Our formal complaint and constant reporting of the problems of the visa system (and probably that of others) have borne fruit: from today, there will be 50% more appointments available for West Bankers wanting to apply for UK visas.We are pleased about this for the time being - it will help, for the time being - but it isn't the whole of the answer, we believe. The UK is operating a de facto discriminatory system and echoing Israel's categories for Palestinians which have no foundation in International Law.
The whole thing should be challenged.
We say in this petition http://www.petitions24.com/palestine_and_jerusalem, [please sign and share].....
(picture, the Separation Wall between Abu Dis and Aizariyeh and Mount of Olives, Jerusalem)
Challenging the racism of the illegal settlement movement: while Israel continues to hold on to Palestinian land and to operate settlements on it, the UK should put Israelis and Palestinians in the same legal bracket. This would mean a change, for example, to current UKBA rules that make visas unnecessary for Israelis and difficult for Palestinians.
As long as Israelis are settling Palestine and living on its land, the UK should make them subject to the same visa rules.
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