Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, who offered Friday to overturn the ban, responded to US Rep. Rashida Tlaib's announcement that she will not visit Israel.
"Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib just tweeted that she will not visit Israel. Last night, she sent me a letter asking me to allow her to visit her grandmother, who is in her 90s, because 'this might be my last opportunity to see her.' I agreed to this humanitarian request, but it turns out that it was just a provocation aimed at embarrassing Israel," he said. "Her hatred of Israel is greater than her love for her grandmother."
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