Israel’s arrest of Jerusalem’s booksellers is a grave, self-defeating error

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Israel’s arrest of Jerusalem’s booksellers is a grave, self-defeating error

By arresting my dear friends and colleagues, Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna, owners of The Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, Israeli police evoked dark periods in Jewish history. The Sunday arrest of these booksellers is a strategic miscalculation that undermines the very security it purports to uphold. Too often, Israel’s supporters lament the absence of nonviolent Palestinian leaders willing to engage. Yet, when those leaders stand before us — commit…

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Two Palestinian booksellers from East Jerusalem's cultural institutions were questioned on Sunday. Intellectuals, Israeli rights institutions protested alongside the UN or France.

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Arrest of booksellers sparks international condemnation | Books+Publishing

Mahmoud Muna and Ahmad Muna, the Palestinian uncle and nephew co-owners of the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem, were released by police on Tuesday, 11 February, but remain under a five-day house arrest and have been ‘ordered not to set foot in their bookstore for 20 days’, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). After a raid on […]

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Index condemns the arrest of two Palestinian booksellers and calls for their immediate and unconditional release

Index on Censorship is alarmed by the arrest and ongoing detention of author Mahmoud Muna, owner and bookseller of Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop. The Educational Bookshop specialises in Arabic and English language books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the history of Jerusalem.  Mahmoud and his nephew Ahmad Muna were arrested in the bookshop by undercover Israeli police on the afternoon of Sunday, 9 February 2025. According to their fa…

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Anger, support after Israel arrests east Jerusalem booksellers

The arrest of two Palestinian booksellers in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem drew widespread condemnation on Monday, with supporters showing up at court and foreign governments expressing dismay. About 60 people gathered in the morning outside the Jerusalem court where Mahmud and Ahmad Muna appeared for an arraignment, in a show of solidarity with the duo who were arrested on Sunday. They both work for the Educational Bookshop, a cultural institu…

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Arrest of Palestinian booksellers sparks protest in Jerusalem - Newspaper - DAWN.COM | Bible Prophecy In The Daily Headlines

JERUSALEM: Several people gathered on Monday outside a Jerusalem court to protest the arrest of two Palestinian booksellers in the city’s east, occupied by Israel… Read More: The post Arrest of Palestinian booksellers sparks protest in Jerusalem – Newspaper – DAWN.COM appeared first on Bible Prophecy In The Daily Headlines.