New York-based Israelis file legal brief supporting Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi

A group of 26 Israeli citizens based in New York filed an amicus brief in support of Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi on Monday, saying that deporting him sends a message that promoting peace between Israel and Palestine is “contrary to the foreign policy of the US”.

Columbia University graduate Mahdawi, 34, a legal permanent resident of the US who was born in the occupied West Bank, was targeted by the Trump administration for his pro-Palestinian activism at the Ivy League campus and is currently fighting deportation proceedings.

Mahdawi’s case is expected to be heard by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in the coming weeks.

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