Barring Of Omar, Tlaib Creates A Reckoning For Democrats

In an abrupt about face, Israel announced it would deny entry to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib who were planning to travel to Israel as their parallel to a prior AIPAC-sponsored bipartisan congressional junket. It was only a month ago that the Israeli Ambassador had made a rare public declaration stating that the two members of “the squad” would be allowed entry despite their criticism of and opposition to Israeli policies. But that decision was reversed after Trump himself personally intervened to lobby Israel to deny entry to the two Democratic…