House Democrats will retaliate after Israel block of Tlaib and Omar: Report
by Ellie Bufkin
| August 17, 2019 02:41 PM
Reports on Saturday indicated that House Democrats could be interested in pursuing retaliation against Israel's decision to block Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country.
Senior congressional Democrats are said to be considering legislative action against Israel's ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer and David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Israel. Sources told McClatchy that close to 12 Democratic lawmakers are considering action against Dermer and Friedman for their roles in blocking the congresswomen from traveling to Israel.
Democrats are allegedly considering a statement of 'no confidence' for Dermer and launching an investigation into Friedman's possible influence in the decision.
"With Dermer, the issue is that there already was a severe lack of trust," a source said. "But now there is a severe lack of confidence. It is completely unclear that he represents his government given he has made promises that he has not kept and wasn’t clear if he ever had any chance of keeping."
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