Israel denies the right to bear witness

Electronic Intifada reports how Israel is deporting or barring Palestinians with foreign nationality from the occupied territories.

In another Israeli move designed to further isolate Palestinians from the rest of the world community, it is being reported that the Israeli army will be declaring the West Bank closed to foreign nationals. The Gaza Strip has already been made virtually inaccessible to foreign nationals; those who wish to enter must apply to the Israeli authorities, weeks in advance, to receive elusive permits. The effect is that the plight of the Palestinian civilian population living under Israeli occupation becomes all the more invisible to the international community.

The Israeli authorities are clearly relying on a compliant western media to lie their lies for them.