‘Plainly preposterous': Alex Ryvchin slams Albanese government's ban of Hillel Fuld
Executive Council of Australian Jewry Co-CEO Alex Ryvchin has called for the Australian government's ban of Israeli-American speaker Hillel Fuld from the country to be 'overturned'.
US ambassador to Israel has stepped in after the Albanese government quietly cancelled the travel visa of Hillel Fuld who was due to visit in the coming weeks.
'It's a plainly proposterous decision; Hillel Fuld is a tech entrepreneur, he is an expert in his field, he is an uncontroversial figure,' Mr Rvychin told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
'To think that he was someone that could be deemed of such ill character, that he should be excluded and banned from entering this country, is absurd.'
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