30 sept 2013
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained 11 Palestinians after raiding and searching their homes in five provinces in the West Bank at dawn Monday. Ratib Jabour, the coordinator of popular committees against the wall and settlement in Yatta town south of Al-Khalil, said that IOF soldiers broke into the town before dawn Monday and searched a number of houses.
He said that the soldiers arrested Ihab, 21, and Mohammed, 19, the sons of Ghalib Qarish after ransacking their home.
The IOF detained Omar Shalash from Bethlehem on Monday after he was summoned for interrogation on Sunday.
In Beita village, south of Nablus, IOF patrols roamed the streets after midnight Sunday and tried to arrest a number of young men after claiming they threw stones at them during confrontations.
Local sources said that the soldiers left the village after nabbing three young men, adding that the soldiers fired flare bombs, teargas and stun grenades in their raid.
They said that the soldiers installed roadblocks on roads leading to Beita village and prevented citizens from leaving or entering it.
Meanwhile, Negev prison guards arrested 54-year-old Tharwat Ghanim during a visit to her detained brother on Sunday. The woman is from Shuweika, north of Tulkarem.
Israeli policemen raided Isawiye in occupied Jerusalem at dawn Monday and nabbed four Jerusalemites.
A lawyer at Dameer foundation for human rights said that the Israeli police forces searched several homes of “wanted” young men before taking away the four, one of them is a 15 years old.
He said that the soldiers arrested Ihab, 21, and Mohammed, 19, the sons of Ghalib Qarish after ransacking their home.
The IOF detained Omar Shalash from Bethlehem on Monday after he was summoned for interrogation on Sunday.
In Beita village, south of Nablus, IOF patrols roamed the streets after midnight Sunday and tried to arrest a number of young men after claiming they threw stones at them during confrontations.
Local sources said that the soldiers left the village after nabbing three young men, adding that the soldiers fired flare bombs, teargas and stun grenades in their raid.
They said that the soldiers installed roadblocks on roads leading to Beita village and prevented citizens from leaving or entering it.
Meanwhile, Negev prison guards arrested 54-year-old Tharwat Ghanim during a visit to her detained brother on Sunday. The woman is from Shuweika, north of Tulkarem.
Israeli policemen raided Isawiye in occupied Jerusalem at dawn Monday and nabbed four Jerusalemites.
A lawyer at Dameer foundation for human rights said that the Israeli police forces searched several homes of “wanted” young men before taking away the four, one of them is a 15 years old.
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) summoned Palestinian prisoner Mustafa Al-Sakhal for interrogation after ten years of detention. Sakhal, 28, was treated as a minor on his arrest in April 2003 and was sentenced to 11 years in jail.
The Palestine prisoners for studies quoted Sakhal family members as saying that the Israeli intelligence (Shabak) summoned their relative for interrogation on Monday after ten years in captivity.
The prisoner’s brother, Nael, was released in the Wafa Al-Ahrar deal and banished to Gaza Strip in 2011. He was serving a life sentence.
Israeli occupation forces repeatedly stormed the home of late Saadi Al-Sakhal, Mustafa’s father, and interrogated the father and his sons on several occasions at home and at intelligence headquarters before the father passed away five months ago in Nablus.
The Palestine prisoners for studies quoted Sakhal family members as saying that the Israeli intelligence (Shabak) summoned their relative for interrogation on Monday after ten years in captivity.
The prisoner’s brother, Nael, was released in the Wafa Al-Ahrar deal and banished to Gaza Strip in 2011. He was serving a life sentence.
Israeli occupation forces repeatedly stormed the home of late Saadi Al-Sakhal, Mustafa’s father, and interrogated the father and his sons on several occasions at home and at intelligence headquarters before the father passed away five months ago in Nablus.
The Houtari family appealed to international organizations concerned with children’s rights to intervene and demand the release of two of its children held in Israeli occupation jails. The mother of Ali and Mahmoud Al-Houtari, from Qalqilia, said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested her sons last June while preparing for final school exams without giving reasons for the arrest.
She said that Ali, 18, and Mahmoud, 16, were held for one week at an interrogation center before they were transferred to Megiddo jail awaiting their trial on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at IOF soldiers.
The Israeli occupation authorities retain more than 200 Palestinian minors in custody and pass severe sentences against some of them in violation of international treaties and conventions.
She said that Ali, 18, and Mahmoud, 16, were held for one week at an interrogation center before they were transferred to Megiddo jail awaiting their trial on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at IOF soldiers.
The Israeli occupation authorities retain more than 200 Palestinian minors in custody and pass severe sentences against some of them in violation of international treaties and conventions.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Abu Dis town, east of occupied Jerusalem, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
Hani Halabiyya, Coordinator of the Popular Committee and the Wall and Settlements in Abu Dis, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the army invaded the town from an area close to a building owned by the Al-Quds Open University.
He added that the army carried construction materials, and tried to close a hole that was dug by local youths in the Annexation Wall, in their town, last Friday.
The soldiers had to retreat from the town without being able to close the hole after dozens of residents hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
Soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets at the residents; some residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child in Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Mohammad Awad, Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, stated that the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Sabarna, 14, as he was heading home from school, and took him to the Etzion military base.
Hani Halabiyya, Coordinator of the Popular Committee and the Wall and Settlements in Abu Dis, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the army invaded the town from an area close to a building owned by the Al-Quds Open University.
He added that the army carried construction materials, and tried to close a hole that was dug by local youths in the Annexation Wall, in their town, last Friday.
The soldiers had to retreat from the town without being able to close the hole after dozens of residents hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
Soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets at the residents; some residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child in Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Mohammad Awad, Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, stated that the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Sabarna, 14, as he was heading home from school, and took him to the Etzion military base.
29 sept 2013
Israeli forces Sunday arrested five Palestinians from the Nablus area as well as summoned three others from Bethlehem for interrogation, according to local and security forces. They told WAFA that around 20 Israeli military jeeps stormed the Nablus area, raided and .searched several Palestinian homes before arresting five Palestinians.
They also said that forces summoned three Palestinians age 22, 23, and 50 from the city of Bethlehem for interrogation by the Israeli intelligence service after raiding their houses.
