15 may 2013
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Israel arrests 25 Palestinian protesters on Nakba Day
A Palestinian woman is taken away by Israeli security forces in clashes in East al-Quds on May 15, 2013.
Israeli forces have arrested 25 Palestinian protesters during clashes in and around East al-Quds (Jerusalem). The Palestinians were detained during a demonstration held on Wednesday to mark the 65th anniversary of the Nakba Day. Israeli security forces used tear gas, stun grenades, and water cannons to disperse the demonstrators, who were marking the anniversary of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948, which they call the Nakba (the catastrophe). |
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip also took to the streets to voice their anger against the Israeli occupation of their land.
Similar demonstrations were held in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus, and al-Khalil (Hebron), and some other countries around the world.
On Tuesday, Israeli forces attacked hundreds of Palestinians who were trying to mark the day in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Every year on May 15, Palestinians all over the world hold demonstrations to commemorate Nakba Day, on which Israeli soldiers also wiped nearly 500 Palestinian villages and towns off the map, leaving an estimated total of 4.7 million Palestinian refugees and their descendants dreaming of an eventual return to their ancestral homeland more than six decades later.
Similar demonstrations were held in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus, and al-Khalil (Hebron), and some other countries around the world.
On Tuesday, Israeli forces attacked hundreds of Palestinians who were trying to mark the day in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Every year on May 15, Palestinians all over the world hold demonstrations to commemorate Nakba Day, on which Israeli soldiers also wiped nearly 500 Palestinian villages and towns off the map, leaving an estimated total of 4.7 million Palestinian refugees and their descendants dreaming of an eventual return to their ancestral homeland more than six decades later.
Prisoner from Gaza on hunger strike demanding his release
Palestinian prisoner Eyad Abu Khudair launched on Tuesday an open-ended hunger strike in protest at the occupation authorities' refusal to release him after the completion of his sentence.
Muhjat Al-Quds Foundation for Prisoners said in a statement on Tuesday that the prisoner Eyad decided to go on hunger strike after the occupation authorities informed him that his detention will be extended for 14 other days, during which they will discuss whether Eyad will be released to the Gaza Strip or to Jordan, where he used to live.
The Israeli authorities refused to release captive Abu Khudair, from the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, after the end of his prison term of 8 years on 12 April 2013.
Abu Khudair was arrested on the 12 April 2005, on charges of resisting the occupation and affiliation with the Islamic Jihad movement. He was sentenced to 8 years that ended last month, but the occupation forces have been refusing to release him arguing that he does not carry a Palestinian ID.
Muhjat Al-Quds Foundation for Prisoners said in a statement on Tuesday that the prisoner Eyad decided to go on hunger strike after the occupation authorities informed him that his detention will be extended for 14 other days, during which they will discuss whether Eyad will be released to the Gaza Strip or to Jordan, where he used to live.
The Israeli authorities refused to release captive Abu Khudair, from the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, after the end of his prison term of 8 years on 12 April 2013.
Abu Khudair was arrested on the 12 April 2005, on charges of resisting the occupation and affiliation with the Islamic Jihad movement. He was sentenced to 8 years that ended last month, but the occupation forces have been refusing to release him arguing that he does not carry a Palestinian ID.
Violent confrontations in Al-Khalil, child arrested
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) encircled Arroub refugee camp, south of Al-Khalil, on Wednesday and showered young men with teargas canisters and metal bullets.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that the young men were demonstrating on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Nakba and threw stones and crude firebombs at the soldiers.
Groups of young men said that commemorating the Nakba should include marching to settlements and military positions and not dancing and singing inside Palestinian cities surrounded by settlements and IOF soldiers.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers arrested a Palestinian man and a child from Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, on Tuesday night.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested the schoolchild, Hakam Al-Alami, after the Israeli intelligence interrogated him at Gush Etzion detention center, north of Al-Khalil.
IOF soldiers rounded up eight university students and children in Beit Ummar over the past three days.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that the young men were demonstrating on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Nakba and threw stones and crude firebombs at the soldiers.
Groups of young men said that commemorating the Nakba should include marching to settlements and military positions and not dancing and singing inside Palestinian cities surrounded by settlements and IOF soldiers.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers arrested a Palestinian man and a child from Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, on Tuesday night.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested the schoolchild, Hakam Al-Alami, after the Israeli intelligence interrogated him at Gush Etzion detention center, north of Al-Khalil.
