Amira Hass dans Ha'aretz (Israel) : "Amira Hass / Why is Israel limiting movement of Palestinian-Canadian businessman? "

Last update - 08:56 19/08/2009    


Amira Hass / Why is Israel limiting movement of Palestinian-Canadian businessman?  

By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent  

Mohammed Sabawi, 65, could have played a leading role in all the stories about the economic revival in the West Bank's cities. His goal of "strengthening the economy of Palestine by utilizing its own capabilities" sounds like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's vision of "economic peace." In recent months, however, the Palestinian-Canadian businessman has been considering reducing his business activity here, after Israel started limiting his freedom of movement and that of his son and business partner, Khaled. The Sabawis are considering Cyprus as an alternate location.

For 15 years, Sabawi entered and left the country with no problems, as a senior partner in an insurance company and as chairman of a construction company. But in April, he was denied entry at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

"Next time enter by way of the Allenby Bridge," said the Interior Ministry official, after the coordinator for economic affairs at the Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank convinced authorities not to put the Canadian citizen on a plane back to Istanbul.
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He wasted seven hours at the airport, left the country, and returned on June 2 via the Allenby Bridge, without looking at what was written in his passport. It was only a few days later, on his way to a meeting with Israeli business people, that he realized his visa was valid "only for Palestinian Authority territory." When he arrived at the Hizme checkpoint northeast of Jerusalem,.............................
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1108553.html

  


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