I was detained in Lebanon just for being a Jewish tourist'
When 38-year-old Dan Brotman signed up for a trip to Syria to track down the last remaining Jews in the country, he never imagined he’d end up detained in Lebanese prison for six days. The Jewish master’s student from the London School of Economics (LSE) was part of the largest Western tour group to visit the country since the fall of the Assad regime in December last year. The return trip via Lebanon would mark his fourth time in the country – with the previous visits triggering no issues.
But on his journey from Aleppo to London, Brotman was accused of being an Israeli spy and detained in various prisons where he was denied medical care, made to urinate in a bottle and even overheard torture. Throughout his incarceration, he kept a secret diary. He told Lebanese officials that he was merely studying for his finals – but really, he was recording his thoughts and feelings throughout the ordeal. “What I came to learn is that we are hated by some people just for existing,” he said. “We may have had a holiday from history after the Second World War, but we’re back to an era where people openly view Jewish existence as criminal.”
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Before long, Brotman was asked by one of the officials if he had ever been in the Israeli army. They told him he was “suspended” – though he didn’t know what this meant, whether he was to be detained or arrested. He was separated from the rest of the tourist group and officers took his phone, watch and wallet. He was then escorted to a “filthy” cell, with no water or natural light. “I’m just waiting there, but I don’t know what I’m waiting for,” Brotman said. A Lebanese soldier shouted repeatedly: “Israeli soldier!”. tried to convince the official questioning him that he had to join the IDF when he made Aliyah when he was 18, that his role was purely administrative and that he left the post after only nine months. He asked to speak to the US Embassy – but this was constantly postponed to “tomorrow”.
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Finally, when he was about to be released after a Lebanese judge finally deduced that he was not an Israeli spy, Brotman’s Magen David was found in a pouch of his luggage. He asked if he could put it back on at the airport, after keeping it off throughout his trip to Lebanon. “No, if you put it on, you’ll be back here before your flight takes off,” an official allegedly answered.
He was driven through Hezbollah territory to the airport, handcuffed and blindfolded – an anxiety-inducing experience – and was expecting someone from the US embassy to be there to greet him, as promised, but no one came. “I felt dropped like a hot potato,” said Brotman. He was told embassy officials would be there to greet him in London at Heathrow instead, but this apparently wasn’t true either.
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Lower your shades when you light your Shabat candles.
And for God's sake, don't tell anything about it to your neighbors. Not even the Jewish ones.
If you behave and stay quiet, you should be just fine. And if you don't, you only have yourself to blame. 
