JERUSALEM – Nine French activists were arrested on Sunday during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at a major Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank, police and protest organisers told AFP.
“Our forces today dispersed protesters who were throwing rocks at us and proceeded to arrest nine people, including some foreigners,” Micky Rosenfeld said.
“The protest took place at the Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, and the police made arrests after the activists tried to cross the checkpoint,” he added.
A spokesman for the French EuroPalestine activist group said nine French citizens were arrested at the demonstration. A Palestinian detained at the protest was later released, he said.
