Israel imposes a 10-year ban on American critic of Israeli policies

On Friday, Israeli security forces, Shin Bet, detained Norman Finkelstein when he tried to enter Israel, kept him in an airport holding cell for 24 hours, ordered him deported from the country, and then imposed a 10-year ban on his entry. Finkelstein, the son of a Holocaust survivor, is a Jewish-American author and academic who has frequently criticized the Israeli Government and provoked extreme animosity among right-wing factions in the U.S. He had flown ... Full Story »

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by Stephen Pizzo - Oct. 1, 2008

Both America (under the current regime) and Israel like to think of themselves as open societies. All it takes is a bit fear, real or concocted, to strip away that facade.

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