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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 14:17:28 +0200
Subject: For moderation - from BADIL, re: 98 data on Jerusalem ID Confiscation; Newly
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For immediate release, 19 October 1998
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- New Data on Jerusalem ID Confiscation in 1998;
- New Issue of BADIL quarterly;
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OFFICIAL ISRAELI DATA on ID CARD CONFISCATION in JERUSALEM in 1998
According to the data released by the Israeli Interior Ministry in early October
1998, 346 Jerusalem identity cards have been confiscated from Palestinian
Jerusalemites by the Ministry in the period January - August 1998. According to
the Ministry's spokeswoman Tova Elinson, 270 of these ID cards belonged to
Palestinians living abroad. This rate of ID card confiscations is similar to the
rate documented for 1997 and 1998.
Month Number of ID cards confiscated
January 57
February 71
March 54
April 9
May 132
June 9
July --
August 14
Total 1-8/98 346
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NEWLY RELEASED by BADIL:
Issue no. 25 (September 1998) of ARTICLE 74 Bulletin for the Promotion of
Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights, 16 pages
Content:
Palestinian Refugees - Five Years After Oslo
- New Israeli-Palestinian Position Paper on Refugee Question (Harvard
University)
- BADIL Field Report: Refugees in the West Bank & the Gaza Strip;
- UNRWA's Financial Crisis - Refugee Protests Continue
Ethnic Cleansing & Resistance in Jerusalem
- SUMOUD Camp Commemorates its First Anniversary
- ID Card Confiscation and New Israeli Policies
- Palestinian Communities Under Siege: Bir Ona and Sheikh Jarrah/French Hill
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