31 aug 2015
The Magistrate judge isolated on Sunday on child from Al-Aqsa and extended the arrest of three others and released two young men from Al-Tur.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the Magistrate judge decided to isolate the 15-year old Abdel Mutee Hazeeneh from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 45 days.
The lawyer added that the judge extended the arrest of Shadi Mousa Murqusto (15) and Murad Abu Sbeih (15) until next Thursday.
Al-Dameer organization lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud, explained that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Wahid Marazeeq from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber until 6/9/2015.
The occupation prevents two young men from attending a relative’s wedding
The judge decided on Sunday to release Ahmad Abulhawa and Mohammad Abu Ghannam with a third-party bail. They were arrested last Wednesday night after a police vehicle was set on fire in the village of Al-Tur. The young men were putting up a tent in preparation for a relative’s wedding.
Lawyer Mahmoud explained that the police arrested Abulhawa and Abu Ghannam and requested to extend their arrest for several days and prevented them from attending the wedding without the presence of any evidence against them. The lawyer pointed out that he requested the police several times to release them so they can attend the weeding since there was no evidence to arrest and detain them but the police refused and considered it “revenge” from Jerusalemites.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the Magistrate judge decided to isolate the 15-year old Abdel Mutee Hazeeneh from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 45 days.
The lawyer added that the judge extended the arrest of Shadi Mousa Murqusto (15) and Murad Abu Sbeih (15) until next Thursday.
Al-Dameer organization lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud, explained that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Wahid Marazeeq from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber until 6/9/2015.
The occupation prevents two young men from attending a relative’s wedding
The judge decided on Sunday to release Ahmad Abulhawa and Mohammad Abu Ghannam with a third-party bail. They were arrested last Wednesday night after a police vehicle was set on fire in the village of Al-Tur. The young men were putting up a tent in preparation for a relative’s wedding.
Lawyer Mahmoud explained that the police arrested Abulhawa and Abu Ghannam and requested to extend their arrest for several days and prevented them from attending the wedding without the presence of any evidence against them. The lawyer pointed out that he requested the police several times to release them so they can attend the weeding since there was no evidence to arrest and detain them but the police refused and considered it “revenge” from Jerusalemites.
Israeli Special Forces stormed Monday section 11 in Nafha prison, a Palestinian rights group said.
Prisoners Information Center reported that the Israeli forces carried out an unwarranted search campaign in the section where Palestinian prisoners with high sentences are held.
The center warned against the seriousness of the Israeli raid that might be a start for more Israeli repressive measures.
Along the same line, the Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies said that six prisoners continued their hunger strike declared on August 20, 2015 in protest against their administrative detention according to which hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are held without charge or trial.
The six hunger strikers, identified as Nidal Abu Baker, Shadi Ma’ali, Ghassan Zawehra, Bader Roza, Mounir Sharar, and Kaid Abu Rish were recently moved to solitary confinement, the center pointed out.
The prisoners gave the Israeli Prison Service till 1 September to meet their demands; otherwise they will also stop taking water and vitamins.
The center called for continuing popular support in solidarity with the hunger strikers till meeting their legitimate demands.
Prisoners Information Center reported that the Israeli forces carried out an unwarranted search campaign in the section where Palestinian prisoners with high sentences are held.
The center warned against the seriousness of the Israeli raid that might be a start for more Israeli repressive measures.
Along the same line, the Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies said that six prisoners continued their hunger strike declared on August 20, 2015 in protest against their administrative detention according to which hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are held without charge or trial.
The six hunger strikers, identified as Nidal Abu Baker, Shadi Ma’ali, Ghassan Zawehra, Bader Roza, Mounir Sharar, and Kaid Abu Rish were recently moved to solitary confinement, the center pointed out.
The prisoners gave the Israeli Prison Service till 1 September to meet their demands; otherwise they will also stop taking water and vitamins.
The center called for continuing popular support in solidarity with the hunger strikers till meeting their legitimate demands.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, the villages of Rommana and Zabbouba, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, stormed homes and searched them, and handed five Palestinians military warrants for interrogation in the Salem military base. Soldiers also demolished fifteen structures near Jerusalem.
Media sources said the summoned Palestinians from Rommana have been identified as Zoheir Rashed al-Ahmad, 21, Mohammad Ghazi Mahajna, 24, Abdul-Rahim ‘Amour, 21, and Abdul-Rahim Abu Hammad, 24. They were all summoned after the soldiers invaded their homes, and violently searched them.
In Zabbouba nearby village, soldiers invaded the family home of Anas Qassem 'Atatra, 30, and handed him a military order for interrogation, in the Salem base.
In addition, soldiers searched a home belonging to resident Mahmoud Zandeeq, and interrogated the family.
In related news, soldiers invaded Jaba' town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished fifteen sheds and structures, belonging to Bedouin families of the al-'Ara'ra family. Most of the demolished structures were installed in 1975 and 1976.
