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<p><strong>Related: <a href="http://www.andines.com/article.php3?id_article=1624" target="_blank">Article on website of Andines</a> (in French)</strong></p>
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<p><span class="article-details"><span class="article-detail">Wednesday September 07, 2011 16:40</span><span class="article-detail"> by George Rishmawi &#8211; IMEMC News</span></span></p>
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<p><strong>Michel Besson, director of the <a href="http://www.andines.com/" target="_blank">&#8220;Andines&#8221;</a> Cooperative, which develops Fair Trade cooperation with Palestine, was arrested Monday morning on his arrival at the airport in Tel Aviv and was placed in the retention center.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p class="article">Besson is denied entry to Palestine and is awaiting deportation, according to his lawyer Gabi Laski. Laski added that if Besson decides to fight deportation he will have to wait a few weeks in jail before he can get a trial.</p>
<p>On her part Christine Sanguiñeda, Policy Officer Sustainable Development &amp; International Solidarity, &#8220;This act endangers the work of economic development through fair trade which is developing between France and Palestine.&#8221;</p>
<p>On July 8, Israeli authorities deported over 150 internationals who arrived at Tel Aviv airport and declared their intention to visit Palestine, as part of the Welcome to Palestine campaign.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/61966">Source</a></p>
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