15 mar 2013
Soldiers Kidnap Several Palestinian Children in Hebron, Violent Clashes Reported As Army Invaded the Area, Setters Attack Palestinian Shepherds
Israeli soldiers kidnapped several Palestinian children in Hebron, and the Al-Tiwana area, while several Palestinians were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and dozens of Palestinians were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation during clashes with the army.
In Hebron city, the soldiers kidnapped three children during clashes that took place in Bab Az-Zawiya area, in Hebron’s city center, the Maan News Agency reported.
Six children were kidnapped on Thursday evening and on Friday, but the Palestinian District Coordination Office (DCO) contacted its Israeli counterpart, and the army released two children but refused to release four other Palestinians, including a 10-year-oldd child.
Meanwhile, in Al-Litwana area in Hebron, the army broke into, and searched several homes and kidnapped three children before taking them to an unknown destination. The three have been identified as Hafith Al-Hreiny, 15, Malek Ghanem Al-Hreiny, 15, and Based Suleiman Al-Adra, Maan said.
Israeli military sources reported that Palestinian youths hurled two Molotov cocktails at the army in Bab Al-Zawiya area wounding one solider.
Furthermore, clashes were reported in the At-Tabaqa area, near the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
Palestinian medical sources reported that one Palestinian was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet, and dozens have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation following clashes with the army in the area.
Also on Friday, a group of extremist Israeli settlers of the Ma’on illegal settlement, east of Yatta town in the Hebron district, attacked several Palestinian shepherds causing injuries.
The settlers used batons and iron chains, while some even carried knives, and attacked the shepherds as they were in a grazing area close to the settlement, local sources said.
The shepherds suffered various cuts and bruises, while one of them, identified as Mohammad Shawaheen, 24, suffered a broken leg. One of his brothers was also among the injured.
The settlers forced the Palestinian shepherds away and brought their own sheep to graze, especially in lands meant for winter produce. The lands in question are 10 Dunams, and belong to resident Hussein Shawaheen and his brothers.
In Hebron city, the soldiers kidnapped three children during clashes that took place in Bab Az-Zawiya area, in Hebron’s city center, the Maan News Agency reported.
Six children were kidnapped on Thursday evening and on Friday, but the Palestinian District Coordination Office (DCO) contacted its Israeli counterpart, and the army released two children but refused to release four other Palestinians, including a 10-year-oldd child.
Meanwhile, in Al-Litwana area in Hebron, the army broke into, and searched several homes and kidnapped three children before taking them to an unknown destination. The three have been identified as Hafith Al-Hreiny, 15, Malek Ghanem Al-Hreiny, 15, and Based Suleiman Al-Adra, Maan said.
Israeli military sources reported that Palestinian youths hurled two Molotov cocktails at the army in Bab Al-Zawiya area wounding one solider.
Furthermore, clashes were reported in the At-Tabaqa area, near the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
Palestinian medical sources reported that one Palestinian was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet, and dozens have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation following clashes with the army in the area.
Also on Friday, a group of extremist Israeli settlers of the Ma’on illegal settlement, east of Yatta town in the Hebron district, attacked several Palestinian shepherds causing injuries.
The settlers used batons and iron chains, while some even carried knives, and attacked the shepherds as they were in a grazing area close to the settlement, local sources said.
The shepherds suffered various cuts and bruises, while one of them, identified as Mohammad Shawaheen, 24, suffered a broken leg. One of his brothers was also among the injured.
The settlers forced the Palestinian shepherds away and brought their own sheep to graze, especially in lands meant for winter produce. The lands in question are 10 Dunams, and belong to resident Hussein Shawaheen and his brothers.
Issawi enters stage of extreme danger
The Israeli prison authorities have removed the shackles from the feet of the Jerusalemite hunger striking prisoner Samer al-Issawi, who has entered a stage of extreme danger after he stopped drinking water and liquids.
Lawyer Jawad Boulos, who visited the hunger striker Issawi, said that the authorities have removed the shackles and that the jailers have stopped other forms of torture.
He added in a press statement that the occupation authorities have taken this position after the doctors at the hospital explained that Samer is in extreme danger, especially after showing signs of heart failure.
The doctors stated that at this stage Samer is facing death or entering into a coma.
Meanwhile, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton said that the EU is following with "great concern" the situation of prisoners on hunger strike.
She added in a letter sent to Saeb Erekat, in reply to his letter of 18 February on the conditions of the prisoners on hunger strike: "We are following up their deteriorating health conditions, and are deeply concerned for the absence of a comprehensive solution to their situation."
She explained that she has contacted the Israeli officials, in this regard, and that the EU adheres to the international law, and refuses administrative detentions and any arrest based on secret files or without charges and trials.
Ashton confirmed that the EU, all its institutions; including the European Council and the European Parliament, and its Member States will follow up the issues of Palestinian prisoners with the "Israeli" concerned bodies.
Meanwhile, captive Samer Braq, who halted his hunger strike following an agreement to release him and deport him to Egypt, threatened to resume his strike if the occupation authorities will not release him and allow him return to the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Lawyer Jawad Boulos, who visited the hunger striker Issawi, said that the authorities have removed the shackles and that the jailers have stopped other forms of torture.
He added in a press statement that the occupation authorities have taken this position after the doctors at the hospital explained that Samer is in extreme danger, especially after showing signs of heart failure.
The doctors stated that at this stage Samer is facing death or entering into a coma.
Meanwhile, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton said that the EU is following with "great concern" the situation of prisoners on hunger strike.
