Israeli intelligence officers are “hounding” an Arab-Israeli PhD pupil for collaborating in a pro-Palestine convention held in Madrid, Safa information company reported on Wednesday. Based on Khalid Mahajneh, the lawyer performing on behalf of Somaiya Falah, this began on 11 January when her home was raided, her cell phone content material was searched and her laptop computer laptop was confiscated.
The lawyer added that Israeli intelligence officers detained and investigated Falah for greater than 12 hours. She is being held underneath home arrest in Haifa, nicely away from her house village.
Though Mahajneh knew that she was investigated for contacting a “overseas agent”, he discovered later that it was as a result of she participated in Al-Awda Convention, a pro-Palestine occasion held not too long ago in Madrid. The Israel authorities, he added, have determined that the Palestinian who organized her participation is a “overseas agent”.
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Nonetheless, the lawyer identified that the convention was a public occasion attended by Palestinians from all over the world. Contacts and conferences in Madrid didn’t have any safety connotations, he insisted.
Falah is underneath home arrest, prevented from utilizing the web or contacting anybody outdoors, and is prevented from attending her office, the Technical Institute. Furthermore, she is banned from travelling till April. Her kinfolk are banned from attending courtroom hearings associated to her case.
Within the meantime, the Israeli media is alleged to be inciting individuals in opposition to her by adopting a one-sided narrative. This, claimed Mahajneh, is meant to behave as a deterrent to different Palestinian residents of Israel from collaborating in worldwide occasions in help of their legit proper of return.
Earlier this week, Arab-Israel residents in Haifa organised a gathering in solidarity with Falah. They harassed that Israel won’t achieve its efforts to separate them from the Palestinians within the occupied territories or in exile overseas.
