The directive, issued August 18 and signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, instructed all US embassies and consulates to deny nonimmigrant visas to "all otherwise eligible Palestinian Authority passport holders" using those documents for visa applications, CNN reported.
Enhanced visa restrictions and diplomatic tensions drive away international visitors, resulting in billions in economic losses for American tourism industry.
In a poignant moment of remembrance and solidarity, participants at the Burning Man festival in Nevada stood in silence to honor the victims of the Nova music festival massacre in Israel.
Israel Hayom has learned that contrary to the hopes of several ministers, the plan being advanced by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer calls for only partial sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. The initiative is built on broad consensus within Israel and, in Dermer’s view, could also gain bipartisan support in the US.
Assault took place mid-performance during traditional "Avinu Malkeinu" prayer in the Polish capital.
