Tag: Denial of Entry
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Despite Promises, Israel Continues to Deny Foreign Nationals Entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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 foreign nationals traveling to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), the Campaign for the Right of…
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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 Ben Gurion Airport, Israel granted Dirgham Abu Ramadan, a German cardiologist of Palestinian origin, a…
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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 General Yosef Mishlav, the coordinator of government activities in the territories, to Palestinian chief negotiator…
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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 a Palestinian and has been living with her family in Nablus for 10 years and…
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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 provide the notice recently issued by the Israeli Authorities that changes Israel’s policy of denying…