The politics behind the visa denial for veteran Palestinian official

James Zogby, the founder and president of the Washington DC-based Arab American Institute, believes the visa denial was intended to silence Palestinian voices. “The Trump administration is denying Americans the opportunity to directly hear Palestinian reactions to the ‘deal of the century,’" he told Al-Monitor. "Authoritarians believe that they can impose their views by the use of force and by silencing discussion and free and open debate. This we will not tolerate. They want to determine the fate of the entire Palestinian nation and don’t want them to have the opportunity to object."

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