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ISRAEL REPORTER HaAretz BACK FROM GAZA TO POLICE STATION (AP) - TEL AVIV, May 13 - Returning to Israel after several months spent working in Gaza, Haaretz reporter Amira Hass and 'stop was yesterday, when questioned by Israeli police and then released on bail. The journalist and 'groped undertook not to return to the Strip for the next 30 days. Hass and 'suspected of having ignored the strict orders of military officials prohibiting Israeli citizens from entering hostile areas, including e 'included the Gaza Strip. Gia 'some months ago, Haas was able to travel to Gaza via sea, with the help of a boat of international peace. But after a brief stay in charge of the security services had urged Hamas to leave the Strip did not feel able to ensure his safety '. Following the Hass - who speaks fluent Arabic and that it 'a connoisseur of the company' Palestinian - and 'also returned to Gaza from where he sent numerous correspondences that his newspaper has published the clear. In recent months, in addition to Hass another Israeli journalist (Shlomi Eldar of TV Channel 10) and 'successful 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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