New Israel Fund's Vice President Delayed and Questioned at Airport by Israeli Officials

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Liberal American Jews are approaching "enemy of the state" status over in the least awful state in the Middle East.

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.770601

A vice president of the New Israel Fund, Jennifer Gorovitz, was detained for questioning at Ben-Gurion Airport on Wednesday by Immigration Authority police.

Gorovitz, who had arrived in Israel to attend the fund’s executive committee meeting, told Haaretz that she was detained for about 90 minutes and underwent three rounds of questioning, during which she was asked to give details about the New Israel Fund’s activities and the funding that it transfers to Israeli NGOS. This is the first time a senior NIF official has been detained at the airport.

Gorovitz, 50, joined the NIF in 2015, after serving for a decade in various positions in San Francisco’s Jewish community, the most senior of which was director of the San Francisco Jewish Federation. Gorovitz serves as the NIF’s vice president for operations and administration, and is responsible for budget issues, among other areas.
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Gorovitz said that she asked the border control official if there was any problem, saying that she was Jewish and a Zionist, but that the officer made a sarcastic remark about her Zionism. He made her wait 10 minutes and then asked her to wait in a nearby room, where she underwent further questioning.

While she was questioned, Gorovitz saw that her interviewer was holding a document with a considerable amount of information about her. One of the words highlighted on the document was BDS.

Netanyahu regime must have Trump envy.

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1. None dare call it fascism

Sasson added that "detaining a senior NIF official and former head of the San Francisco Federation at the entrance to Israel is a serious act aimed at intimidating a social activist because of her activities for Israel and Israeli society. The Israeli government, headed by Netanyahu, has been persecuting Israeli human rights activists for some time now. Now this policy is being directed and diaspora Jews as well. This exhibitionary arrests won't deter the NIF, its staff and the organizations it supports from acting for peace, ending the occupation and social justice in Israel."

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2. Israel apologizes over questioning of American activist

Source: Associated Press

Israel apologizes over questioning of American activist

By JOSEF FEDERMAN
Feb. 9, 2017 12:19 PM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli immigration officials on Thursday apologized over their treatment of a senior executive from a liberal Jewish-American group who was interrogated for an hour on her arrival in Tel Aviv the previous day.

Jennifer Gorovitz, a vice president of the New Israel Fund, said she was questioned about her nonprofit group's activities. The New Israel Fund supports a number of liberal, progressive groups in Israel, some of which have been criticized by the Israeli government.

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The New Israel Fund's statement said Gorovitz told the officer that the group does not support BDS, but that it "funds Israeli organizations that work toward human rights, democracy and equality for all Israelis."

Interior Ministry spokeswoman Sabine Haddad said the ministry later apologized to Gorovitz over any "unpleasantness" she may have experienced but not over the questioning itself.

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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/60c21f32cdaa43b0994a07584027054e/israel-questions-us-executive-dovish-group-airport