Jerusalem (APP)-Israeli police raided a long-standing Palestinian-owned bookstore in East Jerusalem, detained owners and seized books about it. Longer over the decades. Police said the books encouraged violence.
The educational bookstore, founded 40 years ago, is a center of intellectual life in East Jerusalem, which Israel occupied in the Midest War of 1967 and connected to its capital in an internationally recognized move. It was Most of the Palestinian population of the city lives in East Jerusalem, and Palestinians want it to become the capital of their future state.
The three -storey bookstore that was raided on Sunday is a huge selection of books, especially in Arabic and English, about the conflict and the wider Middle East, which includes many of Israeli and Jewish writers. – It hosts cultural programs and is especially popular among researchers, journalists and foreign diplomats.
According to Mahmud’s wife, May Mona, the owners of the bookstore, Ahmed and Mahmud Mona were detained, and the police seized hundreds of titles related to the dispute before ordering the store closure.
He said that the soldiers raised books with Palestinian titles or flags, “none of them know the meaning of them.” He said he used Google Translate on some Arabic topics to see what they mean before they were taken to a plastic bag.
Police raided another Palestinian -owned bookstore in the old city of East Jerusalem last week.
In a statement, police said the two owners were arrested on suspicion of “inciting terrorism and selling books”.
As an example, the police have given the title of the English -language children’s colorful book title “From the river to the sea,” A reference to the area between the Jordanian River and the Mediterranean Mediterranean, which includes Israel, the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip today.
Palestinians and hard -working Israelis see every entire region as their national homeland. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government is opposed to the Palestinian state, has said that Israel must maintain indefinite control. On all territory to the west of Jordan.
Israeli Palestinian tensions have increased since Hamas’s Hamas on October 7, 2023, after which the Gaza attack has given rise to the war there. The ceasefire has stopped the fighting and has led to the release of hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, as well as hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, as well as several Israelis hostages. The Israeli -occupied West Bank has also increased tensions.
In the October 7 attack, Hamas -led militants killed about 1, 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and abducted about 250 250 people. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, more than 47,000 Palestinians have been killed as a result of this war, more than half of which are women and children. It does not say how many fighters were. Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 militants without providing evidence.
Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in the Central War of 1967, and the Palestinians want all three areas for their future state. After Netanyahu returned to power in 2009, the last serious and concrete peace talks were broken.
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Melzar reported from the Israeli city of Nehru.
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