Toronto student arrested to protest the demolition of a Palestinian-Bedouin village

JERUSALEM, Palestinian Territory – The mother of a student from the University of Toronto says that her daughter was one of the Three foreigners arrested Thursday morning by Israeli forces for protesting the demolition of a Palestinian-Bedouin village in the West Bank.

Karen Rodman says that she and her 21-year-old daughter, Michaela Lavis, have been doing humanitarian work in the West Bank since late May.

Rodman says that his daughter, who is preparing to begin her fourth year in the child care program and to the youth of Ryerson University, volunteers with Defense for Children International-Palestine and working with an occupational therapist who supports children with special needs

In a telephone interview from East Jerusalem, Rodman explains that his daughter attended a rally in the village of Khan al-Ahmar when Israeli forces arrested Lavis, as well as an American and British national.

Rodman says that she was in contact with a Local lawyer for her daughter's case and hoping that she will be released by Friday.

The arrests come a day after Israeli police beat Protestant militants on the same site, arresting 11 people.

Isra he said that the structures that make up the Khan al-Ahmar encampment have been illegally built and pose a threat to residents because of their proximity. The Bedouin village outside the Kfar Adumim settlement must be demolished on an unknown date after the Israeli Supreme Court approved the move in May.

Israel agreed to resettle residents in an area of ​​about 12 kilometers

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