Even in Fiji: Israelis harassed for being Israelis

If you're an Israeli and you want to get away from it all, Fiji sounds like a safe destination--a place too far from the turmoil in the Middle East for it to matter to the locals.

Right? Wrong!

From News.com Australia:

When three Israeli backpackers arrived in Fiji for a holiday last month they might have thought the troubles of their nation were far away.

But instead of a friendly "bula" greeting, the trio say they were abused by a Muslim immigration officer over Israeli treatment of Palestinians, locked up in a cell overnight and then bundled onto a flight to Australia.

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"We gave our passports to the officer, and when she saw we are Israelis she asked for ID cards," wrote Eldar Avrochen, one of the backpackers.

"We told her we don't understand why we need ID cards and she responded shouting: 'You know very well how to ask Palestinians for IDs and humiliate them for three years'."

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