Official
Israeli Data on ID Card Confiscation in Jerusalem in 1998
According to the data released
by the Israeli Interior Ministry in early October 1998, 346 Jerusalem identity
cards have been confiscated from Palestinian Jerusalemites by the Ministry
in the period January - August 1998. According to the Ministry's spokeswoman
Tova Elinson, 270 of these ID cards belonged to Palestinians living abroad.
This rate of ID card confiscations is similar to the rate documented for
1997 and 1998.
| Month |
Number of ID cards confiscated |
| January |
57
|
| February |
71
|
| March |
54
|
| April |
9
|
| May |
132
|
| June |
9
|
| July |
--
|
| August |
14
|
| Total 1-8/98 |
346
|