Gloria Steinem, an excerpt from an open letter to Netanyahu after he decided to bar the entry of U.S. Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to Israel (17 August 2019)https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-gloria-steinem-slams-benyamin-netanyahu-20190818-r664wekhlfautfhsnzj254bj5a-story.html

In the 1980s when you [Netanyahu] were Israel's representative to the United Nations, I once sat at your New York dinner table, and you were a conversational bully to your guests then, just as you are a bully to these two elected women leaders [Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar] now.

— Gloria Steinem on Benjamin Netanyahu

What It Means

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Gloria Steinem

About Gloria Steinem

Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s. A prominent writer and key counterculture era political figure, Steinem has founded many organizations and projects and has been the recipient of many awards and honors. She is a former columnist for New York magazine and co-founded Ms. magazine.