Ayelet Waldman, a well-known Berkeley author, was arrested by Israeli police at the Erez Crossing — the border between Israel and Gaza — while protesting the war with a group of American rabbis during Passover.
Waldman’s husband, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Michael Chabon, wrote Friday on Instagram that his wife is in custody and has legal representation, but he hadn't been able to speak with her yet. He said he was up all night, waiting for updates and "hoping to hear her voice." Chabon posted a video of Waldman being detained by Israeli police officers as the protesting group, Rabbis for Cease Fire, approached the border.
"The Passover Haggadah reads, "Let all who are hungry come and eat," and teaches us that we must work for the freedom of all people," Rabbis for Ceasefire posted. "Forced starvation is just one of the many weapons of war that the Israeli state is using against the 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."The police officer says "enough, don't keep crossing," and Waldman, who was born in Israel, keeps walking.
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