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PALESTINIAN groups rallied in support of student and activist Somaya Falah today, demanding her immediate release from house arrest.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, the Palestinian Youth Movement and Within Our Lifetime — United for Palestine called for international solidarity actions after her detention was extended for another seven days.
Ms Falah is a PhD student and researcher at the Technion from Arab al-Hib and an activist with Herak Haifa, a Palestinian youth-led movement working to defend Palestinian rights and identity.
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
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Fears grow for flotilla activist Yvonne Ridley, abducted by Israeli soldiers and held in famous Ktzi'ot prison camp