ISRAEL's Supreme Court yesterday ordered authorities to release two foreign activists seized in a Palestinian-controlled part of the West Bank, their lawyer said.
The pro-Palestinian activists, Ariadna Jove Marti of Spain and Bridgette Chappell of Australia were freed on a bail of 25,000 shekel (B$9,500) each, and the court banned them from re-entering the occupied territories, Omer Shatz told AFP.
The court "acknowledged the illegality of what happened," he said.
"They admitted that the immigration police are under the interior ministry and have no authority in the occupied territories," he said.
The interior ministry was not immediately available for comment. The two women, , were arrested in a pre-dawn raid in Ramallah.AFP
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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