Published: 16 August 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Attorney general to probe Shin Bet’s detainment of civilians entering Israel (Times of Israel)
In latest report on questionings at airport, Iranian-American author Reza Aslan says he was threatened by agent that he wouldn't see his kids again 'for a long time'
Shin Bet says prominent author’s claim of border interrogation is not true (Times of Israel)
Disputing account from Reza Aslan in which agent threatened to separate him from family, security agency says scholar was held only 'briefly' after he 'aroused suspicions'
Israeli airport detention of prominent US Jewish journalist prompts uproar (NYT)
Israeli airport security, long extolled for its success in preventing terrorism, seems to have another target recently: critics of Israel
Just what is Israel afraid of — why detain critics at the airport? (Forward)
JANE EISNER Just what is the Israeli government afraid of? I asked myself this question on Sunday afternoon after receiving a text message and subsequent phone call from Peter Beinart, a senior columnist for the Forward, who had been detained on his way to attend his niece’s batmitzvah.
Think airport interrogations in Israel are new? Ask an Arab (Forward)
Cartoon: Amos Biderman (Haaretz)
