Ilan Grapel, the U.S.-Israeli citizen who was freed last week after a five-month stay in Egyptian jail, must have thought the world had completely changed while he was gone when was told that the New York Mets had won the World Series.
That, of course, was a joke.
At a press conference in Tel Aviv before flying home to New York, Grapel was joined by U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY). ” title=”New York Post”>New York Post.
Like me, Grapel is a law student. Unlike me, Grapel was in Egypt during the revolution and was accused of spying for Israel, a claim that Israel denied.
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