Netanyahu: Omar and Tlaib Wanted to `Harm´ Israel With Trip
(WorldNews Politics)

The Israeli government on Thursday barred two Muslim U.S. congresswoman from entering the country, minutes after President Donald Trump said any decision to allow them item `would show great weakness.` Freshman Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) had planned to visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, and Ramallah on Sunday, generating controversy due to their vocal support of Palestine and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. In an apparent reversal of Israel´s position to admit all U.S. lawmakers who seek to visit, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that the country would bar Tlaib and...