She added in a letter sent to Saeb Erekat, in reply to his letter of 18 February on the conditions of the prisoners on hunger strike: "We are following up their deteriorating health conditions, and are deeply concerned for the absence of a comprehensive solution to their situation."
She explained that she has contacted the Israeli officials, in this regard, and that the EU adheres to the international law, and refuses administrative detentions and any arrest based on secret files or without charges and trials.
Ashton confirmed that the EU, all its institutions; including the European Council and the European Parliament, and its Member States will follow up the issues of Palestinian prisoners with the "Israeli" concerned bodies.
Meanwhile, captive Samer Braq, who halted his hunger strike following an agreement to release him and deport him to Egypt, threatened to resume his strike if the occupation authorities will not release him and allow him return to the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Human Rights Defender on Hunger Strike with Palestinian Prisoners
A Latin American has begun a hunger strike to express solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, which are objects of torture, even in several cases have been killed by the severity of injuries.
Faisal Sergio Tapia, leader and islamic human rights defender, argentine, and ambassador of the International Committee of Islamic Human Rights, has now been 13 days of hunger strike, which began on March 1.
Despite having lost 6 kilos, intends to continue his protest action until next March 30, date to be held worldwide on Palestinian Land Day.
He is also founder and director of the ANPEX Palestine, Palestinian News Network in spanish, emphasizes that the protest is not a symbolic one, but is "a commitment to awareness and fight as a champion of human rights and international solidarity with Palestinian brothers kidnapped by the regime Israeli ".
According to Faisal Sergio Tapia, and the time has come to condemn the human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by the Israelis against men, women and even children just for being Palestinians Palestinians.
The Nobel Prize of Peace, the argentinian Adolfo Perez Esquivel support the hunger strike of leader and human rights defender Faisal Sergio Tapia.
Finally, considering the Israeli regime as the main perpetrator of the murder of 203 Palestinian prisoners in jails of the regime of torture and various types of abuse, the international community must break the silence about the crimes of the regime and condemn Tel Aviv sharply.
On 24 February, the Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat was tortured before he died in Israeli prison. Autopsy results showed that Jaradat was killed by torture inflicted in Israeli custody.
Faisal Sergio Tapia, leader and islamic human rights defender, argentine, and ambassador of the International Committee of Islamic Human Rights, has now been 13 days of hunger strike, which began on March 1.
Despite having lost 6 kilos, intends to continue his protest action until next March 30, date to be held worldwide on Palestinian Land Day.
He is also founder and director of the ANPEX Palestine, Palestinian News Network in spanish, emphasizes that the protest is not a symbolic one, but is "a commitment to awareness and fight as a champion of human rights and international solidarity with Palestinian brothers kidnapped by the regime Israeli ".
According to Faisal Sergio Tapia, and the time has come to condemn the human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by the Israelis against men, women and even children just for being Palestinians Palestinians.
The Nobel Prize of Peace, the argentinian Adolfo Perez Esquivel support the hunger strike of leader and human rights defender Faisal Sergio Tapia.
Finally, considering the Israeli regime as the main perpetrator of the murder of 203 Palestinian prisoners in jails of the regime of torture and various types of abuse, the international community must break the silence about the crimes of the regime and condemn Tel Aviv sharply.
On 24 February, the Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat was tortured before he died in Israeli prison. Autopsy results showed that Jaradat was killed by torture inflicted in Israeli custody.
Al-Aqsa guards prevent Israeli MK from storming the mosque
Al-Aqsa mosque guards have foiled the Israeli MK Moshe Feiglin’s attempt to storm the mosque, accompanied by Israeli forces.
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage confirmed in a statement on Friday that the MK Feiglin tried to storm al-Aqsa as a member of Knesset who enjoys parliamentary immunity, but the mosque guards confronted him and thwarted his scheme.
This attempt is considered a dangerous precedent that aims to create and impose a new reality to divide al-Aqsa Mosque gradually, the statement added.
In a related context, limited clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Jerusalemites in Bab al-Amud, in which the occupation forces arrested three young Jerusalemites.
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage confirmed in a statement on Friday that the MK Feiglin tried to storm al-Aqsa as a member of Knesset who enjoys parliamentary immunity, but the mosque guards confronted him and thwarted his scheme.
This attempt is considered a dangerous precedent that aims to create and impose a new reality to divide al-Aqsa Mosque gradually, the statement added.
In a related context, limited clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Jerusalemites in Bab al-Amud, in which the occupation forces arrested three young Jerusalemites.
IOF arrests a female teacher at the study circles of the Aqsa mosque
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested, on Thursday evening a female teacher at the study circles of the Aqsa Mosque, Zina Amr, 44, from the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, following the events that took place at the mosque.
The Jerusalemite Zina Amr said that she went to the police station to retrieve her identity card accompanied by her lawyer, where they asked her to sign on a military order banning her from al-Aqsa mosque for 15 days but she refused.
She was taken to al-Maskoubiya detention center for interrogation where she was detained for 24 hours till her court session today.
The Israeli brutal practices came following the recent events at al-Aqsa mosque, where the students of the study circles were the first to confront the Israeli settlers who stormed the mosque.
The IOF have banned a number of the students from entering al-Aqsa mosque for several days.
Dr. Hikmat Naamnih, director of the Aqsa Foundation, denounced the arrest and prosecution of Zina Amr, stressing his support and solidarity with her.
The Jerusalemite Zina Amr said that she went to the police station to retrieve her identity card accompanied by her lawyer, where they asked her to sign on a military order banning her from al-Aqsa mosque for 15 days but she refused.
