AIPAC Breaks With Netanyahu Over Omar-Tlaib Decision

It is disgusting and ill-advised of AIPAC to criticize Israel for refusing to allow Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to embark on an anti-Israel propaganda trip.

Instead of criticizing Israel, why doesn’t AIPAC aggressively attack Omar and Tlaib for their support of the BDS Movement? Why does AIPAC refuse to confront Bernie Sanders for consistently slandering Israel on television and social media? Because the people who run AIPAC are weak cowards, and are at a total loss as to how to fight the radical Left. As a result, anti-Israel sentiment within the Democrat Party is being normalized. That is why AIPAC has not been successful in persuading the Democrat controlled House to pass meaningful and biting anti-BDS legislation.

Soon the Democrat Party leaders that AIPAC relies on will retire. Pelosi, Hoyer, Nadler, Lowey, and Engel will soon be replaced by those who share the same views as Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. When that day comes AIPAC will surely sink. Their leaders will rue the day that they chose not to confront the radical Left in the Democrat Party.

A strong pro-Israel organization is urgently needed. An organization that does not cower. An organization that knows how to fight a war.

AIPAC breaks with Netanyahu over Omar-Tlaib decision

By Rebecca Klar, The Hill, August 15, 2019:

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Thursday broke with Israel’s decision to bar Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) from visiting the country, saying “every member of Congress should be able to visit.”

“We disagree with Reps. Omar and Tlaib’s support for the anti-Israel and anti-peace BDS movement, along with Rep. Tlaib’s calls for a one-state solution. We also believe every member of Congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally Israel firsthand,” AIPAC tweeted Thursday.

We disagree with Reps. Omar and Tlaib’s support for the anti-Israel and anti-peace BDS movement, along with Rep. Tlaib’s calls for a one-state solution. We also believe every member of Congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally Israel firsthand.

— AIPAC (@AIPAC) August 15, 2019

The statement follows Israel’s announcement that the House Democrats will be prevented from entering the country as part of a planned trip over their support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.

Israel’s announcement came shortly after President Trump urged the country to bar the progressive lawmakers from entering.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his country’s decision, citing an Israeli law that prohibits entry into the country for individuals who support a boycott of Israel.

Related: Omar went on a vicious anti-Israel tirade today. AIPAC criticizes PM Netanyahu for stopping this propaganda in Israel. Will AIPAC attack Omar for posting these lies? No way. #Cowards!

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)

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 16, 2019

Last year, the Trump Admin announced the U.S. will no longer contribute to the United Nations’ relief agency for Palestinian refugees, threatening the livelihood of millions and violating international law.https://t.co/lmoXo6ruZB

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 16, 2019

We then planned to visit Hebron. Once a bustling economic hub, settlement expansion has resulted in a two-tiered city, with Palestinians under military occupation forced to walk on the opposite side of the street from Israelis. https://t.co/UqTzOMb0Hs

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 16, 2019

We planned to visit the separation wall around historic Bethlehem. Only 13% of Bethlehem is now accessible to Palestinian use.

The wall, built in 2002 against international law, was said at the time to be “temporary.”

It still stands. https://t.co/EVftWuvtLe

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 16, 2019

We can’t let this point get lost, South Africa’s government back then denied black members of Congress in the same way Israel is denying Muslim members of Congress.

If the agenda or host was the problem, why didn’t they also deny the other member who was traveling with us? https://t.co/zkZMlW3vO8

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 16, 2019