Ilhan Omar: She believes it's a 'bivotal moment'

Bivotal moments are the most important ones, particularly when you're trying to get the most powerful nation in the world to get on board and help destroy one of the smallest countries, namely Israel.

Actually, it is never wise to use words that you don't know how to pronounce unless you preface the word with that explanation. And when you confuse singular with plural, well, you need a better speechwriter.

Repulsive Ilhan Omar (Islamist--MN) has introduced a resolution defending the BDS movement, or the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement against the Jewish state of Israel. It's an anti-Semitic movement aimed at destroying Israel that, had it been used against any Islamic country, would be called out as Islamophobic and racist. 

But Omar's resolution defends the BDS movement and likens it to boycotts of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, rather than the movement being something those entities would use against Israel.

Omar's resolution seeks to push back against U.S. laws banning the boycott of our ally Israel and affirms the right of Americans to organize boycotts of foreign countries if they so wish. 

Let's begin with Somalia then, a country that adopted Sharia law in 2006 and approved in 2009 by the country's president. Under Sharia law, women are considered inferior to men and have less than half their rights. If a woman is raped, for example, she must have four male witnesses to the rape lest she be considered the one at fault and be beaten or stoned to death.

But nobody is really calling for a boycott of any Sharia-controlled country, only Israel, where Arabs literally have more rights than in any surrounding Arab countries.

While Omar's resolution doesn’t explicitly name Israel or the anti-Semitic BDS movement, she admitted to media outlets that the resolution concerns the Jewish state.

The resolution attracted some Republican detractors, with Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) slamming Omar for introducing it. 

Zeldin tweeted:

Israel is our best ally in the Mid East; a beacon of hope, freedom & liberty, surrounded by existential threats. Shame on Rep Omar for bringing her hateful twist on that reality to House Foreign today, propping up the BDS movement & blaming Israel for all of its challenges.

The resolution affirms the right to boycott as an expression of free speech and cites examples of boycott movements against Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and apartheid South Africa.

The BDS movement is a losing proposition for those who advocate for it. Omar is a moral loser for all who want peace.

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