Category: Press Releases
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Petition Challenges Israel’s practice of barring foreign passport holders from the Israeli occupied Palestinian territory
Campaign for Right of Entry, December 12th The Jerusalem Legal Aid Center (JLAC), on December 11, petitioned the Israeli Civil Administration and the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to reinstate the processing of visitor permit renewal requests and to reinstate those whose permits have lapsed. JLAC attorney, Sliman Shahin, presented the petition on behalf of spouses…
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Travel Warning – Bethlehem & Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine
Campaign for Right of Entry, December 10th This Travel Warning is being issued to update information on the general security environment in Israel, Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, and to reiterate threats to foreign nationals, especially American citizens. Although the situation in Israel is seemingly calm, the fact of the matter remains…
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Israel refuses visa extensions for foreign passport holders
Right to Entry, December 5th In a new escalation of Israel’s policy of denying Palestinians and their families access to the Israeli occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), the Israeli Civil Administration at Beit El is refusing to accept at least 140 passports for visa extensions. The passport holders are mostly spouses and children of Palestinian I.D.-holders…
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PCHR and anti-apartheid wall campaign: stop support for Israel’s war crimes!
The PCHR and the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign urge you to act immediately Stop support for Israel’s war crimes! Former Israel Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon was spared arrest or any proper prosecution process in New Zealand this past Tuesday, despite a decision the day before, by His Honour Judge Avinash Deobhakta in the District Court…
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Nonviolent Resistance is not Illegal: HRW Should Retract Statement
On Sunday, Nov. 19, hundreds of Palestinian civilians crowded into the building where the family of Mohammed Baroud and a number of other families live in Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Israeli military forces had warned that the building would be attacked. The planned Israeli attack was deterred by this action. Two hours…