Washington (AFP)
Palestinian-born Palestinian Democrat Rashida Tlaib announced Friday that she was giving up visiting her grandmother in the occupied West Bank because of the "oppressive conditions" imposed by Israel on her, which she denounced. racist policies "in a tweet.
"I decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions went against everything I believed in: fighting racism, oppression and injustice," Rashida Tlaib tweeted.
Israel decided earlier Friday to allow Ms. Tlaib's entry "for a humanitarian visit to her grandmother", after initially denying her access to the territory because of her support for the boycott campaign of the Hebrew State.
Sitting in the House of Representatives since January 2019, Rashida Tlaib, 43, is the first Palestinian-born US Congresswoman and one of the first two Muslim women in the House.
"When I won, it gave the Palestinians hope that someone would finally speak the truth about the inhuman conditions, I can not allow the State of Israel to extinguish this flame by humiliating me and to use my love for my grandma to submit to their oppressive and racist policies, "she wrote.
"My grandmother wanted to pick figs with me, I collapsed reading this and I worry every day for the safety of my family since I won," Tlaib wrote as she retweeted an article. mentioning his family's disappointment after Israel refused its first application for entry.
Following a call by US President Donald Trump, Israel announced Thursday it had banned the visit of Ms. Tlaib and other US Congressman, Ilhan Omar, because of their support for the boycott movement.
But in the night, Rashida Tlaib had written to the Israeli authorities asking them to visit his family, especially his grandmother, who lives in the village of Beit Ur al-Fauqa, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
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