Israel bars item to outspoken US congresswomen
(World News USA)

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Thursday that it will bar two Democratic congresswomen from entering the country ahead of a planned visit over their support for a Palestinian-led boycott movement, a decision announced shortly after President Donald Trump tweeted that it would `show great weakness` to allow them in. The move to bar Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from visiting the close American ally appeared to be unprecedented, and marked a deep foray by Israel into America`s bitterly polarized politics. It is also a sharp escalation of Israel`s campaign against the international boycott movement. In a statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is...