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Hundreds of academics, Jewish leaders demand Israel release U.S. student

Lara Alqasem got permission from the Israeli consulate to study at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University. Upon landing, she was detained and ordered deported. She has been held for six days. Over 100 academics and Jewish professionals signed a petition demanding that Israeli authorities release a Palestinian-American student they have been detaining for nearly a week and let her enter…

By Edo Konrad October 8, 2018

A general view of the security check-in area at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 24, 2006. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Israel denies entry to Palestinian American over alleged BDS support

Israeli border authorities stopped 22-year-old Lara Alqasem from entering the country, despite the fact that she has a one-year student visa. An American woman with a valid student visa was denied entry to Israel upon landing on Tuesday at Ben Gurion Airport. Lara Alqasem, the 22-year-old granddaughter of Palestinian refugees from Haifa and a recent graduate…

By Edo Konrad October 3, 2018