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Israel's Supreme Court is due to hear the case of a 21-year-old Palestinian woman whom the Israeli military deported to Gaza from the West Bank. | |
Bethlehem University student Berlanty Azzam was deported two weeks ago. | Bethlehem University student Berlanty Azzam was deported two weeks ago. |
The Israeli army said that she had only been given a permit, back in 2005, to spend a few days in Jerusalem. | The Israeli army said that she had only been given a permit, back in 2005, to spend a few days in Jerusalem. |
Her case has been taken up by an Israeli human rights group, which argues that tens of thousands of other Palestinians face deportation to Gaza. | |
At the end of October, Ms Azzam was stopped at a checkpoint in the West Bank by Israeli soldiers. | At the end of October, Ms Azzam was stopped at a checkpoint in the West Bank by Israeli soldiers. |
When they saw that her home address was in the Gaza Strip, she was detained, and later blindfolded and handcuffed, before being deported to Gaza. | When they saw that her home address was in the Gaza Strip, she was detained, and later blindfolded and handcuffed, before being deported to Gaza. |
Illegal resident claim | Illegal resident claim |
She was just two months away from completing her degree in business management at Bethlehem University. | She was just two months away from completing her degree in business management at Bethlehem University. |
The army said that since 2005 she had been living illegally in the West Bank. | The army said that since 2005 she had been living illegally in the West Bank. |
The Israeli human rights group, Gisha, is disputing that claim at the Israeli Supreme Court. | The Israeli human rights group, Gisha, is disputing that claim at the Israeli Supreme Court. |
Gisha argues that at the time Ms Azzam left Gaza, there was no such thing as a special permit for Palestinians to enter the West Bank. | Gisha argues that at the time Ms Azzam left Gaza, there was no such thing as a special permit for Palestinians to enter the West Bank. |
What's more, Israel does not allow people to change their addresses from Gaza to the West Bank. | What's more, Israel does not allow people to change their addresses from Gaza to the West Bank. |
The human rights group says that as many as 25,000 people in the West Bank are in a similar position to Ms Azzam, and risk being removed from their homes, their jobs and their families. | The human rights group says that as many as 25,000 people in the West Bank are in a similar position to Ms Azzam, and risk being removed from their homes, their jobs and their families. |