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Israel blocks Palestinian protest run
Published Friday, March 1, 2013
Israeli police attacked a Palestinian race on Friday and detained several runners. The event was organized to coincide with an annual Israeli marathon whose route cuts through occupied East Jerusalem.
The police released the runners after holding them for about an hour, Dimitri Diliani, a senior Fatah official, told Ma’an news agency.
The Palestinian runners started off in the historic Lifta village to counter the Israeli marathon that began from the Knesset building, he added.
“Palestinian youths participating in the marathon handed the Israelis a formal paper written in English explaining what this marathon really means for Jerusalem,” Diliani said.
Palestinian officials had already called on companies and individuals involved in Israel’s marathon to withdraw their support for the event.