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$Speaking with a tone of arrogance and hostility, the officer stated, my mom is a Palestinian and I cannot wait to get rid of her. Do you want me to let you into Lebanon? I was sent back home after being blacklisted from Lebanon for the rest of my life. The fracture in my heart will stay there forever. The Arab world practices more inhumane treatment against Palestinians than the occupation itself. I need a whole life to recover from the inhumane situation I went through. I suffer from the consequences of the Israeli occupation on a daily basis. Do I deserve to be treated the same way from an Arab neighbouring country? Checkpoints, interrogation, restrictions on movement, and rights violations are not restricted to Israel, the occupying power – they extend to Lebanon and other Arab countries in the region. I call upon all free citizens to take action against Lebanon’s racial discrimination policies against Palestinians coming into Lebanon as tourists. This draws us to the Palestinian refugees issue in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, where the Lebanese authorities implement its apartheid laws, which deprive Palestinians from their basic human rights and treat them as second-class citizens. // Ibaa Abu Layya was looking forward to a holiday vacation in Beirut, but ended up being detained, deported, and blacklisted. Read her story – link in our bio. #turbantimes #palestine #lebanon #israel #racism #humanrights #occupation #apartheid #middleeast #arabworld #palestinians$

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