Let’s speak out against Omar and Tlaib’s blocked trip to Israel

By SJ Otto

We all know who President Donald Trump likes to support, his allies, including Israel. Trump is an authoritarian kind of leader and he likes other authoritarian leaders, such as himself, and such as Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korean leader Kim Jong-un (김정은). Although he hates socialism, he seems to like such authoritarian leaders. The only thing they have in common is there love of political power.

So it is not surprising that he encouraged Benjamin Netanyahu (בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ) to block Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib’s visits to Israel this weekend. We have to wonder what is the worst that can happen? Well they might visit the

And despite what the Israeli officials claimed:

So a country that claims to be “westernized” which ordinarily would include supporting freedom of speech and the freedom to travel is just not what we are seeing here. We are seeing the kind of authoritarian rule we expect from an authoritarian, near fascist ruler such as Netanyahu.

We all need to speck out against this gross injustice.