Israeli authorities question Sheikh Raed Salah and expel him from Jerusalem.

An Israeli security force arrested Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the banned Islamic Movement inside the Green Line, in Jerusalem this evening, took him for questioning, then released him and expelled him from the city.

“An Israeli security force arrested Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the banned Islamic Movement inside the Green Line, this evening, on Wednesday, while he was in Jerusalem, and took him for questioning, then released him and expelled him from the city”

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The arrest occurred as Salah was traveling in his private vehicle to a Ramadan Iftar invitation, and it was carried out by a private Israeli force, according to his lawyer Khaled Zbarqa.

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The lawyer said Salah was released on the condition that he be banished from Jerusalem for 15 days, and described the arrest and questioning as arbitrary, noting it followed his greeting of Sheikh Ikrima Sabri and his movements around Jerusalem.

The arrest reflects suppression by occupation authorities against Palestinians, especially regarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque's name and symbolism.

Salah, a resident of Umm al-Fahm, spent about two hours at the Moskobiya Investigation Center in western Jerusalem, where he was interrogated after meeting with his lawyer and receiving legal advice.

Just before his arrest, he appeared in a filmed speech from Mount of Olives with the Al-Aqsa Mosque visible behind him, lamenting the closure of the mosque during Ramadan.

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On February 28, occupation authorities closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City of Jerusalem citing a state of emergency and in the context of joint American-Israeli actions against Iran, and they prevented prayer there, including Taraweeh prayers.

“An Israeli security force arrested Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the banned Islamic Movement inside the Green Line, this evening, on Wednesday, while he was in Jerusalem, and took him for questioning, then released him and expelled him from the city”

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Salah said in his remarks that the Adhan at Al-Aqsa and the prayers—including Friday prayers and Taraweeh—had been disrupted, forcing residents to pray at the mosque thresholds from outside, on mud and under rain, with icy winds.

Salah drew attention to Gaza and the West Bank wounds and warned of broader Muslim and Arab peril, recalling that Sudan’s tragedy had begun to affect people.

He described a fierce, blind mobilization by Crusader Zionist decisions that threatens to grind Muslims and Arabs across the region, including Iran, the Gulf, the Arabian Peninsula, and Saudi Arabia, warning that the danger could spread to many Muslim countries.

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