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Funny timing: After a fear mongering Trump tweet, Israel bars Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country
from entering the country, a decision made just hours after President Trump tweeted that Israel would show “great weakness” if they allowed the representatives to visit the Jewish state.
He added, in a Twitter thread, that Tlaib and Omar are leading activists in promoting boycott legislation against Israel in Congress and that after receiving their visitation plan, “it became clear that they were planning a campaign whose sole purpose was to strengthen the boycot and negate Israel’s legitimacy.”
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