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| In West Bank town, Palestinians celebrate family member’s ascent to Capitol Hill |
| 2018-11-09 |
| [IsraelTimes] Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib has expressed support for a one-state solution and an end to US military aid to Israel, but her Paleostinian relatives are more circumspect In a small home overlooking a major thoroughfare in the West Bank that connects Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the Tlaib family gathered Wednesday to celebrate their relative’s electoral victory ‐ 6,000 miles away in Michigan’s 13th Congressional district. Drinking coffee and eating celebratory chocolates with cousins and other extended family in Beit Ur al-Foqa, Bassam Tlaib said the victory of his niece Rashida Tlaib in the US midterm elections was a "great source of pride." |
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