Tag: Denial of Entry

  • Greek Human Rights Worker Remains in Detention

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Maria Nikiforou, a Greek human rights worker was detained while attempting to enter Israel on the morning of July 14th, and has been kept in isolation since that evening. The police have told Maria that she has been placed in isolation as punishment for insulting an officer and refusing to surrender her…

  • Israel Refuses Greek Human Rights Worker Entry

    UPDATE: Since the afternoon on July 14th, Maria Nikiforou has been held in isolation at the airport security dentention center. Despite the fact that detainees are allowed to keep their phones in this facility, she is not allowed to charge her phone. The state is expected to respond to her appeal tomorrow. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…

  • Israel Must Welcome Non-violent Resistance

    by Paul Larudee The accusers who denied me entry to Israel on the basis of secret evidence and who continue to persecute the International Solidarity Movement and Palestinian non-violent resistance may think of the us as troublemakers. We are. They think that such a role is at odds with peacemaking. It is not. There is…

  • Denied Entry

    by Noura Khouri Typically, entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) through the only possible route available, via Israel, is a nerve- racking, tiresome and extremely invasive affair. If the foreigner in question answers honestly, to the barrage of questions hurled by the Israeli Border Police he or she could be in for a very…

  • Inside Bay Area: “Paul Larudee My Word Israel needs to promote harmony in pianos, politics”

    From Inside Bay Area FOR MORE than 40 years I have visited the region of the Middle East known as Palestine, part of which became Israel in 1948, with the remainder under Israeli military occupation since 1967. I confess I am in love with the place and have dear friends, both Israeli and Palestinian, numbering…