Norman Finkelstein, the American Jewish academic who has long been an outspoken critic of Israel, has been denied entry to the country.
He was put on a plane back to Amsterdam after being questioned by security officials at Ben Gurion airport after landing last Friday.
According to the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, Dr Finkelstein said he had been banned from the country for 10 years.
A Shin Bet source was reported to have said that he was denied entry because of “suspicions involving hostile elements in Lebanon” following his visit to that country a few months ago where he met representatives of Hizbollah.