She was taken to al-Maskoubiya detention center for interrogation where she was detained for 24 hours till her court session today.
The Israeli brutal practices came following the recent events at al-Aqsa mosque, where the students of the study circles were the first to confront the Israeli settlers who stormed the mosque.
The IOF have banned a number of the students from entering al-Aqsa mosque for several days.
Dr. Hikmat Naamnih, director of the Aqsa Foundation, denounced the arrest and prosecution of Zina Amr, stressing his support and solidarity with her.
IOF extends detention of 34 Jerusalemites, releases 11 others
The so-called Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem extended on Thursday the detention of 34 Jerusalemites, and released 11 others on bail and house arrest.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center pointed out that most of the arrests took place during the past five days, following the clashes that erupted at al-Aqsa Mosque, while the releases were on bail, house arrest, and deportation from Jerusalem's Old City, or from al-Aqsa Mosque.
The center said the arrests included most of Jerusalem's neighborhoods, where the IOF have violently stormed and searched the detainees' houses and confiscated their personal contents.
The center added that the arrest campaign came after the clashes that broke out at al-Aqsa mosque where IOF filmed the clashes with a video camera that shows clearly their faces.
Magistrate Court extended the arrest of Yazan Syam, 18, from Silwan and Iyad Omar Shalabi, 20, to the next Sunday.
The lawyer Mohammed Mahmoud told the center that the Magistrate's Court extended the detention of Mohamed Abd Odeh, 34, and Mohammed Badr, 25, till next Monday, while extending the detention of 4 other citizens to 24/3/2013.
The court has also released Mossa Derbas and Nasri Ghanayem without conditions, and Majdi Abu Sneineh on bail of 2000 shekels and house arrest, while Salah Derbas was released to house arrest for a week and on bail of 500 shekels.
Mutasim Abd Raboh was also released on bail of 3 thousand shekels and house arrest, noting that he was arrested at dawn yesterday after his release on Wednesday evening.
The District Court has sentenced Abbas Abbasi for 13 months, for throwing Molotov cocktails and stones in Silwan, explaining that Abbasi was detained since 11/11/2012, the center added.
The occupation forces launched during the last few days an arrest campaign in the village of Sur Bahir, south of the city of Jerusalem targeting a number of citizens.
The Magistrate's Court released Adel Najib on bail of $6 thousand shekels and house arrest for 15 days, in addition to being deported from al-Aqsa mosque for 60 days, while the Israeli police released the young Hussein Komani after deporting him from al-Aqsa mosque for 15 years.
In a related context, the PPS lawyer Mufid Haj PPS stated that the Magistrate's Court extended the arrest of 22 Palestinians after being arrested during the clashes at al-Aqsa mosque.
The Magistrate's Court released 4 other Palestinians including 2 minors on bail and house arrest.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center pointed out that most of the arrests took place during the past five days, following the clashes that erupted at al-Aqsa Mosque, while the releases were on bail, house arrest, and deportation from Jerusalem's Old City, or from al-Aqsa Mosque.
The center said the arrests included most of Jerusalem's neighborhoods, where the IOF have violently stormed and searched the detainees' houses and confiscated their personal contents.
The center added that the arrest campaign came after the clashes that broke out at al-Aqsa mosque where IOF filmed the clashes with a video camera that shows clearly their faces.
Magistrate Court extended the arrest of Yazan Syam, 18, from Silwan and Iyad Omar Shalabi, 20, to the next Sunday.
The lawyer Mohammed Mahmoud told the center that the Magistrate's Court extended the detention of Mohamed Abd Odeh, 34, and Mohammed Badr, 25, till next Monday, while extending the detention of 4 other citizens to 24/3/2013.
The court has also released Mossa Derbas and Nasri Ghanayem without conditions, and Majdi Abu Sneineh on bail of 2000 shekels and house arrest, while Salah Derbas was released to house arrest for a week and on bail of 500 shekels.
Mutasim Abd Raboh was also released on bail of 3 thousand shekels and house arrest, noting that he was arrested at dawn yesterday after his release on Wednesday evening.
The District Court has sentenced Abbas Abbasi for 13 months, for throwing Molotov cocktails and stones in Silwan, explaining that Abbasi was detained since 11/11/2012, the center added.
The occupation forces launched during the last few days an arrest campaign in the village of Sur Bahir, south of the city of Jerusalem targeting a number of citizens.
The Magistrate's Court released Adel Najib on bail of $6 thousand shekels and house arrest for 15 days, in addition to being deported from al-Aqsa mosque for 60 days, while the Israeli police released the young Hussein Komani after deporting him from al-Aqsa mosque for 15 years.
In a related context, the PPS lawyer Mufid Haj PPS stated that the Magistrate's Court extended the arrest of 22 Palestinians after being arrested during the clashes at al-Aqsa mosque.
The Magistrate's Court released 4 other Palestinians including 2 minors on bail and house arrest.
Occupation extends administrative detention of prisoner Abdul-Hafith Gaithan
Israeli occupation authorities extended the detention of captive Abdul-Hafith Gaithan, 52, to four more months. Gaithan is the head of Qibya village council near Ramallah city in the west bank. He is a liberated prisoner who served seven years in the administrative detention sporadically.
His wife told Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights that she has been allowed to visit her detained husband only once since his arrest on November 22, 2012.
For its part, Ahrar center has denounced the extension of administrative detention of Abdul-Hafith Gaithan, noting that he is taking several medicines and that he suffers pains in his hands and legs due to the torture he had been subjected to in the Israeli jails.
