30 sept 2014
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) barred prisoner Ahmad Saadat, the secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, from receiving prison visits for three renewable months.
Saadat’s wife, Abla, said in press remarks on Thursday that the Israeli prison authority did not state the reason for its decision.
The detainee, currently held in Gilboa prison, are regularly transferred to different jails as part of the ongoing punitive measures taken against him.
The wife said the Israeli jailers always prevent her and her children from visiting their father, but the difference this time was that the visit ban decision was issued in writing.
Saadat’s wife appealed to human rights groups to intervene with the Israeli prison authority to enable her and her children to see their father.
Saadat’s wife, Abla, said in press remarks on Thursday that the Israeli prison authority did not state the reason for its decision.
The detainee, currently held in Gilboa prison, are regularly transferred to different jails as part of the ongoing punitive measures taken against him.
The wife said the Israeli jailers always prevent her and her children from visiting their father, but the difference this time was that the visit ban decision was issued in writing.
Saadat’s wife appealed to human rights groups to intervene with the Israeli prison authority to enable her and her children to see their father.
The Israeli police arrested Monday evening three Jerusalemite women in at the Aqsa mosque under the pretext of shouting Takbeer. Eyewitnesses confirmed that the three female detainees were taken to an Israeli interrogation center in the Old City.
The three detainees were arrested for chanting religious slogans and preventing settlers from entering the Aqsa mosque, media sources said.
In a related context, the Palestinian prisoner society said that the Israeli occupation forces arrested a Palestinian student at Quds University in Jericho at a military checkpoint near the city, while another one was arrested after brutally storming his home in Salfit city to the north of the West Bank.
In another incident, the military courts in Salam and Ofer issued prison sentences against seven Palestinians to prison and imposed heavy fines on them, the society added.
Meanwhile, Israeli special forces stormed section 3 in Ramon prison on Monday evening.
In its brief statement, the society said that detainees Omer Khroat and Osama Salal were transferred from the jail during the raid on the section.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are daily exposed to several violations, including physical abuse, deliberate medical neglect and solitary confinement.
The three detainees were arrested for chanting religious slogans and preventing settlers from entering the Aqsa mosque, media sources said.
In a related context, the Palestinian prisoner society said that the Israeli occupation forces arrested a Palestinian student at Quds University in Jericho at a military checkpoint near the city, while another one was arrested after brutally storming his home in Salfit city to the north of the West Bank.
In another incident, the military courts in Salam and Ofer issued prison sentences against seven Palestinians to prison and imposed heavy fines on them, the society added.
Meanwhile, Israeli special forces stormed section 3 in Ramon prison on Monday evening.
In its brief statement, the society said that detainees Omer Khroat and Osama Salal were transferred from the jail during the raid on the section.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are daily exposed to several violations, including physical abuse, deliberate medical neglect and solitary confinement.
83 Palestinian prisoners and detainees died during the Aqsa uprising in September 2000 due to either medical neglect, torture, or assassination. The Palestinian prisoners center for studies said on Monday that 206 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli jails since 1967, 83 of them was killed during the Aqsa uprising.
24 prisoners died in Israeli jails due to medical neglect, while three were tortured to death. Another one was shot dead in Negev prison while a second one was burned to death.
54 Palestinians were directly shot dead during their detention despite the fact that they did not pose any threat to Israeli forces.
In 2002, 25 prisoners died in Israeli jails, most of them were deliberately shot by Israeli soldiers shortly after their arrest.
Dozens of Palestinian detainees suffering from chronic diseases also died shortly after their release from Israeli jails because they did not receive proper medical care inside jails.
The center called on human rights groups to necessarily reveal the real reasons behind the death of 206 Palestinian prisoners during their detention and provide protection for the Palestinians in Israeli jails.
24 prisoners died in Israeli jails due to medical neglect, while three were tortured to death. Another one was shot dead in Negev prison while a second one was burned to death.
54 Palestinians were directly shot dead during their detention despite the fact that they did not pose any threat to Israeli forces.
In 2002, 25 prisoners died in Israeli jails, most of them were deliberately shot by Israeli soldiers shortly after their arrest.
Dozens of Palestinian detainees suffering from chronic diseases also died shortly after their release from Israeli jails because they did not receive proper medical care inside jails.
The center called on human rights groups to necessarily reveal the real reasons behind the death of 206 Palestinian prisoners during their detention and provide protection for the Palestinians in Israeli jails.
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday, at dawn, different parts of the occupied West Bank, invaded and searched several homes, and kidnapped at least 10 Palestinians.
Local sources in Hebron have reported that several Israeli military jeeps invaded Deir Samet town, west of the city, broke into and searched at least one home, and kidnapped Ezzeddin Jabr al-Hroub, 19.
