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Four Palestinians Detained after Settlement Visit
[An Nahar] Four Paleostinians have been detained by their security forces after attending a religious festival in a nearby Jewish settlement, a Paleostinian security official said Friday.Around 30 Paleostinians from two neighboring villages visited a celebration in the occupied West Bank settlement of Efrat on Wednesday, Oded Revivi of the YESHA settlers council told AFP. In total more than 100 people attended, including senior Israeli military and coppers, he said, as part of celebrations for the annual Jewish festival of Sukkot. On Thursday, four men were called in for questioning by Paleostinian security forces, a security front man told AFP. They were still detained on Friday lunchtime. "We heard from our neighbors they had received (summonses) for interrogation," Revivi told AFP. He said the men were senior figures in the local Paleostinian villages of Wadi al-Nis and al-Khadar. In an interview with Israeli army radio, Mohammed Taha, deputy governor of the nearby town of Bethlehem, said it was against Paleostinian law to normalize relations with Israeli settlements. While Paleostinians were free to talk to Israelis, "it is unacceptable, going inside (a settlement) is unacceptable", he said. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-22 |
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