The Israeli police extended the remand of the director of the religious teachings department Najeh Bkeirat pending a Tuesday hearing at the Magistrate’s Court.
Sheikh Bkeirat was arrested in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday after Israeli cops stopped two buses carrying women on a trip to Jaffa.
The Israeli policemen forced all the passengers out of the buses on claims of unlicensed sightseeing.
Lawyer Ramzi Kteilat from the Qudsuna Foundation for Human Rights said the Israeli police also detained the Palestinian lady Ikram al-Natsha and her daughter Raghad and subjected them to exhaustive questioning at the Salah al-Deen police station. Both arrestees were released hours later.
Meanwhile the Israeli Magistrate’s Court extended the detention of 25-year-old Mahmoud Abdulatif from al-Saadiya neighborhood in Jerusalem’s Old City to Tuesday.
On Monday the Israeli forces broke into Abdulatif’s family home and rummaged into the building before they summoned him to questioning in al-Mascoubiya investigation center.
Last month the Israeli authorities slapped a six-month ban from al-Aqsa Mosque against Abdulatif.
At the same time the Israeli police extended the detention of 23-year-old Ahmad al-Shawish a native of Bab Hitaa in Jerusalem’s Old City to Wednesday pending further questioning. The youngster was arrested by the Israeli forces a couple of weeks ago.
