11 apr 2013
IOF arrests young man on his return from Jordan
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) manning the Karame crossing between the West Bank and Jordan arrested a young man from Eskaka village, Salfit province, on his return from Jordan.
Local sources said that the soldiers detained Ahmed Harb at the crossing afternoon Thursday for hours at the intelligence room before informing him that he was under arrest.
The sources said that the Israeli intelligence contacted his family on the phone and told them that Ahmed was in its custody.
Local sources said that the soldiers detained Ahmed Harb at the crossing afternoon Thursday for hours at the intelligence room before informing him that he was under arrest.
The sources said that the Israeli intelligence contacted his family on the phone and told them that Ahmed was in its custody.
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Israeli soldier shoots disabled man in Hebron
Motaz Faraj Ibedo, pictured in June 2012, was shot and critically injured by Israeli forces in Hebron on April 11 Israeli forces on Thursday shot and injured a disabled Palestinian man in the southern West Bank city of Hebron in an act the Israeli army described as defensive. |
Motaz Faraj Ibedo, who was already confined to a wheelchair after a shooting two years earlier, was critically injured and transferred to an Israeli hospital for treatment, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed that a Palestinian man was hospitalized after being shot during an arrest operation. She said a soldier fired at the man when he tried to steal a weapon.
She said he threw objects including a gas can at soldiers. Two were injured, she said.
Amjad al-Najjar, the director of the PPS office in Hebron, denounced the arrest raid targeting a man who is already unable to walk without assistance.
Al-Najjar said that the Israeli authorities were responsible for Ibedo's life. He called on the Israeli side to allow the man's family and lawyer to visit him in custody.
An army spokeswoman denied Ibedo was under arrest and said he was still undergoing treatment in hospital.
Ibedo has been unable to walk on his own since he was shot in 2011 with a so-called dum dum bullet to the abdomen, which ruptured several internal organs and left him permanently disabled.
Since that incident, which Ibedo said happened while he was already in custody, he has not been able to walk due to a paralyzed left leg.
IOF shoots and arrests disabled, liberated prisoner
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot Mo'taz Obeidu, a physically disabled person, from the city of al-Khalil during his arrest on Thursday, Palestinian human rights sources reported. Israeli sources claimed that Obeidu, 32, attempted to take one of the soldiers' weapons during the arrest. The soldiers fired at him and he was seriously injured and transferred to an Israeli hospital, The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said.
The PPS held the occupation fully responsible for Obeidu's life, whose health condition is very critical. "He uses a urinary drainage bag at all times and was shot in his left leg by Israeli soldiers when he was arrested two years ago, which led to paralyzing his leg."
A large military force surrounded Obeidu's shop, stripped him totally and left him outside in the cold weather before arresting him, according to his father.
Obeidu, a father of three, was detained on several occasions, including his latest administrative arrest when he spent two years in jail without charge or trial.
Army Kidnaps A Wounded Disabled Palestinian In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped former political prisoner, Mo’taz Obeido, 32, from Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Obeido suffered a disability after being shot by the army in November of 2011.
Back in 2011 Obeido was shot by the soldiers leading to paralysis in his left leg, in addition to suffering extensive damage to his stomach and intestines after the soldiers fired an international-banned dumdum bullet at him from a distance that does not exceed 5 meters.
His father said that a large military force surrounded his son’s store in Wad Al-Harya area, in Hebron, and kidnapped him after forcing him to remove his clothes.
He added that soldiers also fired several rounds of live ammunition during the attack, and that several blood stains were found on the ground after the soldiers left the area, an issue that raises fears among the family that Obeido might have been injured again.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) held Israel fully responsible for the life of Obeido.
Amjad An-Najjar, head of the Hebron branch of the PPS, said that Obeido requires ongoing medical attention and follow-up due to his previous injuries, and that he is a married father of three daughters, and was repeatedly kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel, including being imprisoned for two years without charges.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed that a Palestinian man was hospitalized after being shot during an arrest operation. She said a soldier fired at the man when he tried to steal a weapon.
She said he threw objects including a gas can at soldiers. Two were injured, she said.
Amjad al-Najjar, the director of the PPS office in Hebron, denounced the arrest raid targeting a man who is already unable to walk without assistance.
Al-Najjar said that the Israeli authorities were responsible for Ibedo's life. He called on the Israeli side to allow the man's family and lawyer to visit him in custody.
An army spokeswoman denied Ibedo was under arrest and said he was still undergoing treatment in hospital.
Ibedo has been unable to walk on his own since he was shot in 2011 with a so-called dum dum bullet to the abdomen, which ruptured several internal organs and left him permanently disabled.
Since that incident, which Ibedo said happened while he was already in custody, he has not been able to walk due to a paralyzed left leg.
IOF shoots and arrests disabled, liberated prisoner
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot Mo'taz Obeidu, a physically disabled person, from the city of al-Khalil during his arrest on Thursday, Palestinian human rights sources reported. Israeli sources claimed that Obeidu, 32, attempted to take one of the soldiers' weapons during the arrest. The soldiers fired at him and he was seriously injured and transferred to an Israeli hospital, The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said.
The PPS held the occupation fully responsible for Obeidu's life, whose health condition is very critical. "He uses a urinary drainage bag at all times and was shot in his left leg by Israeli soldiers when he was arrested two years ago, which led to paralyzing his leg."
A large military force surrounded Obeidu's shop, stripped him totally and left him outside in the cold weather before arresting him, according to his father.
Obeidu, a father of three, was detained on several occasions, including his latest administrative arrest when he spent two years in jail without charge or trial.
Army Kidnaps A Wounded Disabled Palestinian In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped former political prisoner, Mo’taz Obeido, 32, from Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Obeido suffered a disability after being shot by the army in November of 2011.
Back in 2011 Obeido was shot by the soldiers leading to paralysis in his left leg, in addition to suffering extensive damage to his stomach and intestines after the soldiers fired an international-banned dumdum bullet at him from a distance that does not exceed 5 meters.
His father said that a large military force surrounded his son’s store in Wad Al-Harya area, in Hebron, and kidnapped him after forcing him to remove his clothes.
He added that soldiers also fired several rounds of live ammunition during the attack, and that several blood stains were found on the ground after the soldiers left the area, an issue that raises fears among the family that Obeido might have been injured again.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) held Israel fully responsible for the life of Obeido.
Amjad An-Najjar, head of the Hebron branch of the PPS, said that Obeido requires ongoing medical attention and follow-up due to his previous injuries, and that he is a married father of three daughters, and was repeatedly kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel, including being imprisoned for two years without charges.
UFree condemns the re-arrest of Thaer Halahela
European Network for the Defense of the Palestinian prisoners' rights (UFree) condemned the re-arrest of the liberated prisoner Thaer Halahela on Wednesday from his home in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank.
UFree denounced, in a statement on Thursday, the motives and circumstances of the arrest, and quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the Israeli occupation forces violently broke into and ransacked the house of Halahela at midnight.
"The troops also brutally beat him in front of his wife and children, and confiscated his cellphone," the Network said.
