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Israeli Appeals Court Upholds Entry Ban on U.S. BDS Activist
(Times of Israel-Ha'aretz) The Tel Aviv District Court on Friday upheld a ban on U.S. student Lara Alqasem who was refused entry at the airport over her support for anti-Israel boycott efforts. Judge Erez Yekuel said that "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." He said there was "no disputing" that Alqasem from 2014-17 was a member of Students for Justice in Palestine, an organization that called to boycott Israel, and for two years was the president of its Florida campus chapter, and that the organization expressed support for those who carried out activities to harm Israel. On Sunday, the Israel Supreme Court froze her deportation pending a hearing to be held on Wednesday.