US student detained in Israel over alleged support of boycott

Israel detained an American graduate student at its international airport for the past week, accusing her of supporting a Palestinian-led boycott campaign against the Jewish state.

Lara Alqasem, 22, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian grandparents, landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Oct. 2 with a valid student visa. She was barred from entering the country and ordered deport- ed, based on suspicions that she is a boycott supporter.