Media sources said the summoned Palestinians from Rommana have been identified as Zoheir Rashed al-Ahmad, 21, Mohammad Ghazi Mahajna, 24, Abdul-Rahim ‘Amour, 21, and Abdul-Rahim Abu Hammad, 24. They were all summoned after the soldiers invaded their homes, and violently searched them.
In Zabbouba nearby village, soldiers invaded the family home of Anas Qassem 'Atatra, 30, and handed him a military order for interrogation, in the Salem base.
In addition, soldiers searched a home belonging to resident Mahmoud Zandeeq, and interrogated the family.
In related news, soldiers invaded Jaba' town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished fifteen sheds and structures, belonging to Bedouin families of the al-'Ara'ra family. Most of the demolished structures were installed in 1975 and 1976.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, three young Palestinian men in the ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, one Palestinian in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and one in Tulkarem.
Media sources in Bethlehem have reported that the soldiers invaded the ‘Aida refugee camp, searched a number of homes and kidnapped two brothers identified as Saed and Mohammad Issa ‘Ayyad, in addition to Saddam ‘Aqel Dar al-Hajj.
In addition, soldiers stormed and searched several Palestinian homes in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped a young man identified as Amir As’ad Qteina before taking him to an interrogation center in the city.
Another Palestinian, identified as Bara’ Sa’id al-Hasri, 18, was kidnapped from his home in the Southern Neighborhood of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
His family said the soldiers violently assaulted and beat him, causing various cuts and bruises, before handcuffing and blindfolding him, and took him to an unknown destination.
In related news, soldiers installed a roadblock on the Kafrit village junction, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated the passengers and inspecting their ID cards.
Soldiers also closed the Mabo Dotan military roadblock, near the main entrance of Mabo Dotan illegal colony, near Ya’bad town in the Jenin dentist, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of the passengers.
The army claims Palestinian youths hurled a Molotov cocktail on a settlement bus heading to Mabo Dotan.
Soldiers also invaded Ya’bad town, stormed and searched several homes, and interrogated a few families, in addition to conducting extensive searches in Palestinian olive orchards.
It is worth mentioning that, on Sunday at dawn, soldiers kidnapped two young men, identified as Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Mahmoud and ‘Amid ‘Obeid, in the al-‘Eesawiyya town in occupied Jerusalem.
Media sources in Bethlehem have reported that the soldiers invaded the ‘Aida refugee camp, searched a number of homes and kidnapped two brothers identified as Saed and Mohammad Issa ‘Ayyad, in addition to Saddam ‘Aqel Dar al-Hajj.
In addition, soldiers stormed and searched several Palestinian homes in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped a young man identified as Amir As’ad Qteina before taking him to an interrogation center in the city.
Another Palestinian, identified as Bara’ Sa’id al-Hasri, 18, was kidnapped from his home in the Southern Neighborhood of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
His family said the soldiers violently assaulted and beat him, causing various cuts and bruises, before handcuffing and blindfolding him, and took him to an unknown destination.
In related news, soldiers installed a roadblock on the Kafrit village junction, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated the passengers and inspecting their ID cards.
Soldiers also closed the Mabo Dotan military roadblock, near the main entrance of Mabo Dotan illegal colony, near Ya’bad town in the Jenin dentist, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of the passengers.
The army claims Palestinian youths hurled a Molotov cocktail on a settlement bus heading to Mabo Dotan.
Soldiers also invaded Ya’bad town, stormed and searched several homes, and interrogated a few families, in addition to conducting extensive searches in Palestinian olive orchards.
It is worth mentioning that, on Sunday at dawn, soldiers kidnapped two young men, identified as Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Mahmoud and ‘Amid ‘Obeid, in the al-‘Eesawiyya town in occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies said the Israeli occupation army recently started again to kidnap Palestinian merchants from the Gaza Strip at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing after a four-month hiatus.
Spokesman for the center Riyadh al-Ashqar stated on Sunday that the Israeli army had launched a ferocious arrest campaign against Gazan merchants and businessmen in the first third of the current year, during which 21 of them were taken prisoners at Beit Hanoun crossing.
Ashqar added that most of those detainees are still in Israeli jails on allegations of smuggling banned materials and cooperating with resistance factions in Gaza.
This arrest campaign stopped from April until the end of July before it started again with the kidnapping of three merchants during August, he said.
Spokesman for the center Riyadh al-Ashqar stated on Sunday that the Israeli army had launched a ferocious arrest campaign against Gazan merchants and businessmen in the first third of the current year, during which 21 of them were taken prisoners at Beit Hanoun crossing.
Ashqar added that most of those detainees are still in Israeli jails on allegations of smuggling banned materials and cooperating with resistance factions in Gaza.
This arrest campaign stopped from April until the end of July before it started again with the kidnapping of three merchants during August, he said.
The Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies said that 94 Israeli administrative detention orders had been issued against Palestinians during the current month.
Spokesman for the center Riyadh al-Ashqar stated in a report on Sunday that the Israeli occupation had issued 726 administrative prison orders against Palestinian detainees with no indictment or due process since the start of the current year, 2015.
