Israel detains peace activist for entering Gaza

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"Police on Tuesday detained an Israeli peace activist who had sailed to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to challenge Israel's blockade of the coastal enclave.

They accused Jeff Halper, who also holds U.S. citizenship, of violating a ban on Israelis entering Gaza.

Halper was among 44 "Free Gaza" activists from 17 nations who sailed in two boats from Cyprus to the Gaza Strip on Saturday in defiance of the blockade.

He spent three days in the Gaza Strip before entering Israel through the Erez border crossing, where police detained him.

"He is being questioned at the police station in Sderot for entering the Gaza Strip in defiance of a military decree banning Israeli citizens from doing so," Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said."

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1. Boat protester Halper released, for now

"Prof. Jeff Halper, the sole Israeli on board the leftist boat that sailed to Gaza over the weekend, was released conditionally after being detained by police earlier.

Sderot Police Chief Shimon Nachmani said that "Halper was held for questioning and the decision whether to arrest him will be taken at the end of the probe."

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