ISM: International Activists Released - 21 Israeli Protesters Detained
BBSNews - 2003-08-06 -- ISM: Occupied Palestine - At approximately 2:00 this morning, all but one of the internationals
detained yesterday were released from the Ariel settlement police station, after being coerced into signing a document
stating that they would not enter the West Bank and Gaza. They signed this agreement after being told that the fate of
the Palestinian activist and organizer of the Mas’ha Peace Camp, Nazih Shalabi, arrested yesterday, depended on the
acquiescence of the internationals. The four Israelis released earlier in the day also agreed to the same conditions
for the same reasons. They were all told that Nazih would be released if they agreed to these conditions.
As of this writing, Nazih has still not been released.
Also being detained in an Israeli prison near the city of Hadera, is Lorenza Erlicher, a 35- year-old Italian kindergarten
teacher, who Israeli police claim was “attacking a police officer”, when in reality she was trying to prevent harm to her
body during her rough incarceration. Lorenza is scheduled to be on a flight back to Italy Thursday afternoon, agreeing to
leave “voluntarily” to avoid deportation.
Today 21 Israeli peace activists were detained at the site of yesterday’s incarcerations, while attempting to stop the work
of the bulldozers continuing to destroy Palestinian land for the path of the wall in Mas’ha. One Palestinian AP
photographer, Mohammed Darwish, was also snatched while trying to photograph the event. All of the Israeli activists
are spending the night in jail, refusing to accept conditions and demanding the release of Nazih Shalabi. Mohammed was
released at 10PM.
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The preceding report was provided to BBSNews by the International Solidarity Movement.
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