JERUSALEM, Friday, June 21, 2o19 (WAFA) – Israeli forces banned today a cultural event which was scheduled to take place in the Industrial Orphanage School in the old city of Jerusalem, according to witnesses.

Israeli police, Border Guard Police and intelligence officers raided the school and handed the organizers of the event a written notice signed by Israeli Minister of Interior, Gilad Erdan, banning it.

The banned event, titled "No to War, Yes to Peace", was supposed to bring together Palestinian poets from occupied Jerusalem to share their latest works and discuss their concerns.

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