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US adds five Arab and African countries to travel ban list as right-wing politicians intensify Islamophobic rhetoric.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n United States President Donald Trump has added five countries to the list of nations whose citizens are banned from entering the US, including Palestine and Syria.<\/p>\n The White House announced the expansion of the ban on Tuesday, as it intensifies its crackdown on immigration.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Tuesday\u2019s order imposed a travel ban on six new countries \u2013 Palestine, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria \u2013 in addition to the 12 initially made public in June.<\/p>\n The decree did not refer to Palestine, which Washington does not recognise as a state, by name or even as the occupied Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n Instead, it describes the Palestine category as \u201cPalestinian Authority Documents\u201d and refers to Palestinians as \u201cindividuals attempting to travel on PA-issued or endorsed travel documents\u201d.<\/p>\n The decision comes weeks after Trump declared a \u201cpermanent pause\u201d on migration from what he called \u201call Third World Countries\u201d in response to the shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n \u201cSeveral US-designated terrorist groups operate actively in the West Bank or Gaza Strip and have murdered American citizens. Also, the recent war in these areas likely resulted in compromised vetting and screening abilities,\u201d the White House said.<\/p>\n \u201cIn light of these factors, and considering the weak or nonexistent control exercised over these areas by the PA, individuals attempting to travel on PA-issued or endorsed travel documents cannot currently be properly vetted and approved for entry into the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who is of Palestinian descent, slammed the ban, accusing Trump and his top aide Stephen Miller of pushing to alter the demographics of the country.<\/p>\n \u201cThis administration\u2019s racist cruelty knows no limits, expanding their travel ban to include even more African and Muslim-majority countries, even Palestinians fleeing a genocide,\u201d she said in a social media post.<\/p>\n The move to ban Palestinians from entering the US comes as Israel continues its daily deadly attacks in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers have killed at least two US citizens this year.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the ban on Syrians coincides with rapprochement between Washington and Damascus after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited the White House in November.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile the country is working to address its security challenges in close coordination with the United States, Syria still lacks an adequate central authority for issuing passports or civil documents and does not have appropriate screening and vetting measures,\u201d the White House said.<\/p>\n On Thursday, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard cited the mass shooting that killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Australia to laud Trump\u2019s immigration restrictions.<\/p>\n \u201cIslamists and Islamism is the greatest threat to the freedom, security, and prosperity of the United States and the entire world. It is probably too late for Europe \u2013 and maybe Australia,\u201d she wrote on X.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is not too late for the United States of America. But it soon will be. Thankfully, President Trump has prioritized securing our borders and deporting known and suspected terrorists, and stopping mass, unvetted migration that puts Americans at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s Republican allies have been increasingly using Islamophobic rhetoric, and calling for Muslims to be blocked from entering the country.<\/p>\n On Sunday, Senator Tommy Tuberville called Islam a \u201ccult\u201d, baselessly accusing Muslims of aiming to \u201cconquer\u201d the West.<\/p>\n \u201cStop worrying about offending the pearl clutchers,\u201d he wrote in a social media post. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to SEND THEM HOME NOW or we\u2019ll become the United Caliphate of America.\u201d<\/p>\n When Trump first ran for president in 2015, he called for a complete ban on Muslims entering the US, and when he started his first term, he imposed a travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n US adds five Arab and African countries to travel ban list as right-wing politicians intensify Islamophobic rhetoric. United States President Donald Trump has added five countries to the list of nations whose citizens are banned from entering the US, including Palestine and Syria. 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