31 mar 2016
Israeli military court of Salem extended the detention of the Palestinian journalist Sami al-Saee, from Tulkarem city, to May 15 after presenting an indictment against him with the charge of incitement on Facebook.
The wife of the captive Amani al-Jendeb told Quds Press that the indictment included complete details on posts and comments on her husband’s Facebook page.
The wife said that her husband refused all charges against him, insisting on the fact that he practices his work as a journalist with professionalism.
He spent 10 days in solitary confinement at Megiddo Israeli jail, she pointed out. Israeli forces arrested journalist Saee, 35, from his home in Tulkarem on March 09. He works as a news editor at al-Fajr al-Jadid local TV in the city. Detainee Saee spent 4 months in Israeli jails in 1997.
The wife of the captive Amani al-Jendeb told Quds Press that the indictment included complete details on posts and comments on her husband’s Facebook page.
The wife said that her husband refused all charges against him, insisting on the fact that he practices his work as a journalist with professionalism.
He spent 10 days in solitary confinement at Megiddo Israeli jail, she pointed out. Israeli forces arrested journalist Saee, 35, from his home in Tulkarem on March 09. He works as a news editor at al-Fajr al-Jadid local TV in the city. Detainee Saee spent 4 months in Israeli jails in 1997.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday, five Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, and took them to a number of detention an interrogation centers.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped a young man in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after violently assaulting him for raising a Palestinian flag.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Yousef Sami Abu al-Hawa, 17, Amir Nizar Abu Jom’a, 16, from the at-Tour village, in Jerusalem.
The soldiers also invaded Dahiat as-Salaam neighborhood, in Anata town, and kidnapped Mohammad Fahmi Abu Rajab, 19.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped a young man in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after violently assaulting him for raising a Palestinian flag.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Yousef Sami Abu al-Hawa, 17, Amir Nizar Abu Jom’a, 16, from the at-Tour village, in Jerusalem.
The soldiers also invaded Dahiat as-Salaam neighborhood, in Anata town, and kidnapped Mohammad Fahmi Abu Rajab, 19.
A Palestinian man lies under a tent in front of the Red Crescent offices in Gaza City on June 2, 2014 after he stopped eating in solidarity with 125 prisoners on long-term hunger strike in Israeli jails
A Palestinian prisoner continued his hunger strike for the eighth consecutive day in protest of his administrative detention by Israel, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said Thursday.
The family of 34-year-old Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Dawood from al-Duheisha refugee camp in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem told PPS that their son was initially released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal but detained again without charge on Nov. 8, 2015.
PPS said in a statement that Dawood, who is currently being administratively detained in Israel's Ofer prison, had served five years out of his 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence before he was released in the 2011 Shalit exchange.
Several Palestinians released during the Shalit deal have since been rearrested or exiled to the Gaza Strip. Over 1,000 Palestinian detainees were released in the Egypt-brokered 2011 agreement between Hamas and Israel in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was held captive by Hamas for five years.
At least 50 Shalit-deal prisoners were rearrested in the summer of 2014 during a detention campaign referred to as "Operation Brother's Keeper," in which Israeli forces detained at least 800 Palestinians without charge or trial and killed nine civilians.
At the time of their re-arrest, Shalit-deal prisoners released a statement contesting Israel's violation of the deal, saying they had demonstrated commitment to its terms.
The announcement of Dawood’s hunger strike comes after imprisoned Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq was suddenly transferred from HaEmek Hospital in Afula to a medical clinic in al-Ramla prison last week amidst his recovery from a grueling 94-day hunger strike that ended Feb. 26 and brought him close to death.
Al-Qiq initially went on hunger strike in late November to protest the torture and ill-treatment he said he faced in Israeli custody, but his protest quickly developed into another bid to challenge Israel's use of administrative detention -- internment without trial or charge.
After being in critical condition for weeks, with doctors and rights groups repeatedly warning that he has stood on the cusp of death, his lawyers struck an eleventh hour deal with the Israeli authorities, pushing the date of his release to May 21.
Numerous international bodies, including the UN and European Union, condemned Israel for its continued incarceration of al-Qiq, as well its use of administrative detention for nearly 700 other Palestinian prisoners.
