Israeli forces arrest 17 in West Bank olive harvest, including 12 foreign activists

Israeli forces arrested 17 people, among them 12 foreign solidarity activists and two foreign journalists, during the olive harvest in a West Bank village on Friday.

• Israeli forces arrested 17 people on Friday in Kafr Ni'ma, west of Ramallah, including 12 foreign solidarity activists, two foreign journalists and three Palestinians.
• Palestinian local sources said settlers attacked the group near Jabal al-Risan as they picked olives, and that Israeli forces detained several of them.
• The Foz'a campaign said the three detained Palestinians were its Ramallah coordinator, Hala Abu Gharabiya, and farmers Yaqub Ataya and Muhammad Ataya.
• The campaign said the detainees were taken to a nearby military camp, and that foreign activists arrested in Masafar Yatta on October 22 were deported.