5 mar 2013
Palestinian prisoners poisoned in Nafha jail
Prisoners in ward 6 in the Israeli Nafha jail said that 22 prisoners suffered from poisoning on Tuesday morning.
They said in a telephone contact with the PIC reporter that the prisoners suffered from vomiting, diarrhea, and high temperature and were taken to the prison’s clinic.
They said that the doctor could not diagnose their condition and gave them Akamol pills, which are usually given to those with headaches.
The prisoners appealed for human rights groups’ intervention to demand an investigation into the type of food served to them.
They said in a telephone contact with the PIC reporter that the prisoners suffered from vomiting, diarrhea, and high temperature and were taken to the prison’s clinic.
They said that the doctor could not diagnose their condition and gave them Akamol pills, which are usually given to those with headaches.
The prisoners appealed for human rights groups’ intervention to demand an investigation into the type of food served to them.
Occupation isolates a Jordanian prisoner for the second week
The Israeli prison administration has been isolating a Jordanian prisoner for the second week. Abdullah Qandil, spokesman for Wa'ed Association for Prisoners and Ex-prisoner told Quds Press: "Gilboa prison administration has been isolating the Jordanian captive Ali Nazzal, 37, for the fourteenth day."
He added that the prison administration has also imposed on Nazzal financial penalties and has been depriving him from his family's visits for the sixth month.
Nazzal is a Jordanian citizen and has three children. He has been detained since 2007, and was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on charges of resisting the occupation and affiliation with the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas".
There are 4700 Palestinian and Arab prisoners detained in Israeli jails, many of them have served long years in detention, while the Jewish state still refuses to release them.
He added that the prison administration has also imposed on Nazzal financial penalties and has been depriving him from his family's visits for the sixth month.
Nazzal is a Jordanian citizen and has three children. He has been detained since 2007, and was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on charges of resisting the occupation and affiliation with the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas".
There are 4700 Palestinian and Arab prisoners detained in Israeli jails, many of them have served long years in detention, while the Jewish state still refuses to release them.
Israel issues harsh prison sentences against 2 Palestinian children
Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights strongly denounced the Israeli military court for issuing harsh prison sentences against Palestinian children under the age of 18.
An Israeli military court has sentenced two Palestinian children from Al-Zawya town in Salfit in the West Bank to two years imprisonment after charging them with throwing stones at Israeli occupation forces, the two prisoners' relatives told Ahrar center.
For his part, the director of the center Fuad Al-Khuffash said that the children are: Waleed Nasr Shaqir, 16 years old, and Khalil Ibrahim Shaqir, 17 years old.
They both are school boys under the age of 18 and were arrested on June 2012 after the Israeli forces stormed and searched their houses. Their trail was postponed many times.
Al-Khuffash said that these sentences did not take into account that the detainees are under the age of 18, and violated the international law which forbids the detention of children under this age.
He has also noted that the occupation has continued its policy of detaining dozens of children under the age of 16 in its jails, depriving them from continuing their education.
The human rights activist called for saving these detained children, who have been subjected to severe torture and pressure in the prisons of the Israeli occupation which violates all the norms and international conventions and laws.
PPS in Nablus condemns the detention and torture of children
Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) in Nablus condemned detaining and torturing the children by the Israeli occupation authorities. PPS said in a statement on Tuesday that the occupation forces have been torturing the children, arrested during the clashes or from their homes.
Raed Amer, director of the PPS, said that the Israeli forces have arrested more than 100 citizens, mostly children under the age of 18, and accused the occupation of torturing and brutally hitting them, in violation of all humanitarian norms.
He pointed out that 17-year-old boy Shaker Imad, from Balata refugee camp, was arrested by the occupation soldiers who hit and attacked him, leaving him with broken hands and injuries all over his body. The boy was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment.
The Israeli forces arrested more than 20 children in the village under the age of 16 years, while they were playing.
According to PPS, the majority of detainees were transferred to the interrogation and detention centers in the prisons of Jalamah and Petah Tikva.
Amer called on the Israeli government to stop its policy of detaining the children and the women, and to release the captives.
48-Palestinians demonstrate outside U.S. Embassy
The Islamic movement in the Palestinian 1948 occupied territories organized on Monday a demonstration outside the US Embassy in the occupied city of Tel Rabi protesting against the U.S. President Barack Obama's intended visit to al-Aqsa mosque during his upcoming visit to the region the next few days. The demonstrators raised the green flags and pictures of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and chanted slogans calling for supporting al-Aqsa and demanding the U.S. administration to stop its biased policy towards the Israeli entity.
The head of the Islamic Movement inside the Green Line, Sheikh Raed Salah, said that this demonstration is a response to the leaked news concerning the U.S. President Barack Obama's intended visit to Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque.
The intended visit provides a false legitimacy to the occupation in al-Aqsa mosque and declares war against the Palestinian people and against the Arab and Islamic nation because Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque's issue is not only a Palestinian issue but it is an Arab and Islamic issue, Sheikh Salah explained.
Meanwhile, UFree network to defend Palestinian prisoners' rights stated that the number prisoners from 1948-occupied territories ranges between 90 to 100, 14 of them spent more than 20 years in Israeli jails.
Palestinian political prisoner, Maher Younis, a resident of the 1948 occupied territories who has been in Israeli jails for more than 30 years, has started a hunger strike in quest of his basic human rights, UFree pointed out in a press statement.
"He spent and continues most of his sentence in cells which lack basics of living conditions in addition to being subjected to solitary confinement. All this period, he was deprived of meeting his mother face to face but through a glass barrier. Meanwhile, since his arrest in 1983, he was not granted any of the basic rights of prisoners granted to other Israeli prisoners," the network added.
UFree Network has also pointed out to Maher Younis's cousin, Karim Younis, who spent 31 years in Israeli jails, in addition to Lina Jarbouni who is the longest serving Palestinian woman political prisoner, where she was arrested since 11 years ago.
An Israeli military court has sentenced two Palestinian children from Al-Zawya town in Salfit in the West Bank to two years imprisonment after charging them with throwing stones at Israeli occupation forces, the two prisoners' relatives told Ahrar center.
For his part, the director of the center Fuad Al-Khuffash said that the children are: Waleed Nasr Shaqir, 16 years old, and Khalil Ibrahim Shaqir, 17 years old.
They both are school boys under the age of 18 and were arrested on June 2012 after the Israeli forces stormed and searched their houses. Their trail was postponed many times.
Al-Khuffash said that these sentences did not take into account that the detainees are under the age of 18, and violated the international law which forbids the detention of children under this age.
He has also noted that the occupation has continued its policy of detaining dozens of children under the age of 16 in its jails, depriving them from continuing their education.
The human rights activist called for saving these detained children, who have been subjected to severe torture and pressure in the prisons of the Israeli occupation which violates all the norms and international conventions and laws.
PPS in Nablus condemns the detention and torture of children
Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) in Nablus condemned detaining and torturing the children by the Israeli occupation authorities. PPS said in a statement on Tuesday that the occupation forces have been torturing the children, arrested during the clashes or from their homes.
Raed Amer, director of the PPS, said that the Israeli forces have arrested more than 100 citizens, mostly children under the age of 18, and accused the occupation of torturing and brutally hitting them, in violation of all humanitarian norms.
He pointed out that 17-year-old boy Shaker Imad, from Balata refugee camp, was arrested by the occupation soldiers who hit and attacked him, leaving him with broken hands and injuries all over his body. The boy was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment.
The Israeli forces arrested more than 20 children in the village under the age of 16 years, while they were playing.
According to PPS, the majority of detainees were transferred to the interrogation and detention centers in the prisons of Jalamah and Petah Tikva.
Amer called on the Israeli government to stop its policy of detaining the children and the women, and to release the captives.
48-Palestinians demonstrate outside U.S. Embassy
The Islamic movement in the Palestinian 1948 occupied territories organized on Monday a demonstration outside the US Embassy in the occupied city of Tel Rabi protesting against the U.S. President Barack Obama's intended visit to al-Aqsa mosque during his upcoming visit to the region the next few days. The demonstrators raised the green flags and pictures of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and chanted slogans calling for supporting al-Aqsa and demanding the U.S. administration to stop its biased policy towards the Israeli entity.
The head of the Islamic Movement inside the Green Line, Sheikh Raed Salah, said that this demonstration is a response to the leaked news concerning the U.S. President Barack Obama's intended visit to Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque.
The intended visit provides a false legitimacy to the occupation in al-Aqsa mosque and declares war against the Palestinian people and against the Arab and Islamic nation because Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque's issue is not only a Palestinian issue but it is an Arab and Islamic issue, Sheikh Salah explained.
Meanwhile, UFree network to defend Palestinian prisoners' rights stated that the number prisoners from 1948-occupied territories ranges between 90 to 100, 14 of them spent more than 20 years in Israeli jails.
Palestinian political prisoner, Maher Younis, a resident of the 1948 occupied territories who has been in Israeli jails for more than 30 years, has started a hunger strike in quest of his basic human rights, UFree pointed out in a press statement.
