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Article: ISRAEL: PALESTINIANS RISK LOSING "JERUSALEM ID" IN WEST BANK MOVE
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- August 19, 1995
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Deborah Horan
Inter Press Service English News Wire
08-19-1995
JERUSALEM, Aug. 18 (IPS) -- When Najah Ghaban and her husband,
Mazen, moved to the West Bank in search of housing four years ago,
they thought the move was a good idea: living with in-laws had
become too crowded and housing prices in Jerusalem had skyrocketed.
The first signs of trouble however came when Israel imposed a
"security closure" on the West Bank in March 1993. With Israeli
army checkpoints placed at the entrances to the city, Mazen, a West
Bank native, could no longer get into Jerusalem without a permit.
But Jerusalem-born Najah, still had her blue Jerusalem identity
card (the same one carried by all Israeli citizens) ...