Archive for the 'Denial of entry' Category

The Daily Star: Israel bars UN rights panel from Palestinian areas

Saturday, July 5th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Denial of entry

By Agence France Presse (AFP)

To view original article, published on the 2nd July by The Daily Star, click here

AMMAN: Israel’s government has barred a UN human rights delegation from visiting the Palestinian areas on...

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Stolen days in Israel

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Photos, Denial of entry

To see blog click here

I never anticipated these problems. I asked so many people, so many questions. When I entered Israel I thought I might...

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Canadian citizen assaulted and forcibly deported by Israeli authorities

Friday, June 20th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Press clippings, Photos, Denial of entry

Harmeet Sooden, travelling on his Canadian passport, was forcibly deported from Israel on June 18th after being held incommunicado for 4 days in Israeli detention. Harmeet was refused entry into Israel after being told by airport officials that he was a ‘threat to the security of the State of Israel’. Harmeet, along with Tom Fox, Norman...

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Israeli forces assault and forcibly deport New Zealand peace activist once kidnapped in Iraq.

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, Denial of entry


Harmeet Sooden. Picture taken in January 2005 on a farm outside Jenin where he was helping to plant olive trees.

Harmeet Sooden, a peace activist from New Zealand, was forcibly deported from Israel on the 18th of June at 1 am, after four days in jail. Sooden...

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US political author Norman Finkelstein denied entry to Israel

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Action Alert, Denial of entry

Taken from www.normanfinkelstein.com

Jerusalem - The US political author and critic of Israel Norman Finkelstein was denied entry to the Jewish state on Friday, his lawyer said.

Finkelstein landed at Ben Gurion international airport...

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Right to Enter: International investors warned about accessing foreign investment in occupied Palestinian territory

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, Denial of entry

By the Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry. To view website click here

As hundreds of international investors begin arriving in Bethlehem for the Palestine Investment Conference scheduled for May 21-23, the threat of being barred from entering the occupied West Bank by Israeli officials is likely...

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IMEMC: Israeli army prevents Israelis from joining non-violent demonstration in Al-Khader

Friday, April 11th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Photos, Bethlehem Region, Denial of entry

For original article from IMEMC click here

The Israeli army prevented a number of Israeli peace activists to join the Palestinian residents of Al-Khader in their weekly nonviolent protest against the construction of the separation wall on their land on Friday at noon.

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JPOST: PA urges Palestinians to ‘return’

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Denial of entry

Original article published in the Jerusalem Post on March 18th. For original article click here

The Palestinian Authority is planning to mark Israel’s 60th anniversary by calling on all Palestinians living...

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Women of the Underworld: On Being Thrown Out of Israel

Thursday, March 20th, 2008 | Posted in Journals, Denial of entry

What stays with me most from the last few days is the kindness of women. Just ordinary women, caught in bad circumstances, being nice to one another.

I’ve spent a lot of the last week being searched, questioned, detained, jailed, and ultimately denied...

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URGENT ACTION: ATTENTION US CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN DENIED ENTRY

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 | Posted in International Actions, Denial of entry

The US State Department in Washington DC and the US Consulate in East Jerusalem have been following up on the current situation of US citizens denied entry in recent years. This is an excellent opportunity for us to alert US government representatives of the ongoing harm caused by Israel’s continued practice of entry denial on an arbitrary...

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