Fox News veroordeelt eigen presentator voor belachelijke uitlatingen aangaande Ilhan Omar

Jeannine Pirro, een Fox presentator van de 'show' 'Justice with Judge Jeannine' (ha! ha! ha!), heeft tijdens deze show afgelopen zaterdag gesteld dat het dragen van een hidjab door Omar aan kan geven dat ze de VS constitutie geweld aandoet......

Deze uitlating ontketende terecht veel protest, niet alleen van de 'gewone kijker' maar ook van vooraanstaande joden en joodse organisaties, die het met Omar eens zijn wat betreft haar kritiek op de staat Israël, waarmee ze o.a. volkomen terecht stelt dat de staat Israël veel te veel invloed heeft op de politiek in de VS. Men stelt e.e.a. in verband met de hetze in de VS tegen de islam (islamofobie) en het racisme tegen gekleurde VS burgers.....

Volgens Pirro heeft Omar haar denkbeelden* niet uit de Democratische Partij** en daarbij vroeg ze zich af waar ze haar denkbeelden dan vandaan heeft, waarmee Pirro Omar in feite beschuldigt haar denkbeelden te halen van moslim extremistische sites..... Gelukkig hebben figuren als Bernie Sanders gesteld dat Omar geen antisemiet is, als ze kritiek levert op de staat Israël en de verbintenis met de VS politiek......**

Opvallend toch dat zelfs Fox de uitlatingen van Pirro niet tolereert, nu nog even de daad bij het woord voegen en Pirro ontslaan!!

Fox News Condemns Host’s Comments About Ilhan Omar

March 11, 2019 at 10:34 pm

Written by Middle East Eye

Host Jeannine Pirro said Omar may not support the US Constitution because she wears a hijab.

(MEE) — Fox News has condemned recent comments by host Jeannine Pirro about US Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, which prompted accusations of racism and Islamophobia, as well as calls for Pirro to resign, over the weekend.

Pirro, host of the Fox News show “Justice with Judge Jeannine”, on Saturday said the fact Omar wears a headscarf (hijab) may mean she doesn’t support the US Constitution.

Late on Sunday, Fox News released a statement condemning the host’s comments, US media outlets reported.

“We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro’s comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar,” the US cable news network said, as reported by The Hill. “They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly.”

On Monday, Omar herself thanked the network for its statement.

“Thank you, @FoxNews. No one’s commitment to our constitution should be questioned because of their faith or country of birth,” she wrote on Twitter.

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Fox News' Jeanine Pirro questions Ilhan Omar's hijab

Fox News' Jeanine Pirro questioned Saturday whether Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's Islamic religious beliefs stand in opposition to the US Constitution.

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Pirro’s segment on Omar came after days of controversy over the congresswoman’s criticism of Israel and questions she raised about the influence exerted by pro-Israel lobby groups on US politics.

Omar faced several days of attacks from US journalists, commentators, pro-Israel groups and others, including members of her own Democratic Party, who accused her of anti-Semitism.

Jewish- and Muslim-American activists came to her defence, however, saying Omar never said anything anti-Semitic.

“In a time of rampant Islamophobia and anti-black racism coming from the halls of power, [the] Democratic leadership … needs to be standing with black Americans and not scapegoating them,” said Rabbi Alissa Wise, deputy director of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), during a rally last week.

Top Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren also issued statements denouncing Islamophobic attacks against Omar and highlighting the distinction between anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel.

On her show on Saturday, Pirro said Omar did not get her “anti-Israel sentiment” from the Democratic Party.

“Think about this, she’s not getting this anti-Israel sentiment doctrine from the Democrat Party, so if it’s not rooted in the party, where is she getting it from? Think about it. Omar wears a hijab, which according to the Quran 33:59 tells women to cover so they won’t get molested,” she said in the segment.

“Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to sharia law? Which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?”

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Sunday called for Pirro to be fired.

“Such an open and un-American expression of religious bigotry should be rejected by any media outlet seeking even a modicum of credibility,” said the group’s national executive director, Nihad Awad, in a statement.

