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Israeli police release Hinadi Halawani after kidnaping her from home

Thursday 30-July-2020

The Israeli occupation police at dawn Wednesday ransacked the house of pro-Aqsa activist Hinadi al-Halawni in Jerusalem and confiscated personal belongings before kidnaping her.

Later in the evening the police released her after extracting a court verdict ordering her to stay away from the Old City of Jerusalem until August 17.

The court also ordered her to pay 1000 shekels bail and another 5000 shekels for her alleged failure to inform the health ministry that she was in quarantine.

For her part Halawani refuted the Israeli claims at the court and affirmed that she had told the competent authorities that she was in quarantine but they did not care.

She also told the court that police officers subjected her to a long interrogation over incitement claims.

Halawani is a noted Jerusalemite activist and one of the Aqsa Mosque teachers who are exposed to constant persecution by the Israeli police.

Because of her supportive positions on the Aqsa Mosque she has been summoned arrested interrogated and assaulted by the Israeli police several times before. The police also banned her entry to the Mosque and her travel abroad many times.

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