Thaer had been released last June after a deal that ended his hunger strike which lasted 77 days, in protest at his administrative detention for two years without charge or trial.
The Oslo-based Network confirmed that the re-arrest of Halahela opens the file of the re-arrest of ex-prisoners and the file of administrative detention, which violates the international laws.
It pointed out that the occupation authorities have arrested 15 ex-prisoners, released under the exchange deal that took place in 2011, under Egyptian auspices.
UFree called in its statement on the occupation authorities to immediately release Thaer and all the ex-detainees who have been re-arrested, including the Jerusalemite hunger striker Samer al-Issawi.
It also urged the Egyptian government - as the sponsor of the prisoner exchange deal - to pressure Israel to commit to the terms of the agreement.
The Network called on the Human Rights Council in Geneva and the United Nations to take the Palestinian prisoners' issue more seriously, especially after the occupation issued a military order allowing the re-arrest of ex-detainees without clear charge.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that Thaer was transferred to the detention and interrogation center of Moscobiya and that the Israeli military court decided to extend his detention for 12 days.
PPS lawyer pointed out that he will submit an appeal against the court's decision.
UFree denounced, in a statement on Thursday, the motives and circumstances of the arrest, and quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the Israeli occupation forces violently broke into and ransacked the house of Halahela at midnight.
"The troops also brutally beat him in front of his wife and children, and confiscated his cellphone," the Network said.
Thaer had been released last June after a deal that ended his hunger strike which lasted 77 days, in protest at his administrative detention for two years without charge or trial.
The Oslo-based Network confirmed that the re-arrest of Halahela opens the file of the re-arrest of ex-prisoners and the file of administrative detention, which violates the international laws.
It pointed out that the occupation authorities have arrested 15 ex-prisoners, released under the exchange deal that took place in 2011, under Egyptian auspices.
UFree called in its statement on the occupation authorities to immediately release Thaer and all the ex-detainees who have been re-arrested, including the Jerusalemite hunger striker Samer al-Issawi.
It also urged the Egyptian government - as the sponsor of the prisoner exchange deal - to pressure Israel to commit to the terms of the agreement.
The Network called on the Human Rights Council in Geneva and the United Nations to take the Palestinian prisoners' issue more seriously, especially after the occupation issued a military order allowing the re-arrest of ex-detainees without clear charge.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that Thaer was transferred to the detention and interrogation center of Moscobiya and that the Israeli military court decided to extend his detention for 12 days.
PPS lawyer pointed out that he will submit an appeal against the court's decision.
IOF arrests 16 citizens in the West Bank including disabled person
Motaz Faraj Ibedo
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Thursday 16 citizens from different parts in the occupied West Bank, and raided a number of houses.
Large number of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles raided and searched houses in Aida refugee camp in the south of Bethlehem, southern the occupied West Bank, and arrested two young men in their twenties.
Local sources reported that the detainees were transferred to Etzion detention center in Bethlehem.
The Aida refugee camp has witnessed on Wednesday evening violent clashes, during which two young men were wounded by rubber bullets while a number of other citizens suffered suffocation.
In al-Khalil, in the south of the occupied West Bank, the IOF arrested on Thursday morning the disabled liberated prisoner Moataz Abido, 32, during raid into his shop, only one month after his release from the Israeli jails.
The captive's father told PIC's reporter that shots were heard during the arrest of his son, and that he found traces of blood on the ground after his son was detained.
Abido family expressed concern that Moataz might have been shot during his arrest.
It also held the occupation full responsibility for the patient captive, who suffers from a very difficult health condition.
Prisoner Moataz Abido has been arrested several times before. He had been also held under administrative detention for two years with no trial.
The occupation troops arrested last night in Qalqiliya governorate two students at An-Najah National University, after raiding and searching their homes. They both are former detainees in the PA's jails.
In Tulkarem, the IOF arrested on Thursday morning a 20-year-old man after raiding his home and transferred him to an unknown destination.
Ten youths have also been arrested in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, during raids into a number of houses. The IOF released 6 of the detainees before leaving the village at five in the morning.
Meanwhile; the Israeli soldiers raided at dawn Thursday several neighborhoods in the city of al-Khalil and its surroundings.
Eyewitnesses told PIC that large number of soldiers and military vehicles broke into the neighborhood of Nimra, the area of Wadi al-Harya and the Salam Street, and then stationed near the area of Ras al-Jura and at the northern entrance to the al-Khalil city.
The witnesses added that the military patrols were deployed on the road between al-Khalil and Bethlehem, where the soldiers stopped and searched some vehicles. No arrests have been reported.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Thursday 16 citizens from different parts in the occupied West Bank, and raided a number of houses.
Large number of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles raided and searched houses in Aida refugee camp in the south of Bethlehem, southern the occupied West Bank, and arrested two young men in their twenties.
Local sources reported that the detainees were transferred to Etzion detention center in Bethlehem.
The Aida refugee camp has witnessed on Wednesday evening violent clashes, during which two young men were wounded by rubber bullets while a number of other citizens suffered suffocation.
In al-Khalil, in the south of the occupied West Bank, the IOF arrested on Thursday morning the disabled liberated prisoner Moataz Abido, 32, during raid into his shop, only one month after his release from the Israeli jails.
The captive's father told PIC's reporter that shots were heard during the arrest of his son, and that he found traces of blood on the ground after his son was detained.
Abido family expressed concern that Moataz might have been shot during his arrest.
It also held the occupation full responsibility for the patient captive, who suffers from a very difficult health condition.
Prisoner Moataz Abido has been arrested several times before. He had been also held under administrative detention for two years with no trial.
The occupation troops arrested last night in Qalqiliya governorate two students at An-Najah National University, after raiding and searching their homes. They both are former detainees in the PA's jails.
In Tulkarem, the IOF arrested on Thursday morning a 20-year-old man after raiding his home and transferred him to an unknown destination.
Ten youths have also been arrested in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, during raids into a number of houses. The IOF released 6 of the detainees before leaving the village at five in the morning.
Meanwhile; the Israeli soldiers raided at dawn Thursday several neighborhoods in the city of al-Khalil and its surroundings.
Eyewitnesses told PIC that large number of soldiers and military vehicles broke into the neighborhood of Nimra, the area of Wadi al-Harya and the Salam Street, and then stationed near the area of Ras al-Jura and at the northern entrance to the al-Khalil city.
The witnesses added that the military patrols were deployed on the road between al-Khalil and Bethlehem, where the soldiers stopped and searched some vehicles. No arrests have been reported.
Distress call from Shatta prisoners
Shatta prisoners have launched a distress call via Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights to all human rights organizations, and official parties to immediately intervene to ease the Israeli fierce campaign against them, since the prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyah's death.
The director of the center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, said that the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) has taken all sports equipment of Section 7, closed the shaving and the laundry rooms, in addition to their clothing store, and prevented them from taking out their summer’s personnel belongings.
The center's director added that the 112 Palestinian prisoners in section 7 in Shatta prison suffer very difficult conditions, demanding human rights organizations to visit them to document the Israeli continued attack campaign against them.
