The two Democratic congresswomen who have been denied entry into Israel responded to the decision by sharply criticizing the Israeli government for preventing their tour.
Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota on Thursday called the decision “an affront” and “an insult to democratic values.”
Israel had announced earlier in the day that it would bar the entry of the two US congresswomen — Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — after President Donald Trump encouraged the move, a remarkable step both by the US President and his ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to punish political opponents of the US President.
Tlaib responded by tweeting a photo of her grandmother, who lives in the West Bank village of Beit Ur al-Tahta.
Source: Omar and Tlaib call Israel blocking their entry ‘chilling’ and ‘a sign of weakness’
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