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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Personally I don’t care if they humiliated her. In fact, I hope it was intentional.
Hell, I would have deloused her too.
A woman I work with has a name that is similar to a terrorist. Got the same treatment.
That’s Hillary’s old girlfriend.
Yours sounds like a cross between Fats Domino & The Shilouettes
Could be, I loved Fats.
I'm sure they will make it up to her then. Better safe than sorry.
“Personally I don’t care if they humiliated her. In fact, I hope it was intentional.
Hell, I would have deloused her too.”
And Crabs.
A “true friend of Israel” would understand.
A “true friend of Israel” would understand.
What these people don't understand is the foreigners who are here no longer assimulate and cannot be trusted they have brought this on themselves.......so no free passes because you are a citizen anymore. Go cry in someone elses milk!
Perhaps they mistook her for Helen Thomas? /s
Justice delayed, but justice served!
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Good for Israel but they should have jailed her.
Oh yulk! But lolrotf...good point HA!
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