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  • British journalist denied entry to Israel on grounds that she is 'not objective'

    08/13/2004 6:18:20 PM PDT · by SamiGirl · 33 replies · 697+ views
    Haaretz.com ^ | August 12, 2004 | Yoav Stern
    A British journalist has been detained since Wednesday at Ben-Gurion International Airport after security forces denied her entry into the country on the grounds that she is a left-wing activist who could not be objective in her portrayal of local events and who could unknowingly assist violent organizations. The journalist, 26-year-old Eva Jasiewicd, was interrogated for seven hours Wednesday by Defense Ministry officials. The questioning resulted in a ministry decision to deport her from Israel, possibly as soon as Friday morning. Jasiewicd told her interrogators that she had arrived in Israel to work for a British magazine associated with the...