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ISRAEL BARS PALESTINIAN AMERICANS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1967

by | July 12, 2006 | Latest News

Dear friends, 


What I have been writing about for years, from a personal perspective, is now becoming the norm.  As I write from Ohio, getting ready to head back home, I fear a DENIED ENTRY too! 


As Israel destroys Gaza and Gazans, it’s policy of "voluntary ethnic cleansing" continues unstopped and unchecked. 

Wondering when Israelis will stop their gov’t., or Americans for that matter,

Sam 


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Arab American Institute AAI Slams Israeli Decision to Bar Arab Americans from Visiting Occupied Territories 

Calls on Bush Administration to Step In 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Arab American Institute today slammed an Israeli decision to bar Arab Americans from entering Israel and the West Bank and called for the Bush Administration to immediately raise the issue at the highest levels with the Israeli government. 

The new policy, apparently enacted recently, has already affected Arab Americans on trips for business and/or to visit relatives in Israel and the West Bank. 

"This is crude racial profiling and represents the worst of Israel’s systematic discriminatory policies towards Arabs and Arab Americans," said AAI President James Zogby. "We would not tolerate a country barring Americans entry because they are Jewish, Black, Asian or Latino and we certainly should not do so because they are of Arab descent." 

AAI also expressed grave concern over media reports that U.S. consular officials in Tel Aviv stating that the U.S. views the matter as a sovereign decision by another country. 

In denying Arab Americans entry, Israel is in clear violation of the 1951 "Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation" it signed with the U.S. Article II, Sec. 2 specifically obligates both the U.S. and Israel to grant each other’s citizens the right "to travel freely and reside at places of their choice" within each other’s countries. 

"If the Bush Administration refuses to uphold this treaty, it is not only Israel that is at fault but the Administration as well, as it will be saying to Arab Americans that, ‘We do not care about your rights’," Zogby said. "If that is the case, we will explore legal remedies." 

Under the new Israeli policy, Arab American Congressmen Darrell Issa (R- Ca.), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Nick Rahall (D-WV) and Ray Lahood (R-ILL) along with Senator John E. Sununu (R-NH) would be barred from Israel and the West Bank.Founded in 1985, the Arab American Institute (AAI) is a non- profit organization committed to the civic and political empowerment of Americans of Arab descent. AAI provides policy, research, and public affairs.

AAI

1600 K Street, NW, Suite 601 Washington, DC 20006 

phone (202) 429-9210 fax (202) 429-9241 

http://www.aaiusa.org/page/m/l67c277ub0e/XnNeqS | aai@aaiusa.org  

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ISRAEL BARS PALESTINIAN AMERICANS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1967 

By Amira Hass 

Haaretz (Israel) 

July 10, 2006 

https://www.haaretz.com/2006-07-10/ty-article/israel-bars-palestinian-americans-for-first-time-since-1967/0000017f-ef5d-dc28-a17f-ff7fc2ea0000



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  • Sam Bahour

    Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM), a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.

    Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine’s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS).

    He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine’s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.

    A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.

    Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled “The Tallest Man in Ramallah.” He holds an Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA — a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.

    He tweets at @SamBahour, blogs at www.epalestine.ps, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.

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