Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib respond after being barred entry into Israel

BARRED DEM REPS SPEAK: Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib speak to the press about travel restrictions to the Palestinian territories and Israel.

Tlaib and Omar, the first two Muslim women in Congress, were refused entry to Israel last week after Pres. Trump tweeted that it would ‘show great weakness’ if they were allowed in.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu defended the decision to bar the two House members from visiting Jerusalem and the West Bank, citing their involvement with the ‘Boycott, Divest, and Sanction’ movement.

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