The IPS started punishing prisoners following their protests over the Palestinian prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyah's death through transferring them to different prisons and imposing sanctions and fines against them, he explained.
The director of the center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, said that the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) has taken all sports equipment of Section 7, closed the shaving and the laundry rooms, in addition to their clothing store, and prevented them from taking out their summer’s personnel belongings.
The center's director added that the 112 Palestinian prisoners in section 7 in Shatta prison suffer very difficult conditions, demanding human rights organizations to visit them to document the Israeli continued attack campaign against them.
The IPS started punishing prisoners following their protests over the Palestinian prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyah's death through transferring them to different prisons and imposing sanctions and fines against them, he explained.
Jordanian prisoners to declare hunger strike early next month
The Jordanian prisoners in Israeli prisons declared that they will go on hunger strike in early May to draw attention to their cause and to achieve their demands.
The 25 Jordanian prisoners in occupation prisoners declared, in a leaked letter read by the liberated prisoner Anas Abu Khudair at a press conference held at the Professional Association Complex in Amman, that they are determined to "demand their rights for themselves using their only weapon in Israeli jails, namely their empty stomachs."
The Jordanian prisoners called on the Jordanian government to intervene urgently to secure monthly family visits and to provide a medical team to check on their health situation.
For his part, the chairman for the Jordanian agronomists syndicate called during the press conference for an immediate official act regarding the prisoners' issue, stressing that Jordan has important papers to pressure the Israeli occupation for the release of the prisoners.
He denounced the Jordanian government's negative position towards the prisoners' case, stressing that they sacrificed their lives for Jordan and Palestine.
The 25 Jordanian prisoners in occupation prisoners declared, in a leaked letter read by the liberated prisoner Anas Abu Khudair at a press conference held at the Professional Association Complex in Amman, that they are determined to "demand their rights for themselves using their only weapon in Israeli jails, namely their empty stomachs."
The Jordanian prisoners called on the Jordanian government to intervene urgently to secure monthly family visits and to provide a medical team to check on their health situation.
For his part, the chairman for the Jordanian agronomists syndicate called during the press conference for an immediate official act regarding the prisoners' issue, stressing that Jordan has important papers to pressure the Israeli occupation for the release of the prisoners.
He denounced the Jordanian government's negative position towards the prisoners' case, stressing that they sacrificed their lives for Jordan and Palestine.
Prisoners' situation worsens in occupation jails
The liberated prisoner Wael Abdul Karim Hashash, from Balata refugee camp, warned of the worsening situation in occupation jails, saying that the situation is on the verge of explosion due to the Israeli practices.
Hashash told the PIC reporter two days after his release from Megiddo prison that the Palestinian prisoners have informed each Israeli prison that they will stand against any unfair practices against them.
The liberated prisoner said that there is an unprecedented campaign of oppression against the prisoners in order to undermine what they had achieved in the “Dignity” strike.
He stressed the captive movement's prominent role in defense of the prisoners' rights and demands and to expose the Israeli violations.
For his part, Dr. Atallah Abu Sabah, Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, said that the prisoners suffer catastrophic living conditions in Israeli jails, especially after the prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya's death, stressing that the captive movement is in permanent and continuous clash with the Israeli prison service in protest against its repressive and medical negligence policy.
The minister congratulated the liberated prisoner Ibrahim Baroud for his release after 27 years in custody during which he was subjected to severe torture.
He denounced the re-arrest of the liberated prisoner Thaer Halahleh at dawn on Wednesday in total violation to the agreements signed between the occupation authorities and the captive movement after the Dignity strike.
The minister stressed that Thaer's arrest came to undermine the prisoners' will and spirits especially after achieving a number of triumphs over the jailer.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said that the IPS practices are in flagrant violations of the Palestinian prisoners rights.
The PPS issued a report that marks the Palestinian Prisoner's Day, detailing the Israeli unfair practices including strip search, night raids, unfair sentences, administrative detention, and successive transfers between prisons.
The report pointed to the sick prisoners' serious conditions in Israeli jails, where they have been suffering from Israeli medical negligence for long years.
The PPS stated that the Israeli authorities have trained special units to undermine the prisoners' struggle and determination through storming their rooms at night and confiscating their personal belongings in addition to beating and terrorizing them.
The report finally pointed to the Israeli practices aimed to spread illiteracy among the Palestinian prisoners by preventing them from completing their education in custody.
Israel medics endanger Palestinian prisoners’ lives: Rights group
Israeli medics have been condemned by a rights group for endangering the lives of Palestinian prisoners, especially those who are on hunger strike.
On Thursday, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel called on the Health Ministry to transfer responsibility for providing inmates with medical treatment to an external body, AFP reported.
"Such a transfer would make the level, availability, and quality of services, equal -- if not on par -- with the type of services accessed by the general population," the rights group said in a special report prepared ahead of next week’s Palestinian Prisoner Day.
It slammed the Israeli Prisons Service (IPS) in particular, saying it violates medical ethics and international law.
"Medical ethics and human rights violations carried out by the IPS, specifically by prison medical practitioners... endangered the lives of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike," the rights group said.
The abuse the report cited included "preventing independent physicians from examining and monitoring the medical condition of hunger strikers... and blocking the transfer of prisoners on hunger strike to civilian hospitals."
It said the prison medical service "operates according to political and security considerations rather than medical considerations... (and) worsens situations of dual loyalty, a problem already rampant among medical practitioners employed by the IPS."
Meanwhile, Palestinian Minister for Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe said on Wednesday that a prisoner died mysteriously behind bars, the third inmate who has died in an Israeli jail over the past couple of months.
On April 2, cancer-stricken Maisarah Abu Hamdiah lost his life in an Israeli jail after he was denied medical care by prison authorities.
Arafat Jaradat, 30, who was arrested on February 18 on suspicion of hurling stones at Israeli troopers, died days later in Israel’s Magiddo prison. The Israeli regime claims that Jaradat died of cardiac arrest, a claim Palestinians deny.
On Wednesday, Palestinians staged a sit-in in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
The sit-in was held to raise awareness on the condition of Palestinian prisoners and hunger strikers such as Samer Issawi, who was arrested in July 2012 only months after being released as part of a prisoner swap deal between the Israeli regime and the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas.
Issawi has been on hunger strike to protest against his administrative detention, which is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows the Tel Aviv regime to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months. The detention order can be renewed for indefinite periods of time.
According to Palestinian sources, over 4,500 Palestinian prisoners are held in Israeli prisons, many of them without charge or trial, and are subject to human rights violations such as the use of torture during interrogations.
Hashash told the PIC reporter two days after his release from Megiddo prison that the Palestinian prisoners have informed each Israeli prison that they will stand against any unfair practices against them.
The liberated prisoner said that there is an unprecedented campaign of oppression against the prisoners in order to undermine what they had achieved in the “Dignity” strike.
He stressed the captive movement's prominent role in defense of the prisoners' rights and demands and to expose the Israeli violations.
