Tag: Denial of Entry

  • 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…

  • 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 the Israeli government for refusing to grant them visitors’ visas, a Palestinian spokesman has told…

  • 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) – Hundreds of foreign nationals packed into the Al-Bireh Municipality Hall to listen to legal experts…

  • 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 practice of denying foreign passport holders access to and residency in the occupied Palestinian territories.…

  • 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 hundred and five passport holders are required to leave via Israeli controlled entry/exit points before…