, now, and launcy ejectment resolutions to remove these evil women from
Congress. The constitutional mechanism is all set up for their removal...and its been done a number of times for people who were far less objectionable!
Benny is an annoying little batztard but he is a smart annoying little baztard.
USA law provides that America can refuse entry to any enemies of our country (and most civilized countries have similar laws)
saying that a country should have open borders to permit entry of its enemies..... is one of the biggest things wrong with the commie-nazi DNC and its candidates
I’d hoped Biden wouldn’t ape that seditious song...
but he has. He’s shown himself to be just another left wing DNC type candidate with policies that are destroying our country
Yeah but Ben Shapiro said basically the same thing as Biden just yesterday or the day before.
Why, YES, it is remembered that fraud, BO’B, had instigated the same ploy; undecided as to which Jewish leader was actually denied admittance.
Ben Shapiro has a much better memory than this poster.
I'd say if he selects Hillary as his running mate, he has an excellent chance.
Surviving two years and two days past inauguration? Not so much...
Biden would pull our embassy out of Jerusalem first thing should he win the presidency.
The big lie being repeated by all on the left is that they were not admitted because of their “ideas,” but the truth is that they were stopped because of their intended actions.
Israel has every right to red flag someone promoting terrorism against it. If Israel cannot red flag these two, who can they red flag?
Biden is a pathetic fool.
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