Weekly Commentary: Shorter News Cycle Barring Omar and Tlaib

Weekly Commentary: Shorter News Cycle Barring Omar and Tlaib=20

Dr. Aaron Lerner 14 August, 2019

Israel is going to endure a news cycle getting slammed for refusing to allow=
BDS advocates Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib.=20

One news cycle. =20

If they visited we would have suffered a nightmare of a series of controvers=
ial incidents, each with its own news cycle. =20

And the pair would have returned no doubt armed with material to use in thei=
r ongoing campaign against the Jewish State.=20

Let us not kid ourselves. =20

The American Jews and others now slamming our decision probably wouldn=E2=80=
=99t have lifted a finger to defend us if this duo had come and engaged in p=
rovocations. In fact, many of them would have weighed in with their condemna=
tions of how we handled them.=20

It is simple math.=20

One news cycle vs a multitude of news cycles.=20

One controversial decision vs a series of controversial decisions – many of w=
hich could have been magnitudes more serious.=20
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