Irish Nobel winner and US congresswoman in Custody

More reading here It wouldn't be allowed happen anywhere else on the planet NI Nobel winner is being deported Nobel peace prize winner Mairead Maguire is to be deported from Israel, after she was arrested while on board a ship attempting to bring aid to Gaza. She was detained with 18 other campaigners by Israeli forces who boarded the Spirit of Humanity vessel, run by the Free Gaza Movement. Spokeswoman Hilary Smith said they were now being held in cells at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. She expects Mrs Maguire to be on a flight back to Ireland on Tuesday. "We have heard that they were held in extremely uncomfortable conditions - very hot, dirty cells - and not given any of their belongings," she said. "We were very concerned by a... [read full story]                    

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