Israeli police arrested a Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus throughout a raid on a Christmas celebration in Haifa earlier this week, an area rights group has mentioned.
Police forcibly dispersed festivities held by Palestinian Christian residents of Israel within the Wadi Nisnas neighbourhood on Sunday and confiscated gear from the occasion.
In line with the Mossawa Centre, an organisation advocating for the rights of Palestinian residents of Israel, police used extreme power whereas detaining the person dressed as Santa Claus, in addition to a DJ and a avenue vendor.
All three have been launched on Monday however have been anticipated to be summoned to court docket once more.
Mossawa mentioned police additionally raided a music institute with out authorized authorisation.
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