Israel Rejects Critics: Apparently, They Forgot the Memo
The New Arab reports Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Støre was denied an Israeli visit due to his government's criticism of the Gaza war. This isn't the first time Israel has sought to silence dissent; in 2019, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar were famously blocked from visiting after criticizing Israeli policy. Apparently, accountability is a luxury reserved for nations that don't receive
billions in U.S. aid, or perhaps it's simply limited to those who don't question the prevailing narrative of 'self-defense' as 37,000+ Gazans are massacred. One might recall Prime Minister Netanyahu's 2014 assertion that critics were undermining Israel's right to defend itself. Ten years later, it seems the script remains unchanged, only the body count has tragically escalated. When criticism
equals excommunication, what exactly are we defending?