RAMALLAH, January 12, 2010 (WAFA)- Israeli occupation Forces arrested, last night, the coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Ni'ilin Ibrahim Amirah, from his home during a night-time raid.

Amirah, together with another man, Zaydoun Srour, were arrested under suspicion of organizing anti-Wall demonstrations in the village.

A military force of 15 armored jeeps and about a hundred Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Ni'ilin and surrounded the home of Ibrahim Amirah. After forcefully entering his home, soldiers extracted Amirah from his bed, searched the house and arrested him.

Amirah has previously been arrested twice under the same suspicion of organizing demonstrations against the Wall in Ni'lin, but was never charged. Protests have been held in the village since May 2008.

Moreover, the Army raided the homes of Hassan Mousa and Zaidoun Srour. Hassan Mousa, a high school teacher in the village and a member of the Popular Committee, was released after being initially detained. Srour, a well known activist in the village, was detained alongside Amirah. A simultaneous raid was also carried in the village of Bil'in tonight, where soldiers arrested 21 year old Yassin Yassin.

These arrests are an escalation of an ongoing and extensive Israeli attempt to suppress the Palestinian popular resistance generally, and repress its leadership particularly, the ISM said.

Yesterday, Israel attacked Ramallah, to arrest international solidarity activist Eva Nováková for overstaying her visa. Such an incursion into Area A over an expired visa is extremely unusual. A Czech national, Nováková served as the International Solidarity Movement's media coordinator for the past three weeks. She was deported from the Ben Gurion airport at 6 am this morning.