Following calls for sanctions on Israel: German journalist denied entry
The Population and Immigration Authority rejected the application for a work visa of German journalist Serena Bilanceri, who was intended to serve as a permanent correspondent in Israel for the German newspaper taz. The decision was made following the recommendation of the Ministry of Diaspora and the Fight against Anti-Semitism, after Bilanceri called in her articles for the imposition of economic and military sanctions on Israel and called it an "apartheid state."