Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners Raid on Educational Bookstore branches described by rights groups as part of harassment campaign against Palestinian intellectuals.
The Educational Bookstore is an East Jerusalem establishment with three branches, two on Salah al-Din Street, the main shopping road in East Jerusalem, which were raided on Sunday.
Rights groups called for the men’s immediate release, describing the arrests on Sunday as part of a broader campaign of harassment of Palestinian intellectuals.
Israeli police have raided the best-known Palestinian-owned bookshop in Jerusalem and detained its two owners after using Google translate to examine the shop’s stock.
Rights group B’Tselem called for the immediate release of the two men, and an end to the persecution of Palestinian intellectuals.
