5 nov 2012
Gaza families visit relatives detained in Israeli jails
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) allowed 36 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to visit 26 relatives held in Nafha desert prison, a Red Cross official said on Monday.
Red Cross spokesman in Gaza Ayman Al-Shihabi said that the families left Gaza through Beit Hanun (Erez) crossing at an early morning hour on Monday.
He said that the departure of a new batch of relatives to visit Gaza prisoners refutes earlier media claims that the visits were suspended, asserting importance of continuation of such visits.
Shihabi said in a press statement that the visits would continue on weekly basis, each Monday, to allow Gazans to visit their detained relatives in the same previous manner.
The IOA allowed those visits after six years of deprivation after the Palestinian prisoners waged a hunger strike demanding resumption of those visits among other demands.
Red Cross spokesman in Gaza Ayman Al-Shihabi said that the families left Gaza through Beit Hanun (Erez) crossing at an early morning hour on Monday.
He said that the departure of a new batch of relatives to visit Gaza prisoners refutes earlier media claims that the visits were suspended, asserting importance of continuation of such visits.
Shihabi said in a press statement that the visits would continue on weekly basis, each Monday, to allow Gazans to visit their detained relatives in the same previous manner.
The IOA allowed those visits after six years of deprivation after the Palestinian prisoners waged a hunger strike demanding resumption of those visits among other demands.
Israeli Occupation Forces Arrest 14 Palestinians from the West Bank
Israeli forces arrested four Palestinians from Beit Fajar village, south of Bethlehem.
Security source reported that four young Palestinians were arrested at a road that leads to Gush Etzion complex settlement south of Bethlehem. The four Palestinians are:
Shadi Walid Takatka, 18,
Abded Yousef Takatka, 17,
Muhammad Ali Takatka, 18, and
Umar Ayed Takatka, 16.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces arrested nine Palestinians from Azoun village, east of Qalqiliya and handed two others an interview notices to meet with its Israeli intelligence agency "Shabak" on Monday 5th November.
The detainees are:
Mohammad Dahbour,
Ashraf Abdul Latif Adwan,
Mohammad Ali Badran,
Mohammad Ibrahim Radi,
Mahmoud Rashid Adwan,
Mohammad Abdul Aziz Kharfan,
Adli Abdul Razeq Majd,
Amir Mohammad Dahbour and
Abdullah al-Khouli.
In Jenin refugee camp, security sources said that Israeli forces arrested
Nawal Saed al-Sa'di, 50, and the wife of the prisoner Bassam al-Sa'di, one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad Movement in the West Bank.
It's worth noting that Nawal al-Sa'di is a mother of twin martyrs Ibrahim and Abdul Karim, who were killed on the land of Jenin. She's also a mother of 7 children and her husband has been detained for more than a year in Israeli jails.
Security source reported that four young Palestinians were arrested at a road that leads to Gush Etzion complex settlement south of Bethlehem. The four Palestinians are:
Shadi Walid Takatka, 18,
Abded Yousef Takatka, 17,
Muhammad Ali Takatka, 18, and
Umar Ayed Takatka, 16.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces arrested nine Palestinians from Azoun village, east of Qalqiliya and handed two others an interview notices to meet with its Israeli intelligence agency "Shabak" on Monday 5th November.
The detainees are:
Mohammad Dahbour,
Ashraf Abdul Latif Adwan,
Mohammad Ali Badran,
Mohammad Ibrahim Radi,
Mahmoud Rashid Adwan,
Mohammad Abdul Aziz Kharfan,
Adli Abdul Razeq Majd,
Amir Mohammad Dahbour and
Abdullah al-Khouli.
In Jenin refugee camp, security sources said that Israeli forces arrested
Nawal Saed al-Sa'di, 50, and the wife of the prisoner Bassam al-Sa'di, one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad Movement in the West Bank.
It's worth noting that Nawal al-Sa'di is a mother of twin martyrs Ibrahim and Abdul Karim, who were killed on the land of Jenin. She's also a mother of 7 children and her husband has been detained for more than a year in Israeli jails.
Urgent appeal to Morsi to press Israel to release detainees swapped for Shalit
Palestinian hunger striker Ayman Al-Sharawna appealed to Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi to personally intervene to pressure Israel to release the Palestinian ex-detainees who had been swapped for an Israeli soldier last year.
In a letter addressed to the Egyptian president, Sharawna complained that the Israeli regime re-jailed him along with many other Palestinians who had been released as part of the Egyptian-brokered swap deal.
Sharawna, who has been on hunger strike for 129 days and now he is in Ramla jail hospital, urged Morsi to save them from their suffering and Israel's extortion.
He explained that the Israeli jailers blackmailed them into accepting their lives as prisoners for life or exiles in other places away from their homes, adding the prisoners chose to go on hunger strike to protest their unjust detention and such extortion policy.
He told a lawyer sent by the ministry of prisoners' affairs that the Israeli policy of re-jailing the ex-detainees who were released in exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit is utter dishonesty and a way to circumvent its Egyptian-mediated agreement with the Palestinian side.
Qaraqe Holds Israel Accountable for the Lives of Three Striking Prisoners
Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs appealed through embassies and consulates to all over the world and to human rights institutions to immediately intervene to save the lives of three Palestinian striking prisoners whose lives are at risk of death in light of Israel's negligence of their demands and rights.
Minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Ministry Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, said that an immediate appeal was sent to save the life of the prisoner Samir al-Issawy who is on Hunger strike since 1/8/2012, Ayman Sharawna who is one hunger strike since 1/7/2012 and Muhammad al-Najjar who started his hunger strike on 30/10/2012.
Qaraqe said in the appeal letter that the striking prisoners were detained without trial or specific charges and that their detention is illegal. He also said that Israel's government is practicing a brutal, reprisal policy against prisoners who were released in Shalit's swap deal and against the administrative prisoners.
The letter also warned that the death of any prisoner will lead to dangerous circumstances and will leave a stain on the conscience of the world and international human rights organizations.
The ministry also revealed that the two prisoners, Samir al-Issawy and Ayman Sharawna are subjected to pressure and assaults by both doctors and criminal prisoners, and they were isolated to be forced to break their hunger strike.
He also added that compromises were also made in prison; doctors in prison told the prisoners that if they break their hunger strike, they will provide them with medical treatment, and according to Sharawna, Israeli Prisons' Service (IPS) is putting pressure on him to accept deportation out of Palestine.
Sharawna' and Issawys health is seriously deteriorating, Sharawna lost his sight in his right eye and lost sensation in all parts of his body and he refuses the harsh treatment when doing medical checks and al-Issawy suffers from dizziness, permanent headache and several chronic diseases and he refuses to take vitamins. Mohammad al-Najjar, who is striking against administrative detention, was transferred to Hadassah hospital due to health deterioration.
Qaraqe also said that the ministry holds Israel responsible for the lives of striking prisoners and called to protect prisoners inside Israeli jails and immediately intervene to put an end to Israel continuous policy in violating prisoners' rights and issuing arrest orders without any logical reasons and legal charges.
