Posted on 08/06/2010 6:36:42 PM PDT by smokingfrog
This is not how she imagined her visit to Israel. Prof. Donna Shalala, who served as the US Secretary of Health and Human Services for eight years under Clinton and is currently the president of the University of Miami, was held for two-and-a-half hours at Ben Gurion Airport during which she underwent a humiliating security debriefing because of her Arab last name – all this despite the fact that her hosts notified the airport ahead of time that she is a VIP.
The fact that Shalala arrived in Israel as part of an official delegation of the heads of universities fighting against the academic boycott against the Jewish State also seemed not to help her.
Shalala was born in the US to Lebanese immigrant parents. She is considered a true friend of Israel and has visited the country many times in the past.
She recently arrived in Israel as a guest of the American Jewish Congress with the objective of increasing collaboration among universities in Israel, the US, and the Palestinian Authority. During their visit, members of the delegation met with President Shimon Peres, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
The official visit ended on July 12, but Shalala stayed on for another two days for a private visit.
The AJC claims that it notified the Israel Airports Authority of Shalala's VIP status as is customary prior to her departure. However, the IAA claims that it has no record on file for Shalala prior to her arrival.
When Shalala arrived at the airport, she was not recognized as a VIP and was even afforded what she claims to be "special" treatment because of her Arab last name. She claims she was held for two-and-a-half hours during which she was asked invasive and humiliating personal questions.
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Heh heh heh.
Uh, no. She is just an ordinary scum like the rest of us.
Correction - Shalala may have been somebody once upon a time, but she’s no VIP.
Good news
If she were a true friend of Israel, she would not have publicized this.
Woman?
Note to Donna, payback, even if Obama wasn't your boss, is a bitch.
when she was running the Univ of Wisconsin, a Madison talk show host always referred to her as one of the wiched witch of the west’s flying monkeys. Well, no-fly today!
Shalala is Arab ???
I thought it was Irish...
Isnt there a song ???
Anyhoo I was strip searched in Israel...
But I didnt complain...
Let's not quibble.
Obviously mistaken for Helen Thomas, where they inadvertently transposed her chronological age (69). An honest mistake. Could have happened to anyone
Did he even get to dine? I thought zer0 left Bibi hanging while he went to stuff his face. Either way, totally classless.
‘Ma'am, please put your hands on the table’
Too funny
Too funny!
Those people are actual size. Shalala is just that short.
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