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Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked is considering banning the entry of Amnesty International activists into Israel who support BDS.
The background to the examination is the organization's latest report, in which it accused Israel a few weeks ago of being an apartheid state in all its borders - and not just beyond the Green Line. Israel has also been accused of committing crimes against humanity.
The authority to ban the entry of the activists in question is in the hands of the Minister, but she is currently conducting internal consultations in her office and the Population Authority, and will later expand the consultation circle to the Foreign Ministry to technically coordinate how to carry out the move and through what mechanisms.
At the same time, Israel Today has learned that Israel has allowed extremist BDS activists, some of whom are allegedly involved in attacking settlers, to enter the country.
The approval was given even though the DMU organization allegedly submitted to the Foreign and Internal Affairs Ministries alleged evidence of the activists' violations of the boycott law, BDS activities and links to terrorist organizations.
The DMU organization documents and monitors violations of the law by foreign, Israeli and Palestinian activists working against the State of Israel.
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, Photo: Gideon Markovich
It is a delegation of 50 AFPS members, an organization responsible for the boycott movement in France and which has already been placed by the Ministry of Strategic Affairs on the blacklist of terrorist activity funders.
In October 2019, the organization's president Bertran Heilbronn and his deputy Ann Toulon allegedly participated in an attack on Tzuriel Lilintel and his family at a rocky farm in the Jordan Valley.
"Israel Today" has learned that the Ministry of the Interior forwarded the question of their entry to the Foreign Ministry for consultation, and from there it was reported that the members of the delegation did not meet the criteria for refusal.
The Interior Minister's Office stated: "In order to prevent the recurrence of such cases, the Minister intends to promote a work plan that will prevent the entry of boycott supporters into Israel. . "
The DMU project stated: "AFPS is the main BDS organization in France, which also transfers funds to terrorist organizations. The State of Israel has already stated that the organization is not allowed to enter Israel.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: No prevention
Amnesty International did not respond to a request for comment.
The Foreign Ministry responded: "Based on the information received about the delegation and further tests we conducted, we assessed that there is no basis for preventing the delegation from entering the criteria specified in Amendment 28 to the Entry into Israel Law (denial of entry on the basis of a boycott)."
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