11 feb 2013
IPS moves Sharawne to Eshel prison with Jewish homicide criminals
The Israeli prison service (IPS) moved hunger striker Ayman Sharawne to Eshel prison and held him in wards for Jewish homicide criminals despite his condition.
Abdullah Qandil, the spokesman for Waed society for prisoners, told Quds Press on Monday that the IPS had transferred Sharawne, who has been on hunger strike for seven months, on more than one occasion in a bid to weaken him and force him to end his strike.
Describing the act as very serious, Qandil said that the director of Eshel jail at first refused to accept him fearing that he might die in his prison, but he later agreed and held him in wards of the homicide convicts.
Qandil appealed to the Red Cross, which follows up the issue of hunger strikers, to send specialized teams to accompany those hunger strikers and to protect them from the Israeli practices that target liquidating them.
Palestinians to rally today in Birah city in solidarity with hunger strikers
The European network for defending the rights of Palestinian prisoners UFree said it would organize on Monday a rally in the occupied city of Birah in solidarity with isolated prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi and the hunger strikers in Israeli jails. Palestinian lawmakers, political figures, dignitaries and officials from social and human rights groups are expected to take part in this rally.
Mohamed Hamdan, head of the European network, said this event is part of youth efforts and UFree supports any initiative advocating the cause of the Palestinian prisoners.
On Sunday night, dozens of Palestinians participated in a march in Arraba town south of Jenin city in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Israeli jails.
According to the Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in the city, the relatives of hunger strikers Tarek Qaadan and Jafar Izadein invited through loudspeakers all families of prisoners to take part in the congregational prayer that was held after the night-time prayer to supplicate to God to save their sons from the yoke of Israeli jails.
Following the prayers, the Palestinian masses led by some parents and relatives of hunger strikers marched from the grand Mosque across Arraba town chanting slogans and prayers in support of the hunger strikers.
Abdullah Qandil, the spokesman for Waed society for prisoners, told Quds Press on Monday that the IPS had transferred Sharawne, who has been on hunger strike for seven months, on more than one occasion in a bid to weaken him and force him to end his strike.
Describing the act as very serious, Qandil said that the director of Eshel jail at first refused to accept him fearing that he might die in his prison, but he later agreed and held him in wards of the homicide convicts.
Qandil appealed to the Red Cross, which follows up the issue of hunger strikers, to send specialized teams to accompany those hunger strikers and to protect them from the Israeli practices that target liquidating them.
Palestinians to rally today in Birah city in solidarity with hunger strikers
The European network for defending the rights of Palestinian prisoners UFree said it would organize on Monday a rally in the occupied city of Birah in solidarity with isolated prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi and the hunger strikers in Israeli jails. Palestinian lawmakers, political figures, dignitaries and officials from social and human rights groups are expected to take part in this rally.
Mohamed Hamdan, head of the European network, said this event is part of youth efforts and UFree supports any initiative advocating the cause of the Palestinian prisoners.
On Sunday night, dozens of Palestinians participated in a march in Arraba town south of Jenin city in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Israeli jails.
According to the Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in the city, the relatives of hunger strikers Tarek Qaadan and Jafar Izadein invited through loudspeakers all families of prisoners to take part in the congregational prayer that was held after the night-time prayer to supplicate to God to save their sons from the yoke of Israeli jails.
Following the prayers, the Palestinian masses led by some parents and relatives of hunger strikers marched from the grand Mosque across Arraba town chanting slogans and prayers in support of the hunger strikers.
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Israeli Police Arrests Palestinian Minor for 14th Time
On Monday 11th February, Wadi Hilweh information center said that Israeli police arrested a 13-year-old Palestinian for the 14th time in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported.
The center said Israeli police raided the house of Musllam Odeh at dawn before arresting him. Odeh was first arrested at the age of nine for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli police. IOF soldiers round up six Palestinians including child, liberated prisoner Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the city of Nablus and roamed its suburbs before arresting a liberated prisoner while a Jerusalemite child was arrested among six Palestinians nabbed at dawn Monday. Local sources said that the soldiers arrested Yazan Sawalha, who is a former prisoner in Israeli occupation jails, after breaking into his home in western Nablus and wreaking havoc in it. Meanwhile, IOF soldiers arrested four Palestinians in Jenin, one in the city and three others in Seelat Al-Harithiya village after searching their homes. In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers burst into Bustan suburb to the south of the Aqsa mosque and arrested a 13-year-old child. Wadi Hilwa information center said that the soldiers detained Muslim Ode, 13, after barging into his family home. |
Israeli Court Extends Detention Period of 8 Palestinians from Jerusalem
Israel's Magistrate Court extended the detention period of eight Palestinians from Jerusalem's neighborhood of Silwan, and released two others on bail.
Odeh family revealed that the court extended the detention period of their son Mohammad Mussa Odeh, 23, till Thursday 17th February to complete interrogation procedures. Mohammad was arrested in 27/1/2013 and detained at al-Maskobiya interrogation center.
Israeli occupation forces raided last night, several neighborhoods in Silwan and summoned a number of Palestinians for interrogation with the Israeli intelligence while others were arrested and transferred to Abu Ghuneim interrogation centers. Among the detaniees were: Ma'moun al-Abbasi, 40, Ashraf al-Abbasi, 21, Ahmed al-Salaymeh, 21, Mohammad al-Joulani, Khaled al-Qanbar, 18, Alaa al-Qaq, 14, and his brother Mohammad.
The Addameer Association's lawyer, Mohammad Ramzi Mahmoud, said that the judge of the Magistrate Court decided to release the two Palestinians: Loai Abu Nab and Wassim Bader, fined them NIS 2000 and sentenced them to 10-day house arrest.
Israeli forces set several military checkpoints near Wadi al-Rababeh and Wadi Hilweh neighborhoods, stopped Palestinians' vehicles and checked their IDs.
Odeh family revealed that the court extended the detention period of their son Mohammad Mussa Odeh, 23, till Thursday 17th February to complete interrogation procedures. Mohammad was arrested in 27/1/2013 and detained at al-Maskobiya interrogation center.
Israeli occupation forces raided last night, several neighborhoods in Silwan and summoned a number of Palestinians for interrogation with the Israeli intelligence while others were arrested and transferred to Abu Ghuneim interrogation centers. Among the detaniees were: Ma'moun al-Abbasi, 40, Ashraf al-Abbasi, 21, Ahmed al-Salaymeh, 21, Mohammad al-Joulani, Khaled al-Qanbar, 18, Alaa al-Qaq, 14, and his brother Mohammad.
The Addameer Association's lawyer, Mohammad Ramzi Mahmoud, said that the judge of the Magistrate Court decided to release the two Palestinians: Loai Abu Nab and Wassim Bader, fined them NIS 2000 and sentenced them to 10-day house arrest.
Israeli forces set several military checkpoints near Wadi al-Rababeh and Wadi Hilweh neighborhoods, stopped Palestinians' vehicles and checked their IDs.
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest Against Settlement Road in Beit Safafa
Dr. Ahmad Tibi Boarding A Bulldozer Beit Safafa Protest
Sunday February 10; Israeli soldiers and policemen violently attacked a nonviolent protest against a settlement road being built on Palestinian lands in Beit Safafa town, in occupied Easy Jerusalem. Two Palestinians have been kidnapped and at least two others have been wounded.
Dozens of residents, including Arab member of Knesset Dr. Ahmad Tibi, participated in the protest and formed human chains in an attempt to stop the bulldozers from uprooting and bulldozing the lands for the construction of the settlement road dubbed as “Road 4”.
Dr. Tibi said that Beit Safafa is facing a renewed assault by Israel, and that the Israeli government only wants to serve the settlers and build roads for them at the expense of the Palestinians in Beit Safafa, and in the rest of occupied Jerusalem.
