Congresswomen RashidaTlaib and IlhanMN will be barred from entering Israel shortly after a push from Trump to block their visit
JERUSALEM - Israel will bar a visit by U.S. Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump called on Israel not to let them in.
Tlaib and Omar have voiced support for the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. Under Israeli law, BDS backers can be denied entry to Israel. Israel’s ambassador in the United States, Ron Dermer, had said last month Tlaib and Omar would be let in, out of respect for the U.S. Congress and the U.S.-Israeli relationship.U.S. House Speaker Pelosi urges Israel to reverse decision to block lawmakers' visitThe Axios news site reported on Saturday that Trump had told advisers that he believed Netanyahu should use the anti-boycott law to bar Tlaib and Omar. It quoted the White House as saying it was fake news.
Barring Omar and Tlaib may play well with Netanyahu’s right-wing voter base as he heads for a national election on Sept. 17. “Israel doesn’t advance its case as a tolerant democracy or unwavering US ally by barring elected members of Congress from visiting because of their political views. This would be a shameful, unprecedented move,” Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren, a U.S. senator, said on Twitter.
“This ban is a clear case of discrimination and hostility based on political views and ethnic background, deserving of moral indignation and unequivocal condemnation in Palestine and the United States,” Ashrawi said in a statement.
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