Israel/Occupied Territories: Consequences for Palestinian residents of East-Jerusalem of a revocation of the Israeli identity card by the Ministry of the Interior
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ISR30708.E |
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Three sources stated that the revocation of an Israeli identity card means the loss of the right to vote in municipal elections, to National Insurance (welfare, child care, retirement benefits, disabled pension, etc.), to residency, to education, to work, etc. In terms of residency, Palestinians from East Jerusalem would have to leave their home within a period of two weeks following the revocation. This situation would also apply to the children of a couple who has their identity cards revoked.
The sources are: the Director of Badil: Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights (9 Dec. 1998); the Development Director of B'Tselem, an Israeli organization which monitors and documents human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (8 Dec. 1998); and, a researcher on Jerusalem with The Law, a Palestinian Human Rights organization based in Jerusalem. The Law is a group of Palestinian lawyers to promote human rights and further the principles of the rule of law and defends Palestinians (8 Dec. 1998).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Badil: Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights, Bethleem, West Bank. 9 December 1998. Telephone interview with the Director. Badil is a Palestinian non-profit non-governmental organization which aims at providing critical and progressive information and analysis on the question of Palestinian residency rights and refugees.
B'Tselem, Jerusalem, Israel. 8 December 1998. Telephone interview with the Development Director. The organization was founded in 1989 and has published over 65 reports on a wide variety of human rights issues, and engaged in various advocacy campaigns.
The Law, Jerusalem, Israel. 8 December 1998. Telephone interview with the researcher on Jerusalem. The Law seeks to protect human rights through an intensive program of documenting and following up abuses; and through providing legal and financial help to people in need.