They also said that forces summoned three Palestinians age 22, 23, and 50 from the city of Bethlehem for interrogation by the Israeli intelligence service after raiding their houses.
Ahrar center for prisoners' studies and human rights said that there are 86 Palestinians from the 1948 occupied lands serving different prison sentences in Israel's jails.
Ahrar center stated, in a report, that 14 Palestinians of those detainees have been in jail before the signing of the Oslo accords agreement, and 13 of them are serving life sentences.
The center noted that the Palestinian prisoners, despite their Israeli-issued blue IDs, suffer from racial discrimination and the jailers do not treat them fairly as they do with Israeli prisoners, affirming that the Israeli prison administrations impose restrictions on the Palestinian detainees, especially with regard to their visit rights and their access to basic needs.
It added that the Israeli regime also refuses to release those prisoners as part of any swap deal with the Palestinians, appealing to the Palestinian authority and human rights groups to pay special attention to the issue of the Palestinian prisoners living in the 1948 occupied lands.
Ahrar center stated, in a report, that 14 Palestinians of those detainees have been in jail before the signing of the Oslo accords agreement, and 13 of them are serving life sentences.
The center noted that the Palestinian prisoners, despite their Israeli-issued blue IDs, suffer from racial discrimination and the jailers do not treat them fairly as they do with Israeli prisoners, affirming that the Israeli prison administrations impose restrictions on the Palestinian detainees, especially with regard to their visit rights and their access to basic needs.
It added that the Israeli regime also refuses to release those prisoners as part of any swap deal with the Palestinians, appealing to the Palestinian authority and human rights groups to pay special attention to the issue of the Palestinian prisoners living in the 1948 occupied lands.
The Hamas Movement said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped 129 Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem last week in the context of a recent campaign aimed at suppressing any Palestinian uprising for the Aqsa Mosque.
According to a report issued by Hamas on Sunday, the detention campaign during last week has been the most ferocious since the start of the current year.
It explained that 45 Palestinians of those detainees were from Al-Khalil, 41 others from Jerusalem and the rest from Ramallah, Qalqiliya, Nablus, Jenin and Bethlehem.
According to a report issued by Hamas on Sunday, the detention campaign during last week has been the most ferocious since the start of the current year.
It explained that 45 Palestinians of those detainees were from Al-Khalil, 41 others from Jerusalem and the rest from Ramallah, Qalqiliya, Nablus, Jenin and Bethlehem.
The Israeli police and security apparatuses continued on Saturday its detention and suppression campaign in occupied Jerusalem and its neighborhoods and kidnapped 29 young men on allegations of their participation in protests and events during the last few days in support of the Aqsa Mosque.
Lawyer Hamdi Meswaddah told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that many students and young men who went on a march in protest of the Israeli violations against the Aqsa Mosque in Sultan Suleiman street last Friday were taken prisoners.
Meswaddah added that most of these young men were kidnapped from their homes in the old city of Jerusalem.
He noted that Israeli policemen and soldiers occupied the rooftops of Palestinian homes overlooking the Aqsa Mosque and its vicinity, and took pictures of passersby, adding that other group of troops on the ground brutally attacked young men in the old city and took them prisoners.
According to other local sources, Israeli police men and border guards raided several homes in Al-Saadiya neighborhood in the old city and handed its Palestinian residents written orders warning them of arrest if they refused to allow the police to use their rooftops at any time.
Lawyer Hamdi Meswaddah told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that many students and young men who went on a march in protest of the Israeli violations against the Aqsa Mosque in Sultan Suleiman street last Friday were taken prisoners.
Meswaddah added that most of these young men were kidnapped from their homes in the old city of Jerusalem.
He noted that Israeli policemen and soldiers occupied the rooftops of Palestinian homes overlooking the Aqsa Mosque and its vicinity, and took pictures of passersby, adding that other group of troops on the ground brutally attacked young men in the old city and took them prisoners.
According to other local sources, Israeli police men and border guards raided several homes in Al-Saadiya neighborhood in the old city and handed its Palestinian residents written orders warning them of arrest if they refused to allow the police to use their rooftops at any time.
Israel's Shin Bet security service on Sunday announced the arrest on September 11 of an Iranian "spy" carrying photographs of the US embassy in Tel Aviv.
The suspect, holding a Belgian passport, was sent to Israel by Iran's elite Republican Guards and arrested at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion international airport, it said in a statement.
The Shin Bet identified the suspect as Ali Mansouri, 58, and said he had enrolled in a "special operations unit of the Revolutionary Guards responsible for numerous terrorist attacks around the world."
It said he had been using the fake identity Alex Mans.
The Shin Bet said that under questioning, the suspect had said he had been promised $1 million to use his position as a businessman to set up companies in Israel on behalf of the Iranian intelligence services to "harm Israeli and Western interests."
The suspect, holding a Belgian passport, was sent to Israel by Iran's elite Republican Guards and arrested at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion international airport, it said in a statement.
The Shin Bet identified the suspect as Ali Mansouri, 58, and said he had enrolled in a "special operations unit of the Revolutionary Guards responsible for numerous terrorist attacks around the world."
It said he had been using the fake identity Alex Mans.
The Shin Bet said that under questioning, the suspect had said he had been promised $1 million to use his position as a businessman to set up companies in Israel on behalf of the Iranian intelligence services to "harm Israeli and Western interests."
Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians in overnight arrest raids, locals and Israel's army said.
In Nablus, Israeli forces detained Munjed Yahya Mabruk 26, from the al-Makhfiya area, whose father is in the Palestinian Preventive Security forces.
They also detained Ahmad Khalil, 40, from Balata refugee camp, Ahmad Muneir al-Asmar, 24, from Askar, and Raed Turki Khader, 26, from Deir Sharaf.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said four people were detained in the Nablus area, one in Aboud village near Ramallah, one in Jayyus, one in Dhahriya, and one in Deir Abu Mashal.
All suspects were detained for involvement in "illegal activity," the spokeswoman added, without providing further details.
Clashes erupted on Friday in Nablus following Palestinian protests against the Israeli separation wall near Huwwara checkpoint.
Israeli forces injured four Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets during the protests, including Taghrid Mohammad Faris Adieli, 32, and Fouad Adieli.
