US Congressman Ilhan Omar denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks about her planned visit to the Palestinian territories.

In a series of tweets published on her Twitter account on Saturday, Ilhan Omar denied Netanyahu's remarks that she and her colleague in the House of Representatives, Rachida Tlaib, had no plans to hold meetings with government officials or Israeli opponents during the visit.

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)

- Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 16, 2019

Ilhan stressed that she was planning to hold meetings with Jewish and Arab members of the Knesset, and Israeli security officials, after it announced on Friday the cancellation of the visit.

Netanyahu's allegations were false, and her delegation had intended to meet US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.

She stressed that the purpose of the visit was to see in person what is happening in the Palestinian territories, and to listen to the positions of all parties concerned;

"The Israeli decision against the two deputies and the inflammatory statements against them reflect the fear of exposing the occupation and its unfair measures against our people and our land before the American and international public," said Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Ashtiyeh.

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American author Aaron David Miller said Israeli authorities had made a mistake by preventing the two female MPs, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, from entering the country.

In his article in USA Today, Miller sees the ban as casting a lot of doubt on the relationship of the boycott decision Netanyahu cited in his justification, while pointing to the index finger of intervention by President Donald Trump in Israel's affairs to prevent the visit from being completed. .

Miller pointed out that the decision of the ban has hurt Israel; if the visit was done, it may have sparked a whirlwind that may last days, but the whirlwind that will arise from the prohibition of the visit may be prolonged and will devote the idea that "Israel is intolerant, that it does not accept criticism, and has nothing to hide." To the extent described.