She agreed to drop her appeal against the deportation order when an Israeli judge said she legally may apply for a visa to return to Israel. The judge explained to her that her present visa has expired and that she would have to leave Israel if even if she won an appeal against the order to leave.
She planned to argue that the security fence violates international law. Israeli authorities told the court the fence that has made it more difficult for Arab suicide bombers to reach attack targets.
Bender was arrested and held in custody for being in a closed military zone. She called the fence a "segregation wall" and added that she will stop protesting when Israel becomes "a multiethnic, multicultural country…of people who are agreeing to all live together."
The Israeli court rejected her request to be allowed to move to an area under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority, which wrote her a letter granting her such permission.
"I am here as a Jew to promote solutions that are best for Jews and non-Jews," she said after her arrest. "This policy is an undemocratic way of silencing dissent from world Jewry."
She planned to argue that the security fence violates international law. Israeli authorities told the court the fence that has made it more difficult for Arab suicide bombers to reach attack targets.
Bender was arrested and held in custody for being in a closed military zone. She called the fence a "segregation wall" and added that she will stop protesting when Israel becomes "a multiethnic, multicultural country…of people who are agreeing to all live together."
The Israeli court rejected her request to be allowed to move to an area under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority, which wrote her a letter granting her such permission.
"I am here as a Jew to promote solutions that are best for Jews and non-Jews," she said after her arrest. "This policy is an undemocratic way of silencing dissent from world Jewry."