Israeli police arrested more than a dozen peace activists who protested against the closure of a Palestinian market in the West Bank town of Hebron. The members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams were arrested after they attempted to sell tomatoes in a market near one of the town’s Jewish enclaves.
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