30 nov 2012
Occupation arrests two fishermen off Gaza shore
The Israeli naval forces detained on Thursday two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip and seized their boat.
Nizar Ayyash, head of the Gaza fishermen’s syndicate, said in a press statement that an Israeli naval ship intercepted on Thursday at noon, a Palestinian fishing boat carrying two brothers, Salim and Hassan al-Nu'man, then arrested them and took their boat to the port of Ashdod, north of the Gaza Strip.
On Wednesday, Israeli occupation naval forces opened fire on a Palestinian fishing boat in the Gaza Sea, then detained the six fishermen on board.
The detention of the fishermen is a new Israeli violation of the recent truce agreement to be added to the series occupation violations; including killing a Palestinian citizen, injuring more than thirty others in the southern Gaza Strip, and firing at a fishing boat in Gaza waters.
Nizar Ayyash, head of the Gaza fishermen’s syndicate, said in a press statement that an Israeli naval ship intercepted on Thursday at noon, a Palestinian fishing boat carrying two brothers, Salim and Hassan al-Nu'man, then arrested them and took their boat to the port of Ashdod, north of the Gaza Strip.
On Wednesday, Israeli occupation naval forces opened fire on a Palestinian fishing boat in the Gaza Sea, then detained the six fishermen on board.
The detention of the fishermen is a new Israeli violation of the recent truce agreement to be added to the series occupation violations; including killing a Palestinian citizen, injuring more than thirty others in the southern Gaza Strip, and firing at a fishing boat in Gaza waters.
UPDATE: Israel's Intelligence Places Human Rights Defender Ayman Nasser in Isolation
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association said in a press release that human rights defender Ayman Nasser "Abu Ameen" has been placed yesterday 29th November, in solitary confinement in the Majedo Israeli Prison.
The military prosecution in Ofer court issued a list of charges against human rights defender Ayman Nasser on Monday 26 November 2012. The charges include support and solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, participating in the annual Prisoner's Day on 17 April (the charges specified participation in 2011 and 2012), as well as participating in solidarity activities during hunger strikes (both collective hunger strikes and individual hunger strikes), in addition to attending a festival anniversary of Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa on 27 August 2012. The court postponed the next hearing to 3 December 2012 to consider the charges issued against Ayman.
Mahmoud Hassan, director of the Legal Unit at Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, denounces these accusations and sees them as "a desperate attempt to convict popular and official solidarity with the prisoners' issue, especially since events like Prisoner's Day and the anniversary of Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa are public occasions that are approved officially and nationally and enjoy participation from all sectors of society.
These events take place in streets and public squares, and therefore allow participation for the entire community." Hassan adds: "these attempts fall under the vigorous pursuit of the General Security Service (Shabak) to retaliate against the Palestinian people for their continued solidarity and support for prisoners rights, as well as exact retribution from Palestinian human rights organizations and limit their work that exposes the occupation's policies and its repressive inhumane procedures against prisoners and detainees."
Ayman Nasser (42 years old) was arrested at dawn on 25 October 2012 by a convoy of Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) soldiers. The IOF brought intelligence officers and police dogs to raid his house in Saffa village, and searched his home violently without taking into account the presence of Ayman's wife, Mrs. Haleema Nasser and their four children (Ameen 13 years, Naji 11 years, Nadeem 8 years, Mohammad 3 years) who were sleeping. They confiscated Ayman's personal computer, mobile phone and parts of his children's computer.
After being subjected to interrogation inside his home for over an hour, the IOF transferred Ayman to Al Moskobiyeh interrogation center in Jerusalem. Ayman spent 39 days in interrogation at Al Moskobiyeh, during which he was subjected to lengthy sessions of intensive and harsh interrogation while being shackled to a chair with his hands behind his back, and with some of the sessions lasting for more than 20 hours a day continuously.
Between interrogation sessions Ayman remained in solitary confinement in a small cell with rough grey walls, a dim yellow light and a single blanket. He was not aware at the time, but all of these measures were practiced against him in order to break him psychologically and physically. It should be noted that Ayman has several pre-existing health conditions; he suffers from severe back pain as a result of an inflammation in his spine, he also suffers from ulceration in his colon, and regularly takes five kinds of medications and pain killers.
On 22 November 2012, as part of its repression tactics, the IOF transferred Ayman from Al Moskobiyeh interrogation center to Megiddo prison and placed him in solitary confinement under inhumane life conditions, he is detained in an isolated cell, and is transported to and from court in a private vehicle. Please note that Megiddo isolation section is intended for prisoners with disciplinary sanctions imposed by the Israeli Prison Service.
This is not Ayman's first experience in Israeli prisons, he spent 6 years in Israeli prisons from 1991 to 1997.
Ayman Nasser, or "Abu Ameen," as he is fondly called by his colleagues and friends, never allowed his failing health to prevent him from fulfilling his cultural, social and educational roles. Not only is he a full-time researcher at Addameer, an organization that he has represented on many occasions, but he is also a part-time lecturer at Al Quds Open University, and was the director of the Saffa Sports Club for two consecutive terms since 2003, as well as a representative in the High National Council on Prisoners. While he was detained in Al Moskobiyeh, he was elected as a member of the Saffa Local Council, where he ran as candidate in the "United Saffa" bloc. Ayman holds a master's degree in educational psychology.
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association holds the occupation responsible for the safety of Ayman, and demands his immediate, unconditioned release. Addameer believes that the continuation of Ayman's detention by the occupation forces is a severe violation of his rights as a human rights defender and also violates the Declaration on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders of 1998.
Addameer also demands the United Nations to immediately intervene this infringement of his rights, as well as demand the occupying power to respect the rules and provisions of International Humanitarian Law and the International Bill of Human Rights. Until then, Addameer will continue to defend Palestinian political prisoners until they all see freedom.
The military prosecution in Ofer court issued a list of charges against human rights defender Ayman Nasser on Monday 26 November 2012. The charges include support and solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, participating in the annual Prisoner's Day on 17 April (the charges specified participation in 2011 and 2012), as well as participating in solidarity activities during hunger strikes (both collective hunger strikes and individual hunger strikes), in addition to attending a festival anniversary of Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa on 27 August 2012. The court postponed the next hearing to 3 December 2012 to consider the charges issued against Ayman.
Mahmoud Hassan, director of the Legal Unit at Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, denounces these accusations and sees them as "a desperate attempt to convict popular and official solidarity with the prisoners' issue, especially since events like Prisoner's Day and the anniversary of Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa are public occasions that are approved officially and nationally and enjoy participation from all sectors of society.
These events take place in streets and public squares, and therefore allow participation for the entire community." Hassan adds: "these attempts fall under the vigorous pursuit of the General Security Service (Shabak) to retaliate against the Palestinian people for their continued solidarity and support for prisoners rights, as well as exact retribution from Palestinian human rights organizations and limit their work that exposes the occupation's policies and its repressive inhumane procedures against prisoners and detainees."
Ayman Nasser (42 years old) was arrested at dawn on 25 October 2012 by a convoy of Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) soldiers. The IOF brought intelligence officers and police dogs to raid his house in Saffa village, and searched his home violently without taking into account the presence of Ayman's wife, Mrs. Haleema Nasser and their four children (Ameen 13 years, Naji 11 years, Nadeem 8 years, Mohammad 3 years) who were sleeping. They confiscated Ayman's personal computer, mobile phone and parts of his children's computer.
After being subjected to interrogation inside his home for over an hour, the IOF transferred Ayman to Al Moskobiyeh interrogation center in Jerusalem. Ayman spent 39 days in interrogation at Al Moskobiyeh, during which he was subjected to lengthy sessions of intensive and harsh interrogation while being shackled to a chair with his hands behind his back, and with some of the sessions lasting for more than 20 hours a day continuously.
Between interrogation sessions Ayman remained in solitary confinement in a small cell with rough grey walls, a dim yellow light and a single blanket. He was not aware at the time, but all of these measures were practiced against him in order to break him psychologically and physically. It should be noted that Ayman has several pre-existing health conditions; he suffers from severe back pain as a result of an inflammation in his spine, he also suffers from ulceration in his colon, and regularly takes five kinds of medications and pain killers.
