Israel extends detention of Palestinian journalist accused of ‘contacting foreign agent’

LONDON: Israel has extended the detention of Palestinian journalist Abed Abu Shehadeh, whom it accuses of “contacting a foreign agent.” Israeli police and the Shin Bet, the country’s internal intelligence agency, arrested the citizen of Israel at his home in Jaffa on Tuesday night. His wife and lawyer, Haneen Eghbariya, said that the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Magistrate’s Court had extended his…