Salwa Salem Copty

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WATCH: After 20-year legal battle, Palestinian grandmother enters Israeli military base to visit grave of father she never met

2019-08-20

After Adalah petitions Supreme Court, Salwa Salem Copty finally allowed to enter base built on ruins of family's village, demolished by Israel in 1948, to visit father's grave for very first time.

Following Adalah petition, Israeli military allows Palestinian grandmother to enter air base to visit father's grave for first time ever

2019-06-24

72-year-old Salwa Salem Copty finally allowed to visit Christian cemetery surrounded by Israeli military base built on the ruins of destroyed Palestinian village near Nazareth.

Israel still preventing 70-year-old Palestinian grandmother with ailing health from visiting grave of father she never met

2019-01-20

Adalah heads to Supreme Court on behalf of Salwa Salem Copty, whose father was killed and buried in Galilee village in 1948; Israeli army base surrounds Christian cemetery, blocking families' access.