All the talking heads who are defending the two terrorist sympathizers Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib being banned by Israel as being unprecedented are in fact uneducated.
Barack Obama and his administration blocked Israeli Knesset member Michael Ben Ari in 2012.
Obama claimed that he was a member of a terrorist organization.
The problem is that he couldn’t have been a member since the group had been banned from Israel for 18 years at the time.
Ben Ari was a conservative. So, the word unprecedented is not proper in this context.
Both Ilhan and Omar have ties to Hamas and CAIR, which have not been banned for 18 years.
Critics called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to bar two freshman Democratic congresswomen from entering Israel “unprecedented” — but just seven years ago, former President Barack Obama barred a member of the Israeli Knesset from entering the U.S.
When news broke that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not allow freshman Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, pundits and political figures alike were quick to voice their criticisms.
The ban is a stunning, unprecedented step, one that signals Israel, long a bastion of democracy in the Middle East, cannot tolerate criticism. For Netanyahu it sends message that he is Trump’s puppet, willing to damage the long-term relationship with US https://t.co/awuMZSDozc
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 15, 2019
1. The decision by Israel to ban Tlaib & Omar is unprecedented and a massive slap in the face of the US Congress. Bibi, Trump & their allies seem determined to end the bipartisan nature of the US-Israel relationship for their own short-term political benefit.
— Ilan Goldenberg (@ilangoldenberg) August 15, 2019
On Israel barring Reps Tlaib/Omar from visiting: @kwelker says, “It is unprecedented, and it’s a remarkable political strategy. Effectively you have an American president siding with a foreign government essentially trying to punish his opponents here at home.” #AMRstaff
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) August 16, 2019
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.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 15, 2019
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://t.co/kBl47NJ9Tn
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 15, 2019