Ashqar stressed that the Israeli occupation persists in using the administrative detention policy as mass punishment against the Palestinians who are arrested from different West Bank areas, with no guilt.
He appealed to the international community to break its silence and take action to end such arbitrary detention policy against the Palestinians.
Spokesman for the center Riyadh al-Ashqar stated in a report on Sunday that the Israeli occupation had issued 726 administrative prison orders against Palestinian detainees with no indictment or due process since the start of the current year, 2015.
Ashqar stressed that the Israeli occupation persists in using the administrative detention policy as mass punishment against the Palestinians who are arrested from different West Bank areas, with no guilt.
He appealed to the international community to break its silence and take action to end such arbitrary detention policy against the Palestinians.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up at dawn Sunday four Palestinians from the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem. Three others were summoned to be questioned at Israeli intelligence as well.
The Israeli radio station revealed that two Palestinians were arrested: one in Silwad town to the north of Ramallah and the other in al-Aroub refugee camp in northern al-Khalil.
Two Palestinian young men from southern Bethlehem along with a third man from Salfit were handed summonses to be questioned at Israeli intelligence offices, the Israeli radio station said.
Local sources disclosed that the IOF soldiers handed the summonses to the three Palestinians after storming and searching their houses.
Israeli policemen stormed al-Issawiyah town to the east of Occupied Jerusalem at dawn Sunday and rounded up two Palestinian young men, Eyewitnesses said.
The Israeli radio station revealed that two Palestinians were arrested: one in Silwad town to the north of Ramallah and the other in al-Aroub refugee camp in northern al-Khalil.
Two Palestinian young men from southern Bethlehem along with a third man from Salfit were handed summonses to be questioned at Israeli intelligence offices, the Israeli radio station said.
Local sources disclosed that the IOF soldiers handed the summonses to the three Palestinians after storming and searching their houses.
Israeli policemen stormed al-Issawiyah town to the east of Occupied Jerusalem at dawn Sunday and rounded up two Palestinian young men, Eyewitnesses said.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) quelled a peaceful march in Beit Jala to the west of Bethlehem on Sunday in protest against the Separation Wall.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF soldiers used stun grenades and tear gas canisters to disperse the demonstrators. The march was organized by the Popular Committees against the Separation Wall and Settlement as well as by Beit Jala municipality, he added.
The march was launched from Beer Oneh area where Israeli military vehicles are working on completing the construction of the Separation Wall.
Patriarch Michel Sabbah along with scores of Palestinian activists and national figures in addition to inhabitants of Beit Jala participated in the march. They raised Palestinian flags and anti-Separation Wall slogans.
The IOF soldiers prevented the march from reaching the working place of Israeli vehicles and fired stun grenades and tear gas bombs at the marchers. The Israeli forces assaulted and arrested two Palestinians.
The forces attacked Palestinian press crews and forced them to leave the scene under gun threat.
In a speech, Patriarch Michel Sabbah stressed the need for supporting the inhabitants of Beit Jala in their popular resistance of the Separation Wall. He asked the Palestinian Authority to work on halting the Israeli violations and exposing it at the international level.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF soldiers used stun grenades and tear gas canisters to disperse the demonstrators. The march was organized by the Popular Committees against the Separation Wall and Settlement as well as by Beit Jala municipality, he added.
The march was launched from Beer Oneh area where Israeli military vehicles are working on completing the construction of the Separation Wall.
Patriarch Michel Sabbah along with scores of Palestinian activists and national figures in addition to inhabitants of Beit Jala participated in the march. They raised Palestinian flags and anti-Separation Wall slogans.
The IOF soldiers prevented the march from reaching the working place of Israeli vehicles and fired stun grenades and tear gas bombs at the marchers. The Israeli forces assaulted and arrested two Palestinians.
The forces attacked Palestinian press crews and forced them to leave the scene under gun threat.
In a speech, Patriarch Michel Sabbah stressed the need for supporting the inhabitants of Beit Jala in their popular resistance of the Separation Wall. He asked the Palestinian Authority to work on halting the Israeli violations and exposing it at the international level.
A group of Israeli troops at noon on Sunday broke into the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque.
The Awqaf Department in Occupied Jerusalem revealed that 25 Israeli soldiers, in military uniform, stormed the holy site from the Magharebah gate. They roamed its plazas amid chanting of worshipers at the Mosque’s gates after being barred from entering the holy place.
It said that the Israeli police and Special Forces secured the soldiers’ incursion into the Muslims’ holy mosque. Settlers participated in the incursion as well.
A Palestinian young man was arrested near al-Silsilah gate and was taken to a police station in the city.
In the morning, 30 settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque, while it was closed in front of Palestinian women on Thursday.
In a similar context, Israeli policemen summoned a Palestinian old man after chasing him for about two months on a charge of disruption of police work. He was previously arrested and released on condition of deportation from the Aqsa Mosque for two months.
