19, August 2019 Barring Omar and Tlaib backfires
Donald Trump and Netanyahu have much in common. Both are obsessed with power, have dodgy private lives and a loose relationship with truth, principle and morality.
In a desperate crude attempt to capture support from Jewish Americans, Trump persuaded Prime Minister of Israel, Netanyahu to ban the entry of US lawmakers, Omar and Tlaib in his trademark 240 characters tweet.
He has maligned and insulted them and indulged in an appalling smear campaign to taint their reputations. The courageous voice of Bernie Sanders, a Jew, broke through the fog of silence denouncing Israel stating “if US lawmakers are banned from visiting Israel perhaps Israel should not be receiving billions of dollars in U.S. military aid. We have a president who, tragically, is a racist, is a xenophobe, and who is a religious bigot."
The support for BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) is growing fast. More and Americans are expressing outrage over the enormous economic and military aid given to Israel to the tune of $10 million a day while many Americans are suffering from severe economic insecurity.
With a staggering deficit of $22 trillion we must halt all economic aid to Israel and demand an end to the suffocating occupation and siege of Gaza.
Israel’s claims to be a Jewish state and a democracy. This is absurd. A true democracy should ensure ALL its citizens, Jewish and non-Jewish the same equal rights. 41 Democrats are now visiting Israel in a carefully staged trip funded by the pro-Israel lobby, AIPAC.
Democrats and Republicans should stand in solidarity with Bernie Sanders and decline all further visits to Israel. Furthermore, most American adults of voting age believe representatives should visit their congressional districts rather than cushy travel junkets to Israel.
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