Rep. Omar, Rep. Tlaib Israel trip planned by antisemite, pro-terror group

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UPDATED 9:58 AM PT — Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar recently held a press conference to address ties with an anti-Semitic group as well as recent travel restrictions imposed on the two lawmakers.
On Monday, the congresswomen discussed Miftah, the anti-Israel group that promised to sponsor Tlaib’s trip. Miftah reportedly has a long history of anti-Israel and pro-terrorist sentiments similar to those held by Tlaib and company.
“All I can do as my city’s granddaughter, as the granddaughter of a woman who lives in occupied territories, is to elevate her voice by exposing the truth the only way I know how, as my Detroit Public Schools teacher taught me, by humanizing the pain of oppression congresswoman,” stated Tlaib.
The so-called “truth” she touts, however, seems to align with rhetoric of the organization, which has downplayed suicide bombings of Israeli citizens and has described the actions of terrorists as “sacrificing their lives for the cause.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., right, consoles and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., as Tlaib talked about Israel’s refusal to allow them to visit the country during a news conference Monday, Aug. 19, 2019 at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Tlaib claims she did not chose the organization to sponsor her trip, and that Miftah has sponsored trips made by five other Congress members. Omar and Tlaib argued the scrutiny over the organization are distractions that have nothing to do with their agenda. During the press conference, Omar seemed to instigate anti-Israel sentiments by questioning the lifesaving aid Israel receives from the U.S.
Tlaib and Omar were barred from visiting Israel due to their public support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement, who’s objective is to eliminate Israel as a nation. The Israeli government defended their decision to block the members of Congress by pointing to pro-terrorist activist group Miftah sponsoring the trip. Tlaib was later allowed to visit her grandmother on the West Bank, but rejected the invitation.

Miftah .......  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miftah_Ismail