The old man was summoned on a charge of helping Jerusalemite women enter the Aqsa Mosque despite the fact that he is barred from entering the holy site in the first place.
The Awqaf Department in Occupied Jerusalem revealed that 25 Israeli soldiers, in military uniform, stormed the holy site from the Magharebah gate. They roamed its plazas amid chanting of worshipers at the Mosque’s gates after being barred from entering the holy place.
It said that the Israeli police and Special Forces secured the soldiers’ incursion into the Muslims’ holy mosque. Settlers participated in the incursion as well.
A Palestinian young man was arrested near al-Silsilah gate and was taken to a police station in the city.
In the morning, 30 settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque, while it was closed in front of Palestinian women on Thursday.
In a similar context, Israeli policemen summoned a Palestinian old man after chasing him for about two months on a charge of disruption of police work. He was previously arrested and released on condition of deportation from the Aqsa Mosque for two months.
The old man was summoned on a charge of helping Jerusalemite women enter the Aqsa Mosque despite the fact that he is barred from entering the holy site in the first place.
30 aug 2015
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A 52-year old Palestinian man was arrested at Shuhada checkpoint in al-Khalil (Hebron), recently, for ‘not obeying soldiers’ orders. Israeli forces painfully handcuffed and blindfolded him.
Around 1:30 pm, Hisham Azzeh walked through Shuhada Checkpoint in order to reach his house that is located up the hill next to the illegal settlement in Tel Rumeida. At this first checkpoint on his way home, Hisham passed through the metal detector without it beeping to indicate he had to go back and pass again. Therefore, he continued on his way, but Israeli soldiers yelled at him to go back and pass through the checkpoint again for no reason. |
When he did not immediately comply with the soldiers orders, they arrested him. Israeli soldiers painfully handcuffed him with his hands behind his back with plastic handcuffs, without any regard for a recent operation on his hand. The soldiers also blindfolded him, so he was unable to see what happened to him and where he was brought. On the way up the hill towards the military base, the pain, caused by the plastic handcuffs, was so intense, that Israeli soldiers had to allow Azzeh to sit down on the ground, as he was unable to continue walking.
Palestinians observing the arrest were continously telling soldiers about Azzeh’s recent operation on his hand and the plate that had to be inserted during this operation. Even though they were explaining the immense pain the plastic handcuffs were causing to Azzeh due to this operation, the Israeli soldiers shouted at them to leave the area and be quiet. Various requests to call an ambulance were denied. Only after Azzeh’s brother, who is a medical professional, arrived and reasoned with the soldiers, they attempted to cut the handcuffs. As the soldiers put the handcuffs too tight, they were struggling to cut the handcuffs without cutting Azzeh’s hands, making the procedure even longer and more painful, with Azzeh suffering immensely and crying out in pain.
In the meantime, a civil police car was driving past on a regular patrol and got stopped by the Palestinians in an attempt to alleviate the situation for Hisham. After the handcuffs were finally cut off, by-standers cooled his hand first with a bottle of cold water until an ice-pack was brought for him. The police took Hisham Azzeh to the police station after a long discussion. After about an hour, Azzeh was released. He is now doing okay, but is still suffering from pain in his hands.
Harassment like this in al-Khalil (Hebron) is not unusual. Palestinians have to pass through various checkpoints on their way home or to work and often get detained for long periods of time.
Palestinians observing the arrest were continously telling soldiers about Azzeh’s recent operation on his hand and the plate that had to be inserted during this operation. Even though they were explaining the immense pain the plastic handcuffs were causing to Azzeh due to this operation, the Israeli soldiers shouted at them to leave the area and be quiet. Various requests to call an ambulance were denied. Only after Azzeh’s brother, who is a medical professional, arrived and reasoned with the soldiers, they attempted to cut the handcuffs. As the soldiers put the handcuffs too tight, they were struggling to cut the handcuffs without cutting Azzeh’s hands, making the procedure even longer and more painful, with Azzeh suffering immensely and crying out in pain.
In the meantime, a civil police car was driving past on a regular patrol and got stopped by the Palestinians in an attempt to alleviate the situation for Hisham. After the handcuffs were finally cut off, by-standers cooled his hand first with a bottle of cold water until an ice-pack was brought for him. The police took Hisham Azzeh to the police station after a long discussion. After about an hour, Azzeh was released. He is now doing okay, but is still suffering from pain in his hands.
Harassment like this in al-Khalil (Hebron) is not unusual. Palestinians have to pass through various checkpoints on their way home or to work and often get detained for long periods of time.
Father of the sick Palestinian detainee Mohammed Allan said Saturday his son should remain at the Barzilai hospital pending Israel’s consent to transfer him to a Palestinian hospital.
Allan’s father, Nasr al-Deen, said the lawyer appealed to an Israeli court to approve his son’s transfer to An-Najah hospital in Nablus to carry on the medical therapy and check-ups he quite urgently needs following his two-month hunger strike.
The father quoted the Director of the Barzilai Medical Complex as stating that he does not object to Allan’s transfer to another hospital but he should acquire an official approval from the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) to that end.
