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Monday, August 19, 2019
Birthright clarifies halt on activities near Gaza was only for Sunday
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBirthright-Taglit issues a clarification saying its decision to halt trips to the Gaza area amid recent tensions in the Palestinian enclave was only for Sunday.
“Today, we have returned entirely to normal routine after the activities of our groups were disrupted yesterday only following security incidents in the Gaza area,” the group says in a statement.
According to Birthright, over 30,000 Birthright participants have visited the Gaza periphery so far this summer.
“We will continue to bring our participants to the areas surrounding Gaza, as we have with hundreds of thousands to date,” the statement adds.
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