The procedure made it impossible to tell if a traveller had entered Israel.

Before fighting began anew three years ago, up to 150,000 Palestinians entered Israel daily.

Vancier is banned from entering Israel because of his terrorist acts.

He was banned from entering Israel for 10 years.

The numbers are far smaller than the 50,000 or more Palestinians who entered Israel each day before the bombing.

It can also include a stamp of another country which indicates that the person has entered Israel.

Many of the latter's members had been barred from entering Israel on security grounds.

The children, like many of the Gazans, do not have permission to enter Israel.

Even fewer trucks actually enter Israel, and they must travel in convoys escorted by the police.

In January 1996, the unthinkable happened: he and his wife were held for seven hours upon trying to enter Israel.