IOF soldiers rounded up eight university students and children in Beit Ummar over the past three days.
IOA extends Palestinian MPs' detention
Ahrar Center for Prisoners' Studies and Human rights condemned the Israeli court decision to extend the detention of 4 Palestinian MPs held in the Negev desert prison.
Fouad al-Khuffash confirmed in a press release that the Israeli authorities have renewed the arrest of MP Dr. Mahmoud Ramahi, MP Yasser Mansour, MP Ahmed Attoun, and MP Bassem Zaarir for six additional months.
The extension of the MPs' detention came in light of the Israeli attempts to undermine the Palestinian democratic process, Khuffash said, stressing that the MPs were elected by the Palestinian people to represent them at the PLC and not to be jailed in Israeli prisons.
He expressed his surprise towards the intended legislative elections while the Israeli occupation does not respect the Palestinian choice. He confirmed that 51 Palestinian MPs and ministers were arrested since 2006.
Ahrar center's director stated that 13 MPs are currently held in Israeli jails including 9 administrative detainees without trial or charge.
In a related context, the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc affiliated with Hamas condemned the Israeli court's decision to extend the detention of the four MPs for 6 months.
The bloc considered the detention of Palestinian legitimate MPs as a flagrant crime that must be prosecuted, calling for activating the Palestinian Legislative Council by all possible means.
The Islamic bloc noted that 13 MPs are still detained in Israeli jails including 11 MPs of Change and Reform bloc.
Fouad al-Khuffash confirmed in a press release that the Israeli authorities have renewed the arrest of MP Dr. Mahmoud Ramahi, MP Yasser Mansour, MP Ahmed Attoun, and MP Bassem Zaarir for six additional months.
The extension of the MPs' detention came in light of the Israeli attempts to undermine the Palestinian democratic process, Khuffash said, stressing that the MPs were elected by the Palestinian people to represent them at the PLC and not to be jailed in Israeli prisons.
He expressed his surprise towards the intended legislative elections while the Israeli occupation does not respect the Palestinian choice. He confirmed that 51 Palestinian MPs and ministers were arrested since 2006.
Ahrar center's director stated that 13 MPs are currently held in Israeli jails including 9 administrative detainees without trial or charge.
In a related context, the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc affiliated with Hamas condemned the Israeli court's decision to extend the detention of the four MPs for 6 months.
The bloc considered the detention of Palestinian legitimate MPs as a flagrant crime that must be prosecuted, calling for activating the Palestinian Legislative Council by all possible means.
The Islamic bloc noted that 13 MPs are still detained in Israeli jails including 11 MPs of Change and Reform bloc.
Palestinian prisoner loses his memory in Israeli jails
Prisoner Jihad Abdel Latif Abu Haniyeh
The Palestinian prisoner Jihad Abdel Latif Abu Haniyeh, arrested in 2007 and sentenced to 60 years, lost his memory and failed to remember his cell mates’ names, Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) revealed. The prisoner's family expressed concern over their son's health status especially that he failed to recognize his parents during their visit.
The prisoners who shared him the cell confirmed that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) provided him with mysterious medicines.
The prisoner's family called on human rights institutions to intervene to save Jihad's life.
The PPS held the occupation fully responsible over the prisoner's safety and called on the IPS to provide him with the appropriate treatment after being beaten severely on his head.
Meanwhile, the prisoners Mesbah Mossa and Assad al-Damj's health conditions have deteriorated due to the Israeli deliberate medical negligence and the difficult detention condition in Eshel prison.
Prisoner al-Damj's family stressed that he fell unconscious more than once, noting that he was arrested after being shot by Israeli fire.
The PPS stressed the need to conduct an urgent surgery to the prisoner especially that he suffers several health problems.
The PPS said that the prisoner Khalil Mesbah Moussa who is held and isolation in Eishel prison, suffers serious health issues.
Mesbah underwent several surgeries as he suffers colon cancer, the PPS added, calling for providing him with the necessary medical care.
More than a thousand Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails suffer different illnesses including 25 cancer patients in light of the Israeli medical neglect.
The Palestinian prisoner Jihad Abdel Latif Abu Haniyeh, arrested in 2007 and sentenced to 60 years, lost his memory and failed to remember his cell mates’ names, Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) revealed. The prisoner's family expressed concern over their son's health status especially that he failed to recognize his parents during their visit.
