Transportation Department launches probe after journalist barred from boarding flight following hours of screening; case comes as Israel aims to enter US Visa Waiver Program

US citizens say getting into country much simpler since Israel eased curbs in order to enter Visa Waiver Program; but they fear experience could regress once Israel's accepted

Israel says eased travel will apply to US citizens in coastal enclave, but agreement seen by Times of Israel reveals only Palestinians in West Bank eligible for 90-day entry permits

But Arab activists demand improvements in treatment of all US travelers at all Israeli crossings before Biden administration begins allowing Israelis into US without visas

Israeli entry into US Visa Waiver Program conditioned on it allowing Palestinian-Americans to travel freely through country like other US citizens after decades of travel headaches

Ubai Aboudi is head of Bisan, one of six Palestinian groups that Israel last year designated terrorist organizations; groups deny terror ties and continue to operate

US Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Gwen Moore ask State Department to investigate death and whether IDF soldiers involved used equipment procured with American aid

Longtime senatorial staffer Reema Dodin described as 'fixture of Senate who knows what's happening in Senate before most Senators do'

Activists reportedly leading pressure campaign urging presumptive Democratic nominee to pledge to oppose annexation, condition aid to Jewish state

Warning against America's two-party 'partisan death spiral,' the Michigan congressman, a longtime critic of Trump, said considering presidential bid as a libertarian