This has just been sent out by Sam Bahour in Ramallah:
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Dear friends,


ACT NOW: Flood the Israeli Ministry of Interior with faxes, emails, calls.
DEMAND THAT DR. FINKELSTEIN BE PERMITTED TO ENTER ISRAEL IN ORDER TO REACH
THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY!


Minister of Interior Mr. Meir SHEETRIT
Israeli Ministry of the Interior
2 Kaplan St., Qiryat Ben-Gurion
P.O. Box 6158, 91061 Jerusalem
Tel. +972-2-670-1411 / +972-2-629-4722
Fax: +972-2-670-1628


or


Mr. Meir SHEETRIT's numbers at the Knesset
Telephone 1: +972-2-640-8410
Telephone 2: +972-2- 640-8409
Fax: +972-2- 640-8920
Email: mshitrit@...


It is now Friday night and the Ministry will be closed through Saturday for
the Jewish Sabbath. Thus, if you are in the US please call your congressman
and senator NOW and advise them a Jewish American U.S. citizen is being
denied access to Israel!!


Also, CALL the STATE DEPT's Hotline for American Travelers: 202-647-5225 and
let them know this is happening and is in violation of international law.


If you are an Israeli, please start working the phones...this denial of
entry is all being done in your name!!


The only 'democracy' in the Middle East strikes again,
Sam


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Democracy Now


Israel Arrests Outspoken Academic Norman Finkelstein


And the American academic Norman Finkelstein has been arrested and ordered
deported from Israel. Finkelstein arrived in Tel Aviv earlier today on his
way to the Occupied Territories. He was immediately detained and told he is
banned from Israel for ten years. He's expected to be deported tomorrow.
Finkelstein is known one of the most prominent academic critics of Israel's
occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.


<http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/23/headlines>
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/23/headlines


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US political author Norman Finkelstein denied entry to Israel


05.23.2008 | Monsters & Critics


Jerusalem - The US political author and critic of Israel Norman Finkelstein
was denied entry to the Jewish state on Friday, his lawyer said.


Finkelstein landed at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv in the
early morning and was told by a representative of the ministry of interior
that he would not be allowed into the country on 'security' grounds,
attorney Michael Sfard told dpa.


'This usually means a 10-year ban on entry,' Sfard added.


Finkelstein, who is Jewish and the son of Holocaust survivors, has written
critical books on Israeli policies in the Palestinian territories and on
what he called 'exploitation' of the Jewish tragedy during World War II.


Finkelstein has received with the fierce disapproval of some authors and
academics, while others have praised his controversial works.


<http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=1700>
http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=1700

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http://tinyurl. <http://tinyurl.com/6a5nyb> com/6a5nyb

'And the American academic Norman Finkelstein has been arrested and
ordered deported from Israel. Finkelstein arrived in Tel Aviv earlier
today on his way to the Occupied Territories. He was immediately
detained and told he is banned from Israel for ten years. He's
expected to be deported tomorrow. Finkelstein is known one of the most
prominent academic critics of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and
Gaza.'

See also here: http://tinyurl. <http://tinyurl.com/6ftulj> com/6ftulj






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