On 22 November 2012, as part of its repression tactics, the IOF transferred Ayman from Al Moskobiyeh interrogation center to Megiddo prison and placed him in solitary confinement under inhumane life conditions, he is detained in an isolated cell, and is transported to and from court in a private vehicle. Please note that Megiddo isolation section is intended for prisoners with disciplinary sanctions imposed by the Israeli Prison Service.
This is not Ayman's first experience in Israeli prisons, he spent 6 years in Israeli prisons from 1991 to 1997.
Ayman Nasser, or "Abu Ameen," as he is fondly called by his colleagues and friends, never allowed his failing health to prevent him from fulfilling his cultural, social and educational roles. Not only is he a full-time researcher at Addameer, an organization that he has represented on many occasions, but he is also a part-time lecturer at Al Quds Open University, and was the director of the Saffa Sports Club for two consecutive terms since 2003, as well as a representative in the High National Council on Prisoners. While he was detained in Al Moskobiyeh, he was elected as a member of the Saffa Local Council, where he ran as candidate in the "United Saffa" bloc. Ayman holds a master's degree in educational psychology.
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association holds the occupation responsible for the safety of Ayman, and demands his immediate, unconditioned release. Addameer believes that the continuation of Ayman's detention by the occupation forces is a severe violation of his rights as a human rights defender and also violates the Declaration on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders of 1998.
Addameer also demands the United Nations to immediately intervene this infringement of his rights, as well as demand the occupying power to respect the rules and provisions of International Humanitarian Law and the International Bill of Human Rights. Until then, Addameer will continue to defend Palestinian political prisoners until they all see freedom.
Ofer prisoners threaten to escalate protest steps
Palestinian prisoners in Ofer prison threatened to step up their protests against the Israeli prison administration, and to take escalatory steps protesting the Israeli disregard of their demands.
Lawyer Jawad Boulos warned against the situation in the Ofer prison, following his visit to the prisoners in it, and said in a press statement on Thursday, that the Ofer prison administration deliberately ignored the prisoners' basic rights, leading the prisoners to think about escalatory steps.
The lawyer affirmed that an alert state still prevailed since last Friday until now in Ofer prison, where the prison administration refused to return the isolated prisoners in Ayalon.
He pointed out that the prison has witnessed a brutal assault by the prison administration last Friday after Friday prayers inside the prison, targeting the representatives of the detainees, in order to destabilize the prison.
Lawyer Jawad Boulos warned against the situation in the Ofer prison, following his visit to the prisoners in it, and said in a press statement on Thursday, that the Ofer prison administration deliberately ignored the prisoners' basic rights, leading the prisoners to think about escalatory steps.
The lawyer affirmed that an alert state still prevailed since last Friday until now in Ofer prison, where the prison administration refused to return the isolated prisoners in Ayalon.
He pointed out that the prison has witnessed a brutal assault by the prison administration last Friday after Friday prayers inside the prison, targeting the representatives of the detainees, in order to destabilize the prison.
Israeli Occupation Arrests Two Palestinians from Bethlehem
On Friday 30th November, Israeli occupation forces arrested two Palestinians from Beit Fajar village, south of Bethlehem, after being summoned to the Israeli Intelligence.
Security source said that Israeli forces arrested the two Palestinians: Osama Mohammad Takatka, 31, and NidAL Ribhi Takatka, 34, after they interviewed with the Israeli Intelligence at the Gush Etzion settlement compound, south of Bethlehem.
It's worth mentioning that Israeli Intelligence summoned the two Palestininas, a day before the Israeli forces raided their houses, and arrested them.
Security source said that Israeli forces arrested the two Palestinians: Osama Mohammad Takatka, 31, and NidAL Ribhi Takatka, 34, after they interviewed with the Israeli Intelligence at the Gush Etzion settlement compound, south of Bethlehem.
It's worth mentioning that Israeli Intelligence summoned the two Palestininas, a day before the Israeli forces raided their houses, and arrested them.
Man 'detained at Bethlehem checkpoint'
A Palestinian man was detained by Israeli forces at a checkpoint north of Bethlehem on Friday morning, a local committee representative said.
Ibrahim Khalil Ikhlayel, 22, was arrested at the container checkpoint returning to his hometown of Beit Ummar, near Hebron, popular committee spokesman Muhammad Ayad Awad said.
Ibrahim Khalil Ikhlayel, 22, was arrested at the container checkpoint returning to his hometown of Beit Ummar, near Hebron, popular committee spokesman Muhammad Ayad Awad said.
29 nov 2012
Four Palestinian prisoners go on hunger strike until their release
Four Palestinian prisoners, who were taken from their homes in the recent Israeli military arrest campaign in the West Bank, have declared they would go on hunger strike until their release.
The prisoners, all from Jenin province, were protesting their arbitrary arrest then holding them in administrative detention without trial or charge.
Jafar Ezzuddin, who was previously released from Israeli occupation jails after 56 days of hunger strike, was the first to announce he was on hunger strike demanding his release.
Another detainee, Tarek Qadan, also announced his hunger strike until his release. His sister Mona Qadan was detained a few days ago.
Two others said that they were protesting their administrative custody and would maintain their strike until their release.
The prisoners, all from Jenin province, were protesting their arbitrary arrest then holding them in administrative detention without trial or charge.
Jafar Ezzuddin, who was previously released from Israeli occupation jails after 56 days of hunger strike, was the first to announce he was on hunger strike demanding his release.
Another detainee, Tarek Qadan, also announced his hunger strike until his release. His sister Mona Qadan was detained a few days ago.
Two others said that they were protesting their administrative custody and would maintain their strike until their release.
IOF soldiers arrest four Palestinians in Al-Khalil
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up four Palestinians in Al-Khalil city and its nearby village of Yatta at dawn Thursday.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers nabbed three citizens in Al-Khalil city including a liberated prisoner who was released from occupation jails only three days ago after serving two years.
IOF soldiers arrested Mahmoud al-Amour from Yatta village, south of the city, also at dawn Thursday.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers nabbed three citizens in Al-Khalil city including a liberated prisoner who was released from occupation jails only three days ago after serving two years.
IOF soldiers arrested Mahmoud al-Amour from Yatta village, south of the city, also at dawn Thursday.
Israel charges Palestinian rights researcher
An Israeli military court has issued charges against a Palestinian human rights researcher that relate to his participation in public occasions, Addameer said Wednesday.
The list of charges refers to Ayman Nasser's involvement in the annual Prisoners Day activities in 2011 and 2012, solidarity work during prisoners' hunger strikes, and attending the anniversary of the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa, the group said.
Nasser, 42, has been working as a researcher for Addameer since 2008, and is also a part-time lecturer in social work at Al-Quds University.
He was detained in an Israeli army dawn raid on his hometown of Saffa, near Ramallah, on Oct. 15.
Addameer's legal director Mahmoud Hassan said the charges are "a desperate attempt to convict popular and official solidarity with the prisoners' issue."
He noted that the events mentioned in the charges are "public occasions that are approved officially and nationally and enjoy participation from all sectors of society.
"These events take place in streets and public squares, and therefore allow participation for the entire community."
Nasser, who suffers from ongoing spinal and colon problems, is being held in solitary confinement in between intensive interrogation sessions, Addameer said.
On Nov. 22 he was transferred from Jerusalem's Al Moskobiyeh interrogation center to Megiddo jail in northern Israel, the group said, noting that Megiddo's isolation section is used to jail prisoners with disciplinary sanctions.
Addameer said the prolongation of Nasser's detention was a "severe violation of his rights as a human rights defender," and called for his immediate release.
The list of charges refers to Ayman Nasser's involvement in the annual Prisoners Day activities in 2011 and 2012, solidarity work during prisoners' hunger strikes, and attending the anniversary of the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa, the group said.
Nasser, 42, has been working as a researcher for Addameer since 2008, and is also a part-time lecturer in social work at Al-Quds University.
He was detained in an Israeli army dawn raid on his hometown of Saffa, near Ramallah, on Oct. 15.
Addameer's legal director Mahmoud Hassan said the charges are "a desperate attempt to convict popular and official solidarity with the prisoners' issue."
