Israeli police raided a Palestinian-run bookshop in East Jerusalem, seizing hundreds of books and arresting two family members. Authorities claimed the books contained 'inciteful material with nationalist Palestinian themes'. The two men, who have run the shop for over four decades, face charges of breaching public peace and could be released on Tuesday with conditions including house arrest and a ban on entering their shop for 15 days.
The Educational Books hop in Israel i-annexed East Jerusalem was raided by police on Sunday afternoon, with two members of the family which run the store arrested.
Israeli police with search warrants arrived at two of the shops on Sunday afternoon, scouring the shelves and seizing hundreds of books with Palestinian authors, titles and imagery. "They started searching for 1 hour, just throwing books on the floor … they didn't understand what the books are talking about, so they used Google translate to understand.
Mahmoud Muna’s wife Mai questioned how a children’s colouring book could be so "triggering" for Israeli authorities."Mahmoud looks a little bit tired, Ahmed as well, but I know they are strong enough," she said."We will call for their immediate release because this is a political and not a legal detention," he told reporters.
"The Israel Police will continue its efforts to thwart incitement and support for terrorism, as well as apprehend those involved in offenses that threaten the security of Israel's citizens," it said in a statement.The judge only agreed to continue their detention for another 24 hours, and said they might be released on Tuesday, local time, on strict conditions — including five days' house arrest and a 15-day ban on entering the bookshops.
Supporters of the men gathered outside the court house with banners and megaphones, chanting slogans that Israel was a "fascist state" and holding placards saying "cowards confiscate books".Among them was Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nathan Thrall, who had launched his book A Day in the Life of Abed Salama at the Educational Bookshop."It's part of what is a widely documented increase in authoritarianism here," he told the ABC.
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