Analysis: PM Netanyahu had to make Israel look bad to make President Trump happy. In doing so, he handed his critics around the world pallets full of rhetorical ammunition.
Omar lined up to whack Israel with an extra special measure of red-white-and-blue self-righteous indignation.
"We disagree with Reps. Omar and Tlaib's support for the anti-Israel and anti-peace BDS movement, along with Rep. Tlaib's calls for a one-state solution," AIPAC wrote in a tweet."We also believe every member of Congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally Israel firsthand." As Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida put it,"being blocked is what they really hoped for" in the first place.
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