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Anonymous ID: c1f3bf July 13, 2023, 10:42 a.m. No.19173253   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3407 >>3416 >>3439 >>3507

https://twitter.com/JustTheNews/status/1679493029671968770

 

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/omar-says-theres-no-way-hell-she-will-attend-israeli-presidents-congressional

 

Omar says there's 'no way in hell' she will attend Israeli president's congressional address

 

Omar, one of the two first Muslim women elected to Congress, is a vocal critic of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East.

 

By Madeleine Hubbard

Updated: July 13, 2023 - 12:55pm

 

Rep. Ilhan Omar says there is "no way in hell" that she will attend Israeli President Isaac Herzog's joint address to Congress and that he should not even be invited to speak.

 

"There is no way in hell I am attending the joint session address from a President whose country has banned me and denied @RashidaTlaib the ability to see her grandma," Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, tweeted Wednesday.

 

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Omar are the first Muslim women elected to Congress and they are both vocal critics of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East.

 

They were scheduled to visit the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2019, but the Israeli government under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked them from coming on the grounds that they have called to boycott Israel. ''One day after issuing the ban, Israel said Tlaib could visit her family in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds, but she said she still would not go.''

 

"WE SHOULD NOT BE INVITING THE PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL—A GOVERNMENT WHO UNDER ITS CURRENT PRIME MINISTER BARRED THE FIRST TWO MUSLIM WOMEN ELECTED TO CONGRESS FROM VISITING THE COUNTRY—TO GIVE A JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS," Omar also tweeted Wednesday in all capital letters.

 

In the Twitter thread, she also said that Herzog's visit "comes during the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank in history, immediately following Israel’s largest incursion into the occupied West Bank in two decades, one that flattened city blocks, and killed at least a dozen people."

 

Palestinian Islamic Jihad said at least five of their fighters died during the raid, which Israel launched in response to an increase in terror attacks.

Anonymous ID: c1f3bf July 13, 2023, 10:50 a.m. No.19173288   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3314 >>3325 >>3340 >>3407 >>3507

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1679539964298551310

 

Michigan hair salon refuses transgender customers, says to ‘seek services at local pet groomer’

 

A Michigan hair salon is under fire following a recent Facebook post announcing transgender customers were “not welcome,” and suggested they instead “seek services at a local pet groomer.”

 

Studio 8Hair Lab, a Traverse City-based hair salon, made the claim in a since-deleted post seemingly spurred by news of a US Supreme Court decision in favor of a Christian graphic designer seeking the right to refuse to work with gay couples.

 

“If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman please seek services at a local pet groomer. You are not welcome at this salon. Period,” states the post, which was saved and published by LGBTQnation.com.

 

The post garnered hundreds of comments and reactions, including significant pushback from LGBTQ+ advocates before it was deleted.

 

“Should you request to have a particular pronoun used, please note we may simply refer to you as “hey you”. Regardless of MI HB 4744,” the post further stated, referring to the code for a Michigan hate crime law.

 

That law was changed by Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer earlier this year to include discrimination of people based on their “gender identity or expression,” “sexual orientation,” as well as their age or disabilities.

 

Christine Geiger, who is listed as being the salon’s co-owner, did not respond to The Post’s multiple requests seeking comment Thursday. The City of Traverse City announced the salon was under investigation for discrimination over the claims.

 

After deleting the post, Geiger herself clarified on a different Facebook page she has “no issues with LGB,” referring to lesbian, gay and bisexual people.

 

She went on to add: “It’s the TQ+ that I’m not going to support,” referring to transsexual, queer and people of other sexual orientations, according to a screenshot also captured by LGBTQnation.com.

 

''Geiger then allegedly falsely claimed the “+” represented pedophiles.''

 

“This stance was taken to insure (sic) that clients have the best experience and I am admitting that since I am not willing to play the pronoun game or cater to requests outside of what I perceive as normal this probably isn’t the best option for that type of client,” she wrote.

 

Following the comments hair product company Jack Winn Pro publicly distanced itself from the salon, saying in a Facebook post Geiger “no longer has authorization to represent our brand” and the company takes a “strong stance against hate speech and any form of discrimination.”

 

As of Thursday, a Yelp page for Geiger and Studio 8 Hair Lab was “being monitored by Yelp’s Support team” amid a flood of recent negative reviews.

 

“This business recently received increased public attention, which often means people come to this page to post their views on the news rather than actual consumer experiences with the business,” a Yelp message stated.

 

“We’ve temporarily disabled the posting of content to this page as we work to investigate the content you see here reflects actual consumer experiences rather than the recent events.”