Mohammed Allan had gone on a hunger strike for over a couple of months in protest at being held administratively, without charge or trial. The IOA succumbed to increasing pressure to release him after his health status had remarkably gone down.
Allan’s father said his son is still in need of long-term therapy, raising concerns over further complications that might rock the detainee’s body.
He added that his son vowed to re-initiate his hunger strike in case the IOA reneges on promises to release him.
Allan’s father, Nasr al-Deen, said the lawyer appealed to an Israeli court to approve his son’s transfer to An-Najah hospital in Nablus to carry on the medical therapy and check-ups he quite urgently needs following his two-month hunger strike.
The father quoted the Director of the Barzilai Medical Complex as stating that he does not object to Allan’s transfer to another hospital but he should acquire an official approval from the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) to that end.
Mohammed Allan had gone on a hunger strike for over a couple of months in protest at being held administratively, without charge or trial. The IOA succumbed to increasing pressure to release him after his health status had remarkably gone down.
Allan’s father said his son is still in need of long-term therapy, raising concerns over further complications that might rock the detainee’s body.
He added that his son vowed to re-initiate his hunger strike in case the IOA reneges on promises to release him.
Issa Qaraqe, Head of Detainees Committee, revealed that sick prisoners in Israeli jails have mounted to 1,800.
Qaraqe disclosed that 85 Palestinian prisoners are suffering serious health conditions due to chronic diseases in light of the Israeli policy of medical neglect practiced against detainees.
“Sick prisoners in Israeli jails are facing slow death which points to the importance of probing the health condition of prisoners in Israeli lock-ups and studying treatment mechanisms”, Qaraqe said, in a statement on Saturday.
He slammed the international silence towards the policy of medical negligence in Israeli jails. Qaraqe asked the international community to pressure Israel to abide by the international and humanitarian laws in order to oblige the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) to provide captives with required treatment.
“We are very worried about the lives of some Palestinian sick detainees as the lives of 14 captives are at a real risk”, he said.
Qaraqe disclosed that 85 Palestinian prisoners are suffering serious health conditions due to chronic diseases in light of the Israeli policy of medical neglect practiced against detainees.
“Sick prisoners in Israeli jails are facing slow death which points to the importance of probing the health condition of prisoners in Israeli lock-ups and studying treatment mechanisms”, Qaraqe said, in a statement on Saturday.
He slammed the international silence towards the policy of medical negligence in Israeli jails. Qaraqe asked the international community to pressure Israel to abide by the international and humanitarian laws in order to oblige the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) to provide captives with required treatment.
“We are very worried about the lives of some Palestinian sick detainees as the lives of 14 captives are at a real risk”, he said.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the town of Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, kidnapped a child, and held his 10-year-old brother in the bathroom while interrogating and threatening him. The army also kidnapped two young men in occupied East Jerusalem.
The child, Hamza Shokri Hammad, 15 years of age, was kidnapped after a large number of soldiers smashed the family’s main door, and detained him in one of the rooms after forcing his brother Bilal, 10 years of age, into the bathroom, where he was threatened and interrogated.
Hammad was taken prisoner before the soldiers left the property; the family said the army confiscated mobile phones, Game CD’s, in addition to destroying a computer.
The family added that the soldiers also took some of Bilal’s toys, and scattered them outside the property.
The kidnapped child is the son of Moayyad Hammad, who was taken prisoner many years ago, and was sentenced to seven life terms.
Last week, the Israeli Prison Authority denied Hamza the right to visit his imprisoned father under the pretext that he is underage and needs a permit, although under Israeli law, children do not need a permit.
Also on Sunday at dawn, soldiers invaded the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped two young Palestinian men, and took them to an interrogation center in the city.
The two have been identified as Mahmoud Abdul-Raouf Mahmoud, and ‘Amid ‘Obeid.
The child, Hamza Shokri Hammad, 15 years of age, was kidnapped after a large number of soldiers smashed the family’s main door, and detained him in one of the rooms after forcing his brother Bilal, 10 years of age, into the bathroom, where he was threatened and interrogated.
Hammad was taken prisoner before the soldiers left the property; the family said the army confiscated mobile phones, Game CD’s, in addition to destroying a computer.
The family added that the soldiers also took some of Bilal’s toys, and scattered them outside the property.
The kidnapped child is the son of Moayyad Hammad, who was taken prisoner many years ago, and was sentenced to seven life terms.
Last week, the Israeli Prison Authority denied Hamza the right to visit his imprisoned father under the pretext that he is underage and needs a permit, although under Israeli law, children do not need a permit.
Also on Sunday at dawn, soldiers invaded the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped two young Palestinian men, and took them to an interrogation center in the city.
The two have been identified as Mahmoud Abdul-Raouf Mahmoud, and ‘Amid ‘Obeid.
29 aug 2015
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Palestinian activists on social media networks shared Friday photos showing a Palestinian family while quarreling with an Israeli soldier who tried to arrest their child during Nabi Salah village weekly march.
