The Democratic Socialists of America said Tuesday that Israel stopped the group from attending a conference with a Hamas-linked West Bank university.
A delegation that included DSA leaders and left-leaning European politicians tried to enter the region from Jordan on Monday for the “Second Ramallah Congress” at Birzeit University, according to news reports and statements from those involved. The school has a troubled history related to Israel’s security: Israelis have repeatedly raided the campus for decades over suspected ties to terrorism and arrested or convicted members of Hamas’s student organization there.
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