Subscribe to Print Edition | Thu., July 09, 2009 Tamuz 17, 5769 | | Israel Time: 19:43 (EST+7)
Haaretz israel news English
web haaretz.com
Haaretz Toolbar
Diplomacy
Defense Jewish World Opinion National
Print Edition
Car Rental
Books Haaretz Magazine Business Real Estate Focus U.S.A. Travel Week's End Anglo File
Share |
Last update - 04:08 06/07/2009
Nobel peace laureate jailed in Israel for Gaza activism
By Jonathan Lis
Tags: Nobel Peace Prize 

A Nobel Peace Prize winner and a former U.S. congresswoman are among eight people to be released today and expelled after having sailed on a protest ship heading to Gaza from Cyprus, the Israeli Interior Ministry says.

Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her peace campaign in Northern Ireland, has been in prison in Israel since Tuesday after being removed from the ship.

Israel has imposed a naval blockade on the Gaza Strip, so the ship, which flew a Greek flag, was intercepted by the navy. Among the passengers detained was former U.S. congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
Advertisement
When the crew of the Greek ship failed to respond to the navy's order to stop, the vessel was boarded by Israeli forces, but no weapons were fired. The ship was taken to the port of Ashdod. "Free Gaza," the organization that organized the attempt to sail to Gaza, has said Israel's navy used electronic devices to scramble the ship's navigation equipment.

This was not the first foray into Middle East politics for Maguire, who shared her Nobel Prize with Betty Williams for their efforts at conciliation between Catholics and Protestants. In the past, she has also advocated awarding the Nobel Prize to Mordechai Vanunu for his anti-nuclear activities. Vanunu was jailed by Israel for leaking details of Israel's nuclear program to the press.

McKinney released a statement contending that the ship was a civilian vessel that was unarmed and carrying humanitarian assistance in international waters.

Related articles:
  • High hopes for Shalit release, Hamas-Fatah truce prove premature
  • Palestinians wrong to halt peace talks over settlements issue
  • PA: Arrested Hamas activists planned to assassinate Abbas
    • PROMOTION: Mamilla Hotel
    Bookmark to del.icio.us  
     
