31 aug 2018
Israeli forces, on Thursday, ordered a Palestinian family, from the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, to stop reconstruction on their home, and detained the workers.
According to Hebron’s Palestinian Reconstruction Commission, Israeli forces raided Ishaq Maharmeh’s house in the Old City of Hebron, which is under full Israeli control, and ordered him to stop reconstruction and maintenance work at the house.
Sources confirmed that Israeli forces stopped work under the pretext that Maharmeh must obtain military permission issued by the Israeli Civil Administration, first.
Israeli forces detained several workers who were working on renovation inside Maharmeh’s home. However, their identities remained unknown, according to Ma’an.
The Palestinian Civil Liaison said that it was informed of the military’s decision to prevent the repair work.
The liaison added that efforts are being made to reverse the decision, so that the Reconstruction Commission could complete the task.
The commission tries to help Palestinian residents of the Old City of Hebron with renovating their homes, in order to prevent people from leaving their homes, as Israel plans to take over Palestinian homes and transfer ownership to Israeli settlers.
Hebron’s flash-point Old City has been declared a “closed military zone” by the Israeli army since November of 2015, and all non-resident Palestinians have been prevented from entering the area.
Palestinians residing in the Old City were required to register under a numbering system, following the declaration, in order to pass through the 17 military checkpoints that crisscross the area.
Some 800 Israeli settlers live illegally in the area, and have been able to move freely.
Despite being located in the center of Hebron city, which is under Palestinian jurisdiction, the Old City is located in an area designated as “H2” and is under full Israeli military control.
Around 40,000 Palestinians live in H2, and report frequent and often violent harassment by Israeli settlers attempting to push locals out of the Old City, and the harsh restrictions imposed by the military which prevent Palestinians from carrying out daily activities.
According to Hebron’s Palestinian Reconstruction Commission, Israeli forces raided Ishaq Maharmeh’s house in the Old City of Hebron, which is under full Israeli control, and ordered him to stop reconstruction and maintenance work at the house.
Sources confirmed that Israeli forces stopped work under the pretext that Maharmeh must obtain military permission issued by the Israeli Civil Administration, first.
Israeli forces detained several workers who were working on renovation inside Maharmeh’s home. However, their identities remained unknown, according to Ma’an.
The Palestinian Civil Liaison said that it was informed of the military’s decision to prevent the repair work.
The liaison added that efforts are being made to reverse the decision, so that the Reconstruction Commission could complete the task.
The commission tries to help Palestinian residents of the Old City of Hebron with renovating their homes, in order to prevent people from leaving their homes, as Israel plans to take over Palestinian homes and transfer ownership to Israeli settlers.
Hebron’s flash-point Old City has been declared a “closed military zone” by the Israeli army since November of 2015, and all non-resident Palestinians have been prevented from entering the area.
Palestinians residing in the Old City were required to register under a numbering system, following the declaration, in order to pass through the 17 military checkpoints that crisscross the area.
Some 800 Israeli settlers live illegally in the area, and have been able to move freely.
Despite being located in the center of Hebron city, which is under Palestinian jurisdiction, the Old City is located in an area designated as “H2” and is under full Israeli military control.
Around 40,000 Palestinians live in H2, and report frequent and often violent harassment by Israeli settlers attempting to push locals out of the Old City, and the harsh restrictions imposed by the military which prevent Palestinians from carrying out daily activities.
An Israeli police officer physically assaulted and badly wounded a Palestinian citizen on Thursday morning outside the Aqsa Mosque compound before rounding him up.
The victim, Nidam Abu Ramuz, said that he was standing as usual at al-Asbat Gate in the morning because the Israeli police do not allow him and many others to enter the Mosque during the presence of Jewish settlers inside.
Abu Ramuz told Quds Press that an Israeli policeman checked his ID and insulted him with no reason before the situation turned into a verbal altercation between him and the officer.
He added that the same policeman subdued him and took him to a police station in al-Asbat area where he embarked on brutally beating him on his head and face before an Israeli police patrol showed up and transferred him as he was bleeding to another police station in western Jerusalem and then to Hadassah hospital.
According to Quds Press, the police will interrogate Abu Ramuz on Friday in al-Qishla police station.
The victim, Nidam Abu Ramuz, said that he was standing as usual at al-Asbat Gate in the morning because the Israeli police do not allow him and many others to enter the Mosque during the presence of Jewish settlers inside.
Abu Ramuz told Quds Press that an Israeli policeman checked his ID and insulted him with no reason before the situation turned into a verbal altercation between him and the officer.
