WORLD : Israelis Arrest Pro-PLO Activist
Police today arrested pro-PLO Palestinian activist Faisal Husseini, who has been considered a potential negotiator in proposed Israeli-Palestinian talks.
Husseini appeared briefly in Jerusalem’s Magistrate Court, where Judge Musia Arad ordered him held for four days for further investigation.
As he left the courtroom, Husseini shouted to reporters: “Nothing will stop the peace process!”
Police had asked that Husseini be held for 15 days, saying they wanted to question him “on suspicion he assisted an illegal organization that acted in the framework of the uprising,” court documents showed.
During a recess in the hearing, Husseini was assaulted while leaving the courtroom by two Jewish extremists linked with the anti-Arab Kach movement of American-born Rabbi Meir Kahane.
One spat in Husseini’s face and the other pushed him and shouted curses, including “Stinking Arab, we shall destroy you!”
Husseini turned to Israeli reporters and said: “This is your regime.”
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