American lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday turned down Israel's offer to let her visit her grandmother, owing to restrictions she termed oppressive/ Palestinian-American lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday turned down Israel's offer to let her visit her grandmother, owing to restrictions she termed ...
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., listens to a question from a constituent in Wixom, Mich., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)/ JERUSALEM (AP) — Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Friday she would not visit her grandmother in the occupied West Bank, despite being granted an Israeli ...
released documents, apparently written in haste, unintentionally reveal quite a few details that both Israel and the United States would have preferred to keep hidden about a remarkable diplomatic eruption here. For the first time in its history, Israel denied entry to two members of the United ...
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting/ In this Aug. 9, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Trump is showcasing the growing effort to capitalize on western Pennsylvania's natural gas deposits by turning gas into plastics. ...
In this July 15, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, right, speaks, as U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. listens, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. The U.S. envoy to Israel said he supports Israel's decision to deny entry to two Muslim congresswomen ahead of their ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (left) and Ilhan Omar are critics of Israeli policy US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has rejected Israel's offer to allow her to make a "humanitarian" visit to her grandmother in the occupied West Bank. Ms Tlaib ...
President Donald Trump reacts at the end of his speech at a campaign rally, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's encouragement and support of may play well to his political base, but it could endanger the foundations ...
- Israel barred entry to two Muslim members of the U.S. Congress after President Donald Trump asserted that letting them into the country would be a sign of weakness and that the pair “hate Israel & all Jewish people.” The Interior Ministry said Thursday that Democratic Representatives Ilhan ...
In this Feb. 5, 2019 file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, joined at right by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., listen to President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, at the Capitol in Washington. Israel's prime minister is holding consultations with senior ministers and aides to ...
Representative Rashida Tlaib said she will not visit Israel to visit her grandmother and other Palestinian relatives on the West Bank after being treated “like a criminal” by Israel, which announced Thursday that Tlaib and Representative Ilhan Omar would not be allowed into the country on a ...
The politics of Israel are beginning to grow divisive in the Democratic Party, after decades of near-unanimous support. But, like many intra-party disputes, nothing brings the family together like an attack by President Donald Trump. Earlier this year, Democrats in Congress and on the campaign ...
US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib -- seen here in July 2019 -- is of Palestinian descent/ US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib -- seen here in July 2019 -- is of Palestinian descent (AFP Photo/BILL PUGLIANO)/ Washington (AFP) - Israel's decision to bar two Muslim members of the US Congress drew ...
Ilhan Omar (front) and Rashida Tlaib (left) will be barred from entering Israel - AP/ Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to bar two Muslim-American Democrat congresswomen from entering Israel after Donald Trump said it would show “great weakness” to allow them in. The move will inflame tensions ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Israel has decided to block two US Democratic lawmakers from visiting after US President Donald Trump urged the country to ban them. On Twitter Mr Trump said "it would show great weakness" if Israel allowed entry to congresswomen Ilhan Omar ...
Israel said Thursday that it will bar two Democratic congresswomen from entering the country ahead of a planned visit over their support for a Palestinian-led boycott movement.
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday barred U.S. Democratic congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from making a planned trip to Israel, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump called on his ally not to let them in. Tlaib and Omar, the first two ...
WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has that Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., were barred from entering the country ahead of a trip planned this weekend to visit sites at Jerusalem and the West Bank, among other stops. Netanyahu said on Twitter that the ...
Two lawmakers also plan to go to occupied West Bank * Both back pro-Palestinian movement to boycott Israel * Israeli law allows banning entry of boycott supporters JERUSALEM, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Israel is considering barring a visit by two of its sharpest critics in the U.S. Congress, Democrats ...
08PM [Updated: Fri Aug 16, 2019 03:13PM ]/ US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speaks at the opening plenary session of the NAACP 110th National Convention at COBO Center on July 22, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by AFP)/ US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has rejected Israel’s offer to allow her to ...
31AM [Updated: Fri Aug 16, 2019 06:06AM ]/ US President Donald Trump has defended Israel’s decision to bar two Muslim Congresswoman from visiting the occupied territories, even as he claims he didn’t “encourage or discourage” the move. Trump told reporters on Thursday that he “did speak to ...
01AM [Updated: Fri Aug 16, 2019 01:01AM ]/ US lawmakers have slammed President Donald Trump after he asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deny two Muslim congresswomen entrance to Israel for a fact-finding visit. Israel on Thursday listened to Trump and barred Ilhan Omar, a ...
Israel has decided to prevent two American congresswomen from traveling to the occupied territories over their support for a boycott of the Tel Aviv regime. Ilhan Omar, a representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district, and Rashida Tlaib, a representative for Michigan’s 13th ...
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem addressed supporters in Beirut on 6 July/ At least 12 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, a regional governor says. Seven Syrians, including a family of five, and three Lebanese were killed when the Wadi Faara area ...
Syria's defence minister announced a ceasefire as government forces entered Suweida city on Tuesday/ Israel says it has bombed Syrian government forces around Suweida, as they entered the predominantly Druze city following two days of deadly sectarian clashes. About 100 people have reportedly ...
Ten people were killed as they gathered near a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp/ Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Ahmed says his son, Abdullah, was "searching for a sip of water" when he took the family's jerrycans on Sunday morning and headed as usual to one of the water distribution ...
A BBC documentary about Gaza breached editorial guidelines on accuracy by failing to disclose the narrator was the son of a Hamas official, the corporation's review has found. BBC director general Tim Davie commissioned the review into Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, after it was in February ...
Syria's interior ministry said security forces were deployed to try to restore calm/ At least 30 people have been killed in armed clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in southern Syria, the country's interior ministry says. The violence erupted in the predominantly ...
Last week, President Pezeshkian accused Israel of trying to kill him - a claim denied by Israel/ Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly slightly injured during one of Israel's attacks on Iran last month. Iran's state Fars news agency, close to the revolutionary guard, says that on 16 ...
Relatives mourn Palestinian child Saraj Ibrahim. In other photos and video, the man in grey is seen carrying the child's body after a strike hit a water distribution point/ Ten people, including six children, have been killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers in ...
Palestinians seeking food and other supplies near an aid distribution site in May/ The Nasser hospital in southern Gaza has said 24 people have been killed near an aid distribution site. Palestinians who were present at the site said Israeli troops opened fire as people were trying to access ...
Palestinians look on as a fire burns on a hilltop seized by Israeli settlers near Sinjil on 4 July/ Two Palestinians have been killed in an attack by Israeli settlers on a town in the north of the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old ...
Gaza has been devastated by 21 months of war between Israel and Hamas/ Negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Qatar on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal are on the brink of collapse, according to Palestinian officials familiar with the details of the discussions. One senior ...