"He spent and continues most of his sentence in cells which lack basics of living conditions in addition to being subjected to solitary confinement. All this period, he was deprived of meeting his mother face to face but through a glass barrier. Meanwhile, since his arrest in 1983, he was not granted any of the basic rights of prisoners granted to other Israeli prisoners," the network added.
UFree Network has also pointed out to Maher Younis's cousin, Karim Younis, who spent 31 years in Israeli jails, in addition to Lina Jarbouni who is the longest serving Palestinian woman political prisoner, where she was arrested since 11 years ago.
IOF invade east of Ramallah and Jenin, clash with young men
Violent clashes broke out Monday afternoon between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers in Silwad town east of Ramallah city as well as in Jenin city.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) report in Ramallah said the clashes erupted after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) invaded the southern neighborhood of Silwad town.
The young protestors confronted the invading troops who fired tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at them. No casualties were reported during the events.
The IOF also established a checkpoint at the western entrance to the town, Yabroud bridge, and embarked on searching vehicles and checking IDs
In Jenin city, dozens of Palestinian young men and school students clashed with Israeli soldiers who stormed the city from the southern side.
Local sources said that several military vehicles were deployed in the areas of Beir Jamal, Assikka and Jannat park in Jenin.
They added that the intensive military presence in these areas restricted the movement of the citizens and prompted them to engage in clashes with the troops.
The IOF also combed the southern vicinity of Al-Quds university in Jenin without any reported arrests.
In a separate incident, an Israeli military vehicle on Monday afternoon chased Palestinian workmen aboard a car on its way to Beersheba near Ramadin town south of Al-Khalil.
One of the workmen, Imad Shallaldah, reported that the Israeli troops aboard the military vehicle pursued their car and fired tear gas grenades inside it causing them to suffocate before they forced them out and started to physically assault them.
He added that the troops severely beat his 18-year old son Mohamed until he lost his consciousness and took him in chain to an unknown place at the pretext he assaulted a police man.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) report in Ramallah said the clashes erupted after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) invaded the southern neighborhood of Silwad town.
The young protestors confronted the invading troops who fired tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at them. No casualties were reported during the events.
The IOF also established a checkpoint at the western entrance to the town, Yabroud bridge, and embarked on searching vehicles and checking IDs
In Jenin city, dozens of Palestinian young men and school students clashed with Israeli soldiers who stormed the city from the southern side.
Local sources said that several military vehicles were deployed in the areas of Beir Jamal, Assikka and Jannat park in Jenin.
They added that the intensive military presence in these areas restricted the movement of the citizens and prompted them to engage in clashes with the troops.
The IOF also combed the southern vicinity of Al-Quds university in Jenin without any reported arrests.
In a separate incident, an Israeli military vehicle on Monday afternoon chased Palestinian workmen aboard a car on its way to Beersheba near Ramadin town south of Al-Khalil.
One of the workmen, Imad Shallaldah, reported that the Israeli troops aboard the military vehicle pursued their car and fired tear gas grenades inside it causing them to suffocate before they forced them out and started to physically assault them.
He added that the troops severely beat his 18-year old son Mohamed until he lost his consciousness and took him in chain to an unknown place at the pretext he assaulted a police man.
IOF arrest 30 Palestinians in February after their release from PA custody
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 30 Palestinian citizens in the West Bank in February after they were released from PA authority jails.
A statistics report by the West Bank Pulse website (Omama) on Tuesday documented the names of all those detainees who included Hamas leaders and university students.
It pointed out that 14 of those were from Nablus, five from Al-Khalil, five from Tulkarem, three from Ramallah and three from Qalqilia.
A statistics report by the West Bank Pulse website (Omama) on Tuesday documented the names of all those detainees who included Hamas leaders and university students.
It pointed out that 14 of those were from Nablus, five from Al-Khalil, five from Tulkarem, three from Ramallah and three from Qalqilia.
IOF soldiers nab nine Palestinians
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Arub refugee camp in Al-Khalil and Beit Ummar village, to the north of the city, and rounded up five young men while four others were nabbed in Nablus on Tuesday. Local sources said that IOF soldiers burst into the camp and roamed a number of its suburbs before taking away two teenagers from Teeti family.
Sources in the popular committee against the wall and settlement in Beit Ummar village said that IOF soldiers arrested two youths from the village.
They said that the third young man is from Yatta village, east of Al-Khalil, and was arrested for residing in 1948 land without permit.
Other IOF units rounded up four Palestinians at dawn Tuesday in Nablus city and two nearby villages.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers arrested a young man in the city after breaking into a number of homes in various suburbs.
They said that two others were arrested in Azmut village, east of Nablus, and one in Osreen village, south of Nablus.
They said that the arrest campaign was coupled with violent search of homes that led to damaging furniture and other property.
Sources in the popular committee against the wall and settlement in Beit Ummar village said that IOF soldiers arrested two youths from the village.
They said that the third young man is from Yatta village, east of Al-Khalil, and was arrested for residing in 1948 land without permit.
Other IOF units rounded up four Palestinians at dawn Tuesday in Nablus city and two nearby villages.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers arrested a young man in the city after breaking into a number of homes in various suburbs.
They said that two others were arrested in Azmut village, east of Nablus, and one in Osreen village, south of Nablus.
They said that the arrest campaign was coupled with violent search of homes that led to damaging furniture and other property.
Report: Palestinian kids in Israeli jails exposed to torture and abuse
Human rights lawyer Hiba Masalha revealed new testimonies made by Palestinian children and minors in prison proving their exposure to torture and abuse during their detention. The testimonies came in a report released by the lawyer following her visit to Palestinian kids jailed in Megiddo and Sharon prisons.
Masalha affirmed that the Israelis, jailers, interrogators or soldiers, used physical violence and threats to subdue and bully some Palestinian children during and after their detention.
According to her report, prisoner Amjad Hashash, a 15-year old boy from Balata refugee camp, told the lawyer that when Israeli soldiers detained him on January 26, 2013, he was severely beaten with their hands, feet and batons all over his body.
Hashash explained that the soldiers, afterwards, took him handcuffed and blindfolded into a military vehicle and kept beating him until they arrived at Hawara detention center where they stripped him and later took him to the Salem interrogation center.
He added that the Israeli interrogators at the center forced him to sign papers in Hebrew without him knowing what was written in them, asserting that he was feeling unwell and found it difficult to breathe.
A 17-year old prisoner named Wael Mohsen, who was kidnapped on March 1, 2012 at night from his home in Jenin city, said that Israeli soldiers ransacked his parents' house and then took him outdoors where he was exposed to constant beatings with their hands and rifle butts.
The soldiers kept interrogating him in the house yard until five o'clock in the morning and then drove him to Jalama detention center, the boy said, adding that the soldiers also assaulted him on their way to the jail.
Wael was also strip searched and tortured by Israeli interrogators in Jalama jail.
He stated that the interrogators used an air conditioner in the room where he was questioned in order to make the atmosphere unbearable and suffocating and thus make him feel uncomfortable during the questioning process.
Keeping dim yellow lighting in the room all the time, the interrogators questioned him as his hands and legs were tied to a chair, the boy confirmed.
Another boy named Shaker Masha, 15, complained that as he was being rounded up on February 2013, Israeli soldiers beat him very brutally all over his body causing him to suffer fractures in his nose and arms, and bruises in his face and other parts of his body.
Afterwards, according to his testimony, he was taken to Hadassah hospital where he received treatment from the serious injuries he had sustained.
For his part, Alaa Hathnawi, a 17-year old boy who was kidnapped last month, said that Israeli soldiers stroke his head against one of their jeeps' doors and then took him to Jalama checkpoint where they strip searched him and left him in the cold for long hours at night.
Masalha affirmed that the Israelis, jailers, interrogators or soldiers, used physical violence and threats to subdue and bully some Palestinian children during and after their detention.
According to her report, prisoner Amjad Hashash, a 15-year old boy from Balata refugee camp, told the lawyer that when Israeli soldiers detained him on January 26, 2013, he was severely beaten with their hands, feet and batons all over his body.
Hashash explained that the soldiers, afterwards, took him handcuffed and blindfolded into a military vehicle and kept beating him until they arrived at Hawara detention center where they stripped him and later took him to the Salem interrogation center.
He added that the Israeli interrogators at the center forced him to sign papers in Hebrew without him knowing what was written in them, asserting that he was feeling unwell and found it difficult to breathe.
A 17-year old prisoner named Wael Mohsen, who was kidnapped on March 1, 2012 at night from his home in Jenin city, said that Israeli soldiers ransacked his parents' house and then took him outdoors where he was exposed to constant beatings with their hands and rifle butts.
The soldiers kept interrogating him in the house yard until five o'clock in the morning and then drove him to Jalama detention center, the boy said, adding that the soldiers also assaulted him on their way to the jail.
Wael was also strip searched and tortured by Israeli interrogators in Jalama jail.
He stated that the interrogators used an air conditioner in the room where he was questioned in order to make the atmosphere unbearable and suffocating and thus make him feel uncomfortable during the questioning process.
Keeping dim yellow lighting in the room all the time, the interrogators questioned him as his hands and legs were tied to a chair, the boy confirmed.
Another boy named Shaker Masha, 15, complained that as he was being rounded up on February 2013, Israeli soldiers beat him very brutally all over his body causing him to suffer fractures in his nose and arms, and bruises in his face and other parts of his body.
