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Palestinian journalist and activist freed from Israeli police custody after five-day detention

Palestinian journalist and activist freed from Israeli police custody after five-day detention The Palestinian journalist and activist Abed Abu Shehadeh has been freed following five days in Israeli police custody. Abu Shehadeh was arrested on Wednesday after Israeli police and Shin Bet officials raided his Jaffa home on the pretext of "contact with a foreign agent". He told Arab48 that his…

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