Israel arrests Palestinians at election meeting in Jerusalem April 19, 2021 at 3:33 pm | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
Israeli forces on March 23, 2021 [İssam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency] April 19, 2021 at 3:33 pm
Israeli occupation forces arrested three Palestinian candidates for holding a press conference at St George Hotel Jerusalem on the upcoming elections in occupied East Jerusalem.
The press conference was scheduled to discuss the right of Palestinians in the occupied city to participate in the upcoming elections and the mechanisms needed to do so.
Two of the candidates are on the list of the Fatah party led by President Mahmoud Abbas and the third is on the list of the Palestinian Democratic Union.