Express your Concern about a Discriminatory Law that Divides Families

[UndertheOcean]

From Amnesty International USA

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/site/c.goJTI0OvElH/b.1807517/k.AE63/Express_your_Concern_about_a_Discriminatory_Law_that_Divides_Families.htm

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Express your Concern about a Discriminatory Law that Divides Families

The Israeli High Court of Justice decided by a vote of 6-5 on 14 May to uphold a law which explicitly denies family rights on the basis of ethnicity or national origins is a step further in the institutionalization of racial discrimination in Israel.

The “Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law” bars family reunification for Israelis married to Palestinians from the Occupied Territories. It specifically targets Israeli Arabs (Palestinian citizens of Israel), who make up a fifth of Israel’s population, and Palestinian Jerusalemites, for it is they who marry Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Thousands of couples are affected by this discriminatory law, which forces Israeli Arabs married to Palestinians to leave their country or to be separated from their spouses and children. Israeli military law forbids Israelis from entering the main population centers in the Occupied Territories and Israeli citizens cannot join their Palestinian spouses there, and at the same time Palestinian spouses staying in Israel without a permit are constantly at risk of being deported and separated from their families. Thus, Israeli-Palestinian couples would ultimately be forced to move to another country in order to live together – an option which is neither feasible nor desirable for those concerned. In addition, Palestinian Jerusalemites would lose their residency and their right to ever live in Jerusalem again if they move out of the city.

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[UndertheOcean]

1. All of us can help against this discriminatory law...

by going to the link and following the take action link.

[cali]

2. This is not something that we can

have the slightest impact on. Yes, it's wrong and discriminatory, but it's way down on my list of pressing concerns about global human rights.

[Violet_Crumble]

3. Actually, Amnesty International does have a bit of an impact...

Thank goodness they can multi-skill and actually focus on quite a few human rights issues at a time. Amnesty International is highly respected around the world and it's only with action from members and non-members who aren't apathetic about the world that there's even a slight chance that change may take place...

Anyway, the rape and abuse of women in Papua New Guinea is wrong, but it's way down on my list of pressing concerns about global human rights, so I should get in touch with AI and tell them that seeing me writing a letter won't have the slightest impact on anything, could they please burn it promptly.. ;)