Sitting under an olive tree in the West Bank, Muftia Tlaib scoffs at the attention she has recently received from US President Donald Trump.
"May God ruin him," she says.
Tlaib is the grandmother of US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), at the center of an affair that has drawn Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu together against Democrats.
On Thursday, Israel barred a visit by Tlaib and fellow party member Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) that it had initially said it would allow.
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The next day, Israel said it would let Tlaib visit her family in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds after she requested to see her grandmother, but Tlaib rejected the offer, saying that Israel 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!"
Sitting in her garden in the village of Beit Ur al-Fauqa, 90-year-old Muftia Tlaib was not impressed. "Trump tells me I should be happy Rashida is not coming," she said. "May God ruin him."
Her son, Rashida's uncle Bassam Tlaib, said the women had not seen each other since 2006: "She was going to slaughter a sheep when Rashida arrived and prepare her favorite food, stuffed vine leaves."
"Rashida sees her granny as a second mother, she has always supported her. Rashida says she owes her success to her grandmother."
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 boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement. 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 vocal in their anti-Israel positions.
For weeks, Trump has been calling out Tlaib and Omar, accusing them of hostility to Israel. Some have perceived this behavior 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, her grandmother is hopeful: "My heart tells me that she will come."
