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US bars entry to BDS co-founder
Omar Barghouti, the Palestinian co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has been barred from entering the United States, according to NPR.
“Barghouti was not provided an explanation for his denial of entry beyond ‘immigration matter,'” according to the Arab American Institute, which organized Barghouti’s trip.
He was informed at Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv of the decision, the report says.
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