“Jeanine Pirro should be fired, and Fox News should apologise to its viewing audience.”

In a statement of her own, responding to the criticism, Pirro said she “did not call Rep. Omar un-American”.

“My intention was to ask a question and start a debate, but of course because one is Muslim does not mean you don’t support the Constitution,” she said, as reported by US media outlets.

By MEE staff / Republished with permission / Middle East Eye / Report a typo

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*    De denkbeelden waarover Omar zo onder vuur ligt, kritiek op o.a. Israël en waarvoor men haar zelfs in de Democratische Partij een antisemiet durft te noemen.

**  Dacht dat Omar lid was van een kleinere politieke partij, t.w. de Minnesota Demcratic-Farmer-Labor Party, blijkbaar is dit toch een onderdeel van de Democratische Partij. Overigens heeft Omar zitting in het lagerhuis van Minnesota voor deze partij. Blijkbaar probeert de Democratische partij bij lokale en regionale verkiezingen de indruk te wekken dat haar partij die aan deze verkiezingen meedoet andere belangen behartigt dan de landelijke partij...... In Nederland pleitte men er een paar jaar geleden voor, de landelijke partijpolitiek los te koppelen van regionale en lokale afdelingen, daar ze veelal een ander beleid voorstaan..... Politici? Eens oplichters........

*** Het is al zo zot, dat de zwaar corrupte Palestijnenslachter Netanyahu in 2015 het gore lef had om het Congres in de VS toe te spreken en de politiek van Obama t.a.v. Israël en het Midden-Oosten te veroordelen...... Geen regulier massamediaorgaan durfde toen te stellen dat Israël de VS politiek beïnvloedt en manipuleert, terwijl ze amper een jaar later de tent uitgingen vanwege de zogenaamde bemoeienis van Rusland met de presidentsverkiezingen in de VS, beschuldigingen waarvoor zelfs na 2 jaar geen flinter aan bewijs werd geleverd..... Terwijl iedereen kan weten (dus zeker de massamedia) dat Israël dit wel degelijk heeft gedaan, sterker nog daarvoor is zelfs een video beschikbaar......... Zie:

Zie ook:
'Ilhan Omar: Obama zette kinderen in een kooi en kwam weg met moord'

'Madeline Albright 'gegrild' over illegale interventies en sancties van de VS'

'Congreslid Ilhan Omar fileert het monster Elliot Abrams, de speciale gezant van de VS voor Venezuela'

'AIPAC, een pro-Israël lobbygroep, koopt leden van het VS congres om met 4 miljoen dollar per jaar'

Mijn excuus voor de belabberde weergave van het Twitterbericht, krijg het niet op orde, door op dit Twitterbericht te klikken, krijg je het origineel te zien.

Israël en VS werken samen in tegenwerken van critici op beleid t.a.v. Palestijnen

Kamel Hawwash, de schrijver van het hieronder opgenomen artikel, is een criticus van het VS beleid t.a.v. de Palestijnen en als zodanig werd hem de toegang tot de fascistische apartheidsstaat Israël geweigerd. Hawwash is allesbehalve een uitzondering..... Als je je mond opendoet en Israël volkomen terecht bekritiseert voor de terreur die dit land dag in dag uit, 365 dagen per jaar uitoefent op de Palestijnen (en dat als sinds de illegale stichting van Israël in 1948), kan je het vergeten, je komt de zogenaamde democratische straat Israël niet in........

Zelfs mensen van joodse komaf met kritiek op het inhumane fascistische beleid van Israël, wordt de toegang tot dat land ontzegd......

'Niet vreemd dus' dat Palestijnen die kritiek leveren op Israël allesbehalve veilig zijn, zij lopen grote kans te worden gearresteerd en gevangen te worden gezet...... Zo zitten er in Israël naar schatting 500 Palestijnen, inclusief vrouwen en kinderen vast, alleen voor het feit dat ze kritiek hadden op Israël en dat toevertrouwden aan de sociale media......* 

Beste bezoeker het kan nog gekker: Israël en de VS werken samen en wisselen namen uit, zo kan je het als niet VS burger wel vergeten naar de VS te reizen (wat altijd een slecht idee is), wanneer je kritiek hebt geleverd op het fascistische apartheidsbewind in Israël......