He noted that the events mentioned in the charges are "public occasions that are approved officially and nationally and enjoy participation from all sectors of society.
"These events take place in streets and public squares, and therefore allow participation for the entire community."
Nasser, who suffers from ongoing spinal and colon problems, is being held in solitary confinement in between intensive interrogation sessions, Addameer said.
On Nov. 22 he was transferred from Jerusalem's Al Moskobiyeh interrogation center to Megiddo jail in northern Israel, the group said, noting that Megiddo's isolation section is used to jail prisoners with disciplinary sanctions.
Addameer said the prolongation of Nasser's detention was a "severe violation of his rights as a human rights defender," and called for his immediate release.
15 Fishermen Arrested and 6 Fishing Boats Confiscated and Destroyed
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns Israel's violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, which continue in spite of the Israeli authorities' announcement of allowing the fishermen to fish up to 6 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. PCHR calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 on the protection of civilians in times of war, to intervene to immediately stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen, and to allow them to sail and fish freely in the Gaza sea.
PCHR has been following up the progress at the Gaza sea, since the Israeli forces stopped its offensive on the Gaza Strip, from 14 to 21 November 2012, under terms of the truce deal between the Palestinian armed groups and Israel under Egyptian and international auspices. Since Thursday, 22 November 2012, the Palestinian fishermen have been able to fish within 6 nautical miles, under intense surveillance by the Israeli gunboats which were deployed near the Palestinian fishing boats. A number of fishermen have sailed up to 6 nautical miles during the past few days. They were very cautious because of the presence of the Israeli gunboats nearby, bearing in mind that the Israeli authorities did not officially announce the new fishing distance allowed for the Palestinian fishermen to access.
PCHR documented Israeli violations committed against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza sea between Thursday, 22 November 2012, (the first day of the enforcement of the truce deal) and Thursday, 29 November 2012. These violations were as follows:
· On Monday, 26 November 2012, Israeli gunboats intercepted a fishing boat while it sailed at 8 nautical miles out of the Gaza city shore. According to fisherman Amjad Ismail Ahmed al-Sherafi (38) from Gaza, at approximately 09:30, he and his brother Mohammad (34) sailed their in the Gaza waters when an Israeli gunboat intercepted him and forced him to stop at gunpoint and sail back without pulling his fishing nets out of the sea.
· At approximately 10:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli forces chased a fishing boat belonging to Murad Rajab al-Hessi, from Gaza, at nearly 6 nautical miles off the shore from Deir al-Balah. Mohammad Murad al-Hessi (39), Ahmed Murad al-Hessi (32), Murad Mohammad al-Hessi (18) and Rajab Rashad al-Hessi (36) were on board of the boat. 4 Israeli gunboats opened intensive fire at the boat, which caused damage to the boat. The Israeli soldiers then ordered the fishermen to jump into the water and swim towards the
· gunboat. They were all arrested and interrogated at gunpoint. 3 hours later, 4 of them were released. However, Mohammad Murad al-Hessi remains in detention. In addition, the boat still remains confiscated.
· At approximately 08:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened intense and direct fire at a Palestinian fishing boat, belonging to Khader Jamal Baker (20), from Gaza, while he sailed at 3.5 nautical miles. As a result, the fishing boat was destroyed. Baker was arrested by Israeli soldiers who interrogated with him at gunpoint for 3 hours before releasing him.
· At approximately 11:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened intense fire at a Palestinian fishing boat with 3 fishermen on board, belonging to Wafdi Suheil Baker (24), from Gaza, while sailing at 5 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. As a result of the shooting, the engine of the boat was damaged. The soldiers subsequently arrested the three fishermen, who were identified as: Wafdi Suheil Baker (24), Khaled Suheil Baker (20) and Mohammad Suheil Baker (18), all from Gaza.
· At approximately 12:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened fire directly and intensively at two Palestinian fishing boats belonging to Mohammad Najib Baker (60) and Tal'at Kamel Baker (22), both from Gaza, while they sailed at 3 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. As a result of the shooting, both boats were damaged.
· At approximately 10:15 on Thursday, 29 November 2012, Israeli naval forces stationed off the Beit Lahia shore intercepted a fishing boat with 6 fishermen on board, belonging to Fahed Ziad Baker (38), from Gaza, while sailing at approximately 5 nautical miles off the Beit Lahia shore, in the northern Gaza Strip. The soldiers arrested the fishermen and investigated with them aboard the Israeli gunboat at gunpoint. Until now the fishermen remain in detention. The arrested fishermen were identified as:
Fahed Ziad Baker (38),
Ihab Jawad Baker (36),
Mohammad Ziad Baker (32),
Nai'm Fahed Baker (16),
Ziad Faged Baker (18) and
Ali Alaa Baker (18).
In light of the above, PCHR:
1. Condemns the continued Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza sea, and calls upon Israel to immediately stop its policy of chasing and arresting Palestinian fishermen, and to allow them to sail and fish freely;
2. Believes that the violations committed against the Palestinian fishermen within the 6 nautical miles limit proves false the Israeli claims of permitting the fishermen to fish at 6 nautical miles freely;
3. Calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 on the protection of civilians in times of war, to intervene to immediately stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen, and to allow them to sail and fish freely in the Gaza sea.
PCHR has been following up the progress at the Gaza sea, since the Israeli forces stopped its offensive on the Gaza Strip, from 14 to 21 November 2012, under terms of the truce deal between the Palestinian armed groups and Israel under Egyptian and international auspices. Since Thursday, 22 November 2012, the Palestinian fishermen have been able to fish within 6 nautical miles, under intense surveillance by the Israeli gunboats which were deployed near the Palestinian fishing boats. A number of fishermen have sailed up to 6 nautical miles during the past few days. They were very cautious because of the presence of the Israeli gunboats nearby, bearing in mind that the Israeli authorities did not officially announce the new fishing distance allowed for the Palestinian fishermen to access.
PCHR documented Israeli violations committed against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza sea between Thursday, 22 November 2012, (the first day of the enforcement of the truce deal) and Thursday, 29 November 2012. These violations were as follows:
· On Monday, 26 November 2012, Israeli gunboats intercepted a fishing boat while it sailed at 8 nautical miles out of the Gaza city shore. According to fisherman Amjad Ismail Ahmed al-Sherafi (38) from Gaza, at approximately 09:30, he and his brother Mohammad (34) sailed their in the Gaza waters when an Israeli gunboat intercepted him and forced him to stop at gunpoint and sail back without pulling his fishing nets out of the sea.
· At approximately 10:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli forces chased a fishing boat belonging to Murad Rajab al-Hessi, from Gaza, at nearly 6 nautical miles off the shore from Deir al-Balah. Mohammad Murad al-Hessi (39), Ahmed Murad al-Hessi (32), Murad Mohammad al-Hessi (18) and Rajab Rashad al-Hessi (36) were on board of the boat. 4 Israeli gunboats opened intensive fire at the boat, which caused damage to the boat. The Israeli soldiers then ordered the fishermen to jump into the water and swim towards the
· gunboat. They were all arrested and interrogated at gunpoint. 3 hours later, 4 of them were released. However, Mohammad Murad al-Hessi remains in detention. In addition, the boat still remains confiscated.
· At approximately 08:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened intense and direct fire at a Palestinian fishing boat, belonging to Khader Jamal Baker (20), from Gaza, while he sailed at 3.5 nautical miles. As a result, the fishing boat was destroyed. Baker was arrested by Israeli soldiers who interrogated with him at gunpoint for 3 hours before releasing him.
· At approximately 11:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened intense fire at a Palestinian fishing boat with 3 fishermen on board, belonging to Wafdi Suheil Baker (24), from Gaza, while sailing at 5 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. As a result of the shooting, the engine of the boat was damaged. The soldiers subsequently arrested the three fishermen, who were identified as: Wafdi Suheil Baker (24), Khaled Suheil Baker (20) and Mohammad Suheil Baker (18), all from Gaza.
· At approximately 12:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened fire directly and intensively at two Palestinian fishing boats belonging to Mohammad Najib Baker (60) and Tal'at Kamel Baker (22), both from Gaza, while they sailed at 3 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. As a result of the shooting, both boats were damaged.