For his part, Dr. Atallah Abu Sabah, Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, said that the prisoners suffer catastrophic living conditions in Israeli jails, especially after the prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya's death, stressing that the captive movement is in permanent and continuous clash with the Israeli prison service in protest against its repressive and medical negligence policy.
The minister congratulated the liberated prisoner Ibrahim Baroud for his release after 27 years in custody during which he was subjected to severe torture.
He denounced the re-arrest of the liberated prisoner Thaer Halahleh at dawn on Wednesday in total violation to the agreements signed between the occupation authorities and the captive movement after the Dignity strike.
The minister stressed that Thaer's arrest came to undermine the prisoners' will and spirits especially after achieving a number of triumphs over the jailer.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said that the IPS practices are in flagrant violations of the Palestinian prisoners rights.
The PPS issued a report that marks the Palestinian Prisoner's Day, detailing the Israeli unfair practices including strip search, night raids, unfair sentences, administrative detention, and successive transfers between prisons.
The report pointed to the sick prisoners' serious conditions in Israeli jails, where they have been suffering from Israeli medical negligence for long years.
The PPS stated that the Israeli authorities have trained special units to undermine the prisoners' struggle and determination through storming their rooms at night and confiscating their personal belongings in addition to beating and terrorizing them.
The report finally pointed to the Israeli practices aimed to spread illiteracy among the Palestinian prisoners by preventing them from completing their education in custody.
Israel medics endanger Palestinian prisoners’ lives: Rights group
Israeli medics have been condemned by a rights group for endangering the lives of Palestinian prisoners, especially those who are on hunger strike.
On Thursday, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel called on the Health Ministry to transfer responsibility for providing inmates with medical treatment to an external body, AFP reported.
"Such a transfer would make the level, availability, and quality of services, equal -- if not on par -- with the type of services accessed by the general population," the rights group said in a special report prepared ahead of next week’s Palestinian Prisoner Day.
It slammed the Israeli Prisons Service (IPS) in particular, saying it violates medical ethics and international law.
"Medical ethics and human rights violations carried out by the IPS, specifically by prison medical practitioners... endangered the lives of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike," the rights group said.
The abuse the report cited included "preventing independent physicians from examining and monitoring the medical condition of hunger strikers... and blocking the transfer of prisoners on hunger strike to civilian hospitals."
It said the prison medical service "operates according to political and security considerations rather than medical considerations... (and) worsens situations of dual loyalty, a problem already rampant among medical practitioners employed by the IPS."
Meanwhile, Palestinian Minister for Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe said on Wednesday that a prisoner died mysteriously behind bars, the third inmate who has died in an Israeli jail over the past couple of months.
On April 2, cancer-stricken Maisarah Abu Hamdiah lost his life in an Israeli jail after he was denied medical care by prison authorities.
Arafat Jaradat, 30, who was arrested on February 18 on suspicion of hurling stones at Israeli troopers, died days later in Israel’s Magiddo prison. The Israeli regime claims that Jaradat died of cardiac arrest, a claim Palestinians deny.
On Wednesday, Palestinians staged a sit-in in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
The sit-in was held to raise awareness on the condition of Palestinian prisoners and hunger strikers such as Samer Issawi, who was arrested in July 2012 only months after being released as part of a prisoner swap deal between the Israeli regime and the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas.
Issawi has been on hunger strike to protest against his administrative detention, which is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows the Tel Aviv regime to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months. The detention order can be renewed for indefinite periods of time.
According to Palestinian sources, over 4,500 Palestinian prisoners are held in Israeli prisons, many of them without charge or trial, and are subject to human rights violations such as the use of torture during interrogations.
Old Jerusalemite lady arrested for trying to enter Aqsa mosque
Israeli police in occupied Jerusalem arrested an old Jerusalemite lady on Wednesday after trying to enter the holy Aqsa mosque.
The Wadi Hilwa information center said on Thursday that the 57-year-old woman Aida Al-Sayadi was blocked from entry by policemen near the Qatanin gate, adding that one of them pushed the lady. It said that young men came and separated between the policemen and the lady, but an officer arrived at the scene and ordered her arrest.
It said that the Israeli police accused the lady of assaulting a policeman and took her to a police station in the old City of occupied Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilwa information center said on Thursday that the 57-year-old woman Aida Al-Sayadi was blocked from entry by policemen near the Qatanin gate, adding that one of them pushed the lady. It said that young men came and separated between the policemen and the lady, but an officer arrived at the scene and ordered her arrest.
It said that the Israeli police accused the lady of assaulting a policeman and took her to a police station in the old City of occupied Jerusalem.
Prominent youth activist abducted by Israeli troops in Hebron
The coordinator of the non-violent group called ‘Youth Against Settlements’ was abducted Wednesday by Israeli troops when he responded to a summons to appear at the police station at the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba.
Issa Amro is being charged with ‘incitement of terrorism’, apparently for his work in the grassroots, non-violent movement challenging the Israeli theft of Palestinian land.
The group Youth Against Settlements describes itself as “a national Palestinian non-partisan activist group which seeks to end Israeli colonization activities in Palestine (building and expanding settlements) through non-violent popular struggle and civil disobedience.”
Throughout the past few years, Youth Against Settlements has been leading the global campaign to re-open Shuhada street, Hebron’s main commerce center that was closed to Palestinian movement in 1994. According to their website, the group is based in Hebron because it is one of the areas hardest hit by the Israeli occupation. Ostensibly to protect approximately 600 fundamentalists Israelis that have forcibly established a settlement right in the heart of Hebron, the Israeli state has imposed on the Palestinian residents of the city a regime of forced evictions, curfews, market closures, street closures, military checkpoints, subjection to military law including frequent random searches and detention without charge, and lack of protection from rampant settler violence, which has pressured approximately 13,000 Palestinian civilians to flee their homes in the Hebron city center, turning it into a virtual ghost town.
According to the International Solidarity Movement, Amro was also abducted several weeks ago along with three internationals and two Palestinians for taking part in a demonstration on Shuhada street where activists walked down the road wearing Martin Luther King and Barack Obama masks to mark the visit of the US president to the West Bank. After his release he was banned from walking in the area of Tel Rumeida for two weeks.
This is not the first time that Amro has been taken into custody by Israeli troops for his work with ‘Youth Against Settlements’. In June 2012, he was abducted at the Palestinian-Jordanian border by Israeli forces while on his way to Italy for a speaking tour organized by the Italian Peace Association to meet Members of the Italian Parliament and Senate, and municipality representatives from different Italian cities.
Issa Amro is being charged with ‘incitement of terrorism’, apparently for his work in the grassroots, non-violent movement challenging the Israeli theft of Palestinian land.
The group Youth Against Settlements describes itself as “a national Palestinian non-partisan activist group which seeks to end Israeli colonization activities in Palestine (building and expanding settlements) through non-violent popular struggle and civil disobedience.”
