The American woman detained along with Swedish MP Gustav Fridolin for participating in a nonviolent riot in Israel happens to be from … drum roll … Berkeley! Berkeley activist jailed in Israel.

A Bay Area peace activist is being held this weekend in an Israeli jail after her arrest during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank.

Kate Raphael of Berkeley is fighting a deportation order by the Israeli authorities, which will be heard in court Monday, according to members of three international peace groups she is involved with.

The Israeli Consulate in San Francisco could not comment on the case because of the difficulty contacting government officials during the Sabbath.

Raphael, 44, is known for her commitment to political activism and social justice. Since her high school days in Richmond, Va., she has conducted trainings on non-violence, escorted women into abortion clinics, counseled rape victims and fought for the rights of lesbians and gays.

And now she fights for the rights of those who want to execute lesbians and gays by stoning.

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