Afterwards, according to his testimony, he was taken to Hadassah hospital where he received treatment from the serious injuries he had sustained.
For his part, Alaa Hathnawi, a 17-year old boy who was kidnapped last month, said that Israeli soldiers stroke his head against one of their jeeps' doors and then took him to Jalama checkpoint where they strip searched him and left him in the cold for long hours at night.
IOF Forces Arrest Four Palestinians from Hebron
Israeli occupation forces arrested four Palestinians from Hebron province, south of the West Bank.
Security sources said that Israeli forces arrested Mu'taz Faraj Obeidu, 33, the released prisoner Ahmed Yousef Ekhlil, 25, the University student Ahmad Waheed Sabarneh, 22, after raiding their houses in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron.
The sources also said that the forces also arrested Mohammed Jamal Hassan Abu Qbeita, 17.
Spokesperson of the Popular Committee to resist Settlement and Apartheid Wall, Mohammad Awad said, "Israeli forces fired two tear gas canisters inside the house of Younes al-Za'aqiq," He continued, "His wife and three children suffered suffocation due to tear gas inhalation and were treated on field."
Israeli forces raided Jabal Jawhar area, south of Hebron and seared the houses of Raed and Nu'man al-Rajbi.
Security sources said that Israeli forces arrested Mu'taz Faraj Obeidu, 33, the released prisoner Ahmed Yousef Ekhlil, 25, the University student Ahmad Waheed Sabarneh, 22, after raiding their houses in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron.
The sources also said that the forces also arrested Mohammed Jamal Hassan Abu Qbeita, 17.
Spokesperson of the Popular Committee to resist Settlement and Apartheid Wall, Mohammad Awad said, "Israeli forces fired two tear gas canisters inside the house of Younes al-Za'aqiq," He continued, "His wife and three children suffered suffocation due to tear gas inhalation and were treated on field."
Israeli forces raided Jabal Jawhar area, south of Hebron and seared the houses of Raed and Nu'man al-Rajbi.
Army Breaks Into Ramon Prison
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported that dozens of soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade invaded, on Monday night after midnight, sections 3 and 4 of the Ramon Israeli prison where at least 850 Palestinian detainees are held. The ministry said that the soldiers forced the detainees out of their rooms, and violently searched their belongings causing excessive damage.
Detainee Jamal Rajoub, representative of the detainees in the Ramon prison, stated that clashes took place between the detainees and the soldiers after the detainees protested the attack against them.
Rajoub added that the Prison Administration closed sections 3 and 4 and moved three detainees, identified as Mahmoud Fasfous, Mohammad Ash-Shastary, and Mahmoud Hamed, into solitary confinement.
He added that the detainees returned their meals in protest to the ongoing violations against them, and will likely conduct further steps to protest the illegal and cruel treatment they face.
On Monday, Palestinian detainees in the Galboa’ Israeli prison, held a one-day hunger strike, as an initial step, meant to show solidarity with hunger striking detainees, and to protest the ongoing Israeli violations.
On Sunday at night, the army broke into Section 11 of the Negev Detention Camp, and attacked several detainees.
Reports coming out of different detention camps and prisons indicate increasing tension due to escalating Israeli violations against the detainees, including forcing dozens of detainees into solitary confinement, and repeatedly breaking into and searching their rooms.
The Ahrar Center for Detainee’s Studies and Human Rights reported that the army carried out more than 15 attacks against the detainees in February, and that most of the attacks targeted Palestinian detainees held in Majeddo and the Negev prisons.
In related news, the Prison Administration of the Galboa’ Israeli prison is still holding Jordanian detainee, Ali Sharif Nazzal, in solitary confinement for the 14th consecutive day, and decided to deny him family visits for six months.
Earlier on Tuesday at dawn, the army invaded Azmout village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnaped two residents identified as Samer Thabit and Othman Sawalha, after violently breaking into their homes and searching them.
Monday evening a Palestinian resident of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, as he was trying to cross the Al-Karama Bridge on his way back from Jordan. The resident has been identified as Ala’ Hussein At-Teet, 23.
At least 19 Palestinians have been kidnapped by the army, in different parts of the occupied West Bank on Monday.
Detainee Jamal Rajoub, representative of the detainees in the Ramon prison, stated that clashes took place between the detainees and the soldiers after the detainees protested the attack against them.
Rajoub added that the Prison Administration closed sections 3 and 4 and moved three detainees, identified as Mahmoud Fasfous, Mohammad Ash-Shastary, and Mahmoud Hamed, into solitary confinement.
He added that the detainees returned their meals in protest to the ongoing violations against them, and will likely conduct further steps to protest the illegal and cruel treatment they face.
On Monday, Palestinian detainees in the Galboa’ Israeli prison, held a one-day hunger strike, as an initial step, meant to show solidarity with hunger striking detainees, and to protest the ongoing Israeli violations.
On Sunday at night, the army broke into Section 11 of the Negev Detention Camp, and attacked several detainees.
Reports coming out of different detention camps and prisons indicate increasing tension due to escalating Israeli violations against the detainees, including forcing dozens of detainees into solitary confinement, and repeatedly breaking into and searching their rooms.
The Ahrar Center for Detainee’s Studies and Human Rights reported that the army carried out more than 15 attacks against the detainees in February, and that most of the attacks targeted Palestinian detainees held in Majeddo and the Negev prisons.
In related news, the Prison Administration of the Galboa’ Israeli prison is still holding Jordanian detainee, Ali Sharif Nazzal, in solitary confinement for the 14th consecutive day, and decided to deny him family visits for six months.
Earlier on Tuesday at dawn, the army invaded Azmout village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnaped two residents identified as Samer Thabit and Othman Sawalha, after violently breaking into their homes and searching them.
Monday evening a Palestinian resident of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, as he was trying to cross the Al-Karama Bridge on his way back from Jordan. The resident has been identified as Ala’ Hussein At-Teet, 23.
At least 19 Palestinians have been kidnapped by the army, in different parts of the occupied West Bank on Monday.
Body Of Detainee Who Died 30 Year Ago “Missing”
Anis Mahmoud Dola
The Al-Quds Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights issued a press release denouncing the Israeli Supreme Court that informed the Center’s lawyer, Haitham Al-Khatib, that the body of detainee Anis Mahmoud Dola, who died in an Israeli prison 30 years ago is “still missing”.
The Center said that Dola was arrested and imprisoned by the Israeli army, following armed clashes, that took place on June 30 1968 in the Jordan Valley area; he was then sentenced to life imprisonment.
He died on August 31 1980 after suffering various health complications following a 30-day hunger strike held by the detainees in Israeli detention camps. His body was taken to the Abu Kabeer Israeli forensic center and has never been returned to his family that wanted to conduct a proper burial.
The Al-Quds Center demanded the International Red Cross to practice serious pressure on Israel to locate the remains of the detainee, especially since Israel claims that it has no idea what happened to his body after it was sent to the forensic center.
Lawyer Al-Khatib said that the case of Anis is very significant as it tells the suffering of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, tells the story of hundreds of slain Arab and Palestinian detainees and fighters who are buried nameless in Israel’s Numbers Graveyard.
He added that the Red Cross should be more active and persistent in obtaining detailed information about the detainees, especially those who were killed by Israel and their bodies were never found.
Furthermore, Al-Khatib said that, two days ago, the Israeli Supreme Court, decided to drop the case of Anis as he has been dead for more than 30 years.
The court said that its decision was made because the Israeli Security Agency, the Army and the Police, and the Israeli Prison Authority, in addition to the Israeli National Insurance Agency, could not come up with any positive lead that could clarify the fate of Anis’s body.
The Al-Quds Center called on the Palestinian leadership to contact Arab and international parties in order to expose this case to international public “as it clearly shows the racist Israeli policies”, and to practice pressure on Tel Aviv to return the body of Anis, and all missing bodies, to their families so that they can conduct proper burials.
The Center added that Israel is still holding captive the bodies of 250 Palestinian and Arab citizens.
It further said that Anis died in a different battle, a battle of empty bowels, following a hunger strike that was held by hundreds of detainees who were protesting the harsh living conditions and constant harassment in Israeli prisons.
The Center saluted all detainees who are currently holding hunger strikes demanding their internationally guaranteed rights, and said that the detainees are the symbols of the legitimate Palestinian resistance against the occupation, and the defenders of the Right of Return of all refugees as stated by Security Council Resolution 194.
Occupation accused of selling organs of a Palestinian who died in jail
A Palestinian human rights center concerned in prisoners' issues accused the occupation authorities of trading with organs of a Palestinian martyr who passed away in Ashkelon prison in 1980.Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said in a press statement on Tuesday that Israel, after 30 years, still denies the existence of the body of Palestinian martyr Anas Dawla.
It asserted that Dawla had been killed in the jails and that the Israeli authorities have been hiding his body and did not even allow burying him.
PPS has also revealed its belief that the Israeli side has been selling the organs of the martyr.
The occupation Supreme Court has issued a decision providing for rejecting the request to hand over Dawla's body to his family, under the pretext that it does not exist. The PPS considers this procedure as a crime.
