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Israel gives WB residency status to 4,000 undocumented Palestinians
[Jpost] In the first gesture of its kind in 12 years, Israel has granted residency status to 4,000 undocumented Palestinians living in the West Bank.“The move is part of my policy to strengthen the economy and improve the lives of Palestinians in Judea and Samaria,” Defense Minister Benny Gantz tweeted Tuesday. He had promised Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, when they met in August, that he would legalize the status of a small number of Palestinians out of what is estimated to be well over 30,000 people who are in a similar predicament. At issue are Palestinians who live in all areas of the West Bank, but who lack PA identification papers because Israel has not signed off on such paperwork since 2009. The PA registers the birth of Palestinians born in the West Bank in the population registry that it controls and issues identification papers to residents under its auspices, including in Area C of the West Bank, which is under Israeli military and civilian control. Israel has not involved itself in that process. Related: Mahmoud Abbas: 2021-10-18 Palestine welcomes efforts of preventing admission of Israel as AU observer member Mahmoud Abbas: 2021-10-18 Hamas terrorist group sentenced two Palestinians from Gaza and Rafah to death by hanging for collaborating with Israel Mahmoud Abbas: 2021-10-11 Despite formal boycott, PA engages with officials from US embassy in Jerusalem Posted by: Skidmark 2021-10-19 |
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