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Article: Israel Increases Policy of Confiscation Of East Jerusalem Identity Cards
- Article from:
- The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
- Article date:
- September 30, 1996
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Israel Increases Policy of Confiscation Of East Jerusalem Identity Cards
Naja G., a Palestinian born in East Jerusalem and living in the West Bank city of Ramallah since 1989, lost her purse while shopping recently. When she applied to the Israeli Interior Ministry to replace her Jerusalem identity card, officials there told her she was no longer entitled to it and therefore had also lost her right to reside in the city of her birth.
Since the beginning of the peace process, Israeli policymakers, aware they would soon be entering negotiations with the PLO over the status of Jerusalem, have stepped up their efforts to change the city's demographics before the talks get underway, according to ...