Friday, 6 July 2012

Freedom of movement: small concession from Israel

 Israel agrees to register 216 Gazans in West Bank
  
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=501345
RAMALLAH (Ma‘an) 4 July-- Israel has agreed to register 216 Palestinians
originally from the Gaza Strip as residents of the West Bank, a Palestinian
Authority liaison department said  on Wednesday. The Civil Affairs department,
tasked with coordinating the population registry with Israel, released the
names 
http://www.maannews.net/arb/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=501326  of
Palestinians who will now be able to reside in the West Bank without fear
of detention. It said the department would continue efforts to change the
residency status of all Palestinians from Gaza who are living in the West
Bank. Palestinians living in the West Bank whose registered address is in
the Gaza Strip have been detained by Israel as "illegal aliens." ... Israel
received an estimated 120,000 change of address applications that it did
not process between 2000 and 2005, according to Human Rights Watch.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=501345

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