Dr. Tibi added that the residents of Beit Safafa are being targeted, once again, and losing more lands while the Israeli government continues to neglect them and their rights, and refuses to provide them with the needed services.
Engineer Abdul-Karim Lafi, member of the Engineering Committee in Beit Safafa, stated that the residents reject the Israeli plan that aims at the illegal confiscation of 250 Dunams of their lands for the benefit of an 80-meter settler highway that extends for 1600 meters.
Beit Safafa resident, Majida Sobhi, stated that Israel started working on the new road approximately 5 months ago, and that, one completed, the residents will start facing further difficulties as they will have to take alternate extended bypass roads whenever they enter or leave the town especially since this new highway will split their town.
Sunday February 10; Israeli soldiers and policemen violently attacked a nonviolent protest against a settlement road being built on Palestinian lands in Beit Safafa town, in occupied Easy Jerusalem. Two Palestinians have been kidnapped and at least two others have been wounded.
Dozens of residents, including Arab member of Knesset Dr. Ahmad Tibi, participated in the protest and formed human chains in an attempt to stop the bulldozers from uprooting and bulldozing the lands for the construction of the settlement road dubbed as “Road 4”.
Dr. Tibi said that Beit Safafa is facing a renewed assault by Israel, and that the Israeli government only wants to serve the settlers and build roads for them at the expense of the Palestinians in Beit Safafa, and in the rest of occupied Jerusalem.
Dr. Tibi added that the residents of Beit Safafa are being targeted, once again, and losing more lands while the Israeli government continues to neglect them and their rights, and refuses to provide them with the needed services.
Engineer Abdul-Karim Lafi, member of the Engineering Committee in Beit Safafa, stated that the residents reject the Israeli plan that aims at the illegal confiscation of 250 Dunams of their lands for the benefit of an 80-meter settler highway that extends for 1600 meters.
Beit Safafa resident, Majida Sobhi, stated that Israel started working on the new road approximately 5 months ago, and that, one completed, the residents will start facing further difficulties as they will have to take alternate extended bypass roads whenever they enter or leave the town especially since this new highway will split their town.
10 feb 2013
IOF soldiers storm Jenin village, arrest boy
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the village of Burqin, Jenin province, on Sunday and combed its streets firing teargas at young men who threw stones at the invading soldiers.
Local sources said that the soldiers barged into the town’s center and broke into many homes searching for wanted Palestinians but none of them was arrested.
They said that the soldiers arrested 15-year-old Hani Ghanim in the confrontations, noting that the soldiers opened heavy fire during the incursion.
Other IOF units were deployed in the nearby Wadi Burqin and set up ambushes and combed the area.
Local sources said that the soldiers barged into the town’s center and broke into many homes searching for wanted Palestinians but none of them was arrested.
They said that the soldiers arrested 15-year-old Hani Ghanim in the confrontations, noting that the soldiers opened heavy fire during the incursion.
Other IOF units were deployed in the nearby Wadi Burqin and set up ambushes and combed the area.
Occupation arrests and summons civilians in the West Bank
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested at midnight last night Noureddine Abdel-Rahman Arouri, 22, from the town of Arura in the city of Ramallah.
The mother of prisoner Noureddine told Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights that the Israeli troops stormed and searched their house and confiscated some devices and the two cell phones of her son.
She said that sharp altercations took place between the Israeli soldiers and her son, before his detention.
For his part; Fuad Al Khuffash, the director of Ahrar Center, said that Noureddine had been earlier detained in 2010 by the Israeli authorities and was sentenced to one year imprisonment.
The IOF raided on Sunday the house of Musa Abu Sabha, 30, in the town of Yatta, south of al-Khalil, and searched it before confiscating his computer and mobile phone. They then arrested Abu Sabha and transferred him to an unknown destination, local sources said.
The Israeli troops also broke into the areas of al-Fawwar, Dura, the entrance to the town of Dhahiriyya and Kharsa village, with no arrests have been reported.
Local sources reported that Palestinian youths threw stones at settlers' vehicles near the town of Beit Ummar, north of al-Khalil. The occupation soldiers and patrols arrived to the area and started deploying at the main entrance to the town under the pretext of protecting the settlers.
Israeli military forces summoned, at dawn Sunday, two Palestinian citizens to the intelligence office after raiding their homes in al-Khalil and Bethlehem in the West Bank, eyewitnesses told PIC's reporter.
Meanwhile, the soldiers set up a number of military checkpoints mainly in the city of al-Khalil and Yatta to the south of the city and stopped the vehicles to check the citizens' identities.
A group of settlers have uprooted a number of olive trees owned by the Toubasi family in the village of Rihiya, south of al-Khalil.
The mother of prisoner Noureddine told Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights that the Israeli troops stormed and searched their house and confiscated some devices and the two cell phones of her son.
She said that sharp altercations took place between the Israeli soldiers and her son, before his detention.
For his part; Fuad Al Khuffash, the director of Ahrar Center, said that Noureddine had been earlier detained in 2010 by the Israeli authorities and was sentenced to one year imprisonment.
The IOF raided on Sunday the house of Musa Abu Sabha, 30, in the town of Yatta, south of al-Khalil, and searched it before confiscating his computer and mobile phone. They then arrested Abu Sabha and transferred him to an unknown destination, local sources said.
The Israeli troops also broke into the areas of al-Fawwar, Dura, the entrance to the town of Dhahiriyya and Kharsa village, with no arrests have been reported.
Local sources reported that Palestinian youths threw stones at settlers' vehicles near the town of Beit Ummar, north of al-Khalil. The occupation soldiers and patrols arrived to the area and started deploying at the main entrance to the town under the pretext of protecting the settlers.
Israeli military forces summoned, at dawn Sunday, two Palestinian citizens to the intelligence office after raiding their homes in al-Khalil and Bethlehem in the West Bank, eyewitnesses told PIC's reporter.
Meanwhile, the soldiers set up a number of military checkpoints mainly in the city of al-Khalil and Yatta to the south of the city and stopped the vehicles to check the citizens' identities.
A group of settlers have uprooted a number of olive trees owned by the Toubasi family in the village of Rihiya, south of al-Khalil.
Ahrar: Number of female prisoners in occupation jails rises to 14
Ahrar center for Prisoners' Studies and Human Rights declared that the number of the Palestinian female prisoners has risen to 14 prisoners.
The occupation forces arrested during February three females identified as: Heyam Nemer Alrajbi and Ayat Yousef Mahfooth from al-Khalil in addition to Alaa Mohammad Qasem Abu Zayton from Aseerah, the center added.
For his part, Fuad Al-Khuffash the center’s director said that the female prisoners are detained in very bad condition regardless their age or medical situation.
The Israeli Prison Service refused in many cases to treat the sick female prisoners, where their health condition has badly deteriorated, he added.
Mushtahi: Capturing Israeli soldiers is still an option
Member of the Political Bureau of Hamas movement Ruhi Mushtahi stated that the movement has been working to alleviate the suffering of the prisoners and to release them. Mushtahi told PIC reporter that the ultimate aim of the movement is to fully release the prisoners even if takes capturing Israeli occupation soldiers to exchange them for Palestinian captives.
He pointed out that Hamas cared for the prisoners and martyrs' families, adding that the most important way to help prisoners' families is to liberate their sons who defend their nation and their people.
Wafa al-Ahrar exchange deal proved the movement's adherence to the Palestinian constants including the liberation of the prisoners in Israeli jails.
The liberated prisoner called on the Islamic nation to defend the prisoners' issue, especially the hunger strikers' case.
He stressed that Hamas has always provided Egypt with the needed information and developments in the prisoners' file, noting that the Israeli occupation is always the one who breaches the agreements.
