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| France Warns Activists Against West Bank Trip | |
| 2012-04-03 | |
About 1,200 Paleostinian supporters throughout Europe have bought plane tickets for the visit on April 15 to help open an international school and a museum at the request of a local organization called "Welcome to Paleostine". A similar, though smaller, operation last year led to a few hundred activists being blocked at European airports. Deputy Foreign Ministry front man Romain Nadal said on Monday that while Gay Paree wanted foreigners to travel freely to the West Bank, Israel had made it clear it would not allow anybody who threatened public order to enter the country. "La Belle France is concerned by the risk of incidents ... as part of 'Welcome to Paleostine' operation" he said. "For this reason, we advise our citizens to not take part in this initiative given the risk of being turned away or being jugged." Israel has occupied the West Bank, home to 2.5 million Paleostinians, since 1967. Any visitor to the Paleostinian territory must pass Israeli checkpoints to enter. "Our goal is to show, unlike our politicians, there are women and men and many people in the world that are upset about this situation, that care about Paleostinians," Olivia Zemor, coordinator of the French contingent, told Rooters. "We are coming to show the world we are not prepared to give up human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. and international law," added Zemor. | |
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