Jewish American who visited Israel briefly detained in Lebanon: report
Jewish American who visited Israel briefly detained in Lebanon: report
An American national who visited Lebanon after going to Israel was arrested in Beirut on suspicion of collaborating with an 'enemy state' but then freed.
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The US national was released after a couple of days and then travelled to the UAE [Getty]
An American national of Jewish background was briefly detained in Lebanon last week after it appeared he was in Israel days before travelling to Beirut.
Lebanese authorities grew suspicious of the man after they discovered he had booked a Beirut hotel room while in Israel, Israeli broadcaster Kan reported.
Upon his arrival, General Security at Beirut Airport found an Israeli stamp in his US passport and detained him.
He was questioned on suspicion of collaborating with Israel - which is still technically at war with Lebanon - but was released a couple of days later and flew to the UAE.
Lebanese media did not report the incident due to US pressure to keep silent about the arrest, the Israeli public broadcaster claimed.
Lebanon criminalises any collaboration with Israel or communication with Israeli citizens.
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fought a major war with Israel in 2006 and there have been occasional skirmishes since then.
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