Throughout the past few years, Youth Against Settlements has been leading the global campaign to re-open Shuhada street, Hebron’s main commerce center that was closed to Palestinian movement in 1994. According to their website, the group is based in Hebron because it is one of the areas hardest hit by the Israeli occupation. Ostensibly to protect approximately 600 fundamentalists Israelis that have forcibly established a settlement right in the heart of Hebron, the Israeli state has imposed on the Palestinian residents of the city a regime of forced evictions, curfews, market closures, street closures, military checkpoints, subjection to military law including frequent random searches and detention without charge, and lack of protection from rampant settler violence, which has pressured approximately 13,000 Palestinian civilians to flee their homes in the Hebron city center, turning it into a virtual ghost town.
According to the International Solidarity Movement, Amro was also abducted several weeks ago along with three internationals and two Palestinians for taking part in a demonstration on Shuhada street where activists walked down the road wearing Martin Luther King and Barack Obama masks to mark the visit of the US president to the West Bank. After his release he was banned from walking in the area of Tel Rumeida for two weeks.
This is not the first time that Amro has been taken into custody by Israeli troops for his work with ‘Youth Against Settlements’. In June 2012, he was abducted at the Palestinian-Jordanian border by Israeli forces while on his way to Italy for a speaking tour organized by the Italian Peace Association to meet Members of the Italian Parliament and Senate, and municipality representatives from different Italian cities.
Israel Arrests Child with Dual US Citizenship
Mohammad Khalek
The Israeli army’s arrest on Friday of a 14-year-old Palestinian child with dual Palestinian-US citizenship prompted human rights groups to warn on Thursday of mistreatment of children in Israeli detention.
A joint statement by Addameer and Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCI) said the two groups have expressed “deep concern about the arrest and mistreatment” of the Palestinian child who was identified only as Mohammad K. from the West Bank town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah.
Israeli forces detained Mohammad K. on suspicion of stone-throwing during a predawn raid on his home, according to his father. Israeli soldiers tied his hands and roughed him up while transferring him for interrogation at a nearby police station.
“Mohammad was arrested without a warrant, denied access to an attorney, and interrogated without the presence of a parent,” said Randa Wahbe, advocacy officer at Addameer. “There is also evidence that he was mistreated during his arrest and transfer. It is difficult to find a right that was not violated.”
Mohammad is being held at Ofer prison near Ramallah, according to his lawyer, Firas Sabah of Addameer.
He appeared before an Israeli military court on April 7, which granted the prosecution’s request to extend the interrogation period.
Mohammad complained to the judge about the physical abuse he endured during arrest and questioning. His father was particularly concerned for Mohammad’s wellbeing because he has suffered from a heart murmur since birth, said the statement.
“In every way, this is a typical case involving the arrest and mistreatment of a Palestinian child by Israeli forces,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, Accountability Program director at DCI-Palestine. “Sadly, night time arrests and the abuse of children are systematic within the Israeli military detention system. This case is exceptional only because the child happens to also have US citizenship.”
Some form of physical violence during arrest, interrogation and pretrial detention occurred in nearly 79% of cases documented by DCI-Palestine in 2012. In more than half of those cases, children were arrested from the family home between midnight and dawn, said the statement.
DCI-Palestine evidence shows that children arrive to Israeli interrogation centers blindfolded, bound and sleep deprived. Unlike their Israeli counterparts, Palestinian children have no right to be accompanied by their parents during an interrogation. They are questioned alone and rarely informed of their rights, particularly their right against self-incrimination.
The interrogation techniques are generally mentally and physically coercive, frequently incorporating a mix of intimidation, threats and physical violence with a clear purpose of obtaining a confession.
In March, there was a total of 4,812 Palestinians being held in Israeli jails, according to Addameer. Of those, 236 were children aged 12 to 17, based on DCI-Palestine research.
The Israeli army’s arrest on Friday of a 14-year-old Palestinian child with dual Palestinian-US citizenship prompted human rights groups to warn on Thursday of mistreatment of children in Israeli detention.
A joint statement by Addameer and Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCI) said the two groups have expressed “deep concern about the arrest and mistreatment” of the Palestinian child who was identified only as Mohammad K. from the West Bank town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah.
Israeli forces detained Mohammad K. on suspicion of stone-throwing during a predawn raid on his home, according to his father. Israeli soldiers tied his hands and roughed him up while transferring him for interrogation at a nearby police station.
“Mohammad was arrested without a warrant, denied access to an attorney, and interrogated without the presence of a parent,” said Randa Wahbe, advocacy officer at Addameer. “There is also evidence that he was mistreated during his arrest and transfer. It is difficult to find a right that was not violated.”
Mohammad is being held at Ofer prison near Ramallah, according to his lawyer, Firas Sabah of Addameer.
He appeared before an Israeli military court on April 7, which granted the prosecution’s request to extend the interrogation period.
Mohammad complained to the judge about the physical abuse he endured during arrest and questioning. His father was particularly concerned for Mohammad’s wellbeing because he has suffered from a heart murmur since birth, said the statement.
“In every way, this is a typical case involving the arrest and mistreatment of a Palestinian child by Israeli forces,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, Accountability Program director at DCI-Palestine. “Sadly, night time arrests and the abuse of children are systematic within the Israeli military detention system. This case is exceptional only because the child happens to also have US citizenship.”
Some form of physical violence during arrest, interrogation and pretrial detention occurred in nearly 79% of cases documented by DCI-Palestine in 2012. In more than half of those cases, children were arrested from the family home between midnight and dawn, said the statement.
DCI-Palestine evidence shows that children arrive to Israeli interrogation centers blindfolded, bound and sleep deprived. Unlike their Israeli counterparts, Palestinian children have no right to be accompanied by their parents during an interrogation. They are questioned alone and rarely informed of their rights, particularly their right against self-incrimination.
The interrogation techniques are generally mentally and physically coercive, frequently incorporating a mix of intimidation, threats and physical violence with a clear purpose of obtaining a confession.
In March, there was a total of 4,812 Palestinians being held in Israeli jails, according to Addameer. Of those, 236 were children aged 12 to 17, based on DCI-Palestine research.
Israeli forces detain 4 Palestinians south of Nablus
Israeli forces on Thursday detained four Palestinians in Burin village south of Nablus, locals said.
They told Ma’an that the Israeli forces raided the village and detained 10 Palestinians after raiding their houses. Soldiers released six of them before they left the village around 5 a.m. Thursday.
Jalal Othman Qadous, Bashir Taj al-Din Ammar, Mohammad Suhail Qasem Najar, and Saed Suhail Qasem Najar were detained.
They told Ma’an that the Israeli forces raided the village and detained 10 Palestinians after raiding their houses. Soldiers released six of them before they left the village around 5 a.m. Thursday.
Jalal Othman Qadous, Bashir Taj al-Din Ammar, Mohammad Suhail Qasem Najar, and Saed Suhail Qasem Najar were detained.
Ali Qaadan, the third Palestinian to die in Israeli detention in 2013
Today, Ali Qaadan has died in detention while being held in an Israeli hospital.
