today, palestinians exposed and challenged israeli apartheid by driving their cars on roads in the west bank – on their territory, around their villages, etc. – that the israeli apartheid system has declared accessible for jews only. they were illegally build for the benefit of the illegal israeli settlers only, in grave breach of international humanitarian law.
palestinians arrested for driving on their streets
as they were challenging this one of the various symptoms of israeli apartheid, Israeli occupation forces arrested Khaled Atallah Al-Tamimi (Nabi Saleh), Azmi Shyoukhi (Hebron), the young Omar Saleh Al-Tamimi (Nabi Saleh) and a Palestinian girl by the name of Anwar.
in addition, mahmoud zwahre, one of my very close friends was to be arrested, his car and ID was taken away from him, but he managed to evade arrest. at that point, he texted me saying the israeli secret service called him and said that he would be put on a wanted list if he didnt turn himself in for arrest within 30mins. and here i was again sitting in front of a computer, with my phone by my side, trying to stay updated, trying to get someone to make sure his wife doesn’t find out things through the television again, hoping things will be alright and i will talk and joke with him soon.
and soon I heard that he did end up under arrest (a lawyer answered his phone) was first taken to the dco in Jericho and then to ma’ale adumim, where he joined the other four detainees of the “car protest”. So far, we don’t have news, other than that the lawyers are representing them.
in this video, you see Mahmoud prior to the arrests.
mahmoud prior to his arrest
while we are fighting for the liberation of our friends (like ashraf, like naji, like over 100 children, like thousands of others), more of us keep ending up in israeli military prisons, especially if they dare to demand their human rights
more here: https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/today-in-palestine-%E2%86%92-carprotest-live-updates/