Please email: nivtelaviv@state.gov
Demand " Give MK Michael Ben-Ari a Visa Now!!!"
Backround:
MK Michael Ben-Ari (Ichud Leumi-National Union) reported Monday that he had been turned down for a visa to visit the United States. Ben-Ari had been planning a trip in the upcoming days, in order to visit several American Jewish communities.
Sources close to the MK said that the refusal appears to have stemmed from concerns over demonstrations in which Ben-Ari took part prior to the 2005 Disengagement from Gaza. While applying for a visa Ben-Ari was asked if he had a criminal background, and revealed that he had been arrested during an anti-Disengagement protest, they explained.
My comments:
Denied a Visa because he was arrested for an anti disengagement protest? Let the State Dept investigate. Didn't the protesters against the Disengagement have their basic rights of Freedom of Speech, Freedom of religion, etc. denied?.
What about the American Colonists who formed a militia as a result of intolerable acts and taxation w/o representation by the British which led up to the AMerican Revolution? Let us brush up on our American History and the Founding of the United States of America.
Compare these grievances of the Colonists with getting thrown out of one's home, having your house destroyed as well as your community uprooted. What about the loss of livelihood, emotional and psychological pain inflicted on the families following the Disengagement? What about loss of property and the work of a lifetime and sometimes encompassing 2 generations go down the tube for no apparent good reason.. Settlers of Gush Katif communities were after all tax paying citizens of the State of Israel. Surely what happened to them was far worse in comparison with the crime of taxation w/o representation. In hindsight, after all the Kassam rockets falling on southern Israel, and the degradation and failure to compensate the settlers after promises of fair compensation, wasn't Michael ben Ari justified in protesting the Disengagement?
Surely, our Founding Fathers would not have been issued visas as well for their protest (sometimes even violent) against the British! The Boston Tea Party was clearly illegal.
I believe that if the Founding Fathers of America were alive today they would be able to relate to the settlers of Judea and Samaria and their struggle for freedom of religion and the right of self defense. This is precisely why the Founding Fathers came up with the Bill of Rights. It serves to protect our rights and freedom from a government that is not interested in protecting the rights and freedoms of its loyal citizens. Shame Shame Shame on those that will not issue Michael ben Ari a Visa! They have lost their vision of what America truly stands for.
Sincerely, Robin Ticker
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