Comments on: Reality Bites: “I’ve Totally Binned That ‘Good Guy, Bad Guy’ thing I had in my head”

By: Shy Guy

Shy Guy — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:59:12 +0000

Tiberiu, similar laws are on the books in almost every country worldwide.

The general rule is that if you are a citizen of a country, you must have a valid passport of your country of citizenship when arriving to or departing that country.

This is very common and not at all unique to Israel. It is neither harrassment nor specifically for security reasons.

By: tiberiu weisz

tiberiu weisz — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:39:58 +0000

I was also detained at the airport and told that I would not be allowed to leave the country unless I take out an Israeli passport. It was around 8:30PM, my wife and I went through the security checks and at the passport control they told my wife that she can leave the country but I cannot.
The issue was that I traveled with my American passport. I have been a citizen of the US for almost 30 years and traveled extensively in the world for business and pleasure including Israel and then suddenly I was reminded that 30 years ago I held an Israeli passport and I cannot leave without it. After being escorted to the police station and to various offices and forced to pay 450 shekels ($135), a new Israeli passport was issued to me, stamped and allowed to leave. Was this also for security reasons or just harassment?

By: shaun.spain

shaun.spain — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:10:13 +0000

is there anythying more stupid than a european?
do you really need this conversation to realize what that security measures are for? and this is the honest journalist, how would be the dishonest

By: Frankly Opinionated

Frankly Opinionated — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:38:17 +0000

Now, will this journalist do the right thing and report on how senseless the terrorism is? Methinks not.
nuf sed

By: Lila

Lila — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:19:12 +0000

I will never forget the terrible case. The little girl’s name was Gal, she was cute child with a beaming smile on her face.

I notice that I remember many, many victims of terror, especially children, their names and faces.

We must never ever forget them.