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US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has slammed attempts by lawmakers to ban the label ‘Made in Palestine’, after a Senate Judiciary hearing on Tuesday was used to promote the proposal. The Palestinian-American representative urged her fellow lawmakers to vote against the bill, saying that a ‘yes’ vote would be “erasing the existence of Palestinians”. Tlaib, a member of the Democrat’s left-leaning ‘The Squad’ bloc, has consistently criticised Israeli abuses against Palestinians. “It seeks to erase Palestine, from products produced by Palestinians on Palestinian farms,” Tlaib said on the House floor…

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