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October 19, 2018

Israeli Court Overturns U.S. Student's Deportation
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Israel's Supreme Court has overturned U.S. student Lara Alqasem's
deportation order, granting her the right to stay and study in Israel.
Alqasem, who is of Palestinian descent, was held at Israel's Ben Gurion
Airport for over two weeks after arriving in the country to start a
master's program. Israel said it had initially denied her entry over her
past support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement-an
international Palestinian solidarity campaign. In 2017, Israel passed a
law denying entry to foreign nationals who support any kind of boycott
against the country.


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