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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Israeli forces raid home in East Jerusalem

Ma'an
Israeli forces raided a house in occupied East Jerusalem...on Wednesday.

Sources say Israeli troops stormed the home of Samir Abu Farha in order to detain his son, Mu'tasem, 23, and search for weapons. Mu'tasem was not present during the search and forces handed his parents a summons order, calling on their sun to turn himself over to the police.

Mu'tasem is a taxi driver who refused to work around the area of an Israeli excavation site around the Al-Aqsa Mosque and was honored by Sheikh Raed Salah, who was banned from entering Jerusalem for six months by Israeli intelligence last week. Full story
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