»A prominent Jewish activist refused entry into Israel – IMEMC News

Ariel Gold, a member of the Pink for Peace Code and a staunch supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in the United States, was arrested Sunday at the Tel Aviv airport in Israel. returned to the United States

The Gold Movement, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS), is aimed at putting pressure on Israel to ensure that the Israeli government complies with its obligations under international and international law. sign

She was an ardent supporter of Palestinian rights, and despite her deep ancestral connection with Judaism – her family can trace her lineage back to the 16th century Rabbi Yosef Caro, author of the "Shulchan Aruch". € (the codification of Jewish religious law), which is buried in Safed, Israel – the Israeli government ruled that gold was a "security threat".

Although she never violated Israeli law, resolutely comm. The Israeli government considers its political views as a threat – accusing it essentially of a "crime of thought" for to have criticized Israel's policy.

He had been told that Gold had left his country for the last time. Israel that she would need to notify the Israeli Ministry of the Interior the next time she would come to Israel. She obtained a student visa to study Jewish studies at the Hebrew University and informed the Ministry of the Interior as she requested.

But despite this, she was deported and her pbadport was denied entry after 8 hours of questioning. His student visa was canceled and Interior Minister Arye Deri said, "Gold has distributed videos on social networks, where she harbades IDF soldiers and police officers. borders. in Hebron, accusing the soldiers of apartheid and oppression, and that their actions do not conform to Jewish values. "

With this statement, the Ministry of the Interior clarified that the reason why gold was denied was the crime of" criticizing Israeli policies and practices. "

Gold stated that Israeli officials who refused her entry gave her only one reason for her refusal to enter, that she was complaining about her reason for being or entering. Gold categorically denied this claim, saying that she planned to take a course at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on "Collective Memory in Israel."

The Israeli Minister of the Interior has stated: "I am using my authority again to prevent the entry into Israel of a woman who has come to act against Israel and to call for her boycott. It is a Jew who has tried to To abuse this fact, these boycott activists must understand that the rules of the game have changed. [They] will no longer be allowed to enter the country to harm the state and its residents.

The Minister's statement continued: "The policy I have established is clear: anyone who will systematically incite Israel to boycott not enter here. The rules have changed, and the state of Israel will not hold back against those who are trying to harm it. "