He is the third Palestinian prisoner held in Israeli jails to die since at the beginning of the year Arafat Jaradat died due to severe torture and Abu Hamdiyeh due to medical negligence.
This time, however, the deceased was not a “political prisoner” but was detained on criminal charges after murdering his wife. Qaadan died after a long illness as reported by the Israeli Prison Service.
He is the third Palestinian prisoner held in Israeli jails to die since at the beginning of the year Arafat Jaradat died due to severe torture and Abu Hamdiyeh due to medical negligence.
This time, however, the deceased was not a “political prisoner” but was detained on criminal charges after murdering his wife. Qaadan died after a long illness as reported by the Israeli Prison Service.
Minister: Prisoners set April 17 deadline to release Issawi
Detainees have set a deadline of April 17, Palestinian Prisoners Day, for the release of long-term hunger striker Samer Issawi, the prisoners minister said Wednesday.
Issa Qaraqe said prisoners sent a letter to the Ministry of Detainee Affairs demanding the release of Issawi, who has been on hunger strike since August.
Prisoner representatives met with prison officials and discussed their complaints, including the continued detention of Issawi, the practice of solitary confinement and medical neglect of sick detainees, Qaraqe said.
Prisoners are giving the Israeli Prison Service one week to stop repressive measures before the situation explodes, the minister said.
During a speech at the Al-Najah University in Nablus, Qaraqe said tensions were running high in Israeli jails, particularly after the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, a cancer sufferer who died in Israeli custody on April 2.
Prisoners and officials blame medical neglect by Israeli authorities for Abu Hamdiyeh's death, which sparked riots in several jails.
On Saturday, Qaraqe warned that the death of another prisoner could ignite the situation.
"We do not want any new martyrs. The Israeli government is responsible for any explosion that might happen," he said in a meeting with the UK consul general, Sir Vincent Fean.
Issawi has rejected Israeli offers to deport him to Gaza and insists on being released to his hometown, Jerusalem, his lawyer Jawad Bulous says.
On Sunday, Bulous said Issawi's pulse had dropped to 30 beats per minute.
Issawi was granted amnesty in the Oct. 2011 prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli forces rearrested Issawi on July 7, claiming that he violated his release terms by leaving Jerusalem. Israeli prosecutors are trying to cancel Issawi's amnesty and reinstate his former sentence.
Issa Qaraqe said prisoners sent a letter to the Ministry of Detainee Affairs demanding the release of Issawi, who has been on hunger strike since August.
Prisoner representatives met with prison officials and discussed their complaints, including the continued detention of Issawi, the practice of solitary confinement and medical neglect of sick detainees, Qaraqe said.
Prisoners are giving the Israeli Prison Service one week to stop repressive measures before the situation explodes, the minister said.
During a speech at the Al-Najah University in Nablus, Qaraqe said tensions were running high in Israeli jails, particularly after the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, a cancer sufferer who died in Israeli custody on April 2.
Prisoners and officials blame medical neglect by Israeli authorities for Abu Hamdiyeh's death, which sparked riots in several jails.
On Saturday, Qaraqe warned that the death of another prisoner could ignite the situation.
"We do not want any new martyrs. The Israeli government is responsible for any explosion that might happen," he said in a meeting with the UK consul general, Sir Vincent Fean.
Issawi has rejected Israeli offers to deport him to Gaza and insists on being released to his hometown, Jerusalem, his lawyer Jawad Bulous says.
On Sunday, Bulous said Issawi's pulse had dropped to 30 beats per minute.
Issawi was granted amnesty in the Oct. 2011 prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli forces rearrested Issawi on July 7, claiming that he violated his release terms by leaving Jerusalem. Israeli prosecutors are trying to cancel Issawi's amnesty and reinstate his former sentence.
10 apr 2013
Israel releases 10-year-old boy from prison custody
A ten-year-old boy was released from Israeli prison custody on Tuesday after Palestinian liaison officials contacted their Israeli counterparts, a statement said.
Yousef Abu Ramadan was arrested by Israeli soldiers north of Jerusalem for allegedly throwing stones.
Report: Israeli intelligence recommends release of pre-Oslo prisoners
Israeli intelligence services advised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release dozens of Palestinians detained before the Oslo Accords, Israeli media reported Wednesday.
The Hebrew-language daily Maariv reported that security services advised Netanyahu that the prisoners detained before 1993 did not pose a security risk to Israel.
Some 123 Palestinians have been detained in Israel for over 20 years.
According to the report, US Secretary of State John Kerry unsuccessfully pressured Netanyahu to release some of the detainees during talks earlier this week.
On Sunday, President Mahmoud Abbas told Kerry that releasing prisoners was a "top priority" for resuming talks with Israel.
"President Abbas made a passionate argument to me about the prisoners and I think the government of Israel has a full understanding of the potency of that issue," Kerry said.
Maariv reported that Netanyahu's office denied reports prisoners would be released before negotiations resumed.
Yousef Abu Ramadan was arrested by Israeli soldiers north of Jerusalem for allegedly throwing stones.
Report: Israeli intelligence recommends release of pre-Oslo prisoners
Israeli intelligence services advised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release dozens of Palestinians detained before the Oslo Accords, Israeli media reported Wednesday.
The Hebrew-language daily Maariv reported that security services advised Netanyahu that the prisoners detained before 1993 did not pose a security risk to Israel.
Some 123 Palestinians have been detained in Israel for over 20 years.
According to the report, US Secretary of State John Kerry unsuccessfully pressured Netanyahu to release some of the detainees during talks earlier this week.
On Sunday, President Mahmoud Abbas told Kerry that releasing prisoners was a "top priority" for resuming talks with Israel.
"President Abbas made a passionate argument to me about the prisoners and I think the government of Israel has a full understanding of the potency of that issue," Kerry said.
Maariv reported that Netanyahu's office denied reports prisoners would be released before negotiations resumed.
PPS warns of seriousness of health status of prisoners Houchiya and Farroukh
Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) held the Israeli government full responsibility for the life of patient prisoner Mahmoud Hassan Houchiya, who suffers from difficult health conditions due to the prison administration's deliberate policy of medical neglect.
Captive Mahmoud Houchiya, 28, has been detained since March 4, 2003 and is sentenced to 19 years imprisonment. He had already served ten years and is held in Raymond jail.
PPS said that the occupation authorities still refuse to provide treatment for Houchiya who is suffering from joint pain, severe stomach infections, rheumatism, diabetes, and severe vision problems.
It also held the Israeli government responsible for the life of the prisoner Rabea Farroukh, detained in Ofer prison about two months ago.
Farroukh suffers from acute chest syndrome, shortness of breath, and kidney problems.
The Prisoner Society accused the prison administration of deliberately adopting its policy of medical neglect against the two patient captives.
IOA re-opens interrogation center in 1948-occupied territories
Human rights organization concerned with the Palestinian prisoners' affairs and human rights revealed that the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) had re-opened the Petah Tikva interrogation center, which had been closed for maintenance.