In Nablus, Israeli forces detained Munjed Yahya Mabruk 26, from the al-Makhfiya area, whose father is in the Palestinian Preventive Security forces.
They also detained Ahmad Khalil, 40, from Balata refugee camp, Ahmad Muneir al-Asmar, 24, from Askar, and Raed Turki Khader, 26, from Deir Sharaf.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said four people were detained in the Nablus area, one in Aboud village near Ramallah, one in Jayyus, one in Dhahriya, and one in Deir Abu Mashal.
All suspects were detained for involvement in "illegal activity," the spokeswoman added, without providing further details.
Clashes erupted on Friday in Nablus following Palestinian protests against the Israeli separation wall near Huwwara checkpoint.
Israeli forces injured four Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets during the protests, including Taghrid Mohammad Faris Adieli, 32, and Fouad Adieli.
Jerusalem - Saturday [September 28, 2013] Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian journalist, Sabreen Thiab, and took her to a police station to interrogate her for carrying a picture of late Egyptian President, Jamal Abdel Nasser.
Thiab, from Tamra in the Galilee, was stopped by a number of Israeli police officers at the Bab Al-Hadid (Iron Gate), in occupied East Jerusalem.
The soldiers insulted Sabreen, and used foul language against the late president of Egypt, before talking her to a Police station, where the soldiers continued to use verbal insults while threatening to arrest her.
The Police released her later on under the condition that she leaves Jerusalem, the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported.
Thiab, from Tamra in the Galilee, was stopped by a number of Israeli police officers at the Bab Al-Hadid (Iron Gate), in occupied East Jerusalem.
The soldiers insulted Sabreen, and used foul language against the late president of Egypt, before talking her to a Police station, where the soldiers continued to use verbal insults while threatening to arrest her.
The Police released her later on under the condition that she leaves Jerusalem, the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported.
28 sept 2013
An Israeli special police unit broke early Saturday into a residence in Silwan, an Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood, and attacked its residents as they searched for a member of the family to arrest him, according to the home owner Yasin Silwadi. He said that he and his family were awakened at around 2:30 a.m. when members of the force broke the front door to his house terrorizing his wife and three children.
He said the force was looking for his brother, Adel, to arrest him but even though he told them that he does not live with them, the force continued to search the house for him.
The force attacked Silwadi’s mentally sick brother, Yehya, tied his hands, took him to the roof of the house and assaulted him with their gun butts and kicked him around even though they knew he was not normal causing him injury in the face and serious bruises to his right leg.
He said the force was looking for his brother, Adel, to arrest him but even though he told them that he does not live with them, the force continued to search the house for him.
The force attacked Silwadi’s mentally sick brother, Yehya, tied his hands, took him to the roof of the house and assaulted him with their gun butts and kicked him around even though they knew he was not normal causing him injury in the face and serious bruises to his right leg.
Dozens of Palestinian activists and international supporters succeeded Saturday in reaching an area of the Dead Sea where they raised the Palestinian flag, according to the activists. Hasan Breijeh, one of the activists from Bethlehem, said that even though the Israeli military had set up checkpoints on the roads leading to Jericho and the Dead Sea and arrested activists, including three arrested at the “Container” checkpoint leading out of Bethlehem to the main Jericho-Jerusalem road, at least 30 activists succeeded in reaching the Fashkha area on the Dead Sea.
He said the activists raised the Palestinian flag and signs denouncing Israeli seizure of Palestinian land to build settlements on it.
He said the activists raised the Palestinian flag and signs denouncing Israeli seizure of Palestinian land to build settlements on it.
Captive Dr. Ahmed Qatamesh, aged 61, sustained bruises after falling from an Israeli army jeep during his transfer from Raymond prison, south of 1948 occupied Palestine, to Ofer jail. Ahrar Center for prisoners' studies and human rights called on human rights and international organizations to exert pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities to implement what has been agreed upon and provide special vehicles for transferring the patient prisoners.
For his part, Director of the Center Fouad Khuffash said that the Israeli prison administration had earlier signed an agreement with the captive movement during the Karama hunger strike, which requires providing a special vehicle to transfer the patient captives, but the prison administration did not comply with the agreement.
The Palestinian academic and writer Ahmed Qatamesh from the city of Ramallah has been held in administrative detention since April 2011. He had been arrested twice earlier by the Israeli authorities, and had served 6 years in administrative detention.
For his part, Director of the Center Fouad Khuffash said that the Israeli prison administration had earlier signed an agreement with the captive movement during the Karama hunger strike, which requires providing a special vehicle to transfer the patient captives, but the prison administration did not comply with the agreement.
The Palestinian academic and writer Ahmed Qatamesh from the city of Ramallah has been held in administrative detention since April 2011. He had been arrested twice earlier by the Israeli authorities, and had served 6 years in administrative detention.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the village of Arrabe, near Jenin, and rounded up five young men at dawn Saturday. Local sources said that the IOF raid started before dawn and the soldiers broke into many homes before arresting the five youths.
They said that the young men were taken blindfolded and handcuffed to an unknown detention center. Meanwhile, IOF soldiers manning the Container roadblock, south east of Jerusalem, searched a Palestinian car and checked IDs of its passengers on Saturday morning before taking away three of them.
Security sources said that the three, Younis Arrar, Ratib Al-Jabour, and Yousef Abu Mariya, were all anti-wall and anti-settlement activists.
They said that the young men were taken blindfolded and handcuffed to an unknown detention center. Meanwhile, IOF soldiers manning the Container roadblock, south east of Jerusalem, searched a Palestinian car and checked IDs of its passengers on Saturday morning before taking away three of them.
Security sources said that the three, Younis Arrar, Ratib Al-Jabour, and Yousef Abu Mariya, were all anti-wall and anti-settlement activists.
Dozens of Palestinian youths were wounded in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) near Hawara roadblock to the south of Nablus city on Friday. Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers fired teargas bombs at the young men causing breathing problems to many of them while a 16-year-old boy was hit with a teargas canister in his head. They added that the boy was rushed to Rafidia hospital after suffering from brain hemorrhage as a result.
