ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Over 2000 Palestinian Americans enter country so far under visa waiver trial
Reuters and ILH Staff
August 2, 2023

More than 2,000 Palestinian Americans have traveled into or through Israel since it eased conditions for them at border crossings as part of a bid to achieve a visa waiver deal with the United States, an Israeli official said on Wednesday. Ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline to qualify its citizens for visa-free admission to the United States, Israel has reciprocally loosened access through its main airport and at the occupied West Bank’s boundary for Palestinian Americans…To obtain the visa waiver deal, Israel, which imposes tight controls on movements by Palestinians and does not usually allow them to travel through Ben-Gurion International Airport, must show that it treats Palestinians who hold a US passport the same as it treats all US citizens. READ MORE