Israeli secret police interrogate and deport Norman Finkelstein

by E Wayne Ross on May 27, 2008

Haaretz: Shin Bet detains, deports Jewish-American professor, Israel critic

The Shin Bet security service detained and deported a Jewish-American professor who is a prominent critic of the Israeli occupation when he landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Friday.

Professor Norman Finkelstein was interrogated for several hours and held in an airport cell before being put on a plane back to Amsterdam, his point of departure. Finkelstein said he was told he could not return to Israel for 10 years.