IOF soldiers manning the Hawara and Zatara roadblocks closed them down due to the clashes that continued till Friday night, the PIC reporter said.
He quoted eyewitnesses as saying that 19-year-old activist Ayman Jibril was injured in his back while a teenager, Mahmoud Mohammed, was arrested despite suffering a gunshot wound.
They said that closure of the roadblocks led to long queues of cars on both sides of the barriers.
IOF soldiers were deployed near Hawara village after angry young protestors hit the streets after the Friday prayers and marched toward Hawara roadblock in rejection of IOF violations in the Aqsa Mosque.
Meanwhile, Ghassan Daghlas, an activist monitoring Israeli settlement activity north of the West Bank, said that settlers occupied a mountain peak near Nablus.
He said that around 200 settlers occupied Qurqufa mountain near Juraish village to the south east of Nablus after a series of attacks on citizens and their property in the vicinity of the mountain over the past couple of days.
IOF soldiers manning the Hawara and Zatara roadblocks closed them down due to the clashes that continued till Friday night, the PIC reporter said.
He quoted eyewitnesses as saying that 19-year-old activist Ayman Jibril was injured in his back while a teenager, Mahmoud Mohammed, was arrested despite suffering a gunshot wound.
They said that closure of the roadblocks led to long queues of cars on both sides of the barriers.
IOF soldiers were deployed near Hawara village after angry young protestors hit the streets after the Friday prayers and marched toward Hawara roadblock in rejection of IOF violations in the Aqsa Mosque.
Meanwhile, Ghassan Daghlas, an activist monitoring Israeli settlement activity north of the West Bank, said that settlers occupied a mountain peak near Nablus.
He said that around 200 settlers occupied Qurqufa mountain near Juraish village to the south east of Nablus after a series of attacks on citizens and their property in the vicinity of the mountain over the past couple of days.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the village of Arrabe, near Jenin, and rounded up five young men at dawn Saturday. Local sources said that the IOF raid started before dawn and the soldiers broke into many homes before arresting the five youths.
They said that the young men were taken blindfolded and handcuffed to an unknown detention center.
They said that the young men were taken blindfolded and handcuffed to an unknown detention center.
27 sept 2013
The Israeli police arrested more than 15 young men from different area in Jerusalem especially Ras Al-Amoud, Nablus Street, Lions Gate and Shu’fat refugee camp.
Prisoner’s club lawyer, Mufeed Al-Hajj, said that among the detainees were: 31-year old Mohammad Salim, Isam Hasan Yousef, Dia’ Hasan Yousef, Hasan Yousef, 17-year old Firas Karkoor, 16-year old Mohammad Karkoor, 18-year old Mohammad Samman and 25-year old Ma’moon Dweik.
Hasan Yousef’s family explained in a phone call that the Israeli intelligence and Special Forces raided their home on Friday afternoon as they were preparing for their daughter’s wedding and arrested the bride’s brother, Isam, and one of her relatives, Mohammad Salim, and her father was detained until her other brother Dia’ comes back.
The family added that the intelligence waited at the entrance of Bab Hutta neighbourhood for Dia’ and upon arrival along with his sister (the bride), he was arrested and his father was released.
Prisoner’s club lawyer, Mufeed Al-Hajj, said that among the detainees were: 31-year old Mohammad Salim, Isam Hasan Yousef, Dia’ Hasan Yousef, Hasan Yousef, 17-year old Firas Karkoor, 16-year old Mohammad Karkoor, 18-year old Mohammad Samman and 25-year old Ma’moon Dweik.
Hasan Yousef’s family explained in a phone call that the Israeli intelligence and Special Forces raided their home on Friday afternoon as they were preparing for their daughter’s wedding and arrested the bride’s brother, Isam, and one of her relatives, Mohammad Salim, and her father was detained until her other brother Dia’ comes back.
The family added that the intelligence waited at the entrance of Bab Hutta neighbourhood for Dia’ and upon arrival along with his sister (the bride), he was arrested and his father was released.
A Palestinian official report stated that the Israeli forces arrested tens of thousands of Palestinians during the last thirteen years that followed the Al-Aqsa Intifada of September 2000. The Department of Statistics in the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs said in a report released on Friday, "since the beginning of the second Intifada in September 28, 2000 and until today, the Israeli occupation forces have arrested about 80 thousand Palestinians."
The report pointed out that among those arrested during the mentioned period are nearly 9,500 Palestinian children under the age of eighteen, about 60 MPs and former ministers, and more than 950 women, in addition to hundreds of wounded, patients, journalists, academics and leaders.
It noted that the Israeli military courts have sentenced, since the start of the Aqsa Intifada, nearly 24 thousand Palestinians to administrative detention; without clear charges.
The Department of Statistics added that the occupation has continued to detain about 5,200 Palestinian prisoners in 17 jails and detention center, including 13 MPs, 146 administrative detainees, 220 children and 13 women, all of them have been subjected to different forms of physical and psychological torture.
The report stated that 81 prisoners were killed in the Israeli jails during the past thirteen years, as a result of torture or the deliberate killing, not to mention the policy of medical neglect adopted against the patients.
It also stated that the occupation has deported 290 Palestinians from the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem to either the Gaza Strip or outside the Palestinian territories.
The report pointed out that among those arrested during the mentioned period are nearly 9,500 Palestinian children under the age of eighteen, about 60 MPs and former ministers, and more than 950 women, in addition to hundreds of wounded, patients, journalists, academics and leaders.
It noted that the Israeli military courts have sentenced, since the start of the Aqsa Intifada, nearly 24 thousand Palestinians to administrative detention; without clear charges.
The Department of Statistics added that the occupation has continued to detain about 5,200 Palestinian prisoners in 17 jails and detention center, including 13 MPs, 146 administrative detainees, 220 children and 13 women, all of them have been subjected to different forms of physical and psychological torture.
The report stated that 81 prisoners were killed in the Israeli jails during the past thirteen years, as a result of torture or the deliberate killing, not to mention the policy of medical neglect adopted against the patients.
It also stated that the occupation has deported 290 Palestinians from the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem to either the Gaza Strip or outside the Palestinian territories.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday at dawn [September 26 2013] five Palestinians in different parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, after the soldiers broke into and searched dozens of homes.
