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Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, U.S. Politics and the Future of Palestine

Shortly after she was elected to Congress in November 2018, Representative Rashida Tlaib announced that she would forgo the traditional congressional summer junket to Israel sponsored by AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) and lead an alternative congressional delegation to Israel/Palestine herself. Ultimately, only Representative Ilhan Omar decided to join her. They were scheduled…