'Did you participate in genocide?': Australia stonewalls Israeli siblings' visa application over IDF service
'Did you participate in genocide?': Australia stonewalls Israeli siblings' visa application over IDF service
Omer and Ella Berger planned to visit their 100-year-old great-grandmother in Australia but were denied entry and asked to complete a 13-page form due to their IDF service; 'Decision reflects government’s increasingly hostile stance against Israel,' relative says
Israeli siblings Omer Berger, 24, and Ella Berger, 22, faced delays in obtaining Australian visas after being asked to complete to complete a 13-page document typically required for military personnel involved in war. The siblings had planned to visit their 100-year-old great-grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.
According to Berger, six family members applied for Australian visas two months ago. While all were promptly approved, Omer and Ella were told to submit the extended form. The questions included whether they had participated in physical or psychological abuse, served as guards or officials in detention facilities or engaged in war crimes or genocide.
Ella, who had received a week’s leave from her military service to attend the celebration, gave up waiting and returned to Israel. Omer, a reservist, remains in Thailand, hoping for a resolution. Berger expressed the family’s heartbreak, fearing they may never see their great-grandmother again. “We just want a clear answer, yes or no,” he said.
faced delays in obtaining Australian visas after being asked to complete to complete a 13-page document typically required for military personnel involved in war
Well, they were involved in war, no matter how much lipstick this article wants to put on the pig.
"Stonewalled", no, that's 13 pages of routine paperwork. I had to do more to see the doctor.
being asked to complete to complete a 13-page document typically required for military personnel involved in war
Being part of the illegal occupation force known as the IDF should DEFINITELY qualify you for that, plus more.
Good fuck these war criminals.
Make Israelis feel unwelcome everywhere besides their shiti apartheid shit hole.
No, you got it all wrong, make Israel feel welcome everywhere but there (provided they don't have a problem with the applicable immigration forms, ofc).
“We just want a clear answer, yes or no,” he said.
Well they also just want a clear answer, yes or no. We already know which one it is tho...
The bare fucking minimum so that the Australian government can argue that they aren’t complicit
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