Force the tourist to sign a pledge to avoid activities pro-Palestine in return for entry into Israel

By : mina sabry

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Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported today, Sunday, that the Minister of the Interior refused to allow Israeli tourist Swedish nationality to enter Israel without a signature on a document she have pledged to avoid any contact with members of the pro-Palestinian organizations, and it has tried to enter Israel at its border with Sinai.


The newspaper said, in the news reported on its website, the tourist Anna Bjeerild at the age of 30 years of Swedish nationality in the fifth month of pregnancy, arrived at the Taba crossing the border near Eilat, accompanied by one of her friends of the nationality of a Norwegian, was escorted immediately for questioning.


Said Anna, "I was escorted to the office of Israeli and asked about the religious, and whether they have contact with any religious organizations here, and how I spend daily usual, how much me money to spend during this period, and where I got it, and my activities I do are in Sweden and here Also, then had to wait without knowing what will happen. "


The newspaper pointed out that, after waiting several hours, gave her what seemed to be an impromptu pledge written in broken English, listed by the slogan of the authority of the Immigration and border and the population of the Israeli Ministry of Interior.


The newspaper added that after it agreed to sign it, stamp her passport with a visa allowing her to stay in Israel until her scheduled after nine days, instead of the usual visa period of 3 months.


And attached tourist on the incident by saying, "It seems very strange to me to be asked such questions in a democratic country, and I did not think there is work to anyone the nature of storm minutes my personal life, whether my conversations or people who I meet and my friends, I came as a tourist, with a friend, , which for some reason did not ask even one question.


For its part, announced that the authority of the border, immigration, the population of the Israeli Interior Ministry that it was surprised by this, he said a spokesman for the authority of border and immigration, "The goal behind this document is to ensure that this lady will visit areas of frictions and differences, however, we intend to review and examine the circumstances of this issue, especially the document itself.