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Middle East
Israel Expels Prominent British Rights Activist
2003-01-04
A British apologist peace and human rights activist was expelled from Israel Thursday, January 2, under the pretext that her presence was a threat to national security, her lawyer said. "Angie Zelter was deported this afternoon, after a Tel Aviv district court approved the governments decision to deny her access to the Israeli territory," Shamai Leibowitz told Agence France-Presse (AFP). "We appealed the decision to the Supreme Court but the judge refused to even hear the case," he added.
"Piss off. Get out and don't come back."
The 52-year-old activist, who founded the UK-based anti-nuclear organization Trident Ploughshares and is now involved in setting up the International Women Peace Service-Palestine, arrived in Israel on Sunday to testify in a criminal trial against a settler who gave her a knuckle sandwich assaulted her near Hebron in August. "When she was denied entry at the airport, she tried to fight the deportation order, but airport security wrapped her up in a blanket and she was forced onto a departing airplane," Leibowitz said. As she continued to shout for help, the pilot refused to take off and a Tel Aviv district court judge finally scheduled a hearing, he explained.
"Lookit me! I'm making a scene! You can't throw me out — I'm important!"
"The Israeli authorities are in a state of paranoia and think mistakenly that by preventing international activists from entering the territory, they will bring security, when the opposite is true," Leibowitz charged. "These activists are trying to suck up to spread non-violent ideas among the Palestinians, and the Israeli authorities are paradoxically supporting more violence," he added.
I'd say they're trying to keep their house clean, but then I'm just an old cranks and nobody listens to me...
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#2  Should have taken her to an obscure border crossing in the Negev and pushed her through the wire gate. Let the Egyptians deal with her highjinx.
Posted by: Tom Roberts   2003-01-04 21:33:03  

#1  "Sorry boss, but TWA had the next available flight out of the country!"

"Dammit Moshe! Use EL AL next time!"
Posted by: Ptah   2003-01-04 17:38:44  

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