Nariman Tamimi, one of the family members, told Palestine 48 website that Israeli soldiers were hidden behind trees and suddenly appeared and attacked the peaceful march that is weekly organized in the village against settlement construction. The soldiers brutally attacked the participants amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs and rubber bullets, injuring some of them, she added. Few moments later, she continued, one of the Israeli soldiers swooped down on "my little boy Mohamed" in an attempt to arrest him. |
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"We immediately intervened to liberate him especially that he broke his hand after being hit with a rubber bullet during last week march", the mother added.
“During the clashes, the soldier hit my daughter Ahed with his rifle butt on her head. However, we managed to liberate Mohamed after a long confrontation,” she elaborated. Nabi Salah weekly march marked ongoing efforts by local residents to protest the Israeli occupation’s daily violations, including land disputes, the separation wall, freedom of movement, and water claims. Israeli version |
Video: Women of Nabi Saleh unmask, remove Israeli soldier as he attacks an injured child
A radical scene unfolded Friday after Israeli forces intercepted the weekly protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, Palestine against the illegal confiscation of their land and spring. The courageous actions of the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh rescuing their captured child spread immediately on social media after the UK’s Daily Mail published a series of breathtaking photographs taken at the scene. The event was captured on video by Bilal Tamimi and Royal News TV.
As a masked and armed Israeli soldier chases down a hillside you can hear voices yelling, then the unmistakable sound of a screaming child. The boy appears in view as he turns to face the soldier. Screaming, the boy pivots then rushes past the soldier and up the hill through a mass of boulders as the soldier finally catches up with the boy and captures him. Placing the boy in a chokehold the soldier forces the struggling child over a bolder as cameras close in on the scene and record what’s happening. What follows, captured on video and camera, is a sight to behold.
The boy has a cast on his left arm. The soldier briefly loosens his chokehold before tightening his grip again.
The struggling continues over the wild screams of the boy. The soldier, ironically gasping for breath, yells out at the top of his lungs – calling for assistance from his comrade forces – unable to pull off this arrest of the boy on his own. He adjusts his rifle, pulls back the boy’s good arm and shoves the boy’s face towards the boulder, then stands and tries lifting the boy up from under the child’s armpits as the boy’s arms and cast fly into the air he lets out a painful scream. The soldier struggles to contain the squirming writhing boy who’s wildly kicking his legs into the air.
And then the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh descend on the soldier.
They plunge down on the soldier, pulling him off the child (2: 05). He thrusts them off and struggle ensues, he tackles the boy again as women and girls proceed yanking his limbs, beating his head, biting him, slapping him (while the soldier is yelling for backup), mounting his back, putting a chokehold on his neck, ripping his mask and finally tearing it off his face, unmasking him completely (2:52). Other soldiers enter into the scene and rescue him from the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh. The boy is fighting him off the whole time.
Note the last scene of the video. The humiliated, defeated soldier draws a teargas canister, arms it, and throws it to the ground.
A radical scene unfolded Friday after Israeli forces intercepted the weekly protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, Palestine against the illegal confiscation of their land and spring. The courageous actions of the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh rescuing their captured child spread immediately on social media after the UK’s Daily Mail published a series of breathtaking photographs taken at the scene. The event was captured on video by Bilal Tamimi and Royal News TV.
As a masked and armed Israeli soldier chases down a hillside you can hear voices yelling, then the unmistakable sound of a screaming child. The boy appears in view as he turns to face the soldier. Screaming, the boy pivots then rushes past the soldier and up the hill through a mass of boulders as the soldier finally catches up with the boy and captures him. Placing the boy in a chokehold the soldier forces the struggling child over a bolder as cameras close in on the scene and record what’s happening. What follows, captured on video and camera, is a sight to behold.
The boy has a cast on his left arm. The soldier briefly loosens his chokehold before tightening his grip again.
The struggling continues over the wild screams of the boy. The soldier, ironically gasping for breath, yells out at the top of his lungs – calling for assistance from his comrade forces – unable to pull off this arrest of the boy on his own. He adjusts his rifle, pulls back the boy’s good arm and shoves the boy’s face towards the boulder, then stands and tries lifting the boy up from under the child’s armpits as the boy’s arms and cast fly into the air he lets out a painful scream. The soldier struggles to contain the squirming writhing boy who’s wildly kicking his legs into the air.
And then the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh descend on the soldier.
They plunge down on the soldier, pulling him off the child (2: 05). He thrusts them off and struggle ensues, he tackles the boy again as women and girls proceed yanking his limbs, beating his head, biting him, slapping him (while the soldier is yelling for backup), mounting his back, putting a chokehold on his neck, ripping his mask and finally tearing it off his face, unmasking him completely (2:52). Other soldiers enter into the scene and rescue him from the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh. The boy is fighting him off the whole time.
Note the last scene of the video. The humiliated, defeated soldier draws a teargas canister, arms it, and throws it to the ground.
