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Deputy foreign minister: Detained US student wasn’t really a boycott activist
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDeputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely says Lara Alqasem, the American student who was barred entry into Israel and remains in airport detention over her alleged support for the anti-Israel boycott movement, “wasn’t really a boycott activist.”
“We must use the boycott law wisely and consider whether the international damage supersedes the benefits,” she tells Hadashot television, referring to a 2017 law allowing Israel to bar boycott activists from the country.
“We made her an uncalled-for symbol,” adds Hotovely.
Alqasem, who arrived in the country to study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is waiting for the Supreme Court to decide if it will hear her appeal.
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