A Canadian activist who took part in an anti-Israel riot at a Montreal university this fall was detained while trying to enter Israel. A member of the International Solidarity Movement and Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, Jaggi Singh was held at Ben-Gurion Airport Saturday after airport officials judged him to be a security risk.
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