The prisoners who shared him the cell confirmed that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) provided him with mysterious medicines.
The prisoner's family called on human rights institutions to intervene to save Jihad's life.
The PPS held the occupation fully responsible over the prisoner's safety and called on the IPS to provide him with the appropriate treatment after being beaten severely on his head.
Meanwhile, the prisoners Mesbah Mossa and Assad al-Damj's health conditions have deteriorated due to the Israeli deliberate medical negligence and the difficult detention condition in Eshel prison.
Prisoner al-Damj's family stressed that he fell unconscious more than once, noting that he was arrested after being shot by Israeli fire.
The PPS stressed the need to conduct an urgent surgery to the prisoner especially that he suffers several health problems.
The PPS said that the prisoner Khalil Mesbah Moussa who is held and isolation in Eishel prison, suffers serious health issues.
Mesbah underwent several surgeries as he suffers colon cancer, the PPS added, calling for providing him with the necessary medical care.
More than a thousand Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails suffer different illnesses including 25 cancer patients in light of the Israeli medical neglect.
14 may 2013
Number of detained cancer patients in Israeli jails rises to 26
Waed society for prisoners revealed on Tuesday that the number of cancer patients held in Israeli occupation prisons had risen to 26. It said in a statement that prisoner Mahmoud Abu Saleh, from Doura village in Al-Khalil, was diagnosed with throat cancer.
The society said that Abu Saleh is serving a 25-year sentence and has served 11 years so far.
It charged the Israeli prison service with deliberately neglecting Abu Saleh’s treatment, warning that he might meet the same fate of prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya, who died of cancer while in Israeli captivity.
The society drew the attention to the rising number of prisoners suffering chronic and serious diseases in Israeli jails, and blamed the Red Cross and the World Health Organization for remaining silent vis-à-vis such phenomenon.
The society said that Abu Saleh is serving a 25-year sentence and has served 11 years so far.
It charged the Israeli prison service with deliberately neglecting Abu Saleh’s treatment, warning that he might meet the same fate of prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya, who died of cancer while in Israeli captivity.
The society drew the attention to the rising number of prisoners suffering chronic and serious diseases in Israeli jails, and blamed the Red Cross and the World Health Organization for remaining silent vis-à-vis such phenomenon.
Israel Suppresses Al-Awda March, Assaults Journalists and Protesters
Israeli occupation forces suppressed Al-Awda (return) march near al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem. PNN reporter said that Israeli forces assaulted a number of journalists who were covering the march. Protesters closed Street 60 and the Israeli forces assaulted some of the protesters, fired sound and tear gas canisters in return.
Israeli forces arrested Mazen al-Azzeh, the coordinator of the popular committee to resist wall and settlement, after they handcuffed him and took him to an unknown location. Confrontations also erupted between the forces and young Palestinians inside al-Khader village.
It's worth noting that the march launched from the The Martyrs' Memorial, with the participation of hundreds of Palestinians and internationals activists from Bethlehem, and was supposed to continue its heading to Hussan village, west of Bethlehem toward the barrier that separates the lands of 1948 from the lands of 1967.
Our reporter said that the Israeli army suppressed the march near al-Khader stadium and started firing tear and sound gas bombs and banned participants from continuing their march.
Israeli forces arrested Mazen al-Azzeh, the coordinator of the popular committee to resist wall and settlement, after they handcuffed him and took him to an unknown location. Confrontations also erupted between the forces and young Palestinians inside al-Khader village.
It's worth noting that the march launched from the The Martyrs' Memorial, with the participation of hundreds of Palestinians and internationals activists from Bethlehem, and was supposed to continue its heading to Hussan village, west of Bethlehem toward the barrier that separates the lands of 1948 from the lands of 1967.
Our reporter said that the Israeli army suppressed the march near al-Khader stadium and started firing tear and sound gas bombs and banned participants from continuing their march.
Israel Arrests 10 Palestinians, including Students in West Bank
Israeli forces Tuesday arrested 10 Palestinians from across the West Bank cities of Jenin, Hebron, and Nablus, including seven university students, according to security sources.
They told WAFA that Israeli forces arrested seven Palestinians after raiding and searching their homes, including six university students, all in their twenties; five from the Arab American University and another from al-Quds Open University.
