JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday agreed to hear the appeal of an American graduate student who is fighting an expulsion order over her involvement in the boycott movement against Israel. Lara Alqasem has been held in detention since arriving in the country on Oct. 2 with a valid student visa. She will be allowed to remain in the country pending the Supreme Court appeal, scheduled to take place on Wednesday, her lawyer Leora Bechor said. Alqasem, 22, turned to the high court after a lower court rejected her appeal to remain in Israel on Friday. She feels the court is wrong, the government is misinterpreting the law, and she’ll keep fighting.”Israel says the Florida native, a former boycott activist at the University of Florida, continues to promote the boycott movement against Israel.

Source: National Post October 14, 2018 14:15 UTC