Banned from visiting by Israel? There's an app for that After two openly critical US congresswomen were banned by Israel from visiting the Palestinian territories, developers are using technology to bring the territories to them and the wider world. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, two left wing Democrats who have previously voiced support for a boycott of Israel over its treatment of the Palestinians, planned a visit in August that would have taken them to the Palestinian territories. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES