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April 12, 2010

Palestinians Face Mass Deportations, Jailings under New Israeli Order
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The Israeli military is enacting a new order this week that could lead
to the expulsion or imprisonment of tens of thousands of Palestinians on
the occupied West Bank. Under the order, any Palestinian or foreigner in
the West Bank without Israeli-issued ID could be deported or jailed for
up to seven years. Palestinians from Gaza or foreign-born spouses of
Palestinians are expected to be among the first targets if the order is
enforced. In a statement, a coalition of ten Israeli human rights
groups, including B’Tselem and Rabbis for Human Rights, called for the
policy to be revoked, saying, “The orders…are worded so broadly such as
theoretically allowing the military to empty the West Bank of almost all
its Palestinian inhabitants.”



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