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What Matters Most On Friday, August 16, 2019

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U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan., listens to a constituent in Wixom, Mich., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

After Israel allows West Bank visit to grandmother, Tlaib says she’s not going

Legislator cites ‘humiliating’ terms for family trip, which she’d requested after being denied formal visit with Omar; she’d been blasted by Palestinians for ‘surrender’ to Israel

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., addresses the 110th NAACP National Convention, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

In climbdown, Israel says Tlaib can enter to visit her Palestinian family

US House Representative Rashida Tlaib participates in a ceremonial swearing-in at the start of the 116th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 3, 2019. (SAUL LOEB/AFP)

After ban, Tlaib asks to enter Israel to visit her elderly grandmother

Analysis

Yossi Klein Halevi

The day Israel humiliated its US friends in Congress

The 40+ freshman Democrats who are committed to the Israeli-American relationship showed the fringe anti-Israel element to be just that — but how do they feel now?

The scene of a suspected car-ramming attack outside Elazar in the West Bank on August 16, 2019 (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

2 Israeli teens injured, one of them critically, in West Bank car-ramming attack

Driver shot dead by security forces; wounded treated at the scene next to the Elazar settlement and evacuated to hospitals; doctors fighting to save life of boy, 17

The aftermath of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City, August 15, 2019. (Magen David Adom)

Cop injured in Jerusalem stabbing attack; 2 assailants shot

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and US Reps. Rashida Tlaib, center, and Ilhan Omar, right. (Laura E. Adkins for JTA/Getty Images via JTA)

Israel announces US lawmakers Omar and Tlaib will not be allowed to visit

Move comes after Trump tweeted that letting them in would ‘show great weakness’; ministry would consider allowing in Tlaib to visit West Bank relatives on humanitarian grounds

In this photo taken on July 18, 2019, US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks on stage during a town hall meeting at Sabathani Community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Kerem Yucel / AFP)

Banned congresswomen call decision ‘insult to democracy’ and a sign of weakness

By Agencies and ToI Staff

PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks at a press conference in Ramallah on February 24, 2015. (WAFA/File)

Palestinians slam ‘outrageous’ Israeli decision to ban US congresswomen

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands as he leaves the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, after addressing a joint meeting of Congress in a speech opposing the imminent Iran nuclear deal. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

AnalysisA final nail in the coffin of bipartisan support?

Spurning lawmakers, Netanyahu loses the Democrats he never thought he had

By Raphael Ahren

Despite PM’s view of liberals as lost cause, Israel still enjoys overwhelming bipartisan backing on Capitol Hill. By indulging Trump and banning Omar and Tlaib, that may now change

AnalysisAnd then Trump tweeted — Why Israel suddenly decided to bar 2 US congresswomen

By Raphael Ahren

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speak to the media after meeting with US President Donald Trump on January 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pelosi: Barring lawmakers beneath Israel’s dignity; Rubio: Decision is a mistake

Ron Dermer speaks to media at Trump Tower on November 17, 2016, in New York. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Israeli envoy says Trump pressure not behind decision to ban lawmakers

By Josefin Dolsten and Ben Sales

Ron Dermer, who last month said Israel would allow in Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, echoes government reasoning for barring pair; claims no basis for questioning Israel’s openness

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on August 15, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

Trump backs decision to bar 2 Dem. lawmakers, claims he didn’t press Israel

By ToI Staff and AP

US President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Williams Arena in Greenville, North Carolina, July 17, 2019. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

AnalysisTrump uses Israel to fuel partisan fires at home

By Matthew Lee and Zeke Miller

Rep. Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota left, joined at right by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, listens to US President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Op-ed

Barring Tlaib and Omar, Israel inexcusably abandons the diplomatic battlefield

Closing our doors to these pernicious critics gives them a clear victory and denies us the opportunity to even make our case… as Netanyahu should know best of all

The dome of the US Capitol on April 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

AIPAC and other Israel-backers rebuke Israeli decision to bar Omar and Tlaib

By Eric Cortellessa and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Jerusalem, February 14, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GP0)

US Jewry umbrella group, even after call with Israel envoy, declines to back ban

US President Donald Trump (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embrace prior to signing a Proclamation on the Golan Heights in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, March 25, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Israel media review

Putting the flop in flip-flop: 8 things to know for August 16

By Joshua Davidovich

The decision to ban Omar and Tlaib is so unpopular that even those who normally back Netanyahu have trouble seeing any benefit in barring the lawmakers just to indulge Trump

