Israeli citizens may travel to US without visa: Details
Summary by NewsWall Sep 24
- US officials plan to announce Israel's entry into the Visa Waiver Program later this week.
- Israel's admission into the program has been a long-standing goal for Israeli leaders and will be a major accomplishment for Netanyahu.
- The US move will give Netanyahu a welcome boost at home.
- Israel has met two of the three critical criteria to join the US program over the past two years.
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“The gap that [US] Secretary Blinken apparently refers to is big enough to have created a graveyard for 7,000 Palestinian children so far.”
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