VIDEO | Former US Congresswoman Cori Bush says Israel revoked her visa ahead of trip to occupied West Bank
Former US Representative Cori Bush announced earlier today that that Israeli authorities revoked her entry visa, preventing her from boarding a flight scheduled to travel from Newark to Tel Aviv.
In a video statement posted to social media from the airport, Bush explained that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers flagged an issue with her documentation at the security checkpoint before confirming that her Israeli visa had been cancelled.
Responding to the ban, Bush mocked Tel Aviv’s self-proclaimed democratic credentials, writing, “They revoked my visa? Not the ‘only’ democracy in the Middle East? It’s still Free Palestine from wherever I am.”
The former Missouri lawmaker, who recently registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) to conduct fact-finding missions in the occupied West Bank, attributed the revocation directly to her vocal criticism of Israeli military actions and US taxpayer funding for Tel Aviv.
“Because I spoke about the atrocities happening to human beings,” Bush stated, challenging Israeli authorities over barring international observers from witnessing conditions in the occupied territory.
“If people talking about what you’re doing in the West Bank is a problem, then the problem is you’re doing wrong in the West Bank.”
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