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Israel arrests Christian university student, Palestinian women’s soccer team member

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Israeli forces arrested Natalie Abu Dayyeh, 21, a Palestinian Christian student and international soccer player, in a pre-dawn raid on student housing near Birzeit University in the West Bank this week, drawing condemnation from her church, her university and Palestinian football authorities.

Abu Dayyeh was taken at gunpoint from her apartment alongside three other Palestinian women, according to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.

The Israeli military said the four women were detained on suspicion of “promoting terrorist activities,” according to Vatican News.

Abu Dayyeh is a media and journalism student at Birzeit University, a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala, and a graduate of Talitha Kumi Lutheran School. She also plays for Diyar Women and has represented the Palestinian national women’s soccer team at youth and senior levels.

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