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Published: 02/9/11

Opinion: Macy Gray and the Folly of Cultural Boycotts

By not in system - AOL News

When soul singer Macy Gray announced plans to perform in Israel at a concert scheduled for Friday, she was, as she puts it on her website, "virally inundated with requests and pleas to boycott the show." Gray is just one of dozens of artists who undergo the aggressive pressure laid upon them by the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement and other anti-Israel activists who systematically spring into action several weeks before artists' scheduled arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, hoping to persuade them to boycott Israel and cancel their concerts. Jesse Grant, ...

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Published: 01/25/11

What Can Be Done to Improve Airport Security?

By Dana Kennedy - AOL News

Security experts warn that Monday's suicide bombing in Moscow exposed every airport's Achilles' heel: the vulnerable areas outside interior screening checkpoints where typically hundreds of people roam freely before boarding a plane or picking up a loved one. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today blamed the attack at Domodedovo Airport, which killed 35 people and wounded more than 150, partly on "breaches in security." The explosives were carried in a suitcase and detonated in the arrivals hall in the airport's international terminal. Airport officials have placed some metal detectors ...

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Published: 12/29/10

Israeli Trader Banned Over 'Blood Diamond' Link

By Theunis Bates - AOL News

An Israeli gem trader has been thrown out of the Israel Diamond Exchange on suspicion of smuggling illegal "blood diamonds" into the country. David Vardi -- a 20-year member of the trade group -- was arrested last week in connection with $140,000 worth of rough Zimbabwean diamonds seized at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. The precious stones were discovered Dec. 22 when customs officials stopped and searched Israeli citizen Gilad Halachmi, who was allegedly attempting to pass through the "nothing to declare" lane at the airport, Rapaport News reported. The rough diamonds were found stashed in ...

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Published: 01/8/10

Airport Security: Is Israel the Answer?

By Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily

Well, Alex, there's one obvious solution to the rampant dysfunction you so colorfully describe in that hilarious recap of your recent journey from India back to the United States. And I can sum it up in one word: Israel.Over the past week or so, much ink has been spilled over the pros and cons of airport security techniques as diverse as body scanners (child porn?), passenger profiling (racist or just plain smart?) and the prohibition on bathroom breaks during the last hour of the flight (cruel and unusual punishment?). Surprisingly, what people aren't talking so much about are the methods ...

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