The Arab American Organization Against Discrimination filed a federal lawsuit against the US Departments of Homeland Security and State to prevent the implementation of the US Visa Waiver Program for Israeli citizens.

The organization attached the invitation with reliable reports and investigations confirming that Israel failed to meet all the legal requirements to be accepted into the visa exemption program, proving that it practices discrimination against Palestinian citizens and Arab Americans when they visit Palestine.

The lawsuit confirmed the failure of the Departments of Interior and State to adhere to the law when it comes to the principles of the Visa Waiver Program by allowing Israel to discriminate against Americans entering Israel and occupied Palestine, by agreeing to discriminatory rules and procedures established by the Israeli government against US citizens when traveling to Israel that violate the treatment rule. By the same token and constitutional guarantees of equality.

“Signing this agreement allows the government of Israel to create different categories of American citizens and treat them in a way that is inconsistent with the way the United States treats Israeli citizens,” the lawsuit said.

She added that based on reliable reports and investigations, Israel is currently on the verge of being accepted into the Visa Waiver Program, despite its failure to meet the legal requirements necessary for entry.