JERUSALEM, February 1, 2011 (WAFA) - Israeli soldiers Tuesday raided the home of Mohammed Sufyan, a Palestinian resident of the Jerusalem area village of Silwan, and took him in for interrogation, according to local residents.

Sufyan’s family said police raided their house in a brutal manner and prevented Sufyan from wearing heavy clothes to protect him against the cold weather before taking him away.

Meanwhile, the Israeli Magistrate court ordered Mousa Odeh, a member of the Defense Committee of the Bustan area in Silwan, expelled for one month from the village and fined him 3,000 shekel ($830) for his activities against Israeli attempts to turn the Bustan area into a Jewish park after demolishing all the area Palestinian homes.

Israeli courts also extended the remand of two other Palestinian activists for participating in confrontations that occurred in Silwan.

Israel has already expelled Adnan Gheith, also a member of the Committee for the Defense of Silwan, from Jerusalem for four months.

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