10 things you need to know today: August 16, 2019
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Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri said Friday he had granted a request by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) to visit the Israeli-occupied West Bank on humanitarian grounds after she asked for permission to visit her 90-year-old grandmother and vowed to "not promote boycotts" of Israel during the trip. The reversal came after a Thursday decision by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to deny entry to Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), citing their support for boycotting Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. Читать дальше...