Två amerikanska kongressledamöter, Ilhan Omar och Rashida Tlaib, förvägras nu inresetillstånd i Israel. Detta efter att Donald Trump kommit med förslaget över Twitter:
Detta verkar vara det senaste draget i Trumps valstrategi som går ut på att försöka antisemitsmeta delar av Demokraterna. Han har tidigare attackerat "The Squad" på liknande sätt. (FB) Trump lanserar indirekt "The Squad", konsekvenser för demokraterna?
Men den här gången har han nog gått för långt... Vanliga amerikanska väljare uppskattar nog inte att ett land som får miljarder i bistånd av dem varje år förvägrar deras folkvalda inresetillstånd bara för att de har fel åsikter.
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It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep.Tlaib to visit. They hate Israel & all Jewish people, & there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds. Minnesota and Michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. They are a disgrace!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1162000480681287683
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1162000480681287683
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Israel bars Democratic congresswomen from entering country
Israel announced Thursday it was barring the entry of two Democratic US congresswomen after Donald Trump encouraged the move, a remarkable step both by the US President and his ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to punish political opponents.
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely told CNN on Thursday of Israel's decision to ban Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from entering the country. The announcement came shortly after Trump said Israel would be showing "great weakness" by allowing them to enter the country.
"The plan of the two Congresswomen is only to damage Israel and to foment against Israel," Netanyahu said in a statement following the decision.
The intervention by Trump into Israel's decision-making was extraordinary enough. But the move by Netanyahu's government lent the longstanding US-Israel alliance a new partisan tinge and opened the door for fresh criticism.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/15/politics/israel-visit-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-intl/index.html
Israel announced Thursday it was barring the entry of two Democratic US congresswomen after Donald Trump encouraged the move, a remarkable step both by the US President and his ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to punish political opponents.
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely told CNN on Thursday of Israel's decision to ban Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from entering the country. The announcement came shortly after Trump said Israel would be showing "great weakness" by allowing them to enter the country.
"The plan of the two Congresswomen is only to damage Israel and to foment against Israel," Netanyahu said in a statement following the decision.
The intervention by Trump into Israel's decision-making was extraordinary enough. But the move by Netanyahu's government lent the longstanding US-Israel alliance a new partisan tinge and opened the door for fresh criticism.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/15/politics/israel-visit-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-intl/index.html
Detta verkar vara det senaste draget i Trumps valstrategi som går ut på att försöka antisemitsmeta delar av Demokraterna. Han har tidigare attackerat "The Squad" på liknande sätt. (FB) Trump lanserar indirekt "The Squad", konsekvenser för demokraterna?
Men den här gången har han nog gått för långt... Vanliga amerikanska väljare uppskattar nog inte att ett land som får miljarder i bistånd av dem varje år förvägrar deras folkvalda inresetillstånd bara för att de har fel åsikter.