Oh my: Israel deports Spain’s most famous clown, and seems to have only (further?) radicalized him. Haaretz:
[Simon] Prado, director of the International Clown Festival in Galicia,
arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport on April 26 with a Spanish national of
Arab origin. They planned to go to Ramallah to help organize a similar
festival, but at passport control Prado was taken aside by a Shin Bet
officer who asked him about his planned visit to the West Bank and
about his connections to various Palestinian organizations. He and his
female companion were held for six hours, during which they were
questioned repeatedly, and their passports were confiscated.They were sent back to Spain after an Interior Ministry official
informed them that they would not be permitted into Israel.After Prado returned to Madrid he launched a media campaign denouncing
Israel and comparing the situation of Palestinians in the West Bank
with Jews in Poland.
