Veteran Palestinian writer Rasem Obeidat placed under administrative detention

Veteran Palestinian writer Rasem Obeidat placed under administrative detention Israeli authorities have placed Palestinian writer, journalist and political analyst Rasem Obeidat, 67, under six months of administrative detention without formal charges or a public trial, Quds News Network reported. Obeidat was arrested during a raid on his home in Jabal al-Mukabber, occupied Jerusalem, on 27 September and interrogated at the Moscovia detention centre. On 29 September, the authorities issued the six-month detention or