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| Israel-Palestine |
| Two 'peace activists' refused entry to Israel (long over due) |
| 2004-07-12 |
| Two human rights activists who have been refused entry into Israel petitioned the Tel Aviv District Court yesterday to overturn the Interior Ministry's decision to keep them out of the country. The activists - Jamie Spector, 32, from San Francisco, and Christina Grafer, 46, from the Netherlands - planned to demonstrate against the West Bank separation fence as part of their involvement with the International Solidarity Movement. Security officials asked the Interior Ministry not to allow them into Israel when they arrived at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Saturday, saying they constitute a "danger to state security." The Tel Aviv District Court yesterday issued injunctions delaying their deportation while proceedings in the case continue. Spector and Grafer are not the first to be denied entry into Israel during the past two weeks on the basis of their left-wing activity. As fellow ISM activist Ann Robinson Petter did when she was denied entry to the country at the end of June, Spector and Grafer also refused to return to their respective countries, were arrested by the immigration authorities at the airport, and petitioned the court to let them in. Robinson Petter, a 44-year-old graphic designer from New York, has since appealed to the Supreme Court against last week's district court decision ordering her to keep away from Israel due to her activity in ISM. The Supreme Court will hear the case on Thursday. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #14 What makes me feel REALLY good about this? The All-Stars Game commercial had one of the two cars (don't remember if it was American League or National League) plowing through a human peace sign ... |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-07-12 11:41:34 PM |
| #13 AP and CS: unless things have changed since I went in '98, you don't need a visa to travel to Israel from USA - just a passport. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2004-07-12 10:43:38 PM |
| #12 Alaska, I fully concur. If the premeditated acts by the 'protesters' amounting to blatant terrorist collaboration goes unpunished we shall have lost more then this nation can afford. Maybe the Patriot Act can be tested the day before the convention making a surgical clean sweep of all those known to be involved in any aspect of creating multi-diversions for al-Qa'ida or another potential inflictors of broad based mass murder of innocent American citizens. No more 9-11's! we have been through enough here! |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-07-12 10:28:06 PM |
| #11 I hope that our law enforcement, crowd control, SWAT people, etc etc will be very proactive in nabbing the leaders and controllers of the planned |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-07-12 10:09:02 PM |
| #10 Let's send Israel some more Flaterpillars(TM) for dishing out some justice. These kooks don't even deserve their own isolated island. |
| Posted by: BA 2004-07-12 10:03:48 PM |
| #9 Jack, you brought up the fact Rachel Corrie was part of the ISM outfit. This is very alarming considering there are more of these lunatics lurking out there. That little hate consumed girl was indoctrinated by her radical leftist parents. The linked photo clearly shows her in frenzied rage ripping up a paper American flag surrounded by Arab children. Great example for little kids! This type of extreme hate driven racialism is what the Boston & NYC police will be confronting at both conventions, although I feel their full wrath will be displayed in mid-town at the GOP convention. In my opinion this crowd is the same as the jihadic enemy. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-07-12 8:07:37 PM |
| #8 Badnaov, I think you hit the nail on the head. These skanks strive for a combative-dependant relationship. They need (crave) a good slapping around and some demeaning sex. The seem the type but I did not recognize it. Good catch. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-07-12 7:38:46 PM |
| #7 More like a combination of trying to get around Israeli security-profiling and possible propoganda use should any of these females beome a casualty. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-07-12 5:56:44 PM |
| #6 Ever notice that a great number of these ‘activists’ are female? Are they blind to the treatment of women by Arab men? Maybe they make a better protester? I guess Islamists are the only ones who will touch these skanks. Female 'peace activists.' I guess. will do anything or anyone for a roll in the hay. Ain't getting it in the USA, so they will go all the way to Moose Limb land and suffer the inevtiable abuse attendant to such a relationship. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-07-12 4:29:59 PM |
| #5 Besides all the aircraft strip dealings and details, what Israel needs to do is what Cyber Sarge suggested, and that is to deny these nutcases a visa in the first place. If they can't even get to Israel, then so much the better. Do not think for one minute that the ISMites are not trying to use the Israeli court system as a forum and a tool just like the LLL uses the US court system. I hope that Mossad keeps an eye on this group and their groupies, like they do terrorists, 'cause 'dozer Corrie and her ISM buddies are just terrorists lite. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-07-12 4:17:17 PM |
| #4 By the way, ISM was Rachel Corries group! |
| Posted by: JackAssFestival 2004-07-12 2:57:47 PM |
| #3 Belmont club wrote about this group July 2nd. Link |
| Posted by: JackAssFestival 2004-07-12 2:54:52 PM |
| #2 Methinks it's time to create a new "country"... Call it LoonieLand - or similar. Physically, it should be some far-from-the-shipping-lanes uninhabited island - there are hundreds / thousands to choose from. We would pay for the construction of a very rough landing strip - unsuitable for anything larger or less stable than an old Piper tail-dragger - AP can be more specific. If anything more substantial is constructed, it will be bombed and holed immediately. For every incident like this, where some "internationalist" tool-fool of ANSWER / ISM / Soros / Whatever contests a nation's right to decide whom it will allow, or disallow, to enter, the intruder will not be deported to the country in their Passport, but to LoonieLand. We don't want Petter or Spector back. Thank you. BTW, I suggest Soros can fund this new entity if the "internationalists" wish it to have life-sustaining facilities, which I consider to be optional and unnecessary. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-12 1:36:11 PM |
| #1 They should stop them in their home countries. Stop them by putting up travel restrictions. You can’t just book a flight to Israel and hop on over. Deny them a visa before the leave and save the world a lot of trouble. Ever notice that a great number of these ‘activists’ are female? Are they blind to the treatment of women by Arab men? Maybe they make a better protester? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-07-12 1:33:17 PM |