Jewish-American leftist activist Simone Zimmerman says was detained by Israel at the Sinai border on Sunday.
She wrote on Twitter, "I’m at the border after a weekend in Sinai and Israeli authorities have detained me and my friend Abby for the last three hours. We are being questioned solely about our political opinions and activities vis a vis Palestinians esp in the occupied territories." Describing her questioning, she wrote, “Why did you come here to work with Palestinians? Why not with Jews?” Was one of the first things they asked me." She added, "I currently reside in Israel on a work visa and work at an Israeli human rights org"