Israel denies entry to French-Palestinian lawmaker Rima Hassan
Israel is set to deny entry to Rima Hassan, a French-Palestinian member of the European parliament, at the order of Interior Minister Moshe Arbel based on a recommendation from the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism.
Hassan had been expected to land from Brussels this afternoon.
Often seen with a keffiyeh wrapped around her shoulders - 'my superhero cape', as she described it - Hassan is the granddaughter of Palestinians made refugees in the 1948 Nakba.
She has said that in Brussels she will work on her objectives to see Europe 'recognise Palestine as a state to counter Israel's colonisation plans, impose economic sanctions by suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement, enforce an arms export embargo for human rights violations, and implement diplomatic and political sanctions on Israel akin to those on apartheid South Africa until international law is upheld'.
You can read more about Hassan here.
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