Suheil Dawani appeals against deportation order tied to claims he made illegal
land transactions with Palestinians

The Anglican bishop of Jerusalem has launched legal action against the Israeli
government after it refused him and his family a residency visa for the city.

The Right Reverend Suheil Dawani, who is Palestinian by birth and US educated,
has been denied the visa for more than six months after anonymous and
unsubstantiated allegations against him of illegal land transactions and
forgery. There are suggestions the accusations may have spilled over from an
internal Anglican dispute within the diocese.

A letter in Hebrew from the Israeli interior ministry accused the bishop of
"acting with the Palestinian authority in transferring lands owned by the
Jewish people to the Palestinians and also [helping] to register lands of the
Jewish people in the name of the church".

Dawani has denied the allegations and demanded details including the names of
his accusers – so far unsuccessfully. He has been told he and his wife and
daughter must leave the country immediately, though the order has not been
enforced.

William Hague, the British foreign secretary, and the US state department have
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