Transcript
We have an update to a story we told you about yesterday.
Yesterday Israeli officials banned Democratic congresswomen Rashisa Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country because of their support of a boycott against Israel and after President Trump tweeted the country would be showing “great weakness” if the women were allowed in.
Israel had a change of heart and granted permission for Tlaib to enter the country on humanitarian grounds to visit her family in the West Bank.
Tlaib also sent a letter saying this may be the last opportunity to see her 90-year-old grandmother.
She also promised not to speak about boycotting the country while she’s there.
But then just a few hours after being granted permission to visit Israel, Tlaib sent a tweet indicated she changed her mind.
She said “I cannot allow the state of Israel to take away my right to speak the truth about inhumane conditions for Palestinians, to silence me and treat me like a criminal and to use my love for my city to bow down to their oppressive and racist policy.”
Tlaib’s family supports her decision.
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