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In honor of women's month, we’re honoring five powerful Palestinian women. Meet Rashida Tlaib the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress. She's a powerhouse, advocating a green vision for her home-state Michigan to Palestinian rights in Congress.
on March 9, 2020
Israel’s treatment of U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has made Israel’s complete control over Palestinian lives clear.
on August 22, 2019
Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib sharply criticized Israel on Monday for denying them entry to the country and called on fellow members of Congress to visit while they cannot.
on August 22, 2019
People posted emotional stories of their Palestinian grandmothers after Tlaib said she wouldn't see her "sitty" due to Israel's "oppressive conditions" on the trip.
on August 22, 2019
An interview with Yousef Munayyer, the executive director of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
on August 22, 2019
In a small stone house on the edge of a sleepy Palestinian village, a 90-year-old woman ran a string of wooden prayer beads through her gnarled fingers on Friday, silently reciting the 99 names of Allah, while a maelstrom of world politics swirled around her and her granddaughter, Representative Rashida Tlaib.
on August 22, 2019
Rashida Tlaib’s grandmother does not understand why her granddaughter, a sitting U.S. congresswoman, could not visit her as originally planned.
on August 22, 2019
"I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in," she wrote on Twitter.
on August 22, 2019
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., will not travel to Israel after all, she announced Friday on Twitter and in a statement, rejecting an earlier approval by the government that would have allowed to come on a "humanitarian visit."
on August 22, 2019