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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 584

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This 2024 photo provided by Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani shows her and her fiance, Alireza Doroudi, who was detained by immigration officials in March 2025. (Alireza Doroudi via AP)
May 4, 2025, 6:34 am
International students in Alabama fearful after researcher from Iran detained
Iranian students say they have been advised by faculty to ‘lay low’ and ‘be invisible’ after Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani and fiancé Alireza Doroudi swept up by immigration officers
By SAFIYAH RIDDLE
Demonstrators from the Jewish Voice for Peace group protest inside Trump Tower in support of Mahmoud Khalil, on March 13, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
April 26, 2025, 7:58 am
Trump administration restores student visas, but impact on anti-Israel protesters unclear
Officials suspend revocation of visas for those arrested until process can be refined, amid mounting public pressure
By Grace Gilson
People march in a 'Hands Off!' protest against US President Donald Trump in New York, April 5, 2025. (AP/Andres Kudacki)
April 18, 2025, 9:24 am
US to vet social media accounts of visa applicants who visited Gaza after 2007
Internal State Department cable says online profiles of relevant travelers should be searched for ‘potential derogatory information relating to security issues’
By Humeyra Pamuk
A New York City police officer keeps watch on the campus of Columbia University in New York, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP/Seth Wenig)
April 16, 2025, 4:30 am
Visa revocations sow panic for foreign students in US, as hundreds fear deportation
At least 790 students at over 120 schools have had visas canceled or legal status terminated in recent weeks, according to review; advocacy groups say hundreds more could be caught up
By ANNIE MA, MAKIYA SEMINERA and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, October 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
December 29, 2024, 6:10 am
Trump sides with Musk in ‘MAGA civil war’ over worker visas
Spat between Tesla CEO and traditional anti-immigration Trump backers erupts, with Musk even vowing to ‘go to war’ over program that helps highly skilled workers enter country
By AFP
Former IDF soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead an incapacitated Palestinian assailant in the West Bank city of Hebron, appears before a parole board in the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on March 14, 2018. (Flash90)
July 19, 2024, 4:57 am
Israeli official slams US sanctioning of Elor Azaria as ‘politically motivated’
Decision to designate ex-soldier who was convicted and served time for killing wounded assailant eight years ago conveys lack of trust in Israeli justice system, official tells ToI
By Jacob Magid
Elor Azaria, center, visits in the West Bank city of Hebron following his release from prison where he served a sentence for the 2016 manslaughter of an incapacitated Palestinian attacker he shot in the city during his military service, July 3, 2018. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
July 18, 2024, 1:39 am
US sanctions ex-IDF soldier convicted of killing wounded Palestinian stabber in 2016
Visa ban on Elor Azaria, who served 9 months of 18-month prison sentence, comes months after US backtracked on sanctioning IDF battalion over alleged rights abuses in West Bank
By Jacob Magid
IDF soldiers scuffle with settlers from the Einav settlement trying to storm the town of Deir Sharaf in the Nablus governorate of the West Bank on November 2, 2023, after an Israeli was killed when his car came under fire. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
December 2, 2023, 5:10 pm
US to announce visa ban on violent settlers in coming weeks — officials
Announcement expected to specify number rather than names of settlers banned as deterrent against those considering targeting Palestinians; French foreign ministry calls for EU ban
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 5, 2023, 3:50 am
Netanyahu welcomes Smotrich’s retraction of ‘inappropriate’ call to wipe out Huwara
PM, far-right minister take jabs at US envoy Nides, who was reported by Channel 12 saying he wished he could throw Smotrich off the plane to DC; ambassador denies making the remark
By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a conference in Jerusalem, February 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 4, 2023, 9:12 pm
Smotrich says his call to ‘wipe out’ Huwara was an ’emotional slip of the tongue’
Officials say White House holding discussions over whether to grant far-right minister a visa for US visit next week, but indicate he is unlikely to be barred
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Leili Ghazi, a 22-year-old US immigrant from Iran separated indefinitely from her parents, stands for a photo in Pasadena, California, June 21, 2022. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
June 27, 2022, 1:00 am
Former conscripts in Iran Guards bemoan ban on entering US due to terror listing
Iranians stateside disappointed that Trump-era terror designation of IRGC not removed under Biden, preventing family members from joining them
By Amy Taxin
Chief Rabbi of Safed Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu speaks at the 'Besheva' group, on February 7, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 31, 2022, 9:14 am
US nixes visa of Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, who’s been accused of racism – report
Safed chief rabbi, a leading national-religious figure, blames ‘anti-Zionists’ in the Reform movement for decision to cancel his travel document
By ToI Staff
Passengers arrive at Miami International Airport before they are screened by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) using facial biometrics to automate manual document checks required for admission into the US on November 20, 2020, in Miami, Florida. (AP Photo/ Lynne Sladky)
October 27, 2021, 8:50 am
Israel a candidate for visa waiver program, says top US official
After years of lobbying by Jerusalem, Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas says US ‘very, very focused on the program’
By Amy Spiro
In this photo taken on Jan. 24, 2019, Denis Wolok, the father of 1-month-old Eva's father, shows the child's US passport during an interview with The Associated Press in Hollywood, Florida (AP Photo/Iuliia Stashevska)
January 25, 2020, 12:36 pm
US moves to restrict entry for pregnant women on ‘birth tourism’
New visa rules aim to minimize number of foreigners who take advantage of American ‘birthright citizenship,’ a particular area of chagrin for Trump
By Matthew Lee and Colleen Long
Crew members of Iranian supertanker Grace 1 walk on board off the coast of Gibraltar on August 15, 2019. (JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
August 16, 2019, 6:25 am
US threatens to ban visas for released Iran tanker crew
After failed bid to stop Gibraltar from letting ship go, Washington says vessel still in breach of sanctions by aiding Revolutionary Guards
By AFP
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