{"id":474927,"date":"2026-06-03T23:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/474927\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T23:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:39:11","slug":"detention-extended-for-palestinian-womens-soccer-player-arrested-for-throwing-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/474927\/","title":{"rendered":"Detention extended for Palestinian women’s soccer player arrested for ‘throwing objects’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israeli authorities on Wednesday extended the detention of a player on the Palestinian women\u2019s national soccer team after she was arrested the day before for allegedly \u201cthrowing objects\u201d at people in Jerusalem, police told AFP.<\/p>\n

Twenty-year-old Rand Halawani was arrested Tuesday night, police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficers 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,\u201d police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Police did not elaborate on the allegations.<\/p>\n

According to the Palestinian Authority, an Israeli court extended Halawani\u2019s detention until Friday.<\/p>\n

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The Palestinian Football Association denounced the prolonged detention, saying the arrest was \u201cnot an isolated incident, it is part of a well-documented pattern of systematic targeting of Palestinian athletes, which continues without accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n

#Israel<\/a> extends detention of #Palestinian<\/a> footballer Rand Halawani https:\/\/t.co\/XxUcgo9y9u<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/eNvfFlSLgi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Filistin B\u00fclteni (@filistinbulten_) June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military also arrested former national soccer player Natalie Abu Diyeh, a student at Birzeit University, as well as three other young Palestinian women in the West Bank on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n

The military said in a statement that the four women were suspected of \u201cpromoting terrorist activities and additional terrorist-related activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Birzeit University denounced the arrests as part of Israel\u2019s \u201csystematic policies targeting Palestinian education and students\u2019 right to continue their academic journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

This morning, the Israeli army detained Natali Abu Dayyah, a Palestinian Christian student at Birzeit University and a former player for the Palestine women\u2019s national football team.https:\/\/t.co\/QiOAbofNdn<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Ya0CtwVopd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) June 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Bishop Imad Haddad of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, to which Abu Diyeh belonged, called for her release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply shocked and horrified by this news, as well as by the news that her family does not yet know where she has been taken,\u201d Haddad said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

According to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, the main association for prisoners\u2019 rights in Israel and the Palestinian territories, 89 Palestinian women are currently in Israeli jails, including three minors and three pregnant women.<\/p>\n

The Palestinian Authority-affiliated Prisoners Club announced in late May that more than 9,400 Palestinians were in Israeli jails, a figure that includes Israeli Arabs.<\/p>\n


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