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What Was Behind PM Netanyahu’s Vacillation: Should We, Or Shouldn’t We, Allow Islamist Reps. Omar & Tlaib (BDSers) Entry? More Than Meets The Eye!

AMENDMENT NO. 27 TO THE ENTRY INTO ISRAEL LAW

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ENACTED BY Knesset
ENACTED 6 March 2017
INTRODUCED BY Bezalel Smotrich (Jewish Home)
Roy Folkman (Kulanu)
SUMMARY
Prohibiting entry, visa and residency permits to any foreigner who “knowingly issues a public call for boycotting Israel that, given the content of the call and the circumstances in which it was issued, has a reasonable possibility of leading to the imposition of a boycott – if the issuer was aware of this possibility.”

The Amendment No. 28 to the Entry Into Israel Law (No. 5712-1952) prohibits the entry into Israel of any foreigner who makes a “public call for boycotting Israel” or “any area under its control”…..

IN light of the very fact that it is unlawful {emphasis placed} to allow entry to any foreigner who publicly calls for boycotting Israel (see H.Res.496), there never should have been a question: should we, or shouldn’t we, permit Islamist-driven Democratic Reps Omar and Tlaib entry into Israel – never mind that the lawful decision, after much vacillation and pussyfooting, was enacted. Thank G-d.  

H.Res.496 – Affirming that all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.116th Congress (2019-2020) | RESOLUTION

SPONSOR: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (Introduced 07/16/2019)
COMMITTEES: House – Judiciary
LATEST ACTION: House – 07/30/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.  (All Actions)
Several days ago, we received [Omar and Tlaib’s] trip itinerary,” Netanyahu’s statement continued, “which clarified that they planned a visit whose sole purpose was to support boycotts and deny Israel’s legitimacy. For example, they called their destination ‘Palestine’ and not ‘Israel,’ and unlike all Democratic and Republican members of Congress before them, they did not seek any meeting with any Israeli official, whether government or opposition.” Continue here…..
ON its face, upon their immediate announcement to visit ‘Palestine’, the two Muslimas should have been deemed by Israel “Exhibits Number One and Number Two” for barring – in so far that Rep Omar (AKA Ilhan Nur Said Elmi) introduced H.Res.496, along with co-sponsor Rep Tlaib. With heavy-assists from others within, notably, Democratic Rep John Lewis – a past supporter of Israel, co-opted by the likes of socialists and Islamists running the Party – its intent is crystal clear: a not so veiled measure to boycott Israel!
MIND you, in a mendacious sleight of hand, its verbiage is dressed up with key buzz words: civil and human rights! Inextricably, in a taunt to fellow members of Congress, they challenged: is anyone within this Chamber against such freedom-based rights? Not only that, the (barbaric) Sharia Lawloving duo have the audacity to conflate said boycott to one against Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa, opining: failure to support this resolution (effectively, anti-semitic in intent) is tantamount to condoning the genocidal Nazi regime and more! Got that? Of course, they are both fully aware that the so-called ‘Palestinians’ were (and still are) in league with Hitler’s Nazi regime! 

BEYOND the pale. Chutzpah on steroids, too. Egregiously, they abuse America’s House of Representatives; a Chamber meant to enact laws which promote and ensure that the nation’s freedoms and liberties are Constitutionally protected. Instead, they inject the most vile and vicious hatred from time immemorial, anti-semitism, into the halls of Congress, America and beyond – singling out the sole Jewish nation for all-out economic destruction.

MORE specifically, though denied entry to ‘visit Palestine’, their cynicism and ploys know no bounds. Consider:

Apparently her hate for Israel overcomes her love for her grandmother,” said Interior Minister Arye Deri on twitter on Friday evening after learning the US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has decided to cancel her trip.

אריה מכלוף דרעי

@ariyederi

Rep. Tlaib just tweeted that she won’t be coming to Israel.
Just yesterday she sent me a letter, asking to visit her 90 year old grandmother saying, “it might be my last chance to meet her”.

אריה מכלוף דרעי

@ariyederi

I approved her request as a gesture of goodwill on a humanitarian basis, but it was just a provocative request, aimed at bashing the State of Israel. Apparently her hate for Israel overcomes her love for her grandmother.@realDonaldTrump @RashidaTlaib

Rashida Tlaib

@RashidaTlaib

Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me. It would kill a piece of me. I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in–fighting against racism, oppression & injustice. https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1162341203406401536 

Rashida Tlaib

@RashidaTlaib

When I won, it gave the Palestinian people hope that someone will finally speak the truth about the inhumane conditions. I can’t allow the State of Israel to take away that light by humiliating me & use my love for my sity to bow down to their oppressive & racist policies. https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1162333169846247425 

ALL the more so, though armed with Israeli law solidly backing up barring their entry, why in heaven’s name would so-called tough guy “Bibi” vacillate, even for a nanosecond, that is, should we, or shouldn’t we? Well, if you think it is about President Trump’s truth-telling, think again.

“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!” Trump tweeted.
Shortly after Trump’s tweet, reports emerged that Israel would deny entry to the two U.S. congresswomen. It was unclear if the decision came before or after Trump’s tweet.
THOUGH President Trump’s words certainly gave “Bibi” a tailwind, an out, so to speak, the fact is that his decision had little to do with pleasing Trump, his good friend, nor obeying Israeli Law via Amendment No. 28.
RATHER, it had everything to do with Israel’s domestic politics, in particular, the upcoming election on September 17. While he couldn’t form a stable coalition last go-around (in April 2019) due to a splintering and fracturing of the right-wing, he recognizes all too well that angering his right-wing base (the street, if you will) would spell the end of his ten-year reign at the helm.
SIMPLY put, the majority of right-wing voters (and their like-minded Knesset members, too) are up in arms about BDS proponents entering Israel. The fact that said voters, for the most part, are openly fond of America, still, this is their line in the sand.  More specifically, the thought of their PM flouting Israeli Law to allow them entry, well, that’s their rallying cry for OPEN rebellion against “King Bibi!”
TO wit, the PM had a high stakes decision to make. Thankfully, this time, he came out on the right side, no pun intended. But make no mistake. It wasn’t based on obeying the letter of the law, nor on a moral, principled, and righteous stance. Rather, it was classic “Bibi” – pure brass knuckle political gamesmanship. 

BY the bye, the following American patriot stands head and shoulders above most on the scene, be they in America or Israel – though he needs to understand exactly why “Bibi”, this American-Israeli’s PM, finally manned up. Regardless, pay heed: 

 

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