International Solidarity Movement activist Ariadna Jové (26) was released on bail today by Israeli forces, after her arrest in the early hours of Sunday morning from her home near Ramala, reports El País.

Jové, from Barcelona, and her Australian colleague, Bridgitte Chappell, sat before the Supreme Court this morning, while the defence argued that their arrest was illegal. Jové stated: “Around 2.30 on Sunday the door opened and 15 or 20 soldiers entered, pointing their weapons at us.” The soldiers raided the apartment, taking a computer, pro-Palestinian banners, ISM volunteer membership forms, and then arrested the women on the pretext that their visas had expired and took them to the Oz Unit, which deals with illegal immigration. Another Czech activist and a U.S. journalist faced the court today, but were deported. Jové and Chappell are forbidden to enter occupied territory whilst out on bail, as the Israeli government has classified them as a threat to security.

According to El Mundo, an army spokesperson stated both women had been “involved in illegal disturbances that interfered with Israeli security.”  Jové has been living in the region since August 2009. The detainment of the two women flouted the terns of the Oslo Accords since the women were arrested by Israeli forces in a designated Palestinian zone of the West Bank. The Spanish government have formally requested an explanation for Jové’s arrest from the Israeli authorities.