It wasn’t even a day ago that Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin was protesting evil Israelis outside the AIPAC conference in Washington:
Hey #AIPAC, what about Israeli war crimes? Amnesty calls Israel “trigger happy.” Not cool. #AIPAC14 #AIPACpride pic.twitter.com/wDFYBcKHe2
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) March 3, 2014
But then she apparently hopped on a plane to Gaza and now claims that she’s being held in Egyptian airport jail:
I’m being held in a jail at Cairo airport!!!
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) March 4, 2014
@AlliMcCrack twitter only thing that seems to work in this Cairo jail
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) March 4, 2014
.@nancymancias you getting this? I’m in jail in cairo
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) March 4, 2014
This is my cell in Cairo airport pic.twitter.com/ogIaXTvJvh
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) March 4, 2014
Only food for 5 women is dirty stale bread and dirty water pic.twitter.com/6YFwXm4KL0
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) March 4, 2014
I’m supposed to go w women’s delegation to Gaza via Egypt but egyptians put me in jail at airport
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) March 4, 2014
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