In a letter addressed to the Egyptian president, Sharawna complained that the Israeli regime re-jailed him along with many other Palestinians who had been released as part of the Egyptian-brokered swap deal.
Sharawna, who has been on hunger strike for 129 days and now he is in Ramla jail hospital, urged Morsi to save them from their suffering and Israel's extortion.
He explained that the Israeli jailers blackmailed them into accepting their lives as prisoners for life or exiles in other places away from their homes, adding the prisoners chose to go on hunger strike to protest their unjust detention and such extortion policy.
He told a lawyer sent by the ministry of prisoners' affairs that the Israeli policy of re-jailing the ex-detainees who were released in exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit is utter dishonesty and a way to circumvent its Egyptian-mediated agreement with the Palestinian side.
Qaraqe Holds Israel Accountable for the Lives of Three Striking Prisoners
Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs appealed through embassies and consulates to all over the world and to human rights institutions to immediately intervene to save the lives of three Palestinian striking prisoners whose lives are at risk of death in light of Israel's negligence of their demands and rights.
Minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Ministry Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, said that an immediate appeal was sent to save the life of the prisoner Samir al-Issawy who is on Hunger strike since 1/8/2012, Ayman Sharawna who is one hunger strike since 1/7/2012 and Muhammad al-Najjar who started his hunger strike on 30/10/2012.
Qaraqe said in the appeal letter that the striking prisoners were detained without trial or specific charges and that their detention is illegal. He also said that Israel's government is practicing a brutal, reprisal policy against prisoners who were released in Shalit's swap deal and against the administrative prisoners.
The letter also warned that the death of any prisoner will lead to dangerous circumstances and will leave a stain on the conscience of the world and international human rights organizations.
The ministry also revealed that the two prisoners, Samir al-Issawy and Ayman Sharawna are subjected to pressure and assaults by both doctors and criminal prisoners, and they were isolated to be forced to break their hunger strike.
He also added that compromises were also made in prison; doctors in prison told the prisoners that if they break their hunger strike, they will provide them with medical treatment, and according to Sharawna, Israeli Prisons' Service (IPS) is putting pressure on him to accept deportation out of Palestine.
Sharawna' and Issawys health is seriously deteriorating, Sharawna lost his sight in his right eye and lost sensation in all parts of his body and he refuses the harsh treatment when doing medical checks and al-Issawy suffers from dizziness, permanent headache and several chronic diseases and he refuses to take vitamins. Mohammad al-Najjar, who is striking against administrative detention, was transferred to Hadassah hospital due to health deterioration.
Qaraqe also said that the ministry holds Israel responsible for the lives of striking prisoners and called to protect prisoners inside Israeli jails and immediately intervene to put an end to Israel continuous policy in violating prisoners' rights and issuing arrest orders without any logical reasons and legal charges.
UFree: Continued isolation of Abu Sisi to cover up for his kidnap
The European network for the defense of Palestinian prisoners (UFree) has condemned the Israeli occupation authority’s decision to extend the solitary confinement of detainee Dirar Abu Sisi.
An Israeli court in Beer Sheba issued a decision on 1/11/2012 allowing the isolation of Abu Sisi for six more months and preventing him from mingling with other prisoners.
Abu Sisi has been held in solitary confinement in Israeli jails ever since his kidnap from the Ukraine on 18/2/2011.
UFree described the decision as a “desperate attempt” to cover up for the kidnap crime that was carried out on European territory.
It held anew the Ukraine and the European Union responsible for the kidnap crime as a result of laxity in protecting people in their land, their suspicious silence over the incident, and the reports charging European intelligence with complicity in the crime.
UFree, which launched an international campaign in solidarity with Abu Sisi last October 16, called for activating solidarity with that campaign.
An Israeli court in Beer Sheba issued a decision on 1/11/2012 allowing the isolation of Abu Sisi for six more months and preventing him from mingling with other prisoners.
Abu Sisi has been held in solitary confinement in Israeli jails ever since his kidnap from the Ukraine on 18/2/2011.
UFree described the decision as a “desperate attempt” to cover up for the kidnap crime that was carried out on European territory.
It held anew the Ukraine and the European Union responsible for the kidnap crime as a result of laxity in protecting people in their land, their suspicious silence over the incident, and the reports charging European intelligence with complicity in the crime.
UFree, which launched an international campaign in solidarity with Abu Sisi last October 16, called for activating solidarity with that campaign.
IOF kidnap two Palestinians in Jenin including wife of Islamic Jihad official
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped at dawn Monday a Palestinian woman named Nawal Al-Saadi, 50, and a young man in Jenin city during violent raids on their homes. Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the woman is the wife of Islamic Jihad official Bassam Al-Saadi who is administratively detained in Israel jails.
The troops ransacked the house of Saadi as an Israeli intelligence officer was interrogating his wife Nawal, the local sources added.
The sources noted that violent clashes broke out in Jenin refugee camp where the house of Saadi is located between Palestinian young men and the invading troops.
The IOF also kidnapped a 20-year-old young man named Ibrahim Zaqzaq
from his home in Zabuba village west of Jenin and took him to an unknown destination.
In a separate incident, the IOF kidnapped four members of a musical band at a checkpoint near Senjil village to the north of Ramallah city.
Local sources said the band members were on their way back to their homes after they participated in a social event when Israeli troops detained and took them to a nearby police station for interrogation.
Soldiers Invade A Jenin Village, Kidnap One Resident
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident after breaking into his home.
The army also detonated a suspicious object located near the Annexation Wall section near the village.
Eyewitnesses told the Maan News Agency that the army invaded the village from its only entrance, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped one resident.
The kidnapped resident was identified as Ibrahim Jamal Zoqzaq, 20; he was cuffed and blindfolded before he was taken to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also found a “suspicious object” near a section of the Annexation Wall in the village, and detonated it in a controlled explosion.
Israeli soldiers conduct daily invasions into the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem; the invasions include breaking into and searching homes, installing roadblocks and interrogating the residents, and ongoing arrests.
The troops ransacked the house of Saadi as an Israeli intelligence officer was interrogating his wife Nawal, the local sources added.
The sources noted that violent clashes broke out in Jenin refugee camp where the house of Saadi is located between Palestinian young men and the invading troops.
The IOF also kidnapped a 20-year-old young man named Ibrahim Zaqzaq
from his home in Zabuba village west of Jenin and took him to an unknown destination.
In a separate incident, the IOF kidnapped four members of a musical band at a checkpoint near Senjil village to the north of Ramallah city.
Local sources said the band members were on their way back to their homes after they participated in a social event when Israeli troops detained and took them to a nearby police station for interrogation.
Soldiers Invade A Jenin Village, Kidnap One Resident
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident after breaking into his home.
The army also detonated a suspicious object located near the Annexation Wall section near the village.
