Court scolds Nobel laureate for propaganda during hearing

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1. Nobel peace laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire inside court, waving then sitting down, zoom in 2. Wide of court room 3. Maguire's lawyers talking 4. Close up on document of case 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel peace laureate: "I hope the court will allow me to stay in Israel with my Israeli and Palestinian friends." (Question: Why do you want to come here?) "Because I love this country and I'm very sad there is so much suffering. I come to support all those who are working for peace and reconciliation. There will be peace in this country I believe, but only when Israel ends apartheid and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people." (Question: "Do you trust Israeli court? Israeli law?) "Yes. I have come here to the Supreme Court and hope the Israeli court will give me justice and yes, I do, I will get that." 6. Maguire being taken out of court 7. Wide of judges entering court, zoom in to Justice Asher Grunis 8. Wide of court 9. Wide of Nobel Peace Laureate and Chair of the Nobel Women's Initiative, Jody Williams, talking to media 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Laureate and Chair of the Nobel Women's Initiative: "I think with Mairead's words she kind of didn't endear herself to the judges and I'm guessing she will be deported shortly." 11. Wide of exterior of Supreme Court STORYLINE: An Irish Nobel peace laureate accused Israel of being an "apartheid" state in front of a deportation hearing before the country's Supreme Court on Monday, prompting a strong rebuke from a justice who said she should keep her "propaganda" to herself. Mairead Corrigan Maguire is under a 10-year ban from entering Israel because of her attempt to breach the Gaza naval blockade aboard a vessel in June. She was detained last Tuesday upon landing at Tel Aviv international airport but appealed against the move and asked the court to allow her into Israel to join a women's human rights delegation. Maguire called on Israel to cease what she called its "apartheid" policy against the Palestinian people. "There will be peace in this country I believe, but only when Israel ends apartheid and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people," she said to journalists before the hearing started. The remarks, which she repeated in court during the hearing, prompted Justice Asher Grunis to tell Maguire to keep her "propaganda" to herself. The government opposed a court-proposed compromise that Maguire be allowed to join the delegation for two days and then leave. The court is expected to rule later on Monday. Her lawyers said they expected Maguire to be deported, but the incident is likely to further batter Israel's image abroad. Interior ministry officials say Maguire knew she would not be allowed into the country but sought to provoke an incident. Jody Williams of the Nobel Women's Initiative, which sponsored the delegation, denied they were aware of the ban. But earlier in the year, Israel's foreign ministry denied the group's appeal to ease the ban and let Maguire take part in the delegation that arrived last week. The 66-year-old activist won the peace prize in 1976 for her efforts to end sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Israel banned other pro-Palestinian activists from entering the country, including Jewish-American linguist Noam Chomsky in May. The government later said that was a mistake. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/cd220f725704a86bc3e0deec5b418c8f Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork