Israeli authorities have extended the detention of a player on the Palestinian women’s national soccer team after she was summoned for questioning in Jerusalem, police say.
In a response to an AFP query about the detention extension for 20-year-old player Rand Halawani, Israeli police say her arrest came after an incident in which objects were thrown from a rooftop at demonstrators in Jerusalem earlier this week.
“Police arrested a male and female suspect, aged 18 and 20, residents of East Jerusalem, who are suspected of being the individuals documented throwing objects at demonstrators,” police say in a statement.
The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) denounces the prolonged detention of Halawani, who was arrested on Tuesday evening.
In a statement, it says Halawani’s arrest and that of a former national team player is “not an isolated incident, it is part of a well-documented pattern of systematic targeting of Palestinian athletes, which continues without accountability.”
According to the Palestinian governorate for Jerusalem, an Israeli court extended Halawani’s detention until Friday.
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