The soldiers also invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians. They have been identified as Ahmad Yousef Abu Naseef, Nayef al-Badawi, and Tareq Abu Sham’a.
Eyewitnesses said that dozens of soldiers were deployed on the main road lining between Hebron city and various villages and towns, south of the Hebron district.
The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
Three more Palestinians have also been kidnapped from their homes in different areas of Hebron City. The army claims the kidnapped Palestinians are members of Hamas.
In addition, two Palestinians were taken prisoner from their homes in Husan town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked several homes before kidnapping Ibrahim Nassar, 25, and Mahmoud Khalaf Zaghloul, 20.
The soldiers also invaded the Solomon Pools area, in al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, violently searched and ransacked several homes.
On Monday evening, several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem.
Head of the Teqoua’ local council Taiseer Abu Mfarreh stated the clashes took place near the town council, and that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Local sources in Hebron have reported that several Israeli military jeeps invaded Deir Samet town, west of the city, broke into and searched at least one home, and kidnapped Ezzeddin Jabr al-Hroub, 19.
The soldiers also invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians. They have been identified as Ahmad Yousef Abu Naseef, Nayef al-Badawi, and Tareq Abu Sham’a.
Eyewitnesses said that dozens of soldiers were deployed on the main road lining between Hebron city and various villages and towns, south of the Hebron district.
The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
Three more Palestinians have also been kidnapped from their homes in different areas of Hebron City. The army claims the kidnapped Palestinians are members of Hamas.
In addition, two Palestinians were taken prisoner from their homes in Husan town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked several homes before kidnapping Ibrahim Nassar, 25, and Mahmoud Khalaf Zaghloul, 20.
The soldiers also invaded the Solomon Pools area, in al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, violently searched and ransacked several homes.
On Monday evening, several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem.
Head of the Teqoua’ local council Taiseer Abu Mfarreh stated the clashes took place near the town council, and that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades.
29 sept 2014
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 23 Palestinian workmen as they were trying to enter the 1948 occupied lands, claiming that they did not have any entry permits . Human rights sources confirmed that the detainees were exposed to beating, maltreatment and humiliation during their detention.
According to secretary-general of the federation of the Palestinian trade unions Shaher Saad, such Israeli practices and restrictions violate the international law that guarantees the workers’ rights to work and live a decent life.
In another context, the Palestinian prisoner society said that Salam and Ofer military courts sent seven Palestinian prisoners to prison and imposed heavy fines against them.
According to secretary-general of the federation of the Palestinian trade unions Shaher Saad, such Israeli practices and restrictions violate the international law that guarantees the workers’ rights to work and live a decent life.
In another context, the Palestinian prisoner society said that Salam and Ofer military courts sent seven Palestinian prisoners to prison and imposed heavy fines against them.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped a few weeks ago the Palestinian-French law professor Ra'ed Abu Badwiya from his home in Nablus city, AFP news agency said on Monday. The IOF arrested 41-year-old Ra'ed Abu Badwiya on suspicion of spreading pro-Hamas views among his students at An-Najah national university in Nablus city.
Abu Badwiya's wife appealed to the French government to immediately intervene and press Israel to release her husband, especially since her husband is a French citizen.
"My husband has French nationality and France is a country of law, so it should not accept the detention of one of its citizens in Israel, which flouts the international law and treaties," the wife stated.
Abu Badwiya's wife appealed to the French government to immediately intervene and press Israel to release her husband, especially since her husband is a French citizen.
"My husband has French nationality and France is a country of law, so it should not accept the detention of one of its citizens in Israel, which flouts the international law and treaties," the wife stated.
A number of Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Monday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and broke into a Coffee Shop and a Bakery. The army also kidnapped ten Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank.
Local sources said that the soldiers invaded Baladna Coffee Shop, in the center of the city, and ‘Abboud Bakery, violently searching them while interrogating the workers and the customers.
The invasion led to clashes between the invading soldiers and local youth, who threw stones and empty bottles at them, while the army fired gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullets and a number of rounds of live ammunition.
Soldiers also invaded Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin, and installed a military roadblock on its main entrance before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and investigating the ID cards of the passengers.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped at least ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including seven in Qarawat Bani Hassan village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
One Palestinian was kidnapped in Tulkarem city, also in the northern part of the West Bank, at least one in Doura town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and two in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the towns of Ethna and ath-Thaheriyya, near Hebron, and withdrew after driving around for a few hours.
Local sources said that the soldiers invaded Baladna Coffee Shop, in the center of the city, and ‘Abboud Bakery, violently searching them while interrogating the workers and the customers.
The invasion led to clashes between the invading soldiers and local youth, who threw stones and empty bottles at them, while the army fired gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullets and a number of rounds of live ammunition.
