A clear explanation worth reading from James Zogby about the unstated facts of the Visa Waiver Program, as it is presented in main stream news reports where, because of the unstated facts, the half truths told about the actual agreement lead to inaccurate assumptions that are totally the opposite from how things are on-the-ground, so that it presents an actuality that does not exist.
"*The agreement focused on a small number of Palestinian Americans who had submitted to the Israeli demand that they travel on a Palestinian ID—not their US passport. It said nothing about the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Americans who do not have or want the latter document, or the millions of other Arab Americans who want to visit the Holy Land.
*The test period established to determine if Israel passed the “reciprocity” test was to last a mere six weeks and focus on Israel’s allowing US citizens with Palestinian IDs to use Ben Gurion International Airport."