‘Wrong and unwise’: Pro-Israel Democrats slam blocking of Tlaib and Omar

Published August 15, 2019 7:02pm ET



Lobbying group Democratic Majority for Israel stated on Thursday that the move by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from entering the country was “both wrong and unwise.”

Tlaib and Omar have both been outspoken in their support of Palestine and the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement against Israel and Israeli businesses. Both congresswomen have also expressed values and opinions that were considered by many to be anti-Semitic. Tlaib is on record as having advocated for a one-state Palestinian solution that would mean the end of Israeli sovereignty.

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