Maariv newspaper reported that 16 members of the Senate had submitted a request to Secretary of State Antony Blinken not to allow Israel to join the countries whose citizens are allowed to enter the United States of America without a visa.

This comes in response to the Israeli occupation’s racist policies adopted against the Arab citizens, who carry the american nationality, and against all Arabs and Palestinians living in it. Additionally, Israel did not comply with the necessary requirements for joining 40 countries allowed to enter the US without visas.