Lara Alqasem

After Lara Alqasem, how will Supreme Court rule on deporting HRW official?

The question is doubly complex because it comes after the Supreme Court’s October decision blocking the deportation of student Lara Alqasem.

American student Lara Alqasem (center) appears in Israel’s Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 17
Students at Hebrew University

The English University of Jerusalem?

American student Lara Alqasem (center) appears in Israel’s Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 17

The imaginary threat of BDS

US student Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2018

Why Lara Alqasem’s permission to enter Israel normalizes abuses


High Court rules State must release Lara Alqasem from airport for studies

Alqasem has been detained at the airport for around two weeks after the state alleged she was a BDS supporter who fit the criteria for being blocked from entering the country.

US student Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, 2018

Hebrew University crossed a red line on the Alqasem appeal

Last year the university organized a conference featuring representatives from “Coalition of Women for Peace,” a far-left NGO that promotes the BDS movement.

US student Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2018

High Court presses Israel on whether Lara Alqasem supports BDS now

Alqasem has admitted that she supported BDS until April 2017, but has said that she then left the movement and that her desire to spend a year abroad at the Hebrew University shows a clear break.

US student Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, 2018

High Court: How could Alqasem support BDS if she wants to study in Israel?

"Lara Alqasem is being penalized and demonized because of her political beliefs. It is her beliefs and opinions that are on trial."

Lara Alqasem entered the courtroom for the first hearing in the High Court of Justice on October 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor: October 17, 2018

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Israel Studies Assoc. supports alleged BDS activist Alqasem ahead of trial

"As academicians and as people knowledgeable about Israel, we think the best strategy for combatting boycotts is precisely the path Ms. Alqasem has chosen—a genuine education."

US student Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2018

Bennett denounces Hebrew University's support of alleged BDS activist

Bennett criticized Hebrew University of Jerusalem's support of Lara Alqasem's appeal to the Israeli High Court to gain entry to the country, despite her history with BDS

US student Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, 2018

Hebrew University protesters reserve empty chair for alleged BDS activist

Yesterday, the High Court of Justice froze Alqasem's deportation.

Hebrew University reserves chair for jailed BDS activist

Netanyahu: B’Tselem is a disgrace

PM pledges to appoint envoy to the Christian world.

Netanyahu at the 2018 Christian Media Summit

Letters to the Editor: October 15, 2018

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters