BREAKING: Israel grants request by Rep. Tlaib to visit grandmother in West Bank on humanitarian grounds.
"Only a few days ago, we received their visitation plan, and it became clear that they were planning a campaign whose sole purpose was to strengthen the boycott and negate Israel's legitimacy," Netanyahu said, referring to the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, known as BDS.
Netanyahu said at the time that the interior minister would consider her request on the condition that Tlaib committed to not promote the boycotts against Israel. It also sent shock waves throughout Israel and the Palestinian territories with many decrying the move. "This is a dangerous precedent that defies all diplomatic norms and an assault on the Palestinian people’s right to engage with the rest of the world,” she said in a statement.
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