Last-ditch effort
Who are the 15 Senate Dems urging Blinken to block Israel’s entry into the Visa Waiver Program?
While they’re a minority of the Democratic Senate caucus, they include many of the progressive Democrats more willing to criticize Israeli policy in the upper chamber
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People wait at the departure hall at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 28, 2021.
Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) led a letter on Friday to Secretary of State Tony Blinken highlighting ongoing concerns about Israel’s entry into the Visa Waiver Program, arguing that Israel is still not in compliance...