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A lawyer for Lara Alqasem, the Florida university student detained by Israeli authorities at Ben-Gurion Airport for alleged Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activity told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that he hopes her appeal to leave the airport will be heard this week.
The 22-year-old is being detained until the court sorts out her status with the Strategic Affairs Ministry, having opposed her entry into the country and the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court ratifying that decision.Attorney Yotam Ben-Hallel has already filed an appeal to the Tel Aviv District Court and even as no hearing date is set, he is hopeful the appeal will be heard within days since Alqasem is being held at Ben-Gurion. She has been detained since Tuesday last week and will continue to be held until her hearing.
An official at the US Embassy in Israel said Sunday that the embassy was aware of her detention and is handling her case.
“We are aware of the case and our Embassy is providing consular assistance,” the embassy official told Haaretz on Sunday.
Rector Barak Medina of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where Alqasem was due to study abroad for the year, told the Post that the university is standing firmly behind her. Medina said the university objects to her detention, both questioning the evidence against her and based on the principle of free speech.
Haaretz has also reported that the Interior Ministry denied the request of a group of lecturers from the Hebrew University to visit Alqasem at the airport’s detention facility.
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