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Exclusive: Activist Deirdre Murphy, who has a long-term health condition, was arrested last week in a West Bank village demolished by Israeli bulldozers
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The son of a 70-year-old Irish woman currently in Israeli detention has pleaded for her release amid concerns over his mother’s health.
Deirdre Murphy, who has eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, was detained in the recently demolished West Bank village of Khalet al-Daba’a. According to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), she has not been provided legal counsel since Monday.