Eyewitnesses told the Maan News Agency that the army invaded the village from its only entrance, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped one resident.
The kidnapped resident was identified as Ibrahim Jamal Zoqzaq, 20; he was cuffed and blindfolded before he was taken to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also found a “suspicious object” near a section of the Annexation Wall in the village, and detonated it in a controlled explosion.
Israeli soldiers conduct daily invasions into the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem; the invasions include breaking into and searching homes, installing roadblocks and interrogating the residents, and ongoing arrests.
Hebron teen 'wrongly jailed for 5 months on rape charge'
A 16-year-old shepherd from the south Hebron hills was wrongfully jailed by Israel for 171 days on rape charges
Israel jailed a Palestinian teenager for almost six months on rape charges, even though eyewitnesses and DNA evidence did not link him to the crime, Israeli media reported on Monday.
The 16-year-old shepherd from the south Hebron hills, identified only as A., was jailed for 171 days after a female settler in the area was raped in March, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
The woman identified him in a line-up, but other eyewitnesses and a DNA test failed to link him to the crime, the report said.
During the trial, the military judge asked police to provide more evidence, and they finally traced the woman's stolen phone to different suspects, it continued.
In June, a delegation of senior British lawyers issued a report saying that by applying separate legal regimes for Israeli and Palestinian children, Israel is in breach of international laws against discrimination.
Israeli children cannot be jailed under the age of 14, while Palestinian children as young as 12 have been held by Israel. Israeli children must be given access to a lawyer within 48 hours, whereas Palestinians can be held for three months without legal aid.
Israel is also breaking international humanitarian law by transferring Palestinian children from an occupied territory into Israel, it notes.
Rights groups estimate around 700 Palestinian children are detained by Israel every year.
Israel jailed a Palestinian teenager for almost six months on rape charges, even though eyewitnesses and DNA evidence did not link him to the crime, Israeli media reported on Monday.
The 16-year-old shepherd from the south Hebron hills, identified only as A., was jailed for 171 days after a female settler in the area was raped in March, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
The woman identified him in a line-up, but other eyewitnesses and a DNA test failed to link him to the crime, the report said.
During the trial, the military judge asked police to provide more evidence, and they finally traced the woman's stolen phone to different suspects, it continued.
In June, a delegation of senior British lawyers issued a report saying that by applying separate legal regimes for Israeli and Palestinian children, Israel is in breach of international laws against discrimination.
Israeli children cannot be jailed under the age of 14, while Palestinian children as young as 12 have been held by Israel. Israeli children must be given access to a lawyer within 48 hours, whereas Palestinians can be held for three months without legal aid.
Israel is also breaking international humanitarian law by transferring Palestinian children from an occupied territory into Israel, it notes.
Rights groups estimate around 700 Palestinian children are detained by Israel every year.
4 nov 2012
Hamas leader Raafat Nasif to be released next Sunday
It is scheduled that Israeli occupation authorities will release next Sunday the Hamas leader Jamil Raafat Nassif, 45, who has served 45 months in Israeli jails under administrative detention, without charge or trial.
Leading sources in Hamas movement told PIC's reporter that the occupation authorities in the Israeli Raymond prison will release, next Sunday, the detainee Raafat Nasif, after he obtained a ruling, on his appeal against the latest extension, to end extensions of his administrative detention.
The Israeli forces had arrested Nasif on March 12, 2009 only one month after his marriage, after breaking into his house in the city of Tulkarem. He has served in Israeli jails more than 11 years, and his first arrest took place on 19 September 1990. Nassif also suffers from many illnesses.
Jamil Raafat Nassif had been a prominent political activist during the Al Aqsa Intifada, and had been chased for a long time by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Leading sources in Hamas movement told PIC's reporter that the occupation authorities in the Israeli Raymond prison will release, next Sunday, the detainee Raafat Nasif, after he obtained a ruling, on his appeal against the latest extension, to end extensions of his administrative detention.
The Israeli forces had arrested Nasif on March 12, 2009 only one month after his marriage, after breaking into his house in the city of Tulkarem. He has served in Israeli jails more than 11 years, and his first arrest took place on 19 September 1990. Nassif also suffers from many illnesses.
Jamil Raafat Nassif had been a prominent political activist during the Al Aqsa Intifada, and had been chased for a long time by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Detained journalist in serious health condition
The Palestinian journalists syndicate in Ramallah has expressed utmost concern at the health conditions of journalists held in Israeli occupation jails.
It mentioned in particular syndicate member Mohammed Al-Taj who is living with the help of a ventilator with no proper medical attention granted to his case on the part of the prison administration.
The syndicate said in a statement on Sunday that Taj, 44, has served ten years of his 14-year sentence and had recently engaged in a long hunger strike. It warned that Taj was in danger of death if he was not immediately released from jail.
The syndicate also expressed concern over the condition of Iyad Al-Refai, a fourth grade student in information faculty in Abu Dis university, who was arrested from his home at dawn last Wednesday and never heard of since then.
It quoted lawyer of Dameer foundation for human rights as saying that Refai was under interrogation in Jalama detention center with no visits allowed to him even from lawyers.
It mentioned in particular syndicate member Mohammed Al-Taj who is living with the help of a ventilator with no proper medical attention granted to his case on the part of the prison administration.
The syndicate said in a statement on Sunday that Taj, 44, has served ten years of his 14-year sentence and had recently engaged in a long hunger strike. It warned that Taj was in danger of death if he was not immediately released from jail.
The syndicate also expressed concern over the condition of Iyad Al-Refai, a fourth grade student in information faculty in Abu Dis university, who was arrested from his home at dawn last Wednesday and never heard of since then.
It quoted lawyer of Dameer foundation for human rights as saying that Refai was under interrogation in Jalama detention center with no visits allowed to him even from lawyers.
IOF arrests 7 citizens and breaks into house of human rights' activist
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested at dawn today, seven Palestinians in different areas of the West Bank, summoned another and set up flying checkpoints on several roads and intersections in the West Bank.
The Hebrew radio said that the Israeli army forces, which are usually accompanied by elements of the intelligence, had arrested three "wanted" citizens; two of them near Bethlehem and the third in al-Khalil, and confirmed that the detainees had been transferred to Etzion interrogation center.
Local sources said that IOF at dawn today arrested four members of a band, working in weddings, from the town of Taiba in Jenin during their return from the city of Ramallah at a flying military checkpoint and transferred them to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops stormed after midnight the house of Jawad Siyam, the director of Wadi al-Hilweh's Information Center in the Silwan neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem.
The center reported in a statement that the IOF stormed the house in order to implement an arrest warrant for Siyam, for undisclosed reasons. Yet, after breaking into the house, they found out that Siyam was not there and were forced to withdraw leaving an oral summons for Siyam to appear at the police station for interrogation this morning.
The Hebrew radio said that the Israeli army forces, which are usually accompanied by elements of the intelligence, had arrested three "wanted" citizens; two of them near Bethlehem and the third in al-Khalil, and confirmed that the detainees had been transferred to Etzion interrogation center.
