Archive for the 'Denial of entry' Category

Right to Enter: Israeli Authorities Deny Entry to Clergyman

Friday, September 21st, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Ramallah Region, Denial of entry

17 September 2007

In a continuing demonstration of Israel’s arbitrary denial of entry policy, and disregard for the Palestinian population’s right to practice their religion and worship freely, Father Faris Khaleifat, priest of Ramallah’s Greek Catholic Melkite Church was barred entry to the West Bank on Friday, 14 September.

Father...

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Family Reunification

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 | Posted in Denial of entry

Date posted: August 06, 2007
By MIFTAH

Since the beginning of Israeli occupation in 1967, all policies towards curbing the process of Palestinian family reunification have greatly threatened normal and stable family life for many. This has been especially true for residents of Jerusalem, whose linkage with the West Bank has...

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Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 | Posted in Denial of entry

A Grassroots Campaign for the Protection of Foreign Passport Holders Residing in and/or Visiting the oPt

Position Statement

To date, Israeli authorities have failed to provide a transparent policy on which foreign nationals wishing to enter or maintain their...

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Denial of Dignity, Denial of Entry

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Journals, Denial of entry

Eccerpts from by Nadia’s journal 3 May 2007

What happened to me yesterday is something I couldn’t imagine possible, not because I didn’t think I could be refused entrance into Israel. There always was a possibility I would be interrogated, but not in the way they did.

I landed in Tel Aviv at 7 am, and...

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Diplomatic Mission intervention unites foreign passport holders with their families;

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Denial of entry

the Campaign for the Right to Enter/Re-enter
April 26, 2007

(April 26, 2007 – Ramallah) –Israeli border control authorities continue arbitrarily denying entry to foreigners traveling to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). The pattern was first identified by the Campaign for the Right to Enter/Re-Enter the oPt in early 2006...

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Israel’s ‘new’ Procedures Change little at the Borders

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Denial of entry

Tens of thousands of families still face forced separation or de facto deportation

Ramallah – 29 March, 2007

Israel’s various announcements regarding new procedures for entry and visa extensions...

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Haaretz: “Quality time”

Saturday, February 24th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Denial of entry

by Gideon Levy,

The Jordanian MIRS chirps on the table. “Where’s Nur?” asks the woman on the line from Amman. “She’s standing next to me,” replies her husband in Azariyeh, east of Jerusalem. A chirp every few minutes. Yihye Bassa, a 40-year-old...

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Haaretz: “A mother’s resistance”

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza Region, Denial of entry

by Ofri Ilani, February 14th

Laila El-Haddad’s blog took shape in a very unusual way. Her son, Yousuf, was less than a year old when she returned to her Gaza home from a visit to the United States, where her husband, Yassine, lives. The blog, “Raising Yousuf”...

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Despite Promises, Israel Continues to Deny Foreign Nationals Entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Denial of entry

by the Campaign for the Right of Entry, February 6th

Despite a written announcement by the Israeli military Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (CoGAT) on December 28, 2006 that Israel has changed its policy of denying entry to foreign nationals traveling to the occupied...

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Haaretz: “West Bank heart surgeon faces possible deportation from Israel”

Saturday, January 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Denial of entry

by Reuters, January 27th

One of the few open-heart surgeons based in the occupied West Bank said on Saturday he had been detained at Israel’s airport and faced possible deportation.

After being detained for more than a day at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport,...

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