Ramallah 12-07-08: Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP,
Secretary General of the Palestinian National
Initiative, today condemned the detention of a joint
medical team from the Palestinian Medical Relief
Society and the Physicians for Human Rights at the
entrances of the town of Ni‘lin.
The team were attempting to reach injured people in
the town of Ni‘lin where peaceful protests against
construction of the apartheid wall have been ongoing
since May. The team have been detained at the entrance
of the village since the early hours of this morning.
Dr Barghouthi said: "The occupation is a form of
punishment practised by Israel against the peaceful
non-violent struggle of the people in the face of
settlement expansion and construction of the apartheid
wall".