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July 11, 2006
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An Arab American group threatened legal action over reports that Israel is blocking entry to Americans of Palestinian descent. “We would not tolerate a country barring Americans entry because they are Jewish, black, Asian or Latino, and we certainly should not do so because they are of Arab descent,” the Arab American Institute said in a statement Monday based on a Ha’aretz report and on the personal experiences of its members.

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