DCL Etzion: Kafkaesque bureaucracy

10.30 - 12.00

Actually considering the cold and miserable weather quite a large number of people arrived but most went straight through.

A rather strange sight. Four men standing at the window and one went in through the door to the GSS and we could hear all the commands that he was being given and the interrogation.

A man has to go to court on Thursday but  he is being refused entrance into Israel. If he does not appear, will he be considered as being in contempt of court? Or is this catch 25?.

A very respectable man who does much business in Israel has suddenly been called to the GSS and has no idea why.

A woman has an Israeli ID but her four children who live with the grandmother in Israel cannot get an ID even though they have Israeli passports.

You need a higher IQ than ours to explain any of this. We gave all the usual “ medical” treatment for those suffering from Israel’s Kafka bureaucracy …… and we still get thanked just for being there.