Kortom zowel Israël als de VS gebruiken fascistische methoden om mensen te weren (en/of hen het leven onmogelijk te maken).........

Daarover gesproken: het meest smerige is wel dat je met kritiek op de grootschalige terreur van Israël wordt 'afgemaakt' als antisemiet...... Ach ja, fascistische staten werpen altijd elke kritiek van zich en bestraffen degenen die zich daar schuldig aan maken..... Weten we tenminste waar we aan toe zijn zowel met zowel Israël als met de VS, beiden fascistische terreurstaten! (waar de VS nog niet geheel klaar is met de fascistisering van de maatschappij)

Supporting Palestine Can Now Get You Denied Entry to the US

October 17, 2018 at 11:22 am

Written by Middle East Eye

I have been a severe critic of the current US administration’s policy towards the Palestinians. But does this make me a possible security threat to the US? Of course not.

(MEE) — In April 2017, while travelling for a routine family holiday to Jerusalem, I was denied entry upon arrival at Tel Aviv airport. Israeli authorities’ official – and bizarre – explanation for the entry denial was: I had attempted to “gain illegal entry”. However, being British citizens, we are normally allowed to travel to Israel without a visa. We have it issued at the entry point and I had obtained it on many occasions before.

But as I came to realise later the real reason was due to my role as vice chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), a UK-based organisation that campaigns peacefully for Palestinian rights and which upholds the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel’s occupation.

BDS Promoters Denied

In March 2017, Israel passed the “BDS law“, which allowed it to deny entry to those engaged in BDS movement promotion. My colleague and PSC chair, Hugh Lanning, was denied entry soon after the law was passed. Another colleague, Anwar Makhlouf, head of the Palestinian Federation of Chile, was also denied entry at the Allenby Bridge based on the same law.

When I contacted both the British embassy in Tel Aviv and the foreign office in London for an explanation, I received the same reply: this was a sovereign decision for Israel. This meant Britain did not even acknowledge that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian Territories. The UK’s position is what gives Israel the green light to conduct its policy with total impunity.

Even pro-Palestine Jewish foreign nationals, who are supposedly entitled to go to Israel by the Law of Return (which grants citizenship to Jews from anywhere in the world) have been denied entry, and even denied permission to board their flights to Israel.

In July 2017, five members of an interfaith delegation were denied permission to board a Lufthansa flight at Washington DC’s Dulles International Airport that would ultimately take them to Tel Aviv. Among them was Rabbi Alissa Wise of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), who said in a statement: “Israel denied me the ability to travel there because of my work for justice for Palestinians, even though I’m Jewish and a rabbi.”

She added: “I’m heartbroken and outraged. This is yet another demonstration that democracy and tolerance in Israel only extends to those who fall in line with its increasingly repressive policies against Palestinians.”

Last July, Ariel Gold, co-director of BDS campaign group Code Pink, was denied entry at Ben Gurion airport despite obtaining a visa in advance to take a course at the Hebrew University. Her deportation, and those of others, are normally ordered by Israeli Minister of Security Gilan Erdan, and Israeli Minister of Interior Aryeh Deri.

The most recent case of entry denial involved Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old Palestinian-American student, despite the fact that she has recently been granted a student visa for her masters’ degree in the Hebrew University. Alqasem spent days in detention at Tel Aviv airport struggling to be allowed to join the course she had registered for.

At the time of writing, Alqasem was planning a second appeal to Israeli courts. She stood her ground, refusing to bow to the demands by Erdan to renounce the BDS movement.

When I was denied entry to Israel last year, the Israeli interrogator had printed many pages of my tweets and challenged me about a small number of them. However, because they were presented to me in Hebrew I declined the opportunity to comment.

