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Bilin, Three Arrested at Night: Ibrahim Abed El Fatah Bornat, Hamde Abu Rahmah

and an international journalist.

At 3 am 26 soldiers entered the village of Bilin on foot to arrest Ibrahim Abed El
Fatah Bornat. On their way to Ibrahim's house, the soldiers ran into Ashraf Abu
Rahmah. A gun was pointed to his head, his hands cuffed behind his back and a cloth
attached to his mouth to prevent him from alarming people. Ashraf was distanced from
the scene and left in the dark, guarded by soldiers while Ibrahim was arrested and
taken away.

At 3.30 am a military convoy of seven jeeps entered Bilin to search the house of
Ibrahim's family. A computer, a pair of shoes, a cap and several documents, all
belonging to Ibrahim's brother Mohammad, were confiscated. While the search went on,
cameramen and photographers were held back from the scene by soldiers and border
police claiming the area to be a closed military zone. The captain held a paper in
Hebrew, supposedly supporting the claim of this area to be military closed. Everyone
was withheld for a 50 meter perimeter surrounding the house. When asked to have a
closer look at the paper, the captain denied and pushed everybody back under threat
of arrest.

While Hamde Abu Rahmah, a journalist from Bilin, approached to take a picture,
soldiers violently attacked him and placed him under arrest. When an international
journalist, tried to interfere to protect Hamde Abu Rahmeh, she too was arrested.
Both were cuffed and taken away in a jeep.

At approximately 4:30 am the convoy left the scene.

As has been the release of Mohammed al-Khatib after paying a bail of ten thousand
shekels. Where he was arrested last week during a raid at his house at night

Thank you for you continued support,

Iyad Burnat- Head of Popular Commitee in Bilin
co-founder  of Friends of Freedom and Justice - Bilin

Email- bel3in@yahoo.com
Mobile- (00972) (0) 547847942
Office- (00972) (2) 2489129
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www.bilin-ffj.org