Local sources said that IOF at dawn today arrested four members of a band, working in weddings, from the town of Taiba in Jenin during their return from the city of Ramallah at a flying military checkpoint and transferred them to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops stormed after midnight the house of Jawad Siyam, the director of Wadi al-Hilweh's Information Center in the Silwan neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem.
The center reported in a statement that the IOF stormed the house in order to implement an arrest warrant for Siyam, for undisclosed reasons. Yet, after breaking into the house, they found out that Siyam was not there and were forced to withdraw leaving an oral summons for Siyam to appear at the police station for interrogation this morning.
3 nov 2012
Health of detainee deteriorates in detention center
The health condition of Ammar Al-Uwewe has worsened in the Israeli Maskobeh detention center in occupied Jerusalem, his family said on Saturday.
The family told the PIC that Ammar’s lawyer told them he was suffering a virus infection in his eyes and his condition was worsening after one month in intensive interrogation in detention.
The family noted that the Israeli occupation forces arrested Ammar at a roadblock near Bethlehem late last September only ten days after his wedding.
The family told the PIC that Ammar’s lawyer told them he was suffering a virus infection in his eyes and his condition was worsening after one month in intensive interrogation in detention.
The family noted that the Israeli occupation forces arrested Ammar at a roadblock near Bethlehem late last September only ten days after his wedding.
Israeli navy kidnaps Palestinian fisherman
Israeli navy forces kidnapped a Palestinian fisherman after attacking his boat off the coast of Gaza at dawn Saturday, local sources said. Sources in the fishermen syndicate told the PIC that Israeli gunboats fired at and chased Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza.
They said that the gunboats kidnapped a fisherman on board one of those fishing boats after controlling it.
The Israeli navy systematically targets Palestinian fishermen while working at sea. The navy often fires at the fishing boats, confiscate them, and arrest those on board.
They said that the gunboats kidnapped a fisherman on board one of those fishing boats after controlling it.
The Israeli navy systematically targets Palestinian fishermen while working at sea. The navy often fires at the fishing boats, confiscate them, and arrest those on board.
18 Palestinians Kidnapped In East Jerusalem After A Settler Was Stabbed
The Israeli Police kidnapped 18 Palestinians in Ras Al-Amoud and Silwan neighborhoods, in occupied East Jerusalem after an unknown assailant stabbed, on Friday evening, a Jewish settler in Ras Al-Amoud.
The Quds Net News Agency reported that dozens of soldiers and military jeeps were deployed at the entrance of Ras Al-Amoud, while Israeli security personnel, undercover forces of the army, and members of the Border Guard units, were heavily deployed in the alleys and neighborhoods in Silwan and Ras Al-Amoud before they started breaking into Arab homes in an attempt to locate the stabber.
The Quds Net said that eighteen young Palestinian Jerusalemites were kidnapped, and were taken to the Al-Maskobiyya interrogation and detention facility in West Jerusalem. Six of the eighteen kidnapped residents were released several hours after their arrest.
The situation in the area remains tensed while eyewitnesses said that the Police also broke into Abouna Ibrahim Monastery in Ras Al-Amoud during the search campaign.
Israeli Police Arab Media spokesperson, Luba Samri, stated that the initial investigation revealed that the settler was stabbed as he was walking from the Al-Boraq Wall (Western Wall) heading towards the illegal settlement the was built by Jewish Millionaire, Moskowitz, in Ras Al-Amoud.
The settler was walking along with his friend, and when the two arrived near the Ras Al-Amoud Junction, “two Arab youths attacked them, and stabbed one of them in the back, before fleeing the scene”, according to the Israeli Police.
Samri said that, after the attack, the two settlers walked to the settlement, and called for help ; medics then moved the wounded settler to the Hadassah Ein Karem Israeli Hospital in the city, the other settler was not harmed.
Samri added that the police is still searching for the two suspects who carried out the attack, and that the kidnapped residents will remain under interrogation until further notice. She also stated that the attack seems to be nationally motivated.
Later on, the Israeli police enforced a gag order on the investigation, and refrained from providing any further information regarding the attack, the search campaign, and all related information.
IOF wages arrest campaign in OJ
Israeli occupation forces launched an arrest campaign following the stabbing of an Israeli settler in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud on Friday evening.
Twelve Palestinian residents of Ras al-Amud were rounded up on suspicion of the stabbing, where an Israeli settler sustained moderate injuries after being assaulted by two Palestinian youths in the neighborhood.
Haaretz Hebrew newspaper reported that an Israeli settler in his 30s was stabbed in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud on Friday evening by two Palestinians who fled the scene.
The settler's condition was described as moderate where he was transferred to the Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, the newspaper added.
The Quds Net News Agency reported that dozens of soldiers and military jeeps were deployed at the entrance of Ras Al-Amoud, while Israeli security personnel, undercover forces of the army, and members of the Border Guard units, were heavily deployed in the alleys and neighborhoods in Silwan and Ras Al-Amoud before they started breaking into Arab homes in an attempt to locate the stabber.
The Quds Net said that eighteen young Palestinian Jerusalemites were kidnapped, and were taken to the Al-Maskobiyya interrogation and detention facility in West Jerusalem. Six of the eighteen kidnapped residents were released several hours after their arrest.
The situation in the area remains tensed while eyewitnesses said that the Police also broke into Abouna Ibrahim Monastery in Ras Al-Amoud during the search campaign.
Israeli Police Arab Media spokesperson, Luba Samri, stated that the initial investigation revealed that the settler was stabbed as he was walking from the Al-Boraq Wall (Western Wall) heading towards the illegal settlement the was built by Jewish Millionaire, Moskowitz, in Ras Al-Amoud.
The settler was walking along with his friend, and when the two arrived near the Ras Al-Amoud Junction, “two Arab youths attacked them, and stabbed one of them in the back, before fleeing the scene”, according to the Israeli Police.
Samri said that, after the attack, the two settlers walked to the settlement, and called for help ; medics then moved the wounded settler to the Hadassah Ein Karem Israeli Hospital in the city, the other settler was not harmed.
Samri added that the police is still searching for the two suspects who carried out the attack, and that the kidnapped residents will remain under interrogation until further notice. She also stated that the attack seems to be nationally motivated.
Later on, the Israeli police enforced a gag order on the investigation, and refrained from providing any further information regarding the attack, the search campaign, and all related information.
IOF wages arrest campaign in OJ
Israeli occupation forces launched an arrest campaign following the stabbing of an Israeli settler in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud on Friday evening.
Twelve Palestinian residents of Ras al-Amud were rounded up on suspicion of the stabbing, where an Israeli settler sustained moderate injuries after being assaulted by two Palestinian youths in the neighborhood.
Haaretz Hebrew newspaper reported that an Israeli settler in his 30s was stabbed in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud on Friday evening by two Palestinians who fled the scene.
