JERUSALEM, March 11, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces detained on Tuesday the owner of the Educational Bookshop on Salahaddin Street in the occupied city of Jerusalem, according to the Jerusalem Governorate.

It reported that the occupation forces raided the Educational Bookshop for the second time in just a month, rounded up its owner, Imad Muna, and took him for investigation.

The raid occurred exactly one month after the release from Israeli prison of Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna, following the previous assault on the Bookshop.

After an hour and a half of conducting a raid of the shop, once again using Google Translate to discern the meaning of the titles on the shelves, the occupying forces confiscated dozens of books, arrested the owner Muna, 61, and took him to the Israeli police station on Salahaddin Street. They closed the shop door and took the keys to the Bookshop, without issuing a closure order. They refused to explain what law had been violated or the reason for Muna's arrest. No arrest warrant or search warrant was provided.

It is worth noting that the Educational Bookshop was opened 38 years ago on Salah al-Din Street in occupied Jerusalem, and over the years it has become one of the most important bookshops in Palestine, and in Jerusalem in particular, as it is a destination for diplomats, journalists, researchers and students.

The Bookshop won the Best Library Award for 2011 in Palestine, and the third best library in the Middle East by the Lonely Planet and BBC in London.

Y.S./ K.F.