ISRAEL RAIDS & ARRESTS PALESTINIAN BOOK-SHOP OWNERS
February 13, 2025The genocidal army is threatened by libraries.
Thousands have taken to social media this week to condemn Israel after its authorities arrested the Palestinian owners of a historic occupied East Jerusalem bookshop for “inciting terrorism” with Palestinian literature, using a children’s colouring book as proposed evidence.
Educational Bookshop is a decades-old bookstore chain respected by locals and internationals alike, with both Arabic and English-language locations. The Muna family have become well-known figures in the local Palestinian community and with diplomats, academics and writers who have visited occupied East Jerusalem.
On Sunday, Israeli plain-clothed agents raided two of its three branches. Witnesses told Middle East Eye that the agents entered around 3pm as if they were regular customers. After five minutes, they suddenly produced a search warrant and ordered customers to leave.
After about 90 minutes, the Israelis left after detaining the shops’ owners, Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmad. Both have been taken into custody. Many of their books were taken away with them.
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