"As a result, at the behest of Aipac, Democrat Barbara Boxer, joined by Republican Roy Blunt, has introduced a bill that would provide for Israel's membership in the program
while vesting it with a right that no other country in this program
has: namely, the right to exclude selected Americans from this visa-free
right of entrance. In other words, the bill sponsored by these American
senators would exempt Israel from a requirement that applies to every
other nation on the planet, for no reason other than to allow the
Israeli government to engage in racial, ethnic and religious
discrimination against US citizens. As Lara Friedman explained
when the Senate bill was first introduced, it "takes the extraordinary
step of seeking to change the current US law to create a special and
unique exception for Israel in US immigration law." In sum, it is as
pure and blatant an example of prioritizing the interests of the Israeli
government over the rights of US citizens as one can imagine, and it's
being pushed by Aipac and a cast of bipartisan senators."