Israel seeks to deport UK journalist

An Israeli court has decided to deport a British freelance journalist who had come to work in the occupied Palestinian territories. Ewa Jasiewicz has been held in a detention centre since appealing a decision to deny her entry into the West Bank and Gaza over two weeks ago. Her lawyer said he will challenge the deportation order. Jasiewicz had come to the occupied territories to write a story on the Israeli Left for Britain's Red Pepper magazine.A Tel Aviv District Court had ruled last week that the British journalist "is not a threat to Israeli security" and should be released from detention, but the state attorney's office appealed the decision.Jasiewicz lost the appeal on Wednesday when the second judge felt that despite not posing a security risk, her "naïvete" and "ideological beliefs" could be taken advantage of. [more ]