MONTREAL-BASED SOLIDARITY ACTIVIST AND JOURNALIST BARRED FROM ISRAEL

MONTREAL-BASED SOLIDARITY ACTIVIST AND JOURNALIST BARRED FROM ISRAEL
Press Release, ISM Montreal, 1 December 2003

Montreal-based solidarity activist and alternative
journalist was barred from entering Israel this past
Saturday. Stefan Christoff, who is a member of the
International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and a media
activist, attempted to cross into Israel from Jordan.
Border officials held Stefan for several hours, where he
was interrogated and thoroughly searched before finally
being barred entry by Israeli border guards. Stefan was
unilaterally deemed a "security threat" to Israel; no
proof or explanation was provided. Border guards
threatened to remove Stefan by force if he did not return
to Jordan.

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