Israeli police officers stand guard at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv , Israel,Thursday, July 7, 2011. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Israel has been banning politicians for years — just not Americans

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Brigadier-General Rafi Milo, commander of the 91st Galilee Division (right), awards a citation to Major Y of the Engineering Corps for his part in Operation Northern Shield. (IDF)

IDF general penalized for taking troops on unauthorized tour of Hezbollah tunnel

Brig. Gen. Rafi Milo admits to ‘error in judgement,’ will be denied a promotion for 3 years after leading midnight excursion inside Lebanese territory

US said coordinating secret Iran talks between Israel, Emirates

Syria says ‘hostile target’ shot down near Iran-linked base

Iraq takes security measures following mysterious blasts blamed on Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

The suspect brought for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court, under suspicion of Issuing fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions around the world, on March 23, 2017. (Flash90)

After 2.5 years in jail, autistic JCC hoax bomber yet to be evaluated by expert

Judge accepts father’s petition to have medical professional examine whether prison treatment appropriate given inmate’s condition, but appointment won’t take place for months

Gene Stupnitsky, in Cubs hat, and Lee Eisenberg on the set of 'Good Boys.' (Ed Araquel/Universal Pictures/via JTA)

The guys behind the movie ‘Good Boys’ are ready for their close-up

By Gabe Friedman

A justified barring

Omar and Tlaib are no peacemakers; they wanted to go to Israel to confirm their own biases, and Netanyahu was quite right to deny them the opportunity

In praise of matchmakers

Tu B’Av was once a day of courting on the basis of spiritual integrity, not beauty or clothing or material goods. My, how things have changed

Royal sovereignty passes to a new family only when there was no heir or in the event of a coup by an outsider. This is not the Torah’s approach (Vaetchanan)

Anger management

Caving to Trump’s wishes to bar Omar and Tlaib is actually in Israel’s best interests: the country can’t afford to have the vindictive US president angry at it

More Headlines

In this file photo dated July 25, 2019, a bird sits on a straw bale on a field in Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises during a heatwave in Europe. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Scientists confirm July set new global heat record

By Frank Jordans

Dr. Yosef Glassman (via jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com)

New Jersey’s assisted suicide law on hold after lawsuit by Jewish doctor

By MIKE CATALINI

In this still image from video provided by WLNE-TV, protesters blocking an entrance to the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility begin to move as a pickup truck approaches, Wednesday night, Aug. 14, 2019, in Central Falls, R.I. (WLNE-TV via AP)

Immigration officer who drove into Rhode Island Jewish protesters put on leave

By JTA

Amos Dov Silver (Screen capture: YouTube)

Founder of Telegrass pot marketplace escapes police in Ukraine

Alejandro Biondini (right; YouTube screenshot)

Argentina neo-Nazi candidate fails to pass primary threshold

By JTA

Welfare Minister Haim Katz speaks at a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset on March 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Welfare minister set to resign from cabinet as charges loom

Arab Israelis and activists protest against the nation-state law in Tel Aviv on August 11, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Nation-state law to be included in Israeli high school curriculum – report

Undated picture of the former synagogue of Porazava, Belarus, about 120 miles southwest of the capital Minsk. (Foundation for Jewish Heritage)

Unique former synagogue in Belarus selling as warehouse for $6,000

By JTA

Illustrative: Women wearing niqab exit the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Ritzau Scanpix / Mads Claus Rasmussen)

Dutch Jewish leader protests comparisons between burqa ban and the Holocaust

By JTA

British-Israeli Game of Thrones actress Josephine Gillan holds her daughter. Israeli welfare authorities have taken away the child. (Courtesy/GoFundMe)

‘Thrones’ actress claims Israel trafficking her baby after state removes child

A billboard advertising the Novoselye housing firm showing an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man as a money lender, in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 2019. (Courtesy Jeps.ru/via JTA)

Russian firm removes anti-Semitic ad featuring Orthodox Jew

By Cnaan Liphshiz

President Reuven Rivlin inspects a newly-developed variety of grapes named "Rivlin" in honor of his late wife Nechama, at the Agriculture Ministry's Agricultural Research Organization facility in Beit Dagan, August 15, 2019. (Mark Neiman/GPO)

Sweet tributeNew grape variety named ‘Rivlin’ for Israel’s late first lady

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