Israel’s arrests of Palestinians for social media posts have soared. In May, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Centre for Studies (PPC) said that Israel had detained some 500 Palestinians, including women and children, because of their social media posts. In 2015, Dareen Tatour, a Palestinian poet, was detained for three years, before her release last month, for writing a poem, entitled “Resist my people, resist.”

US Ban?

Entry denial due to BDS movement promotion is an established Israeli policy. I wonder, however, if my activity on social media, and my op-eds on the Palestinian conflict, were the reasons behind being denied boarding of a US-bound plane at Heathrow airport in August.

US authorities have thus far refused to provide me with an explanation as to why this happened despite having initially secured approval through the visa waiver (ESTA) scheme, just as any other British citizen is normally entitled to do.

ESTA entitles the holder to travel to the US without a visa for a two-year period. I had obtained this in the past and travelled to the US to attend conferences connected to my academic work without any problem, the last time being in 2015.

My trip was planned at short notice to spend Eid Al-Adha with relatives in America. Having obtained my ESTA, I made my way to Heathrow to board a Virgin Atlantic flight to Seattle on 17 August. Upon arriving, I tried to check-in via the terminals but could not.

I was informed by a member of staff that I would not be allowed to travel since my ESTA had been declined, despite its initial approval. No explanation was given. I was then told that I could apply for a visa at the American Consulate in London.

I was shocked and devastated. I had now missed the window for my holiday and lost a substantial amount of money, which was not recoverable.

What could possibly have changed since my last trip to the US? My immediate answer was that there was a new administration in the White House, with little tolerance for foreigners and which is blindingly supportive of Israel.

However, I decided to investigate further before my hunch was confirmed. I wrote to the US ambassador in London and completed a “redress” request directly to the US Department for Homeland Security.

A couple of weeks later, the embassy responded through its Customs and Border Protection Attache saying: “Whilst the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are unable to discuss any person’s denial of an ESTA or their admission into the US due to security/privacy policy laws, I can confirm that you will require Non-Immigrant visa should you wish to travel to the US in the future.”

The “redress” response, which arrived a few days later, was almost unintelligible.

Trump’s America

In the absence of an explanation, I am left with the conclusion that Trump’s America does not tolerate criticism of its policies and that it works very closely with Israel, sharing intelligence about individuals who are deemed undesirable for both countries.

It is safe to assume that Israeli authorities have supplied US authorities with names of individuals like myself who have been denied entry because of their advocacy for the Palestinian people. However, for the US to then deny them entry based on this peaceful work is very troubling.

I have been a severe critic of the current US administration’s policy towards the Palestinians. But does this make me a possible security threat to the US? Of course not. However, it helps Israel to further bully its critics into silence if they fear being denied entry to other countries that Israel can influence.

Neither denial of entry to Israel nor to the US will silence supporters of the Palestinian people. In fact, this will embolden us to be even more vocal in our criticism of apartheid Israel.

By Kamel Hawwash / Republished with permission / Middle East Eye / Report a typo

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* Vraag me af of Facebook de Israëlische autoriteiten waarschuwt voor kritiek op het beleid t.a.v. Palestijnen, daar ze al een enorm aantal accounts van Palestijnen hebben verwijderd van hun platform....... En dan durft supergraaier en opperhufter Zuckerberg met droge ogen te beweren dat Facebook onafhankelijk is........

Zie ook:
'Kritiek op Israël wordt door een leger van Israëlische trollen bevochten'

'Israël misbruikt de aanslag op de synagoge in Pittsburgh voor demonisering van steun aan de Palestijnen.......'

'Google Maps veegt Palestijns gebied van de kaart'

'De film over de pro-Israëlische lobby in de VS, die Israël verboden wil zien.........'

'Israël zet snelle reactiemacht op poten tegen anti-Israëlische kritiek'

'Jeremy Corbyn wordt gedemoniseerd als antisemiet.......'

'Britse justitie gaat 'hate crimes' van Labour onderzoeken'

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