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ID Cards Confiscated  - Official Israeli Figures 

1996             689 
1-2/1997       164 
Total             853 

(Source: Interior Ministry in Ha’aretz, 17-3-1997) 

This figure does not include minors who were also registered in the confiscated ID card of their parent (an average of three children per ID card). 

- By May 1997, the US Consulate/East Jerusalem had collected approximately 100 cases of ID card confiscations from Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem who also hold residency/citizenship in the United States. 

- The NGO Lobby launched a joint effort towards independent data collection, which - once completed - will serve as a counter-reference to official figures of ID card confiscations released by the Interior Ministry.

 
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