· At approximately 10:15 on Thursday, 29 November 2012, Israeli naval forces stationed off the Beit Lahia shore intercepted a fishing boat with 6 fishermen on board, belonging to Fahed Ziad Baker (38), from Gaza, while sailing at approximately 5 nautical miles off the Beit Lahia shore, in the northern Gaza Strip. The soldiers arrested the fishermen and investigated with them aboard the Israeli gunboat at gunpoint. Until now the fishermen remain in detention. The arrested fishermen were identified as:
Fahed Ziad Baker (38),
Ihab Jawad Baker (36),
Mohammad Ziad Baker (32),
Nai'm Fahed Baker (16),
Ziad Faged Baker (18) and
Ali Alaa Baker (18).
In light of the above, PCHR:
1. Condemns the continued Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza sea, and calls upon Israel to immediately stop its policy of chasing and arresting Palestinian fishermen, and to allow them to sail and fish freely;
2. Believes that the violations committed against the Palestinian fishermen within the 6 nautical miles limit proves false the Israeli claims of permitting the fishermen to fish at 6 nautical miles freely;
3. Calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 on the protection of civilians in times of war, to intervene to immediately stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen, and to allow them to sail and fish freely in the Gaza sea.
28 nov 2012
Sick prisoners complain of miserable conditions at Ramla prison hospital
Two sick Palestinian prisoners, transferred recently to the Israeli Ramle prison hospital, complained about the bad treatment they face by the Israeli jailers despite their deteriorated health condition.
Hussam Association for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners stated in a statement issued, on Wednesday, that the two prisoners Iyad Alwan, from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, and Mahmoud Sabra, from Salfit city, have sent a letter to the association reporting the Israeli inhuman treatment in Ramla prison hospital.
The letter stated that the prisoner Iyad Alwan, sentenced to 10 years, suffers from heart and kidney disease, and the prisoner Mahmoud Sabra, sentenced to 12 years, suffers from nerve damage and headaches, were both transferred last Friday to receive treatment in Ramla prison hospital, where they were subjected to a torrent of insults and bad treatment from the Israeli officers and prison guards, and threatened with death directly by the director of the prison, and then dumped in an isolated room deprived of water and electricity.
The prisoners pointed out in the letter that they were served eggs with has turned red which they suspected to be poisoned food, in addition to moldy yogurt. They protested to the prison director against this measure but the director insulted them and said that they are terrorists and do not deserve to live and must be killed. He threatened to take revenge on them, adding “let the resistance help you then,” in reference the resistance in the Gaza Strip which gave the Israeli occupation a bloody nose in the recent aggression on Gaza.
The prisoners said that the prison director admitted that he has in stock rotten eggs and other foods that have expired and tried to give excuses for that. At this point the prisoners refused to be treated at such a hospital and asked to be returned to Nafha prison where they informed the prisoners' representatives about the bad treatment they were subjected to.
The prisoners' representatives in Nafha prison decided to complain against the director of Ramla prison, and to raise a lawsuit against the Department of Ramla prison hospital to prosecute those involved in this heinous crime.
For its part, Hossem association called on the Ministry of Prisoners 'Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Association and all human rights organizations to respond immediately to the prisoners' demands and to stand firm against this new crime.
The association appealed to "the Palestinian people with all its factions and parties to intervene immediately and support the prisoners' issue and to organize solidarity events and activities with the prisoners' demands and to protest against this heinous crime and to send a letter to the occupation authorities that the Palestinian people stand united behind the Palestinian prisoners.
Hussam Association for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners stated in a statement issued, on Wednesday, that the two prisoners Iyad Alwan, from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, and Mahmoud Sabra, from Salfit city, have sent a letter to the association reporting the Israeli inhuman treatment in Ramla prison hospital.
The letter stated that the prisoner Iyad Alwan, sentenced to 10 years, suffers from heart and kidney disease, and the prisoner Mahmoud Sabra, sentenced to 12 years, suffers from nerve damage and headaches, were both transferred last Friday to receive treatment in Ramla prison hospital, where they were subjected to a torrent of insults and bad treatment from the Israeli officers and prison guards, and threatened with death directly by the director of the prison, and then dumped in an isolated room deprived of water and electricity.
The prisoners pointed out in the letter that they were served eggs with has turned red which they suspected to be poisoned food, in addition to moldy yogurt. They protested to the prison director against this measure but the director insulted them and said that they are terrorists and do not deserve to live and must be killed. He threatened to take revenge on them, adding “let the resistance help you then,” in reference the resistance in the Gaza Strip which gave the Israeli occupation a bloody nose in the recent aggression on Gaza.
The prisoners said that the prison director admitted that he has in stock rotten eggs and other foods that have expired and tried to give excuses for that. At this point the prisoners refused to be treated at such a hospital and asked to be returned to Nafha prison where they informed the prisoners' representatives about the bad treatment they were subjected to.
The prisoners' representatives in Nafha prison decided to complain against the director of Ramla prison, and to raise a lawsuit against the Department of Ramla prison hospital to prosecute those involved in this heinous crime.
For its part, Hossem association called on the Ministry of Prisoners 'Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Association and all human rights organizations to respond immediately to the prisoners' demands and to stand firm against this new crime.
The association appealed to "the Palestinian people with all its factions and parties to intervene immediately and support the prisoners' issue and to organize solidarity events and activities with the prisoners' demands and to protest against this heinous crime and to send a letter to the occupation authorities that the Palestinian people stand united behind the Palestinian prisoners.
Jerusalemites stage solidarity sit-in with hunger strikers
National and Islamic forces in occupied Jerusalem organized a sit-in on Wednesday in solidarity with Palestinian detainees who have been on hunger strike for months.
Participants raised photos of hunger strikers Ayman Sharawne and Samer Issawi who have been on hunger strike for 150 and 120 days respectively.
The Israeli occupation authorities re-arrested Sharawne and Issawi shortly after their release in accordance with the prisoners exchange deal between Hamas and Israel.
The IOA showed complete disregard to the lives of both detainees and refused their just demands for freedom.
Israeli police patrols passed in front of the sit-in organized at the Red Cross office in occupied Jerusalem in a provocative manner and policemen tried to arrest some of the participants but the masses roared in protest and prevented them from arresting anyone.
Prisoners' center calls for supporting hunger strikers
Palestinian center for prisoners' studies considered supporting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, particularly the hunger strikers, a legitimate national and moral duty.
The Media Director the center, researcher Riad al-Ashqar, called for launching a wide campaign in solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners, before it is too late.
Ashqar noted that the prisoner Ayman Sharawna, on hunger strike since 151 days, and the prisoner Samer al-Issawi, on hunger strike since 121 days, are exposed to a serious danger and suffer from a seriously deteriorated health status.
He also denounced the world silence towards their cause, which encouraged the occupation to continue to neglect their lives and ignore their just demands to be released.
The Center urged for activating the issue of the striking prisoners to raise the world's awareness about its importance and seriousness.
It also called for organizing events that would put pressure the occupation, as well as the Egyptian side which sponsored the Wafa Ahrar deal, to make real efforts to release the hunger strikers from the Israeli jails.
Participants raised photos of hunger strikers Ayman Sharawne and Samer Issawi who have been on hunger strike for 150 and 120 days respectively.
The Israeli occupation authorities re-arrested Sharawne and Issawi shortly after their release in accordance with the prisoners exchange deal between Hamas and Israel.
The IOA showed complete disregard to the lives of both detainees and refused their just demands for freedom.
Israeli police patrols passed in front of the sit-in organized at the Red Cross office in occupied Jerusalem in a provocative manner and policemen tried to arrest some of the participants but the masses roared in protest and prevented them from arresting anyone.
Prisoners' center calls for supporting hunger strikers
Palestinian center for prisoners' studies considered supporting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, particularly the hunger strikers, a legitimate national and moral duty.
The Media Director the center, researcher Riad al-Ashqar, called for launching a wide campaign in solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners, before it is too late.
Ashqar noted that the prisoner Ayman Sharawna, on hunger strike since 151 days, and the prisoner Samer al-Issawi, on hunger strike since 121 days, are exposed to a serious danger and suffer from a seriously deteriorated health status.
