Five Western peace activists were arrested Thursday, July 10, after attempting to remove Israeli army roadblocks in the West Bank city of Nablus, their group said in a statement. An American, two Britons, a Canadian and a Frenchman, who were all members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), were arrested along with an Israeli while trying to demolish an earth roadblock with a bulldozer after already demolishing two others.
| Good thing none of them was run over. Wonder where they got the bulldozers? Did they bring them along in their checked baggage... |
"Israeli soldiers suddenly drove army jeeps toward them at high rates of speed," the group said. "The soldiers chased after a bulldozer, driven by a Palestinian and containing two internationals as passengers, which had been participating in the road block removal." A stand-off then developed which ended with six activists arrest. "All six were handcuffed and transported by Israeli bus to Ariel police station," said the group. Four other foreign ISM activists were arrested on Wednesday, July 9, as they demonstrated against the construction of a controversial security fence along the West Bank. |