Jewish Democrat: Don’t make a big deal if Tlaib leads visit to W. Bank 'Israel is giving her more attention than she deserves,' said Klein, who served two terms as a congressman from Florida, before being defeated by Alan West in 2010.

(Jerusalem Post) Israeli officials should offer to meet US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib if she brings a small group of congressmen to the West Bank in August, on a trip she is planning to run concurrently with an AIPAC-backed trip for new representatives, Ron Klein, chairman of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, told the Jerusalem Post.

“I think that they should offer to meet with her while she is here,” Klein said during a visit to the country last week. “And if she chooses to meet with them, she will meet with them. And if she doesn’t choose, then she is going to do her own agenda.”

The Post has learned that senior government officials already held a meeting last month about how to handle a possible Tlaib trip if it comes to fruition.

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