Meanwhile, a number of Israeli military jeeps raided al-Dahyeh neighborhood, south of Nablus, searched several Palestinian homes and arrested a 23-year-old Palestinian.
Forces also arrested two Palestinians from the Hebron area, including a released prisoner university student after raiding several homes.
Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians In West Bank, Clashes Reported
Tuesday at dawn, April 14 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the West Bank, searched homes and property, and kidnapped several Palestinians, including university students, before taking them to unknown destinations.
Local sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that the army invaded the Ad-Dahiya area, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped one resident identified as Mohammad Ribhi Dweikat, 23.
Soldiers also invaded Ya’bod village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, including six students of the American University.
The seven have been identified as Eyad Qabha, 42, Islam Turkman, Sadam Meetani, Odai Yousef Hamarsha, Mousa Wasfy, Dadi Abbadi and Wisam Amarna.
Army further kidnapped three Palestinians in the Hebron district; one of them, identified as Nidal Eqab An-Nawaj’a, was kidnapped in Yatta town south of Hebron, while Ahmad Sabarna, and Ammar Al-Allami, 19, were kidnapped in Beit Ummar town.
Local sources reported that clashes took place between local youths and the invading soldiers who broke into and searched several homes.
It is worth mentioning that the army kidnapped 45 Palestinians in Beit Ummar town since the beginning of this year.
In Jerusalem, the soldiers broke into the home of a local reporter identified as Yousef Al-Hoot, in Anata town, and kidnapped his son, Nassar, 21, a student of the Al-Quds Open University. The soldiers also broke into and searched several homes.
On Monday evening, dozens of Israeli soldiers also invaded the Al-Arroub refugee camp, in Hebron, and fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at them. The army fired concussion grenades, gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Soldiers further broke into and searched several homes, and occupied rooftops before using them as monitoring towers.
The army also installed several roadblocks at the entrances of the towns of Tarqoumia, Ithna, Sa’ir and Halhoul, in addition to invading several neighborhoods in Hebron city, before stopping dozens of residents and vehicles.
They told WAFA that Israeli forces arrested seven Palestinians after raiding and searching their homes, including six university students, all in their twenties; five from the Arab American University and another from al-Quds Open University.
Meanwhile, a number of Israeli military jeeps raided al-Dahyeh neighborhood, south of Nablus, searched several Palestinian homes and arrested a 23-year-old Palestinian.
Forces also arrested two Palestinians from the Hebron area, including a released prisoner university student after raiding several homes.
Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians In West Bank, Clashes Reported
Tuesday at dawn, April 14 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the West Bank, searched homes and property, and kidnapped several Palestinians, including university students, before taking them to unknown destinations.
Local sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that the army invaded the Ad-Dahiya area, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped one resident identified as Mohammad Ribhi Dweikat, 23.
Soldiers also invaded Ya’bod village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, including six students of the American University.
The seven have been identified as Eyad Qabha, 42, Islam Turkman, Sadam Meetani, Odai Yousef Hamarsha, Mousa Wasfy, Dadi Abbadi and Wisam Amarna.
Army further kidnapped three Palestinians in the Hebron district; one of them, identified as Nidal Eqab An-Nawaj’a, was kidnapped in Yatta town south of Hebron, while Ahmad Sabarna, and Ammar Al-Allami, 19, were kidnapped in Beit Ummar town.
Local sources reported that clashes took place between local youths and the invading soldiers who broke into and searched several homes.
It is worth mentioning that the army kidnapped 45 Palestinians in Beit Ummar town since the beginning of this year.
In Jerusalem, the soldiers broke into the home of a local reporter identified as Yousef Al-Hoot, in Anata town, and kidnapped his son, Nassar, 21, a student of the Al-Quds Open University. The soldiers also broke into and searched several homes.
On Monday evening, dozens of Israeli soldiers also invaded the Al-Arroub refugee camp, in Hebron, and fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at them. The army fired concussion grenades, gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Soldiers further broke into and searched several homes, and occupied rooftops before using them as monitoring towers.
The army also installed several roadblocks at the entrances of the towns of Tarqoumia, Ithna, Sa’ir and Halhoul, in addition to invading several neighborhoods in Hebron city, before stopping dozens of residents and vehicles.
