# Police shoot U.S. student's laptop upon entry to Israel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-shoot-u-s-students-laptop-upon-entry-to-israel/521458>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 16, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-shoot-u-s-students-laptop-upon-entry-to-israel/521458 "2009-12-16T05:37:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-shoot-u-s-students-laptop-upon-entry-to-israel/521458/121 "2010-01-08T13:36:21Z")

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Reference “Protest Tourism”

> [@Argent\_Towers](#):
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> I wonder why people never go to Saudi Arabia or Iran to do this?

People do it here with regularity. Hajj is often marred by political protests. Further more than a few Westerners come here to spread Christianity.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-shoot-u-s-students-laptop-upon-entry-to-israel/521458/122 "2010-01-09T05:19:22Z")

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> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#):
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> Isn’t being a Mac reason enough? 😃

She should have bought a toughbook

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