• Israel denies entry to members of team monitoring attacks on Palestinians in Hebron
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[quote]Authorities have denied entry to a member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), an organization that has monitored Israeli abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank City of Hebron for almost two decades. While this is not the first time individual members of CPT have been denied entry, it is apparently the first time occupation forces have cited CPT’s activities as the reason. The timing could also be significant, as Israel has mounted a brutal crackdown and arrest campaign against residents of Hebron ever since an Israeli occupation soldier was shot dead in the city on 22 September.[/quote] The IDF is still mad apparently that one of their little stormtroopers got sniped over there a couple weeks ago. [url]http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israel-denies-entry-members-team-monitoring-attacks-palestinians-hebron[/url]
Do you have other sources than a blog?
[QUOTE=DiCiSpitfire;42383563]Do you have other sources than a blog?[/QUOTE] Sure, article [url]http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/7581-israel-denies-christian-peacemaker-teams-entry-to-palestine[/url] [quote]"They told me it's because CPT is ‘not recognized by Israel," Brenneman says. "I asked why that's a problem if our work is legal, but the soldier just said ‘My commander says you are not allowed.' That was the end." - See more at: [url]http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/7581-israel-denies-christian-peacemaker-teams-entry-to-palestine#sthash.ndBi6whl.dpuf[/url][/quote] and tweet from CPT member [url]https://twitter.com/jonbrenn_cpt/status/382615434266038272/photo/1[/url]
[QUOTE=DiCiSpitfire;42383563]Do you have other sources than a blog?[/QUOTE] It doesn't make a difference really, any source is going to come from the same report by the people who were turned away. This kind of stuff is very very common in Israel anyway; saying that you want to enter the country for activism or anything of that nature will get you turned away, and if you are a known activist then you'll be submitted to a battery of questions and interviews before you are allowed to continue.
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