Tag: Arrests

  • Israel defends right to arrest foreigners in West Bank

    Chaim Levinson | Ha’aretz 24 March 2010 The state argued Tuesday that the Israel Defense Forces has as the right to make arrests in Area A on the basis of a 1970 order that does not allow unauthorized persons to stay there for more than 48 hours without permission from the military commander. The state…

  • Palestinian organizer tortured in Israeli jail

    Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 23 March 2010 Omar Alaaeddin from the village of alMa’asara was nabbed from the Container Checkpoint on Sunday the 14th. He was released yesterday with no charges pressed against him. Alaaeddin reports having been tortured in the Israeli Russian Compound Jail in Jerusalem. Omar Alaaeddin, who is involved in organizing demonstrations…

  • ISM activists to face first hearing, Supreme Court rules arrests illegal

    19 March 2010 International Solidarity Movement For immediate release: The Israeli Supreme Court handed down its verdict last week regarding the arrest of International Solidarity Movement activists Bridget Chappell and Ariadna Jove Marti from Ramallah on February 7. The decision ruled that the arrests were illegal, but refrained from further comment on which Israeli department…