A Palestinian prisoner continued his hunger strike for the eighth consecutive day in protest of his administrative detention by Israel, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said Thursday.
The family of 34-year-old Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Dawood from al-Duheisha refugee camp in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem told PPS that their son was initially released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal but detained again without charge on Nov. 8, 2015.
PPS said in a statement that Dawood, who is currently being administratively detained in Israel's Ofer prison, had served five years out of his 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence before he was released in the 2011 Shalit exchange.
Several Palestinians released during the Shalit deal have since been rearrested or exiled to the Gaza Strip. Over 1,000 Palestinian detainees were released in the Egypt-brokered 2011 agreement between Hamas and Israel in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was held captive by Hamas for five years.
At least 50 Shalit-deal prisoners were rearrested in the summer of 2014 during a detention campaign referred to as "Operation Brother's Keeper," in which Israeli forces detained at least 800 Palestinians without charge or trial and killed nine civilians.
At the time of their re-arrest, Shalit-deal prisoners released a statement contesting Israel's violation of the deal, saying they had demonstrated commitment to its terms.
The announcement of Dawood’s hunger strike comes after imprisoned Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq was suddenly transferred from HaEmek Hospital in Afula to a medical clinic in al-Ramla prison last week amidst his recovery from a grueling 94-day hunger strike that ended Feb. 26 and brought him close to death.
Al-Qiq initially went on hunger strike in late November to protest the torture and ill-treatment he said he faced in Israeli custody, but his protest quickly developed into another bid to challenge Israel's use of administrative detention -- internment without trial or charge.
After being in critical condition for weeks, with doctors and rights groups repeatedly warning that he has stood on the cusp of death, his lawyers struck an eleventh hour deal with the Israeli authorities, pushing the date of his release to May 21.
Numerous international bodies, including the UN and European Union, condemned Israel for its continued incarceration of al-Qiq, as well its use of administrative detention for nearly 700 other Palestinian prisoners.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched on Thursday search and combing operations in Hawara town, south of Nablus, after an Israeli settler’s car was allegedly stoned near the town.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that large numbers of Israeli forces rushed to the area and stormed the town following the alleged attack.
A number of commercial shops were violently stormed and searched, while a building was turned into a military watchtower, the sources added.
Along the same line, Israeli forces arrested two young men at al-Hamra checkpoint in Tubas. Local sources said that the two detainees were taken to an unknown detention center after being stopped and investigated at al-Hamra checkpoint.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that large numbers of Israeli forces rushed to the area and stormed the town following the alleged attack.
A number of commercial shops were violently stormed and searched, while a building was turned into a military watchtower, the sources added.
Along the same line, Israeli forces arrested two young men at al-Hamra checkpoint in Tubas. Local sources said that the two detainees were taken to an unknown detention center after being stopped and investigated at al-Hamra checkpoint.
Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) isolated two Palestinian prisoners, Isam al-Faroukh and Ramzi Ebaid, for alleged “higher instructions” with no clear reasons.
The lawyer of Palestinian Prisoners Society, who visited both captives in Eshel Israeli jail, pointed out that they were transferred to solitary confinement cells on March 12.
Captive Faroukh has been detained since 2004 and sentenced to life imprisonment, while detainee Ebaid has been sentenced since 2006 and sentenced to life imprisonment for eight times and additional 20 years.
The lawyer of Palestinian Prisoners Society, who visited both captives in Eshel Israeli jail, pointed out that they were transferred to solitary confinement cells on March 12.
Captive Faroukh has been detained since 2004 and sentenced to life imprisonment, while detainee Ebaid has been sentenced since 2006 and sentenced to life imprisonment for eight times and additional 20 years.
Israeli forces detained at least 22 Palestinians in overnight raids Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian sources said.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said in a statement that Israeli troops detained three brothers, identified as Iyad, Jihad, and Muhammad Fakhri Barhoum from the city of Ramallah, as well as brothers Hisham and Sami Khamis Abu Lafah from the al-Amaari refugee camp near Ramallah.
The statement added that six Palestinians were detained in the Jenin district, identified as Taher Jawad Badarneh, 22, Muhammad Jamal Umour, 22, Hussein Ali Rabayaah, 25, Noor Muhammad Hamarsheh, and brothers Firas, 20, and Hussein Hamzeh Hirzallah, 23.