28 aug 2015
A Palestinian journalist was shot and injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet, while another was abducted during clashes which erupted, in Ramallah’s village of Bil'in, between Palestinian locals and the Israeli army, as the latter suppressed the weekly and peaceful anti-settlement demonstration. Injuries were also reported east of Qalqilia.
The popular committee against the separation wall in the village said that journalist Mohammed Basman Yasin was hit with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the foot, while he was covering the event.
According to WAFA correspondence, Israeli forces also took another journalist, identified as Hamza Yasin, into custody. Head of the popular committee, Iyad Birnat, was also taken.
Meanwhile, forces suppressed another peaceful demonstration organized in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, shooting and injuring a child with a rubber-coated bullet in the foot, and causing many others to suffocate due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by the Israeli soldiers.
Many others sustained light injuries after being hit with rubber-coated bullets. They were all treated at the scene.
The soldiers further abducted Palestinian local Mahmoud al-Tamimi, along with an Italian activist.
The popular committee movement in Nabi Saleh said that soldiers attempted to nab a child, who sustained fractures in his arm during an Israeli army’ raid on the village two days ago; forces reportedly beat him, along with other locals. The child was identified as Mohammed Bassim.
Dozens of Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, while a youth was shot with live ammunition as Israeli forces quelled the weekly and peaceful anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalqilia, according to a local activist.
Coordinator of the popular resistance committee in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, Murab Shtawi, said that Israeli forces violently suppressed demonstrators, who also rallied to protest Israel’s closure of the main road that has connected the village of Kufr Qaddoum with the city of Nablus since 2003, spurring clashes between them.
Forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades at demonstrators, shooting and injuring a youth from Shtawi family with a live bullet in his foot, while dozens others were treated at the scene for rubber bullet injuries. The youth was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Forces also employed the use of chemically treated waste water against demonstrators.
“Before 2003, the residents of Kufr Qaddoum would use a shorter road to the east in order to come and go to nearby cities and villages. However, as the settlements expanded so that they overwhelmed the road, it became closed for Palestinian use, said Addameer Human Rights Association.
The only alternative road is roughly six times longer than the previous route, disrupting the villagers’ ability to attend university, their jobs, and other vital aspects of their economic and social wellbeing, noted Addameer.
“Three Palestinian deaths relating to the road’s closure occurred between 2004 and 2005,” it said.
Although Kufr Qaddoum’s Popular Resistance Committee took their case to the Israeli High Court in 2003, the legal status of the road remains unchanged, stressed Addameer. After all legal appeals failed, villagers decided to organize weekly demonstrations in July 2011, a step that was met with violent suppression by Israeli forces.
Meanwhile, extremist settlers, late Thursday night, cut off the electricity supply to the village after they broke the locks of the village’s power distribution station located near the Israeli settlement of Qedumim, built illegally on the village’s land. As a result, the village locals were left without electricity for hours.
The popular committee against the separation wall in the village said that journalist Mohammed Basman Yasin was hit with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the foot, while he was covering the event.
According to WAFA correspondence, Israeli forces also took another journalist, identified as Hamza Yasin, into custody. Head of the popular committee, Iyad Birnat, was also taken.
Meanwhile, forces suppressed another peaceful demonstration organized in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, shooting and injuring a child with a rubber-coated bullet in the foot, and causing many others to suffocate due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by the Israeli soldiers.
Many others sustained light injuries after being hit with rubber-coated bullets. They were all treated at the scene.
The soldiers further abducted Palestinian local Mahmoud al-Tamimi, along with an Italian activist.
The popular committee movement in Nabi Saleh said that soldiers attempted to nab a child, who sustained fractures in his arm during an Israeli army’ raid on the village two days ago; forces reportedly beat him, along with other locals. The child was identified as Mohammed Bassim.
Dozens of Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, while a youth was shot with live ammunition as Israeli forces quelled the weekly and peaceful anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalqilia, according to a local activist.
Coordinator of the popular resistance committee in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, Murab Shtawi, said that Israeli forces violently suppressed demonstrators, who also rallied to protest Israel’s closure of the main road that has connected the village of Kufr Qaddoum with the city of Nablus since 2003, spurring clashes between them.
Forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades at demonstrators, shooting and injuring a youth from Shtawi family with a live bullet in his foot, while dozens others were treated at the scene for rubber bullet injuries. The youth was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Forces also employed the use of chemically treated waste water against demonstrators.
“Before 2003, the residents of Kufr Qaddoum would use a shorter road to the east in order to come and go to nearby cities and villages. However, as the settlements expanded so that they overwhelmed the road, it became closed for Palestinian use, said Addameer Human Rights Association.
The only alternative road is roughly six times longer than the previous route, disrupting the villagers’ ability to attend university, their jobs, and other vital aspects of their economic and social wellbeing, noted Addameer.
“Three Palestinian deaths relating to the road’s closure occurred between 2004 and 2005,” it said.