The Palestinian human rights society demanded the formation of an international commission to investigate the series of crimes committed by the Israeli authorities against Palestinian prisoners, and to prosecute the Israeli leaders responsible for those crimes.
For its part, Palestinian Foundation of Health Work Committees urged for an international inquiry to uncover the circumstances of the death of captive Dawla in Ashkelon detention center, in light of recently raised investigations and media reports stating that the occupation soldiers and other Israeli bodies have been conducting experiments on the Palestinian martyrs' bodies and selling their organs.
The Foundation called for intensifying Palestinian and international efforts to free all the prisoners from Israeli jails, and to release the 240 bodies of Palestinian and Arab martyrs that are still held by the occupation authorities.
The Al-Quds Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights issued a press release denouncing the Israeli Supreme Court that informed the Center’s lawyer, Haitham Al-Khatib, that the body of detainee Anis Mahmoud Dola, who died in an Israeli prison 30 years ago is “still missing”.
The Center said that Dola was arrested and imprisoned by the Israeli army, following armed clashes, that took place on June 30 1968 in the Jordan Valley area; he was then sentenced to life imprisonment.
He died on August 31 1980 after suffering various health complications following a 30-day hunger strike held by the detainees in Israeli detention camps. His body was taken to the Abu Kabeer Israeli forensic center and has never been returned to his family that wanted to conduct a proper burial.
The Al-Quds Center demanded the International Red Cross to practice serious pressure on Israel to locate the remains of the detainee, especially since Israel claims that it has no idea what happened to his body after it was sent to the forensic center.
Lawyer Al-Khatib said that the case of Anis is very significant as it tells the suffering of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, tells the story of hundreds of slain Arab and Palestinian detainees and fighters who are buried nameless in Israel’s Numbers Graveyard.
He added that the Red Cross should be more active and persistent in obtaining detailed information about the detainees, especially those who were killed by Israel and their bodies were never found.
Furthermore, Al-Khatib said that, two days ago, the Israeli Supreme Court, decided to drop the case of Anis as he has been dead for more than 30 years.
The court said that its decision was made because the Israeli Security Agency, the Army and the Police, and the Israeli Prison Authority, in addition to the Israeli National Insurance Agency, could not come up with any positive lead that could clarify the fate of Anis’s body.
The Al-Quds Center called on the Palestinian leadership to contact Arab and international parties in order to expose this case to international public “as it clearly shows the racist Israeli policies”, and to practice pressure on Tel Aviv to return the body of Anis, and all missing bodies, to their families so that they can conduct proper burials.
The Center added that Israel is still holding captive the bodies of 250 Palestinian and Arab citizens.
It further said that Anis died in a different battle, a battle of empty bowels, following a hunger strike that was held by hundreds of detainees who were protesting the harsh living conditions and constant harassment in Israeli prisons.
The Center saluted all detainees who are currently holding hunger strikes demanding their internationally guaranteed rights, and said that the detainees are the symbols of the legitimate Palestinian resistance against the occupation, and the defenders of the Right of Return of all refugees as stated by Security Council Resolution 194.
Occupation accused of selling organs of a Palestinian who died in jail
A Palestinian human rights center concerned in prisoners' issues accused the occupation authorities of trading with organs of a Palestinian martyr who passed away in Ashkelon prison in 1980.Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said in a press statement on Tuesday that Israel, after 30 years, still denies the existence of the body of Palestinian martyr Anas Dawla.
It asserted that Dawla had been killed in the jails and that the Israeli authorities have been hiding his body and did not even allow burying him.
PPS has also revealed its belief that the Israeli side has been selling the organs of the martyr.
The occupation Supreme Court has issued a decision providing for rejecting the request to hand over Dawla's body to his family, under the pretext that it does not exist. The PPS considers this procedure as a crime.
The Palestinian human rights society demanded the formation of an international commission to investigate the series of crimes committed by the Israeli authorities against Palestinian prisoners, and to prosecute the Israeli leaders responsible for those crimes.
For its part, Palestinian Foundation of Health Work Committees urged for an international inquiry to uncover the circumstances of the death of captive Dawla in Ashkelon detention center, in light of recently raised investigations and media reports stating that the occupation soldiers and other Israeli bodies have been conducting experiments on the Palestinian martyrs' bodies and selling their organs.
The Foundation called for intensifying Palestinian and international efforts to free all the prisoners from Israeli jails, and to release the 240 bodies of Palestinian and Arab martyrs that are still held by the occupation authorities.
4 mar 2013
Palestinian female prisoner sentenced to 30 months
The Israeli District Court sentenced the Jerusalemite female prisoner Intissar Sayad to 30 months (two and a half years), on charges of stabbing an Israeli soldier.
Intissar Sayad was arrested on 22/11/2012 after stabbing an Israeli soldier in Salah al-Din Street, lightly wounding him, Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center said, pointing out that the Israeli court refused appeals to release her on bail under the pretext her being a security threat to "Israel".
The prisoner Sayad is to serve her sentence at Hasharon prison. She is the mother of four children aged between 12 and 18 years old.
Israeli police have released seven young men from the town of Beit Safafa, after paying a fine of 2000 shekels each and were put under house arrest for 3 days, in addition to a pledge not to take part in any more “unauthorized” demonstrations.
The youths were charged with assault of Israeli police and hampering their work.
The police have arrested 10 youths, including a minor who was released on the same day, during a sit-in organized last Friday in Beit Safafa, where they were subjected to severe attack by Israeli police before being taken to al-Maskoubiya detention center.
Meanwhile, Palestinian human rights sources confirmed that the Israeli occupation is still holding 13 Palestinian women in Hasharon prison, including seven who are held without trial.
Lena Jerboni, from the occupied Galilee in northern occupied Palestine, was arrested on April 18, 2002 where she served a sentence of 17 years and is considered the oldest Palestinian female prisoner in Israeli prisons, PPS said in statement on Sunday.
The human rights center explained that 5 female prisoners are from the city of al-Khalil, 2 are from Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, 2 others are from Jenin, one from Nablusin the northern West Bank, and 2 female prisoners are from the occupied city of Jerusalem, and one female captive is from the occupied Galilee.
Report: IOF rounded up 116 Palestinians over the past week
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed 116 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank over the past week, a report by Hamas on Monday said. The report noted that 39 Jerusalemites were arrested in addition to 17 citizens from Al-Khalil, 15 from Ramallah, 11 from Nablus and 35 from Jenin, Salfit, Bethlehem, and Qalqilia.
It said that the detainees included a woman in occupied Jerusalem and 25 teens and minors.
The report pointed out that three were recently released from PA jails, adding that the PA also arrested three who were recently released from Israeli jails.
Intissar Sayad was arrested on 22/11/2012 after stabbing an Israeli soldier in Salah al-Din Street, lightly wounding him, Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center said, pointing out that the Israeli court refused appeals to release her on bail under the pretext her being a security threat to "Israel".
The prisoner Sayad is to serve her sentence at Hasharon prison. She is the mother of four children aged between 12 and 18 years old.
Israeli police have released seven young men from the town of Beit Safafa, after paying a fine of 2000 shekels each and were put under house arrest for 3 days, in addition to a pledge not to take part in any more “unauthorized” demonstrations.
The youths were charged with assault of Israeli police and hampering their work.
The police have arrested 10 youths, including a minor who was released on the same day, during a sit-in organized last Friday in Beit Safafa, where they were subjected to severe attack by Israeli police before being taken to al-Maskoubiya detention center.
Meanwhile, Palestinian human rights sources confirmed that the Israeli occupation is still holding 13 Palestinian women in Hasharon prison, including seven who are held without trial.
Lena Jerboni, from the occupied Galilee in northern occupied Palestine, was arrested on April 18, 2002 where she served a sentence of 17 years and is considered the oldest Palestinian female prisoner in Israeli prisons, PPS said in statement on Sunday.
The human rights center explained that 5 female prisoners are from the city of al-Khalil, 2 are from Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, 2 others are from Jenin, one from Nablusin the northern West Bank, and 2 female prisoners are from the occupied city of Jerusalem, and one female captive is from the occupied Galilee.
Report: IOF rounded up 116 Palestinians over the past week
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed 116 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank over the past week, a report by Hamas on Monday said. The report noted that 39 Jerusalemites were arrested in addition to 17 citizens from Al-Khalil, 15 from Ramallah, 11 from Nablus and 35 from Jenin, Salfit, Bethlehem, and Qalqilia.
It said that the detainees included a woman in occupied Jerusalem and 25 teens and minors.
The report pointed out that three were recently released from PA jails, adding that the PA also arrested three who were recently released from Israeli jails.
IOA claims arresting Hamas cell
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) announced on Monday that a commando cell affiliated with Hamas was recently arrested in the West Bank.
Hebrew press said that liberated prisoner Basel Al-Haymoni, who was deported to Gaza after his release in the Wafa Al-Ahrar deal, was the one responsible for recruiting the cell members and directing them.
It said that three young men were detained in connection with that cell and that they would be indicted soon.
It said that an explosive device was found with members of the cell, but would not divulge their names.
