31 jan 2017
12-year-old student at the Palestinian Circus School, Sohaib Saeed, was abducted last Thursday, in Birzeit, by the Israeli occupation army.
Sohaib was sentenced to 31 days in prison and a fine of 500 NIS (135 USD) on charges of throwing stones.
The school, in a statement expressed outrage about the imprisonment of the child, saying that this arrest “will inflict serious and lasting damage on his mental and physical well being.”
“Israel is the only country in the world that automatically prosecutes children in military courts that lack basic and fundamental fair trial guarantees,” the school said, according to the PNN.
“A UNICEF report of 2013 concludes that the ill-treatment of children who come in contact with the (Israeli) military detention system appears to be widespread, systematic and institutionalized throughout the process, from the moment of arrest until the child’s prosecution and eventual conviction and sentencing. ”
During the last 2 years, Israel has become extremely harsh in punishments against stone throwing. In 2015, not only did the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) pass a very controversial law which stipulates that all stone-throwing Palestinians can be sentenced up to 20 years in prison, but the security cabinet also approved rules allowing Israeli police and soldiers to use live ammunition during protests, where in most cases Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers and army vehicles.
Sohaib was sentenced to 31 days in prison and a fine of 500 NIS (135 USD) on charges of throwing stones.
The school, in a statement expressed outrage about the imprisonment of the child, saying that this arrest “will inflict serious and lasting damage on his mental and physical well being.”
“Israel is the only country in the world that automatically prosecutes children in military courts that lack basic and fundamental fair trial guarantees,” the school said, according to the PNN.
“A UNICEF report of 2013 concludes that the ill-treatment of children who come in contact with the (Israeli) military detention system appears to be widespread, systematic and institutionalized throughout the process, from the moment of arrest until the child’s prosecution and eventual conviction and sentencing. ”
During the last 2 years, Israel has become extremely harsh in punishments against stone throwing. In 2015, not only did the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) pass a very controversial law which stipulates that all stone-throwing Palestinians can be sentenced up to 20 years in prison, but the security cabinet also approved rules allowing Israeli police and soldiers to use live ammunition during protests, where in most cases Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers and army vehicles.
Israeli military court of Salem sentenced the 16-year-old Palestinian girl Amal Qabaha, from Toura town, south of Jenin, to 18 months of actual imprisonment along with a fine estimated at NIS 20,000 which equals $6,000.
Local sources said that Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) charged the Palestinian minor with attempting to stab an Israeli soldier, which was refuted by eyewitnesses who were present at the time of arrest.
She was rounded up while passing through an Israeli military checkpoint near Toura town on August, 14, 2016 after the soldiers claimed she was planning a stabbing attack, the sources pointed out.
Local sources said that Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) charged the Palestinian minor with attempting to stab an Israeli soldier, which was refuted by eyewitnesses who were present at the time of arrest.
She was rounded up while passing through an Israeli military checkpoint near Toura town on August, 14, 2016 after the soldiers claimed she was planning a stabbing attack, the sources pointed out.
A state of tension has prevailed in Nafha prison after Israeli special forces violently stormed section 2 at dawn Tuesday.
A prisoner reported from the jail that dozens of Israeli special forces violently stormed and searched the section and subjected some of the prisoners to strip search.
The prisoners were then transferred to section 12, he added.
A prisoner reported from the jail that dozens of Israeli special forces violently stormed and searched the section and subjected some of the prisoners to strip search.
The prisoners were then transferred to section 12, he added.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released late Monday the injured Palestinian child Osama Zeidat, 14, on a bail of 25,000 Shekels.
Zeidat, from Bani Naim town east of al-Khalil, was moved late yesterday from Ramla prison clinic to Ramallah medical complex after his father vowed to attend his court sessions.
The newly-released child was arrested on Sep. 9, 2016 after Israeli forces opened fire at him for an alleged stabbing attempt in Kiryat Arba illegal settlement.
Following his arrest, Zeidat was transferred to Assaf Harofeh Hospital in very critical condition where he underwent several surgeries.
Zeidat is not the first Palestinian child to be arrested by Israeli forces for alleged anti-occupation attacks. The Jerusalemite child Ahmed Manasrah was arrested at the age of 13 under the similar pretext and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
Zeidat, from Bani Naim town east of al-Khalil, was moved late yesterday from Ramla prison clinic to Ramallah medical complex after his father vowed to attend his court sessions.
