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Israel imposes travel ban on 20 foreign NGOs over boycott movement
Source: The Guardian
Israel imposes travel ban on 20 foreign NGOs over boycott movement
British groups War on Want and Palestine Solidarity Campaign among those whose staff are barred from visiting Israel
Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem
Sun 7 Jan ‘18 17.36 GMT
The prominent British campaign group War on Want has been listed as one of 20 foreign NGOs whose representatives are banned from visiting Israel over their support of the pro-Palestinian boycott, sanctions and divestment (BDS) movement.
The publication of the list, which also includes a well-known Jewish anti-occupation group and a Nobel peace prize-winning US Quaker group, had been threatened for months by Israel.
The organisations were singled out by Israel’s rightwing strategic affairs and public security minister, Gilad Erdan, for advocating boycotts of Israel over its treatment of Palestinians.
Erdan said on Sunday that the groups “operate consistently and continuously” against Israel using a “campaign of incitement and lies”.
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British groups War on Want and Palestine Solidarity Campaign among those whose staff are barred from visiting Israel
Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem
Sun 7 Jan ‘18 17.36 GMT
The prominent British campaign group War on Want has been listed as one of 20 foreign NGOs whose representatives are banned from visiting Israel over their support of the pro-Palestinian boycott, sanctions and divestment (BDS) movement.
The publication of the list, which also includes a well-known Jewish anti-occupation group and a Nobel peace prize-winning US Quaker group, had been threatened for months by Israel.
The organisations were singled out by Israel’s rightwing strategic affairs and public security minister, Gilad Erdan, for advocating boycotts of Israel over its treatment of Palestinians.
Erdan said on Sunday that the groups “operate consistently and continuously” against Israel using a “campaign of incitement and lies”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/07/israel-imposes-travel-ban-on-20-foreign-ngos-over-boycott-movement
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