The Israeli court of al-Maskoubiya extended on Thursday the arrest of Asem al-Barghouthi 33 for the fifth consecutive time rights sources revealed.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) affirmed that Asem’s remand was extended for the fifth time since his arrest in January 2019 pending investigation.
Israel accuses al-Barghouthi of carrying out an attack killing two Israeli soldiers near Ramallah on December 13 one day after his brother Saleh was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers north of Ramallah.
Following his arrest a large-scale arrest campaign was carried out in his hometown the Kobar village. His father mother two brothers were among the detainees.
Al-Barghouthi who suffers from an injury before his arrest told his lawyer that he was brutally beaten during his arrest and investigation.