He also denounced the world silence towards their cause, which encouraged the occupation to continue to neglect their lives and ignore their just demands to be released.
The Center urged for activating the issue of the striking prisoners to raise the world's awareness about its importance and seriousness.
It also called for organizing events that would put pressure the occupation, as well as the Egyptian side which sponsored the Wafa Ahrar deal, to make real efforts to release the hunger strikers from the Israeli jails.
IOF arrests 11 Palestinian civilians in West Bank
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested at dawn today 11 citizens in the occupied West Bank, and took them to an unknown destination. The Hebrew radio said this morning, that five of the detainees were from the city of al-Khalil, and the rest of them from different parts in the West Bank.
Local sources in al-Khalil said that the occupation troops arrested two brothers from the city, and transferred them to an unknown destination. They also detained two liberated captives one of whom had, earlier, served more than three years in Israeli jails.
The IOF also arrested two young men from Beit Fajar, south of Bethlehem, and from Qaryut in Nablus, and summoned two others to the intelligence headquarters.
For its part; the Hebrew "Walla" news website quoted Israeli police sources as saying that they arrested, last night, two youths from the town of Ramah, after finding a pistol and ammunition in their car, and that the Israeli police is scheduled to demand the Magistrate's Court in Nazareth to extend their detention.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, and raided and searched a number of houses in the Eastern and Western province, informed sources confirmed to PIC's correspondent.
Other sources also said that the IOF broke into the Balata refugee camp and carried out arrests.
The Israeli soldiers have erected a checkpoint at the Asira crossroad, and hampered the passage of vehicles through it.
Local sources in al-Khalil said that the occupation troops arrested two brothers from the city, and transferred them to an unknown destination. They also detained two liberated captives one of whom had, earlier, served more than three years in Israeli jails.
The IOF also arrested two young men from Beit Fajar, south of Bethlehem, and from Qaryut in Nablus, and summoned two others to the intelligence headquarters.
For its part; the Hebrew "Walla" news website quoted Israeli police sources as saying that they arrested, last night, two youths from the town of Ramah, after finding a pistol and ammunition in their car, and that the Israeli police is scheduled to demand the Magistrate's Court in Nazareth to extend their detention.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, and raided and searched a number of houses in the Eastern and Western province, informed sources confirmed to PIC's correspondent.
Other sources also said that the IOF broke into the Balata refugee camp and carried out arrests.
The Israeli soldiers have erected a checkpoint at the Asira crossroad, and hampered the passage of vehicles through it.
Israeli Authorities Transfer Three Prisoners to Administrative Detention
On Tuesday 28th November, Israeli authorities transferred three prisoners from Araba and Qabatiya villages in Jenin to administrative detention.
Israeli authorities sentenced the three prisoners: Ja'far Ibrahim Izz al-Deen, 38, Tareq Hussein Gadan , 40, from Araba village and Saleh Kamel, 44, from Qabatiya village to three months in administrative detention.
Israeli authorities sentenced the three prisoners: Ja'far Ibrahim Izz al-Deen, 38, Tareq Hussein Gadan , 40, from Araba village and Saleh Kamel, 44, from Qabatiya village to three months in administrative detention.
Israel's navy arrests 9 fishermen off Gaza coast
Israeli forces detained nine fishermen off Gaza's north coast on Wednesday, a local official said.
The head of Gaza's fishing association, Mahfouth al-Kabriti, told Ma'an that Israel's navy opened fire at two Palestinian fishing boats six miles off the coast.
The navy then seized both boats and detained nine fishermen, al-Kabriti added. The boats belong to Murad al-Hassi and the Baker family.
An Israeli army spokesman said that two fishing boats deviated from the designated fishing area and after failing to respond to calls to stop, were apprehended by Israel's navy.
The passengers were taken for questioning in the Israeli city of Ashdod, he added.
As part of a ceasefire to end Israel's recent eight-day war on Gaza, Israel agreed to allow fishermen to sail six nautical miles off the coast of Gaza instead of three, which had been the limit under Israel's siege
In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza's coast but it has imposed a 3-mile limit for several years, opening fire at fishermen who strayed further.
Israel has controlled Gaza waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has kept several warships stationed off the coast since 2008.
Waed: Attacking fishermen at sea an act of piracy
The Waed society catering for prisoners charged that the Israeli navy abduction of eight Palestinian fishermen off the shore of Gaza on Wednesday afternoon constituted an act of piracy.
It said in a statement that the Israeli gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at two fishing boats until they capsized then took away the eight fishermen five of them of one family and the three others from another family, who were on board the boats.
The society said that the fishermen were working to earn their livelihood, and added that the Israeli act of piracy reflected the blind hatred of the Israeli occupation forces who were trying to vent their anger over their defeat in Gaza.
The society asked Egypt, in its capacity as the patron of the calm agreement between Israel and Palestinian resistance factions that allowed fishermen to fish in the range of six nautical miles off shore instead of three, to intervene and curb the Israeli violations of the agreement.
The head of Gaza's fishing association, Mahfouth al-Kabriti, told Ma'an that Israel's navy opened fire at two Palestinian fishing boats six miles off the coast.
The navy then seized both boats and detained nine fishermen, al-Kabriti added. The boats belong to Murad al-Hassi and the Baker family.
An Israeli army spokesman said that two fishing boats deviated from the designated fishing area and after failing to respond to calls to stop, were apprehended by Israel's navy.
The passengers were taken for questioning in the Israeli city of Ashdod, he added.
As part of a ceasefire to end Israel's recent eight-day war on Gaza, Israel agreed to allow fishermen to sail six nautical miles off the coast of Gaza instead of three, which had been the limit under Israel's siege
In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza's coast but it has imposed a 3-mile limit for several years, opening fire at fishermen who strayed further.
Israel has controlled Gaza waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has kept several warships stationed off the coast since 2008.
Waed: Attacking fishermen at sea an act of piracy
The Waed society catering for prisoners charged that the Israeli navy abduction of eight Palestinian fishermen off the shore of Gaza on Wednesday afternoon constituted an act of piracy.
It said in a statement that the Israeli gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at two fishing boats until they capsized then took away the eight fishermen five of them of one family and the three others from another family, who were on board the boats.
The society said that the fishermen were working to earn their livelihood, and added that the Israeli act of piracy reflected the blind hatred of the Israeli occupation forces who were trying to vent their anger over their defeat in Gaza.
The society asked Egypt, in its capacity as the patron of the calm agreement between Israel and Palestinian resistance factions that allowed fishermen to fish in the range of six nautical miles off shore instead of three, to intervene and curb the Israeli violations of the agreement.
Occupation renews former minister's administrative detention for 4th time
The Israeli occupation authorities extended the administrative detention of Wasfi Kabaha, former Minister of prisoners’ affairs and leader in Hamas movement from the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.
Kabaha's wife said in a press statement on Wednesday that the prison administration of Hadarim, where her husband has been held, informed him about the decision to renew his administrative decision, issued by the Ofer court, for an additional six months.
She pointed out that the administrative detention of her husband, who had been arrested in June last year, has been renewed 4 consecutive times
She also reported that leader Wasfi Kabha, 53, suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, and that he had spent ten years in the occupation jails as he was repeatedly detained over the past two decades.
Kabaha's wife said in a press statement on Wednesday that the prison administration of Hadarim, where her husband has been held, informed him about the decision to renew his administrative decision, issued by the Ofer court, for an additional six months.
She pointed out that the administrative detention of her husband, who had been arrested in June last year, has been renewed 4 consecutive times
She also reported that leader Wasfi Kabha, 53, suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, and that he had spent ten years in the occupation jails as he was repeatedly detained over the past two decades.
IOA renews MP Rajoub's administrative detention for the fifth time
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) renewed on Tuesday afternoon the administrative detention of MP Sheikh Nayef Rajoub, affiliated to the Change and Reform Bloc and former Minister of Awqaf, for the fifth time in a row.
According to his wife, Sheikh Rajoub informed her by telephone that the Negev prison administration turned him again to administrative detention without setting the period.
Sheikh Rajoub was transferred on Sunday to the Ofer detention center where he was subjected to interrogation by the Israeli intelligence and then returned to the Negev prison without informing him of their decision. He was then informed of the extension decision by Negev prison administration.
