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US Visa Waiver Program May Allow Travel Between Israel and Gaza

Once Israel enters the US Visa Waiver program, all travelers with US citizenship will be able to travel “to and through Israel,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters Tuesday at a briefing.

That may include travel between Israel and Gaza, as well as entering and exiting the Palestinian Authority territories. Travel through Israel to and from Gaza could well open a Pandora’s box of radicalized Americans that may be impossible to contain, however — an issue no one is talking about, at least publicly.

(Matt Miller U.S. State Department)

Palestinian Authority journalist Said Arikat, Washington Bureau Chief at the Al Quds daily newspaper, tried to pin Miller down on the precise rights travelers will enjoy once Israel joins the program. He also demanded to know whether Miller believes Israel should compensate PA citizens whose homes and other property were damaged or destroyed by rioting Jewish locals, who rampaged into a village in retaliation for the recent terrorist murders of four Israelis and wounding of four others.

Read the transcript HERE