His wife told Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights that she has been allowed to visit her detained husband only once since his arrest on November 22, 2012.
For its part, Ahrar center has denounced the extension of administrative detention of Abdul-Hafith Gaithan, noting that he is taking several medicines and that he suffers pains in his hands and legs due to the torture he had been subjected to in the Israeli jails.
IOF arrests 10 citizens in Salfit at dawn today
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested last night and this morning 10 citizens from the villages of Salfit in the northern West Bank, on suspicion of throwing stones.
The Israeli media sources claimed that the citizens have injured 6 settlers from Ariel settlement built on the territory of Salfit province.
Eight of the detainees were from the village Haris in Salfit, and the two others were from the village of Kafr Tholth southeast of Qalqilya, Maariv Hebrew newspaper stated on Friday.
The Israeli army spokesman announced that all detainees were transferred for interrogation.
The Israeli media sources claimed that the citizens have injured 6 settlers from Ariel settlement built on the territory of Salfit province.
Eight of the detainees were from the village Haris in Salfit, and the two others were from the village of Kafr Tholth southeast of Qalqilya, Maariv Hebrew newspaper stated on Friday.
The Israeli army spokesman announced that all detainees were transferred for interrogation.
EU To Send Delegation To Evaluate the Situation Of Palestinian Detainees
The European Parliament decided to send a fact-finding mission to evaluate the conditions Palestinian detainees face in Israeli prisons, especially detained children and women.
The mission’s visit comes a few weeks after the death of detainee Arafat Jaradat, who was tortured to death at an Israeli interrogation and detention center.
The EU Parliament voted on Thursday evening for sending the fact-finding mission, and called on Israel to cooperate and to open an immediate, independent and transparent investigation into the death of Jaradat, as well as many other issues regarding the situation of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons.
The EU expressed concern regarding the harsh living conditions, and constant harassment, they face in Israeli detention facilities, including collective punishment practiced against them, and inhumane and illegal sanction imposed on them, the Palestine News Network (PNN), has reported.
It also called on Israel to change its policies regarding Administrative Detention policies, and said that Israel must release all detainees held under these policies without charges or trial, or file clear charges against them so that they can be send to court as long as Israel provides guarantees that such courts will be legitimate and follow International Law.
The EU wants to closely examine the situation of the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, especially the detained women and children, and to get a closer look at Israel’s administrative detention policy.
Laila Shaheed, Palestinian Ambassador at the European Union, thanked EU parliamentarian Véronique De Keyser, for the efforts she made to ensure passing the resolution to send the mission to Palestine, and thanked all parties that supported the move.
Shaheed added that the Palestinian leadership considers the issue of Palestinian detainees a high priority, especially amidst ongoing Israeli violations against them.
Hamas calls on the European Parliament to act to protect the prisoners
Hamas praised the European Parliament's decision to send a delegation to assess the prisoners' conditions in Israeli jails and to open an investigation into the circumstances of the death of prisoner Jaradat, stressing the need to protect the delegation's work from any Israeli pressure.
We appreciate and welcome this positive step in dealing with the daily tragic situation of Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons, and we stress the need to be free from any Israeli pressure or interference in the delegation's work, the movement said in its statement.
Hamas called on the European Union and the international community to take practical measures to deter the inhuman Israeli practices against prisoners in its jails, including women, children and sick prisoners, and to prosecute all those involved in such heinous crimes, and to release the Palestinian MPs who were arrested in total violation of international conventions and norms.
The mission’s visit comes a few weeks after the death of detainee Arafat Jaradat, who was tortured to death at an Israeli interrogation and detention center.
The EU Parliament voted on Thursday evening for sending the fact-finding mission, and called on Israel to cooperate and to open an immediate, independent and transparent investigation into the death of Jaradat, as well as many other issues regarding the situation of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons.
The EU expressed concern regarding the harsh living conditions, and constant harassment, they face in Israeli detention facilities, including collective punishment practiced against them, and inhumane and illegal sanction imposed on them, the Palestine News Network (PNN), has reported.
It also called on Israel to change its policies regarding Administrative Detention policies, and said that Israel must release all detainees held under these policies without charges or trial, or file clear charges against them so that they can be send to court as long as Israel provides guarantees that such courts will be legitimate and follow International Law.
The EU wants to closely examine the situation of the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, especially the detained women and children, and to get a closer look at Israel’s administrative detention policy.
Laila Shaheed, Palestinian Ambassador at the European Union, thanked EU parliamentarian Véronique De Keyser, for the efforts she made to ensure passing the resolution to send the mission to Palestine, and thanked all parties that supported the move.
Shaheed added that the Palestinian leadership considers the issue of Palestinian detainees a high priority, especially amidst ongoing Israeli violations against them.
Hamas calls on the European Parliament to act to protect the prisoners
Hamas praised the European Parliament's decision to send a delegation to assess the prisoners' conditions in Israeli jails and to open an investigation into the circumstances of the death of prisoner Jaradat, stressing the need to protect the delegation's work from any Israeli pressure.
We appreciate and welcome this positive step in dealing with the daily tragic situation of Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons, and we stress the need to be free from any Israeli pressure or interference in the delegation's work, the movement said in its statement.
Hamas called on the European Union and the international community to take practical measures to deter the inhuman Israeli practices against prisoners in its jails, including women, children and sick prisoners, and to prosecute all those involved in such heinous crimes, and to release the Palestinian MPs who were arrested in total violation of international conventions and norms.
14 mar 2013
Army Kidnaps 23 Palestinians In The West Bank
Naheel Talal Abu Aisha
Thursday at dawn March 14, 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped 23 Palestinians. The soldiers broke into and searched dozens of homes causing damage.