The settler's condition was described as moderate where he was transferred to the Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, the newspaper added.
2 nov 2012
Official: Red Cross says Gaza relatives still visiting Israeli jails
The International Committee of the Red Cross is still coordinating family visits to Gazans imprisoned in Israeli jails, a Gaza official said Friday.
The Palestinian Authority prisoner affairs ministry said earlier this week that Israel had canceled the family visits, three months after they were resumed.
But DFLP official Louai Moamar said the ICRC is not aware of any cancellation, after a meeting with Khan Younis ICRC chief Enrique Lomana and the governor of the southern Gaza province.
Rather, the Red Cross organized a visit last week that passed without obstacles, and has already got Israeli approval for another next week, he said.
In July, Israel allowed the first visits to prisoners from Gaza in five years. Visits had been banned since 2007 to pressure Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was freed in Oct. 2011.
Israel agreed to resume family visits for Gaza prisoners as part of a deal to end a mass month-long hunger strike in Israeli jails.
The Palestinian Authority prisoner affairs ministry said earlier this week that Israel had canceled the family visits, three months after they were resumed.
But DFLP official Louai Moamar said the ICRC is not aware of any cancellation, after a meeting with Khan Younis ICRC chief Enrique Lomana and the governor of the southern Gaza province.
Rather, the Red Cross organized a visit last week that passed without obstacles, and has already got Israeli approval for another next week, he said.
In July, Israel allowed the first visits to prisoners from Gaza in five years. Visits had been banned since 2007 to pressure Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was freed in Oct. 2011.
Israel agreed to resume family visits for Gaza prisoners as part of a deal to end a mass month-long hunger strike in Israeli jails.
Report: Palestinian detained at West Bank settlement
Settler security guard
A Palestinian was detained by a security guard at an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank on Friday, Israeli media reported.
Israeli news site Ynet said the Palestinian was trying to cut through the fence surrounding the Alei Zahav settlement. No Israeli forces were called to the scene, it said.
A Palestinian was detained by a security guard at an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank on Friday, Israeli media reported.
Israeli news site Ynet said the Palestinian was trying to cut through the fence surrounding the Alei Zahav settlement. No Israeli forces were called to the scene, it said.
IOF demolishes water well, arrests its owner east of Yatta
Israeli bulldozers demolished in the late hours of Tuesday water well in the region of Tawani east of Yatta, south of Hebron, and arrested its owner before assaulting him and severely beat his daughter.
Fadel Raba Amour, 39, told the PIC's reporter that an Israeli military force accompanied by bulldozers, raided at dawn on Tuesday the house of his brother Said Amour, who lives in a cave and pergola built on his land, and started demolishing the well which is used by the family to drink.
IOF assaulted his brother Said and his daughter Mary, 16, before arresting and taking him to an unknown destination, knowing that this is the second time the occupation forces demolished the well.
The occupation forces had raided the family's home on Monday, and demolished the well and threatened Said to be arrested if he rebuilt the well after demolition, Fadel explained, adding that the family of his detained brother includes nine members, using this well for drinking, domestic and agricultural purposes , wondering: "How should we bring water, especially that the region is isolated and suffers from water shortage?".
The Amour family confirmed their steadfastness in the face of occupation and its harassment policies against them and stressing that they will not leave their land no matter what the occupation can do.
Fadel Raba Amour, 39, told the PIC's reporter that an Israeli military force accompanied by bulldozers, raided at dawn on Tuesday the house of his brother Said Amour, who lives in a cave and pergola built on his land, and started demolishing the well which is used by the family to drink.
IOF assaulted his brother Said and his daughter Mary, 16, before arresting and taking him to an unknown destination, knowing that this is the second time the occupation forces demolished the well.
The occupation forces had raided the family's home on Monday, and demolished the well and threatened Said to be arrested if he rebuilt the well after demolition, Fadel explained, adding that the family of his detained brother includes nine members, using this well for drinking, domestic and agricultural purposes , wondering: "How should we bring water, especially that the region is isolated and suffers from water shortage?".
The Amour family confirmed their steadfastness in the face of occupation and its harassment policies against them and stressing that they will not leave their land no matter what the occupation can do.
Israeli forces 'detain 2 women at West Bank checkpoints'
Shirin Halaheh and her daughter at a protest against Thaer's detention during his hunger strike earlier this year.
Israeli forces on Thursday detained two Palestinian women in separate incidents at West Bank checkpoints, relatives said.
Shirin Halahleh, the 29-year-old wife of former long-term hunger striker Thaer, was arrested at the "container" checkpoint between Bethlehem and Ramallah, Thaer said.
Shirin was held for four hours at the Israeli terminal on her return from Jordan for an Eid visit earlier Thursday, her husband said.
He later received a call from Israeli officials telling him to pick up his young daughter from the checkpoint, as his wife had been detained.
Thaer, 33, held a 77-day strike to protest his detention without charge by Israel earlier this year. He was released in June to his home town of Kharas, near Hebron, after a deal with Israeli authorities that he be freed at the end of his administrative detention term.
In Nablus, Nour Abu Khamis al-Zamel was detained at the Shavi Shomron checkpoint Thursday evening, a Ma'an reporter said.
Al-Zamel's son is currently jailed in Israel.
An Israeli military spokesman said he was looking into the incidents.
Israeli forces on Thursday detained two Palestinian women in separate incidents at West Bank checkpoints, relatives said.
Shirin Halahleh, the 29-year-old wife of former long-term hunger striker Thaer, was arrested at the "container" checkpoint between Bethlehem and Ramallah, Thaer said.
Shirin was held for four hours at the Israeli terminal on her return from Jordan for an Eid visit earlier Thursday, her husband said.
He later received a call from Israeli officials telling him to pick up his young daughter from the checkpoint, as his wife had been detained.
Thaer, 33, held a 77-day strike to protest his detention without charge by Israel earlier this year. He was released in June to his home town of Kharas, near Hebron, after a deal with Israeli authorities that he be freed at the end of his administrative detention term.
In Nablus, Nour Abu Khamis al-Zamel was detained at the Shavi Shomron checkpoint Thursday evening, a Ma'an reporter said.
Al-Zamel's son is currently jailed in Israel.
An Israeli military spokesman said he was looking into the incidents.
Hunger-striker in Israel jail 'transferred to hospital'
A Palestinian prisoner being held under Israel's administrative detainee status was transferred to Hadassah hospital on Friday after going on hunger strike three days earlier.
Mohammad Ahmad al-Najjar 30, suffers from a stomach illness, the Palestinian prisoners society reported.
The prisoner has been in and out of administrative detention for eight years of his life. He was last arrested on Oct. 30 and began a hunger strike immediately upon arriving.
The detention has been set for four months, the society said.
Jaclyn Fararjeh, a lawyer for the society, visited al-Najjar and reported that he was badly treated by soldiers. He has been transferred between three prisons before arriving at Ofer.
