Palestinian American activist refused UK entry for Gaza fundraiser

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3 Video Views·Nov 12, 2026
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AI GeneratedThe speaker discusses being banned from the UK after their Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) was revoked. They argue that this action is a discriminatory response to their advocacy for Palestine and a systemic attempt to silence those speaking out against genocide, vowing to take legal action to challenge the decision.
Believe in a free Palestine and are unable to say those two words loudly
and proudly, especially at this point in time, you are 100%
I just want to say that I'm really sad,
not sad in the way that I've been defeated.
They canceled my ETA and revoked it,
in a sense, with a one-line statement that said
because I was not conducive to the public good of the UK,
which is an absurd statement
to make without any reasoning, rationale, or context behind it.
I announced it to the essentially made a video to say that,
hey, I'm essentially banned from the U.K. now.
And the second my video came out, the U.K.
lawyers for Israel put out a statement to claim responsibility,
essentially flaunting
and admitting that they were the source of the my banning to the U.K.
How am I anti-Semitic because I'm saying stop killing children?
They are using anti-Semitism,
hijacking a religion to genocide a people currently actively
while also putting real Jewish people
that are so against this genocide in more danger
as a result of what they're doing.
We actually sent a letter to the Home Secretary office, to Shabana
Mahmood, specifically requesting the reasoning behind it and requesting
that they reverse the ETA cancellation because it's unlawful.
And if they do not respond,
then my lawyers have advised me to take this to court, and I will.
This is dehumanizing. It's unlawful.
It is discriminatory against people like me that
are just simply a voice for the voiceless
of the Palestinians that are currently undergoing
a genocide. So this needs to stop.
They are currently banning multiple people. It's not
just me. And this is why they're trying
to make this a systemic precedent. And I
cannot let that happen. It's just I cannot do that.