Local sources in Bethlehem District reported that the army invaded Beit Fajjar town, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Younis and his twin brother Ibrahim Sameeh Taqtqa, 20, Ahmad Mahmoud Deeriyya, 25, Saher Mohammad Thawabta, 20, Ibrahim Sameeh Taqatqa, 20, Mohammad Taleb Thawabta, 20, Jihad Jamal Thawabta, 20, Shaker Mohammad Taqatqa, 20, Ehab Bassem Thawabta, Yousef Lo’ay Thawabta, 16, Ibrahim Sameeh Thawabta, 20, and Ra’fat Ibrahim Taqatqa, 19.
The army also kidnapped two residents identified as Ahmad Hussein Jallad, from Aqaba town near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and Ahmad Salem ‘Aamoudy, from Borqeen nearby town. They were both kidnapped while working in Israel, local sources reported.
In Jenin city, the soldiers kidnapped Ammar Mahmoud Samara, 23, after invading his home in Al-Hadaf neighborhood.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a 34-year old woman identified as Naheel Talal Abu Aisha, 34, after breaking into her home in Jabal Abu Romman area in the city.
A Palestinian child, identified as Ehab Abu Al-Halawa, 16, was also kidnapped in Bab Al-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city.
In Doura town, south of Hebron, the army kidnapped Nidal Mohammad Al-Aqeely, 22, and Ahmad Abdul-Majeed Ibrewish 26.
In Jerusalem, undercover forces of the Israeli army kidnapped Yazan Siyam, 16, after breaking into his family’s home in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The soldiers also broke into and searched the homes of Siyam’s uncles in the town.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan reported that the army violently attacked several members of Siyam’s family, after the soldiers used ladders to climb onto rooftops of their homes, and broke into them before attacking family members.
The undercover forces violently searched the homes and confiscated some of Yazan’s clothes and belongings.
The soldiers further kidnapped Ibrahim Riziq from the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, after breaking into his home and searching it, and kidnapped ‘Adel Najeeb, and Eyad Ash-Shalabi from the As-Suwwana neighborhood close to the ancient walls of the Old City.
Thursday at dawn March 14, 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped 23 Palestinians. The soldiers broke into and searched dozens of homes causing damage.
Local sources in Bethlehem District reported that the army invaded Beit Fajjar town, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Younis and his twin brother Ibrahim Sameeh Taqtqa, 20, Ahmad Mahmoud Deeriyya, 25, Saher Mohammad Thawabta, 20, Ibrahim Sameeh Taqatqa, 20, Mohammad Taleb Thawabta, 20, Jihad Jamal Thawabta, 20, Shaker Mohammad Taqatqa, 20, Ehab Bassem Thawabta, Yousef Lo’ay Thawabta, 16, Ibrahim Sameeh Thawabta, 20, and Ra’fat Ibrahim Taqatqa, 19.
The army also kidnapped two residents identified as Ahmad Hussein Jallad, from Aqaba town near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and Ahmad Salem ‘Aamoudy, from Borqeen nearby town. They were both kidnapped while working in Israel, local sources reported.
In Jenin city, the soldiers kidnapped Ammar Mahmoud Samara, 23, after invading his home in Al-Hadaf neighborhood.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a 34-year old woman identified as Naheel Talal Abu Aisha, 34, after breaking into her home in Jabal Abu Romman area in the city.
A Palestinian child, identified as Ehab Abu Al-Halawa, 16, was also kidnapped in Bab Al-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city.
In Doura town, south of Hebron, the army kidnapped Nidal Mohammad Al-Aqeely, 22, and Ahmad Abdul-Majeed Ibrewish 26.
In Jerusalem, undercover forces of the Israeli army kidnapped Yazan Siyam, 16, after breaking into his family’s home in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The soldiers also broke into and searched the homes of Siyam’s uncles in the town.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan reported that the army violently attacked several members of Siyam’s family, after the soldiers used ladders to climb onto rooftops of their homes, and broke into them before attacking family members.
The undercover forces violently searched the homes and confiscated some of Yazan’s clothes and belongings.
The soldiers further kidnapped Ibrahim Riziq from the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, after breaking into his home and searching it, and kidnapped ‘Adel Najeeb, and Eyad Ash-Shalabi from the As-Suwwana neighborhood close to the ancient walls of the Old City.
IPS transfers hunger striker to solitary confinement
The Israeli prison service (IPS) transferred hunger striker Jamal Al-Nouri, who has been on hunger strike for 12 days, to an isolation cell in Beersheba jail.
Waed society for prisoners said on Thursday that Nouri was on strike demanding his release after he served two thirds of his sentence.
It added that Nouri is also protesting the brutal treatment in jail against him and the refusal to allow his children to visit him for the past six years.
The society said that transferring Nouri to solitary confinement was meant to pressure him into ending his hunger strike.
It pointed out that the number of isolated prisoners was on the rise, saying that they now reach six, which necessitated serious popular and human rights intervention to save the isolated prisoners topped by the sick detainee Dirar Abu Sisi, who has been in isolation since he was kidnapped by the Israel mossad three years ago.
Waed society for prisoners said on Thursday that Nouri was on strike demanding his release after he served two thirds of his sentence.
It added that Nouri is also protesting the brutal treatment in jail against him and the refusal to allow his children to visit him for the past six years.
The society said that transferring Nouri to solitary confinement was meant to pressure him into ending his hunger strike.