The prisoners society director in Hebron, Amjad al-Najjar, condemned the arrest and called on Israeli authorities to release the detainee. Mohammad is Amjad's brother.
Mohammad Ahmad al-Najjar 30, suffers from a stomach illness, the Palestinian prisoners society reported.
The prisoner has been in and out of administrative detention for eight years of his life. He was last arrested on Oct. 30 and began a hunger strike immediately upon arriving.
The detention has been set for four months, the society said.
Jaclyn Fararjeh, a lawyer for the society, visited al-Najjar and reported that he was badly treated by soldiers. He has been transferred between three prisons before arriving at Ofer.
The prisoners society director in Hebron, Amjad al-Najjar, condemned the arrest and called on Israeli authorities to release the detainee. Mohammad is Amjad's brother.
Abu Subbah calls on Egypt to save the life of prisoner Abu Sisi
Minister of Detainees and Ex-detainees, Dr. Atallah Abu Subbah, urged Egypt to intervene to save the life of isolated prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi after the occupation Court extended his solitary confinement for six months and prevented him from talking with other prisoners.
Abu Subbah said in a statement to "Alray online": "We strongly condemn the extension of prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi's solitary confinement by the occupation court, and we consider it as a death penalty, especially that Dhirar suffers from several health problems."
Abu Sisi disappeared in February 2011 while traveling on a train in Ukraine and Israel later announced that it was holding him at Ashkelon prison.
The captive from Gaza, who holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, has been jailed in solitary confinement since his arrest.
Abu Sisi suffers from anemia and needs treatment. He also suffers from troubles in vision in his left eye, and hearing problems in his right ear, amid a policy of medical neglect adopted by the Israeli Prison Service.
For its part, the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights denounced the Israeli authorities’ resolution to extend Abu Sisi's solitary confinement and said that it aims to cover up the involvement of European bodies in the offense of the abduction of Abu Sisi from the Ukrainian territories.
The European human rights organization revealed in a statement on Thursday evening that delaying conducting a transparent investigation on the kidnapping of Dhirar raises further suspicion and doubts amongst the family of the kidnapped and the human rights institutions that have been following up his case.
The observatory stressed that the information it had received from Abu Sisi's wife, the Ukrainian Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs and European official bodies clearly show that "there are parties colluding with the Israeli authorities in order to cover up the circumstances of the abduction and detention of Abu Sisi."
Abu Subbah said in a statement to "Alray online": "We strongly condemn the extension of prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi's solitary confinement by the occupation court, and we consider it as a death penalty, especially that Dhirar suffers from several health problems."
Abu Sisi disappeared in February 2011 while traveling on a train in Ukraine and Israel later announced that it was holding him at Ashkelon prison.
The captive from Gaza, who holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, has been jailed in solitary confinement since his arrest.
Abu Sisi suffers from anemia and needs treatment. He also suffers from troubles in vision in his left eye, and hearing problems in his right ear, amid a policy of medical neglect adopted by the Israeli Prison Service.
For its part, the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights denounced the Israeli authorities’ resolution to extend Abu Sisi's solitary confinement and said that it aims to cover up the involvement of European bodies in the offense of the abduction of Abu Sisi from the Ukrainian territories.
The European human rights organization revealed in a statement on Thursday evening that delaying conducting a transparent investigation on the kidnapping of Dhirar raises further suspicion and doubts amongst the family of the kidnapped and the human rights institutions that have been following up his case.
The observatory stressed that the information it had received from Abu Sisi's wife, the Ukrainian Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs and European official bodies clearly show that "there are parties colluding with the Israeli authorities in order to cover up the circumstances of the abduction and detention of Abu Sisi."
Amnesty: Israel must release Bassem Tamimi
Israeli authorities must end the harassment, intimidation and arbitrary detention of Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi, Amnesty International said Thursday.
Tamimi was detained on Oct. 24 during a protest at an Israeli supermarket in a Jewish settlement near Ramallah.
The non-violence leader from Nabi Saleh -- a West Bank village which holds weekly demonstrations against settlement encroachment -- now faces charges of assaulting a police officer, participating in an unlicensed demonstration, and activity against the public order, Amnesty said.
If convicted, he will also have to serve suspended sentences for similar charges related to protests in his village, the group noted.
Tamimi was convicted in May of taking part in demonstrations and solicitation to throw stones, but released from jail because he had already served the 13-month sentence. The verdict was criticized by human rights groups and the EU foreign policy chief.
Amnesty said it found no evidence he used violence during the protest at Rami Levi supermarket last week, after interviewing witnesses and reviewing several videos of the demonstration.
Witness accounts suggest Israel used "unnecessary and excessive force," to break up the protest, the group said. Tamimi's wife told Amnesty he believes his ribs were broken during his arrest.
The military judge recommended Tamimi be released on house arrest after seeing video evidence, but the verdict is being appealed by the military prosecutor and he remains in Ofer jail, Amnesty said.
"Once again, Bassem Tamimi is being held solely for peacefully exercising his rights to freedom of expression and assembly," Amnesty's Deputy Middle East and North Africa Programme Director Ann Harrison said.
"We believe he is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately and unconditionally."
Tamimi was detained on Oct. 24 during a protest at an Israeli supermarket in a Jewish settlement near Ramallah.
The non-violence leader from Nabi Saleh -- a West Bank village which holds weekly demonstrations against settlement encroachment -- now faces charges of assaulting a police officer, participating in an unlicensed demonstration, and activity against the public order, Amnesty said.
If convicted, he will also have to serve suspended sentences for similar charges related to protests in his village, the group noted.
Tamimi was convicted in May of taking part in demonstrations and solicitation to throw stones, but released from jail because he had already served the 13-month sentence. The verdict was criticized by human rights groups and the EU foreign policy chief.
Amnesty said it found no evidence he used violence during the protest at Rami Levi supermarket last week, after interviewing witnesses and reviewing several videos of the demonstration.
Witness accounts suggest Israel used "unnecessary and excessive force," to break up the protest, the group said. Tamimi's wife told Amnesty he believes his ribs were broken during his arrest.
The military judge recommended Tamimi be released on house arrest after seeing video evidence, but the verdict is being appealed by the military prosecutor and he remains in Ofer jail, Amnesty said.
"Once again, Bassem Tamimi is being held solely for peacefully exercising his rights to freedom of expression and assembly," Amnesty's Deputy Middle East and North Africa Programme Director Ann Harrison said.
"We believe he is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately and unconditionally."
Gaza government calls for the release of Ayman Sharawna
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter to "Peter Maurer," the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, asking him to pressure the Israeli occupation for the release of captive Ayman Sharawna and to form a committee to investigate the prisoners and detainees' conditions in Israeli jails.
The ministry also called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League, human rights and international humanitarian organizations, and the head of the Red Cross, to shoulder their responsibilities toward the Palestinian prisoners and detainees and to pressure on the Israeli occupation for their release from Israeli jails.