Hebrew press said that liberated prisoner Basel Al-Haymoni, who was deported to Gaza after his release in the Wafa Al-Ahrar deal, was the one responsible for recruiting the cell members and directing them.
It said that three young men were detained in connection with that cell and that they would be indicted soon.
It said that an explosive device was found with members of the cell, but would not divulge their names.
Palestinian man arrested for allegedly trying to attack soldier
A Palestinian man from Tulkarem was arrested on Sunday night for allegedly trying to attack an Israeli soldier, a Hebrew website said.
Yediot Ahronot said on its website that Israeli soldiers detained a man near Tulkarem with a knife in his possession claiming that he was going to use it to stab a soldier at a checkpoint near Teiba city in 1948 occupied land that is adjacent to Tulkarem.
It quoted army sources as saying that the soldiers suspected the man before reaching the roadblock and when they asked him to stop for search a knife fell from his pocket and he grabbed it and tried to stab a soldier but the soldiers overwhelmed and arrested him.
Yediot Ahronot said on its website that Israeli soldiers detained a man near Tulkarem with a knife in his possession claiming that he was going to use it to stab a soldier at a checkpoint near Teiba city in 1948 occupied land that is adjacent to Tulkarem.
It quoted army sources as saying that the soldiers suspected the man before reaching the roadblock and when they asked him to stop for search a knife fell from his pocket and he grabbed it and tried to stab a soldier but the soldiers overwhelmed and arrested him.
Natsheh: Israel's administrative detention of prisoners is like slow death
The newly released prisoner Mazen Al-Natsheh described the administrative detention used by Israel against the Palestinians as slow death and a life sentence with probation. "The administrative prisoner only knows the date of his arrest and knows nothing after this date.
He is like buried in the tomb of political arrest and has no idea when he will go out," Natsheh said in a press statement to the Palestinian information center (PIC).
He added that the prisoner in administrative detention also does not know why he was arrested, while the Israeli jailers keep extending his imprisonment without stating the reasons.
Natsheh also revealed some side of the psychological situation which the Palestinian prisoners live in after the death of prisoner Arafat Jaradat.
"Following this incident, the prisoners became psychologically anxious, unstable and confused and they now fear for their lives from the Zionist arrogance and the hatred residing in the hearts of the Shabak men. The stroke of a pen sends a prisoner from his cell to interrogation rooms which became death chambers, and we do not know if he will return dead or alive," the ex-detainee stated.
"Our hunger strikers are going through the most difficult days of their lives because the prison authority does not care anymore if they die or survive, not to mention that their health conditions are very disturbing and many of them suffered from chronic diseases," he noted.
Natsheh was released on Sunday and was received at Addaheriya checkpoint, southwest of Al-Khalil city, by some Hamas officials and a massive crowd of citizens.
He is like buried in the tomb of political arrest and has no idea when he will go out," Natsheh said in a press statement to the Palestinian information center (PIC).
He added that the prisoner in administrative detention also does not know why he was arrested, while the Israeli jailers keep extending his imprisonment without stating the reasons.
Natsheh also revealed some side of the psychological situation which the Palestinian prisoners live in after the death of prisoner Arafat Jaradat.
"Following this incident, the prisoners became psychologically anxious, unstable and confused and they now fear for their lives from the Zionist arrogance and the hatred residing in the hearts of the Shabak men. The stroke of a pen sends a prisoner from his cell to interrogation rooms which became death chambers, and we do not know if he will return dead or alive," the ex-detainee stated.
"Our hunger strikers are going through the most difficult days of their lives because the prison authority does not care anymore if they die or survive, not to mention that their health conditions are very disturbing and many of them suffered from chronic diseases," he noted.
Natsheh was released on Sunday and was received at Addaheriya checkpoint, southwest of Al-Khalil city, by some Hamas officials and a massive crowd of citizens.
Detainees In Galboa’ Prison Hold One Day Strike, Warn Escalation
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that the Palestinian detainees in the Galboa’ Israeli prison, are holding a one-day hunger strike, as an initial step, part of activities in support of hunger striking detainees, and to protest the ongoing Israeli violations.
Qaraqe’ said that 120-140 detainees in Galboa’ declared strike and returned their meals as part of further steps that also comes in retaliation to the death of detainee Arafat Jaradat who was tortured to death.
Jaradat, 33, from Safire town, near Hebron city, was kidnapped by the army on February 18, and was subject to extreme torture that led to his death in an Israeli interrogation facility on Saturday February 23, 2013.
Furthermore, Qaraqe’ said that, on Sunday at night, the army broke into Section 11 of the Negev Detention Camp, and attacked several detainees.
Also, Israeli sources reported that an Israeli officer was injured in the eye after being punched by a detainee when the army broke into Section 6 of the Negev Camp.
Reports coming out of different detention camps and prisons indicate increasing tension due to escalating Israeli violations against the detainees, including forcing dozens of detainees into solitary confinement, and repeatedly braking into and searching their rooms.
The Ahrar Center for Detainee’s Studies and Human Rights reported that the army carried out more than 15 attacks against the detainees in February, and that most of the attacks targeted Palestinian detainees held in Majiddo and the Negev prisons.
Qaraqe’ said that 120-140 detainees in Galboa’ declared strike and returned their meals as part of further steps that also comes in retaliation to the death of detainee Arafat Jaradat who was tortured to death.
Jaradat, 33, from Safire town, near Hebron city, was kidnapped by the army on February 18, and was subject to extreme torture that led to his death in an Israeli interrogation facility on Saturday February 23, 2013.
Furthermore, Qaraqe’ said that, on Sunday at night, the army broke into Section 11 of the Negev Detention Camp, and attacked several detainees.
Also, Israeli sources reported that an Israeli officer was injured in the eye after being punched by a detainee when the army broke into Section 6 of the Negev Camp.
Reports coming out of different detention camps and prisons indicate increasing tension due to escalating Israeli violations against the detainees, including forcing dozens of detainees into solitary confinement, and repeatedly braking into and searching their rooms.
The Ahrar Center for Detainee’s Studies and Human Rights reported that the army carried out more than 15 attacks against the detainees in February, and that most of the attacks targeted Palestinian detainees held in Majiddo and the Negev prisons.
Health of prisoner Abu Hamdiya falters
The health condition of Maysara Hamdiya has seriously faltered in Israeli detention after he developed throat cancer, his sister I’tidal said.
I’tidal told the PIC on Sunday that her brother could not even write due to weak health condition. She said that Maysara, 64, has lost 15 kilograms of his weight, lost appetite, and could not move properly.
She quoted prisoners recently released, who were with Maysara in the same cell, as saying that his health condition was worsening amidst medical neglect on the part of the Israeli prison administration.
The prison administration had told the other prisoners that Maysara was suffering from throat cancer. Maysara was arrested in 2002 and is serving a life sentence and has previously suffered bleeding in the stomach before contracting cancer.
Hundreds of children rally in Nablus in support of prisoners
Hundreds of children rallied in Nablus city on Monday to show support for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli occupation jails.
The children, who came from various areas in Nablus governorate, carried posters demanding the release of prisoners and denouncing Israeli violations against them.
Participants from various Palestinian factions held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the lives of those striking prisoners, who are threatened with death any moment.
They also urged the world community to assume its responsibility towards the issue of those prisoners, pointing to the recent death of detainee Arafat Jaradat under torture.
I’tidal told the PIC on Sunday that her brother could not even write due to weak health condition. She said that Maysara, 64, has lost 15 kilograms of his weight, lost appetite, and could not move properly.
She quoted prisoners recently released, who were with Maysara in the same cell, as saying that his health condition was worsening amidst medical neglect on the part of the Israeli prison administration.
The prison administration had told the other prisoners that Maysara was suffering from throat cancer. Maysara was arrested in 2002 and is serving a life sentence and has previously suffered bleeding in the stomach before contracting cancer.
Hundreds of children rally in Nablus in support of prisoners
Hundreds of children rallied in Nablus city on Monday to show support for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli occupation jails.
The children, who came from various areas in Nablus governorate, carried posters demanding the release of prisoners and denouncing Israeli violations against them.
Participants from various Palestinian factions held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the lives of those striking prisoners, who are threatened with death any moment.
They also urged the world community to assume its responsibility towards the issue of those prisoners, pointing to the recent death of detainee Arafat Jaradat under torture.
IOF soldiers storm Nablus, launch arrest campaign
Israeli occupation forces(IOF) stormed the city of Nablus from a number of axes at dawn Monday and rounded up a number of citizens.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers in a number of armored vehicles advanced into the city and arrested a number of young men.
They said that young men engaged the invading troops in a number of suburbs and threw stones at them.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers in a number of armored vehicles advanced into the city and arrested a number of young men.
They said that young men engaged the invading troops in a number of suburbs and threw stones at them.
3 mar 2013
IOF soldiers arrest seriously ill minor
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained a 16-year-old boy in Yabad village, south of Jenin, despite suffering serious illness.
Local sources said that Majed Abu Bakir was arrested by those forces at a late night hour Saturday on returning from his work in 1948 occupied land.
They said that the soldiers did not care less about his relatives’ warning that the boy was suffering from kidney failure.
Local sources said that Majed Abu Bakir was arrested by those forces at a late night hour Saturday on returning from his work in 1948 occupied land.
