Israel Has Every Right to Bar Reps. Omar, Tlaib, but It’s a ‘Tactical Error,’ Expert Says

Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), left, and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) in Washington in a file photograph. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Israel can bar U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) from visiting, but doing so is a “tactical error,” a Middle Eastern expert said.

Shortly after Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, officially announced that the country is barring Omar and Tlaib, Dr. Emily Landau told The Epoch Times that the ban isn’t a good idea, noting the women are elected members of Congress.