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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Jerusalem Post: “Non-residents in territories threaten to sue Israeli gov’t”
by Dan Izenberg, December 3rd Foreign passport holders married to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and those of Palestinian descent who want to visit their extended families in the territories are considering filing a class action suit against ...
Read More »Palestinian families separated by Israel take action
Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territory : Hundreds Of Foreign Nationals Meet To Consider Legal Action Against Israel For Denying Them Access To West Bank And Gaza (Al-Bireh, Occupied Palestine – November 28, 2006) – ...
Read More »UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for action against Israeli practice of separating families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE by The Campaign for the Right of Entry, November 26th Concluding her visit to the Israeli occupied Palestinian territory, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour called on UN member states to take action against Israel’s ...
Read More »Israel issues final visas, splitting families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE by the Campaign for the Right of Entry All foreign passports belonging to spouses and children of Palestinian ID-holders who had applied for visa extensions have recently been marked as “last permit” by the Israeli authorities. One ...
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