RAMALLAH, February 2, 2011 (WAFA) - An Israeli military court Tuesday extended the detention by 100 days of Islam Saleh Ayyoub, 14, from the
The Popular Resistance Movement in Nabi Saleh said in a press release that the Ofer military court order came after Ayyoub’s family refused an earlier order to expel him to Ramallah.
Ayyoub was ordered to live in a known address in Ramallah and have a land telephone line so that the Israeli army can call him to make sure he is home, making him virtually under house arrest. The court also set a 1000
The movement condemned the court order and said that the family’s refusal stems from absolute rejection of the idea of expulsion and exclusion, so as not to constitute a new precedent that can be adopted by the Israeli authorities against other children and activists.
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