The Israeli government on Thursday announced that it will bar Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., from entering the country after President Trump urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ban them from visiting.
The Israeli government on Thursday reversed its position on allowing Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., into the country, after President Trump urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ban them from visiting.
“There is no country in the world that respects the U.S. and the U.S. Congress more than the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “As a vibrant and free democracy, Israel is open to any critic and criticism, with one exception: Israel’s law prohibits the entry of people who call and operate to boycott Israel.”
But last week, Axios reported that Trump had told advisers that Netanyahu should block the women from visiting. Story continuesRepresentatives Omar and Tlaib are the face of the Democrat Party, and they HATE Israel!Omar and Tlaib are part of the so-called Squad of four progressive freshmen U.S. congresswomen who have drawn the ire of Trump.
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