Wife of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil blasts US for not allowing him to meet newborn son

Noor Abdalla, the wife of detained US green card holder and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, has slammed the US for not allowing him to have contact with his family, including his newborn son.

“I am furious at the cruelty and inhumanity of this system that dares to call itself just,” Abdalla said in a statement on Wednesday, criticising the US immigration department for preventing Khalil from meeting their son. 

“This is not just heartless. It is deliberate violence, the calculated cruelty of a government that tears families apart without remorse,” Abdalla said.

 Khalil is a Columbia University student who was detained for his advocacy for Palestine.