Lara Alqasem

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Israeli group appeals to university donors over support of Lara Alqasem
JNS15.10.2018
The Zionist organization Im Tirtzu sent letters to dozens of Hebrew University donors, calling on them to not "stand idly by” while the university continues to provide legal support to Lara Alqasem.
Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student, arrives to the courtroom at the Tel Aviv District court on Oct. 11, 2018. The American graduate student was denied entry at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on Oct. 2 over allegations that she promotes a boycott against the Jewish state. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
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Israeli group appeals to university donors over support of Lara Alqasem
15.10.2018
The Zionist organization Im Tirtzu sent letters to dozens of Hebrew University donors, calling on them to not "stand idly by” while the university continues to provide legal support to Lara Alqasem.
Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student, arrives to the courtroom at the Tel Aviv District court on Oct. 11, 2018. The American graduate student was denied entry at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on Oct. 2 over allegations that she promotes a boycott against the Jewish state. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
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Israel Hayom
Amnon Lord14.10.2018
Deport BDS activist Lara Alqasem
What kind of message does this combined effort on her behalf send? That nothing is legal in Israel unless it is sanctioned by Haaretz and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Alex Traiman14.10.2018
Go home, Lara Alqasem!
There is little doubt that letting Lara Alqasem into Israel would have zero impact on Israel’s continued economic success in the face of calls for boycotts. Yet just because Israel succeeds in spite of the misinformation campaigns of its detractors does not mean that it must continue to take BDS punches lying down.
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Israeli court upholds entry ban for student Lara Alqasem
14.10.2018
The Tel Aviv District Court said “any self-respecting state defends its own interests and those of its citizens, and has the right to fight against the actions of a boycott … as well as any attacks on its image.”
Lara Alqasem, 22, was denied entry to Israel for graduate work on Oct. 2, 2018, because of her active BDS involvement while a student at the University of Florida. Credit: Screenshot.
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Stephen M. Flatow12.10.2018
America wouldn’t let her in, so why should Israel?
Alqasem is being denied entry not because of her “opinions” or what she “favors,” but because of her actions. She actively promotes the cause of those who murder Israelis.
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US supports Israeli detention of pro-BDS activist
11.10.2018
“As a general principle, we value freedom of expression even in cases where we don’t agree with the political views expressed and this is such a case,” said State Department deputy spokesman Robert Palladino.
Lara Alqasem, 22, was denied entry to Israel for graduate work on Oct. 2, 2018, because of her active BDS involvement while a student at the University of Florida. Credit: Screenshot.
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Jonathan S. Tobin10.10.2018
BDS threatens the Diaspora, not Israel
The debate over preventing anti-Israel activists from entering the Jewish state misses the point about a movement steeped in hate.
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Israeli Strategic Affairs minister: ‘Blatantly false’ to call student supporter of BDS ‘incarcerated’
Jackson Richman08.10.2018
Minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan tells JNS, Lara Alqasem served as “president of a chapter of one of the most extreme and hate-filled anti-Israel BDS groups in the U.S. She is free to return to her home in the United States whenever she wishes.”
Lara Alqasem, 22, was denied entry to Israel for graduate work on Oct. 2, 2018, because of her active BDS involvement while a student at the University of Florida. Credit: Screenshot.
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