Rep. Rashida Tlaib's grandmother has blasted President Donald Trump amid a controversy over the Democrat congresswoman's visa to visit her in Israel.

'May Allah ruin him,' scoffed Muftia Tlaib, 90, in Arabic in an interview in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, slamming Trump for his remark that she was lucky not to have to see her granddaughter.

Israel on Thursday barred a visit by Rashida Tlaib and fellow Democrat Ilhan Omar that it had initially said it would allow — then reversed course the next day, saying it would let Tlaib visit her family in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds.

But the congresswoman rejected the offer, saying that Israel had imposed restrictions meant to humiliate her, without specifying what the restrictions were.

Muftia Tlaib (above) cursed Trump saying 'may Allah ruin him' after Trump tweeted that she should be glad not to see her granddaughter after her visit was scuttled

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (above) rejected the visa offer from Israel, saying that the country had imposed restrictions meant to humiliate her

On Friday night, Trump tweeted: 'Rep. Tlaib wrote a letter to Israeli officials desperately wanting to visit her grandmother. Permission was quickly granted, whereupon Tlaib obnoxiously turned the approval down, a complete setup. The only real winner here is Tlaib's grandmother. She doesn't have to see her now!'

Muftia Tlaib responded: 'Trump tells me I should be happy Rashida is not coming. May God ruin him.'

'I was happy that she was coming, I was excited that she was coming, for her grandmother to see her,' she continued, sitting in her garden in the village of Beit Ur Al-Fauqa.

Her son, Rashida's uncle Bassam Tlaib, said the women had not seen each other since 2006.

He said: 'She was going to slaughter a sheep when Rashida arrived and prepare her favorite food, stuffed vine leave.

'Rashida sees her granny as a second mother, she has always supported her. Rashida says she owes her success to her grandmother.'

Trump tweeted: 'The only real winner here is Tlaib´s grandmother. She doesn't have to see her'

Rashida sees her grandmother (above) as a second mother, her uncle said, but the women had not seen each other since 2006

Tlaib did not outline what the conditions imposed on her visit were. Israeli media reported that she had agreed not to promote boycotts against Israel as part of her request to Israel's Foreign Ministry.

Tlaib, like Omar, has voiced support for the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, which opposes the occupation and Israel's policies toward Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. BDS backers can be denied entry to Israel by law.

The pair are the first two Muslim women to be elected to Congress, and Detroit-born Tlaib is the first Palestinian-American congresswoman. Both are members of the Democratic party's progressive wing and sharp critics of Trump and Israel.

The Palestinians want to establish a state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war.

Israel has annexed East Jerusalem in a move not recognized internationally; maintains a blockade of Gaza, run by the Islamist Hamas movement; and controls most of the West Bank, where Palestinians have limited self-rule.

Muftia Tlaib, the maternal grandmother of US Congresswoman Rashida, walk with her son Bassam outside their home in the village of Beit Ur al-Fauqa

The prospects of resolving the conflict under the 'two-state solution' that had guided peacemaking efforts for years have dimmed significantly since Trump took office, while Israeli settlements on land Palestinians seek for a state have expanded.

The Trump administration, which is particularly close to the Netanyahu government, has touted its own peace plan but details remain vague. It fueled Palestinian anger by recognizing disputed Jerusalem as Israel's capital in 2017.

Trump has for weeks been attacking Tlaib and Omar, along with lawmakers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts - all women of color known as the 'Squad' - accusing them of hostility to Israel in a barrage condemned by critics as racist.

'Trump has told Rashida and Ilhan to go back to their home countries. What a contradiction, yesterday he asked them to leave and today he asks that they aren't let in,' said Bassam Tlaib.

Still, the grandmother is hopeful: 'My heart tells me that she will come.'