Media sources in Hebron said that dozens of soldiers invaded Deir Samet town, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Omar Ahmad Sharha, 34.
His brother, Hazem, said that a large number of soldiers broke into the family home, approximately at 2:30 A.M, after using explosives to detonate its main door. He added that the soldiers then violently searched the property causing excessive damage.
Soldiers also forced the family into one room, and took away their phones and ID cards for several hours.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Wad Al-Harya area, in Hebron, and kidnapped Jalal Khader Al-Karaky, 35, and his brother Ammar, 30.
Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped Mo’taz Mohammad Al-Karaky, 20, in the center of homes, and kidnapped Mohammad Abu Rayyan at a roadblock near the Halhoul Bridge area, north of Hebron.
On Wednesday evening, soldiers detained four Palestinian children in the Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and violently beat them before handing them back to the Palestinians.
Media sources in Hebron said that dozens of soldiers invaded Deir Samet town, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Omar Ahmad Sharha, 34.
His brother, Hazem, said that a large number of soldiers broke into the family home, approximately at 2:30 A.M, after using explosives to detonate its main door. He added that the soldiers then violently searched the property causing excessive damage.
Soldiers also forced the family into one room, and took away their phones and ID cards for several hours.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Wad Al-Harya area, in Hebron, and kidnapped Jalal Khader Al-Karaky, 35, and his brother Ammar, 30.
Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped Mo’taz Mohammad Al-Karaky, 20, in the center of homes, and kidnapped Mohammad Abu Rayyan at a roadblock near the Halhoul Bridge area, north of Hebron.
On Wednesday evening, soldiers detained four Palestinian children in the Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and violently beat them before handing them back to the Palestinians.
Violent clashes have erupted following Friday prayers throughout the occupied city of Jerusalem. Four youths were injured while five others were arrested. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli soldiers forcibly dispersed worshipers in front of al-Amud Gate, while popular demonstrations headed to al-Aqsa mosque.
Meanwhile, clashes erupted at Qalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem where several injuries were reported due to the Israeli sound and gas bombs, PIC reporter said.
Youth for Intifada Coalition called, in a statement, on the Palestinians to step up the resistance against the occupation on the 13th anniversary of Al-Aqsa Intifada which falls on Friday in protest against the Israeli escalated attacks in al-Aqsa mosque.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli authorities have prevented worshipers under 50 years old from entering into al-Aqsa mosque.
Meanwhile, clashes erupted at Qalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem where several injuries were reported due to the Israeli sound and gas bombs, PIC reporter said.
Youth for Intifada Coalition called, in a statement, on the Palestinians to step up the resistance against the occupation on the 13th anniversary of Al-Aqsa Intifada which falls on Friday in protest against the Israeli escalated attacks in al-Aqsa mosque.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli authorities have prevented worshipers under 50 years old from entering into al-Aqsa mosque.
Former Palestinian minister of prisoners affairs Wasfi Kabaha condemned PA arrests of Palestinian youths in West Bank for their political affiliation, considering it a national, religious and moral crime. Kabaha's statements came after the PA forces arrested six students affiliated to the Islamic Bloc at An-Najah National University on Thursday. He said that such arrests create a state of tension among the Palestinian people.
He pointed out that the PA escalated political arrests came in coincidence with the Israeli escalated arrest campaign in reference to the security coordination between the two parties.
This policy is in violation of Palestinian people's customs, values and heritage of struggle and resistance.
Kabaha called on national forces and human rights organizations to expose the PA forces' crimes and to pressure it to stop persecuting the Palestinian youths particularly the liberated prisoners and students.
He pointed out that the PA escalated political arrests came in coincidence with the Israeli escalated arrest campaign in reference to the security coordination between the two parties.
This policy is in violation of Palestinian people's customs, values and heritage of struggle and resistance.
Kabaha called on national forces and human rights organizations to expose the PA forces' crimes and to pressure it to stop persecuting the Palestinian youths particularly the liberated prisoners and students.
26 sept 2013
The family of the patient prisoner Abdul-Jabbar Shemali, 34, from Araba village in Jenin, called on human rights organizations and Doctors Without Borders to intervene to save their son's life.
The patient prisoner's family has told Ahrar center that their son suffers severe back pain and needs an urgent surgery which the IPS refused to carry out.
He suffers from severe hoarseness that led to losing his ability to speak, the family added, warning of serious deterioration in his health.
Fuad al-Khuffash, the director of the center, confirmed that Shemali was in good health condition before his arrest, however due to the Israeli difficult detention conditions he started suffering many health problems and illness.
Nearly 30 Palestinian patient prisoners are currently detained in Eichel prison including three cancer patients suffering severe health deterioration due to the Israeli deliberate medical negligence.
The patient prisoner Shemali was arrested in June 2001 where he was sentenced to 27 years on charges of carrying out a "subversive operation".
The patient prisoner's family has told Ahrar center that their son suffers severe back pain and needs an urgent surgery which the IPS refused to carry out.
He suffers from severe hoarseness that led to losing his ability to speak, the family added, warning of serious deterioration in his health.
Fuad al-Khuffash, the director of the center, confirmed that Shemali was in good health condition before his arrest, however due to the Israeli difficult detention conditions he started suffering many health problems and illness.
Nearly 30 Palestinian patient prisoners are currently detained in Eichel prison including three cancer patients suffering severe health deterioration due to the Israeli deliberate medical negligence.
The patient prisoner Shemali was arrested in June 2001 where he was sentenced to 27 years on charges of carrying out a "subversive operation".
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Thursday eight Palestinians from al-Khalil and Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank, including two policemen working for the PA security services after raiding and searching their homes. In al-Khalil, IOF soldiers arrested five Palestinians, including two brothers, after raiding and searching their homes.
In Bethlehem, three Palestinians were detained including two policemen and an activist in Fatah movement.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation soldiers brutally attacked yesterday evening four children, under 9 years old, from the Bethlehem district.
In Bethlehem, three Palestinians were detained including two policemen and an activist in Fatah movement.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation soldiers brutally attacked yesterday evening four children, under 9 years old, from the Bethlehem district.