He added that the same policeman subdued him and took him to a police station in al-Asbat area where he embarked on brutally beating him on his head and face before an Israeli police patrol showed up and transferred him as he was bleeding to another police station in western Jerusalem and then to Hadassah hospital.
According to Quds Press, the police will interrogate Abu Ramuz on Friday in al-Qishla police station.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Thursday transferred Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Nassar to administrative detention immediately after an Israeli court ordered his release.
One of the prisoner’s brother told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that members from the family went to the court, where they paid the fine set by the judge and signed the papers for his release when suddenly they were told that Ahmed was rearrested and transferred to administrative detention after he left the prison.
Ahmed Nassar is an ex-detainee who has spent about two years in Israeli jails. He was just released last year before sending him back to prison four months ago and then releasing him recently after he underwent hunger strike.
Later, Israeli soldiers kidnapped him from his home last July and sent him to jail once again. He was supposed to be released on bail on August 30.
One of the prisoner’s brother told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that members from the family went to the court, where they paid the fine set by the judge and signed the papers for his release when suddenly they were told that Ahmed was rearrested and transferred to administrative detention after he left the prison.
Ahmed Nassar is an ex-detainee who has spent about two years in Israeli jails. He was just released last year before sending him back to prison four months ago and then releasing him recently after he underwent hunger strike.
Later, Israeli soldiers kidnapped him from his home last July and sent him to jail once again. He was supposed to be released on bail on August 30.
Four Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces at daybreak Friday in an abduction sweep rocking West Bank provinces.
The abductions were carried out under the pretext of the arrestees’ involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The Israeli army routinely kidnaps Palestinians throughout the occupied West Bank, ransacks civilian homes, and cracks down on the locals.
The abductions were carried out under the pretext of the arrestees’ involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The Israeli army routinely kidnaps Palestinians throughout the occupied West Bank, ransacks civilian homes, and cracks down on the locals.
Palestinian prisoner Amran al-Khatib has been on hunger strike for over 26 days to pressure his jailers to give him an early release, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
A lawyer for the PPS visited the prisoner on Thursday in Ohalei Kedar jail and reported that Khatib’s health condition worsened, especially since he already suffers from several health problems.
The PPS lawyer said that the prisoner is determined to continue his hunger strike despite his exposure to pressures by the jailers and repeated transfers to other jails.
The lawyer added that Khatib could be transferred to an Israeli hospital during the coming days.
Prisoner Khatib has been in jail since 1997, serving a 45-year term. He is a father of four children.
A lawyer for the PPS visited the prisoner on Thursday in Ohalei Kedar jail and reported that Khatib’s health condition worsened, especially since he already suffers from several health problems.
The PPS lawyer said that the prisoner is determined to continue his hunger strike despite his exposure to pressures by the jailers and repeated transfers to other jails.
The lawyer added that Khatib could be transferred to an Israeli hospital during the coming days.
Prisoner Khatib has been in jail since 1997, serving a 45-year term. He is a father of four children.
Israeli soldiers attacked and injured, Thursday, a Palestinian man after cuffing and detaining him near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Nitham Abu Ramouz, 37, was detained by the soldiers near the Gate of the Tribes as he was heading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He was cuffed and blindfolded before the soldiers assaulted him, especially on his face and head, while moving him al-Qashla nearby detention and interrogation center.
The assault left the Palestinian bleeding from the face and head, and the Police later decided to move him to Hadassah hospital, after he suffered cuts and bruises, especially around his left eye, and received eight stitches.
Hours later, Abu Ramouz was released after being ordered to return, Friday, for interrogation.
The Palestinian Nitham Abu Ramouz, 37, was detained by the soldiers near the Gate of the Tribes as he was heading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He was cuffed and blindfolded before the soldiers assaulted him, especially on his face and head, while moving him al-Qashla nearby detention and interrogation center.
The assault left the Palestinian bleeding from the face and head, and the Police later decided to move him to Hadassah hospital, after he suffered cuts and bruises, especially around his left eye, and received eight stitches.
Hours later, Abu Ramouz was released after being ordered to return, Friday, for interrogation.
30 aug 2018
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“Ghost Hunting,” a Palestinian film directed by Raed Andoni, was submitted to the Academy Awards to compete in the Best Foreign Language Film category, in hopes that it be nominated for the 91st Academy Awards, which will be held on February 22, 2019.
