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Welcome to Palestine participants start to arrive; Israel arrests 200 of them


From the International Solidarity Movement
Hundreds of participants from the Welcome to Palestine Campaign started to arrive at Tel Aviv international airport on Friday, July 8. In Europe, French activists were denied from boarding their planes after the Israeli interior ministry handed out black lists to airl ines of the people not allowed to travel to Israel.

In a video from YouTube from Paris international airport one of the participants said that “The airline has documents from the Israeli interior ministry saying I am not allowed into the country.”

Another activist said that her name was black listed as well “I had all the required flight documents and my passport is good too and ready for travel, however the Israeli government decided we are not allowed into the country.”

Meanwhile a third activist was forced to leave the plane as her name was also among those denied entry into Israel “The blockade has extended to all of Europe, I came and presented my documents and right away I was told to leave the plane along with some other people who had their names on a list.”

At the Tel Aviv international airport things were not much different. Israeli security was heavily deployed in the airport. When some participants of the campaign arrived at the airport, where some managed to go through, many were detained and sent back. Israeli peace activists welcoming participants at the airport were arrested and attacked by both security forces and Israeli civilians.

Israeli sources announced that 200 participants of the Welcome to Palestine Campaign have in fact been arrested. more

Participants in the fly-in are being interrogated as they arrive - report from Al Jazeera here
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  1. Noor al Haqiqa8 July 2011 at 21:34

    How long can they continue this isolationist policy without the fire igniting the people of the world even more so? These buzztards are beyond belief and they will fall.... dear god, they MUST fall!

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