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Rep. Anthony D. Weiner (D - Queens and Brooklyn), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, condemned Bahrain’s parliament following the passage of a law making it a crime to communicate with or travel to Israel.
The government of Bahrain, an island country in the Persian Gulf neighboring Saudi Arabia, passed a resolution today outlawing contact with Israel or Israeli officials. Those convicted of violating the law would face stiff punishment and could be imprisoned for up to ten years. Bahrain is considered an ally of the US, and is host to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
“I condemn the law Bahraini parliament has just passed. Bahrain is making any contact with Israeli officials illegal, which obviously makes it impossible for Bahrain to act on any treaty or agreement with Israel. This in turn works against normalization of Israeli relations with its neighbors who are supposed to be partners in peace.”
“Bahrain’s parliament has thrown away their ability to claim that Bahrain is a moderate, reasonable voice in the region. It is unacceptable for a country that claims to be an ally of the United States to contribute to the mass of anti-Israeli rhetoric and propaganda already present in the region. Bahrain must realize that treating Israel like a criminal state will change the relationship they have with America as well.”
(YWN Desk - NYC)
Anthony,
How does your Kallah feel about it?
Comment by ani oymer — October 27, 2009 @ 4:18 pm
we should all just ignore them
Comment by must_hock — October 27, 2009 @ 4:26 pm
What does our pro israel government say about it?
Comment by yehudah y d — October 27, 2009 @ 5:21 pm
His kallah? For those that don’t know, she is a muslim. Besides, isn’t he a goy? (his mother isn’t Jewish I think) So who cares what he says?
Comment by TorasMosheEmess — October 27, 2009 @ 9:14 pm
Hey ani oymer, you took the words right out of my mouth. Isn’t Congressman Weiner just pandering a wee, wee bit for the Jewish vote?
Comment by Flatbush Bubby — October 27, 2009 @ 9:29 pm
There is little we can do about this because as the article mentions the US is dependent upon Bahrain’s port facilities. We could deliver a strongly worded protest to Bahrain’s ambassador to the US, who happens to be a Jewish woman. (I’m not making this up.)
Comment by charliehall — October 27, 2009 @ 11:19 pm
Deserved or not,
I am very uncomfortable with the pettiness and mean-spiritedness of the first 5 comments.
We’re better than that.
Comment by Baal Boose — October 28, 2009 @ 1:16 am