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.
The English University of Jerusalem?
The imaginary threat of BDS
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.
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.
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.
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."
Letters to the Editor: October 17, 2018
Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.
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."
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
Hebrew University protesters reserve empty chair for alleged BDS activist
Yesterday, the High Court of Justice froze Alqasem's deportation.
Netanyahu: B’Tselem is a disgrace
PM pledges to appoint envoy to the Christian world.
Letters to the Editor: October 15, 2018
Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.