It pointed out that the number of isolated prisoners was on the rise, saying that they now reach six, which necessitated serious popular and human rights intervention to save the isolated prisoners topped by the sick detainee Dirar Abu Sisi, who has been in isolation since he was kidnapped by the Israel mossad three years ago.
Ahrar: IOA wants to block return of liberated, deported prisoners to WB
Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights has charged that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) was terrorizing liberated, deported prisoners against returning to the West Bank.
Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of the center, said in a statement on Thursday that the IOA’s law number 186, which allowed the re-incarceration of liberated prisoners to continue their former sentences, was meant to scare those prisoners away from returning to their homes in the West Bank.
He noted that the liberated prisoners were deported for different periods outside the West Bank ranging from one to three years.
Khafsh said that many of those liberated prisoners were wary of returning after what happened to Samer Al-Issawi, Ayman Al-Sharawne, and Ayman Abu Daoud.
The director demanded a revision of the exchange agreement and violations of its articles by all those parties involved in forging it.
Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of the center, said in a statement on Thursday that the IOA’s law number 186, which allowed the re-incarceration of liberated prisoners to continue their former sentences, was meant to scare those prisoners away from returning to their homes in the West Bank.
He noted that the liberated prisoners were deported for different periods outside the West Bank ranging from one to three years.
Khafsh said that many of those liberated prisoners were wary of returning after what happened to Samer Al-Issawi, Ayman Al-Sharawne, and Ayman Abu Daoud.
The director demanded a revision of the exchange agreement and violations of its articles by all those parties involved in forging it.
13 mar 2013
Detained journalist in need of urgent lung transplantation
Detained journalist Mohamed Al-Taj, 41, is in urgent need of lung transplant operation, the Palestinian prisoner’s society said on Wednesday. The society warned in a statement that ignoring the operation for Taj, from Tobas, is tantamount to capital punishment.
The society’s lawyer who visited the prisoner said that his condition was very serious and was dependent on oxygen tube for breathing.
He said that hospital tests showed injuries in Taj’s lungs and blood closing all arteries and blocking breathing.
The lawyer pointed out that the prisoner’s health condition was retreating rapidly and was waiting for doctors’ opinion in his case especially when he was told that lung transplantations were not available in the Israeli prison clinics.
The society’s lawyer who visited the prisoner said that his condition was very serious and was dependent on oxygen tube for breathing.
He said that hospital tests showed injuries in Taj’s lungs and blood closing all arteries and blocking breathing.
The lawyer pointed out that the prisoner’s health condition was retreating rapidly and was waiting for doctors’ opinion in his case especially when he was told that lung transplantations were not available in the Israeli prison clinics.
Occupation sentences MP Attoun to six months administrative detention
An Israeli Court in the occupied city of Jerusalem has refused on Tuesday the appeal submitted by the lawyer for the Jerusalemite MP Ahmed Attoun, detained in the occupation jails.
Palestine Prisoners' Center for Studies said in a statement that the Israeli court in Jerusalem has sentenced MP Attoun to six months in administrative detention.
The Center stated that the occupation re-arrested the representative of the parliamentary bloc of Change and Reform affiliated to Hamas movement, on 4 February 2013 from the city of Ramallah.
It pointed out that the Jerusalemite MP had been arrested several times by the occupation forces. He was then deported to the city of Ramallah, under the pretext that his presence in the city of Jerusalem is dangerous to the security of the occupation.
The Center called on the world's parliaments "to intervene to protect the Palestinian MPs from the occupation’s continued crimes, and to put pressure on the Israeli authorities to release the 15 kidnapped MPs, as most of them are held under the administrative detention without charge."
Meanwhile Ahrar Center for Prisoners studies and human rights denounced an Israeli court decision to uphold the order to hold the liberated prisoner leader Rafat Nassif, 46 from the city of Tulkarem, in administrative detention for six months.
Ahrar noted that Nassif had served in the former administrative detention 88 months.
Fuad Al-Khuffash, the director of the center said that Rafat Nasif is an ex- detainee. The Israeli occupation re-arrested him on 11 February 2013, shortly after his release from its jails.
Al-Khuffash added, that prisoner Rafat Nassif, is one of the leaders of Hamas in the West Bank. He was arrested many times, and mostly held in administrative detention.
Ahrar Center's director called for ending file of administrative detention, under which the Palestinian prisoners are held without charge or trial.
Palestine Prisoners' Center for Studies said in a statement that the Israeli court in Jerusalem has sentenced MP Attoun to six months in administrative detention.
The Center stated that the occupation re-arrested the representative of the parliamentary bloc of Change and Reform affiliated to Hamas movement, on 4 February 2013 from the city of Ramallah.
It pointed out that the Jerusalemite MP had been arrested several times by the occupation forces. He was then deported to the city of Ramallah, under the pretext that his presence in the city of Jerusalem is dangerous to the security of the occupation.
The Center called on the world's parliaments "to intervene to protect the Palestinian MPs from the occupation’s continued crimes, and to put pressure on the Israeli authorities to release the 15 kidnapped MPs, as most of them are held under the administrative detention without charge."
Meanwhile Ahrar Center for Prisoners studies and human rights denounced an Israeli court decision to uphold the order to hold the liberated prisoner leader Rafat Nassif, 46 from the city of Tulkarem, in administrative detention for six months.
Ahrar noted that Nassif had served in the former administrative detention 88 months.
Fuad Al-Khuffash, the director of the center said that Rafat Nasif is an ex- detainee. The Israeli occupation re-arrested him on 11 February 2013, shortly after his release from its jails.