Soldiers also invaded Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin, and installed a military roadblock on its main entrance before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and investigating the ID cards of the passengers.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped at least ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including seven in Qarawat Bani Hassan village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
One Palestinian was kidnapped in Tulkarem city, also in the northern part of the West Bank, at least one in Doura town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and two in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the towns of Ethna and ath-Thaheriyya, near Hebron, and withdrew after driving around for a few hours.
Several students, on Sunday, suffocated from tear gas canisters fired at them by Israeli soldiers in the village of al-Khader, to the west of Bethlehem, according to security sources. Further abductions were reported in the Jerusalem area.
WAFA Palestinian News & Info agency reports that, according to the sources, forces fired tear gas canisters toward students while they were on their way home from school, causing several cases of suffocation among them.
Also on sunday, Israeli police kidnapped three Palestinians in the town of al-Ezariya, to the southeast of Jerusalem, as well as served a resident living to the northwest of Ramallah a notice to appear before interrogation, according to reports by witnesses.
By their account, police stormed the village, arrested three youth and led them to an unknown destination, following a raid on their homes.
Meanwhile, Israeli army forces set up two checkpoints at main roads near the northern West Bank area of Jenin, intercepting and interrogating some passengers and causing a traffic jam. However, no arrests were reported.
WAFA further reprots that Israeli forces stormed several villages in the Ramallah district, where they served an interrogation summons to a local resident.
Forces fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades at a number of residents in the village of Surda, to north of Ramallah, causing a fire to erupt in nearby agricultural lands.
Civil defense crews rushed to the scene and were able to put out the fire.
WAFA Palestinian News & Info agency reports that, according to the sources, forces fired tear gas canisters toward students while they were on their way home from school, causing several cases of suffocation among them.
Also on sunday, Israeli police kidnapped three Palestinians in the town of al-Ezariya, to the southeast of Jerusalem, as well as served a resident living to the northwest of Ramallah a notice to appear before interrogation, according to reports by witnesses.
By their account, police stormed the village, arrested three youth and led them to an unknown destination, following a raid on their homes.
Meanwhile, Israeli army forces set up two checkpoints at main roads near the northern West Bank area of Jenin, intercepting and interrogating some passengers and causing a traffic jam. However, no arrests were reported.
WAFA further reprots that Israeli forces stormed several villages in the Ramallah district, where they served an interrogation summons to a local resident.
Forces fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades at a number of residents in the village of Surda, to north of Ramallah, causing a fire to erupt in nearby agricultural lands.
Civil defense crews rushed to the scene and were able to put out the fire.
85,000 Arrest Cases Since 2000
The Palestine Prisoners' Club said, on Sunday, that Israeli authorities have imprisoned 560 Palestinian citizens since the beginning of this September alone, referring to legal files and records kept by the club.
According to the Palestinian News Network, the records indicate that the Hebron province has witnessed the highest rates of imprisonment, with 163 prisoners, followed by Jenin province, with 108.
The ranking of prisoners in Palestinian provinces was as follows: Jerusalem 80 prisoners, Ramallah and Al-Bireh 65 prisoners, Bethlehem 49 prisoners, Nablus 26 prisoners, Tulkarem 23 prisoners, Qalqilya 8 prisoners, and the total of 38 prisoners from Salfit, Tubas and Jericho. In a related vein, Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency further reports that over 85,000 Palestinians were arrested since the second Intifada broke out, in September of the year 2000.
Some 2,500 Palestinians were arrested over the alleged abduction of three Israeli settlers in Hebron in last June, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-detainees' Affairs.
(See http://imemc.org/article/68628 for background info on this matter.)
Statics further revealed that 10,000 Palestinians aged between 12-18 were arrested by Israeli forces, 250 of whom are still in jail -- a stark violation of international law.
1,000 Palestinian women, girls, wives and mothers were also arrested, four of them gave birth inside prison under very harsh circumstances. 19 Palestinian women are still in jail. Lina Jerboni has been in jail since 2002.
Al Ray further reports that, during the same period, Israeli forces arrested more than 65 Palestinian MPs and ministers, most of whom were kept in administrative detention without charge or trial.
30 MPs and two ministers are still in the confinement of Israeli prisons, the commission said.
Furthermore, 73 Palestinians who were released under the terms of Shailt swap deal in 2011 have now been re-arrested, following the disappearance of the three Israeli settlers.
Hundreds of Palestinian patients, journalists, academics and political leaders were also detained in Israeli prisons.
The commission denounced Israel's administrative detention policy -- an outdated measure first implemented in the days of British Mandate Palestine -- as Israeli authorities issued over 24,000 administrative detention orders since the second Intifada first sparked.
