By Arnon Regular
Six Palestinians were arrested yesterday for hanging campaign posters on billboards in East Jerusalem for the Palestinian parliament elections set for January 25.
The police arrested and fined the activists, despite Israel's official announcement that it would permit campaigning in the city, providing it was coordinated with the police and involved not more than 20 billboards.
However, the police and Israeli government officials have yet to reach an agreement with the Palestinian Authority over the issue, although the Palestinian election campaign already had started on January 2.
The police fined the activists NIS 450 and released them after forcing them to deposit NIS 1,000 as part of a commitment not to campaign in East Jerusalem or hang campaign material in the streets.
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