RAMALLAH,
March 24, 2013 (WAFA) – Israeli forces at dawn Sunday arrested a number of
activists at Ahfad Younis neighborhood in Bab al-Shams tent village, after
raiding the area and evicting the tents by force, said an activist.
Abdullah Abu
Rahmi told WAFA that the soldiers arrested four activists, including lawmaker
Mustafa Barghouti and activist Muhammad al-Khatib among others.
Abu Rahmi
reported that one activist was arrested and kept in custody for interrogation on
allegedly assaulting a soldier.
Fatah
movement spokesperson said that “the eviction of Ahfad Younis neighborhood will
not be the last battle, but will open the door of freedom and independence.”
Palestinian
and foreign activists set up Ahfad Younis neighborhood five days on the ruins
of Bab al-Shams tent village to protest the illegal confiscation plan of E1,
which is expected, if implemented, to cut the West Bank in half, terminating
the two-state solution.
They held
seminars on International law and witnessed the marriage of a young man from
Jenin and a young woman from Hebron in the neighborhood.
M.H./F.R.
