October 11, 2005
Gretta Duisenberg, a pro-Palestinian activist from the Netherlands and widow of Wim Duisenberg, founding chairman of the European Central Bank who died in July, has been denied entry to Israel. Duisenberg was part of a delegation of artists, journalists and writers who went to visit the West Bank on Sunday. She said she wanted to visit Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and politician Mustafa Barghouti. Gretta Duisenberg has received much media attention for her activism, mainly because of the fame of her husband. A few years ago, she angered neighbors by flying a Palestinian flag on the grounds of her Amsterdam home. The rest of her group were allowed into Israel.
