AM was born in Jordan to MM, a Palestinian man, registered in the population registry of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). In June 2006, MM's brother went to the Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Hebron to apply for visitor permits for MM and his family for the purpose of child registration, including that of AM who was days away from turning 16, the cap age for OPT child registrat...

OQ, a Palestinian resident of Jordan, wanted to visit the West Bank with his children to register his eldest son in the Palestinian population registry. In the framework of the interim agreement signed by Israel and the PLO, the powers of child registration were transferred to the Palestinian Authority, provided the child is under 16 and has at least one parent who's a resident of the Occupied ...

In 1996, following the Interim Agreement, the Palestinian Authority began to enter  the children of residents of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) who are under the age of 16 in the population registry. Israel required the child's presence in the OPT upon registration. In October 2000, Israel stopped issuing visitor permits to the OPT, including those sought for the purpose of child re...