Thirteen Palestinian female prisoners are still held in Hasharon Israeli prison suffering very difficult detention conditions amid the deafening silence of human rights institutions and international community. Lena Jarboni, 34, from Buttof village inside the Green Line, was arrested since 2004 and sentenced to 17 years on charges of helping resistance elements. She spent 11 years behind Israeli bars where she suffers from swelling in her feet and severe and endless headache. Lina has undergone a surgery. The IOA refused to release her in Wafa al-Ahrar prisoners exchange deal.
Inam Hasanat, 30, from Bethlehem, was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to two years imprisonment with a fine of 1,000 shekels for attempting to stab an Israeli settler at a military checkpoint.
Nawal Saadi, 56, from Jenin, a mother of five children, was arrested from her house in 2012 without being sentenced till this moment. Nawal is charged with smuggling money to a“terrorist group”. She suffers high blood pressure and constant fatigue amid a deliberate medical negligence to her health condition.
Mona Ka'adan, 42, from Jenin, was arrested several times by Israeli forces most recently was on November 2012 from her home on charges of smuggling funds to organize a "hostile group". Her mother died while she is in custody. Her fiancé is also detained in Israeli jails and sentenced to life.
The Jerusalemite prisoner Intisar Sayyad, 38, was arrested on November 2012 and sentenced to 30 months on charges of attempting to kill a settler. She is a mother of four children.
The university student Alaa Abu Zaytun, 22, from Nablus district, was arrested on her way to college on September 2013 at an Israeli military checkpoint. She was sentenced, after weeks of investigation, to two years' imprisonment.
Nahil Abu Aisha, 23, from al-Khalil, was arrested near the Ibrahimi mosque on March 2013 under the charge of trying to stab an Israeli soldier.
Inam Kanmbo, 44, from the city of Jerusalem, was arrested while participating in a march denouncing the death in an Israeli occupation jail of prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya in due to medical negligence.
Tahrir Algueni, 27, from Nablus district, was arrested on May 2013 with her brother Saddam Algueni.
Donya Wakid, 27-year-old from the city of Tulkarem, was arrested from her home in May 2013. Her family did not receive any information about her since her arrest. She suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure.
Linan Abu Ghalam, 32, from Nablus, was arrested during a visit to the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 on August 2013 with two other Palestinian women, Lina Jawabra, who was released after one month in detention, and Maysar Atyani. Linan was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
The activist in prisoners' issue Maysar Atyani, 49, from Nablus, was arrested in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 where she was sentenced to three months.
Ayat Mahfouz, 20, from al-Khalil, was arrested in August 2013 near the Ibrahimi Mosque, on charges of possession of a knife. Her detention was few months after her release where she spent two months in Israeli jails.
For his part, the director of Ahrar center for prisoners' studies, Fuad al-Khuffash, said that that the Palestinian female prisoners suffer very difficult detention conditions due to the IPS deliberate medical negligence, ill-treatment, humiliating strip search, and being deprived of family visits.
Hasharon Israeli prison was built during the British Mandate years, and is known for its poor ventilation, clamminess and insect infestations. Besides housing the Palestinian female prisoners, the complex contains also juvenile Israeli female prisoners.
Inam Hasanat, 30, from Bethlehem, was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to two years imprisonment with a fine of 1,000 shekels for attempting to stab an Israeli settler at a military checkpoint.
Nawal Saadi, 56, from Jenin, a mother of five children, was arrested from her house in 2012 without being sentenced till this moment. Nawal is charged with smuggling money to a“terrorist group”. She suffers high blood pressure and constant fatigue amid a deliberate medical negligence to her health condition.
Mona Ka'adan, 42, from Jenin, was arrested several times by Israeli forces most recently was on November 2012 from her home on charges of smuggling funds to organize a "hostile group". Her mother died while she is in custody. Her fiancé is also detained in Israeli jails and sentenced to life.
The Jerusalemite prisoner Intisar Sayyad, 38, was arrested on November 2012 and sentenced to 30 months on charges of attempting to kill a settler. She is a mother of four children.
The university student Alaa Abu Zaytun, 22, from Nablus district, was arrested on her way to college on September 2013 at an Israeli military checkpoint. She was sentenced, after weeks of investigation, to two years' imprisonment.
Nahil Abu Aisha, 23, from al-Khalil, was arrested near the Ibrahimi mosque on March 2013 under the charge of trying to stab an Israeli soldier.
Inam Kanmbo, 44, from the city of Jerusalem, was arrested while participating in a march denouncing the death in an Israeli occupation jail of prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya in due to medical negligence.
Tahrir Algueni, 27, from Nablus district, was arrested on May 2013 with her brother Saddam Algueni.
Donya Wakid, 27-year-old from the city of Tulkarem, was arrested from her home in May 2013. Her family did not receive any information about her since her arrest. She suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure.
Linan Abu Ghalam, 32, from Nablus, was arrested during a visit to the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 on August 2013 with two other Palestinian women, Lina Jawabra, who was released after one month in detention, and Maysar Atyani. Linan was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
The activist in prisoners' issue Maysar Atyani, 49, from Nablus, was arrested in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 where she was sentenced to three months.
Ayat Mahfouz, 20, from al-Khalil, was arrested in August 2013 near the Ibrahimi Mosque, on charges of possession of a knife. Her detention was few months after her release where she spent two months in Israeli jails.
For his part, the director of Ahrar center for prisoners' studies, Fuad al-Khuffash, said that that the Palestinian female prisoners suffer very difficult detention conditions due to the IPS deliberate medical negligence, ill-treatment, humiliating strip search, and being deprived of family visits.
Hasharon Israeli prison was built during the British Mandate years, and is known for its poor ventilation, clamminess and insect infestations. Besides housing the Palestinian female prisoners, the complex contains also juvenile Israeli female prisoners.
Israeli military forces (IMF) arrested on Thursday morning eight Palestinians from several towns in Hebron , local sources reported. According to the sources the IMF broke into Hebron on Thursday early morning and arrested Jalal and Imad Karaki , Mohammed Al Rayyan ,21, Sami Hassan , 22, from Halhul to the north of Hebron, and Louay Al- Sharawna ,25, from Deir Samit to the southwest of Hebron.
