JERUSALEM: Israeli police raided the east Jerusalem studios of Palestine TV yesterday and briefly detained three staff for questioning, a spokeswoman said.
“Police carried out searches at the headquarters of the television channel, as part of an investigation into the content of its programmes,” spokeswoman Luba Samri said. “Three employees were arrested, questioned and released,” she said, adding that “no programmes were interrupted and the investigation is ongoing.”
Israeli public radio said police suspected Palestine TV of broadcasting “incitements to violence.”
Germany worried about Israeli plans
BERLIN: The German government is extremely concerned about Israeli plans to build more settlements in occupied territory in response to the inauguration of a Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas Islamists opposed to the Jewish state’s existence.
“The German government is very worried about this report because this step poses the threat of making efforts to continue peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestines even harder,” German government spokeswoman Christiane Wirtz said.
She called on both sides to avoid provocative steps and said
the German government urged the Israeli government to refrain from inviting bids to construct homes.
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