Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Issues Statement on Decision to Block Reps. Omar, Tlaib from Visiting Israel
August 15, 2019
August 15, 2019
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 15 -- The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society issued the following statement by President and CEO Mark Hetfield, the global Jewish organization that assists and protects refugees, in response to Israel's decision to block Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, from visiting Israel and the West Bank:
"Throughout our existence as the refugee agency of the American Jewish community, HIAS has stood for welcome, freedom, tolerance, digni . . .
"Throughout our existence as the refugee agency of the American Jewish community, HIAS has stood for welcome, freedom, tolerance, digni . . .