Tag: Denial of Entry

  • ‘I was born Palestinian’

    Laila El-Haddad | A Mother from Gaza 14 April 2009 “Its not very comfortable in there is it?” said the stony faced official, cigarette smoke forming a haze around his gleaming oval head. “Its OK. We’re fine” I replied wearily, delirious after being awake for a straight period of 30 hours. “You could be in…

  • Our pause in Cairo Airport

    Laila El-Haddad | A Mother from Gaza 8 April 2009 We have been stuck in Cairo airport for nearly a day now. We are neither being allowed entry or exit by Egyptian authorities, who insist that as long as Rafah Crossing is closed, they are under strict orders not to allow Palestinians in. This is…

  • Two human rights activists denied entry to Israel on claim they plan to enter Gaza

    January 11, Ben Gurion Airport — Israel has stopped one Swedish and one Danish human rights activist from entering the country through Ben Gurion Airport. On Sunday morning, Andreas Kaivarainen and Fie Knutsenwere were taken for questioning. Israeli authorities insisted that the individuals post $5,000 as a guarantee that they would not engage in political…