{"id":246,"date":"2019-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/palmon.ximid.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/watch-congresswomen-tlaib-and-omar-address-israels-travel-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2019-08-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T00:00:00","slug":"watch-congresswomen-tlaib-and-omar-address-israels-travel-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palestinemonitor.org\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/watch-congresswomen-tlaib-and-omar-address-israels-travel-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Congresswomen Tlaib and Omar address Israel&lsquo;s travel restrictions."},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=&#34;ltr&#34; style=&#34;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&#34;><font class=&#34;inside-text&#34;><b style=&#34;font-weight:normal;&#34; id=&#34;docs-internal-guid-5f0417f4-7fff-d61f-388b-5dcdd6b17e9c&#34;><span style=&#34;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;&#34;>On Thursday 15 August, Israel initially barred <\/span><\/b><b style=&#34;font-weight:normal;&#34; 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style=&#34;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&#34;><span style=&#34;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;&#34;>Following this decision, Tlaib rejected this back-track, stating she will <\/span><a href=&#34;https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/08\/tlaib-won-visit-west-bank-oppressive-israeli-conditions-190816131808541.html&#34; style=&#34;text-decoration:none;&#34;><span style=&#34;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;&#34;>no longer visit<\/span><\/a><span style=&#34;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;&#34;> due to the &quot;oppressive conditions&quot; 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