Jewish Groups Condemn Israel For Denying Omar, Tlaib Entry: `Plays Into Trump`s Goal of Politicizing Support For Israel`
(WorldNews Politics)

The decision by Israel Thursday to ban two Muslim congresswomen from entering the country after tweets from President Donald Trump led some Jewish groups to lambast the decision. The move to not allow them to visit, argued several Jewish advocacy groups with varying political ideologies, would only exacerbate current divisions between the minority Democrats and the Jewish state and forgo them the opportunity to better understand the country and its people. `The fact that the U.S. president would urge the Israeli prime minister to bar members of Congress really does a disservice to this bilateral relationship and is yet another attempt by President Trump to politicize this relationship,`...