Meanwhile, dozens of young men have participated in Jenin last night in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike, carrying candles and chanting for the release of prisoners.
The participants held the prisoners' images and banners demanding the immediate release for the prisoners especially the hunger strikers and denouncing the international silence towards them.
The participants also called on human rights and humanitarian organizations, especially the International Red Cross, to bear their responsibility and pressure the Israeli authorities to release them and work to save their lives.
The protestors declared that they would continue to organize demonstrations in solidarity with the prisoners in Jenin.
The occupation forces arrested during February three females identified as: Heyam Nemer Alrajbi and Ayat Yousef Mahfooth from al-Khalil in addition to Alaa Mohammad Qasem Abu Zayton from Aseerah, the center added.
For his part, Fuad Al-Khuffash the center’s director said that the female prisoners are detained in very bad condition regardless their age or medical situation.
The Israeli Prison Service refused in many cases to treat the sick female prisoners, where their health condition has badly deteriorated, he added.
Mushtahi: Capturing Israeli soldiers is still an option
Member of the Political Bureau of Hamas movement Ruhi Mushtahi stated that the movement has been working to alleviate the suffering of the prisoners and to release them. Mushtahi told PIC reporter that the ultimate aim of the movement is to fully release the prisoners even if takes capturing Israeli occupation soldiers to exchange them for Palestinian captives.
He pointed out that Hamas cared for the prisoners and martyrs' families, adding that the most important way to help prisoners' families is to liberate their sons who defend their nation and their people.
Wafa al-Ahrar exchange deal proved the movement's adherence to the Palestinian constants including the liberation of the prisoners in Israeli jails.
The liberated prisoner called on the Islamic nation to defend the prisoners' issue, especially the hunger strikers' case.
He stressed that Hamas has always provided Egypt with the needed information and developments in the prisoners' file, noting that the Israeli occupation is always the one who breaches the agreements.
Meanwhile, dozens of young men have participated in Jenin last night in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike, carrying candles and chanting for the release of prisoners.
The participants held the prisoners' images and banners demanding the immediate release for the prisoners especially the hunger strikers and denouncing the international silence towards them.
The participants also called on human rights and humanitarian organizations, especially the International Red Cross, to bear their responsibility and pressure the Israeli authorities to release them and work to save their lives.
The protestors declared that they would continue to organize demonstrations in solidarity with the prisoners in Jenin.
IOF soldiers round up four Palestinians including two brothers, young woman
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Sunday Burqa village, west of Nablus, and arrested three young men including two brothers.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers arrested Shadi Zahi, who works with the PA security agencies, and his brother Fadi only few days after the arrest of their third brother Rafat at the Karame crossing while on his way home from Jordan.
They said that the soldiers also detained Munjed Daghlas after breaking into and ransacking his family home in the village.
IOF soldiers also stormed a number of suburbs in Nablus city and the Asker refugee camp to the east of the city and searched a number of homes.
Meanwhile, local sources said that IOF soldiers detained 21-year-old Ala’a Abu Zaitun at Hawara roadblock near Nablus on Friday afternoon.
They said that the soldiers claimed that the young woman had a sharp tool in her possession and took her to Hawara detention camp for interrogation.
In another incident also in Nablus district, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers burst into Burin village, south west of Nablus, on Saturday night.
They said that dozens of soldiers stormed the village in armored vehicles, adding that the soldiers had recently increased their incursions into Burin with no declared reason.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers arrested Shadi Zahi, who works with the PA security agencies, and his brother Fadi only few days after the arrest of their third brother Rafat at the Karame crossing while on his way home from Jordan.
They said that the soldiers also detained Munjed Daghlas after breaking into and ransacking his family home in the village.
IOF soldiers also stormed a number of suburbs in Nablus city and the Asker refugee camp to the east of the city and searched a number of homes.
Meanwhile, local sources said that IOF soldiers detained 21-year-old Ala’a Abu Zaitun at Hawara roadblock near Nablus on Friday afternoon.
They said that the soldiers claimed that the young woman had a sharp tool in her possession and took her to Hawara detention camp for interrogation.
In another incident also in Nablus district, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers burst into Burin village, south west of Nablus, on Saturday night.
They said that dozens of soldiers stormed the village in armored vehicles, adding that the soldiers had recently increased their incursions into Burin with no declared reason.
Egypt's foreign ministry slams Israel's arrest of Palestinian MPs
The Egyptian ministry of foreign affairs strongly denounced Israel for its latest arrest campaign against Hamas-affiliated lawmakers in the West Bank and demanded their immediate release.
Spokesman for the ministry Nazih Al-Najjari stated that the recent detention of dozens of Palestinians from Hamas, including three lawmakers, was an Israeli attempt to hinder the Palestinian reconciliation and the national talks taking place in Cairo in this regard.
"Egypt condemns the policy of administrative detention that is pursued by Israel against the Palestinian people, in light of its violation of all international norms and conventions," Najjari added in a press release. He stressed that the last arrest campaign was part of Israel's daily repressive actions against the Palestinians.
Spokesman for the ministry Nazih Al-Najjari stated that the recent detention of dozens of Palestinians from Hamas, including three lawmakers, was an Israeli attempt to hinder the Palestinian reconciliation and the national talks taking place in Cairo in this regard.
"Egypt condemns the policy of administrative detention that is pursued by Israel against the Palestinian people, in light of its violation of all international norms and conventions," Najjari added in a press release. He stressed that the last arrest campaign was part of Israel's daily repressive actions against the Palestinians.
Soldiers Surround Azzoun Town
Israeli soldiers surrounded, on Saturday at night, Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and fired dozens of gas bombs at local residents.
The army surrounded the village after a group of extremist Israeli settlers attempted to invade it from the eastern side.
Medical sources reported that dozens of residents were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers attacked them when they tried to prevent the settlers from invading their village.
The army also warned the residents that the soldiers will be invading their village, apparently to conduct arrests, should they fail to leave the area.
Hundreds of residents gathered at all entrances of the village after the settlers attempted to invade it, local sources reported.
In related news, Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank.
Three of them were kidnapped, on Saturday morning, in the Canaan village, that was installed by nonviolent activists on Palestinian lands that belong to the residents of Yatta.
The fourth resident was kidnapped from his home in Yatta after the soldiers invaded his property, and searched it causing excessive damage.
The army surrounded the village after a group of extremist Israeli settlers attempted to invade it from the eastern side.
Medical sources reported that dozens of residents were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers attacked them when they tried to prevent the settlers from invading their village.
The army also warned the residents that the soldiers will be invading their village, apparently to conduct arrests, should they fail to leave the area.
Hundreds of residents gathered at all entrances of the village after the settlers attempted to invade it, local sources reported.
In related news, Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank.
Three of them were kidnapped, on Saturday morning, in the Canaan village, that was installed by nonviolent activists on Palestinian lands that belong to the residents of Yatta.
The fourth resident was kidnapped from his home in Yatta after the soldiers invaded his property, and searched it causing excessive damage.
9 feb 2013
Settlers close road, IOF soldiers storm home of wanted Palestinian
Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli occupation forces, closed the main road linking southern Al-Khalil villages to northern areas of the district on Saturday.
The Israeli radio claimed that the road was closed after suspecting a strange object on that road that is close to Beit Hagai settlement. Traffic came to a standstill and long queues of vehicles including commercial trucks were seen for hours.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed the home of a wanted Palestinian, suspected of affiliation with the armed wing of Hamas, in Dura town south of Al-Khalil.
Quds Press said that the soldiers broke into the home of Munir Al-Huroub at a late night hour on Friday, questioned his family members, and searched the house.
Huroub has been wanted for the IOF since 1996 when the IOF tried to arrest him but failed and he went out of sight since then.
