Monday March 08, 2010 11:22 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

The Egyptian Navy arrested on Sunday three Palestinian fishermen after their boat capsized near the Al Arish Egyptian Port.

The fishermen were in Palestinian territorial waters when their fishing boat capsized. They were arrested by the Egyptian Navy and were taken for questioning at an interrogation center in Al Arish.

Palestinian fishermen sometimes elect to fish close to the Egyptian territorial waters in an attempt to avoid attacks and harassment by the Israeli Navy.

Egyptian security sources reported that the two fishermen entered Egyptian waters near Rafah, and were immediately arrested.
It is worth mentioning that four fishermen were arrested by the Egyptian Navy on February

13. Local sources reported that the fishermen were in Palestinian waters but Egypt denied the report.

Under the Oslo peace deal of 1993, Palestinian fishermen are supposed to be allowed to finish in a 37 kilometers area (20 nautical miles) of the Gaza shore, but Israel unilaterally reduced the area to three nautical miles.

Egyptian navy boats detain two Palestinian fishermen

[ 07/03/2010 - 05:13 PM ]

RAFAH, (PIC)--

Egyptian navy boats on Sunday detained two Palestinian fishermen off the coasts of El-Arish Egyptian harbor after their boat capsized at sea, local sources in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, said.

The sources told PIC reporter that the two fishermen, from Gaza city, were taken into one of the interrogation centers in El-Arish.

The Egyptian authorities regularly chase Palestinian fishermen on the border line separating El-Arish coast from that of Rafah and prevent them from fishing there.