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Israel Refuses Entry to Nobel Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire

The British embassy is expected to send a delegate to escort Maguire to the United Kingdom Wednesday.

(SPOKANE, Wash.) - Mairead Maguire, Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been refused entry to Israel. Israeli authorities prevented the Irish Nobel laureate from entering the country upon her arrival at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday, proceeding to escort Maguire to a U.K.-bound flight.

YNET reports that Maguire resisted her deportation, and that a resulting 'scene' from her refusal to board the flight led to the plane's captain declaring that this noted human rights activist would not be able to board the plane anyway.

Israelis asked to Visit Passport Plant Here Before Dubai Killing

Three fraudulent Australian passports, four French, 12 British, one German and eight Irish passports were used in the killing.

(DUBLIN) - ISRAELI officials asked to inspect the Dublin plant where security-enhanced passports are made — just a month before a Middle East assassination by agents using forged Irish documents.

A serious diplomatic incident was looming last night after a top-level report concluded that an Israeli intelligence agency forged the Irish passports used in the murder of a Hamas operative in Dubai in January.

`Israel`s Intimidation Tactics Won`t Stop Us`: First Ship Sets Sail for Gaza!

More brave people set sail with relief for Gaza, knowing Israel will probably react violently.

(DUBLIN) - The MV Rachel Corrie, a 1200-ton cargo ship, part of an 8-vessel Freedom Flotilla, is on its way to Gaza.

This past week reports from Israel have indicated that authorities will not allow the Freedom Flotilla to reach Gaza with its cargo of much-needed reconstruction material, medical equipment, and school supplies.

Open Letter to Margaret Atwood: Reject Tel Aviv University Prize

Some say Palestine is the ultimate test of honesty.

(DUBLIN) - I realise that I am too late to contribute to the messages calling upon you not to accept the Dan David Prize.

There is an ironic reason for this: I have admired your fiction, poetry and ethical stance for so long that it never entered my head that you could possibly perpetrate such a betrayal.