Tadamun Foundation for Human Rights said in a statement on Wednesday that the Israeli prison administration has re-opened, several days ago, the Petah Tikva interrogation center north of the Palestinian 1948-occupied territories, after the completion of the repairs and maintenance.
The prison administration had closed Petah Tikva Center in June of last year, and transferred all its prisoners to the Jalama and Moscobiya interrogation centers.
Petah Tikva interrogation center is an old building, located near Tel Aviv, and known for its poor and harsh living conditions.
Ahmad Beitawi, a researcher at Tadhamun Foundation, asked the international human rights organizations to visit the Israeli interrogation centers and see for themselves the prisoners' conditions there and the physical and psychological torture to which they are exposed to at the hands of investigators.
Captive Mahmoud Houchiya, 28, has been detained since March 4, 2003 and is sentenced to 19 years imprisonment. He had already served ten years and is held in Raymond jail.
PPS said that the occupation authorities still refuse to provide treatment for Houchiya who is suffering from joint pain, severe stomach infections, rheumatism, diabetes, and severe vision problems.
It also held the Israeli government responsible for the life of the prisoner Rabea Farroukh, detained in Ofer prison about two months ago.
Farroukh suffers from acute chest syndrome, shortness of breath, and kidney problems.
The Prisoner Society accused the prison administration of deliberately adopting its policy of medical neglect against the two patient captives.
IOA re-opens interrogation center in 1948-occupied territories
Human rights organization concerned with the Palestinian prisoners' affairs and human rights revealed that the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) had re-opened the Petah Tikva interrogation center, which had been closed for maintenance.
Tadamun Foundation for Human Rights said in a statement on Wednesday that the Israeli prison administration has re-opened, several days ago, the Petah Tikva interrogation center north of the Palestinian 1948-occupied territories, after the completion of the repairs and maintenance.
The prison administration had closed Petah Tikva Center in June of last year, and transferred all its prisoners to the Jalama and Moscobiya interrogation centers.
Petah Tikva interrogation center is an old building, located near Tel Aviv, and known for its poor and harsh living conditions.
Ahmad Beitawi, a researcher at Tadhamun Foundation, asked the international human rights organizations to visit the Israeli interrogation centers and see for themselves the prisoners' conditions there and the physical and psychological torture to which they are exposed to at the hands of investigators.
IOF kidnap three citizens in Abu Dis
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday kidnapped three Palestinian citizens from the street near the entrance of Al-Quds university in Abu Dis town east of occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses reported that a force of Israeli troops stormed the area with three jeeps and embarked on searching all vehicles at the entrance of the university.
During the search, they took three citizens prisoners without giving any the reason.
The eyewitnesses also said that a number of young men in Abu Dis clashed with the troops in the morning without any reported injuries.
In a separate incident, Israeli policemen and other men in civilian attire desecrated the Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday morning and acted suspiciously, some guards of the Mosque told the Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter.
They said that these Israelis entered the minarets of Al-Maghariba Gate and Al-Asbat Gate and embarked on taking pictures.
However, director of the Islamic waqf authority in Jerusalem Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib prevented them from doing the same thing at the minaret of Al-Gawanema Gate, according to the eyewitnesses.
The guards of the Aqsa Mosque also reported that the Israeli police ordered them to close Al-Hadid Gate at two o'clock afternoon.
Eyewitnesses reported that a force of Israeli troops stormed the area with three jeeps and embarked on searching all vehicles at the entrance of the university.
During the search, they took three citizens prisoners without giving any the reason.
The eyewitnesses also said that a number of young men in Abu Dis clashed with the troops in the morning without any reported injuries.
In a separate incident, Israeli policemen and other men in civilian attire desecrated the Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday morning and acted suspiciously, some guards of the Mosque told the Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter.
They said that these Israelis entered the minarets of Al-Maghariba Gate and Al-Asbat Gate and embarked on taking pictures.
However, director of the Islamic waqf authority in Jerusalem Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib prevented them from doing the same thing at the minaret of Al-Gawanema Gate, according to the eyewitnesses.
The guards of the Aqsa Mosque also reported that the Israeli police ordered them to close Al-Hadid Gate at two o'clock afternoon.
IOF soldiers arrest injured teen, assault ambulance crew in Bethlehem
Violent clashes broke out on Tuesday evening in Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces, wounding two young men one of them was arrested by IOF.
IOF prevented ambulance crews from reaching a Palestinian teenager who was hit by a tear gas bomb and arrested him, while another young man was injured by rubber bullets, spokesman for ambulance and emergency services in Bethlehem said.
The spokesman stressed that the IOF used the Red Crescent ambulance crews as human shields while withdrawing from Aida refugee camp after being besieged by young men who threw stones at them, warning against the serious implications of such Israeli practice on medical crews.
Local sources identified the injured young man as Sajid Jawarish, 17, while an Israeli soldier was wounded by a stone during clashes that erupted after Israeli soldiers stormed the camp.
IOF prevented ambulance crews from reaching a Palestinian teenager who was hit by a tear gas bomb and arrested him, while another young man was injured by rubber bullets, spokesman for ambulance and emergency services in Bethlehem said.
The spokesman stressed that the IOF used the Red Crescent ambulance crews as human shields while withdrawing from Aida refugee camp after being besieged by young men who threw stones at them, warning against the serious implications of such Israeli practice on medical crews.
Local sources identified the injured young man as Sajid Jawarish, 17, while an Israeli soldier was wounded by a stone during clashes that erupted after Israeli soldiers stormed the camp.
IOF detains 20 Palestinians in West Bank raids
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested on Wednesday 20 Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank. Local sources reported that IOF troops stormed al-Khalil, Bethlehem, Jenin, Ramallah and Nablus.
The soldiers arrested ten citizens in Qalqilya, two in al-Khalil, two in Nablus, two in Jenin, two in Ramallah, and two in al-Arrub .
The detainees were transferred to Israeli interrogation and detention centers.
Meanwhile; the Israeli occupation renewed during the past two days the administrative detention of 8 Palestinian prisoners in its jails.
Osama Maqboul, the lawyer for the International Solidarity Foundation, said that the occupation authorities have renewed the detention of the prisoners on the basis of secret files provided by the military prosecution to the court judge to justify an extension of their detention.
Israeli Forces Arrest 19 Palestinians in West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli forces Wednesday arrested 16 Palestinians from the West Bank cities of Qalqilia and Nablus, in addition to three others from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras-al-amood, according to local sources.
They said that a large military force raided several Palestinian houses in the towns of Jayous and Azzoun, east of Qalqilia. Forces seized a computer belonging to one of the arrested.
Meanwhile, forces at dawn entered the city of Nablus, roaming in its neighborhoods before arresting two Palestinian youths aged 19 and 20. They were taken to one of the Israeli interrogation centers.
Israeli police arrested three Palestinian youths between the ages of 22 and 26 in Ras-al-amood neighborhood, in East Jerusalem after raiding their family homes.
The soldiers arrested ten citizens in Qalqilya, two in al-Khalil, two in Nablus, two in Jenin, two in Ramallah, and two in al-Arrub .
The detainees were transferred to Israeli interrogation and detention centers.
