A Knesset committee barred Israeli Arab legislator Ahmed Tibi from visiting areas under Palestinian control. Tuesday’s decision means that Tibi will no longer have the full travel rights accorded other legislators, and police and security forces will be authorized to bar him from entering closed military areas.
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