mo4ch:>US bars BDS co-founder from boarding DC-bound plane in Israel, despite valid travel papers | Mo4ch News
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.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.Also on rt.comHouse Dems ignore base, battle Trump for Israel’s approval with anti-boycott law as AIPAC loomsBarghouti was given no explanation for the US' decision to bar him from the country beyond an "immigration matter," according 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 "lea…