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- name, birth date and ID numbers for spouse and children; and
- electoral polling stamp.
Israel's Bureaucratic Nightmare
On December 23, Haaretz writer Chaim Levinson headlined, "Israel has 101 different types of permits governing Palestinian movement," saying:
Most common ones let Palestinians "work in Israel, or in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Over the decades, however, the permit regimen has grown into a vast, triple-digit bureaucracy."
Separate permits are required for Al-Aqsa Mosque worshippers and clerics. Medical permits distinguish between physicians and ambulance drivers. They also differ for "medical emergency staff" and "medical staff" in the seam zone (between the Green Line and Israel's Separation Wall).
Escorting a patient in an ambulance requires permit permission as does simply accompanying a patient.
Others are for traveling to a West Bank wedding or Israel, as well as visiting Israel for a funeral, work meeting, or court hearing.
New permits followed Israel's Separation Wall construction, including for farmers cut off from their land. For example, permit permission is required for "farmer(s) in the seam zone." A separate one is for "permanent farmer(s) in the seam zone." In other words, working one's own land requires Israeli permission.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Occupied Palestine-based international agencies waste 20% of their time applying for, renewing, and dealing with permit related problems.
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