    Attack in West Bank
    WATCH: Settler attacks Peace Now activists documenting settlement construction
    Blaming the Jews
    Formula One Chief reportedly accuses Jews of complicity in financial crisis
      1.   Piracy on the high seas 05:31  |  Naftali Lavie 06/07/09
      2.   she has no 05:53  |  US CITIZEN 06/07/09
      3.   naftali 06:17  |  bandarabbas 06/07/09
      4.   Naftali`s Peace nuts on the loose again 06:18  |  Jasper 06/07/09
      5.   What`s the concern here? 06:39  |  Haaretz Fan 06/07/09
      6.   What part of lunies stay out of a war zone don`t you undertand? 07:17  |  Dan 06/07/09
      7.   Cynthia a hero 07:27  |  Maz 06/07/09
      8.   In seeking ilegitimate recognition, Israel highjacks the WORLD 07:38  |  US 06/07/09
      9.   The ship also carries three tons of medical aid..... 07:45  |  CJ 06/07/09
      10.   oooops address 07:46  |  CJ 06/07/09
      11.   The story is simple. Israel has left Gaza completely? 08:02  |  Lane 06/07/09
      12.   Dan - What part of International waters is a war zone? 09:04  |  CJ 06/07/09
      13.   Israel is right 10:22  |  As`ad - Angry Arab 06/07/09
      14.   gaza 10:59  |  joe 06/07/09
      15.   Seems like an illegal act by the IDF. 11:07  |  Michael 06/07/09
      16.   A nobel prize is just that 11:13  |  Norwegian 06/07/09
      17.   CJ Complain to Arabs who attack Israelis/Jews anywhere 11:14  |  PETER SM 06/07/09
      18.   LAVIE high seas is where they were WARNED first high seas is 11:24  |  PETER SM 06/07/09
      19.   Send the ship to Iran 12:22  |  petra 06/07/09
      20.   Lane. passages open?? Gaza is under blockade since 2005. 12:23  |  Ben Alofs 06/07/09
      21.   We are proud of these brave people and support them 1000% 12:44  |  Labhras 06/07/09
      22.   peter sm 17, 18 13:03  |  potobac 06/07/09
      23.   #22 potobaac and maritime law are strangers 14:53  |  v hardman 06/07/09
      24.   nobel 14:56  |  patriot 06/07/09
      25.   Is there a subsconcious Incitement for Violance? 14:58  |  soeasytomakefriends 06/07/09
      26.   Israel under Bibi is finally showing some spine! 15:05  |  martin knopfman 06/07/09
      27.   #21- and have another Guinness - you made the readers laugh he he 15:08  |  Jane 06/07/09
      28.   aid 15:11  |  oz 06/07/09
      29.   Alofs 15:14  |  Jasper 06/07/09
      30.   Another Nobel Peace Prize winner 15:18  |  Jackie 06/07/09
      31.   labhras 15:23  |  oz 06/07/09
      32.   BEJN ALLOFS Your "activists" can start sending goods to Zimbabwe 15:24  |  PETER SM 06/07/09
      33.   Mairéad is a good woman 15:45  |  Padraic 06/07/09
      34.   # 6 Not loonies at all... 15:49  |  Suzy 06/07/09
      35.   v hardman 23 16:56  |  potobac 06/07/09
      36.   PSM and what did they use that field hospital gor 17:14  |  Labhras 06/07/09
      37.   A failure to turn the event to Israel`s favor 17:58  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/09
      38.   Gaza 20:48  |  burglar 06/07/09
      39.   Nobel peace laureate jailed 21:41  |  David Simonim 06/07/09
      40.   #9, CJ..... 22:10  |  Silvienne 06/07/09
      41.   #14, Joe.... 22:12  |  Silvienne 06/07/09
      42.   Let`s jail another Nobel peace laureate 23:33  |  Richard 06/07/09
      43.   v hardman 23 01:42  |  potobac 07/07/09
      44.   Unlawful hijack 09:14  |  Richard 07/07/09
      45.   above 12:54  |  moishe 07/07/09
      46.   Piracy upon the High Seas 00:34  |  Fay 08/07/09
    Special Offers
    Advertisement
    hotel Jerusalem
    David Citadel Hotel, come stay at the finest of Jerusalem hotels.
    ISRAEL ARMY SURPLUS STORE
    IDF insignia,Uniforms, Paladium Boots Watches, Israel Army T-shirts & Collectibles
    Dead Sea Skin Care
    Quality cosmetics from the Dead Sea. Coupon code HAARETZ for 12% off!
    Eldan Rent a Car
    Israel's leading car rental company offers you a 20% discount on online reservations
    Junkyard
    Junk a car - get free towing nationwide and a tax-deductible receipt
    More Headlines
    18:59 Egypt arrests Palestinian-led terror cell over plot to strike Suez
    18:33 Egypt official charged with Shalit case visits Ramallah
    13:46 EU retracts criticism of Israeli settlements
    19:23 Hundreds protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow
    17:53 Netanyahu's paranoia extends to 'self-hating Jews' Emanuel and Axelrod
    18:24 UN: Gaza war rubble will take a year to clear
    17:32 Germany calls for ban on neo-Nazi Web sites abroad
    22:16 WATCH: Daily news round-up from Israel
    18:56 Israeli Arabs: Low matriculation figures due to years of discrimination
    13:23 Iran refuses to back down 'one step' in nuclear row
    11:16 Palestinian suspects: We killed cabbie because he was a Jew
    09:50 Israel rabbi proposes 'virtual' kosher supervision - via video cameras
    14:14 Disgraced TV star Dudu Topaz offers to compensate alleged victims
    Home | TV | Print Edition | Diplomacy | Opinion | Arts & Leisure | Sports | Jewish World | Site rules |
    | Israel 2009 election results | Makom: Engaging on Israel
    | Search engine marketing
    Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, offers real-time breaking news, opinions and analysis from Israel and the Middle East. Haaretz.com provides extensive and in-depth coverage of Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business world and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora.
    © Copyright  Haaretz. All rights reserved