The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night arrested a group of musicians in Beit Rima town north of Ramallah in the West Bank.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers aboard patrol vehicles stormed Beit Rima and rounded up vocalist Mohamed al-Barghouthi keyboardist Naji al-Rimawi and studio owner and producer Nazzal al-Barghouthi.
The family of vocalist Barghouthi said that soldiers broke into and ransacked their house in the town and confiscated memory cards containing concert songs.
The family added that Barghouthi’s father who suffers from a heart problem was also transferred to hospital after soldiers harshly treated him during the raid.
The three Palestinians were arrested over a song sang recently by Barghouthi. The song which others participated in praised prisoner Omar al-Abed who carried out last July a stabbing attack in the illegal West Bank settlement of Halamish in response to Israel’s escalation of its violations in Jerusalem and at the Aqsa Mosque.