Rajoub received assurances from the Israeli prosecutor through his lawyer at the fourth extension that there was no intention to extend his detention further, but the prosecutor reneged on his word.
The occupation authorities arrested Sheikh Rajoub in January 2010 and extended his administrative detention four times in a row for six months and he was expected to be released on Wednesday.
MP Rajoub spent six years and four months in Israeli jails since he was elected to the Legislative Council in early 2006.
MP Rajoub served as minister of endowments in the tenth government since the beginning of 2006.
According to his wife, Sheikh Rajoub informed her by telephone that the Negev prison administration turned him again to administrative detention without setting the period.
Sheikh Rajoub was transferred on Sunday to the Ofer detention center where he was subjected to interrogation by the Israeli intelligence and then returned to the Negev prison without informing him of their decision. He was then informed of the extension decision by Negev prison administration.
Rajoub received assurances from the Israeli prosecutor through his lawyer at the fourth extension that there was no intention to extend his detention further, but the prosecutor reneged on his word.
The occupation authorities arrested Sheikh Rajoub in January 2010 and extended his administrative detention four times in a row for six months and he was expected to be released on Wednesday.
MP Rajoub spent six years and four months in Israeli jails since he was elected to the Legislative Council in early 2006.
MP Rajoub served as minister of endowments in the tenth government since the beginning of 2006.
IOF arrests 3 youths after clashes in the Sawwanah neighborhood
Clashes erupted on Tuesday evening between Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and Palestinian youths in the neighborhood of Sawwanah in occupied Jerusalem and resulted in the arrest of 3 citizens from the neighborhood.
The residents of the Sawwanah neighborhood stated that the clashes broke out after a raid carried out in the neighborhood by an Israeli force from the intelligence service, Special Forces and border guards in order to arrest two boys and a youth, after they threw stones at a police car in the area in the afternoon.
The youths threw stones and fireworks towards the occupation troops which responded by using stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the youths.
The residents said that the IOF arrested the two boys while playing in a park in the area, and surrounded two areas in the neighborhood of Sawwanah.
Meanwhile, an Israeli court issued a decision to detain two other youth from the town of Silwan south of Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Monday.
Jerusalemite sources said that the Israeli Central Court sentenced the two young men to actual imprisonment for ten months under the pretext of their involvement in the clashes that had earlier erupted in the town of Silwan.
The sources added that the Israeli authorities have also extended the arrest of five other Palestinian youths.
Israeli Occupation Forces detained three Jerusalemites during clashes
Jerusalem. On Tuesday night the Israeli occupation forces detained three Jerusalemites among them youths, during clashed that sparked in the neighborhood of Silwan, East of Jerusalem.
The official Palestinian news agency “Wafa” quoted sources from the Information Center in Wadi Helwe that the prisoners are Mahmoud Abu Lafi (14years old), Muntasir Abu Asseb (15 years old)and Iyad Al-Imam (35 years old).
Sources added that the clashed broke out in the neighborhood, after a raid by intelligence and special forces, and the so-called Border Forces, with the aim of detaining youths with the accusation of throwing stones at the Israeli Police car this afternoon.
They also reported that the Israeli occupation forces sealed off the area around the Hotel “Commodore” and also the entrance to “Al-Fauqa” in the district of Swaneh, using sound bombs and rubber bullets to disperse the youths who responded by throwing stones at the soldiers.
The residents of the Sawwanah neighborhood stated that the clashes broke out after a raid carried out in the neighborhood by an Israeli force from the intelligence service, Special Forces and border guards in order to arrest two boys and a youth, after they threw stones at a police car in the area in the afternoon.
The youths threw stones and fireworks towards the occupation troops which responded by using stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the youths.
The residents said that the IOF arrested the two boys while playing in a park in the area, and surrounded two areas in the neighborhood of Sawwanah.
Meanwhile, an Israeli court issued a decision to detain two other youth from the town of Silwan south of Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Monday.
Jerusalemite sources said that the Israeli Central Court sentenced the two young men to actual imprisonment for ten months under the pretext of their involvement in the clashes that had earlier erupted in the town of Silwan.
The sources added that the Israeli authorities have also extended the arrest of five other Palestinian youths.
Israeli Occupation Forces detained three Jerusalemites during clashes
Jerusalem. On Tuesday night the Israeli occupation forces detained three Jerusalemites among them youths, during clashed that sparked in the neighborhood of Silwan, East of Jerusalem.
The official Palestinian news agency “Wafa” quoted sources from the Information Center in Wadi Helwe that the prisoners are Mahmoud Abu Lafi (14years old), Muntasir Abu Asseb (15 years old)and Iyad Al-Imam (35 years old).
Sources added that the clashed broke out in the neighborhood, after a raid by intelligence and special forces, and the so-called Border Forces, with the aim of detaining youths with the accusation of throwing stones at the Israeli Police car this afternoon.
They also reported that the Israeli occupation forces sealed off the area around the Hotel “Commodore” and also the entrance to “Al-Fauqa” in the district of Swaneh, using sound bombs and rubber bullets to disperse the youths who responded by throwing stones at the soldiers.
27 nov 2012
IOF arrests 23 citizens in occupied West Bank and Jerusalem
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Tuesday morning 23 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank cities and Jerusalem, after breaking into their homes, including six Jerusalemite children.
Human rights and media sources revealed that the Israeli occupation forces raided yesterday evening, several Palestinian cities and towns in the northern West Bank (Nablus, Tubas, Qalqilya, Tulkarem) and arrested 13 citizens.
They also raided other cities in the southern West Bank (Bethlehem, al-Khalil) and arrested three citizens. While Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli forces stationed at the Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus arrested at least one citizen after seizing his car.
In the district of Nablus, the occupation forces stormed the village of Sebastia, north of the city, in the early morning hours of Monday, and arrested seven young men from the village and took them to unknown destination.
A number of villagers told PIC correspondent that the IOF entered the village at dawn, raided and searched a number of houses, then arrested 7 youths aged between 19 and 22 years. Most of them are affiliate with the popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
In the occupied city of Jerusalem, the IOF arrested 6 children aged between 13 and 14 years from the Silwan neighborhood in Ras al-Amud, local sources told PIC reporter.
The detainees' families confirmed that the children Hassan Ayyad and Fakhri Jamal were arrested near their houses in Ras al-Amud neighborhood and the rest were arrested after raiding their homes.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center confirmed that Israeli police arrested 15 children on Monday evening a number of them were released.
Meanwhile, the IOF launched on Monday evening raids in many places south of Jenin, during which they conducted military training and set up ambushes.
Eyewitnesses said to PIC correspondent in the city that the Israeli forces stormed the town of Jaba, south of Jenin, and took positions in the vicinity of the municipal council, before closing the village's entrances, and conducted extensive military training and operations between the olive groves, with the participation of a helicopter in the night hours.
PIC correspondent also reported that the occupation forces raided the neighboring town of Fandaqumiya, and carried out combing operations in the area between Jaba and Fandaqumiya, no arrests were reported.
Local sources also pointed to the clashes that erupted yesterday evening in village of Zbobah west of Jenin after storming the town by IOF.
Israeli forces arrest 14 in West Bank
Israeli forces arrested fourteen people overnight Monday, Israel's army and locals said.
Soldiers raided several houses in the Nablus village of Sabastiya, arresting seven people, Ma'an's reporter said.
Yazan Mutasem Aliwi, 20, Mahdi Muhammad Ghazal, 20, Walid Alaa Mikhaymar, 21, Raja Ahmad Shehadeh, 20, his brother Wadji, 20, Naem Shehadeh, 20, and Baha Muhammad al-Shaer, 22, were identified by locals as those detained.
In Hebron, Israeli forces arrested Mahmoud Khalil al-Amour, 38, Fayez Mahmoud Khmeis Baradyeh, Issam Suliman Hassan al-Atawneh, 33, and Ahmad Bader Abu Ali, 34, witnesses said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said seven people were detained in Sabastiya, four in Hebron, one in Tulkarem, and two in al-Eizariya.
