Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Heard of the "Jordanian Strip"?

From Mosaic News - 10/20/10:
World News From The Middle East [VIDEO]

Jordan strips Jerusalem residents of citizenship rights


Al Jazeera TV, Qatar

Presenter, Female #1

The Jordanian government has warned against the dangerous rise in the number of Jerusalemites residing in Jordan who don’t renew their residency permits issued by the Israeli occupation. This prompted the government to change the Jerusalemites permanent residency yellow cards to temporary green cards, stripping them of their basic rights. The Jordanian opposition said the citizenship order is unconstitutional. Hasan al-Shubaki met a Jerusalemite family and reported on their ordeal.

Reporter, Male #1

All members of his family have Jordanian citizenship except for him. This is how Nasir Abu Kuwaik, who was born in occupied Jerusalem, spent the first 17 years of his life. His name was added to his mother’s Jerusalem residency card. Nearly 13 years ago, Nasir’s mother was stripped of her Israeli residency card. In 2000, the Israeli occupation authorities forced Nasir to sign a document, stripping him of his citizenship right. Six years later, Nasir married a Palestinian woman from the Gaza Strip and applied for a Jordanian-issued family record book. However, he was surprised to find out that his Jordanian citizenship had been revoked, as shown in this hand-written phrase. Nasir has diligently requested the occupation authorities grant him citizenship. Nasir also made several failed attempts to help uphold his Jordanian citizenship. His yellow card was changed to a green card, forfeiting all of his rights.

...politicians and critics said implementing the articles of disengagement between the West and East Bank is leading to a rise in the number of yellow card holders, currently numbering a million, who are being described as victims of random orders and measures by the occupation authorities. As the government continues to change the residency status of Palestinians in Jordan, despite criticism by legal experts and political candidates, observers believe that Israel will continue to expel Palestinians from their land. Meanwhile, the suffering of Jerusalemites as well as the suffering of Palestinians on both banks of the river will continue...

That's some strip.

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