Police release 33 activists detained for entering JerichoPresumably this is the ancient synagogue mentioned here, here, here, and here. This is not the first time it has witnessed such conflicts.
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel news, Jericho
Two still in custody over Sunday night's attempt by rightists to pray at West Bank synagogue.
Police on Monday released 33 rightwing activists who entered Jericho on Sunday night in defiance of a military edict banning Israelis from Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank.
Two others, an adult and a minor, remained in police custody in Ma'ale Adumim after activists broke through checkpoints and marched on the area in the hope of praying at an ancient synagogue and "renewing Jewish settlement in Jericho".
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UPDATE (11 August): No, it seems that this episode was at the Na'aran synagogue, also in Jericho, not the Shalom Al Yisrael synagogue. See here for clarification.
