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In a hilarious turn of fate, three Palestinian Fulbright scholars have their U.S. entry visas canceled. The only reason this is worth mentioning is because of Ms. Condi Rice’s valiant attempt at playing the hero by getting the visas for them in the first place.
But instead of becoming a heroine, the queen bee got side swiped…
Rice had been infuriated when State Department officials canceled the
Fulbright scholarships of seven Palestinian students whom Israel had refused to let leave Gaza for their visa interviews.After she took their cases to senior Israeli officials, Israel allowed four of the seven to travel to Jerusalem for interviews in June. Although Israel opposed the move, U.S. diplomats then made a rare trip to the Gaza border in July to interview the remaining three.
But in the end, Israel won out.
“There were four Palestinians who were issued visas about whom we then received additional information,” State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said.
“We decided that we needed to take a closer and harder look at them in light of the additional information we received,” said Gallegos.
The official reason for the visa refusal?
…the visas were canceled under a prudential revocation clause in immigration rules that allows them to be rescinded based on information gleaned about the holders after they were issued.
What a mess of words that is! Gleaned?? Prudential revocation?? Let me translate for you: “The visas were canceled because we said so. na na na na na! “.
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