Books confiscated and owners arrested in Israeli police raid on Palestinian-run bookshop in Jerusalem Israeli police have confiscated books and arrested the owners of a Palestinian-run bookshop in east Jerusalem.
Israeli police said the men were arrested on suspicion of "selling books containing incitement and support for terrorism" and posted a picture on X of a colouring book titled From The River To The Sea.
Mahmoud's wife, May Muna, said police had taken books with Palestinian flags or titles "without knowing what any of them meant" and used Google Translate in some cases.
It sells a range of books in Arabic and English about the conflict and the wider Middle East, including titles by Israeli authors, and is popular with foreign diplomats, journalists and researchers.
A small group of protesters gathered outside holding signs such as "coward confiscate books" and "Palestinian books matter".
