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# Faces of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/faces-of-the-day-4/
- Published: 2019-08-16T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-08-16T06:09:41.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Politics, USA Politics, World Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

> Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said Thursday that Israel will deny entry to **far-left** freshman Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) over their support for the BDS movement.  
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> “\[…\] We won’t allow those who **deny our right to exist** in this world to enter Israel. In principle this is a very justified decision,” she added.  
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> Hotovely’s announcement followed a [Channel 12](https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-israel-to-bar-us-congress-members-omar-tlaib-from-visiting/?ref=goodoil.news) report stating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was weighing a proposal to block the “Squad” members from entering the Jewish state upon their arrival on Sunday.  
> In 2017, Israel enacted a law that **prohibits a foreigner entry who “knowingly issues a public call for boycotting Israel.**” The Interior and Strategic Affairs ministries have used the rule to deny anti-Israel activists entry to the country.  
> The decision comes after Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer said last month that Omar and Tlaib would be allowed in the country.  
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> “Out of respect for the U.S. Congress and the great alliance between Israel and America, we would not deny entry to any member of Congress into Israel,” said Dermer.  
> President Donald Trump in recent days [reportedly](https://www.axios.com/trump-tells-advisers-israel-should-bar-entry-omar-tlaib-a5a1977b-9862-420c-bf01-fa1936b0eec4.html?ref=goodoil.news) voiced disapproval to White House aides regarding Israel’s decision to allow the Democrat congresswomen in and took to social media Thursday to make his displeasure public.  
> **“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,” the president tweeted. \[…\]  
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> In July, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution **rejecting the BDS campaign targeting Israel** — a measure Omar and Tlaib voted against.  
> The resolution, formally known as House Resolution 246, also called for additional security aid to Israel.  
> Omar previously introduced a measure countering the anti-BDS resolution which affirms Americans’ right to participate in boycotts. Tlaib is a co-sponsor of the bill.  
> The two lawmakers have sparked various political firestorms due to **their repeated antisemitic remarks.** Omar garnered fierce blowback for suggesting pro-Israel groups such as AIPAC bribe members of Congress to support the Jewish state. \[…\] Earlier this year, Tlaib attacked pro-Israel senators, tweeting that they ”forgot what country they represent.”  
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> **UPDATE (12:07 P.M. EST):** Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a [statement](https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1162029917120466944?s=20&ref=goodoil.news) on the decision, saying, “The two-member congressional visitation plan shows that **their intent is to hurt Israel and increase its unrest against it.”**  
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> [Breitbart](https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2019/08/15/israeli-fm-says-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-will-be-denied-entry/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=daily&utm%5Fcampaign=20190815&utm%5Fcontent=Final)