Early May...
May 3rd was the day I'd been waiting for. This was the day Evan and I were to fly to Jordan and cross the border into Jericho, Palestine. Since Palestine is not a full member of the UN and not recognized as a sovereign entity by its Zionist occupier, there is no procedure to obtaining a Palestinian Visa. One needs to get an Israeli visa not to mention the problems you face once you tell the Israeli consulate that you're heading to Palestine!
I had a friend studying in West Jerusalem, Israel and she was helping me out with the visa procedures. Ramya, is a student at CEPT (Centere for Environmental Planning and Technology) in Ahmadabad and was on an exchange program in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
My visa was to arrive on May 3rd since that was the day my flight tickets were booked. But guess what?
Yes I did not receive my visa yet and Evan headed off to the airport on his own that night. Could this be another case of my visa rejection? The last time I got admission to the University of Edinburgh, my UK Visa was rejected. I thought its happening again!
I called up my travel agent and asked him to cancel my ticket. Evan felt sorry and he left to the airport. Adding insult to injury, Evan calls me up at 3 in the morning and says "Hey... They're not letting me in the flight, they say my ticket is cancelled!" This was horrible. Not only was I not able to go to Palestine, I was losing out a lot at home as well.
May 3rd was the day I'd been waiting for. This was the day Evan and I were to fly to Jordan and cross the border into Jericho, Palestine. Since Palestine is not a full member of the UN and not recognized as a sovereign entity by its Zionist occupier, there is no procedure to obtaining a Palestinian Visa. One needs to get an Israeli visa not to mention the problems you face once you tell the Israeli consulate that you're heading to Palestine!
I had a friend studying in West Jerusalem, Israel and she was helping me out with the visa procedures. Ramya, is a student at CEPT (Centere for Environmental Planning and Technology) in Ahmadabad and was on an exchange program in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
My visa was to arrive on May 3rd since that was the day my flight tickets were booked. But guess what?
Yes I did not receive my visa yet and Evan headed off to the airport on his own that night. Could this be another case of my visa rejection? The last time I got admission to the University of Edinburgh, my UK Visa was rejected. I thought its happening again!
I called up my travel agent and asked him to cancel my ticket. Evan felt sorry and he left to the airport. Adding insult to injury, Evan calls me up at 3 in the morning and says "Hey... They're not letting me in the flight, they say my ticket is cancelled!" This was horrible. Not only was I not able to go to Palestine, I was losing out a lot at home as well.
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