Haaretz: ‘Furious and Confused’: Liberal U.S. Jews Fume Over Israel’s Tlaib-Omar Rejection
By Dina Kraft and Danielle Ziri
Ron Klein, a former congressman from Florida who today chairs the Jewish Democratic Council of America, says that although he doesn’t support or agree with Tlaib and Omar on Israel issues, Trump’s push for them not to be allowed into Israel is “absolutely a historic overstepping of bounds.”
“Instead, this decision has given a greater amount of publicity and platform to these two members who virtually have no real political power in the House anyway for purposes of Israel policy, and now they’ve given them a lot more attention than they deserve,” Klein says.
Significant steps had recently been taken to show bipartisan support for Israel including a comprehensive anti-BDS resolution in the House, as well as the bipartisan trip of freshmen representatives to Israel this month.
“And now this decision has the potential of creating very negative consequences after a positive moment,” Klein says.