Israeli court rejects Nobel laureate's appeal

Occupied Jerusalem:  An Israeli court on Friday rejected an Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate's appeal against her deportation orders over entering Israel while being banned from the country for trying to reach Gaza on a blockade-busting vessel in June.

Mairead Corrigan Maguire was detained at an airport lockup earlier this week for violating the conditions of her ban imposed in June, when she was aboard a Gaza-bound ship trying to breach the blockade.

She was told she couldn't return for 10 years except with special approval.

The district court rejected her appeal but gave her 48 hours to allow time for a Supreme Court appeal.