They said that the soldiers did not care less about his relatives’ warning that the boy was suffering from kidney failure.
Issawi still on hunger strike despite serious condition
Samer Al-Issawi, who has been on hunger strike for more than six months, was transferred from Ramle prison hospital to Kaplan hospital after his health worsened.
Lawyer Jawad Bulous, the head of the legal section in the Palestinian prisoner’s society, said that Issawi was taken to Kaplan hospital on Tuesday after his pulse weakened and he started to sweat on his face and limbs from exhaustion.
Bulous said that he protested, during a visit to Issawi on Sunday, with the nursing staff and jailers for putting milk and other liquids in front of his bed in a bid to lure him into ending his hunger strike.
He said that the nursing staff ignored his request to remove those items, adding that Issawi was adamant on persisting in his hunger strike until he is freed from captivity.
The lawyer pointed out that Issawi was only drinking water and taking some vitamins and sugar.
He quoted Issawi as saying that he was pondering boycotting the Israeli military court after it refused all defense requests during the trial of his colleague Ayman Al-Sharawne, who is also on hunger strike.
Lawyer Jawad Bulous, the head of the legal section in the Palestinian prisoner’s society, said that Issawi was taken to Kaplan hospital on Tuesday after his pulse weakened and he started to sweat on his face and limbs from exhaustion.
Bulous said that he protested, during a visit to Issawi on Sunday, with the nursing staff and jailers for putting milk and other liquids in front of his bed in a bid to lure him into ending his hunger strike.
He said that the nursing staff ignored his request to remove those items, adding that Issawi was adamant on persisting in his hunger strike until he is freed from captivity.
The lawyer pointed out that Issawi was only drinking water and taking some vitamins and sugar.
He quoted Issawi as saying that he was pondering boycotting the Israeli military court after it refused all defense requests during the trial of his colleague Ayman Al-Sharawne, who is also on hunger strike.
IOA blocks family visit to MP Tal
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) blocked a family visit to detained MP Mohammed Al-Tal in Ofer prison to the west of Ramallah on Sunday. Family members said that that the IOA blocked their visit, which is organized by the Red Cross, without giving any reason.
The IOA arrested Tal in his home almost a month ago for the fourth time during his membership in the Palestinian legislative council. He was detained five times before that.
The IOA arrested Tal in his home almost a month ago for the fourth time during his membership in the Palestinian legislative council. He was detained five times before that.
IOF launches summonses campaign in Jenin
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out at dawn Sunday a summonses campaign in the village of Sanur, south of the city of Jenin, and raided the towns of Burkin and Kafr Koud to the west of the city.
Local sources said that over ten military vehicles stormed Sanur at dawn Sunday. The soldiers broke into and searched Palestinian houses, as an Israeli intelligence officer started interrogating the citizens.
The sources pointed out that the occupation forces summoned 8 young men from the town to the intelligence headquarters.
The Israeli intelligence has summoned during the past month more than 20 youths in the village.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed at dawn the village of Burqin, erected ambushes between the alleys and roamed in the vicinity of the Burqin Church. No arrests have been reported.
The Israeli soldiers have also raided the village of Kafr Koud and set up a checkpoint at its entrance.
Local sources said that over ten military vehicles stormed Sanur at dawn Sunday. The soldiers broke into and searched Palestinian houses, as an Israeli intelligence officer started interrogating the citizens.
The sources pointed out that the occupation forces summoned 8 young men from the town to the intelligence headquarters.
The Israeli intelligence has summoned during the past month more than 20 youths in the village.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed at dawn the village of Burqin, erected ambushes between the alleys and roamed in the vicinity of the Burqin Church. No arrests have been reported.
The Israeli soldiers have also raided the village of Kafr Koud and set up a checkpoint at its entrance.
IOA releases dean of the administrative detainees Mazen Natsheh
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) released the dean of the administrative detainees Mazen Natsheh, 41, from the city of al-Khalil, who is considered the oldest administrative detainee in the Israeli prisons, Ahrar center for prisoners' studies revealed.
The center said that the captive Mazen Natshe was arrested many times previously, "his detention suffering began in 1996, then he was re-arrested in 1999 and sentenced to 13 months in prison, in addition he was arrested three times in 2002, where he spent the 9 months under administrative detention, to come back and be arrested and prosecuted administratively again in 2009."
For his part, Fouad Al Khuffash, director of the center, said that the Israeli occupation still imposes administrative detention on hundreds of Palestinian people, expressing his extreme worry towards their fate and their families.
The prisoner Mazen Natshe, a father of two children, he was studying the master degree when he was arrested.
The center said that the captive Mazen Natshe was arrested many times previously, "his detention suffering began in 1996, then he was re-arrested in 1999 and sentenced to 13 months in prison, in addition he was arrested three times in 2002, where he spent the 9 months under administrative detention, to come back and be arrested and prosecuted administratively again in 2009."
For his part, Fouad Al Khuffash, director of the center, said that the Israeli occupation still imposes administrative detention on hundreds of Palestinian people, expressing his extreme worry towards their fate and their families.
The prisoner Mazen Natshe, a father of two children, he was studying the master degree when he was arrested.
Tension in Ofer jail, three prisoners on hunger strike
Tension is running high in Ofer jail after Israeli guards stormed wards 14 and 15 on a “provocative and savage” search that damaged personal belongings of the prisoners.
Lawyer and human rights activist Ibrahim Al-Araj said after visiting the prison on Saturday that tension was till high in the jail after the rabid search.
He said that three prisoners were quelled and maltreated for going on hunger strike three days earlier.
The lawyer noted that the prison administration transferred the three administrative detainees to isolation cells and imposed on every one of them a fine of 150 shekels on each day of hunger strike.
Lawyer and human rights activist Ibrahim Al-Araj said after visiting the prison on Saturday that tension was till high in the jail after the rabid search.
He said that three prisoners were quelled and maltreated for going on hunger strike three days earlier.
The lawyer noted that the prison administration transferred the three administrative detainees to isolation cells and imposed on every one of them a fine of 150 shekels on each day of hunger strike.
IOA extends administrative custody of former minister
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) renewed the administrative detention of former minister Issa Al-Jabari for one month.
A statement by a committee for the support of prisoners said that Jabari, from Al-Khalil, was arrested in May 2011 and served 22 months in administrative detention, without trial or charge, in the Negev desert prison.
It said that Jabari, who served as minister of local government in the 2006 PA government, had been imprisoned almost eight years in Israeli jails at separate intervals.
A statement by a committee for the support of prisoners said that Jabari, from Al-Khalil, was arrested in May 2011 and served 22 months in administrative detention, without trial or charge, in the Negev desert prison.
It said that Jabari, who served as minister of local government in the 2006 PA government, had been imprisoned almost eight years in Israeli jails at separate intervals.
2 mar 2013
IOF soldiers arrest two citizens in Hawara confrontations
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed two Palestinians during confrontations at the Hawara roadblock, south of Nablus, on Saturday morning.
The PIC reporter in the area said that a Palestinian man was hit with a teargas canister in his face while a number of other citizens were treated for breathing difficulty including minister of social affairs Majeda Al-Masri.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers chased young men in nearby fields after they closed the roads leading to the roadblock with stones and burnt tires.
The PIC reporter in the area said that a Palestinian man was hit with a teargas canister in his face while a number of other citizens were treated for breathing difficulty including minister of social affairs Majeda Al-Masri.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers chased young men in nearby fields after they closed the roads leading to the roadblock with stones and burnt tires.
Appeals for saving the life of patient captive Abu Hamdiya
Palestinian prisoners at Raymond desert prison launched an urgent appeal to save the captive Maysara Abu Hamdiya, 65, whose health condition has significantly deteriorated in the past few days.
The prisoners demanded, in a letter they sent to Wa'ed Society for Prisoners and Ex-detainees, all the international, human rights and humanitarian institutions to immediately intervene to release captive Maysara who suffers from serious illnesses, such as throat cancer. They asserted that, at any moment, he might meet the same fate of captive Arafat Jaradat, who had recently died in jail.
There are nearly 4700 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails; hundreds of them suffer from serious and chronic diseases. There are 150 patient captives who need to undergo urgent surgeries.
The Israeli occupation authorities refused to release Abu Hamdiya after the doctors proved that he suffers from cancer, which led to the deterioration of his health condition, as part of the policy of medical neglect in the Israeli jails.
Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said in a statement on Saturday that the prisoner Abu Hamdiya had been transferred more than once to Soroka hospital, adding that he suffers from high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels.
Abu Hamdiya was arrested 11 years ago and Ofer military court sentenced him to life imprisonment on charges of resisting the occupation.
He had been earlier arrested four times in the sixties because of being active in the ranks of Fatah movement. He was also one of the deportees to Jordan in 1978.
His sister I'tidal Abu Hamdiya said that her brother returned to his homeland in 1998, but the IOA re-arrested him in 2002.
Captive Abu Hamdiya has been deprived of family visits. However, he keeps up high spirits and a strong will in spite of his health condition and the illnesses he suffers from.
I'tidal Abu Hamdiya appealed to local and international human rights and humanitarian organizations to intervene in order to release her brother due to his health status, as well as the bad detention conditions.