Local sources told Ma’an that all six were detained in the village of Yaabad.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society also identified two Palestinians detained in the Nablus district as Saleem Muhammad Hirzallah, from the al-Ain refugee camp, and Abdullah Muhammad Hajj Muhammad from the town of Talfit.
Local sources told Ma’an that a Palestinian, identified as Jihad Sweidan, was detained in the village of Azzun in the district of Qalqiliya.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that 16 Palestinians had been detained overnight. She listed five detained near Tulkarem, one detention in the village of Meithalun south of Jenin, one in Azzun in the Qalqiliya district, one in Hebron, and one in the Nablus area.
She also mentioned seven detentions in the district of Ramallah and al-Bireh, with four people detained in Ramallah city, two near Ramallah and one in the village of Beit Liqiya.
According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, at least 7,000 Palestinians were detained by Israel as of February. The organization estimates that 40 percent of the Palestinian male population has been arrested at some point.
IOF soldiers round up 16 Palestinians
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 16 Palestinians in various Occupied Jerusalem and West Bank areas at dawn Thursday.
An IOF report said that its forces arrested 16 “wanted” Palestinians including 11 suspected of launching anti-occupation activities. The report said that five were nabbed in Yabad while one was arrested in Maythlon, both villages near Jenin.
A young man was arrested in Ein el-Ma’a refugee camp in Nablus and another in Azzun village to the east of Qalqilia, it added.
The IOF also detained four youths in Ramallah city and one from Jalazoun refugee camp to the north of Ramallah and another from Beit Laqya village, west of the city. The report said that a young man was arrested in al-Khalil and another from Kafr Aqaba village, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources reported that IOF units raided a number of villages in the provinces of al-Khalil, Ramallah, Jenin, and Nablus where the soldiers broke into and searched local homes.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said in a statement that Israeli troops detained three brothers, identified as Iyad, Jihad, and Muhammad Fakhri Barhoum from the city of Ramallah, as well as brothers Hisham and Sami Khamis Abu Lafah from the al-Amaari refugee camp near Ramallah.
The statement added that six Palestinians were detained in the Jenin district, identified as Taher Jawad Badarneh, 22, Muhammad Jamal Umour, 22, Hussein Ali Rabayaah, 25, Noor Muhammad Hamarsheh, and brothers Firas, 20, and Hussein Hamzeh Hirzallah, 23.
Local sources told Ma’an that all six were detained in the village of Yaabad.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society also identified two Palestinians detained in the Nablus district as Saleem Muhammad Hirzallah, from the al-Ain refugee camp, and Abdullah Muhammad Hajj Muhammad from the town of Talfit.
Local sources told Ma’an that a Palestinian, identified as Jihad Sweidan, was detained in the village of Azzun in the district of Qalqiliya.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that 16 Palestinians had been detained overnight. She listed five detained near Tulkarem, one detention in the village of Meithalun south of Jenin, one in Azzun in the Qalqiliya district, one in Hebron, and one in the Nablus area.
She also mentioned seven detentions in the district of Ramallah and al-Bireh, with four people detained in Ramallah city, two near Ramallah and one in the village of Beit Liqiya.
According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, at least 7,000 Palestinians were detained by Israel as of February. The organization estimates that 40 percent of the Palestinian male population has been arrested at some point.
IOF soldiers round up 16 Palestinians
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 16 Palestinians in various Occupied Jerusalem and West Bank areas at dawn Thursday.
An IOF report said that its forces arrested 16 “wanted” Palestinians including 11 suspected of launching anti-occupation activities. The report said that five were nabbed in Yabad while one was arrested in Maythlon, both villages near Jenin.
A young man was arrested in Ein el-Ma’a refugee camp in Nablus and another in Azzun village to the east of Qalqilia, it added.
The IOF also detained four youths in Ramallah city and one from Jalazoun refugee camp to the north of Ramallah and another from Beit Laqya village, west of the city. The report said that a young man was arrested in al-Khalil and another from Kafr Aqaba village, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources reported that IOF units raided a number of villages in the provinces of al-Khalil, Ramallah, Jenin, and Nablus where the soldiers broke into and searched local homes.
