In other news, the State Department says it’s told the Israeli government the US is concerned over new visa restrictions that are preventing Palestinian-Americans from visiting the Occupied Territories. Scores of Palestinian-American academics and business figures have complained Israel is stopping them from traveling to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In a letter this week to academic and civil society members worldwide, the Presidents of Palestinian Universities write: “We call on you to support appropriate collective action against this dangerous policy… that threatens to empty the Occupied Palestinian Territory of its educated classes.”