U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib broke into tears Monday as she recalled her family's decision last week to reject Israel's conditional offer to let her visit her 90-year-old grandmother.
"We all decided as a family that I could not go until I was a free United States congresswoman coming there, not only to see my grandmother but to talk to Palestinian and Israeli organizations that believed my grandmother deserved human dignity as much as anyone else does," Tlaib said at a news conference with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
On Thursday, under pressure from President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu barred Tlaib and Omar from entering the country due to their support for boycotting the Jewish state over its harsh treatment of Palestinians.…