'It's time to teach them a lesson' - Israel will refuse to give visas to UN officials, says Erdan
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SKY News ^
| October 25, 2023
Israel will not give UN officials visas to enter the country, its foreign minister has said as a row over comments made by the group's secretary general intensifies. Israeli
officials have been outraged over Antonio Guterres's remark that the deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel "did not happen in a vacuum". Israel's envoy to the UN Gilad Erdan called for Mr Guterres' resignation, saying Israel must rethink its relations with the world body. Now, he has told Israeli media that UN officials will not be granted visas to enter the country. "We will refuse to grant visas to UN representatives....
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Israel to refuse visas to UN officials after Guterres speech on Gaza war
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al Jazeera ^
| 10/25/203 | staff
Protesting the UN chief’s indirect criticism of Israel, Israel’s UN envoy says ‘the time has come to teach them a lesson’. Israel
will refuse visas to United Nations officials, its ambassador to the UN has said, as the country’s spat with the international organisation deepens. Gilad Erdan made the statement on Wednesday, according to Israeli media, as the fallout from the UN chief’s speech at the Security Council the previous day continues. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres indirectly criticised Israel for ordering the evacuation of civilians from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip. He also said Hamas’s attack...
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Israel nixes thousands of Ramadan entry visas after TA attack
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Arutz Sheva ^
| 7/9/16 | David Rosenberg
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot upon the Prime Minister’s return from a state visit to Russia, Wednesday night, to discuss Israel’s response to the terror attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market which left four dead and five wounded. In
the wake of the attack, the Defense Ministry has frozen work entry visas for some 204 members of the attackers’ extended family. The attackers, identified as Khalid and Muhammad Musa Mehamara, both 21-years old, are cousins from the village of Yatta, south of Hevron. The two terrorists reportedly entered Israel...
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Israel to issue ‘start-up visas’ for foreign entrepreneurs
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Jerusalem Post ^
| 23 Oct 2015 | NIV ELIS
Entrepreneurs who obtain the two-year visas will be able to develop new technological enterprises in Israel and their visas will be extended if they decide to establish start-up companies in Israel. If you’re planning on creating the next Waze, the next Trusteer, or the next XtremIO, the government doesn’t care if you’re
Jewish, Israeli or have even visited the Holy Land. It wants you to set up shop right here. The Economy Ministry on Thursday announced plans to issue “innovation visas” for foreign entrepreneurs to come work in Israel. Entrepreneurs who obtain the two-year visas “will be able to develop...
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Muslim college co-founded by anti-Israel firebrand receives accreditation [student visas]
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FoxNews.com ^
| March 12, 2015 | Perry Chiaramonte
A California school co-founded by a firebrand who once called for an "intifada" in the U.S. has become the nation's first accredited Muslim college. Zaytuna
College, which operates out of two rented buildings in Berkeley, Calif., and had an enrollment of 30 in 2013, was officially accredited earlier this week by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges—one of the six academic organizations responsible for authorizing public and private colleges and universities in the United States. The certification means the school can apply for various federal and private grants, issue visas to international students and allow students to transfer credits...
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