Legitimizing Apartheid: Why Israel is Not Eligible for the Visa Waiver Program Dear Email, Last week the U.S. and Israel signed a MOU to facilitate Israel’s entry into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Upon signing the MOU, a 30-45 day trial period began to test Israel's eligibility to enter the program. If Israel fulfills the statutory requirement to extend “reciprocal privileges to [US] citizens and nationals,” it will be admitted into the VWP program. Israelis would then be eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free for 90 days. AJP Actions' stance on this issue has been consistent for the last two years and remains the same. Israel is NOT eligible for the VWP and should NOT be admitted due to its decades-long systematic discriminatory entry policies targeting Palestinian- and Arab-Americans, Muslims, and Americans who support and advocate for Palestinian rights.  Do you have questions about the current trial period Israel is undergoing and what it would mean for it to be admitted into the visa waiver program? Join our webinar, “Legitimizing Apartheid: Why Israel is Not Eligible for the Visa Waiver Program,” on Facebook & YouTube this coming Wednesday, August 2nd, to learn more. This webinar will take place at 3:00 PM EST and will feature our advocacy director, Ayah Ziyadeh, and Zaha Hassan, a human rights lawyer and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. If you have any questions beforehand, please fill out this form, and we will do our best to answer them during the webinar or after. If you are an American attempting to travel to Palestine at this time and experience difficulties or are denied entry, please fill out the following forms: - U.S. Embassy Jerusalem Incident Reporting Form
- Contact AJP Actions Hotline (you can call the number listed and/or fill out the form on the site)
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In solidarity, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) & Americans for Justice in Palestine (AJP Action) |
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