ISRAEL BASHERS, A/K/A “THE SQUAD,” passed on the AIPAC-funded junket to Israel according to the Anti-War.com web site.1
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are not attending the trip, citing their criticism of AIPAC and the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. Omar and Tlaib have both announced plans to visit Israel and the West Bank, separate from the AIPAC trip.
There are 41 Democrat members of the U.S. House of Representatives slated to visit Israel and to meet with with senior Israeli and Palestinian government officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opposition leader Benny Gantz, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, according to House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer’s web site.2
A similar AIPAC-funded junket will follow for GOP freshmen members of the House.
Why the ladies of the far left passed on the free trip, AND a chance to meet their hero, Abbas, is beyond my ken.
However, according to The Times of Israel web site, Israel will allow BDS-backing congresswomen Omar, Tlaib to enter country.3
This scrivener believes allowing Israel bashers to enter the country is a wise move, providing the women see everything, including their personal destination to PLO (and maybe Hamas)-controlled areas.
Israel should provide the bashers with Israeli MUSLIM escorts from the time they enter Israel until they exit the country. The PLO and Hamas can provide tour guides for the representatives while in their areas.
It will be interesting if the women are allowed to talk privately with residents of the PLO and Hamas areas sans their handlers. Israel MUST allow the women unfettered access to Israelis of all religions and political leanings. (They will find leftist Israelis who will support the visitors’ anti-Israel positions.)
Perhaps the Israel bashers will have an opportunity to visit the Knesset; but would they want to? The Knesset includes Muslim Arabs. Would they find a Jew in either PLO or Hamas governments? A Jew can’t even reside in PLO or Hamas-controlled areas.
If “The Squad” ever becomes as anti-America as Zoabi is anti-Israel, even the “progressives” in the House might find a way to send them packing.
Perhaps the Israel bashers should visit a prison where murderers from the PLO and Hamas-controlled areas are housed; see how they are treated and how they spend their “slay for pay” salaries from Abbas . . . while the people in the PLO area suffer hardships.
Hopefully they will visit a university in the PLO-controlled area, and then visit Israeli hospitals where their doctors train; perhaps visit some Israeli companies that are helping the residents of the PLO areas catch up in high tech.
Compare Haifa University’s leftist faculty with any of the many colleges and universities listed for PLO and Hamas-controlled areas. Any vocally pro-Israel instructors (of any rank) at any of the schools listed by Wikipedia?4
According to Wikipedia, the schools are located in the “Palestinian state,” a place that as of today exists only as a pipe dream.
Sources
1. Anti-War site: http://tinyurl.com/y3kajbl5
2. Hoyer site: http://tinyurl.com/yx96qbpc
3. Times of Israel site: http://tinyurl.com/y268jknb
4. Wikipedia site: http://tinyurl.com/y6sk53de
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