The Israeli radio claimed that the road was closed after suspecting a strange object on that road that is close to Beit Hagai settlement. Traffic came to a standstill and long queues of vehicles including commercial trucks were seen for hours.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed the home of a wanted Palestinian, suspected of affiliation with the armed wing of Hamas, in Dura town south of Al-Khalil.
Quds Press said that the soldiers broke into the home of Munir Al-Huroub at a late night hour on Friday, questioned his family members, and searched the house.
Huroub has been wanted for the IOF since 1996 when the IOF tried to arrest him but failed and he went out of sight since then.
Gaza welcomes home former hunger striker Akram Rikhawi
Akram Rikhawi finally tasted freedom today after Israel released him from nearly a decade of imprisonment.
Rikhawi had gone on and off hunger strike since last April in protest of the medical neglect of Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli prisons and after his request for early release was rejected.
Rikhawi had recently renewed his hunger strike after Israel didn’t release him on 25 January 2013, as was the agreement that in July of last year ended Rikhawi’s refusal of food for 100 days.
Rikhawi was originally sentenced to imprisonment until late June 2013.
Rikhawi was arrested in June 2004 as and sentenced to nine years in prison by Israel’s military courts. Rikhawi is the father of eight children and also cares for his late brother’s five children.
According to the Palestinian human rights and prisoner advocacy group Addameer, Rikhawi was held in Ramleh prison medical center since his arrest, as he suffers from many chronic conditions, including asthma.
Prior to his arrest, Akram received injections of Kenacort to treat his asthma, but following his arrest, the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) did not allow Akram to take this injection. Instead, it was replaced with injections of cortisone, which is most likely the cause of severe complications, resulting in additional chronic illnesses such as diabetes and osteoporosis, from which Akram now suffers.
Akram underwent surgery in his left eye while in prison due to deterioration of his eye lenses and glaucoma. He also suffers from high cholesterol, kidney problems, and immune deficiency.
Dire warning on hunger strikers.
Meanwhile human rights group Amnesty International issued an urgent action alert today concerning the deteriorating health of Jafar Azzidine and Tarek Qa’adan. The two have been on hunger strike since 28 November 2012 in protest of their detention without charge or trial, a practice known as administrative detention, since their arrests in the West Bank earlier that month.
Amnesty stated:
Rikhawi had gone on and off hunger strike since last April in protest of the medical neglect of Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli prisons and after his request for early release was rejected.
Rikhawi had recently renewed his hunger strike after Israel didn’t release him on 25 January 2013, as was the agreement that in July of last year ended Rikhawi’s refusal of food for 100 days.
Rikhawi was originally sentenced to imprisonment until late June 2013.
Rikhawi was arrested in June 2004 as and sentenced to nine years in prison by Israel’s military courts. Rikhawi is the father of eight children and also cares for his late brother’s five children.
According to the Palestinian human rights and prisoner advocacy group Addameer, Rikhawi was held in Ramleh prison medical center since his arrest, as he suffers from many chronic conditions, including asthma.
Prior to his arrest, Akram received injections of Kenacort to treat his asthma, but following his arrest, the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) did not allow Akram to take this injection. Instead, it was replaced with injections of cortisone, which is most likely the cause of severe complications, resulting in additional chronic illnesses such as diabetes and osteoporosis, from which Akram now suffers.
Akram underwent surgery in his left eye while in prison due to deterioration of his eye lenses and glaucoma. He also suffers from high cholesterol, kidney problems, and immune deficiency.
Dire warning on hunger strikers.
Meanwhile human rights group Amnesty International issued an urgent action alert today concerning the deteriorating health of Jafar Azzidine and Tarek Qa’adan. The two have been on hunger strike since 28 November 2012 in protest of their detention without charge or trial, a practice known as administrative detention, since their arrests in the West Bank earlier that month.
Amnesty stated:
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Their lawyer visited them on 31 January and told Amnesty International:
“Ja’far and Tareq are taking only water. Last week both were taken to a hospital for eight hours and underwent medical checks. I was with them in the hospital and spoke to the doctors who told me their health is in a very critical state. They agreed to one injection of vitamins and other substances to decrease the risk of losing their lives. Both detainees were moved back to the Ramleh prison.” Meanwhile, Palestinian activists and solidarity campaigners in Amman, Jordan staged a video-recorded event in solidarity with Samer Issawi, who has been on partial hunger strike for nearly 200 days. |
Participants in the action each held a paper representing one of the days of Issawi’s strike, and an Arabic-language slogan of their choice, according to organizers of the action.
Negev prisoners hold IOA responsible for life of Sharawne
Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Negev prison held the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) responsible for the life of hunger striker Ayman Sharawne. The center for Palestine prisoners quoted a press release by those prisoners as saying that the IOA transferred Sharawne to the Negev jail in a very serious condition.
They said that the Israeli prison service moved Sharawne from Ramle prison hospital to the Negev prison last Sunday night, adding that the hunger striker refused to enter the wards, which was meant to dissuade him from continuing in his hunger strike by putting him amidst prisoners who are not on hunger strike.
They said that representatives of prisoners also resisted the attempt but at midnight that same day prison guards forced Sharawne into one of the rooms.
The prisoners said that tension ran high for two days in the prison and the prisoners informed the administration that ten prisoners would go on hunger strike unless his demand for transferring him to a prison hospital was met.
In another incident, Megiddo prison guards stormed the minors’ ward and started tension in the entire jail as a result.
The Palestinian prisoner’s association said in a statement that the prison administration imposed penalties on prisoners and deprived them of TVs and other electric appliances.
They said that the Israeli prison service moved Sharawne from Ramle prison hospital to the Negev prison last Sunday night, adding that the hunger striker refused to enter the wards, which was meant to dissuade him from continuing in his hunger strike by putting him amidst prisoners who are not on hunger strike.
They said that representatives of prisoners also resisted the attempt but at midnight that same day prison guards forced Sharawne into one of the rooms.
The prisoners said that tension ran high for two days in the prison and the prisoners informed the administration that ten prisoners would go on hunger strike unless his demand for transferring him to a prison hospital was met.
In another incident, Megiddo prison guards stormed the minors’ ward and started tension in the entire jail as a result.
The Palestinian prisoner’s association said in a statement that the prison administration imposed penalties on prisoners and deprived them of TVs and other electric appliances.
IOF soldiers nab three boys south of Bethlehem
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained three Palestinians including two boys and a teenager south of Bethlehem at dawn Saturday.
Local sources in Beit Fajjar village, south of Bethlehem, said that the soldiers nabbed the three kids at the western entrance of the village.
They identified the three as Fayez Mohammed Takatka, 16, Ihab Nimir Takatka, 15, and Ali Jafar Takatka, 18.
Local sources in Beit Fajjar village, south of Bethlehem, said that the soldiers nabbed the three kids at the western entrance of the village.
They identified the three as Fayez Mohammed Takatka, 16, Ihab Nimir Takatka, 15, and Ali Jafar Takatka, 18.
8 feb 2013
Al-Rikhawi is free after 104 days on hunger strike
Israeli occupation authorities released on Thursday evening, prisoner Akram al-Rikhawi from Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip, after 104 days on hunger strike.
The released prisoner said, during a press conference upon his arrival from Beit Hanoun checkpoint in the northern Gaza Strip, that his release is considered a victory over the Israeli jailer.
Al-Rikhawi greeted the prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, asserting that they live in difficult conditions in the light of the continued health deterioration due to their hunger strike since several months.
Al-Rikhawi was transfered to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for medical tests especially after his health deterioration as a result of his hunger strike.
Al-Rikhawi was arrested in June 2004, where he served 9 years before being released today.
The released prisoner said, during a press conference upon his arrival from Beit Hanoun checkpoint in the northern Gaza Strip, that his release is considered a victory over the Israeli jailer.
