Posted on 08/06/2010 6:30:00 PM PDT by traumer
TEL AVIV, August 6, 2010 (WAFA)- Prof. Donna Shalala, Clinton's secretary of health, arrives in Israel in order to fight academic boycott against Israel, claims she was held at Ben-Gurion Airport just because she has Arab last name, Ynet reported Friday.
This is not how she imagined her visit to Israel. Prof. Donna Shalala, who served as the US Secretary of Health and Human Services for eight years under Clinton and is currently the president of the University of Miami, was held for two-and-a-half hours at Ben Gurion Airport during which she underwent a humiliating security debriefing because of her Arab last name – all this despite the fact that her hosts notified the airport ahead of time that she is a VIP.
The fact that Shalala arrived in Israel as part of an official delegation of the heads of universities fighting against the academic boycott against the Jewish State also seemed not to help her.
Shalala, 69, was born in the US to Lebanese immigrant parents. She is considered a true friend of Israel and has visited the country many times in the past.
She recently arrived in Israel as a guest of the American Jewish Congress with the objective of increasing collaboration among universities in Israel, the US, and the Palestinian Authority. During their visit, members of the delegation met with President Shimon Peres, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
The official visit ended on July 12, but Shalala stayed on for another two days for a private visit.
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Tough toenails.
Odd, I always thought it was a 50s rock & roll last name...
Did she climb on a chair, cup her hands and yell, “Don’t you know who I was!!!”.
Ain’t that a shame, Sha la la shala la la la
I certainly hope they examined her closely . . .
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Does that make her a flying carpet muncher.....?
She IS NOT one of the little people
Criminy
TT
Me to.
So you work for the government and and you are accorded special treatment for the rest of your life? Must be why she got a sweet deal with Countrywide.
I thought Manfred Mann named her/he/it
SHA LA LA
Manfred Mann
REFRAIN
Sha la la la la la la sha la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la
didn’t she advocate smoking dope, or get caught smoking dope or something like that? Just asking.
She is president of a university? - this shows if you value your kids Do Not Sent them to collage! JMHO
Israeli security works for a reason.
Well La Ti Freakin dah man.
You have to consider the source (WAFA is the Palestine News Agency) and sort the facts from the spin.
It appears she separated herself from the delegation of U.S. academics and stayed an additional two days on private business. She then went to the airport without an escort from the Israeli organization sponsoring the official visit to smooth the way.
So, basically she showed up as an unrecognized elderly U.S. woman with an Lebanese Arab last name and got a taste of the scrutiny Israel is forced to make its passengers endure to ensure their safety.
Welcome to the real world, Donna.
I wouldn’t trust a leftwing commie either.
“Israeli security works for a reason.”
My thoughts exactly. She’s ‘Rat, therefore she is accustomed to committing treason. And if she would commit treason against the US, why would she not be planning to do something to harm Israel?
I would recommend close scrutiny of every ‘Rat that boards an international flight, but in this case, I suspect Israeli security was tipped off to something.
I did try to post a Mann you tube video and it locked my computer.
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