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Israel's Ambassador Denies U.S. Pressure Was Behind Decision to Ban Tlaib and Omar
(JTA) Josefin Dolsten and Ben Sales - After Israel's decision to ban Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country, in a conference call organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Thursday, Israel's ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer said, "We were not pressured by the Trump administration to do this and this is a sovereign decision that Israel has to make."