Human rights and media sources revealed that the Israeli occupation forces raided yesterday evening, several Palestinian cities and towns in the northern West Bank (Nablus, Tubas, Qalqilya, Tulkarem) and arrested 13 citizens.
They also raided other cities in the southern West Bank (Bethlehem, al-Khalil) and arrested three citizens. While Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli forces stationed at the Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus arrested at least one citizen after seizing his car.
In the district of Nablus, the occupation forces stormed the village of Sebastia, north of the city, in the early morning hours of Monday, and arrested seven young men from the village and took them to unknown destination.
A number of villagers told PIC correspondent that the IOF entered the village at dawn, raided and searched a number of houses, then arrested 7 youths aged between 19 and 22 years. Most of them are affiliate with the popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
In the occupied city of Jerusalem, the IOF arrested 6 children aged between 13 and 14 years from the Silwan neighborhood in Ras al-Amud, local sources told PIC reporter.
The detainees' families confirmed that the children Hassan Ayyad and Fakhri Jamal were arrested near their houses in Ras al-Amud neighborhood and the rest were arrested after raiding their homes.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center confirmed that Israeli police arrested 15 children on Monday evening a number of them were released.
Meanwhile, the IOF launched on Monday evening raids in many places south of Jenin, during which they conducted military training and set up ambushes.
Eyewitnesses said to PIC correspondent in the city that the Israeli forces stormed the town of Jaba, south of Jenin, and took positions in the vicinity of the municipal council, before closing the village's entrances, and conducted extensive military training and operations between the olive groves, with the participation of a helicopter in the night hours.
PIC correspondent also reported that the occupation forces raided the neighboring town of Fandaqumiya, and carried out combing operations in the area between Jaba and Fandaqumiya, no arrests were reported.
Local sources also pointed to the clashes that erupted yesterday evening in village of Zbobah west of Jenin after storming the town by IOF.
Israeli forces arrest 14 in West Bank
Israeli forces arrested fourteen people overnight Monday, Israel's army and locals said.
Soldiers raided several houses in the Nablus village of Sabastiya, arresting seven people, Ma'an's reporter said.
Yazan Mutasem Aliwi, 20, Mahdi Muhammad Ghazal, 20, Walid Alaa Mikhaymar, 21, Raja Ahmad Shehadeh, 20, his brother Wadji, 20, Naem Shehadeh, 20, and Baha Muhammad al-Shaer, 22, were identified by locals as those detained.
In Hebron, Israeli forces arrested Mahmoud Khalil al-Amour, 38, Fayez Mahmoud Khmeis Baradyeh, Issam Suliman Hassan al-Atawneh, 33, and Ahmad Bader Abu Ali, 34, witnesses said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said seven people were detained in Sabastiya, four in Hebron, one in Tulkarem, and two in al-Eizariya.
IOA sentences two MPs, 20 others to administrative detention
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) sentenced 22 Palestinian detainees to administrative detention, including two Hamas lawmakers, on Tuesday.
Osama Makbul, a lawyer with the international Tadamun foundation for human rights, said that the Israeli military commander in the West Bank ordered the detention of those 22 detainees at the request of the Shabak.
He said that MPs Yasser Mansour, from Nablus, and Emad Nofal, from Qalqilia, were among those ordered under administrative custody, without trial or charge, for six months. He added that both were arrested from their homes three days earlier for participating in pro-Gaza activities.
The lawyer said that the other detainees were from various West Bank areas including Jenin, Al-Khalil, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Salfit, Jerusalem, and Qalqilia and were sentenced from three to six months administrative imprisonment.
The foundation had warned a couple of days ago that the Israeli military prosecution was planning to demand the administrative detention of 30 Palestinian detainees for participating in pro-Gaza rallies and marches, a thing that happened over the past 24 hours.
IOA holds three detainees in administrative custody
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) informed three detainees from Al-Khalil province that they would be held in administrative detention for four months.
Special sources told the PIC that the Ofer prison administration informed the three detainees of the decision on Tuesday morning.
They pointed out that one of them, Mohammed Al-Qawasme, is a brother of two martyrs, two prisoners, and two liberated prisoners who were deported to the Gaza Strip.
The IOA held more than 100 detainees in administrative detention during its war on the Gaza Strip. Observers explained that the move reflected IOA anger over its failure in the aggression.
Osama Makbul, a lawyer with the international Tadamun foundation for human rights, said that the Israeli military commander in the West Bank ordered the detention of those 22 detainees at the request of the Shabak.
He said that MPs Yasser Mansour, from Nablus, and Emad Nofal, from Qalqilia, were among those ordered under administrative custody, without trial or charge, for six months. He added that both were arrested from their homes three days earlier for participating in pro-Gaza activities.
The lawyer said that the other detainees were from various West Bank areas including Jenin, Al-Khalil, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Salfit, Jerusalem, and Qalqilia and were sentenced from three to six months administrative imprisonment.
The foundation had warned a couple of days ago that the Israeli military prosecution was planning to demand the administrative detention of 30 Palestinian detainees for participating in pro-Gaza rallies and marches, a thing that happened over the past 24 hours.
IOA holds three detainees in administrative custody
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) informed three detainees from Al-Khalil province that they would be held in administrative detention for four months.
Special sources told the PIC that the Ofer prison administration informed the three detainees of the decision on Tuesday morning.
They pointed out that one of them, Mohammed Al-Qawasme, is a brother of two martyrs, two prisoners, and two liberated prisoners who were deported to the Gaza Strip.
The IOA held more than 100 detainees in administrative detention during its war on the Gaza Strip. Observers explained that the move reflected IOA anger over its failure in the aggression.
The Israeli court sentences the leader Jaber Abu Alya to 19 years
The Israeli military court in Ofer detention center sentenced the Qassam leader Jaber Hussein Jaber Abu Alya, 55, to 19 years and a fine of 12,000 shekels, about three thousand dollars.
The family of Abu Alya told PIC reporter that the court charged him with shooting and wounding an Israeli soldier in 2009. "The administration of Ofer prison has transferred Sheikh Abu Alya to Nafha prison after sentencing him," the family added.
Sheikh Jaber Abu Alya is one of the first founders of Qassam Brigades, he spent 22 years in Israeli jails in 7 different detention centers. He was also arrested in 2009 by PA intelligence in Ramallah for 6 months, during which he was subjected to harsh and severe torture.
The leader Abu Alya is from the village of al-Mogayer to the northeast of the city of Ramallah, he is married and the father of six sons and two daughters.
The family of Abu Alya told PIC reporter that the court charged him with shooting and wounding an Israeli soldier in 2009. "The administration of Ofer prison has transferred Sheikh Abu Alya to Nafha prison after sentencing him," the family added.
Sheikh Jaber Abu Alya is one of the first founders of Qassam Brigades, he spent 22 years in Israeli jails in 7 different detention centers. He was also arrested in 2009 by PA intelligence in Ramallah for 6 months, during which he was subjected to harsh and severe torture.
The leader Abu Alya is from the village of al-Mogayer to the northeast of the city of Ramallah, he is married and the father of six sons and two daughters.
Six Palestinian children arrested in occupied Jerusalem
Israeli occupation forces arrested six Palestinian children in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem, local sources said.
The sources told the PIC reporter on Tuesday that the children are in the age category of 13 to 14 years old.
Inhabitants said that four of the detainees were taken from their homes after storming them while the remaining two were detained while standing near their homes.
The Wadi Hilwa information center said that the Israeli authorities rounded up 15 children in occupied Jerusalem on Monday night and released some of them later on.
The sources told the PIC reporter on Tuesday that the children are in the age category of 13 to 14 years old.
Inhabitants said that four of the detainees were taken from their homes after storming them while the remaining two were detained while standing near their homes.
The Wadi Hilwa information center said that the Israeli authorities rounded up 15 children in occupied Jerusalem on Monday night and released some of them later on.
Sharawne, Issawi appeal for Egypt to save their lives
Hunger strikers Ayman Sharawne and Samer Issawi have sent an urgent appeal to Egypt from their hospital beds in Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center asking for its immediate intervention to save their lives.
They said, addressing Egypt in its capacity as the patron of the prisoners’ exchange agreement, that their detention was of political nature and had nothing to do with breaching articles of the agreement as the Israeli occupation authorities claim.
