An American member of a pro-Palestinian group is to be expelled from Israel. On Monday, the Tel Aviv District Court ordered the deportation of New Orleans resident Adam Wilson. Wilson, 28, is affiliated with the International Solidarity Movement, which has protested Israel’s West Bank security barrier and whose members have tried to block Israeli army actions by acting as human buffers between Israeli troops and Palestinians.
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