The newly-released child was arrested on Sep. 9, 2016 after Israeli forces opened fire at him for an alleged stabbing attempt in Kiryat Arba illegal settlement.
Following his arrest, Zeidat was transferred to Assaf Harofeh Hospital in very critical condition where he underwent several surgeries.
Zeidat is not the first Palestinian child to be arrested by Israeli forces for alleged anti-occupation attacks. The Jerusalemite child Ahmed Manasrah was arrested at the age of 13 under the similar pretext and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
Arrests and crackdowns were reported at daybreak Tuesday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rolled into the northern West Bank province of Qalqilya and showered Palestinian homes with teargas canisters.
Reporting from the scene, a PIC news correspondent said heavily-armed Israeli troops stormed Kafr Saba neighborhood in Qalqilya and targeted Palestinian civilian homes near the Abu Ubaida Mosque with randomly-shot spates of teargas canisters.
The Palestinian anti-occupation protesters reportedly responded to the attack by hurling stones at the Israeli patrols.
The occupation soldiers further broke into a residential apartment in the area and kidnapped 23-year-old youngster Ahmad al-Barsh after they wreaked havoc on his family home.
The arrestee was reportedly dragged by the IOF to an unidentified destination.
Over recent days, the Israeli occupation army stepped up arbitrary abductions and crackdowns against Palestinian civilians as part of a collective punishment tactic aiming to quell anti-occupation activism.
Reporting from the scene, a PIC news correspondent said heavily-armed Israeli troops stormed Kafr Saba neighborhood in Qalqilya and targeted Palestinian civilian homes near the Abu Ubaida Mosque with randomly-shot spates of teargas canisters.
The Palestinian anti-occupation protesters reportedly responded to the attack by hurling stones at the Israeli patrols.
The occupation soldiers further broke into a residential apartment in the area and kidnapped 23-year-old youngster Ahmad al-Barsh after they wreaked havoc on his family home.
The arrestee was reportedly dragged by the IOF to an unidentified destination.
Over recent days, the Israeli occupation army stepped up arbitrary abductions and crackdowns against Palestinian civilians as part of a collective punishment tactic aiming to quell anti-occupation activism.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Monday late evening erected makeshift military checkpoints in different locations in the vicinity of Jenin city. The IOF soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth in Arraneh town east of Jenin.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli forces were deployed at a bypass road to the east of the city and that several patrols were stationed at Nazareth Street leading to al-Jalameh crossing.
Eyewitnesses revealed that Israeli army infantry units combed the agricultural lands adjacent to al-Jalameh crossing near the Israeli Separation Wall.
The IOF troops arrested the 23-year-old Palestinian man Wael Abu Hananeh after storming his home in Arraneh town east of Jenin. They took him to an unknown destination.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli forces were deployed at a bypass road to the east of the city and that several patrols were stationed at Nazareth Street leading to al-Jalameh crossing.
Eyewitnesses revealed that Israeli army infantry units combed the agricultural lands adjacent to al-Jalameh crossing near the Israeli Separation Wall.
The IOF troops arrested the 23-year-old Palestinian man Wael Abu Hananeh after storming his home in Arraneh town east of Jenin. They took him to an unknown destination.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Monday evening two Palestinians at two different barriers in Salfit governorate. Meanwhile, the IOF soldiers were deployed at road junctions.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF troops rounded up Adnan Daoud, a Palestinian man from Qalqilya, opened fire at his car and confiscated it under the pretext of not stopping at the checkpoint.
Israeli forces arrested the Palestinian man Ahmad al-Qaisi, from Jammain town while he was passing through a military checkpoint erected at the northern entrance of Salfit city. He was taken to an unknown destination.
Earlier on Monday, many arrests were reported at Israeli different military checkpoints in the northern West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF troops rounded up Adnan Daoud, a Palestinian man from Qalqilya, opened fire at his car and confiscated it under the pretext of not stopping at the checkpoint.
Israeli forces arrested the Palestinian man Ahmad al-Qaisi, from Jammain town while he was passing through a military checkpoint erected at the northern entrance of Salfit city. He was taken to an unknown destination.
Earlier on Monday, many arrests were reported at Israeli different military checkpoints in the northern West Bank.