The prisoners demanded, in a letter they sent to Wa'ed Society for Prisoners and Ex-detainees, all the international, human rights and humanitarian institutions to immediately intervene to release captive Maysara who suffers from serious illnesses, such as throat cancer. They asserted that, at any moment, he might meet the same fate of captive Arafat Jaradat, who had recently died in jail.
There are nearly 4700 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails; hundreds of them suffer from serious and chronic diseases. There are 150 patient captives who need to undergo urgent surgeries.
The Israeli occupation authorities refused to release Abu Hamdiya after the doctors proved that he suffers from cancer, which led to the deterioration of his health condition, as part of the policy of medical neglect in the Israeli jails.
Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said in a statement on Saturday that the prisoner Abu Hamdiya had been transferred more than once to Soroka hospital, adding that he suffers from high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels.
Abu Hamdiya was arrested 11 years ago and Ofer military court sentenced him to life imprisonment on charges of resisting the occupation.
He had been earlier arrested four times in the sixties because of being active in the ranks of Fatah movement. He was also one of the deportees to Jordan in 1978.
His sister I'tidal Abu Hamdiya said that her brother returned to his homeland in 1998, but the IOA re-arrested him in 2002.
Captive Abu Hamdiya has been deprived of family visits. However, he keeps up high spirits and a strong will in spite of his health condition and the illnesses he suffers from.
I'tidal Abu Hamdiya appealed to local and international human rights and humanitarian organizations to intervene in order to release her brother due to his health status, as well as the bad detention conditions.
IOA prosecutes a boy from Jenin and erects checkpoints
Israeli military court in Salem camp, northern Jenin, postponed the trial of a Palestinian boy from the town of Rummaneh, western Jenin, and refused to release him.
Zuhair Rashid Ahmad, 17, was arrested by Israeli soldiers on 15/2/2013 after an Israeli military jeep had deliberately run over him. The court insisted on accusing the Palestinian boy of participating in the demonstration that took place at the Jalama checkpoint.
Meanwhile, the Israeli forces have erected, since the early morning hours Saturday, a military checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Ya'bad south of Jenin, and started confiscating vehicles, abusing the citizens and preventing them from heading to their work places.
Zuhair Rashid Ahmad, 17, was arrested by Israeli soldiers on 15/2/2013 after an Israeli military jeep had deliberately run over him. The court insisted on accusing the Palestinian boy of participating in the demonstration that took place at the Jalama checkpoint.
Meanwhile, the Israeli forces have erected, since the early morning hours Saturday, a military checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Ya'bad south of Jenin, and started confiscating vehicles, abusing the citizens and preventing them from heading to their work places.
Two human rights organizations call for the release of Palestinian academic
Friends of Humanity International and Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights have demanded the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) to quickly release Dr. Mohammed Ghazal, Palestinian lecturer at Al-Najah University.
The organizations said that the Israeli occupation authorities have been detaining Ghazal, Doctor of Engineering at one of the major universities in Palestine, since December 2011, under administrative detention which has been renewed three times, each time for a period of six months.
The two human rights organizations said that the IOA did not take into consideration the health condition of 55-year-old Mohammed Ghazal, from Nablus, who suffers from high blood pressure and other diseases.
Nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners are held under the yoke of the unjust administrative detention in Israeli jails without any charges.
The organizations said that the Israeli occupation authorities have been detaining Ghazal, Doctor of Engineering at one of the major universities in Palestine, since December 2011, under administrative detention which has been renewed three times, each time for a period of six months.
The two human rights organizations said that the IOA did not take into consideration the health condition of 55-year-old Mohammed Ghazal, from Nablus, who suffers from high blood pressure and other diseases.
Nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners are held under the yoke of the unjust administrative detention in Israeli jails without any charges.
Israeli court adjourns hearing on young woman’s trial for 20th time
The mother of 19-year-old captive Ala’a Al-Juba has said that her daughter was suffering from a very difficult psychological condition after an Israeli court adjourned hearing on her trial for the 20th time.
Um Ashraf said that her daughter was arrested near the Ibrahimi mosque in Al-Khalil on 7/12/2011 at the pretext she was carrying a knife and planned to attack an Israeli soldier.
She said that the Israeli prosecution did not present an indictment to court against her daughter but only presented the soldiers’ claim against her.
The mother said that she could only visit her daughter once since her arrest due to her illness.
Um Ashraf said that her daughter was arrested near the Ibrahimi mosque in Al-Khalil on 7/12/2011 at the pretext she was carrying a knife and planned to attack an Israeli soldier.
She said that the Israeli prosecution did not present an indictment to court against her daughter but only presented the soldiers’ claim against her.
The mother said that she could only visit her daughter once since her arrest due to her illness.
IOF soldiers arrest two Jerusalemites
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Silwan suburb, south of occupied Jerusalem, and arrested two young men.
Wadi Hilwa information center said that IOF soldiers broke into the town at dawn Saturday and searched the homes of Mohammed Ode and Mohammed Badir before taking them away for interrogation.
It said that both were taken to Maskobeh detention center, adding that the soldiers served a summons to Badir’s brother for intelligence interrogation next Tuesday.
Wadi Hilwa information center said that IOF soldiers broke into the town at dawn Saturday and searched the homes of Mohammed Ode and Mohammed Badir before taking them away for interrogation.
It said that both were taken to Maskobeh detention center, adding that the soldiers served a summons to Badir’s brother for intelligence interrogation next Tuesday.
Israeli court extends remand of cartoonist
The Israeli military court in Askalan decided to extend the remand of Palestinian cartoonist Mohammed Sabana for eight more days.
The court turned down a request for his lawyer to visit him, adding that the ban would remain in force until 2nd March.
The court even refused to allow the lawyer to speak to Sabana during the court hearing on Thursday and refused to release him on bail.
Sabana family, in Qabatiya village in Jenin province, is concerned about his condition and over the pressures being exerted on Mohammed during his interrogation that started two weeks earlier.
The court turned down a request for his lawyer to visit him, adding that the ban would remain in force until 2nd March.
The court even refused to allow the lawyer to speak to Sabana during the court hearing on Thursday and refused to release him on bail.
Sabana family, in Qabatiya village in Jenin province, is concerned about his condition and over the pressures being exerted on Mohammed during his interrogation that started two weeks earlier.
1 mar 2013
Gaza: PLC holds an emergency session concerning Jaradat's murder
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) held in Gaza, on Thursday, an emergency session discussing Jaradat's murder in Israeli jails under torture, and the prisoners' conditions, especially the hunger strikers. The session was attended by Minister of Prisoners' affairs in Gaza, Dr. Atallah Abu Sabah and representatives of prisoners' families.
Dr. Ahmed Bahar, First Deputy Chairman of the PLC, held the occupation authorities fully responsible for the killing of Jaradat, describing it as a "war crime".
Bahar called to form an international investigation committee under the auspices of the United Nations regarding "the martyrdom of the prisoner Jaradat during interrogation and the Israeli torture methods and inhuman practices against Palestinian prisoners," noting that more than 4,600 prisoners are being held in 17 detention centers."
Bahar called on states that have relations with the Israeli entity to boycott this state because of its continued crimes against the prisoners.
He also called for launching an international humanitarian and legal campaign and an international coalition of various human rights organizations to stop the Israeli arbitrary policy of administrative detention against Palestinian prisoners, especially the elected MPs.
He called on the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva to bear its legal and humanitarian obligations towards prisoners and to pressure the occupation authorities to stop its violations against Palestinian prisoners.
Bahar called on all parliaments in the world "to hold a special session to discuss the difficult conditions of the prisoners and to prosecute the occupation in international courts"
The PLC First Deputy appreciated the Palestinian people and factions' role in supporting the prisoners' issue, calling for more solidarity events as a prelude for a third Intifada against the occupation.
Bahar asked the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah "to boycott the negotiations and to stop the security coordination with the occupation for the martyrs' sake especially Jaradat.
Dr. Ahmed Bahar, First Deputy Chairman of the PLC, held the occupation authorities fully responsible for the killing of Jaradat, describing it as a "war crime".
Bahar called to form an international investigation committee under the auspices of the United Nations regarding "the martyrdom of the prisoner Jaradat during interrogation and the Israeli torture methods and inhuman practices against Palestinian prisoners," noting that more than 4,600 prisoners are being held in 17 detention centers."
Bahar called on states that have relations with the Israeli entity to boycott this state because of its continued crimes against the prisoners.
He also called for launching an international humanitarian and legal campaign and an international coalition of various human rights organizations to stop the Israeli arbitrary policy of administrative detention against Palestinian prisoners, especially the elected MPs.
He called on the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva to bear its legal and humanitarian obligations towards prisoners and to pressure the occupation authorities to stop its violations against Palestinian prisoners.
Bahar called on all parliaments in the world "to hold a special session to discuss the difficult conditions of the prisoners and to prosecute the occupation in international courts"
The PLC First Deputy appreciated the Palestinian people and factions' role in supporting the prisoners' issue, calling for more solidarity events as a prelude for a third Intifada against the occupation.
