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Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli. (AP) Last update - 23:17 20/10/2007 Surfer champion, seen with Bar Rafaeli, detained over scuffle By The Associated Press Tags: Israel, kelly slater, Hamas  Israeli police detained eight-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater early Saturday after a scuffle with photographers who were trying to take pictures of him with Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli, police said. Israeli photographers were waiting outside as Rafaeli and the American surfer left a hotel in the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzliya before dawn Saturday, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. In an effort to prevent the cameramen from taking pictures, Slater pushed them, a photographer at the scene told Channel Two said. A brawl broke out and Slater was taken for questioning and later released, Rosenfeld said. Advertisement It was not the first time foreign guests of Rafaeli have scuffled with journalists. Earlier this year Rafaeli and her then-boyfriend, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, created a media storm when he visited her in Israel. After eluding journalists for days, the pair was met by a group of waiting photographers when they toured Jerusalem. Their bodyguards scuffled with photographers, punching some and damaging equipment. Rafaeli later told an Israeli newspaper she wouldn't bring anyone famous to Israel because there is a chutzpah here that you won't see anywhere else. Israeli media has reported the two have broken up recently. Refaeli is reportedly in Israel for a photo shoot to appear in next year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. Slater, an American of Syrian descent, was visiting Israel for three days to join activities of the groups Surfing for Peace and One Voice. An 86-year-old Jewish member of Surfing for Peace, Dorian Paskowitz, asked Slater to come to Israel to promote the group's efforts to bring Israelis and Palestinians together through the sport, said his son, David. "My father asked him if he was ready to be not only great surfer but a great man as well," David Paskowitz said. Paskowitz, a retired doctor who has been surfing for 75 years, donated 12 surfboards to Gaza's small surfing community during his visit in August. Slater decided on Saturday to extend his trip to Israel by one day to Sunday, Channel Two reported. Slater sang with a local band at a Tel Aviv beach concert Friday and planned to visit areas around the country on Saturday, Paskowitz said. The surfer from Cocoa Beach, Florida will not visit the Gaza Strip, Paskowitz said. He did not explain why. Israel has severely limited travel to the coastal territory since the Islamic Hamas group seized the area in bloody fighting in June Bookmark to del.icio.us   Will power Shas Minister Yitzhak Cohen says only a complete Gaza power cut will bring results. The cost of security U.S. estimate: Preparing Palestinian security forces for statehood will cost $7 billion.   1.   baaahhh-bleat the brave sheep 02:00  |  Mark 20/10/07   2.   grass 04:19  |  purpose 20/10/07   3.   Israelis dont want Peace 04:22  |  dan 20/10/07   4.   whats he going to do... 06:01  |  ravi 20/10/07   5.   Dan`s Full of It 07:02  |  Brad 20/10/07   6.   Kelly Slater 07:32  |  Mel McManus 20/10/07   7.   ISRAELI SURFERS 12:35  |  MANTIS 20/10/07   8.   Kelly Slater/"Arsim" - Mantis 15:09  |  Mel McManus 20/10/07   9.   looking for free advertisement - will avoid Gaza 15:48  |  nobodysacred 20/10/07   10.   WHY SURF TEL AVIV WITH ARSIM 22:50  |  Nephtaly 20/10/07   11.   To mel 23:05  |  Surfer 20/10/07   12.   I am sick of Bar Rai--let her exile herself elsewhere.. 00:06  |  mea 21/10/07   13.   Israeli Photographers Are too Pushy and Are Begging For A Fight 01:04  |  Lagunageno 21/10/07   14.   Hey Dan, you`re an idiot 01:11  |  Steve Randolph 21/10/07   15.   lesson 01:12  |  or 21/10/07   16.   Dan and Brad 02:28  |  Reuben Jacobs 21/10/07   17.   She`s still in Israel?? 03:42  |  guy 21/10/07   18.   She`s Worth Fighting Over 16:10  |  Gabriel 21/10/07   19.   Why would "peace" be a goal or a "solution?" 18:45  |  Johnson 21/10/07   20.   Kelly is a punk 20:06  |  Jeff 21/10/07   21.   Immoral Hollywood Behaviour in Israel 23:02  |  Pog Mahone 21/10/07   22.   to sad lot, posters 1 through 17 23:07  |  With-holdo 21/10/07   23.   israel doesn`t want peace? 23:27  |  Barbara 21/10/07   24.   Surfers are dumb and so are models. 23:56  |  Nina 21/10/07   25.   The Arabs, so-called Palestinians, need to go back to Arabia. 23:57  |  Nina 21/10/07   26.   response to baaaaahhhh-bleat... 00:12  |  mark is stupid 22/10/07   27.   Brad the Zionist 00:24  |  Zacg 22/10/07   28.   Steve, you`re the idiot 00:29  |  Zach 22/10/07   29.   barbara 00:35  |  Zach 22/10/07   30.   idoits sound off 00:35  |  dave 22/10/07   31.   #3 idiotic statement 00:52  |  William Pollack 22/10/07   32.   Kelly 04:43  |  Bill 22/10/07   33.   Zacg -27 05:04  |  truth strikes again 22/10/07   34.   Israel does want peace ;but at what price? 10:06  |  Judy 22/10/07   35.   #25, Now Nina 15:21  |  Barbara 22/10/07   36.   Zach... get you rfacts straight 18:57  |  Ron 22/10/07   37.   Israel Doesn`t Want Peace...???!!! 22:13  |  John E Ritenour 22/10/07

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