The Population and Immigration Authority has banned Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour, who serves as an adviser to New York City Mayor Zuhran Mamdani, from entering Israel. The entry ban was imposed on her following a recommendation by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, and Minister Amichai Chikli justified the decision by stating that Sarsour is ‘one of the leaders of pro-Hamas protests in the United States after October 7.’ Sarsour responded by claiming her entry was banned due to her support for human rights, called Israel a ‘murderous apartheid regime,’ and added that Americans ‘must stop arming and funding them immediately.’
