PARIS, March 30, 2010 (WAFA)- France called Tuesday on Israel to release Member of Fatah Central Committee arrested Sunday with a dozen other people during a peaceful march from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to the Checkpoint of the Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque(Tomb of Rachel).
The march was organized by a Christian NGO, to protest against the restrictions of access to Jerusalem imposed on Palestinian Christians during the Palm Sunday.
The Spokesperson of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs said in a statement: “We call for the release of Abbas Zaki and people arrested during a peaceful demonstration in support of freedom of access to the Holy City for a major Christian religious holiday.'
