Article: Israel detains Palestinian candidate in East Jerusalem

Israel detains Palestinian candidate in East Jerusalem

RAMALLAH, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Israeli police detained a campaigning Palestinian candidate in East Jerusalem on Tuesday, Palestinian sources and witnesses said.

Mustafa Barghouti, head of the independent Palestine list for the coming Palestinian legislative elections due on Jan. 25, was detained for not having a permission to enter the Old City, the sources said.

Israeli police also detained an aide to Palestinian parliament member Hanan Ashrawi at a press conference held by him in East Jerusalem, witnesses said.

Officers confiscated a sign showing Ashrawi with a slogan "the third way" and arrested the aide for attempting to interfere ...

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