US lawmaker RashidaTlaib granted entry to Israel on humanitarian grounds
TEL AVIV - Israel has granted a petition by US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib to enter the country on humanitarian grounds, one day after Israel sparked an outcry by barring Ms Tlaib and fellow lawmaker Ilhan Omar from making a diplomatic visit to the region.
Following the ban, Ms Tlaib petitioned the government on humanitarian grounds to visit her Palestinian relatives,"and specifically my grandmother, who is in her 90s and lives in Beit Ur al-Fouqa", read the application to Israel's Interior Minister Arye Dery.
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