Democratic leaders blast Israel for banning Tlaib, Omar - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bryant Harris

Aug 15, 2019

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 15, 2019 shows Democrat US Representatives Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (L) and Rashida Tlaib during a press conference, to address remarks made by US President Donald Trump earlier in the day, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on July 15, 2019. - Influential US pro-Israel lobby AIPAC on August 15, 2019 opposed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to bar two Muslim American members of Congress from visiting the Jewish state."We disagree with Reps. Oma — This combination of pictures created on Aug. 15, 2019 shows Democrat US Representatives Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (L) and Rashida Tlaib during a press conference, to address remarks made by US President Donald Trump earlier in the day, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on July 15, 2019. — BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Pro-Israel Democrats railed against Israel’s decision to ban US Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from visiting the West Bank. The decision was made under apparent pressure from President Donald Trump.

Key Democratic leaders who had previously clashed with Tlaib and Omar over their vocal support for the pro-Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement wasted no time in publicly urging the Israelis to reverse course.

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