Israel Grants Request by Rep. Rashida Tlaib to Visit Grandmother in West Bank

Israel Grants Request by Rep. Rashida Tlaib to Visit Grandmother in West Bank
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), listens to a question from a constituent in Wixom, Mich., on Aug. 15, 2019. Paul Sancya/AP
Simon Veazey
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The day after Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) was officially barred from entering Israel, the country’s interior minister has granted her request to be allowed in so she can visit her grandmother in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds.

Tlaib wrote to authorities on Aug. 15, after she and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) were barred entry under an Israeli law that bars those calling for a boycott of Israel.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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