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On 26 April 2009, Israeli police raided the homes of New Profile activists, and interrogated five activists suspected of "incitement to draft evasion". The War Resisters' International Executive Committee released a statement of support on 28 April 2009.

Andreas Speck

On 26 April 2009, five members of WRI's Israeli affiliate New Profile were detained by Israeli police, their homes raided, and their computers, and also computers of partners, seized. Among those detained was also Sergeiy Sandler, a member of the WRI Council and Executive Committee. All those detained were interrogated at Ramat Hachiyal police station in the Yarkon Region of the police. After the interrogation, all five were released, but only after agreeing to bail conditions which do not allow them to contact each other in the coming thirty days.