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Lara Alqasem

Rafiq Alqasem's daughter, Lara, was initially denied entry into Israel for her support of the BDS movement until she was granted the right to study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem by Israel's Supreme Court on Oct. 18, 2018. He is know for his own BDS activities and anti-Semitic sentiment. Credit: Screenshot.

Exposed: Lara Alqasem is not the only pro-BDS, anti-Israel activist in her family

Her father, Rafiq Alqasem, staunchly supports BDS and has posted anti-Semitic content on social media, such as conspiracy theories related to Jewish influence and comparing Israel to Nazi Germany.

Oct. 24, 2018

A giant billboard outside the offices of The New York Times, put up by CAMERA. Source: CAMERA.

‘The New York Times’ again whitewashes BDS

The New York Times has a particular, and partisan, definition of “Palestinian rights.” Those rights, the newspaper suggests, include the right to wipe Israel off the map and the right to force minority status upon the country’s Jews.

Ricki Hollander

Oct. 23, 2018

Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student, arrives to the courtroom at the Tel Aviv District court on October 11, 2018. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90

The Hebrew University’s department of BDS

People come to Israel to supplement their leftism. Which is what Lara Alqasem will do.

Akiva Bigman

Oct. 21, 2018

Poster (Im Tirtzu)

Hebrew University students to Lara Alqasem: ‘Go study in Gaza, Syria or Iran’

Dozens of anti-BDS anti-terror posters directed at Lara Alqasem were hung and distributed at Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus ahead of Lara Alqasem’s arrival.

Oct. 21, 2018

Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student, arrives to the courtroom at the Israel Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Oct. 17, 2018. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Dershowitz on Lara Alqasem case: ‘Israel never should have detained her’

American Jewish leaders and Israel-related groups express mixed reactions over the Israeli Supreme Court’s controversial decision to allow the entry of BDS activist Lara Alqasem, with some accusing the court of overstepping its boundaries.

Jackson Richman

Oct. 19, 2018

Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old graduate student an active BDS supporter while at the University of Florida, arrives to the courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Oct. 17, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel’s Supreme Court grants student appeal, lets Alqasem enter Israel for graduate work

“We will continue to fight for the principle that whoever acts to harm the State of Israel and its citizens should be refused entry,” said Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs and Public Security Gilad Erdan.

Oct. 18, 2018

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.

The wrong ‘rights’ narrative

We have the right to speak out on campuses without fear, no less than any other student group. And we have the right to defend those rights, champion them and promote them.

Yisrael Medad

Oct. 18, 2018

A Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) display at UCLA. Credit: SJP UCLA via Facebook.

If Lara Alqasem led a radical-right group, would the media have covered her detention?

Students for Justice in Palestine is, by any definition, a hate group, and not just a group which advocates for the Palestinians.

Adam Levick

Oct. 18, 2018

Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student, arrives to the courtroom at the Tel Aviv District court on October 11, 2018. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90

Jewish groups react to Israel denying entry to BDS activist

The reactions of Jewish and Israel-related groups are mixed over Israel denying entry earlier this month to 22-year-old American BDS activist Lara Alqasem, whose case will be heard by Israel’s Supreme Court after the Tel Aviv District Court rejected her appeal.

Jackson Richman

Oct. 16, 2018