Israel’s Netanyahu Rejects Trump Comments On Muslims
London’s Metropolitan Police issued a statement inviting the Republican candidate to a briefing “on the reality of policing London”, while the remarks also drew a sharp response from London Mayor Boris Johnson.
Trump created a firestorm last week when he called for a “total and complete shutdown” of all Muslims entering the USA until concerns over national security could be addressed.
Knesset member Michal Rozin, from the left-wing opposition Meretz, who initiated a petition against the visit which was signed by a quarter of the 120 Knesset members, said the cancellation was a victory for the legislators who made it clear that Mr Trump was not welcome following his call to ban Muslims entering the US. I mean, you could face trial in this country for the things that he says because this is considered to be incitement.
Jonathan Greenblatt, leader of the U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League, noted that more than 20% of Israel’s population is Muslim, and American Jews “know all too well what can happen when a particular religious group is singled out for stereotyping and scapegoating”. His “continued, unrepentant hate speech and unacceptable behavior” is strong reason for a ban, BBC reported Ms. Kelly as saying.
“Mr. Trump’s recent remarks have shown that he is no longer fit to be a business ambassador for Scotland”, a spokesman for the regional government said. “The university has therefore chose to revoke its award of the honorary degree”. “If Donald wants to come after our Muslim brothers or anyone else, he will have to contend with all of us”.
‘Why is this important? Fourteen people were killed in the attack. Now with the latest comment, it got a lot of people’s attention, and we saw editorials and papers condemning what he’s saying.
It comes after the tycoon’s made further claims against Islam that police in London “fear for their lives” because some communities are so radicalised.
Deals and events website Itison.com cancelled the sale of an offer for a spa day at Trump Turnberry this week over the Republican presidential hopeful’s comments.
The number of signatories to the petition was growing fast but Britain’s Finance Minister George Osborne said on Wednesday that Trump should not be banned from the country. “In fact, I did a campaign ad for him, and he’s a good man, but I didn’t want to put him under pressure”, Trump said. Business Insider cites a Bloomberg Politics/Purple Strategies PulsePoll which finds almost two-thirds of likely Republican primary voters are in favor of Trump’s proposed Muslim ban.
The mayor told ITV News: “I think Donald Trump is clearly out of his mind if he thinks that’s a sensible way to proceed”.
‘What he’s doing is playing the game of the terrorists and those who seek to divide us. Trump has denied that he is after that kind of action.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is not afraid of criticism, and he’s also willing to actually say in public what some of the most extreme conservatives in America are thinking.