This didn’t sit well with Tlaib who then likened this stipulation to “humiliating me” and “[using] my love for my sity to bow down to their oppressive & racist policies.” Finally, the congresswoman announced the cancellation of the trip which she previously asked to be allowed to take.
Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me. It would kill a piece of me. I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in–fighting against racism, oppression & injustice. https://t.co/z5t5j3qk4H
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) August 16, 2019
Therefore, the Israeli minister took to Twitter and slammed Tlaib as someone who loathes Israel more than she loves her grandmother.
Rep. Tlaib just tweeted that she won't be coming to Israel.
Just yesterday she sent me a letter, asking to visit her 90 year old grandmother saying, "it might be my last chance to meet her".— אריה מכלוף דרעי (@ariyederi) August 16, 2019
I approved her request as a gesture of goodwill on a humanitarian basis, but it was just a provocative request, aimed at bashing the State of Israel. Apparently her hate for Israel overcomes her love for her grandmother.@realDonaldTrump @RashidaTlaib
— אריה מכלוף דרעי (@ariyederi) August 16, 2019
Contradictions from Tlaib
The congresswoman is under fire, due to contradictions between her present words and her written appeal. In Tlaib’s letter, she asked to visit her grandmother and moreover vowed to “respect any restrictions” and “not promote any boycotts against Israel during my visit.”
