#Ilhan_Omar sur Twitter : “Let’s be clear: the goal of our trip was to witness firsthand what is happening on the ground in Palestine and hear from stakeholders —our job as Members of Congress. But since we were unable to fulfill our role as legislators, I am sharing what we would have seen. (#THREAD)” / Twitter
▻https://mobile.twitter.com/ilhanmn/status/1162413386535190528
Ilhan Omar lays out Israel’s crimes
Ali Abunimah - 16 August 2019
▻https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/ilhan-omar-lays-out-israels-crimes
In a series of Tweets on Friday remarkable for their clarity and honesty, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has laid out Israel’s crimes and abuses of Palestinians.
On Thursday, Israel confirmed that it would bar Omar and fellow Democratic lawmaker Rashida Tlaib from traveling on a congressional delegation to Israel and the occupied West Bank.
The information Omar provides will not be new to many readers of this publication. But it is almost unheard of for a member of the United States Congress to use their platform to make it available to an even wider audience.
In an attempt to prove to a mostly shielded American audience the facts of the Israeli occupation, Omar often uses Israeli sources to document Israeli abuses and violations of human rights and international law.
Such sources can be valuable, but one hopes her exceptional courage will also mean she can use more Palestinian sources to document what their occupiers do to them.
Her recommendation that Twitter users follow the human rights group Al-Haq is an excellent start.
“Let’s be clear: the goal of our trip was to witness firsthand what is happening on the ground in Palestine and hear from stakeholders – our job as members of Congress,” Omar begins her series of tweets.
“But since we were unable to fulfill our role as legislators, I am sharing what we would have seen.” (...)
Israël a mis Tlaib devant un dilemme cruel : ses principes, ou sa famille
17 août | Noa Landau pour Haaretz |Traduction JPP pour l’AURDIP
▻https://www.aurdip.org/israel-a-mis-tlaib-devant-un.html
Rashida Tlaib a contrecarré la tentative d’Israël de s’attribuer le mérite d’ « un geste humanitaire » particulier. Elle en a peut-être payé le prix en tant que petite-fille, mais elle a aussi empêché que se crée un nouveau précédent dans la loi d’Israël sur le boycott. (...)
Meet Rashida Tlaib’s grandma: ‘Who wouldn’t be proud of a granddaughter like that?’
By James McAuley and Sufian TahaAugust 16
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/meet-rashida-tlaibs-grandma-who-wouldnt-be-proud-of-a-granddaughter-like-that/2019/08/16/f90b055e-bf97-11e9-a8b0-7ed8a0d5dc5d_story.html#click=https://t.co/w07SuOGnpI
L’élue démocrate Rashida Tlaib refuse « d’être traitée comme une criminelle » par Israël
16 août 2019 – Al-Jazeera – Traduction : Chronique de Palestine
▻http://www.chroniquepalestine.com/elue-democrate-rashida-tlaib-refuse-etre-traitee-comme-une-crimi
Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar denounce Israel’s travel restrictions during press conference
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez - August 19, 2019 / 8:22 PM / CBS News
▻https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rashida-tlaib-ilhan-denounce-israel-travel-restrictions-in-press-conference
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Omar: Go to Israel, see ’cruel reality of the occupation’
Bysteve karnowski, associated press
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Aug 20, 2019,
▻https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/omar-tlaib-host-news-conference-travel-restrictions-65053805?cid=social_