Al-Rikhawi greeted the prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, asserting that they live in difficult conditions in the light of the continued health deterioration due to their hunger strike since several months.
Al-Rikhawi was transfered to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for medical tests especially after his health deterioration as a result of his hunger strike.
Al-Rikhawi was arrested in June 2004, where he served 9 years before being released today.
Ofer court sentences Enaam Hasanat for two years
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said on Thursday that the Ofer military court sentenced the captive Enaam Abdul-Jabbar to two years imprisonment and a fine of a thousand shekels.
The captive Enaam Hasanat, 30, from Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, detained since 4 September 2012, has revealed in an earlier statement that she had been assaulted and beaten during her arrest and during her interrogation.
She added that she had been arrested at a checkpoint in Bethlehem, where the soldiers threw her to the ground, assaulted, beaten and kicked her with their shoes while she was handcuffed, causing bruises all over her body.
The Palestinian captive explained that she was taken to al-Maskoubiya detention center in Jerusalem where she was placed with Israeli convicts in very harsh conditions.
The captive Enaam Hasanat, 30, from Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, detained since 4 September 2012, has revealed in an earlier statement that she had been assaulted and beaten during her arrest and during her interrogation.
She added that she had been arrested at a checkpoint in Bethlehem, where the soldiers threw her to the ground, assaulted, beaten and kicked her with their shoes while she was handcuffed, causing bruises all over her body.
The Palestinian captive explained that she was taken to al-Maskoubiya detention center in Jerusalem where she was placed with Israeli convicts in very harsh conditions.
Harsh sentences against Jerusalem youth who stand to settlers
Prisoners' Families and Jerusalemite detainees Committee confirmed that the so-called Israeli District Court in Jerusalem issued harsh sentences against a number of young children who confronted settlers aggressions.
The committee added in a statement that the court sentenced the child Mohammed Emad Zaatari to 22 months, Ahmed Hunaiti to 20 months, Shadi Mohammed Khuys to 19 months, Mohamed Khaled Abu Hawa to 18 months, and Youssef Isaac Abu Hawa to 16 months on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails towards settlers and occupation forces.
It pointed out that the occupation authorities targeted the Jerusalemite children in particular, noting that "there are 20 Jerusalemite children under the age of 18 years who are detained in Israeli jails for different security charges, in addition to imposing house arrest on a number of other children and imposing heavy fines on families."
The committee added that the occupation forces deliberately aims at instilling fear in the children by arresting them in a violent way.
The committee added in a statement that the court sentenced the child Mohammed Emad Zaatari to 22 months, Ahmed Hunaiti to 20 months, Shadi Mohammed Khuys to 19 months, Mohamed Khaled Abu Hawa to 18 months, and Youssef Isaac Abu Hawa to 16 months on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails towards settlers and occupation forces.
It pointed out that the occupation authorities targeted the Jerusalemite children in particular, noting that "there are 20 Jerusalemite children under the age of 18 years who are detained in Israeli jails for different security charges, in addition to imposing house arrest on a number of other children and imposing heavy fines on families."
The committee added that the occupation forces deliberately aims at instilling fear in the children by arresting them in a violent way.
Media forum condemns extension of detention of journalist Abu Arafa
The Palestinian media forum condemned the extension of administrative detention of journalist Amer Abu Arafa, for the fourth time respectively, by the Israeli occupation authorities.
The forum condemned in a statement on Thursday the occupation continued policy of arresting Palestinian journalists and the use of administrative detention against them, noting that the silence of the international community encourages the occupation to continue to suppress freedoms.
The media forum denounced silence of the International Federation of Journalists and the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) facing the occupation crimes, and demanded them to take serious moves and steps to halt the Israeli offences against Palestinian journalists and to immediately intervene for the release of detainees.
Israeli occupation forces arrested journalist Amer Abu Arafa, Shihab Agency's correspondent in the West Bank, after besieging and raiding his home in al-Khalil on August 21, 2012 and transferred him to administrative detention without charge.
The forum condemned in a statement on Thursday the occupation continued policy of arresting Palestinian journalists and the use of administrative detention against them, noting that the silence of the international community encourages the occupation to continue to suppress freedoms.
The media forum denounced silence of the International Federation of Journalists and the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) facing the occupation crimes, and demanded them to take serious moves and steps to halt the Israeli offences against Palestinian journalists and to immediately intervene for the release of detainees.
Israeli occupation forces arrested journalist Amer Abu Arafa, Shihab Agency's correspondent in the West Bank, after besieging and raiding his home in al-Khalil on August 21, 2012 and transferred him to administrative detention without charge.
Palestinian prisoners: We want an end to the administrative detention
Palestinian administrative prisoners in Israeli jails confirmed that their last hunger strike was launched in protest at the policy of administrative detention pursued by the occupation authorities against them.
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights quoted in a statement issued on Thursday captive Tarek Qa'dan as saying that the occupation government has been proving the falsity of its claims of democracy and respect for human rights.
Qa'dan pointed out that his colleagues have been waging a hunger strike for more than 70 days to protest at and put an end to the whole policy of administrative detention.
For his part, the prisoner Jafar Ezzedine called on all administrative detainees whose number has recently increased to more than two hundred, to take a serious move and join the strike.
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights quoted in a statement issued on Thursday captive Tarek Qa'dan as saying that the occupation government has been proving the falsity of its claims of democracy and respect for human rights.
Qa'dan pointed out that his colleagues have been waging a hunger strike for more than 70 days to protest at and put an end to the whole policy of administrative detention.
For his part, the prisoner Jafar Ezzedine called on all administrative detainees whose number has recently increased to more than two hundred, to take a serious move and join the strike.
Soldiers Remove Solidarity Tent In Jerusalem
A large Israeli military force invaded, on Thursday evening, the Al-Esawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and used force to remove a solidarity tent installed in solidarity with hunger striking detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, and other striking detainees, and removed posters of El-Eesawy.
Member of the follow-up committee of the Al- Esawiyya, Mohammad Abu Al-Hummus, stated that the soldiers invaded the town, especially the Al-Arba’een mosque area, removed the solidarity tent more the 19th consecutive time, and confiscated its property, an issue that caused clashes between local youths and the invading soldiers.
Abu Al-Hummus added that Al- Esawiyya witnesses daily invasion and clashes as part of ongoing Israeli assaults that include arrests, acts of collective punishment, and the use of excessive force against nonviolent protesters and solidarity activities with Samer Al-Eesawy who has been on hunger strike for 199 days.
Local sources reported that the Israeli army and police are trying to force the residents to stop their solidarity activities with Al-Eesawy and all hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel.
This is the 19th consecutive attack against the solidarity tent is since it was installed after Al-Eesawy started his open ended hunger strike.
Member of the follow-up committee of the Al- Esawiyya, Mohammad Abu Al-Hummus, stated that the soldiers invaded the town, especially the Al-Arba’een mosque area, removed the solidarity tent more the 19th consecutive time, and confiscated its property, an issue that caused clashes between local youths and the invading soldiers.
Abu Al-Hummus added that Al- Esawiyya witnesses daily invasion and clashes as part of ongoing Israeli assaults that include arrests, acts of collective punishment, and the use of excessive force against nonviolent protesters and solidarity activities with Samer Al-Eesawy who has been on hunger strike for 199 days.
Local sources reported that the Israeli army and police are trying to force the residents to stop their solidarity activities with Al-Eesawy and all hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel.
This is the 19th consecutive attack against the solidarity tent is since it was installed after Al-Eesawy started his open ended hunger strike.
