Haitham Al-Khatib, a field worker for the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem and a cameraman for the Popular Committee Against the Wall, was detained for entering a closed military zone, the army said.
B'Tselem, however, rejected the military's explanation. Israel's closed-zone order, instituted last month to stop the weekly anti-wall protests in Bil'in and neighboring Nil'in, does not apply to residents of the West Bank villages, a B'Tselem spokeswoman said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that the army's closed-zone order does not apply to residents... Full story
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