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New 'fly-In' Planned For April
(Ma'an) -- Pro-Paleostinian activists plan to hold a second "fly-in" to Ben-Gurion International Airport in mid-April, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday, quoting an organizer. Mazin Qumsiyeh told The Jerusalem Post that some 1,500 to 2,500 participants from 15 countries were planning to join the initiative, which includes educational and volunteer activities in the West Bank. Last summer Israeli authorities jugged and expelled more than 100 people who came on a similar trip. Many others were barred from flight lists by airlines following complaints by Israel. "The point is to show the world that Israel is preventing people from visiting Paleostine," Qumsiyeh, an academic at Bethlehem University, told the English-language newspaper. "By entering Paleostine through Ben-Gurion airport, hundreds of people over 48 hours will send a message that we want Israel to recognize the basic human right ... of those who want to visit us," he said. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-03-31 |
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