7 feb 2013
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Palestinians capture Israeli forces to free prisoners
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine has renewed its call for the capture of Israeli soldiers to swap them with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. The Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad; wing has been carrying out intensive military drills in recent days. Al-Quds brigades' fighters are highly trained and are a force to be reckoned with. They moved to the top of the military brass during the eight day Israeli war on Gaza back in November 2012, by being the first to fire long range rockets at Tel-Aviv. |
Israeli court refuses to release a female prisoner
The Israeli District Court refused on Wednesday to release the female captive Intisar Sayad on bail under the pretext of security reasons, Wadi Hilweh Information Center revealed.
The Jerusalemite prisoner was arrested on 22 November 2012, from Salah al-Din Street, claiming that she stabbed an Israeli soldier.
The prisoner has appealed to Israeli courts several times in an attempt to get released on bail, but the Public Prosecution had refused.
Sayad was transferred from al-Maskoubiya to Ramle, and Hasharon prisons, where her trial was postponed to 27 February 2013.
The prisoner Sayad is a mother of 4 children aged between 12 and 18 years.
Meanwhile, crews of Israeli police and the so-called Protection of Nature Authority continued for the fifth day in a row its campaign in the town of Silwan, carrying out arrests and imposing fines against many citizens.
In Abbasiya neighborhood, a special police force and Nature Protection Authority stormed and searched the house of Maher Ramadan, before arresting him.
At the entrance to Wadi Hilweh, the Israeli police erected checkpoints, during which they confiscated 12 Palestinian cars.
Israeli sources said "the campaign in Silwan may continue for few weeks", just as happened in the town of Issawiya.
The campaign, which was carried out by the Israeli police in the town of Issawiya about a month ago, has ended last week, led to the arrest of about 150 children and youths, handing demolition notifications, and imposing fines.
Israeli occupation forces also raided the Israeli police stormed accompanied by sniffer dogs, a house in Shu'fat camp.
The Jerusalemite prisoner was arrested on 22 November 2012, from Salah al-Din Street, claiming that she stabbed an Israeli soldier.
The prisoner has appealed to Israeli courts several times in an attempt to get released on bail, but the Public Prosecution had refused.
Sayad was transferred from al-Maskoubiya to Ramle, and Hasharon prisons, where her trial was postponed to 27 February 2013.
The prisoner Sayad is a mother of 4 children aged between 12 and 18 years.
Meanwhile, crews of Israeli police and the so-called Protection of Nature Authority continued for the fifth day in a row its campaign in the town of Silwan, carrying out arrests and imposing fines against many citizens.
In Abbasiya neighborhood, a special police force and Nature Protection Authority stormed and searched the house of Maher Ramadan, before arresting him.
At the entrance to Wadi Hilweh, the Israeli police erected checkpoints, during which they confiscated 12 Palestinian cars.
Israeli sources said "the campaign in Silwan may continue for few weeks", just as happened in the town of Issawiya.
The campaign, which was carried out by the Israeli police in the town of Issawiya about a month ago, has ended last week, led to the arrest of about 150 children and youths, handing demolition notifications, and imposing fines.
Israeli occupation forces also raided the Israeli police stormed accompanied by sniffer dogs, a house in Shu'fat camp.
IOA renews the journalist Abu Arafah's administrative detention
Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights has appealed Reporters Without Borders, the Federation of Arab Journalists and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, to immediately intervene to stop the suffering of captive journalist Amer Abu Arafah, 29, from al-Khalil.
Abu Arafah's administrative detention has been renewed by the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) for the fourth time in a row.
The journalist Amer Abu Arafah, is a correspondent for the Shehab News Agency, he was arrested on 21 August 2011 and since that date he is under the administrative detention, which was renewed every six months. He was due for release on 19 February 2013, according to the center.
The center wondered, how long silence toward violations of the occupation against the Palestinian journalists will prevail, and why the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate doesn’t move to expose the practices of the occupation against journalists? Why not organize more international campaigns to highlight the suffering of these prisoners.
Abu Arafah's administrative detention has been renewed by the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) for the fourth time in a row.
The journalist Amer Abu Arafah, is a correspondent for the Shehab News Agency, he was arrested on 21 August 2011 and since that date he is under the administrative detention, which was renewed every six months. He was due for release on 19 February 2013, according to the center.
The center wondered, how long silence toward violations of the occupation against the Palestinian journalists will prevail, and why the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate doesn’t move to expose the practices of the occupation against journalists? Why not organize more international campaigns to highlight the suffering of these prisoners.
IOF soldiers arrest youth, break into elementary school
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) manning the Hamra roadblock in the northern Jordan Valley arrested a Palestinian young man at dawn Thursday. Local sources said that the soldiers detained Suleiman Mohammed, 19, at the roadblock while heading from his hometown of Tobas to his work in the Jordan Valley.
Other IOF soldiers stormed Erka village to the west of Jenin at dawn Thursday and questioned citizens who were going for dawn prayers.
IOF soldiers had burst into an elementary school west of Ramallah on Wednesday and threatened to beat students and teachers and called them bad names, Palestinian sources said.
Other IOF soldiers stormed Erka village to the west of Jenin at dawn Thursday and questioned citizens who were going for dawn prayers.
IOF soldiers had burst into an elementary school west of Ramallah on Wednesday and threatened to beat students and teachers and called them bad names, Palestinian sources said.
IOF soldiers arrest five Palestinians from Gaza
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested five Palestinian citizens from the Gaza Strip over the past couple of days, Hebrew media reported on Thursday. The media sources said that IOF soldiers captured three Palestinians after crossing the security fence surrounding Gaza on Wednesday night, adding that they were not armed.
The sources said that the three young men crossed the border to look for work in 1948 occupied lands, adding that the army soldiers took them for interrogation.
Meanwhile, the Mizan center for human rights said that IOF soldiers manning the Erez crossing in northern Gaza Strip detained two brothers, Rami and Mohammed Al-Tayyeb, on Tuesday morning while on their way to visit their divorced mother in the West Bank.
The center pointed out that the younger brother Mohammed suffers from epilepsy and seizures.
The center charged that the detention fell in line with the Israeli occupation authorities’ constant attempt to blackmail passengers across Erez, even patients heading for treatment in the West Bank, in violation of international and humanitarian laws.
The sources said that the three young men crossed the border to look for work in 1948 occupied lands, adding that the army soldiers took them for interrogation.
Meanwhile, the Mizan center for human rights said that IOF soldiers manning the Erez crossing in northern Gaza Strip detained two brothers, Rami and Mohammed Al-Tayyeb, on Tuesday morning while on their way to visit their divorced mother in the West Bank.
The center pointed out that the younger brother Mohammed suffers from epilepsy and seizures.
The center charged that the detention fell in line with the Israeli occupation authorities’ constant attempt to blackmail passengers across Erez, even patients heading for treatment in the West Bank, in violation of international and humanitarian laws.
6 feb 2013
Israel To Release Detainee Reekhawy
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights reported that an Israeli court decided Wednesday to release hunger striking detainee Akram Reekhawi, likely on Thursday.
The Foundation said that the decision to release Reekhawi was made after its attorney, Mohammad Al-Aabed, filed an appeal in an Israeli court close to the Ramla Prison Hospital where the detainee is being held.
Reekhawi held several extended hunger strikes demanding his release as Israel refused to release him after he spent two-thirds of a nine-year sentence.
He was kidnapped by the army when he was heading home in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, on June 7, 2004, and was sentenced to nine years.
The detainee suffers from several health conditions including Diabetes, high blood pressure, Cataracts, and Osteoporosis.
On Monday July 23 2012, Reekhawi ended a 104-day hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the “Israeli Prison Service” stating that he will be released on January 25 2013 instead of June 6 2013. He resumed his strike after Israel backed down on its promise.
It is worth mentioning that his brother, Shadi, was kidnapped by the army on April 6, 2005, and was sentenced to twelve years; he suffers from a tumor in his head.
