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The co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has been denied entry to the US, where he had a speaking tour scheduled, despite having valid travel documents. This was done in Tel Aviv on US, not Israeli, orders. <\/p>\n

Airline staff at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport informed Omar Barghouti on Wednesday as he prepared to board his flight to Washington that the US consulate had been ordered by US immigration authorities not to allow him to travel, even though he has a US visa valid through January 2021.<\/p>\n

Also on rt.com House Dems ignore base, battle Trump for Israels approval with anti-boycott law as AIPAC looms <\/a><\/p>\n

Barghouti was given no explanation for the US' decision to bar him from the country beyond an "immigration matter<\/em>," according<\/a> to the Arab American Institute, which had invited the activist to Washington, DC for a series of speaking engagements and classes. He had also scheduled events at Harvard University and New York University, meetings with "leading policy makers, thought-leaders and journalists<\/em>," and \u2013 before heading home \u2013 his daughter's wedding.<\/p>\n

The State Department refused to comment on the matter, telling<\/a> NPR, "Visa records are confidential under US law; therefore, we cannot discuss the details of individual visa cases<\/em>."<\/p>\n

While Barghouti, who is a Palestinian and has permanent residency status in Israel, has had problems traveling in the past, Israeli authorities were always responsible, most recently in February when they refused to renew his travel documents until Amnesty International interceded with a demand that the country "end the arbitrary travel ban on human rights defender Omar Barghouti<\/em>." Aryeh Deri, the interior minister, has accused him of "using his resident status to travel all over the world in order to operate against Israel in the most serious manner<\/em>."<\/p>\n

"It is clear this arbitrary political decision is motivated by this administration's effort to silence Palestinian voices<\/em>," AAI President James Zogby said of the US' move. "At a time when some members of Congress are advocating for regressive anti-BDS bills and resolutions, when states have passed legislation targeting the non-violent boycott movement in violation of our protected First Amendment rights, it is disturbing that policy makers and the American people will not have the opportunity to hear from Omar directly<\/em>."<\/p>\n

More than half of US states have passed laws to economically sanction or otherwise penalize companies or individuals that boycott Israel, and federal legislation targeting BDS has even included attempts to criminalize such boycotts \u2013 a measure opponents slammed as profoundRead More \u2013 Source<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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