Finally, these administrative detention orders have now risen to some 500 in the past three months alone.
See IMEMC Special Report: 800, 000 Palestinians Imprisoned By Israel Since 1967 for more info on this.
The Palestine Prisoners' Club said, on Sunday, that Israeli authorities have imprisoned 560 Palestinian citizens since the beginning of this September alone, referring to legal files and records kept by the club.
According to the Palestinian News Network, the records indicate that the Hebron province has witnessed the highest rates of imprisonment, with 163 prisoners, followed by Jenin province, with 108.
The ranking of prisoners in Palestinian provinces was as follows: Jerusalem 80 prisoners, Ramallah and Al-Bireh 65 prisoners, Bethlehem 49 prisoners, Nablus 26 prisoners, Tulkarem 23 prisoners, Qalqilya 8 prisoners, and the total of 38 prisoners from Salfit, Tubas and Jericho. In a related vein, Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency further reports that over 85,000 Palestinians were arrested since the second Intifada broke out, in September of the year 2000.
Some 2,500 Palestinians were arrested over the alleged abduction of three Israeli settlers in Hebron in last June, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-detainees' Affairs.
(See http://imemc.org/article/68628 for background info on this matter.)
Statics further revealed that 10,000 Palestinians aged between 12-18 were arrested by Israeli forces, 250 of whom are still in jail -- a stark violation of international law.
1,000 Palestinian women, girls, wives and mothers were also arrested, four of them gave birth inside prison under very harsh circumstances. 19 Palestinian women are still in jail. Lina Jerboni has been in jail since 2002.
Al Ray further reports that, during the same period, Israeli forces arrested more than 65 Palestinian MPs and ministers, most of whom were kept in administrative detention without charge or trial.
30 MPs and two ministers are still in the confinement of Israeli prisons, the commission said.
Furthermore, 73 Palestinians who were released under the terms of Shailt swap deal in 2011 have now been re-arrested, following the disappearance of the three Israeli settlers.
Hundreds of Palestinian patients, journalists, academics and political leaders were also detained in Israeli prisons.
The commission denounced Israel's administrative detention policy -- an outdated measure first implemented in the days of British Mandate Palestine -- as Israeli authorities issued over 24,000 administrative detention orders since the second Intifada first sparked.
Finally, these administrative detention orders have now risen to some 500 in the past three months alone.
See IMEMC Special Report: 800, 000 Palestinians Imprisoned By Israel Since 1967 for more info on this.
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This afternoon, Israeli border police entered through Salaymeh checkpoint and fired 14 tear gas grenades and one stun grenade at children leaving school.
28th September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Khalil Team Several teenagers threw stones towards the checkpoint and the soldiers began firing tear gas. An ISM activist present stated, “Four young girls were walking past the boys throwing stones. The boys deliberately stopped throwing stones so the girls could pass safely, but the border police fired tear gas anyway.” At one point two border police grabbed a 12-year-old boy by the arm, |
dragged him to the checkpoint, and detained him for 20 minutes.
In a separate incident close by, nine-year-old Razain was walking near another local school when Israeli forces threw a stun grenade close to her legs. Shrapnel from the stun grenade injured her as it exploded in close proximity, stated Razain’s grandfather to ISM volunteers.
This morning at the Salaymeh checkpoint, Israeli forces fired three tear gas grenades and one stun grenade at schoolchildren.
An ISM activist present stated, “Around three young boys ran towards the checkpoint and threw stones towards the armed Israeli soldiers. They then fired a tear gas grenade towards the the children walking to school, forcing them to run through clouds of gas. This continued for around 40 minutes, with several more children throwing stones and two more tear gas grenades being fired. At one point the soldiers entered through the checkpoint towards the schools and threw one stun grenade. Many of the children were very afraid, it’s clearly no way to begin a day of education. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to concentrate and learn when your day begins with military violence.”
In a separate incident close by, nine-year-old Razain was walking near another local school when Israeli forces threw a stun grenade close to her legs. Shrapnel from the stun grenade injured her as it exploded in close proximity, stated Razain’s grandfather to ISM volunteers.
This morning at the Salaymeh checkpoint, Israeli forces fired three tear gas grenades and one stun grenade at schoolchildren.
An ISM activist present stated, “Around three young boys ran towards the checkpoint and threw stones towards the armed Israeli soldiers. They then fired a tear gas grenade towards the the children walking to school, forcing them to run through clouds of gas. This continued for around 40 minutes, with several more children throwing stones and two more tear gas grenades being fired. At one point the soldiers entered through the checkpoint towards the schools and threw one stun grenade. Many of the children were very afraid, it’s clearly no way to begin a day of education. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to concentrate and learn when your day begins with military violence.”
