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Boarded a flight to a nephew's wedding, and were deported back to the US: "Fill out no entry form"
The former IDF officer and his wife, both U.S. citizens, were invited to an event in the country. , Said his sister
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Yoav Itiel
Sunday, 18 July 2021, 09:27
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Prof. Oded Gonen, 66, a former IDF officer, was deported from Ben Gurion Airport back to the United States with his wife yesterday (Saturday).
This, after it became clear that he did not have the necessary approvals under the Corona virus guidelines.
Gonen left Israel 35 years ago, and today he is an American citizen and serves as a computer expert at a university in the United States.
Yesterday he and his wife Poland, a 58-year-old American, boarded a United Airlines flight at Newark Airport in New Jersey.
According to them, before boarding the plane, all their documents were examined, including 11 certificates and various permits required to enter Israel.
Upon landing at Ben Gurion Airport, they were informed by an immigration official that they lacked the "entry permit form for Israel" required by the situation as of Wednesday, July 14. They did not know the form, but claimed they were willing to do whatever it took to arrange it. Them in the country.
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There was no one to talk to.
The couple is on the plane (Photo: courtesy of those photographed, -)
The two arrived in Israel for a special visit to attend Gonen's nephew's wedding on Wednesday, and a meeting with his 88-year-old mother, who has not seen him since his last visit about a year and a half ago.
"There was no one to talk to," he removes from the plane through his sister. The flight attendants at Ben Gurion Airport avoided identifying when we asked, and walked around with inverted tags. One whereas it is kind to say that his name is 'Bar' and that 'Bar there is only one here'. They took our passports and they are holding them, threatening that if we do not agree they will arrest us and sign our passport with a black stamp that will prevent us from entering Israel for ten years. "
He adds that . "They urged us to retrace our steps to the sleeve of the plane, and kept rushing us, saying that we were deported and put us on the half-empty plane without a boarding pass." They said another couple was in a similar situation,The Israeli husband and the American wife. The husband was allowed to stay in the country and the wife was deported.
"I have no heart to ask him to settle everything and come again" (Photo: Reuven Castro)
His sister, Anua Shabtai from Kibbutz HaSolelim, who invited him to her son's wedding, expressed frustration that he was prevented from attending the festivities. "He asked that they be given two hours to get organized. Everything could be arranged on the ground if they were given some time. My brother is a very neat man. He tried to call the Israeli consulate in New York and the American embassy in Israel, but because now there was no weekend to talk to. It". She said that "it is a great disappointment for the family, not to mention the financial damage on this idle flight to Israel. If there was a little goodwill and understanding, this disappointment could have been avoided."
She went on to add that "it is a shame and a disgrace. It hurts a lot. He came at my request, as a tribute from a brother after a very difficult year to the family. I have no heart to ask him to arrange everything and come again. "We understand why this is the attitude. Everyone understands that regulations are constantly changing. You can be considerate."
The Population and Immigration Authority stated that "this is an American couple (and not an Israeli citizen as it can be understood) who landed in Israel without a required entry permit. We will clarify that for about a year and a half a foreign entry policy "Foreigners, to obtain prior approval. Extensive details on the policy appear on both the Israeli government website and the Foreign Ministry website in several languages, including English. Moreover, the issue was clarified several times during the year for airlines and this was done only last week."
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