From: chrism@cirrus.com (Chris Metcalfe)
Subject: Re: HIV and Israel
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:33:41 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.155402.4233@wam.umd.edu> aap@wam.umd.edu (Alberto Adolfo Pinkas) writes:
>I found this on another net.
>Any comments?
>
>AAP

1.  What "other net" is this circulating on?

2.  Is this true?  The Jerusalem Post says that this legislation
    has *not* been enacted, as I recall.

3.  Where has this been proven effective in the campaign against
    HIV:  

	"Instead, anonymous HIV testing and prevention/education 
	campaigns are the proven method of containing the epidemic."

-- Chris Metcalfe

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>
>
>From: James Binder <jbinder>
>Subject: IGLHRC:URGENT ACTION ALERT DECEMBE
>
>ISRAEL Bars People with HIV
>
>
>NEW
>Israel Bars People with HIV
>
>Jews wishing to immigrate to Israel under the law of return -- which allows 
>Jews worldwide to become Israeli citizens -- are to be tested for HIV and 
>turned away if they test positive.
>
>Under the new regulations immigrants already accepted in Israel who are found 
>to have lied about their HIV status can be deported to their country of origin. 
> Visitors who want to stay more than three months would also be tested under 
>the new regulations.  Finally, the policy calls for the deportation 
>of foreign workers with HIV, and ten such workers have been deported already.
>
>Israel's law of return is one of the cornerstones of the Jewish state because 
>it promises citizenship and refuge to Jews from all over the world.  The new 
>HIV restrictions come on the heels of a wave of xenophobia and hysteria in 
>Israel about the rate of HIV infection among Ethiopian refugees.  The 
>restrictive law was enacted despite a report by the Minister of Health showing 
>a low rate of infection.
>
>The ACT UP/Immigration Working Group and IGLHRC have formed a committee to 
>protest the policy and work to overturn it.  You can join this effort by 
>writing letters of protest to the Minister of Internal Affairs who is in favor 
>of the new law, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (whose position on the issue is 
>unknown), and by sending copies of your letters to the Ministers of Health and 
>Absorption, who do not support the new law. 
>
>Please point out that immigration restrictions based on HIV status are opposed 
>by public health officials, civil rights organizations and AIDS activists 
>because they not only impinge on the freedom of movement for people with HIV, 
>but set bad public health policy by driving people underground and sending the 
>erroneous message to the public that they are 
>safe from HIV.  Instead, anonymous HIV testing and prevention/education 
>campaigns are the proven method of containing the epidemic.  Postage to Israel 
>from the U.S. is $.50 per half-ounce.
>
>
>Write to:                               
>Rabbi Arye Derri               
>Minister of Interior           
>2 Kaplan                         
>Kiryat Ben Gurion              
>Jerusalem  91061               
>Israel                         
>FAX:  (972-2) 701628            
>
>The Hon. Shimon Peres
>Minister of Foreign Affairs
>Hakirya Romena
>Jerusalem  91950
>Israel
>FAX:  (972-2) 303367
>
>Copies to:
>The Hon. Haim Ramon              
>Minister of Health               
>PO Box 1176                     
>Jerusalem 91010                  
>Israel                           
>                                 
>The Hon. Yair Tsaban
>Minister of Absorption
>PO Box 13061
>Jerusalem 91130
>Israel
>FAX: (972-2) 618138


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