It also reported that the IMF stormed the house of Maher Badr in Shalala Street in Hebron , and held his two sons Ibrahim and Mohamed for several hours while searching their family house.
Eye witnesses said that the IMF had stopped three Palestinians on Thursday at dawn on a military checkpoint at Beit Fajjar town to the south of Bethlehem , before arrested them.
According to the witnesses they are Mohamed Thawabteh ,32, Anas Thawabteh ,23, and Alaa Taqatqa,21.
Following the killing of Israeli soldiers on Sunday evening, 22 Septembe , near the southern checkpoint in Al-Shuhada' street in the southern area of the Old Town in Hebron The IMF carried out a series of collective punishment measures against Palestinian civilians in the city.
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday at dawn [September 26 2013] five Palestinians in different parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, after the soldiers broke into and searched dozens of homes.
Media sources in Hebron said that dozens of soldiers invaded Deir Samet town, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Omar Ahmad Sharha, 34.
His brother, Hazem, said that a large number of soldiers broke into the family home, approximately at 2:30 A.M, after using explosives to detonate its main door. He added that the soldiers then violently searched the property causing excessive damage.
Soldiers also forced the family into one room, and took away their phones and ID cards for several hours.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Wad Al-Harya area, in Hebron, and kidnapped Jalal Khader Al-Karaky, 35, and his brother Ammar, 30.
Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped Mo’taz Mohammad Al-Karaky, 20, in the center of homes, and kidnapped Mohammad Abu Rayyan at a roadblock near the Halhoul Bridge area, north of Hebron.
On Wednesday evening, soldiers detained four Palestinian children in the Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and violently beat them before handing them back to the Palestinians.
It also reported that the IMF stormed the house of Maher Badr in Shalala Street in Hebron , and held his two sons Ibrahim and Mohamed for several hours while searching their family house.
Eye witnesses said that the IMF had stopped three Palestinians on Thursday at dawn on a military checkpoint at Beit Fajjar town to the south of Bethlehem , before arrested them.
According to the witnesses they are Mohamed Thawabteh ,32, Anas Thawabteh ,23, and Alaa Taqatqa,21.
Following the killing of Israeli soldiers on Sunday evening, 22 Septembe , near the southern checkpoint in Al-Shuhada' street in the southern area of the Old Town in Hebron The IMF carried out a series of collective punishment measures against Palestinian civilians in the city.
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday at dawn [September 26 2013] five Palestinians in different parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, after the soldiers broke into and searched dozens of homes.
Media sources in Hebron said that dozens of soldiers invaded Deir Samet town, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Omar Ahmad Sharha, 34.
His brother, Hazem, said that a large number of soldiers broke into the family home, approximately at 2:30 A.M, after using explosives to detonate its main door. He added that the soldiers then violently searched the property causing excessive damage.
Soldiers also forced the family into one room, and took away their phones and ID cards for several hours.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Wad Al-Harya area, in Hebron, and kidnapped Jalal Khader Al-Karaky, 35, and his brother Ammar, 30.
Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped Mo’taz Mohammad Al-Karaky, 20, in the center of homes, and kidnapped Mohammad Abu Rayyan at a roadblock near the Halhoul Bridge area, north of Hebron.
On Wednesday evening, soldiers detained four Palestinian children in the Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and violently beat them before handing them back to the Palestinians.
Wednesday evening [September 25, 2013] Israeli soldiers detained, for several hours, four Palestinian children in the Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and violently beat them before handing them back to the Palestinians.
Ahmad Salah, Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Al-Khader, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the soldiers detained the four children for several hours in the Nashash area, at the southern entrance of Al-Khader.
The four children have been identified as Hussein Shady Salah, 8, Ahmad Wa’el Salah, 9, in addition to Mo’tasem Mustafa Al-Masry and his brother Hamza.
He added that the children were violently beaten and kicked before the soldiers moved them to the District Coordination Office (DCO), west of Beit Jala city, and handed them to the Palestinian DCO.
In related news, two Palestinians have been injured by rounds of live ammunition fired by the army at Palestinians at the entrance of the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The two have been identified as Mohammad Yousef Zomra, 24, and Mohammad Adnan, 21.
Medical sources said that dozens of residents have also been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
Ahmad Salah, Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Al-Khader, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the soldiers detained the four children for several hours in the Nashash area, at the southern entrance of Al-Khader.
The four children have been identified as Hussein Shady Salah, 8, Ahmad Wa’el Salah, 9, in addition to Mo’tasem Mustafa Al-Masry and his brother Hamza.
He added that the children were violently beaten and kicked before the soldiers moved them to the District Coordination Office (DCO), west of Beit Jala city, and handed them to the Palestinian DCO.
In related news, two Palestinians have been injured by rounds of live ammunition fired by the army at Palestinians at the entrance of the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The two have been identified as Mohammad Yousef Zomra, 24, and Mohammad Adnan, 21.
Medical sources said that dozens of residents have also been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
25 sept 2013
Families of prisoners during the weekly sit-in in front of ICRC
Administrative detainees in Ofer and Negev prison warned that they would begin to protest if the Israeli authorities don’t implement the agreement reached in April. Local media reported that Prisoners Club’s lawyer said “the protest would see escalatory steps to be taken according to certain program once the Israeli authorities respond to their demands,”
According to the club, Ofer and Negev prisoners wrote a letter to ‘army commander’ in the region urging him to put an end to the policy of administrative detention. They said would take protest action if the Israeli forces carry on with administrative detention.
Ofer and Negev prisoners staged in April a mass strike in protest at the administrative detention policy.
Administrative detainees in Ofer and Negev prison warned that they would begin to protest if the Israeli authorities don’t implement the agreement reached in April. Local media reported that Prisoners Club’s lawyer said “the protest would see escalatory steps to be taken according to certain program once the Israeli authorities respond to their demands,”
According to the club, Ofer and Negev prisoners wrote a letter to ‘army commander’ in the region urging him to put an end to the policy of administrative detention. They said would take protest action if the Israeli forces carry on with administrative detention.
Ofer and Negev prisoners staged in April a mass strike in protest at the administrative detention policy.