They said in separate messages to the ministry of prisoners in Gaza on Tuesday that their health condition after 150 days of hunger strike, Sharawne, and 119 days of hunger strike, Issawi, was worsening by the hour.
They said that the Israeli prison authority was cruelly treating them and forcing them to strip search despite their condition.
The ministry, for its part, called for the biggest possible solidarity campaign with the hunger strikers, noting that Palestinian prisoners were going on hunger strike for one day Tuesday en masse in the first escalatory step in solidarity with Sharawne and Issawi.
The ministry asked Cairo to necessarily intervene to secure the release of those two prisoners since they were freed in the prisoners’ exchange deal, brokered by Egypt.
MP proposes internationalizing prisoners’ issue
MP Husein Al-Bureeni has called for internationalizing the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails especially those on hunger strike.
He told Quds Press on Tuesday that the issue of Palestinian prisoners should always be live in the Palestinian, Arab, and international arenas.
The Hamas lawmaker said that contacts should be maintained with all human rights groups to follow up the case of Ayman Al-Sharawne, who is hunger strike for 150 days, and Samer Al-Issawi, who is on hunger strike for 119 days.
Bureeni urged international human rights and health organizations to follow up the condition of sick detainees, who, he said, are the target of deliberate medical neglect.
UFree launches int'l campaign in support of hunger strikers Sharawna and Essawi
The European human rights network UFree launched a campaign in support of Palestinian prisoners and hunger strikers titled "the international campaign to save Ayman and Samir: freedom and justice for Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails."
UFree stated that the event, launched on Monday, the 26th of November 2012, is an urgent move to save the lives of two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Ayman Sharawna and Samir Essawi.
According to UFree, the step intends to pressure politicians and decision makers in Europe, especially the lawmakers and human rights activists so they can stop Israel's violations against the Palestinian detainees.
The campaign called on politicians to pressure Israel to give the Palestinian prisoners justice and release those on hunger strike immediately.
Lawyer Shireen Essawi, sister of prisoner Samir Essawi, told UFree that the health conditions of both Samir and Ayman is rapidly and critically deteriorating.
According to Shireen, Samir stopped drinking water for the past five days and he was admitted to hospital on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, Ayman suffers from weakness in his immune system as well as serious kidney problems. He lost eyesight in his right eye and suffers from problems in his left leg.
For his part, head of UFree Mohamed Hamdan expressed his deep concern over the health of the two hunger strikers.
"We are extremely concerned as the health of Ayman and Samir is in great danger. They have been sentenced to slow death by the state of Israel. Occupation authorities are torturing them and not giving them the due health care. I think, despite all that, they will win over the Israeli occupation. Their determination remains stronger than the occupation" Hamdan stated.
UFree held Israel responsible for the lives of Ayman, who is on hunger strike for the past 150 days, and Samir, who is on hunger strike for 119 day.
The network called upon the world's free peoples to support the Palestinian political prisoners, especially those on hunger strike by signing the appeal petition posted on its website.
Prisoners in Israeli jails launch solidarity hunger strike
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails launched a one-day hunger strike on Tuesday in solidarity with two long-term hunger strikers at risk of death, a prisoners center said.
The Gaza-based Prisoners Center for Studies announced that prisoners from all political factions are participating in the solidarity strike action and called on the Palestinian community to support long-term hunger strikers Ayman Sharawna and Samer Issawi.
The center called on Egyptian authorities to intervene to protect prisoners' rights.
Sharawna, 37, has been on hunger strike for 150 days since first launching protest action on July 1. Samer Issawi, who has been on hunger strike for 119 days, started refusing water on Nov. 21, prisoner rights group Addameer said.
Both prisoners threatened to escalate their strike action on Monday in protest against humiliating conditions and medical neglect.
Issawi, from Jerusalem, and Sharawna, from Hebron were both released under the 2011 prisoner swap deal but rearrested shortly after, and are being held without charge.
Around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners joined a mass hunger strike launched on April 17 to demand fairer prison conditions, according to prisoners groups' estimates.
They said, addressing Egypt in its capacity as the patron of the prisoners’ exchange agreement, that their detention was of political nature and had nothing to do with breaching articles of the agreement as the Israeli occupation authorities claim.
They said in separate messages to the ministry of prisoners in Gaza on Tuesday that their health condition after 150 days of hunger strike, Sharawne, and 119 days of hunger strike, Issawi, was worsening by the hour.
They said that the Israeli prison authority was cruelly treating them and forcing them to strip search despite their condition.
The ministry, for its part, called for the biggest possible solidarity campaign with the hunger strikers, noting that Palestinian prisoners were going on hunger strike for one day Tuesday en masse in the first escalatory step in solidarity with Sharawne and Issawi.
The ministry asked Cairo to necessarily intervene to secure the release of those two prisoners since they were freed in the prisoners’ exchange deal, brokered by Egypt.
MP proposes internationalizing prisoners’ issue
MP Husein Al-Bureeni has called for internationalizing the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails especially those on hunger strike.
He told Quds Press on Tuesday that the issue of Palestinian prisoners should always be live in the Palestinian, Arab, and international arenas.
The Hamas lawmaker said that contacts should be maintained with all human rights groups to follow up the case of Ayman Al-Sharawne, who is hunger strike for 150 days, and Samer Al-Issawi, who is on hunger strike for 119 days.
Bureeni urged international human rights and health organizations to follow up the condition of sick detainees, who, he said, are the target of deliberate medical neglect.
UFree launches int'l campaign in support of hunger strikers Sharawna and Essawi
The European human rights network UFree launched a campaign in support of Palestinian prisoners and hunger strikers titled "the international campaign to save Ayman and Samir: freedom and justice for Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails."
UFree stated that the event, launched on Monday, the 26th of November 2012, is an urgent move to save the lives of two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Ayman Sharawna and Samir Essawi.
According to UFree, the step intends to pressure politicians and decision makers in Europe, especially the lawmakers and human rights activists so they can stop Israel's violations against the Palestinian detainees.
The campaign called on politicians to pressure Israel to give the Palestinian prisoners justice and release those on hunger strike immediately.
Lawyer Shireen Essawi, sister of prisoner Samir Essawi, told UFree that the health conditions of both Samir and Ayman is rapidly and critically deteriorating.
According to Shireen, Samir stopped drinking water for the past five days and he was admitted to hospital on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, Ayman suffers from weakness in his immune system as well as serious kidney problems. He lost eyesight in his right eye and suffers from problems in his left leg.
For his part, head of UFree Mohamed Hamdan expressed his deep concern over the health of the two hunger strikers.
"We are extremely concerned as the health of Ayman and Samir is in great danger. They have been sentenced to slow death by the state of Israel. Occupation authorities are torturing them and not giving them the due health care. I think, despite all that, they will win over the Israeli occupation. Their determination remains stronger than the occupation" Hamdan stated.
UFree held Israel responsible for the lives of Ayman, who is on hunger strike for the past 150 days, and Samir, who is on hunger strike for 119 day.
The network called upon the world's free peoples to support the Palestinian political prisoners, especially those on hunger strike by signing the appeal petition posted on its website.
Prisoners in Israeli jails launch solidarity hunger strike
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails launched a one-day hunger strike on Tuesday in solidarity with two long-term hunger strikers at risk of death, a prisoners center said.
The Gaza-based Prisoners Center for Studies announced that prisoners from all political factions are participating in the solidarity strike action and called on the Palestinian community to support long-term hunger strikers Ayman Sharawna and Samer Issawi.
The center called on Egyptian authorities to intervene to protect prisoners' rights.
Sharawna, 37, has been on hunger strike for 150 days since first launching protest action on July 1. Samer Issawi, who has been on hunger strike for 119 days, started refusing water on Nov. 21, prisoner rights group Addameer said.
Both prisoners threatened to escalate their strike action on Monday in protest against humiliating conditions and medical neglect.
Issawi, from Jerusalem, and Sharawna, from Hebron were both released under the 2011 prisoner swap deal but rearrested shortly after, and are being held without charge.
Around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners joined a mass hunger strike launched on April 17 to demand fairer prison conditions, according to prisoners groups' estimates.
