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Israeli court says four-year-old can be deported

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Summary of story from Haaretz, August 27th, 2011

Following a ruling by the Petah Tikvah District Court, four-year-old Ofek, born and educated in Israel is to be deported along with her mother Nancy, a foreign worker from the Philippines.

The Interior Ministry had planned to deport Ofek and her mother last week. They were already on board a flight out of Israel when the child’s father rushed to the airport with a court order securing them a special hearing.

The hearing which took place on Thursday saw their petition denied and both the mother and child were due to leave later in the day.

Sara Netanyahu has taken a special interest in the case and last week she wrote an urgent letter to Interior Minister Eli Yishai asking him to halt the deportation.

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