The Muslim congresswomen have been condemned in the past for making anti-Semitic tropes and supporting a boycott movement against Israel.
Two Democratic congresswomen who were recently barred from visiting Israel shared an image on their personal social media accounts over the weekend that showed President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu physically silencing them, which was created by a cartoonist who's made controversial and alleged anti-Semitic drawings in the past.
The cartoon, shared by freshmen Representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota on their Instagram stories, depicted Netanyahu placing his hand over Tlaib's mouth, along with Trump doing the same to Omar. Tlaib added the caption:"The more they try to silence us, our voices rise. The more they try to weaken us, the stronger we become. The more they try to discredit us, the truth prevails.
from entering the country during a trip they planned to make to the Middle Eastern region this week. In a tweet of his own, Latuff said his image described the"war against freedom of speech" being waged by Trump and Netanyahu,"a war against everyone who dare to criticize [Israel's] apartheid." Tlaib and Omar, both outspoken progressives, were barred from visiting due to their support of the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement and after Trump wrote in a tweet it would"show great weakness" by Israel if they were allowed to enter because they"hate Israel & all Jewish people.
Oof. Looks like both Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib shared this awful Carlos Latuff cartoon in Instagram stories yesterday. In 2006, Latuff came in second in Iran's International Holocaust Cartoon Contest, which is a thing that exists, in case you thought the TL couldn't get any worse.
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