Tag: Denial of Entry

  • Scottish olive volunteer to be deported

    by the ISM media team, November 15th Scottish postal worker Theresa McDermont, who came to volunteer for Rabbis for Human Rights during the olive harvest, is to be deported after a judge today rejected her appeal against denial of entry. She is the first volunteer with Rabbis to be deported, according to spokesman Rabbi Arik…

  • Jerusalem Post: “Rabbis for Human Rights volunteer held”

    Theresa in the Bengurion airport detention centre after being prevented by Israel from attending the Celebrating Nonviolence conference in Bethlehem last December. UPDATE: Theresa remains in detention after an Israeli judge today postponed a decision on her appeal against denial of entry until November 15th. by Ori Raphael, November 13th Theresa McDermont came to Israel…

  • Scottish Rabbis volunteer threatened with deportation during olive harvest

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Theresa McDermont, a volunteer from Scotland who came to pick olives with Palestinian farmers and Israeli rabbis today sits in an Israeli detention cell, awaiting deportation. She is not being charged with any crime. Theresa, a post office worker, has been detained since the 31st of October. She will have a court…

  • What Does it Take for a Palestinian to Get a US Visa?

    by Shlomo Bloom, Sunday 8th October In order to educate Americans about the situation in Palestine, two Palestinian activists are going on a speaking tour of the United States. ‘M’, one of the organizers behind a successful campaign of non-violent resistance in the West Bank is going to be one of the speakers. ‘F’, from…

  • Boston Globe: “Israeli Policy divides Palestinian families”

    by Matthew Kalman, September 23rd Immigration crackdown in West Bank EL-BIREH, West Bank — Nariman Yazbak and her 2-year-old daughter, Salma, left their home in the West Bank town of El Bireh last April for a routine visit to relatives in Jordan. Six months later, she is still trying to return. Yazbak’s husband, Rami, a…