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Israeli anti-Zionist academic Ilan Pappe interrogated by US intelligence on Gaza views

Prominent Israeli academic Ilan Pappe said he was interrogated by the FBI after arriving in the US on Monday.

Arriving at Detroit airport, the academic - known for his stridently anti-Zionist views and research - said he was subjected to two hours of questioning.

Amongst the questions, he was asked whether he was a Hamas supporter and whether he regarded the Israeli assault on Gaza as a "genocide".

"The two man team were not abusive or rude, I should say, but their questions were really out of the world!" Pappe wrote on Facebook.

"They had long phone conversation with someone, (the Israelis?) and after copying everything on my phone allowed me to enter."

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Ilan Pappe is a historian and University of Exeter academic known for his work on the Nakba (MEE)
Ilan Pappe is a historian and University of Exeter academic known for his work on the Nakba (MEE)