Bahar asked the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah "to boycott the negotiations and to stop the security coordination with the occupation for the martyrs' sake especially Jaradat.
Sharawna's mother: I will continue my hunger strike until release of my son
The mother of hunger striking prisoner Ayman Sharawna confirmed to PIC's reporters, who visited her in al-Khalil Hospital, that she will continue her hunger strike until the release of her son from the occupation jails.
Ayman's mother denounced the international silence and the inaction of the human rights institutions regarding the issue of hunger striking prisoners and the case of her son, whose health has seriously deteriorated, noting that Ayman is subjected to a slow death in the Israeli jails and that he lost sight in one of his eyes and suffers from kidney failure.
She has appreciated and thanked the masses, from the different factions, for their support and solidarity with her and her son, through organizing various events and activities.
"I went on hunger strike with Ayman once before," the mother said, "when he renewed his hunger strike, for not being released, I decided to go on hunger strike once again and I will not eat, until the release of my son."
The prisoner's mother appealed through the PIC to all officials in Fatah and Hamas and all the human rights organizations to intervene to save the life of Ayman.
She also called on the prisoners in the occupation jails to unite their efforts in confronting the Israeli jailer.
Sharawna's mother has been on hunger strike since February 16 in solidarity with her son, who has refused food since last July. She was hospitalized in Aliya hospital, after she collapsed at a solidarity tent near her home on February 17.
1948-Palestinians visit Arafat' house and Sharawna's mother
The delegation's visit to Sharawna's mother, herself on a hunger strike to support her imprisoned son in his 7-month-long hunger strike for freedom
A delegation from 1948-occupied Palestine, headed by Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in 48 occupied territories, visited the city of al-Khalil to express condolences and to participate in various events. The delegation, which was received by the speaker of the PLC, Dr. Aziz Dweik and number of Islamist MPs, visited martyr Jaradat's house in Seir village to express condolences to his family.
The delegation also visited Ibn Rushd square, where a protest tent was set up in solidarity with the prisoners Masyra Abu Hamdiya and prisoners in Israeli jails, stressing the need to confront the Israeli practices against Palestinian prisoners.
The delegation was received by leaders and members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
The delegation concluded its visit by visiting the mother of hunger striker Sharawna in al- Khalil's government-run Alia Hospital, where Sheikh Salah stressed the need to continue activities in support of the strikers until their release.
Ayman's mother denounced the international silence and the inaction of the human rights institutions regarding the issue of hunger striking prisoners and the case of her son, whose health has seriously deteriorated, noting that Ayman is subjected to a slow death in the Israeli jails and that he lost sight in one of his eyes and suffers from kidney failure.
She has appreciated and thanked the masses, from the different factions, for their support and solidarity with her and her son, through organizing various events and activities.
"I went on hunger strike with Ayman once before," the mother said, "when he renewed his hunger strike, for not being released, I decided to go on hunger strike once again and I will not eat, until the release of my son."
The prisoner's mother appealed through the PIC to all officials in Fatah and Hamas and all the human rights organizations to intervene to save the life of Ayman.
She also called on the prisoners in the occupation jails to unite their efforts in confronting the Israeli jailer.
Sharawna's mother has been on hunger strike since February 16 in solidarity with her son, who has refused food since last July. She was hospitalized in Aliya hospital, after she collapsed at a solidarity tent near her home on February 17.
1948-Palestinians visit Arafat' house and Sharawna's mother
The delegation's visit to Sharawna's mother, herself on a hunger strike to support her imprisoned son in his 7-month-long hunger strike for freedom
A delegation from 1948-occupied Palestine, headed by Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in 48 occupied territories, visited the city of al-Khalil to express condolences and to participate in various events. The delegation, which was received by the speaker of the PLC, Dr. Aziz Dweik and number of Islamist MPs, visited martyr Jaradat's house in Seir village to express condolences to his family.
The delegation also visited Ibn Rushd square, where a protest tent was set up in solidarity with the prisoners Masyra Abu Hamdiya and prisoners in Israeli jails, stressing the need to confront the Israeli practices against Palestinian prisoners.
The delegation was received by leaders and members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
The delegation concluded its visit by visiting the mother of hunger striker Sharawna in al- Khalil's government-run Alia Hospital, where Sheikh Salah stressed the need to continue activities in support of the strikers until their release.
Prisoner Abu Hamdiya is deprived since his arrest from seeing his family
Prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya, 64, who suffers throat inflammation, weight loss, and swelling in the glands, is still behind bars in Israeli jails although he got a throat cancer and his health is deteriorating.
The health condition of Abu Hamdiya, sentenced to life imprisonment, has suddenly deteriorated, where he was transferred to Soroka hospital more than once due to the IPS medical neglect, Amjad Najjar, PPS director in al-Kahlil, said.
Najjar pointed out that the prisoner's sentence was an Israeli retaliatory decision, where Abu Hamdiya was arrested four times, and despite his deportation to Jordan in 1978 he was re-arrested when he returned to his homeland.
He returned to his homeland in 1998, but the occupation authorities arrested him in 2002, and since then he has been behind bars for being a Fatah member in the sixties, Abu Hamdiya's sister confirmed.
The prisoner is deprived of family visits. His wife and four sons live in Amman and his brothers and sisters, from al-Khalil, are also prevented from visiting him.
Despite his sharp health deterioration, he is still in high spirits and strong will.
Abu Hamdiya's sister stressed that her brother's sentence is unjust and illegal, indicating that his charge was based on confessions by others and not on his own confessions.
Abu Hamdiya's sister called on human rights organizations and local and international humanitarian institutions to intervene for the release of her brother especially with his health deterioration.
For its part, PPS appealed to all institutions concerned with human rights to save the sick prisoner's life.
Noteworthy, the PPS has organized a sit in outside Red Cross in al-Khalil in solidarity with the prisoner Abu Hamdiya.
A European delegation to visit Palestine on Friday
A European political parliamentary delegation is scheduled to arrive at occupied Palestine today, in an attempt to visit the Palestinian hunger strikers in the Israeli occupation jails and check up their health conditions. The European delegation includes a number of parliamentarians and politicians from different European countries, as the British MP and former minister Sir Gerald Kaufman, the Scottish MPs Sandra White and Jim Hume, and the Irish MP Pat Sheehan.
The director of the Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) Dr. Arafat Madi, who is coordinating the visit, said in a press statement that the delegation is a continuation of the efforts made by the CEPR over the past year to have the European Union (EU) and its member states intervene and stop the continued Israeli human rights violations against the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails.
He added that the delegation will meet with the UK ambassador and will investigate the living conditions of the Palestinian prisoners in general and of those who are on a hunger strike in particular.
He also said that the delegation will prepare a full report on the conditions of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli occupation jails and the Israeli violations and abuses against them.
Dr. Madi noted that the report will be later on submitted to specialized committees at the European Parliament and to the different human rights commissions in European parliaments.
The health condition of Abu Hamdiya, sentenced to life imprisonment, has suddenly deteriorated, where he was transferred to Soroka hospital more than once due to the IPS medical neglect, Amjad Najjar, PPS director in al-Kahlil, said.
Najjar pointed out that the prisoner's sentence was an Israeli retaliatory decision, where Abu Hamdiya was arrested four times, and despite his deportation to Jordan in 1978 he was re-arrested when he returned to his homeland.
He returned to his homeland in 1998, but the occupation authorities arrested him in 2002, and since then he has been behind bars for being a Fatah member in the sixties, Abu Hamdiya's sister confirmed.
The prisoner is deprived of family visits. His wife and four sons live in Amman and his brothers and sisters, from al-Khalil, are also prevented from visiting him.
Despite his sharp health deterioration, he is still in high spirits and strong will.
Abu Hamdiya's sister stressed that her brother's sentence is unjust and illegal, indicating that his charge was based on confessions by others and not on his own confessions.
Abu Hamdiya's sister called on human rights organizations and local and international humanitarian institutions to intervene for the release of her brother especially with his health deterioration.
For its part, PPS appealed to all institutions concerned with human rights to save the sick prisoner's life.
Noteworthy, the PPS has organized a sit in outside Red Cross in al-Khalil in solidarity with the prisoner Abu Hamdiya.
A European delegation to visit Palestine on Friday
A European political parliamentary delegation is scheduled to arrive at occupied Palestine today, in an attempt to visit the Palestinian hunger strikers in the Israeli occupation jails and check up their health conditions. The European delegation includes a number of parliamentarians and politicians from different European countries, as the British MP and former minister Sir Gerald Kaufman, the Scottish MPs Sandra White and Jim Hume, and the Irish MP Pat Sheehan.
The director of the Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) Dr. Arafat Madi, who is coordinating the visit, said in a press statement that the delegation is a continuation of the efforts made by the CEPR over the past year to have the European Union (EU) and its member states intervene and stop the continued Israeli human rights violations against the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails.
He added that the delegation will meet with the UK ambassador and will investigate the living conditions of the Palestinian prisoners in general and of those who are on a hunger strike in particular.
He also said that the delegation will prepare a full report on the conditions of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli occupation jails and the Israeli violations and abuses against them.
Dr. Madi noted that the report will be later on submitted to specialized committees at the European Parliament and to the different human rights commissions in European parliaments.
