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To grant entry or not. we checked in with the government official and now he says it will be considered. perhaps a slight backtrack. no final decision on whether to grant entry to congresswoman tlaib. all of this after israel decided not to grant entry to both congresswoman tlaib and congresswoman omar. israel passed a law allowing it to ban entry to those who support a boycott against israel. this has certainly been the most high profile use of that law. when did israel make its decision? well,...

And again, this is after israel denied permission for her and her fellow congresswoman ihlan omar to visit israel, both of who support the boycott of that under. oren lieberman joins me this morning with more. >> israel under the 2017 law is allowed to do this. they can bar people who support the boycott from coming into the country and they chose to do that with the encouragement of president trump. >> president donald trump certainly instigated and support the decision saying it would be showi...

To two american duly elected congress women, thats something that hasnt happened here before. relying on a law that was passed about 2 1/2 years ago that allows it to bar entry to anyone who boycotts israel. this is the most high profile use of the law since it was passed. this is a reversal of israels policy, about a month ago it was israels ambassador to the u.s. considered one of those closest to netanyahu, who said, out of resect for the u.s. congress, israel would allow these two congress w...

To do that here, it would be the most high profile use of the law to bar entry. israel has not barred entry to congressmen or congresswomen in the past, so this would be the first implementation against an american congress person and it would against the israeli ambassador to the u.s. said a month ago, which he said out of respect for the u.s. congress, we will allow these two to visit. it would be a very much change of position there to bar them from entering. that visit is supposed to start t...