By Mel Frykberg
"RAMALLAH, Oct 4, 2010 (IPS) - Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire was deported from Israel Tuesday after spending more than a week in detention at Tel Aviv Airport as she attempted to fight the deportation order.
Last week four Israeli security men tried to force the Nobel Peace prize winner to board an airplane after she arrived in the country as part of the Nobel Womens' Initiative (NWI) delegation to Israel and Palestine.
Maguire put up fierce resistance and stated she would fight the deportation through an Israeli court. She was supported by the captain of the airplane on which she was to be deported after he witnessed the event and refused to allow any passengers to be forcefully boarded against their will....."
"RAMALLAH, Oct 4, 2010 (IPS) - Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire was deported from Israel Tuesday after spending more than a week in detention at Tel Aviv Airport as she attempted to fight the deportation order.
Last week four Israeli security men tried to force the Nobel Peace prize winner to board an airplane after she arrived in the country as part of the Nobel Womens' Initiative (NWI) delegation to Israel and Palestine.
Maguire put up fierce resistance and stated she would fight the deportation through an Israeli court. She was supported by the captain of the airplane on which she was to be deported after he witnessed the event and refused to allow any passengers to be forcefully boarded against their will....."
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