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text-align: justify;"><strong><span
style="font-size:15px">PHROC:
International Community
Must Take Prompt and
Concrete Measures to Halt
Israel’s New Procedure for
Entry and Residence of
Foreigners in the West
Bank</span></strong><br>
<br>
14 September 2022</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;
text-align: justify;">The
Israeli occupying authorities
have imposed further
restrictions on the entry of
foreign nationals and
Palestinians who hold foreign
passports and wish to work,
volunteer, join their
Palestinian family members or
act in solidarity with the
Palestinian people in the
occupied Palestinian territory
(oPt). The <span dir="RTL">constraints</span>
of the new procedure, which
was published on 4 September
2022 and will enter into force
on 20 October 2022, also apply
to foreign nationals whose
work requires that they stay
for any length of time in the
West Bank (excluding occupied
Jerusalem).<br>
</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;
text-align: justify;">These
Israeli measures are in breach
of international humanitarian
law and Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. Entry
restrictions encroach on
Palestinians’ freedom of
movement, receiving
humanitarian and development
assistance, and hosting
medical practitioners and
other experts. Furthermore,
these measures impinge on the
sovereign rights of the
Palestinian people, including
the right to host experts,
artists, athletes, students,
tourists, and volunteers.<br>
</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;
text-align: justify;">Composed
of 90 pages, the new Israeli
directives oblige those
wishing to enter the West Bank
(excluding occupied Jerusalem)
only to do so exclusively
through King Hussein (Allenby)
Bridge. For those seeking to
work, volunteer, or study in
the oPt, regardless of their
nationalities, visitors must
apply for an entry visa 45,
60, or even up to 153 days
before arrival as well as
provide <span dir="RTL">an</span>
extensive questionnaire on
their CV, and any familial or
spousal connections in the
West Bank. Furthermore, the
Israeli occupying authorities
reserve themselves the right
to unilaterally determine the
expertise that the oPt needs<br>
</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;
text-align: justify;">The
Israeli decision also involves
clear discrimination, obliging
foreign nationals to declare
any family relations they may
have in the oPt, often used to
detect and deny entry to
foreign national Palestinians.
Foreign nationals must also
disclose intrinsically private
matters, such as reporting any
emotional relationships with
Palestinians (This scandalous
condition was removed later
under international pressure.
However, the newly-adjusted
procedures still provide that
any visa renewal of someone on
a work visa or other special
purpose visa must be
accompanied by information
about being in a couple with a
Palestinian registered in the
population registry in the
West Bank if that is the
case.) This throws further
suspicion on the purposes of
this measure. It has to do
with the racial engineering of
the oPt population within the
framework of its apartheid
regime, which constitutes a
crime against humanity. To
ensure that these conditions
are not breached, the new
Israeli directives reserve the
right to impose exorbitant
prepaid sureties of up to US$
20,000 on Palestinians with
foreign nationalities. The
Israeli directives are also
applicable to staff members of
and volunteers with United
Nations agencies and
international organizations,
mostly European, which provide
humanitarian and development
assistance. Thus, the Israeli
occupying authorities seek to
prevent the flow of needed
humanitarian and development
aid to cope with the dire
living conditions created by
Israel’s discriminatory
actions and failure to comply
with its obligation as the
occupying Power.<br>
</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;
text-align: justify;">Critically,
the Israeli decision coincides
with unprecedented escalation
throughout the oPt, including
forced population displacement
and transfer on both sides of
the Green Line. Israel targets
Palestinian infrastructure,
including donor-funded
projects. Destruction is not
limited to land levelling,
home demolitions, and
uprooting of trees, as it also
extends to undermine
Palestinian society’s
capabilities, resilience,
survival, and civil society
organizations. Moreover,
Israeli restrictions have not
spared the Palestinian private
sector corporations, which do
need foreign experts.<br>
</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;
text-align: justify;">We call
on members of the
international community,
particularly <span dir="RTL">European</span>
Union Member States, to take
meaningful and effective
measures to halt these
increasing restrictions,
require reciprocal treatment,
and rise before statements and
denouncements. We further call
on the Permanent United
Nations Fact Finding Mission,
established by the United
Nations Human Rights Council
in May 2021, to investigate
this measure as a grave
violation that falls within
the category of racial
discrimination.</div>
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