Meanwhile; the Israeli occupation renewed during the past two days the administrative detention of 8 Palestinian prisoners in its jails.
Osama Maqboul, the lawyer for the International Solidarity Foundation, said that the occupation authorities have renewed the detention of the prisoners on the basis of secret files provided by the military prosecution to the court judge to justify an extension of their detention.
Israeli Forces Arrest 19 Palestinians in West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli forces Wednesday arrested 16 Palestinians from the West Bank cities of Qalqilia and Nablus, in addition to three others from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras-al-amood, according to local sources.
They said that a large military force raided several Palestinian houses in the towns of Jayous and Azzoun, east of Qalqilia. Forces seized a computer belonging to one of the arrested.
Meanwhile, forces at dawn entered the city of Nablus, roaming in its neighborhoods before arresting two Palestinian youths aged 19 and 20. They were taken to one of the Israeli interrogation centers.
Israeli police arrested three Palestinian youths between the ages of 22 and 26 in Ras-al-amood neighborhood, in East Jerusalem after raiding their family homes.
Israel Re-arrests Former Hunger Striking Prisoner
Thaer Halahla re arrested aug 29 2012
The Israeli army arrested early Wednesday former hunger striking prisoner Thayer Halahleh at his Ramallah home, according to a source at the Prisoners Club.
The source said an army unit raided Halahleh’s home after breaking down the doors and seized his personal computer and cell phone, according to Halahleh’s sister.
She said the soldiers, who also broke into other apartments in the same building and searched them, assaulted her brother before arresting him.
Halahleh’s wife was taken to hospital following what she described as “the brutality” of the raid on their home, she added.
Halahleh was released in June after going on 77 days of hunger strike demanding his release following two years of being held in administrative detention without charge or trial.
IOF kidnap Thaer Halahela once again
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday re-kidnapped ex-detainee Thaer Halahela from his home in Ramallah city after beating him severely.
The IOF had released Halahela along with his fellow hunger striker Bilal Diyab from administrative detention last June after a deal that ended their hunger strike.
According to eyewitnesses, the IOF violently broke into and ransacked the houses of Halahela and his neighbors.
The troops also brutally beat him in front of his wife and children, and confiscated his cellphone.
Halahela moved to live in Ramallah three months ago and was an active participant in all events held lately in support of the Palestinian prisoners, and he might be kidnapped this time because of his solidarity activities.
His wife was reportedly rushed to hospital after she lost her consciousness as the troops were beating and humiliating her husband.
Halahela, aged 33, has been detained administratively based on an Israeli secret file eight times before.
The Israeli army arrested early Wednesday former hunger striking prisoner Thayer Halahleh at his Ramallah home, according to a source at the Prisoners Club.
The source said an army unit raided Halahleh’s home after breaking down the doors and seized his personal computer and cell phone, according to Halahleh’s sister.
She said the soldiers, who also broke into other apartments in the same building and searched them, assaulted her brother before arresting him.
Halahleh’s wife was taken to hospital following what she described as “the brutality” of the raid on their home, she added.
Halahleh was released in June after going on 77 days of hunger strike demanding his release following two years of being held in administrative detention without charge or trial.
IOF kidnap Thaer Halahela once again
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday re-kidnapped ex-detainee Thaer Halahela from his home in Ramallah city after beating him severely.
The IOF had released Halahela along with his fellow hunger striker Bilal Diyab from administrative detention last June after a deal that ended their hunger strike.
According to eyewitnesses, the IOF violently broke into and ransacked the houses of Halahela and his neighbors.
The troops also brutally beat him in front of his wife and children, and confiscated his cellphone.
Halahela moved to live in Ramallah three months ago and was an active participant in all events held lately in support of the Palestinian prisoners, and he might be kidnapped this time because of his solidarity activities.
His wife was reportedly rushed to hospital after she lost her consciousness as the troops were beating and humiliating her husband.
Halahela, aged 33, has been detained administratively based on an Israeli secret file eight times before.
Human rights group holds EU and UN responsible for life of Issawi
The London-based Arab organization for human rights accused the European Union and the UN of not doing their best to have hunger striker Samer Issawi released from Israeli jails, and held them responsible for his life.
The Arab organization sent a strongly-worded message in this regard to European foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and others.
"Israel has strong ties with the European Union and enjoys privileges outweighing those given to the [EU] member states, so if the EU wants to get Samer Issawi released, it has all means of pressures to do so," the organization stated in its letter.
"Israel is also a member of the UN and supposed to abide by its charter, but due to the UN's impotence, it persisted in its violations against the Palestinians, and the best example is what is happening to Samer and his fellow hunger strikers," it added.
The Arab organization for human rights warned these parties that the health condition of hunger striker Samer Issawi had already reached a life-threatening stage and his heart rate is getting lower because of his hunger strike for more than 260 days.
Ahrar calls on UNESCO to enable prisoners to complete their education
Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights called on UNESCO to intervene to enable the Palestinian prisoners to complete their education in the Israeli prisons.
The director of the center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, pointed to the Fourth Geneva Convention that states in article 94 that "all possible facilities shall be granted to internees to continue their studies or to take up new subjects. The education of children and young people shall be ensured; they shall be allowed to attend schools either within the place of internment or outside."
The Israeli occupation aims to spread illiteracy among the Palestinian prisoners by preventing them from completing their education in custody, Al-Khuffash added.
The center director denounced the Israeli systematic illiteracy process against the prisoners and against the children in particular, pointing to UN charter that stressed that "every juvenile of compulsory school age has the right to education suited to his or her needs and abilities and designed to prepare him or her for return to society".
The Arab organization sent a strongly-worded message in this regard to European foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and others.
"Israel has strong ties with the European Union and enjoys privileges outweighing those given to the [EU] member states, so if the EU wants to get Samer Issawi released, it has all means of pressures to do so," the organization stated in its letter.
"Israel is also a member of the UN and supposed to abide by its charter, but due to the UN's impotence, it persisted in its violations against the Palestinians, and the best example is what is happening to Samer and his fellow hunger strikers," it added.
The Arab organization for human rights warned these parties that the health condition of hunger striker Samer Issawi had already reached a life-threatening stage and his heart rate is getting lower because of his hunger strike for more than 260 days.
Ahrar calls on UNESCO to enable prisoners to complete their education
Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights called on UNESCO to intervene to enable the Palestinian prisoners to complete their education in the Israeli prisons.
The director of the center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, pointed to the Fourth Geneva Convention that states in article 94 that "all possible facilities shall be granted to internees to continue their studies or to take up new subjects. The education of children and young people shall be ensured; they shall be allowed to attend schools either within the place of internment or outside."
The Israeli occupation aims to spread illiteracy among the Palestinian prisoners by preventing them from completing their education in custody, Al-Khuffash added.
The center director denounced the Israeli systematic illiteracy process against the prisoners and against the children in particular, pointing to UN charter that stressed that "every juvenile of compulsory school age has the right to education suited to his or her needs and abilities and designed to prepare him or her for return to society".
