Tlaib Gets Israel’s OK To Visit Her Grandmother, Then Decides Against It
(JTA) — After being barred from entering Israel on Thursday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib submitted a humanitarian request to visit her aging grandmother in the West Bank, and Israel’s interior minister approved it. But Tlaib changed her mind Friday morning, saying that in the end she could not enter Israel “under these oppressive conditions.” “Silencing me…