Wonderful. Today we are here to highlight the human cost of occupation and travel restrictions. The human cost of the occupation and travel restrictions on palestinians and others. As many of you know, i had planned to travel to israel and palestine to hear from individuals on the ground about the conflict, so i could be more informed as a member of congress and as a member of the Foreign Affairs committee. Contrary to many media reports and the statements of the israeli Prime Minister, i plan to meet directly with members of the knesset and members of Palestinian Civil Society groups, former soldiers, palestine and Israel International organizations and United Nations officials. Leading up to the trip, i met with constituents holding a wide range of views on the conflicts. All the activities on my trip had been done by members of congress in the past. Including a nearly identical trip a few years ago led by the same Palestinian Organization leading this trip. In addition to me and ras
Thank you, everyone for being here. Sorry for being late, there were some traffic detours. I am so glad to be here with my sister rashida today. Today we are here to highlight before i actually start, we were supposed to have a couple other speakers. Are they in the room . Would you join us . How are you . Thank you for coming. Thank you. Thank you for speaking up. Rep. Omar today we are here to highlight the human cost of the occupation and travel restrictions on palestinians and others. As many of you know, i had planned to travel to israel and palestine to hear from individuals on the ground about the conflict, so i could be more informed as a member of congress and as a member of the Foreign Affairs committee. Contrary to many media reports and the statements of the israeli Prime Minister, i plan to meet directly with members of the knesset and members of Palestinian Civil Society groups, former soldiers, palestine and Israel International organizations and United Nations officials
Thank you, everyone for being here. Sorry for being late, there were some traffic detours. I am so glad to be here with my sister rashida today. Today we are here to highlight before i actually start, we were supposed to have a couple other speakers. Are they in the room . Would you join us . How are you . Thank you for coming. Thank you. Thank you for speaking up. Rep. Omar today we are here to highlight the human cost of the occupation and travel restrictions on palestinians and others. As many of you know, i had planned to travel to israel and palestine to hear from individuals on the ground about the conflict, so i could be more informed as a member of congress and as a member of the Foreign Affairs committee. Contrary to many media reports and the statements of the israeli Prime Minister, i plan to meet directly with members of the knesset and members of Palestinian Civil Society groups, former soldiers, palestine and Israel International organizations and United Nations officials
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These group of four women, four Freshmen Congress women, democratic congresswoman rashida tlaib, alexandria ocasiocortez who was born in new york, same as the president , not far from the president s own birthplace, ayanna pressley, and ilhan omar a so many allee refugee who moved to the United States when she was 12 and like me is a naturalized american citizen. We all have the same citizenship. This all started over the weekend when the president tweeted so interesting to see progressive democrat congresswomen who originally came from other countries whose governments are a complete and total cass atmosphere fee, the most corrupt anywhere in the world. He tweeted why dont they go back and help fix the crimeinfested places from which they came. And earlier this morning he asked when will the radical Left Congress women apologize to our country, the people of israel, and even to the office of the president for the foul language that they have used. So many people are angry at them and