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Jul 21, 2026

Israel says it has refused visa to UN official to ‘teach them a lesson’
Israel says it has refused a visa to UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths as…
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Israel stopped visas for UN human rights workers 3 years ago
OHCHR foreign employees left in limbo amid Israeli crackdown on rights monitors The UN’s…
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The State Department Should Deny Smotrich Entry
Please take this action aimed at the State Department. It is outrageous (and against US…
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Petition on U.S. Visa Waiver Program
Dear Supporter, On October 20 the Israeli government will implement new procedures for those…
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Harvard freshman denied entry at Logan Airport by immigration officials
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Members of ‘Gaza’ documentary crew trapped as film premieres at Sundance
Fady Hanona and Ali Aby Yaseen desperately trying to make it to the U.S. premiere…
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2 Million Palestinians Denied due to Closure of Gaza Border Crossing
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, June 19, 2017
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Israel to crack down further on foreign pro-Palestinian activists
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 8 August 2016
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Catastrophe at Rafah Crossing: More Than 35 Dead—and Counting
Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, September/October 2007 PERCHED ATOP A suitcase and…
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The Israel Lobby
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, London Review of Books, 23 March 2006 For the past…
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Israeli Extremists Lose, as a New Generation of Palestinians Wins
Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May/June 2005 THEY BREATHE the same air,…
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Rules Prevent Scholar From Researching
Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio Monday May 10, 2004 (EAU CLAIRE) New Homeland Security rules…
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Removing the witnesses
Israel’s crackdown on international peace activists raises grave concerns. Muna Hamzeh, Al-Ahram Weekly, 29 May…
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