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| Israel to deport UK journalist |
| 2004-08-26 |
| via Al Guardian Ewen MacAskill and Conal Urquhart in Ramallah - Thursday August 26, 2004 A British journalist, Ewa Jasiewicz, was ordered to be deported from Israel yesterday after a court ruled that her "naivety" could be exploited by Palestinian militants. Jasiewicz, 26, a freelance journalist who writes for the leftwing monthly Red Pepper, went to court after being refused entry to the country on August 11. She has been detained at Ben Gurion airport since then. I'm so sorry, young lady, but you're a tool. Best you run along home, now. As well as working as a journalist, Jasiewicz has also worked as a human rights activist in the West Bank. Can you say "cover"? I knew you could. She is to appeal against the decision. The court granted her a 48-hour reprieve to allow her to take the appeal to the supreme court. Sure, okay. Maybe they'll find your act a tad more worthy. No, no - don't thank us, we do this for all the lost causes and boneheads. The editor of Red Pepper, Hilary Wainwright, said the suggestion of naivety was absurd. "Anyone who cares about democracy and freedom of the press must urge the British government to intervene," she said. Red Pepper? Not Green? How curious. Yes, call in the government, their our tool, now. Yael Barda, Jasiewicz's lawyer, said: "Two judges in Israel have decided that Ms Jasiewicz is not a security threat, yet they have denied her entry into Israel because of her ideological beliefs." How, um, terminally embarassing to be declared too dense to recognize you're simply a tool. Publicly. By a Government. But of course the LLL has no shame, so it will be lost upon her - a mere wind passing aloft, unheard. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #6 Another Socialist Internationale propaganda rag. RED PEPPER'S PRIZE DRAW Your chance to win A Solidarity Tour for two to Palestine and Israel (worth £1,150) with the Olive co-operative. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-08-26 10:23:58 AM |
| #5 I gritted my teeth and had a two-minute look at the Red Pepper website wherein our heroine has vented her feelings. Concerning her detention, she said that she was being treated "not bad, but 50 million times better than Palestinian prisoners." Anyone who knows anything about the subject knows that Palestinian prisoners are treated with kid gloves in Israeli jails. As an example, they are given top-quality meals. (Their hunger strike has nothing to do with the food). TGA is right. The woman is no journalist. And two minutes was enough time to find out that Red Pepper is the kind of magazine that doesn't let the facts interfere with propaganda. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2004-08-26 6:46:11 AM |
| #4 Another James Miller. The process of natural selection amongst asshats continues apace.. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-08-26 5:08:13 AM |
| #3 A commie parra(sp)I would guess. I just started a conversational spanish class that was on of the words we had to avoid. Fits this gal I bet. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-08-26 4:42:54 AM |
| #2 A bit of "info" about her: " For the last eight months Ewa Jasiewicz has been living in Baghdad and Basra, supporting human rights groups, womens organisations, families, workers, trade unionists and Palestinian refugees. She also lived for 6 months with Sorry, she is not "naive", but she's not a "journalist" either. Just because you write about what you do doesn't make you a journalist. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-08-26 12:36:13 AM |
| #1 They don't feel shame like we do... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-08-26 12:20:12 AM |