Israeli bodies detain Czech pro-Palestine activist on West Bank

Jerusalem - The Israeli security bodies detained a Czech pro-Palestine activist in Ramallah on the West Bank at night today, the AFP agency reported, citing the activist´s defence lawyer, and adding that the woman has been escorted to the Tel Aviv airport evidently in order to be expelled.

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Before, she was questioned by the Israeli immigration service.

The detention of 28-year-old Eva Novakova has also been announced by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) on its website. It said Novakova has worked for it as a media coordinator for several past weeks.

Israeli soldiers, along with the police immigration unit, raided Novakova´s flat in Ramallah in early hours today, ISM writes.

Novakova´s defence lawyer Omer Shatz emphasises on the ISM website that the Israeli immigration police stand under the jurisdiction of the Israeli Interior Ministry and thus wield no power on the occupied Palestinian territories.

This arrest is part of the continuing unlawful abuse of immigration police against activists, for political purposes, Shatz told AFP.