Israel deports journalist, 77-year-old activist among 14 on Palestinian solidarity mission

A group of Western activists who travelled to West Bank on solidarity missions with Palestinians has been deported from Israel, the country's Population and Immigration Authority announced on Sunday."Fourteen foreigners who were staying in Israel on tourist visas were deported after being detained by security forces.

They were deported for having violated legal provisions of their visas and disrupting public order," the authority said in a statement."The activists were from the United States, Canada, Italy and Germany," it added.The group was arrested on Friday near Ramallah following an "altercation" with Israeli settlers in the West Bank, according to the Human Rights Defenders Fund, an organisation that provides legal support to activists visiting the region to show solidarity with Palestinians.Israeli police said three Palestinians were also arrested.