According to a statement by the Palestinian Ministry of Culture, a committee of people working in the film industry in Palestine chose the documentary film to be Palestine’s official selection for the Oscars. The Facebook page of the film posted a statement celebrating the selection. “Happy to announce that Ghost Hunting is Palestine official selection to best foreign film at OSCAR for this year,” the statement said, according to |
WAFA. “Since 1967 up to date, more that 800000 Palestinians were subjects of prison and physical and psychological harassment inside the Israeli prisons.”
“Ghost Hunting was made by and with Palestinian ex-prisoners, and we are proud that this film is presenting Palestine in OSCAR this year,” the statement continued. “Palestine is a society of ex-prisoners and beside the pain in any jail experience, but Palestinian as survivals are still able to feel proud and transform jails into work of art.”
The film, which was released in 2017 and produced by several production companies such as Films de Zayna, Les, Arte France, Akka Films, Films Productions, Radio Télévision Suisse, among others, is starring Ramzi Maqdisi, Mohammed Khattab and the film director Raed Andoni.
It shows the actors, who were once real prisoners in the Israeli jail, the Russian Compound in West Jerusalem, doing a reproduction of the experiences and circumstances they lived in the prison in an attempt to recover from the trauma.
“Ghost Hunting was made by and with Palestinian ex-prisoners, and we are proud that this film is presenting Palestine in OSCAR this year,” the statement continued. “Palestine is a society of ex-prisoners and beside the pain in any jail experience, but Palestinian as survivals are still able to feel proud and transform jails into work of art.”
The film, which was released in 2017 and produced by several production companies such as Films de Zayna, Les, Arte France, Akka Films, Films Productions, Radio Télévision Suisse, among others, is starring Ramzi Maqdisi, Mohammed Khattab and the film director Raed Andoni.
It shows the actors, who were once real prisoners in the Israeli jail, the Russian Compound in West Jerusalem, doing a reproduction of the experiences and circumstances they lived in the prison in an attempt to recover from the trauma.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Thursday evening three Palestinian youths, from Deir al-Hatab village, east of Nablus to the north of West Bank.
Israeli army claimed that home-made bombs were found in their possession before being taken for investigation.
Earlier Thursday, at least 16 Palestinians were rounded up for allegedly being involved in anti-occupation attacks.
Israeli army claimed that home-made bombs were found in their possession before being taken for investigation.
Earlier Thursday, at least 16 Palestinians were rounded up for allegedly being involved in anti-occupation attacks.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Thursday evening two Palestinian minors in Salem military court, west of the northern West Bank district of Jenin, after brutally assaulting a number of lawyers.
Well-informed sources told PIC reporter that Israeli forces detained two minors for allegedly holding sharp objects in their possession.
Lawyers and families members of a number of detainees, who were in the court, were brutally attacked during the arrests.
Well-informed sources told PIC reporter that Israeli forces detained two minors for allegedly holding sharp objects in their possession.
Lawyers and families members of a number of detainees, who were in the court, were brutally attacked during the arrests.
Israeli police forces arrested recently six Palestinian youths in occupied Jerusalem for being allegedly involved in stone-throwing incidents.
0404 Hebrew website said that an Israeli soldier was injured in a stone-throwing attack east of the occupied city. Six youths were arrested for being allegedly involved in the attack.
Along the same line, a number of Israeli vehicles including a bus were stoned in similar incidents near Ma'ale Amos and Atarot settlements to the south of occupied Jerusalem.
Others incidents were reported south of al-Khalil and Nablus, in addition to north of Ramallah.
0404 Hebrew website said that an Israeli soldier was injured in a stone-throwing attack east of the occupied city. Six youths were arrested for being allegedly involved in the attack.
Along the same line, a number of Israeli vehicles including a bus were stoned in similar incidents near Ma'ale Amos and Atarot settlements to the south of occupied Jerusalem.
Others incidents were reported south of al-Khalil and Nablus, in addition to north of Ramallah.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, at least sixteen Palestinians from several parts of occupied Palestine, and injured many others, including six members of one family.
The soldiers invaded Tubas city, in northeastern west Bank, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at protesters, and at a number of surrounding homes.
Medical sources said the soldiers caused many Palestinians, including six members of the same family, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and abducted Wisam Majid Sawafta.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank, and abducted Amir Bassam Abu Shareb, Ahmad Shallash and Husam Abu Libda.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded several homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, and abducted Khaled Mohammad Taqatqa, 17, Sanad Majed Taqatqa, 16, and Sharif Mohammad Sbeih, 20.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Khobab Mo’in Rimawi and Morad Karim Barghouthi, after stopping them at the main entrance of Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, in central West Bank.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted three Mahmoud Adnan Zandeeq, Mohammad Aqel Zandeeq and Mohammad Walid Zandeeq.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers searched homes and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ismael Hasan al-Hroub.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Mohammad al-Hroub, also a former political prisoner, after stopping him at the main entrance of Ethna town, west of Hebron.
