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SAMIDOUN Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network issued an urgent call for action today after the family home of jailed Palestinian leader Ahmad Saadat was raided by Israeli forces.
Soldiers stormed his house in Ramallah, firing shots outside in what his wife Abla Saadat described as an attempt to terrorise the family.
The troops went on the rampage through their home, she said, taking photographs and rifling through personal papers.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
