Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in east Jerusalem, claiming incitement to violence

Israeli police have raided a long-established Palestinian-owned bookstore in east Jerusalem, detaining the owners and confiscating books about the decades-long conflict. The police say the books incited violence. The Educational Bookshop, established over 40 years ago, is a hub of intellectual life in east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed to its capital in a move not recognized internationally. The Palestinians want east Jerusalem to be the capital of their future state. The three-story bookstore that was raided on Sunday has a large selection of scholarly and popular books about the conflict and the wider Middle East, including many by Israeli and Jewish authors.