Israel banned German journalist Bilanceri from entering the country

According to the news on Israel's Channel 12 television, the Israeli Population and Immigration Administration approved the recommendation of the Ministry of Diaspora to prevent Bilanceri, who works for the Germany-based "Die Tageszeitung" newspaper, from entering the country.

Bilanceri, a German citizen of Italian origin; It was stated that he was a journalist who closely followed the developments in Jordan, Syria and Israel, as well as the Israel-Palestine issue.

Accusation of "anti-Israel propaganda"

It was reported that the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora requested that Bilanceri be banned from entering the country on the grounds that he "conducted anti-Israeli propaganda" and defined the country as an "apartheid state".

It was noted that in the investigations carried out by the Ministry, it was determined that Bilanceri called for economic and military sanctions against Israel at least twice in his articles published in the newspaper he worked for.

As a result of the evaluations, it was argued that Bilanceri "met the legal criteria" to be prevented from entering the country and obtaining a residence permit.

Blocking foreign politicians and press from Israel

Israel had previously prevented many foreign parliamentarians from entering the country, including AP Palestine Delegation President Lynn Boylan, who supported the boycott movement against Israel, MEP member Rima Hassan, British Labor Party MP Apsana Begum, Swedish MPs Jonas Sjöstedt and Hanna Gedin, and US House of Representatives members Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.

On the other hand, Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli announced that 40 activists from the European-Mediterranean Human Rights Watch (Euro-Med) were banned from entering the country on the grounds that they were engaged in "anti-Israel" activities.