Al-Khuffash added, that prisoner Rafat Nassif, is one of the leaders of Hamas in the West Bank. He was arrested many times, and mostly held in administrative detention.
Ahrar Center's director called for ending file of administrative detention, under which the Palestinian prisoners are held without charge or trial.
IPS holds five Palestinian prisoners in complete isolation
The Israeli prison service is holding five Palestinian prisoners in complete isolation, the Palestinian prisoner’s society said in a statement on Tuesday.
It said that the oldest prisoner in isolation is Dirar Abu Sisi, from Gaza Strip, who has been in solitary confinement ever since his detention in February 2011.
It added that three others are in Beersheba isolation, one of whom was recently transferred to Raymond, and the fifth in Ohli Kadar.
The society identified the five as Abu Sisi, who has not been sentenced yet, Awad Saidi, who is serving 15-year sentence, Samer Abu Kuwaik, who is serving three life sentences plus 25 years, Tamer Al-Reemawi, who is serving three life sentences, and Ramzi Obaid, who is serving ten life sentences plus 20 years.
It said that the oldest prisoner in isolation is Dirar Abu Sisi, from Gaza Strip, who has been in solitary confinement ever since his detention in February 2011.
It added that three others are in Beersheba isolation, one of whom was recently transferred to Raymond, and the fifth in Ohli Kadar.
The society identified the five as Abu Sisi, who has not been sentenced yet, Awad Saidi, who is serving 15-year sentence, Samer Abu Kuwaik, who is serving three life sentences plus 25 years, Tamer Al-Reemawi, who is serving three life sentences, and Ramzi Obaid, who is serving ten life sentences plus 20 years.
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Last week, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) issued a report stating that Israel is mistreating Palestinian children it is holding in its detention and interrogation centers, and added that the abuse against the children is systematic.
In its 22-page report, the UNICEF said that Palestinian children, aged 12-17, mainly males, are being kidnapped, interrogated and imprisoned by the Israeli army, the Police and the security services, every year in the occupied West Bank. There are dozens of Palestinian children who are still imprisoned by Israel, deprived of basic rights such as the right to legal representation, education, proper health services, and many other essential issues guaranteed by International Law. |
Army Detains A Child In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian child, 14, after claiming that she hurled stones at their jeep west of Bethlehem city.
The child was released later on. The soldiers claimed that the child was among a group of young Palestinians who hurled stones and empty bottles at army jeeps in Aqabat Hasan area. Following the kidnapping of the child, the Palestinian District Coordination Office repeatedly contacted the Israeli side demanding the army to release the child. The army then let the child go. The army repeatedly detains, kidnaps and imprisons Palestinian children under different claims, and many of the kidnapped children face charges, imprisonment and high fines. |
Captive Issawi stops drinking water
Prisoner Samer al-Issawi, who has been on hunger strike since the first of August 2012, has stopped drinking water and other liquid since Monday afternoon.
Lawyer Jawad Boulos, director of the Legal Unit in the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that Issawi has escalated his steps in protest at having to wear ankle restraints and being shackled to his hospital bed.
He is required to keep his restraints on even when using the bathroom; Boulos said in a press statement on Tuesday, adding that keeping him tied to the bed is inhumane and undignified.
The lawyer added that there is no security reasons for these procedures that aim to humiliate the captive.
He added that Issawi told him that one of the occupation officers from the south visited him on Monday and had a long talk with him which was full of threats of how the occupation is going to teach a tough lesson if he does not end his hunger strike, which made Samer escalate his steps and stopped drinking water.
The lawyer said that when he visited Issawi's room at Kaplan Hospital, he found seven Israeli prison officers eating food to deliberately torment Issawi.
Doctors have tried to convince Issawi to drink water and are afraid he may die at any moment as his blood pressure is very low.
Meanwhile, the occupation forces dispersed on Tuesday evening a protest, staged in solidarity with the hunger striker Samer Issawi near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.
The demonstrators raised photos of hunger striking prisoners on, and chanted slogans demanding the release of captives.
When the protesters arrived to Sultan Suleiman Street, the Israeli forces started dispersing them, without arresting any one.
Lawyer Jawad Boulos, director of the Legal Unit in the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that Issawi has escalated his steps in protest at having to wear ankle restraints and being shackled to his hospital bed.
He is required to keep his restraints on even when using the bathroom; Boulos said in a press statement on Tuesday, adding that keeping him tied to the bed is inhumane and undignified.
The lawyer added that there is no security reasons for these procedures that aim to humiliate the captive.
He added that Issawi told him that one of the occupation officers from the south visited him on Monday and had a long talk with him which was full of threats of how the occupation is going to teach a tough lesson if he does not end his hunger strike, which made Samer escalate his steps and stopped drinking water.
The lawyer said that when he visited Issawi's room at Kaplan Hospital, he found seven Israeli prison officers eating food to deliberately torment Issawi.
Doctors have tried to convince Issawi to drink water and are afraid he may die at any moment as his blood pressure is very low.
Meanwhile, the occupation forces dispersed on Tuesday evening a protest, staged in solidarity with the hunger striker Samer Issawi near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.
The demonstrators raised photos of hunger striking prisoners on, and chanted slogans demanding the release of captives.
When the protesters arrived to Sultan Suleiman Street, the Israeli forces started dispersing them, without arresting any one.
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Nahshon forces attack two disabled prisoners
Lawyer Fadi Obeidat revealed that Nahshon forces attacked two disabled prisoners in Nazareth District Courtroom on March 6, while four other detained minors were attacked in the courtroom in Jerusalem on January 27.