Although Kufr Qaddoum’s Popular Resistance Committee took their case to the Israeli High Court in 2003, the legal status of the road remains unchanged, stressed Addameer. After all legal appeals failed, villagers decided to organize weekly demonstrations in July 2011, a step that was met with violent suppression by Israeli forces.
Meanwhile, extremist settlers, late Thursday night, cut off the electricity supply to the village after they broke the locks of the village’s power distribution station located near the Israeli settlement of Qedumim, built illegally on the village’s land. As a result, the village locals were left without electricity for hours.
Israeli authorities have renewed the administrative detention of 85 percent of Palestinians detainees held under the policy, a prisoner rights group said Friday.
The Prisoners' Center for Studies said that at least 75 of the 480 Palestinians held under the detention without trial policy have had their sentences -- which range from two to six months -- renewed four times in a row, according to Ma'an.
The detention of 135 detainees has been renewed three times in a row while 190 Palestinians have had their sentences renewed twice, the center added.
Israeli military courts have issued 726 administrative detention orders in 2015 alone, including first time sentences and renewals, the group said, over 340 of which were issued to Palestinians from the Hebron district in the occupied West Bank.
Riyad al-Ashqar, a spokesperson of the Prisoners’ Center for Studies, said Israel is keeping Palestinians as political hostages through the policy of administrative detention.
Most detainees held under the policy, which dates back to the British Mandate, are held on secret evidence and are not aware of the reason for their detention, which can be renewed indefinitely in six-month periods.
In 2012, over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners went on hunger strike to protest administrative detention, one of the only means available to Palestinians to challenge the policy.
Last week, Palestinian detainee Muhammad Allan ended a two-month hunger strike which he began to protest his detention without trial. An Israeli court ruled to lift his administrative detention due to his deteriorating health.
While administrative detention is legal under international law in exceptional circumstances, the international community and rights organizations have condemned excessive use of the practice by Israel.
The Prisoners' Center for Studies said that at least 75 of the 480 Palestinians held under the detention without trial policy have had their sentences -- which range from two to six months -- renewed four times in a row, according to Ma'an.
The detention of 135 detainees has been renewed three times in a row while 190 Palestinians have had their sentences renewed twice, the center added.
Israeli military courts have issued 726 administrative detention orders in 2015 alone, including first time sentences and renewals, the group said, over 340 of which were issued to Palestinians from the Hebron district in the occupied West Bank.
Riyad al-Ashqar, a spokesperson of the Prisoners’ Center for Studies, said Israel is keeping Palestinians as political hostages through the policy of administrative detention.
Most detainees held under the policy, which dates back to the British Mandate, are held on secret evidence and are not aware of the reason for their detention, which can be renewed indefinitely in six-month periods.
In 2012, over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners went on hunger strike to protest administrative detention, one of the only means available to Palestinians to challenge the policy.
Last week, Palestinian detainee Muhammad Allan ended a two-month hunger strike which he began to protest his detention without trial. An Israeli court ruled to lift his administrative detention due to his deteriorating health.
While administrative detention is legal under international law in exceptional circumstances, the international community and rights organizations have condemned excessive use of the practice by Israel.
Issa Qaraqe, head of detainees and ex-detainees committee, disclosed that torture operations of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have increased by 200% since mid of 2014.
Qaraqe told a Polish delegation, visiting the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees in Ramallah, that the operations of torture in Israeli prisons are conducted under the supervision and by direct instructions of Israeli government and the shin bet.
Qaraqe previewed the conditions of six thousand detainees in Israeli jails including 500 prisoners held under administrative detention without trials or charges.
1700 captives are suffering illness including 85 detainees complaining of serious diseases such as cancer and Hepatitis viruses, paralysis and others. The Palestinian detainees also include 25 women, 200 children, hundreds of youths and leaders of Palestinian captives as well as 4 MPs of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Qaraqe revealed.
He pointed out that Palestinian minors are abused at the hands of Israeli soldiers by different violations including beating, cursing, assaulting and threatening of sexual abuse.
Qaraqe asked Poland to pressure Israel in order to halt its offensive practices against Palestinian prisoners and to prosecute it for its daily crimes practiced against them in full disregard to the international conventions and charters.
Qaraqe told a Polish delegation, visiting the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees in Ramallah, that the operations of torture in Israeli prisons are conducted under the supervision and by direct instructions of Israeli government and the shin bet.
Qaraqe previewed the conditions of six thousand detainees in Israeli jails including 500 prisoners held under administrative detention without trials or charges.
1700 captives are suffering illness including 85 detainees complaining of serious diseases such as cancer and Hepatitis viruses, paralysis and others. The Palestinian detainees also include 25 women, 200 children, hundreds of youths and leaders of Palestinian captives as well as 4 MPs of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Qaraqe revealed.
He pointed out that Palestinian minors are abused at the hands of Israeli soldiers by different violations including beating, cursing, assaulting and threatening of sexual abuse.
Qaraqe asked Poland to pressure Israel in order to halt its offensive practices against Palestinian prisoners and to prosecute it for its daily crimes practiced against them in full disregard to the international conventions and charters.
