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The Israeli High Court has put an end to the planned deportation on Sunday of Lara Alqasem, a former student at the University of Florida, who grew up in the Southwest Ranches, according to reports from Israel.
According to the Jerusalem Post, Judge Uzi Vogelman has asked the Israeli government and Alqasem to file written responses within 24 hours of the first hearing of his appeal on Wednesday against his deportation. At this hearing, the court will determine whether he will hear Alqasem's appeal.
Alqasem was stuck at Ben Gurion airport, just outside Tel Aviv, refusing to return to the United States but not allowed to study in Israel as part of a master's degree program. Hebrew University. She had obtained a student visa before Israel discovered she was president of Students for Justice in Palestine. Israel regards this group as part of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement, which calls for one or all of the measures taken against Israel for its treatment of Palestinians.
Israel's consul general in Miami, Lior Hiat, told the Miami Herald: "… once we realized that Ms. Alqasem was involved in anti-Israel (and anti-Semitic) activities through the movement. BDS, she's been denied entry. "
Alqasem said it had left the BDS movement in 2017. The Jerusalem Post said Israeli lawyers had claimed in Tel Aviv District Court that it had posted Facebook posts in 2018, saying that "no one is here." she would participate in BDS events before erasing them. Yotam Ben-Hillel, Alqasem's lawyer, explained that many people post things on Facebook, but they do not follow them or erase them for reasons other than concealment.
The Times of Israel said Alqasem was to be deported at 5 pm Israel time (10 am eastern time in the United States) after a Tel Aviv district court upheld on Friday the government 's refusal to allow the government to allow them to return to their homes. Alqasem entrance.
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