'No way in hell' : Omar says she will not attend Israeli president's upcoming address to joint session of Congress
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said on Wednesday that she has no plans to attend Israeli president's Isaac Herzog upcoming joint address to Congress, citing the ongoing tensions between Israeli government and Palestine.
"There is no way in hell I am attending the joint session address from a President whose country has banned me and denied @RashidaTlaib the ability to see her grandma," Omar said in her Twitter thread. She noted that the U.S. shouldn't be inviting a president of a government that barred her and her fellow lawmaker, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), from visiting their country.
"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," Omar said in her thread.
Omar added in her thread the recent issues and concerns with the country and its government, noting the far-right members of the government attempt to push legislation that will overhaul the country's Supreme Court.
She also noted that she recently opposed an invitation for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's joint address to Congress last month due to his government's human rights record.
"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 concluded in her thread.
Herzog, who has been the country's president since 2021, is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 19, as the politician is visiting Washington to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of Israel.
Herzog will be the second Israeli president to address Congress after his father, Chaim Herzog, did in November 1987.
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One thing I would never be is a democrat.
Thank you, stick with the Jewish space lasers crowd.
some people are better suited mentally for an autocracy or theocracy...
Hamas, Hezbollah, PLO, et al, have never seriously wanted statehood or a two-state solution....only the destruction of the State of Israel.
This may be the one Omar stance I don't think is moronic.
However a person views the Israeli/Palestinian situation, there are zero things wrong with refusing to attend something on moral grounds.
anytime you have a government over influenced by a radical religious minority, it's time to hoard ammo...
Probably.
And angry leftists also qualify as a "radical religious minority".
She won't be missed.
She is neither wanted or needed there.