Summary
Palestinian businessman in al-Bireh whose family-unification case opens the Introduction of Palestine Inside Out: born in Ohio, returned under Oslo in the 1990s, and ordered out in September 2006 with his application pending since 1994 (Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, PDF p.39-43).
Details
- Settled in al-Bireh with his wife Abeer (born in the West Bank and on the Population registry and family unification) and daughters Areen and Nadine; he started three companies, one of which, Paltel, became the largest private-sector employer in the West Bank (PDF p.39-41).
- For thirteen years he lived on three-monthly visitor visas; in summer 2006 his extension was overwritten “LAST PERMIT” in Arabic, Hebrew and English (PDF p.41).
- The December 2006 partial reversal cancelled the stamp but capped renewals at twenty-seven months and left the registry under sole Israeli control (PDF p.42-43).
Related pages
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, Population registry and family unification, Occupation by bureaucracy, Oslo Accords