The Gazan journalist Abubaker Abed, who has posted pro-Hamas statements on social media, is on a “look out” list should he apply for a visa to speak at the People’s Conference for Palestine conference in Detroit, scheduled for Aug. 29 to 31, a senior U.S. State Department official told JNS.

Abed is listed as a speaker on the event website, which describes him as an “accidental war correspondent.”

The State Department “is not tracking a visa request” for Abed “as of today,” the senior official, who spoke on background, told JNS on Friday.

“His name has been put on a ‘look out’ status, so if an application is submitted, it will be flagged for appropriate processing,” the official told JNS.

Hossam Shaheen, a convicted terrorist who was freed in February in exchange for Israeli hostages, i

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