Obeidat stated that "the suppressive forces of Nahshon have brutally attacked the two imprisoned and disabled brothers Amir and Yassin Mohamed Assad, from village of Kafr Kana in the 1948-occupied territories."
After visiting the captives in the hospital, the lawyer asserted that they were seriously injured in all the parts of their bodies. They were held in Ramla prison hospital, and then transferred to Assaf Harofe hospital to receive the necessary treatments.
Four other prisoners, under the age of 18, told the lawyer for the Ministry of Prisoners Affairs Heba Msalha, who visited them in Hasharon Prison, that a force composed of 20 members from the Nahshon unit have brutally attacked them in the courtroom in Jerusalem, and hit them using the handcuffs and other metal objects, which caused them several injuries.
After the attack, the four prisoners had been taken to the waiting room where they had been held until 10:00 p.m, when they were returned to Hasharon Prison.
Obeidat stated that "the suppressive forces of Nahshon have brutally attacked the two imprisoned and disabled brothers Amir and Yassin Mohamed Assad, from village of Kafr Kana in the 1948-occupied territories."
After visiting the captives in the hospital, the lawyer asserted that they were seriously injured in all the parts of their bodies. They were held in Ramla prison hospital, and then transferred to Assaf Harofe hospital to receive the necessary treatments.
Four other prisoners, under the age of 18, told the lawyer for the Ministry of Prisoners Affairs Heba Msalha, who visited them in Hasharon Prison, that a force composed of 20 members from the Nahshon unit have brutally attacked them in the courtroom in Jerusalem, and hit them using the handcuffs and other metal objects, which caused them several injuries.
After the attack, the four prisoners had been taken to the waiting room where they had been held until 10:00 p.m, when they were returned to Hasharon Prison.
French town grants honorary citizenship to prisoner Rimawi
The French town of Bezons granted "honorary citizenship" to Majdi Rimawi, who was jailed by Israel for his alleged role in the 2001 assassination of the then-tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi in Jerusalem.
The decision was hailed by the Palestinians. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper stated on Monday that Rimawi was given this citizenship because Bezons mayor Dominique Lesparre, a member of the French communist party, has a sister-city agreement with the West Bank town Beit Rima where Rimawi's family lives.
Bezons and Rimawi's hometown have been sister towns since 2008.
The Bezons monthly newsletter cited Bezons mayor Dominique Lesparre as saying that honoring Rimawi was due to the "colonization of the Palestinian people."
The monthly newsletter stated that it was a unanimous decision taken by the Bezons local council to honor Rimawi, whose act was to defend his town and its inhabitants, calling for enforcing the international law for the establishment of Palestine within the 1967 borders as recognized by the UN, and Jerusalem as its capital.
Rimawi's wife, Fathiya, was presented with a plaque honoring her husband as a brave political prisoner at a ceremony held in France last February.
According to his personal blog, mayor Lesparre stated in a speech at the ceremony that Rimawi was "imprisoned for the last 10 years for having participated, with his people, in the struggles of the Palestinian resistance against the occupation of his country and his fight for freedom."
"Majdi is a direct victim of this occupation... As are the 4,500 Palestinian resistance [fighters] who were imprisoned for having dared to defend their country against an occupier whose military means are oversized and whose methods constantly violate UN resolutions and international law," according to a transcript of his speech.
Rimawi, with three other Palestinians, were convicted of Zeevi's assassination in 2001. The four are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which affirmed then that the assassination was in retaliation to Israel's assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, the PFLP secretary-general, in the same year.
Zeevi, who had founded the right-wing nationalist Moledet party, had advocated the mass murder of the Palestinians and their ouster from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
For its part, the PFLP, like other Palestinian resistance factions, saluted the Bezons local council for its decision and described it as supportive of the just cause of the Palestinian prisoners.
The decision was hailed by the Palestinians. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper stated on Monday that Rimawi was given this citizenship because Bezons mayor Dominique Lesparre, a member of the French communist party, has a sister-city agreement with the West Bank town Beit Rima where Rimawi's family lives.
Bezons and Rimawi's hometown have been sister towns since 2008.
The Bezons monthly newsletter cited Bezons mayor Dominique Lesparre as saying that honoring Rimawi was due to the "colonization of the Palestinian people."
The monthly newsletter stated that it was a unanimous decision taken by the Bezons local council to honor Rimawi, whose act was to defend his town and its inhabitants, calling for enforcing the international law for the establishment of Palestine within the 1967 borders as recognized by the UN, and Jerusalem as its capital.
Rimawi's wife, Fathiya, was presented with a plaque honoring her husband as a brave political prisoner at a ceremony held in France last February.
According to his personal blog, mayor Lesparre stated in a speech at the ceremony that Rimawi was "imprisoned for the last 10 years for having participated, with his people, in the struggles of the Palestinian resistance against the occupation of his country and his fight for freedom."
"Majdi is a direct victim of this occupation... As are the 4,500 Palestinian resistance [fighters] who were imprisoned for having dared to defend their country against an occupier whose military means are oversized and whose methods constantly violate UN resolutions and international law," according to a transcript of his speech.
Rimawi, with three other Palestinians, were convicted of Zeevi's assassination in 2001. The four are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which affirmed then that the assassination was in retaliation to Israel's assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, the PFLP secretary-general, in the same year.
Zeevi, who had founded the right-wing nationalist Moledet party, had advocated the mass murder of the Palestinians and their ouster from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
For its part, the PFLP, like other Palestinian resistance factions, saluted the Bezons local council for its decision and described it as supportive of the just cause of the Palestinian prisoners.
