(Politico) Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib continued to criticize Israel Monday, slamming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for barring the two lawmakers from visiting last week over their vocal criticism of his government.
Tlaib and Omar, the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, held a news conference in the Minnesota Capitol on Monday afternoon to again speak out after they were blocked from visiting Israel over their support of a global boycott of the country. Israel eventually agreed to allow Tlaib to enter the country on restrictive “humanitarian” grounds, but the Michigan lawmaker refused.
“The decision to ban me and my colleague — the first two Muslim American women elected to Congress — is nothing less than an attempt by an ally of the United States to suppress our ability to do our jobs as elected officials,” Omar (D-Minn.) said.