The Foundation said that the decision to release Reekhawi was made after its attorney, Mohammad Al-Aabed, filed an appeal in an Israeli court close to the Ramla Prison Hospital where the detainee is being held.
Reekhawi held several extended hunger strikes demanding his release as Israel refused to release him after he spent two-thirds of a nine-year sentence.
He was kidnapped by the army when he was heading home in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, on June 7, 2004, and was sentenced to nine years.
The detainee suffers from several health conditions including Diabetes, high blood pressure, Cataracts, and Osteoporosis.
On Monday July 23 2012, Reekhawi ended a 104-day hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the “Israeli Prison Service” stating that he will be released on January 25 2013 instead of June 6 2013. He resumed his strike after Israel backed down on its promise.
It is worth mentioning that his brother, Shadi, was kidnapped by the army on April 6, 2005, and was sentenced to twelve years; he suffers from a tumor in his head.
Human Rights Center: IOA aims to assassinate Sharawna by isolating him
The Palestinian Center for Prisoners' Studies held occupation authorities and prison service fully responsible for the life of the hunger striker Ayman Sharawna after threatening to isolate him in Beersheba.
The director of the Center, Riad al-Ashqar, said in a press statement on Wednesday that the occupation works to pressure the hunger striker Sharawna as a punishment for his continued hunger strike for 7 months in a raw.
Al-Ashqar stated that occupation tried to transfer the prisoner Sharawna to Nafha prison but the prisoners refused the decision, so he was transferred to Negev prison, where a state of tension prevailed among the prisoners due to the hunger striker health deterioration.
The occupation intends now to transfer him to isolation in Beersheba prison, he added.
He said that Sharawna's transfer to isolation is a real death sentence real to Sharawna who may die at any moment due to poor prison conditions.
Al-Ashqar called on human rights organizations and the UN humanitarian institution to intervene urgently to release the prisoner Sharawna before it is too late.
The director of the Center, Riad al-Ashqar, said in a press statement on Wednesday that the occupation works to pressure the hunger striker Sharawna as a punishment for his continued hunger strike for 7 months in a raw.
Al-Ashqar stated that occupation tried to transfer the prisoner Sharawna to Nafha prison but the prisoners refused the decision, so he was transferred to Negev prison, where a state of tension prevailed among the prisoners due to the hunger striker health deterioration.
The occupation intends now to transfer him to isolation in Beersheba prison, he added.
He said that Sharawna's transfer to isolation is a real death sentence real to Sharawna who may die at any moment due to poor prison conditions.
Al-Ashqar called on human rights organizations and the UN humanitarian institution to intervene urgently to release the prisoner Sharawna before it is too late.
Sick Palestinian prisoner's family appeals to save his life
Family of a Palestinian prisoner from the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank appealed to all human rights organizations to save the life of her son detained in Israeli jails, and who suffers from hemiplegia. The father of prisoner Othman al-khalili, 31, who is in the Ramleh prison hospital, told Ahrar Center for Prisoners studies and Human Rights that "Othman suffers from a deteriorating health condition. He is paraplegic and diabetic; he suffered in the recent period of diabetes terribly. The Israeli Prison administration refuses to treat him."
Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights said in its statement on Tuesday that “the Israeli prison authorities still hold the prisoner patients in Ramleh prison hospital and some of these prisoners can’t move, or are chronically ill, and these prisoners are suffering from neglect by the management of the hospital, and that there are many of the cases which have been deteriorating.”
The families of these prisoners feel worried specially, after the death of two prisoners, Shaikh Zuhair Lubbadeh, who died one year ago due to health deterioration and Ashraf Abu Threa who died a few weeks ago after being in coma, the statement added.
Othman Alkhalili was arrested on 5/3/2012 and has not been charged or tried till now, he is a liberated captive and was arrested in 2008 and was sentenced to 16 months in Prison and a Fine of 2000 NIS.
Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights said in its statement on Tuesday that “the Israeli prison authorities still hold the prisoner patients in Ramleh prison hospital and some of these prisoners can’t move, or are chronically ill, and these prisoners are suffering from neglect by the management of the hospital, and that there are many of the cases which have been deteriorating.”
The families of these prisoners feel worried specially, after the death of two prisoners, Shaikh Zuhair Lubbadeh, who died one year ago due to health deterioration and Ashraf Abu Threa who died a few weeks ago after being in coma, the statement added.
Othman Alkhalili was arrested on 5/3/2012 and has not been charged or tried till now, he is a liberated captive and was arrested in 2008 and was sentenced to 16 months in Prison and a Fine of 2000 NIS.
Barghouti confirms serious deterioration in Issawi’s health condition
The liberated prisoner Nael Barghouti stressed that the health condition of prisoner Samer al-Issawi has seriously deteriorated in light of the continuation of his open-ended hunger strike.
This came during the weekly sit-ins, staged by families of prisoners on Tuesday in front of the Red Cross Square in al-Bireh, and which was organized by the High Commission to follow up on the prisoners and ex-prisoners' issues.
The protestors raised photos of the hunger striking prisoners and slogans denouncing the occupation government policy inside the jails, and demanding the release of all the captives.
Barghouti called for increasing the solidarity activities and for a broad popular movement, on the local as well as the international level, in order to save the lives of prisoners, especially captive al-Issawi who has been on hunger strike for 197 days respectively.
He also called on all human rights and humanitarian organizations and the international community "to urgently intervene and pressure the Israeli government to end the suffering of the Palestinian prisoners."
For its part; the Islamic Jihad movement has set up on Tuesday, a tent in solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners in front of the crossing of Beit Hanoun "Erez" in the northern Gaza Strip.
The tent was erected in the presence of a significant number of leaders of the Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian factions, activists and families of prisoners.
The movement leader Abu Tariq Mudallal said: "The idea of setting up a tent in support of the prisoners for the first time in front of the Beit Hanoun crossing demonstrates the seriousness of the conditions of the hunger striking prisoners in light of the occupation refusal to respond to their demands."
Mudallal denounced the silence and inaction of the human rights institutions and the Palestinian people and factions regarding the conditions of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and the Israeli repeated and continuous repressive measures against them.
Night march in Jenin in support of prisoners
Dozens of young men in Jenin city organized a night march on Tuesday and continued a sit-in in downtown for the second day in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails. Participants held candles and photos of prisoners in addition to Palestinian flags and posters, one of them saying: “Did you know that prisoners are on hunger strike?”
Another poster said: “Solitary confinement is a serious breach of international doctrines and human rights”.
The participants lashed out at the international community’s silence vis-à-vis the issue of prisoners and demanded more efforts to secure their release.
Bahar calls Islamic Summit to launch campaign to save prisoners
Dr. Ahmed Bahar, First Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, called on the 12th Islamic Summit in Cairo to launch a broad diplomatic campaign to save prisoners in Israeli jails. Bahar asked on Tuesday the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, in his capacity as head of the summit, to put the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on the summit's agenda and to call for taking urgent steps to save their lives.
He called on the summit to internationalize the issue of prisoners by exposing the occupation crimes against them at the different international forums and to hold Israeli leaders accountable as war criminals in the international tribunals, in order to oblige the occupation to release the captives and respect the international conventions that protect their rights.
The MP held the occupation fully responsible for the lives and safety of Palestinian prisoners in its jails, stressing that they are living in harsh conditions, and are subjected to the most brutal forms of physical and psychological torture.
Dr. Bahar called on all the forces, political parties, associations, scholars and civil society organizations in the different Arab and Islamic countries to launch organized and continuous events and protest marches in support of the Palestinian prisoners and their just rights.
More than 4600 prisoners are held in Israeli occupation jails, including 12 women, 200 children, 15 MPs and 190 administrative detainees.
