Should we demand to have Ghazi Falah freed?

[bottomfeeder]

Should the Canadian government demand the release of Ghazi Falah?


Former U of T teacher held in Israeli prison
Suspected of spying for Hezbollah, Iran
CAROLYNNE WHEELER
Special to The Globe and Mail, with a report from Caroline Alphonso in Toronto
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...NER27/TPStory/

Ghazi Falah, 53, has been in prison since July 8, when security officials arrested him for taking photos while touring near the Lebanese border in northern Israel, four days before the present conflict broke out. Israeli security officials say Dr. Falah is suspected of "spying for hostile sources, with the goal of harming state security." But after 18 days in detention and four closed court appearances, he has not yet been charged with a crime and was first allowed to speak to his lawyer only yesterday.

A publication ban on the case was lifted yesterday after the Israeli daily newspaper Ha'aretz appealed it in court.

Israeli officials say Dr. Falah was photographing a military antenna in the northern town of Rosh Hanikra and argued when they asked him to stop. They have also cited a recent trip to Lebanon, where he took photos in the south of the country, and a trip two years ago to Iran, local media reported. But Dr. Falah has maintained the photos were for his own research into Middle Eastern geography.

"I am a geographer and an academic researcher, and I have never made any connections secret or illegal with intelligence or terror sources," Dr. Falah said in a statement given by his lawyer, Hussein abu-Hussein.

[asim99]

i think canada should invade israel for taking its citizen hostage

[ephemera]

sounds suspicious to me.

[masterhapposai]

i think canada should invade israel for taking its citizen hostage

I agree with that based on principal.

Sometimes the best way to teach a lesson is to do what the other person is doing, to show them how it feels like.

We can retrofit our fishing boats and make war!

[bottomfeeder]

Ghazi Falah finally released today.

He says Canadian officials never came to prison to check up on him.
I don't like the sound of that.

To Ghazi - glad to hear that you are safe and unharmed.
My apologies as a Canadian citizen that our government did nothing for you.

[Howlader]

He's also an Israeli citizen.

Which citizenship takes priority, Israeli or Canadian?

[blackhawk]

He's also an Israeli citizen.

Which citizenship takes priority, Israeli or Canadian?

Wonder which one he used to enter the country, has a huge bearing on who takes responsibility for their welfare.

Taking pictures in a war zone and arguing with soldiers about it, not too smart for a professor, maybe he should take some responsibility for his own actions.