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| Israel expels US journalist over political views |
| 2010-01-21 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Israel expelled an American journalist working for a Palestinian news agency after detaining him for a week and banning him from contacting anyone, the Maan news agency said on Wednesday. Jared Malsin, the English-language editor of Maan, said he was being placed on a flight to New York after he was randomly picked up and held at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport for the past week. "He sounded shaken and confused," said George Hale, a fellow journalist with Maan. Israel was deporting Malsin based on "security" grounds stemming from his political beliefs, according to court documents attributed to Maan, although they do no mention any other details. Malsin had appealed the expulsion order but apparently dropped the challenge on Tuesday without the knowledge of his lawyer, Maan said in a statement. "Maan is deeply concerned that there was no lawyer present when Malsin apparently filed this independent motion," the private news agency said. "Without jumping to conclusions, Maan wants to be sure these events did not take place under duress," it said, adding that Malsin's lawyer and relatives had been unable to reach him in the 24 hours before the deportation. Malsin was detained on Jan. 12 upon returning from vacation in Prague and told he would be deported on security grounds, Hale said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Journalist are a step ahead of politicians to the title : Trash in capital letters. |
| Posted by: Ana 2010-01-21 15:16 |
| #9 A quick check of his blog will tell you why he is getting the boot. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-01-21 14:56 |
| #8 "Political views"= lefty campus-speak for aid and comfort to the enemy. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2010-01-21 13:54 |
| #7 Of course real journalists like CNN would just bribe Saddam's lackeys to keep an office open in Baghdad and only write happy glad stories they were handed. We know what you are. We're just negotiating the price. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-01-21 10:10 |
| #6 Good analogy, Knuckles. It's direct and even simple enough that my liberal friends might understand it. Hope you don't mind if I 'borrow' it. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-01-21 08:45 |
| #5 Think of a country as a household. Its your house. Its your family. Its where you have your kitchen, your dinner table. The bedrooms and the bathrooms and the children. Its where you sleep at night and its "home". There is a guest who comes over and you allow him to come in. He says something insulting to your wife. He made a big mistake. You dont hurt him. You make sure he leaves and you make sure he leaves fast. "Journalists" who have personal views had better bear in mind that they are in some one elses "home." And inside that house you play by the rules of the house as long as you are there. If you dont , you may be lucky if you mouth off and DONT get hurt. They may show you the basement. Ever had a bad bad thorough beating? Something systematic and professional? Spit on the floor and call the man's wife a puta so the kids hear it. Then try and make the door. Now that's good "journalism". |
| Posted by: Knuckles Fatlip 2010-01-21 06:42 |
| #4 Perhaps he can go to Massachusetts? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-01-21 03:22 |
| #3 News flash, it's their country and they want you OUT! They don't need a reason, now scram! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-21 02:46 |
| #2 "...after being randomly picked up..." Riiight! |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-01-21 02:43 |
| #1 Jared malignancy... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-01-21 00:12 |