This came during the weekly sit-ins, staged by families of prisoners on Tuesday in front of the Red Cross Square in al-Bireh, and which was organized by the High Commission to follow up on the prisoners and ex-prisoners' issues.
The protestors raised photos of the hunger striking prisoners and slogans denouncing the occupation government policy inside the jails, and demanding the release of all the captives.
Barghouti called for increasing the solidarity activities and for a broad popular movement, on the local as well as the international level, in order to save the lives of prisoners, especially captive al-Issawi who has been on hunger strike for 197 days respectively.
He also called on all human rights and humanitarian organizations and the international community "to urgently intervene and pressure the Israeli government to end the suffering of the Palestinian prisoners."
For its part; the Islamic Jihad movement has set up on Tuesday, a tent in solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners in front of the crossing of Beit Hanoun "Erez" in the northern Gaza Strip.
The tent was erected in the presence of a significant number of leaders of the Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian factions, activists and families of prisoners.
The movement leader Abu Tariq Mudallal said: "The idea of setting up a tent in support of the prisoners for the first time in front of the Beit Hanoun crossing demonstrates the seriousness of the conditions of the hunger striking prisoners in light of the occupation refusal to respond to their demands."
Mudallal denounced the silence and inaction of the human rights institutions and the Palestinian people and factions regarding the conditions of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and the Israeli repeated and continuous repressive measures against them.
Night march in Jenin in support of prisoners
Dozens of young men in Jenin city organized a night march on Tuesday and continued a sit-in in downtown for the second day in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails. Participants held candles and photos of prisoners in addition to Palestinian flags and posters, one of them saying: “Did you know that prisoners are on hunger strike?”
Another poster said: “Solitary confinement is a serious breach of international doctrines and human rights”.
The participants lashed out at the international community’s silence vis-à-vis the issue of prisoners and demanded more efforts to secure their release.
Bahar calls Islamic Summit to launch campaign to save prisoners
Dr. Ahmed Bahar, First Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, called on the 12th Islamic Summit in Cairo to launch a broad diplomatic campaign to save prisoners in Israeli jails. Bahar asked on Tuesday the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, in his capacity as head of the summit, to put the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on the summit's agenda and to call for taking urgent steps to save their lives.
He called on the summit to internationalize the issue of prisoners by exposing the occupation crimes against them at the different international forums and to hold Israeli leaders accountable as war criminals in the international tribunals, in order to oblige the occupation to release the captives and respect the international conventions that protect their rights.
The MP held the occupation fully responsible for the lives and safety of Palestinian prisoners in its jails, stressing that they are living in harsh conditions, and are subjected to the most brutal forms of physical and psychological torture.
Dr. Bahar called on all the forces, political parties, associations, scholars and civil society organizations in the different Arab and Islamic countries to launch organized and continuous events and protest marches in support of the Palestinian prisoners and their just rights.
More than 4600 prisoners are held in Israeli occupation jails, including 12 women, 200 children, 15 MPs and 190 administrative detainees.
Israeli forces arrest 11 Jerusalemites
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and arrested a number of Jerusalemite youths, within a military campaign carried out by IOF against the town. Information Center in Wadi Hilweh reported that the occupation forces set up several checkpoints inside the town of Silwan and arrested five citizens.
Al-Aqsa Maintenance Foundation said in a statement that the Israeli troops have arrested on Tuesday six Jerusalemite female students at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Another Palestinian girl Hiam Rajabi, 17, has also been arrested this morning by the IOF in the courtyard of the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank, after being attacked by the soldiers.
Eyewitnesses told PIC's reporter that several military checkpoints have been set up today at the northern entrance of the city of al-Khalil, where the soldiers started searching vehicles and checking the identities of passers-by.
The Israeli patrols have been extensively deployed in the bypass road established on citizens' lands east of al-Khalil and at the entrance of Beit Ummar village to the north.
Israeli policemen and forces of the intelligence service stormed this afternoon Shuafat refugee camp in the northern city of Jerusalem, with no arrests or confrontations have been reported.
Local sources in the camp reported that the forces broke into and searched a house belonging to Aramin family then they summoned citizen Abdul Rahman Aramin to the Moscobiya center.
For his part, Ismail Khatib, head of the Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Jerusalem, stressed that the occupation has escalated its procedures in different neighborhoods and areas in the holy city.
Khatib condemned in a press statement the occupation's daily violation of the international and humanitarian laws and conventions in Jerusalem.
Al-Aqsa Maintenance Foundation said in a statement that the Israeli troops have arrested on Tuesday six Jerusalemite female students at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Another Palestinian girl Hiam Rajabi, 17, has also been arrested this morning by the IOF in the courtyard of the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank, after being attacked by the soldiers.
Eyewitnesses told PIC's reporter that several military checkpoints have been set up today at the northern entrance of the city of al-Khalil, where the soldiers started searching vehicles and checking the identities of passers-by.
The Israeli patrols have been extensively deployed in the bypass road established on citizens' lands east of al-Khalil and at the entrance of Beit Ummar village to the north.
Israeli policemen and forces of the intelligence service stormed this afternoon Shuafat refugee camp in the northern city of Jerusalem, with no arrests or confrontations have been reported.
Local sources in the camp reported that the forces broke into and searched a house belonging to Aramin family then they summoned citizen Abdul Rahman Aramin to the Moscobiya center.
For his part, Ismail Khatib, head of the Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Jerusalem, stressed that the occupation has escalated its procedures in different neighborhoods and areas in the holy city.
Khatib condemned in a press statement the occupation's daily violation of the international and humanitarian laws and conventions in Jerusalem.
IOF troops detain seven Palestinians
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up seven Palestinians after storming their homes in three West Bank districts at dawn Wednesday. Three Palestinians were taken from Arub refugee camp, north of Al-Khalil, after breaking into their homes, local sources said.
Sources in Aida refugee camp, in Bethlehem, said that IOF troops arrested a 20-year-old youth after storming the camp’s suburbs.
IOF soldiers arrested a 16-year-old minor in Bethlehem’s village of Taku and served a summons to another youth in the village for intelligence interrogation.
In Nablus city, IOF soldiers roamed the southern areas and burst into a number of homes before taking away two men to an unknown location.
IOF arrests 110 Palestinians from al-Khalil since the beginning of the year
Palestinian report documented the arrest of 110 Palestinians from the city of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank territories by Israeli forces during the month of January. The report, issued by PPS on Tuesday, stated that the arrest campaigns included storming homes at night and the use of violence and smashing doors and detaining family members and beating the detainee in front of his family and children.
The report indicated that the occupation arrested 22 sick Palestinians, more than 23 children, and 19 students during last month.
The report also documented imposing heavy fines on the prisoners estimated more than forty thousand shekels (about 11 thousand dollars) during the same month.
Sources in Aida refugee camp, in Bethlehem, said that IOF troops arrested a 20-year-old youth after storming the camp’s suburbs.
IOF soldiers arrested a 16-year-old minor in Bethlehem’s village of Taku and served a summons to another youth in the village for intelligence interrogation.
In Nablus city, IOF soldiers roamed the southern areas and burst into a number of homes before taking away two men to an unknown location.
IOF arrests 110 Palestinians from al-Khalil since the beginning of the year
Palestinian report documented the arrest of 110 Palestinians from the city of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank territories by Israeli forces during the month of January. The report, issued by PPS on Tuesday, stated that the arrest campaigns included storming homes at night and the use of violence and smashing doors and detaining family members and beating the detainee in front of his family and children.
The report indicated that the occupation arrested 22 sick Palestinians, more than 23 children, and 19 students during last month.
The report also documented imposing heavy fines on the prisoners estimated more than forty thousand shekels (about 11 thousand dollars) during the same month.
