Sunday, February 7, 2010
More of this kind of thing, please. If the Corries were actually serious about making sure the same thing that happened to their daughter doesn't happen to anyone else, they'd be encouraging more of this:
Two Spanish, Australian women arrested early Sunday in Ramallah, handed over to Oz unit members. American national, who was with them in apartment, says '10 soldiers broke in, demanded our passports and then informed the two that they were arrested for not having a valid visa'
Two Spanish and Australian peace activists were arrested early Sunday after Israel Defense Forces soldiers raided the house they were staying in near the West Bank city of el-Bireh in the Ramallah area.
The two women were arrested on suspicion of staying in the area with an invalid visa. The two were taken to the Ofer Base and handed over to members of the Interior Ministry's Oz unit.
In the meantime, the two women petitioned the High Court of Justice, which decided to delay their deportation from Israel and scheduled an urgent discussion for Monday.
Ryan Olander, an International Solidarity Movement activist from the United States who shared an apartment with the two women and who was also arrested for the same allegations several weeks ago, told Ynet that "10 soldiers broke into the apartment, examined the passports and then informed Ariadna Jove Marti and Bridgette Chappell that they were under arrest on suspicion of not having a valid visa...
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Well, that didn't last long. Yesterday, it sounded like a good start: Israel Kicks Down the Doors and Deports ISM Activists. Today, sadly, the lawyers have gotten to it: Court frees foreign activists, raps West Bank crackdown The Supreme Court... Read More
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Good story and better Israeli policy, but, I wish journalists would put ""'s around "Peace Activists". It's like reporting Jack the Ripper as a "medical student."
Like the "anti-war" marches that totally ignore al qada, hamass, hezbollah, the islamofascist regime.
Anyone ever see an effigy of osama bin laden at an "anti-war" demo?
P.S. I would NEVER buy insurance from a company called "progressive".