Court frees foreign activists, raps West Bank crackdown

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"The Supreme Court ordered two pro-Palestinian foreign activists released on bail on Monday, saying Israeli immigration officers overstepped their bounds by detaining them in the West Bank.

The activists' lawyer described their arrest as part of a campaign by Israel to choke off weekly demonstrations by Palestinians, left-wing Israelis and foreign activists against Israel's West Bank separation barrier as peace efforts remain at a stalemate.

Israeli soldiers raided the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday and detained Spaniard Ariadna Jove Marti and Australian Bridgette Chappell, handing them over to immigration officers overseen by Israel's Interior Ministry for possible deportation.

Both women belong to the International Solidarity Movement, which is at the forefront of anti-barrier demonstrations.

Palestinian authorities and the women's attorney called the entire operation illegal, arguing the military had no right to raid a city within an area designated by interim peace accords as being under Palestinian civil and security jurisdiction.

But the Supreme Court ordered Marti and Chappell released on other grounds, saying immigration officers - authorized only to operate inside Israel - had taken custody of the women from the military at a prison inside the West Bank."

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1. Stop the Wall offices raided by Israeli military

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"The Israeli army raided the offices of the Stop the Wall organization early Monday morning, a statement issued by the movement said.

Ten military jeeps, hummers and an armoured bus belonging to the Israeli military and intelligence services entered Ramallah at 1am, where they raided the Stop the Wall offices, the statement read, adding that following a three-hour search, they confiscated computer hard disks, laptops, and video cameras along with paper documents, CDs, and video cassettes.

"This is part of the continuous targeting of the popular grassroots movement and the struggle of the Palestinian human rights defenders for Israeli accountability," Jamal Juma, coordinator of Stop the Wall, wrote.

"Palestinians will not be intimidated by this. The struggle against the Wall will only stop once the decision of the International Court of Justice, which calls for the Wall to be torn down, is implemented."

There are approximately 40 anti-wall activists in Israeli jails, the statement said."

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Stop the Wall offices hit in late night raid

http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/2177.shtml

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3. This part says it all as to the attitude of IDF here

Approached by Ma'an, an Israeli military spokesman said that overnight, "IDF soldiers operating in Ramallah confiscated equipment from the offices of the anti-fence popular committee, which rallies illegal and violent riots throughout Judea and Samaria and calls to hurt IDF soldiers and the security fence."

as to hurting IDF wasn't there just a thread were some female IDF admitted that they peel the rubber coating off of bullets used at they rallies?

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2. Good. Glad the Supreme Court is sitting on the hardliners! May it continue!