The ministry held the occupation authorities and the prison administration fully responsible regarding Sharawna's arrest and the deterioration of his health.
Sharawna is a liberated prisoner who was released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal in October 2011, but he was re-arrested by the occupation on January 31 of this year and turned him to administrative detention without charge or trial.
Sharawna has launched his own hunger strike since early July of this year; demanding his freedom and release from the Israeli prisons, and protesting against his re-arrest and his health deterioration, and protesting the Israeli bargains to deport him from his city.
The striker prisoner suffers a very critical health condition, suffering from head pain and frequent blackouts limiting his ability to remember.
The ministry also called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League, human rights and international humanitarian organizations, and the head of the Red Cross, to shoulder their responsibilities toward the Palestinian prisoners and detainees and to pressure on the Israeli occupation for their release from Israeli jails.
The ministry held the occupation authorities and the prison administration fully responsible regarding Sharawna's arrest and the deterioration of his health.
Sharawna is a liberated prisoner who was released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal in October 2011, but he was re-arrested by the occupation on January 31 of this year and turned him to administrative detention without charge or trial.
Sharawna has launched his own hunger strike since early July of this year; demanding his freedom and release from the Israeli prisons, and protesting against his re-arrest and his health deterioration, and protesting the Israeli bargains to deport him from his city.
The striker prisoner suffers a very critical health condition, suffering from head pain and frequent blackouts limiting his ability to remember.
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Prisoner Zabin meets his child Muhannad for the first time
Ms. Dalal, the prisoner Ammar Zabin's wife, confirmed that her husband, 37, from Jenin district sentenced to 26 life terms with 25 years, has met his son Mohannad for the first time since his birth.
Um Muhannad reached Hadarim jail after a long difficult journey accompanied with her two daughters and her son Muhanned.
After vigorous attempts, the prison's director has allowed the prisoner to touch and kiss his son for the first time, preventing the wife and his daughters from approaching him.
The prisoner Ammar Zabin managed to smuggle his sperm confidentially from the prison to his wife to be grown in a test tube. After three attempts, the couple succeeded to have their child Muhannad.
Meanwhile, the prisoner Adnan al-Afandi, who is serving a sentence of 30 years in Israeli jails, was allowed to see his three brothers, on Wednesday, for the first time in 17 years.
The Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that the prisoner al-Afandi was deprived from seeing his brothers in particular since 1996, adding that the Red Cross has been able for the first time in 17years ago to seek permission for his three brothers to visit him in prison for one time only.
The statement quoted the prisoner as saying, "this visit was historic for me, before 17 years I remember that my brothers were younger, and today I was surprised that they have reached fifty years old, and I wished if the time of the visit was longer than the usual forty-five minutes, the visit's time has passed like a moment and it was like a dream for me".
Um Muhannad reached Hadarim jail after a long difficult journey accompanied with her two daughters and her son Muhanned.
After vigorous attempts, the prison's director has allowed the prisoner to touch and kiss his son for the first time, preventing the wife and his daughters from approaching him.
The prisoner Ammar Zabin managed to smuggle his sperm confidentially from the prison to his wife to be grown in a test tube. After three attempts, the couple succeeded to have their child Muhannad.
Meanwhile, the prisoner Adnan al-Afandi, who is serving a sentence of 30 years in Israeli jails, was allowed to see his three brothers, on Wednesday, for the first time in 17 years.
The Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that the prisoner al-Afandi was deprived from seeing his brothers in particular since 1996, adding that the Red Cross has been able for the first time in 17years ago to seek permission for his three brothers to visit him in prison for one time only.
The statement quoted the prisoner as saying, "this visit was historic for me, before 17 years I remember that my brothers were younger, and today I was surprised that they have reached fifty years old, and I wished if the time of the visit was longer than the usual forty-five minutes, the visit's time has passed like a moment and it was like a dream for me".
IOA turns the prisoner Abu Maria to administrative detention
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have decided to turn the leader in the Islamic Jihad, Wahid Hamdi Abu Maria, 45, from Beit Ummar village, north of al-Khalil, to administrative detention.
The family of Abu Maria confirmed to PIC's reporter that the occupation authorities sentenced her son for a period of 6 months in administrative detention, one day after his arrest where he was transferred to Etzion detention center.
The family added that the occupation authorities accused Abu Maria of belonging to the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, where he was arrested 4 times and spent 16 years in Israeli jails for his activities in the movement, and he was released in 2009.
Abu Maria's family accused the occupation of trying to eliminate him, and held the security agencies of the authority fully responsible for his life, accusing the PA security agencies of being the reason behind his recent arrest, where they tried to arrest him after being summoned several times, but did not respond, and arrested his son a few days before his arrest.
A large Israeli force of the Israeli army moved into Beit Ummar village, north of al-Khalil on Tuesday, and fired heavy bullets and bombs on the house of Abu Maria, and threatened to demolish, before they arrested him.
It should be noted that the leader Abu Maria was arrested by the PA Preventive Security Service, and was released on March 30, 2012 after three months of detention, and his hunger strike for 36 days.
After two days of Abu Maria's arrest, the Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn on Thursday Beit Ummar town, and carried out raids and searches campaign in the town's houses including the Abu Maria's house.
Local sources said that Israeli forces stormed the village at dawn, where they were met by a group of youths with stones and empty bottles.
The sources added that the Israeli occupation forces checked the identities of citizens at the entrance to the village and tightened the security measures since Wednesday evening.
The family of Abu Maria confirmed to PIC's reporter that the occupation authorities sentenced her son for a period of 6 months in administrative detention, one day after his arrest where he was transferred to Etzion detention center.
The family added that the occupation authorities accused Abu Maria of belonging to the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, where he was arrested 4 times and spent 16 years in Israeli jails for his activities in the movement, and he was released in 2009.
Abu Maria's family accused the occupation of trying to eliminate him, and held the security agencies of the authority fully responsible for his life, accusing the PA security agencies of being the reason behind his recent arrest, where they tried to arrest him after being summoned several times, but did not respond, and arrested his son a few days before his arrest.
A large Israeli force of the Israeli army moved into Beit Ummar village, north of al-Khalil on Tuesday, and fired heavy bullets and bombs on the house of Abu Maria, and threatened to demolish, before they arrested him.
It should be noted that the leader Abu Maria was arrested by the PA Preventive Security Service, and was released on March 30, 2012 after three months of detention, and his hunger strike for 36 days.
After two days of Abu Maria's arrest, the Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn on Thursday Beit Ummar town, and carried out raids and searches campaign in the town's houses including the Abu Maria's house.
Local sources said that Israeli forces stormed the village at dawn, where they were met by a group of youths with stones and empty bottles.
The sources added that the Israeli occupation forces checked the identities of citizens at the entrance to the village and tightened the security measures since Wednesday evening.
Palestinian Media Forum condemns arrest of Journalist
The Palestinian Media Forum strongly condemned the arrest of the Jerusalemite photojournalist Iyad Rifai by the Israeli forces after raiding his house in Jerusalem.
