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HOUSING activist group Focus E15 vowed not to give in to terror tactics yesterday after Newham Council called the cops on one of the campaign’s main organisers.
Jasmin Stone was arrested on Monday night “on suspicion of squatting” after the council reported a local occupation to the Metropolitan Police.
Ms Stone, who was the only person arrested during a raid of the Jane Come Home occupation, was released on bail after six hours in custody.
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
