ENTRY DENIED (a concert in Jerusalem) (2003)
By Emily Jacir
ENTRY DENIED (a concert in Jerusalem), 2003, was filmed in an empty theater in Vienna, where I asked Marwan and his band to perform the concert exactly as it was to have taken place in Jerusalem, as if they were in Jerusalem. Israel has complete control over the population of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and the only way to enter is via Israeli ports of entry. Israel decides who gets in and who does not by granting visas and permits to enter. Those who are denied entry and have the highest risk of deportation are Palestinians who hold foreign passports, as well as children and/or foreigners who are married to someone with a Palestinian ID. Others also affected by Israel's undeclared policy of denying entry and/or re-entry to the occupied Palestinian territories are human rights workers, NGO employees, professors, cultural workers etc. Palestinians who hold foreign passports are forbidden by Israel from residing in their own country. They are forced to continuously renew three-month tourist visas because Israel will not allow them family reunification nor work nor visitors permits nor allow them to regain their residency rights. Many of these Palestinians have been livin…
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