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Eurovision 2019 : le groupe islandais Hatari menacé d’interdiction d’entrée en Israël
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(...) « Vous signez un contrat qui stipule que nous n’êtes pas autorisé à faire de la politique durant la compétition », a confié Matthías Haraldson à Independent . « Mais si quelqu’un pense pouvoir se rendre à Tel Aviv sans exprimer un message politique, il a totalement tort. C’est un paradoxe. Toutes les chansons qui seront interpretées durant le concours heurteront la sensibilité de beaucoup de gens à cause du contexte dans lequel il va se dérouler et des critiques légitimes que beaucoup expriment. »

Le chanteur du groupe Hatari estime qu’aucun artiste ne pourra se produire sur la scène du Convention Center de Tel Aviv « sans enfreindre les règles de l’Eurovision ». « Vous ne pouvez pas complètement vous taire sur la situation (en Israël, ndlr) parce que le silence est également un positionnement politique », a-t-il déclaré. Outre leur soutien à la Palestine, le trio s’est livré à quelques provocations à l’encontre du Premier ministre israélien Benyamin Netanyahou, l’invitant à un combat de Glima, de la lutte traditionnelle islandaise.

Selon Haaretz, l’organisation Shurat Hadin qui représente les victimes du terrorisme et des causes juives et israélienne a demandé au ministre de l’Intérieur, Arye Dery, d’interdire Hatari d’accès au territoire. Une requête qui serait, selon plusieurs médias locaux, actuellement étudiée par plusieurs ministères. L’Union Européenne de radio-télévision (UER), organisatrice de l’Eurovision, a quant à elle rappelé que le concours doit rester inclusif et que le diffuseur israélien devra respecter la liberté de toutes les délégations et artistes participants. (...)

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These four things will get you barred from entering Israel under its new BDS travel ban

After BDS activists pulled off plane to Israel, senior minister warns, ’The rules of the game have changed’

Judy Maltz Jul 25, 2017
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A day after five activists in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement were pulled off a flight from the United States bound for Israel, senior government ministers published an official statement explaining their decision to keep them out of the country.
“These were prominent activists who continuously advocate for a boycott and who sought to come [to Israel] as part of a delegation of extremist boycott organizations whose entire purpose is to harm Israel,” Interior Minister Arye Dery and Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan said in a joint statement. 
In March, the Knesset passed a law that bars from Israel any foreigners who have publicly expressed support for boycotting Israel. In their statement, Dery and Erdan said the BDS supporters were pulled off the plane because of this new law.
Separately, Erdan said that “the rules of the game have changed” and that organizations seeking to harm Israel’s “national security” through boycotts would be denied entry to the country. “We will not let key boycott activists in here to harm us,” he said.

The interior minister is responsible for enforcing the new law. A spokeswoman said that decisions are made on a case-by-case basis, usually in compliance with recommendations from the Ministry of Strategic Sffairs, which monitors the international boycott movement.
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“The Interior Ministry prevented in this case and will also prevent in the future the entry of boycott activists whose key objective is to work against the State of Israel,” said Dery.
The five activists pulled off the flights were part of a 22-member interfaith delegation. They were about to board a Lufthansa flight from Dulles Airport when a representative of the airline notified them that instructions had been received from Israeli immigration authorities not to allow them on the flight. The activists prevented from flying with the group were members of three organizations that support the boycott: Jewish Voice for Peace, American Muslims for Palestine and Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
On Monday, the Interior Ministry published a list of criteria that determine which organizations and activists fall under the controversial new ban. The organizations that will be targeted, according to these criteria, are those that promote a boycott “actively, consistently and continuously.”
The document notes, however, that just because an organization is “anti-Israel or pro-Palestinian, or has an agenda that is critical of Israeli government policy” is not an excuse to ban its members from the country.
The ban on BDS activists, the document said, will apply to activists in those organizations that have been targeted as well as to independent activists who meet one of the following criteria:
1. They hold senior-level positions in the targeted organizations;
2. They are key activists in the boycott movement, whether or not they operate independently or through the targeted organizations;
3. They are establishment figures (such as mayors) who openly support a boycott;
4. They operate on behalf of targeted organizations.
A complete list of organizations that have been targeted by the new law will be published in the near future, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Strategic Affairs said.

#BDS #Israël

New guideline allows Israel to deny entry to visitors over ’BDS activity’ -

Regulation follows the passing of a law this past March that forbids the issuance of a visa or other entry permit to foreign citizens who have called for a boycott of Israel or the settlements

Ilan Lior Jul 06, 2017
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The Population, Immigration and Border Authority last month issued a directive implementing the recently-passed law that blocks entry to Israel of visitors because of “BDS activity.”
The regulation, entitled “Handling entries at Israel’s international border crossings,” lists 28 reasons for refusing someone entry to Israel, and constitutes the first time such a policy has been set down in writing. “BDS activity” is specifically listed. The regulation follows the passing of a law this past March that forbids the issuance of a visa or other entry permit to foreign citizens who have called for a boycott of Israel or the settlements.
Other reasons the regulation gives for refusing entry include risk of security or criminal activity; lies told at the border; suspected intent to remain in Israel illegally; lack of cooperation with border officials; an inappropriate visa; entry with the intent to work illegally; disrupting public order; impersonation; violent behavior; suspected intent to carry out missionary activity and past refusal of entry or illegal presence. Another reason to refuse entry is “suspicion of becoming a burden on the state,” presumably meaning someone suspected of not having the financial means to finance his stay in Israel.
The regulation makes it clear that this is not a definitive list and that border guards are permitted to refuse entry for other reasons as well.
Over the past year, at the instruction of Interior Minister Arye Dery and Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, Israel has blocked the entry of a few people known to support the BDS movement, which calls for boycotting, divesting from and sanctioning Israel to pressure it to end the occupation, at the very least. In December, entry was denied to Dr. Isabel Phiri, a Malawi citizen who lives in Switzerland and is a senior official in the World Council of Churches. At the time, the Population Authority said, “This is actually the first time the State of Israel is refusing the entry of a tourist because of anti-Israel activity and the promotion of economic, cultural and academic boycotts against Israel.”

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In first, Israel denies entry to religious official citing support of BDS movement - Israel News -
Haaretz.com | Ilan Lior Dec 06, 2016
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The World Council of Churches is vehemently protesting Israel’s refusal to allow one of its executives to enter the country, charging that officials wrongly accused her of supporting the anti-Israel BDS movement.

It is the first time Israel has deported someone on the grounds that the person supported the Israel boycott, according to Israeli officials.

Israel interrogated and deported Dr. Isabel Apawo Phiri, a Malawi citizen who serves as the council’s associate general secretary, after her arrival Monday at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Interior Minister Arye Dery decided against issuing the visa following consultations with Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who is also in charge of the Strategic Affairs Ministry - tasked with countering anti-Israel boycotts. Phiri was sent back Monday night to Germany, from where she had originally departed for Israel.

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