Israel arrests 15 activists, foreign and Palestinian, in Hebron

Israeli occupation forces this morning arrested 15 Palestinian and foreign solidarity activists who took part in efforts to fix a road in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, the Anadolu Agency reported.

Occupation forces raided the area where activists were levelling the dirt road which serves a number of Palestinian communities south of the city.

Some 150 foreign solidarity activists and a number of local residents participated in the event, according to the same source.

The army declared the area a “closed military” zone and arrested 15 people including foreigners and a Palestinian journalist.

The road is located in “Area C”, which according to the Oslo Agreement, falls under complete Israeli military and administrative control.

Ashley Bord, who was taking part in today’s action to fix the road, said: “The Israeli army raided the activity and attacked the participants and arrested a number of them.”

“Providing basic necessities of life for the population, including transportation, is a right. The Israeli army prevented us from fixing the road.”

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