RAMALLAH, November 10, 2006 (WAFA)- Theresa McDermont, a volunteer from Scotland who came to pick olives with Palestinian farmers and Israeli rabbis today sits in an Israeli detention cell, awaiting deportation. She is not being charged with any crime, International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said Friday in a press release.

"Theresa, a post office worker, has been detained at Ben Gurion Airport since the October 31. She will have a court hearing on the 13th of November and her attorney is Gabi Laski. She came to the country to join Israeli group Rabbis for Human Rights," ISM added. "The group of rabbis and other Israeli and international volunteers are invited by Palestinian farmers to help pick olives during this year's harvest. Palestinian olive pickers have been facing violence from Israeli settlers and harassment from Israeli soldiers."

On the November 8, ISM said another olive harvest volunteer with Rabbis was released from Israeli detention. Sam Grafton, a twenty-six year old theatre director from Britain had been picking olives with a Palestinian family in a Nablus village.

"The Israeli colony of Yitshar had been built near the the family's olive groves. Israeli border police ordered Sam out of the area and arrested him," ISM added "The next day, they brought him before a judge who released Sam on conditions that restrict his movement within the Palestinian areas."

A.D. (18:35 P) (16:35 GMT)