by the Campaign for the Right of Entry, February 6th Despite a written announcement by the Israeli military Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (CoGAT) on December 28, 2006 that Israel has changed its policy of denying entry to ...
Read More »Haaretz: “West Bank heart surgeon faces possible deportation from Israel”
by Reuters, January 27th One of the few open-heart surgeons based in the occupied West Bank said on Saturday he had been detained at Israel’s airport and faced possible deportation. After being detained for more than a day at Israel’s ...
Read More »Haaretz: “Israel grants W. Bank access to foreign citizens of Palestinian origin”
by Amira Hass, January 17th Israel on Tuesday sent a letter to the Palestinian Authority granting Palestinians with foreign citizenship permission to enter the West Bank, yet activists say the new rule is not being implemented. The letter from Major ...
Read More »Foreign Nationals still denied entry to West Bank by Israel
by Mohammed Mar’i, January 16th Although Lana K. is an American national, and a mother of 2 children, she was denied entry on January 3rd and again on January 9th by the Israeli Occupation Forces ([IOF). Lana is married to ...
Read More »Campaign for Right to Entry Press Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE by the Campaign for the Right to Entry, The Campaign for Right to Entry/Re-entry will be holding a press conference on the new developments in Israel’s denial of entry policy The Campaign for Right of Entry/Re-entry will ...
Read More »The New Refugees
By Amira Hass for Haaretz Until Enaya Samara, who has been living in forced exile for the past eight months returns to her village near Ramallah, and until Someida Abbas, who was banished from his home 10 months ago accompanies ...
Read More »Announcements of Israeli Change of Policy Unfounded in Reality
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE by the campaign for the Right of Entry Despite assurances relayed by American and European diplomats, foreign passport holders trying to join their families in the Israeli occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), including Bethlehem, for the holidays are ...
Read More »Israeli denial of entry policy continues despite promises made to the EU
by the Right to Entry Campaign, December 17th Despite assurances given to the EU presidency by Israeli authorities, foreigners continue to be barred from passing through Israeli-controlled access points when their destination is the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). “Arbitrary denials ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
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