Ilhan Omar made clear today that there’s ‘no way in hell’ she be attending Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address to a joint session of Congress next week.
Here’s more from Fox News:
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said on Twitter that there is “no way in hell” she would attend when Israeli President Isaac Herzog delivers an address to a joint session of Congress next week, saying his presence sends an “absolute wrong signal” amid tensions between Israel and the West Bank.
“There is no way in hell I am attending the joint session address from a President whose country has banned me and denied [U.S. Rep. from Michigan] Rashida Tlaib the ability to see her grandma,” Omar said in a series of tweets. She also said the U.S. government should not have invited him to speak in the first place.
“The United States can and should use its diplomatic tools to engage with the Israeli government, but giving the current government the honor of a joint televised address sends the absolute wrong signal at the wrong time,” Omar continued.
Herzog, who was elected president in 2021, is scheduled to address Congress on July 19. The visit also coincides with Washington, D.C., celebrating 75 years since the founding of Israel, the anniversary of which was observed in April.
She added, “Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address comes on behalf of the most right-wing government in Israel’s history, at a time when the government is openly promising to ‘crush’ Palestinian hopes of statehood—essentially putting a nail in the coffin of peace and a two-state solution.”
Anti-Semite says what? Seriously, I would have never expected her to attend any Israeli official speaking to Congress because she is an anti-Semite. She can deny it all she wants but we’ve seen the things she’s said and know she’s anti-Semitic to the core. The crap about a two-state solution is just a red herring. Fakestinians don’t want a two-state solution. If so they’d have made peace with Israel a long time ago. No, what they really want is to destroy Israel and that’s the truth.