The liberated prisoner Nazih Abu Aoun said that the prisoners have lost the most effective way for their release due to the PA persecution of the resistance. He stressed that the Palestinian prisoners refuse their release through humiliating negotiations, criticizing the PA decision not to go to the ICC.
The liberated prisoner, who was recently released after 28 months in administrative detention, said that prisoners demand their freedom with dignity and reject indignity as a price for their freedom in reference to prisoners' release in return of resumption of futile talks .
Abou Aoun has criticized the PA cancel to pursue the Israeli crimes in the ICC, calling for the release of all Palestinian prisoners.
He stressed that the Palestinian prisoners need effective campaigning for their release and not only a show of sympathy.
He pointed to the PA's double standard policy in dealing with liberated prisoners, where many of them have been re-arrested by PA forces due to their political affiliation.
The liberated prisoner, who was recently released after 28 months in administrative detention, said that prisoners demand their freedom with dignity and reject indignity as a price for their freedom in reference to prisoners' release in return of resumption of futile talks .
Abou Aoun has criticized the PA cancel to pursue the Israeli crimes in the ICC, calling for the release of all Palestinian prisoners.
He stressed that the Palestinian prisoners need effective campaigning for their release and not only a show of sympathy.
He pointed to the PA's double standard policy in dealing with liberated prisoners, where many of them have been re-arrested by PA forces due to their political affiliation.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Center for Studies said the health of prisoner Hussam Za'anin, aged 28 from the Gaza Strip who is held in Ashkelon jail, has seriously and suddenly deteriorated in the past few days. The center quoted the captive's family as saying that "Hussam is held now in Ashkelon prison clinic and suffers from acute pain due to his old injuries in the shoulder and chest."
The family added that Hussam is suffering from the policy of medical negligence by the Israeli prison administration, as the occupation refuses to offer him the proper treatment.
The center held the occupation authorities and the prison administration fully responsible for the life of the prisoner whose health condition is gravely deteriorating.
Za'anin was arrested at Beit Hanoun on July 24, 2013 for unknown reasons, while he was heading for hospitals in the 1948 territories to receive treatment. The Israeli court has postponed the hearing in his case more than once.
The family of Hussam Za'anin appealed to international and human rights organizations to immediately intervene in order to save the lives of its son and all sick prisoners, in light of the policy of medical neglect in Israeli prisons.
Meanwhile, the Popular Committee for the release of prisoners staged on Tuesday a sit-in in front of the International Red Cross headquarters in Jenin, holding the occupation authorities fully responsible for the lives of patient prisoners.
The protesters called on the international community and the humanitarian and human rights institutions to shoulder their responsibilities and protect the prisoners from the occupation abuses.
They also called on the Red Cross to exert pressure on the Israeli government to halt its fierce attack on the Palestinian captives, especially the patients and to provide them with the necessary treatment until their release.
Coordinator of the popular committee for the release of prisoners in Jenin Ragheb Abu Diak stated that these activities will continue in support of the patient detainees in light of their deteriorated health status and their deprivation of treatment.
The family added that Hussam is suffering from the policy of medical negligence by the Israeli prison administration, as the occupation refuses to offer him the proper treatment.
The center held the occupation authorities and the prison administration fully responsible for the life of the prisoner whose health condition is gravely deteriorating.
Za'anin was arrested at Beit Hanoun on July 24, 2013 for unknown reasons, while he was heading for hospitals in the 1948 territories to receive treatment. The Israeli court has postponed the hearing in his case more than once.
The family of Hussam Za'anin appealed to international and human rights organizations to immediately intervene in order to save the lives of its son and all sick prisoners, in light of the policy of medical neglect in Israeli prisons.
Meanwhile, the Popular Committee for the release of prisoners staged on Tuesday a sit-in in front of the International Red Cross headquarters in Jenin, holding the occupation authorities fully responsible for the lives of patient prisoners.
The protesters called on the international community and the humanitarian and human rights institutions to shoulder their responsibilities and protect the prisoners from the occupation abuses.
They also called on the Red Cross to exert pressure on the Israeli government to halt its fierce attack on the Palestinian captives, especially the patients and to provide them with the necessary treatment until their release.
Coordinator of the popular committee for the release of prisoners in Jenin Ragheb Abu Diak stated that these activities will continue in support of the patient detainees in light of their deteriorated health status and their deprivation of treatment.
Palestinian prisoners' families have called on Israeli prison authorities to allow them to provide winter clothing to their sons held in Israeli jails before winter season for fear of Israeli delays as in previous years. A prisoner's father told the Palestinian prisoners center for studies that the Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli detention centers particularly those detained in Naqab, Nafha, Raymond, Echel, and Halikidar prisons in Negev have been deprived of warm clothes and blankets since 2007.
The families expressed concern over the acute shortage of essentials in light of the cold desert nights, urging the Red Cross to provide the prisoners with these needs especially that the winter season has approached.
For his part, the director of the center Rafat Hamdouna called upon human rights institutions concerned with prisoners' issues, led by the International Red Cross to provide the prisoners with winter clothes, shoes and blankets, in coordination with the Israeli Red Cross.
He stated that the Israeli Prison Services are used to preventing the prisoners' winter essentials as part of the Israeli violations of human rights laws and conventions.
The families expressed concern over the acute shortage of essentials in light of the cold desert nights, urging the Red Cross to provide the prisoners with these needs especially that the winter season has approached.
For his part, the director of the center Rafat Hamdouna called upon human rights institutions concerned with prisoners' issues, led by the International Red Cross to provide the prisoners with winter clothes, shoes and blankets, in coordination with the Israeli Red Cross.
He stated that the Israeli Prison Services are used to preventing the prisoners' winter essentials as part of the Israeli violations of human rights laws and conventions.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) closed with an iron gate the main entrance to Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, on Tuesday night. Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers along with intelligence officers in three army jeeps blocked movement of citizens in and out of the village.
They said that the soldiers broke into many homes in the village searching for those who threw Molotov cocktails on the military watchtower near the village.
They said that the soldiers detained a young man after beating and dragging him and took him to Etzion detention center.
They said that the soldiers broke into many homes in the village searching for those who threw Molotov cocktails on the military watchtower near the village.
They said that the soldiers detained a young man after beating and dragging him and took him to Etzion detention center.