The forum said in a press release on Wednesday that the occupation forces arrested a journalism student at Al Quds University and the trainee at "Hona al-Quds” Media network, the photographer Iyad Rifai, 20, after raiding his house in the town of Anata east of occupied Jerusalem.
Iyad was recently preparing to display the movie "7300 days of absence", he participated in acting in the movie which was about a young photojournalist who wants to visit Jerusalem, which he did not visit since more than 20 years.
The Forum stressed that the arrest of the journalist Rifai is part of the arrest campaign waged by the occupation forces against Palestinian journalists and media workers and in the context of escalating its campaign against journalists, through arresting and persecuting them, and targeting the Palestinian media institutions.
The forum said in a press release on Wednesday that the occupation forces arrested a journalism student at Al Quds University and the trainee at "Hona al-Quds” Media network, the photographer Iyad Rifai, 20, after raiding his house in the town of Anata east of occupied Jerusalem.
Iyad was recently preparing to display the movie "7300 days of absence", he participated in acting in the movie which was about a young photojournalist who wants to visit Jerusalem, which he did not visit since more than 20 years.
The Forum stressed that the arrest of the journalist Rifai is part of the arrest campaign waged by the occupation forces against Palestinian journalists and media workers and in the context of escalating its campaign against journalists, through arresting and persecuting them, and targeting the Palestinian media institutions.
The IOF desecrate mosque arrest 9 West Bankers
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have desecrated at dawn on Thursday a mosque west of the city of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank, and arrested eight Palestinian youths.
Eyewitnesses told PIC's reporter that Israeli soldiers raided the mosque of Ahmed Yassin in Ethna village west of al-Khalil, desecrating and searching it, and damaging its contents.
In a related context, IOF stormed Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, and arrested Mohammed Khaled al-Jondi, 18, and Abdul Ahmed Titi, 19, after raiding their houses.
The occupation forces also arrested Mahmoud Ali Ghneimat, 17, from the town of Surif, northern al-Khalil, while he was near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
In Bethlehem, local sources told our correspondent that the IOF arrested five young men from the town of Beit Fajar, south of Bethlehem, aged between 18 and 22, while they were near Etzion settlement adjacent to the town.
The sources pointed out that the occupation forces raided the al-Saf street in the city, and the Seder area in the town of Beit Jala, and checked the identities of citizens.
In the same context, Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn on Wednesday the liberated prisoner Sultan Khallouf, 29, after raiding his house in the village of Burkin, south of Jenin.
Khallouf had previously spent four and a half years of his life in Israeli jails, on charges of resisting the occupation, and belonging to the Islamic Jihad movement. He is married and works in the field of agricultural engineering.
The liberated prisoner Sheikh Khader Adnan said that Khallouf's arrest, who was the most prominent supporter of Hana Shalabi's hunger strike, came as revenge from the prisoners' hunger strike issue and the hunger strikers' supporters.
He stated that the Israeli reaction towards the prisoners' supporters and solidarity events is similar to its reaction towards the resistance's operations previously, adding that Khallouf's arrest is only an example of Israeli excesses in the occupied territories of West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told PIC's reporter that Israeli soldiers raided the mosque of Ahmed Yassin in Ethna village west of al-Khalil, desecrating and searching it, and damaging its contents.
In a related context, IOF stormed Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, and arrested Mohammed Khaled al-Jondi, 18, and Abdul Ahmed Titi, 19, after raiding their houses.
The occupation forces also arrested Mahmoud Ali Ghneimat, 17, from the town of Surif, northern al-Khalil, while he was near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
In Bethlehem, local sources told our correspondent that the IOF arrested five young men from the town of Beit Fajar, south of Bethlehem, aged between 18 and 22, while they were near Etzion settlement adjacent to the town.
The sources pointed out that the occupation forces raided the al-Saf street in the city, and the Seder area in the town of Beit Jala, and checked the identities of citizens.
In the same context, Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn on Wednesday the liberated prisoner Sultan Khallouf, 29, after raiding his house in the village of Burkin, south of Jenin.
Khallouf had previously spent four and a half years of his life in Israeli jails, on charges of resisting the occupation, and belonging to the Islamic Jihad movement. He is married and works in the field of agricultural engineering.
The liberated prisoner Sheikh Khader Adnan said that Khallouf's arrest, who was the most prominent supporter of Hana Shalabi's hunger strike, came as revenge from the prisoners' hunger strike issue and the hunger strikers' supporters.
He stated that the Israeli reaction towards the prisoners' supporters and solidarity events is similar to its reaction towards the resistance's operations previously, adding that Khallouf's arrest is only an example of Israeli excesses in the occupied territories of West Bank.
Young Palestinian nabbed for alleged attempt to attack soldier
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian youth in Qalqilia city at dawn Thursday claiming that he attempted to stab a soldier.
Hebrew media reported that the young man tried to assault the soldier in front of the house of a “wanted” Palestinian.
The reports said that the unidentified youth was arrested and taken for questioning.
Hebrew media reported that the young man tried to assault the soldier in front of the house of a “wanted” Palestinian.
The reports said that the unidentified youth was arrested and taken for questioning.
Hunger-striking prisoner stops drinking water
A Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails stopped drinking water on Wednesday one week after starting a hunger strike protesting his incarceration along with Israeli homicide convicts.
Mohammed Kanaana, from Araba town in the Galilee occupied since 1948, charged the Israeli Shatta prison administration with deliberately putting him alongside criminals despite being a security prisoner.
He told his lawyer that the prison administration left him in the prison yard for 14 hours and threatened to beat him after his refusal to enter a jail cell in the midst of homicide convicts.
Kanaana said that the prison administration also deprives him of all his rights and denies him family visits.
Kanaana was arrested in June 2011 and sentenced to three months in jail after accusing him of beating an Israeli policeman and throwing stones during marches marking the Nakba day. He was held in house arrest after his release then he was again detained in April 2012 and sentenced to 15 months.
Mohammed Kanaana, from Araba town in the Galilee occupied since 1948, charged the Israeli Shatta prison administration with deliberately putting him alongside criminals despite being a security prisoner.
He told his lawyer that the prison administration left him in the prison yard for 14 hours and threatened to beat him after his refusal to enter a jail cell in the midst of homicide convicts.
Kanaana said that the prison administration also deprives him of all his rights and denies him family visits.
Kanaana was arrested in June 2011 and sentenced to three months in jail after accusing him of beating an Israeli policeman and throwing stones during marches marking the Nakba day. He was held in house arrest after his release then he was again detained in April 2012 and sentenced to 15 months.
Addameer: Israel renews detention of researcher
An Israeli court extended the detention of human rights advocate Ayman Nasser for a further eight days on Thursday, Addameer said. Nasser, 42, was detained on Oct. 15 from his home in the village of Saffa, west of Ramallah. He has been working as a researcher for prisoners rights group Addameer since 2008, and is also a part-time lecturer in social work at Al-Quds University.
