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The separation fence cutting across East Jerusalem (Lior Mizrahi / BauBau)
Last update - 22:20 16/12/2007
Report: Gov't won't grant rights to Palestinians west of fence
By Shahar Ilan, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel, separation fence 

The State of Israel will not grant permanent or temporary residency to West Bank Palestinians whose homes were annexed to the Jerusalem municipal area by the separation fence, the Palestinian newspaper Al Quds reported on Sunday.

The measure, which was reportedly approved by the cabinet in October, stipulates that the Palestinians in question could at most apply for residency permits from the military authorities - which confer no right to work in Israel, to obtain Israeli health insurance or to enjoy any of the other benefits of legal residency.

At the fringes of Jerusalem's municipal area are a few neighborhoods that are officially part of the West Bank. Their residents are Palestinian Authority citizens, and are legally banned from entering Israel. The newly-built separation fence between Israel and the West Bank disconnected them from the rest of the West Bank.
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The decision effectively means that the communities that were forcibly annexed to Israel will not be permitted to work and study in Israel and receive welfare benefits. In order to work they would have to travel to the West Bank, but travel expenses are in most cases higher than a day's salary.

The Association for Civil Rights said that "the government strives to make the lives of the Palestinians who were annexed to Jerusalem intolerable to a degree that they would leave their homes and move to the West Bank."

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      1.   Israel is rotten to the core. 21:24  |  Wendy 16/12/07
      2.   Hey Haaretzis, having a party? 21:41  |  Andreas 16/12/07
      3.   God`s lying people 21:43  |  Martin 16/12/07
      4.   This would prove that the fence creates Apartheid!!! 22:03  |  POP 16/12/07
      5.   Incredible... 22:04  |  Esther 16/12/07
      6.   Troubling news 22:09  |  Fred Omran Locke 16/12/07
      7.   and what does jordan allow jews? 22:23  |  victor hardman 16/12/07
      8.   From *SECURITY FENCE* to *APARTHEID WALL* 22:24  |  LIES EXPOSED 16/12/07
      9.   very right. stick to it. rights association is wrong. 22:31  |  ralph 16/12/07
      10.   Israel is in the hand of JUDO-NAZIS 22:37  |  Yeshayahu Leibowitz 16/12/07
      11.   Real complaint is that Wall has reduced Murder of Jews. 22:41  |  Alan 16/12/07
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      13.   #4POOP,This prooves, the wall creates 22:46  |  TOMY 16/12/07
      14.   Blessed be the WALL for saving many lives 22:51  |  TOMY 16/12/07
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      16.   And Israel cries that Pals 22:54  |  T A Sheppard 16/12/07
      17.   fence 22:59  |  dan 16/12/07
      18.   Its called apartheid 23:06  |  Michael 16/12/07
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      40.   #12 Christian American or Muslim American? 02:30  |  Adrian der Klerk 17/12/07
      41.   contd 18 Michael,Britian had responsibilities to the people of 02:32  |  lakshmi 17/12/07
      42.   #21 vik undermines his own arguement 02:35  |  JOhnboy 17/12/07
      43.   The ignorance of the Jew haters infesting this forum! 02:37  |  David 17/12/07
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      45.   #10 Leibowitz 02:50  |  * BEN JABO 17/12/07
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      48.   #18 Michael - Columbia 02:57  |  * BEN JABO 17/12/07
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