ISRAELE: CRONISTA HAARETZ TORNA DA GAZA, FERMATA DA POLIZIA (ANSA) - TEL AVIV, 13 MAG - Rientrata in Israele dopo alcuni mesi di permanenza di lavoro a Gaza, la cronista di Haaretz Amira Hass e' stata ieri fermata, interrogata dalla polizia israeliana e quindi rilasciata dietro cauzione. La giornalista si e' impegnata a non tentare di rientrare nella Striscia per i prossimi 30 giorni. Hass e' sospettata di aver ignorato i severi ordini dei responsabili militari che vietano ai cittadini israeliani di entrare in zone nemiche, fra cui e' inclusa la striscia di Gaza. Gia' alcuni mesi fa la Hass era riuscita a raggiungere Gaza passando via mare, con l'aiuto di una imbarcazione di pacifisti internazionali. Ma dopo un breve soggiorno i responsabili dei servizi di sicurezza di Hamas l'avevano esortata a lasciare la Striscia non sentendosi in grado di garantire la sua incolumita'. In seguito la Hass - che parla arabo fluente e che e' una conoscitrice della societa' palestinese - e' egualmente rientrata a Gaza da dove ha inviato numerose corrispondenze che il suo giornale ha pubblicato con grande evidenza. Nei mesi scorsi oltre alla Hass un altro giornalista israeliano (Shlomi Eldar della Tv Canale 10) e' riuscito ad entrare brevemente a Gaza. Anch'egli e' stato interrogato dalla polizia al suo ritorno in Israele, e diffidato dal tornare in quel ''territorio nemico''. (ANSA). XBU 13-MAG-09 11:43 NNN





Haaretz reporter Amira Hass arrested upon leaving Gaza

By Haaretz Service



Israel Police on Tuesday detained Haaretz correspondent Amira Hass upon her exit from the Gaza Strip, where she had been living and reporting over the last few months.

Hass was arrested and taken in for questioning immediately after crossing the border, for violating a law which forbids residence in an enemy state. She was released on bail after promising not to enter the Gaza Strip over the next 30 days.

Hass is the first Israeli journalist to enter the Gaza Strip in more than two years, since the Israel Defense Forces issued an entry ban following the abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit in a 2006 cross-border raid by Palestinian militants.
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Last December, Hass was arrested by soldiers at the Erez Checkpoint as she tried to cross into Israel after having entered the Gaza Strip aboard a ship run by peace activists from Europe.

Upon discovering that she had no permit to be in Gaza, the soldiers transferred her to the Sderot police.

When questioned, Hass pointed out that no one had stopped her from entering the Strip, which she did for work purposes.

Hass was released then under restriction, and Nahmani said her case would be sent to court.

Israel Press Council chairwoman Dalia Dorner, a former Supreme Court justice, commented then that even journalists are subject to the law and the council cannot defend a reporter who breaks the law. Instead, she said, local journalists ought to petition the High Court of Justice against the army's order.



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