US ‘discrimination’ traps relatives of Palestinian Americans in Gaza

A narrow category of which relatives are allowed to leave Gaza, set by the State Department, has left Palestinian Americans with no options to escape Israel's assault on the enclave.

Palestinian Americans, lawyers, and congressional aides say that the process set by the US government is discriminating against Palestinians, and has no basis in American law.

"It's a beautiful portrait of discrimination by the State Department,” one congressional aide told MEE.

In one case, a Palestinian American, and US citizen, has been trying to get her eight-year-old niece out of Gaza. The young child was left orphaned by an Israeli air strike, but she does not fit the category for relatives allowed out of the enclave.

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State Department ‘discrimination’ traps relatives of Palestinian Americans in Gaza