New Israeli restrictions on Palestinians with foreign passports are receiving condemnation from legal experts, while the Biden administration does little to defend the rights of U.S. citizens.
of the occupied territory, but has faced significant political pushback. But rights groups say the government has practicedannexation in the West Bank for decades, as millions of Palestinians are subject to Israeli laws and policies, but enjoy no rights under the law.
The rules also state that Israeli officials can determine what subjects the visiting professors would or would not be allowed to teach. Abofoul said, like the other restrictions, it’s not about the relationship itself, but about the control over Palestinian lives. He said there is a serious concern amongst rights groups that the information collected relating to land could be used by the Israeli government in the future to confiscate privately-owned Palestinian land and turn it into state land for the use of settlements or military zones.