Rep. Rashida Tlaib says she will not visit Israel after the country granted permission for her to enter on humanitarian grounds to visit her family in the West Bank a day after blocking her and fellow Rep. Ilhan Omar
Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Friday she would not visit Israel after the country granted permission for her to enter the country on humanitarian grounds to visit her family in the West Bank a day after blocking her and fellow Rep. Ilhan Omar from visiting the country.
"I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in--fighting against racism, oppression & injustice," Tlaib said in a tweet. In a statement released shortly after her tweet, she said she has"decided not to travel" to the country.
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