Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered two members of the International Solidarity Movement released on bail, saying Israeli immigration officers overstepped their bounds by detaining them in the West Bank. On Sunday, Israeli soldiers raided the West Bank city of Ramallah and detained Spaniard Ariadna Jove Marti and Australian Bridgette Chappell. The pair’s lawyer described their arrest as part of a campaign by Israeli authorities to halt weekly demonstrations against the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank. Jamal Juma, the coordinator for the Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, said his movement’s office was also raided on Sunday night by Israeli troops.

Jamal Juma: “They started with arrests and taking us to the interrogation centers for long periods. And now they’ve raided the campaign’s offices, confiscated our stuff, and hindered our work. They are trying to terrify people, terrify us as activists and people working on this issue. It is obvious why they are doing this. It is because Israel is afraid of the expanding popular resistance.”