Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said on Friday she will not visit her grandmother in the occupied West Bank after Israel granted her entry into the country, arguing it would stand 'against everything I believe in.'

'When I won, it gave the Palestinian people hope that someone will finally speak the truth about the inhumane conditions. I can't allow the State of Israel to take away that light by humiliating me & use my love for my sity to bow down to their oppressive & racist policies,' she tweeted Friday morning.

'Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me. It would kill a piece of me. I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in - fighting against racism, oppression & injustice,' she added.

Her rejection of Israel's offer comes after the government agreed to allow the Muslim lawmaker entry if she vowed not to promote the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement - a boycott Israel movement.

However, it was Tlaib, an outspoken supporter of Palestine, who initially made the overture to the Israelis, promising to respect their restrictions and not promote the boycott - which wants Israel to abandon the occupied territories - if they let her visit her relatives.

Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib turned down Israel's offer to visit her grandmother

Rep. Tlaib's grandmother Muftia Tlaib lives in the occupied West Bank

In her letter to Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, written on her official Congressional stationary, the Michigan Democrat vowed to follow any stipulations if the country granted her access to visit her elderly grandmother Muftia Tlaib, who lives in occupied territory.

'I would like to request admittance to Israel in order to visit my relatives, and specifically my grandmother, who is in her 90s and lives in Beit Ur al-Fouqa. This could be my last opportunity to see her. I will respect any restrictions and will not promote boycotts against Israel during my visit,' Tlaib wrote in the letter dated Thursday.

Deri granted the congresswoman's request on humanitarian grounds.

The minister, in his statement, noted Tlaib 'committed to accept all the demands of Israel to respect the restrictions imposed on her in the visit, and she also promised not to advance boycotts against Israel during her visit.'

However, after Tlaib rejected his offer, Deri accused her of hating Israel more than loving her grandmother.

'Last night, she sent me a letter asking to allow her to visit her 90-year-old grandmother 'because this could be my last chance to meet her,'' Deri said. 'I approved it for humanitarian reason, but it turns out that it was a provocation to embarrass Israel. Her hatred for Israel overcomes her love for her grandmother.'

Tlaib was born in the United States but traces her roots to the Palestinian village of Beit Ur Al-Fauqa in the West Bank. Her grandmother and extended family live in that village.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who had visited Israel last week and spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about letting Tlaib in the country, criticized Israel for placing restrictions on her visit.

'After deciding to allow Rep. Tlaib to visit her grandmother, who lives in the West Bank, the Israeli government required her to sign a letter in some way limiting her actions while in Israel and/or the West Bank. To my knowledge, no Member of Congress has ever been asked to agree to preconditions in order to visit Israel. The public release of that letter compounded the unacceptability of this requirement,' the Number two Democrat in the House said in a statement.

'Not only was this request disrespectful of Rep. Tlaib but of the United States Congress as well,' he said. 'This matter is a self-inflicted wound by one of America's closest allies, one of our closest friends, and a vibrant democracy. President Trump's urging of such action and its implementation were – and are – unacceptable.'

Tlaib, along with her fellow Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar, had been banned from entering Israel for a planned visit this weekend due to their vocal support of Palestinians and the BDS movement.

The two women were scheduled to visit Israel and the occupied territories as guests of a Palestinian lawmaker.

Netanyahu announced Thursday the lawmakers - the first Muslim women elected to Congress - would not be granted entry because they could 'hurt' Israel.

His announcement came about an hour after President Donald Trump tweeted his objection to the visit.

Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri said on Friday that they would allow Tlaib entry after she wrote a letter vowing to respect any restrictions and not support a boycott

The lawmakers expressed their fury at the ban and took the opportunity to criticize Netanyahu for his treatment of Palestinians.

Omar accused Netanyahu of implementing Trump's 'Muslim ban' against two members of Congress, a reference to the administration's policy to ban refugees from seven Muslim countries, including her birthplace of Somalia.

'It is an affront that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, under pressure from President Trump, would deny entry to representatives of the U.S. government. Trump's Muslim ban is what Israel is implementing, this time against two duly elected Members of Congress,' the Minnesota Democrat said in a statement.

Omar also used her statement to criticize Netanyahu for his treatment of Palestinians, saying it was 'not a surprise' that the two were forbidden from their trip, which included a stop at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam. It sits close to the site of the Second Temple, the holiest site in Judaism, making it a hot spot in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

'Sadly, this is not a surprise given the public positions of Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has consistently resisted peace efforts, restricted the freedom of movement of Palestinians, limited public knowledge of the brutal realities of the occupation and aligned himself with Islamophobes like Donald Trump,' the congresswoman said.

Tlaib, meanwhile, tweeted on Thursday a photo of her grandmother Muftia Tlaib and said Israel's decision to 'bar her granddaughter' from visiting was a 'sign of weakness.'

Trump had previously praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for banning Democratic lawmakers Ilhan Omar (left) and Rashida Tlaib (right) from visiting this weekend

Tlaib, meanwhile, tweeted on Thursday a photo of her grandmother Muftia Tlaib, who lives in the occupied West Bank, and said Israel's decision to 'bar her granddaughter' from visiting was a 'sign of weakness'

'This woman right here is my sity. She deserves to live in peace & with human dignity. I am who I am because of her. The decision by Israel to bar her granddaughter, a U.S. Congresswoman, is a sign of weakness b/c the truth of what is happening to Palestinians is frightening,' the Michigan Democrat wrote.

Netanyahu's decision to bar the women from his country came after Trump advised it would show 'great weakness' to allow the Democratic members of Congress to obtain entry, claiming they 'hate Israel & all Jewish people.'

The prime minister said in a statement the lawmakers' visit was designed to 'hurt' Israel, citing their support of a boycott Israel movement that wants the country to abandon the occupied territories.

'Their intent is to hurt Israel and increase its unrest against it,' he said.

Trump had encouraged Israel's move against his political rivals - an unprecedented intervention into the internal affairs of a U.S. ally by a president.

'It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep.Tlaib to visit. They hate Israel & all Jewish people, & there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds. Minnesota and Michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. They are a disgrace!,' the president tweeted Thursday morning.

He doubled down on his criticism of the two women later in the day.

'They are so anti-Israel, so anti-Jewish,' he told reporters in New Jersey, where he is spending a few weeks at his Trump National Golf Course Bedminister.

Omar and Tlaib - along with fellow 'squad' members Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley - are frequent targets of Trump's political fury.

Donald Trump had criticized Muslim lawmakers Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib as 'so anti-Israel, so anti-Jewish'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the two lawmakers' visit was designed to 'hurt' Israel and banned them from coming

The two congresswomen support the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement, which aims to end international support for Israel because of its policies toward Palestinians and its continued construction on the West Bank, which is considered a violation of international law.

The boycott also calls for full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel.

Under Israeli law, backers of the movement can be denied entry into the country.

Democrats expressed their outrage at Netanyahu's decision.

'As one who loves Israel, I am deeply saddened by the news that Israel has decided to prevent Members of Congress from entering the country,' Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement. 'I pray that the Government of Israel will reverse that denial.'

'Israel's denial of entry to Congresswomen Tlaib and Omar is a sign of weakness, and beneath the dignity of the great State of Israel. The President's statements about the Congresswomen are a sign of ignorance and disrespect, and beneath the dignity of the Office of the President,' she added.