In related news, Israeli police officers detained Ahmad Rassem Khozeimiyya, 25, from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, from his work in Kafr Kanna town, in the Galilee.
The soldiers invaded Tubas city, in northeastern west Bank, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at protesters, and at a number of surrounding homes.
Medical sources said the soldiers caused many Palestinians, including six members of the same family, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and abducted Wisam Majid Sawafta.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank, and abducted Amir Bassam Abu Shareb, Ahmad Shallash and Husam Abu Libda.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded several homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, and abducted Khaled Mohammad Taqatqa, 17, Sanad Majed Taqatqa, 16, and Sharif Mohammad Sbeih, 20.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Khobab Mo’in Rimawi and Morad Karim Barghouthi, after stopping them at the main entrance of Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, in central West Bank.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted three Mahmoud Adnan Zandeeq, Mohammad Aqel Zandeeq and Mohammad Walid Zandeeq.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers searched homes and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ismael Hasan al-Hroub.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Mohammad al-Hroub, also a former political prisoner, after stopping him at the main entrance of Ethna town, west of Hebron.
In related news, Israeli police officers detained Ahmad Rassem Khozeimiyya, 25, from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, from his work in Kafr Kanna town, in the Galilee.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, three Palestinians, including two children, in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched several homes and abducted Khaled Mohammad Taqatqa, 17, Sanad Majed Taqatqa, 16, and Sharif Mohammad Sbeih, 20.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers also detonated doors leading to a medical storage facility in the town, and search it.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched several homes and abducted Khaled Mohammad Taqatqa, 17, Sanad Majed Taqatqa, 16, and Sharif Mohammad Sbeih, 20.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers also detonated doors leading to a medical storage facility in the town, and search it.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Thursday, Tubas city in northeastern West Bank, injured several Palestinians, including six family members, and abducted a young man.
Media sources in Tubas said the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasion, in addition to directly targeted surrounding homes.
They added that many Palestinians, including six members of one family, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and were rushed to a local hospital.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes in the city, and abducted a young man, identified as Wisam Majeed Sawafta.
On Thursday at dawn, the soldiers detained a young Palestinian man, and installed many roadblocks, in Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
On Wednesday at night, Israeli sources said a colonialist settler was injured after Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at a bus in Pisgat Ze’ev, in occupied Jerusalem.
Also on Wednesday at night, a Palestinian taxi driver, identified as Morad Somrain, suffered cuts and bruises to various parts of his body, including his head and face, after Israeli colonialist settlers assaulted him in Jerusalem, and was rushed to a local hospital.
Media sources in Tubas said the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasion, in addition to directly targeted surrounding homes.
They added that many Palestinians, including six members of one family, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and were rushed to a local hospital.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes in the city, and abducted a young man, identified as Wisam Majeed Sawafta.
On Thursday at dawn, the soldiers detained a young Palestinian man, and installed many roadblocks, in Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
On Wednesday at night, Israeli sources said a colonialist settler was injured after Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at a bus in Pisgat Ze’ev, in occupied Jerusalem.
Also on Wednesday at night, a Palestinian taxi driver, identified as Morad Somrain, suffered cuts and bruises to various parts of his body, including his head and face, after Israeli colonialist settlers assaulted him in Jerusalem, and was rushed to a local hospital.
Israeli soldiers detained, on Thursday at dawn, a young Palestinian man, and installed many roadblocks, in Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers stopped Mohammad Hasan Bani Gharra at a military roadblock near Arraba town, southwest of Jenin, and interrogated him for several hours before releasing him.
The sources added that the soldiers installed many roadblocks on Jenin-Nablus road, in addition to roads near Ya’bad and ‘Arraba towns, while dozens of soldiers were deployed in several areas, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Media sources said the soldiers stopped Mohammad Hasan Bani Gharra at a military roadblock near Arraba town, southwest of Jenin, and interrogated him for several hours before releasing him.
The sources added that the soldiers installed many roadblocks on Jenin-Nablus road, in addition to roads near Ya’bad and ‘Arraba towns, while dozens of soldiers were deployed in several areas, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
