live tweeting the @IlhanMN/@RashidaTlaib press conference coming up shortly
@IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib while we're waiting read the article I just wrote for @HumanEvents on why they are dominating the Democratic party
humanevents.com/2019/08/19/aoc…
@IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib @HumanEvents we begin
@IlhanMN claims she was planning to meet members of the Knesset
That's contrary to most reporting I've seen
@IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib @HumanEvents Now @IlhanMN is blaming Netanyahu for barring Omar Shakir, who she characterizes as an employee of Human Rights Watch
Shakir has a pretty long record of promoting BDS
Under Israeli law, Netanyahu is required to bar him entry
canarymission.org/individual/Oma…
@IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib @HumanEvents This thread contains @RashidaTlaib and @IlhanMN's proposed itinerary
I don't see any plans to meet with members of the Knesset
@IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib @HumanEvents Next: Tlaib and Omar are letting a guest speaker claim that Netanyahu is barring Tlaib from seeing her Grandmother
Cowardly
Tlaib was granted permission to enter, contingent on laying off the call to destroy Israel for three days
@IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib @HumanEvents The next speaker is an American citizen discussing being aggressively interrogated and then barred from entering Israel because of her protest activity in America
There's a strange arrogance to this
Israel is a sovereign nation
American citizens are not entitled to enter
@IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib @HumanEvents Now @IlhanMN brings up a Jewish activist who complains about "how our identities have been weaponized" in this debate
There's a deep irony here
This activist is being "weaponized" by Omar and @RashidaTlaib to defuse accusations of anti-semitism
@IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib @HumanEvents Last line from @IlhanMN: "We are going to fight the oppressive Netanyahu administration until we take our last breath."
Hell of a way to talk about our ally's government
Newsflash: this is why you were banned from entering!
humanevents.com/2019/08/15/isr…
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