Female captives threaten to go on hunger strike
Palestinian female prisoners in Israeli occupation jails have threatened to go on hunger strike to protest medical neglect against their oldest serving prisoner Leena Jarboni.
The Palestinian prisoner society said in a statement on Monday that Jarboni was suffering acute pain, adding that she is in need of urgent surgery to remove a gallstone.
It said that prisoners asked for a doctor but when that did not work they started returning meals until the administration allowed her to be examined and the doctor said she was in need of surgery.
However, the society said, the prison administration told Jarboni that she had to wait for her turn to undergo the operation, which could mean waiting for several months.
The society also quoted the prisoners as complaining of the spread of rats inside their jail cells and of the spread of diseases as a result.
The Palestinian prisoner society said in a statement on Monday that Jarboni was suffering acute pain, adding that she is in need of urgent surgery to remove a gallstone.
It said that prisoners asked for a doctor but when that did not work they started returning meals until the administration allowed her to be examined and the doctor said she was in need of surgery.
However, the society said, the prison administration told Jarboni that she had to wait for her turn to undergo the operation, which could mean waiting for several months.
The society also quoted the prisoners as complaining of the spread of rats inside their jail cells and of the spread of diseases as a result.
Israeli court indicts Ayyash for giving financial assistance to needy families
The Israeli Salem military court charged Atta Ayyash, the uncle of late Qassam Brigades commander Yehya Ayyash, with offering money to family of Yehya and to the Gaza Strip.
A press release by the Ayyash family said that the indictment was tabled at the court after one month of Atta Ayyash’s detention.
The family statemnt said that the next court hearing into his case would take place on 26th May.
Fares Abul Hassan, the defendant’s lawyer, said that he would table an appeal next week for the release of Atta.
The Israeli occupation authorities moved Atta, 61, from Petah Tikwa detention center, where he was held since his arrest on 13th April, to Megiddo jail.
Atta, who worked as a teacher for three decades in the Jordanian ministry of education, is currently the director of the charitable Islamic center in Mafraq, Jordan.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Atta at the King Hussein Bridge on his way back to Jordan after a routine visit to his family in Rafat village, Salfit governorate, in the West Bank.
A press release by the Ayyash family said that the indictment was tabled at the court after one month of Atta Ayyash’s detention.
The family statemnt said that the next court hearing into his case would take place on 26th May.
Fares Abul Hassan, the defendant’s lawyer, said that he would table an appeal next week for the release of Atta.
The Israeli occupation authorities moved Atta, 61, from Petah Tikwa detention center, where he was held since his arrest on 13th April, to Megiddo jail.
Atta, who worked as a teacher for three decades in the Jordanian ministry of education, is currently the director of the charitable Islamic center in Mafraq, Jordan.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Atta at the King Hussein Bridge on his way back to Jordan after a routine visit to his family in Rafat village, Salfit governorate, in the West Bank.
13 may 2013
Prisoner Suspends Hunger Strike after Sentence Reduction
Striking Prisoner Muhammad Abu Rmelah Monday decided to suspend his hunger strike after a court's ruling to reduce his jail sentence, said the Palestinian Prisoner Club (PPC) on Monday.
PPC’s lawyer Shireen Nasser said in a press release that Abu Rmelah suspended his strike after the Israeli court decided to reduce his administrative detention from six to three months.
Abu Rmelah had earlier announced hunger strike after he was detained for 19 months without a charge or trial.
Meanwhile, three prisoners announced that they will continue hunger striking until Israel agrees to their demands, according to the Prisoners’ Minister Issa Qaraqi.
He told WAFA in a phone call that the three prisoners are being held in solitary confinement and pressured by the Israeli prisoners administration to end their strike.
The Ministry’s lawyer Hanan al-Khateeb said that Ayman Daod, one of the isolated prisoners who is being held at Ramleh prison’s hospital, is suffering from a bad and gradually deteriorating health condition.
PPC’s lawyer Shireen Nasser said in a press release that Abu Rmelah suspended his strike after the Israeli court decided to reduce his administrative detention from six to three months.
Abu Rmelah had earlier announced hunger strike after he was detained for 19 months without a charge or trial.
Meanwhile, three prisoners announced that they will continue hunger striking until Israel agrees to their demands, according to the Prisoners’ Minister Issa Qaraqi.
He told WAFA in a phone call that the three prisoners are being held in solitary confinement and pressured by the Israeli prisoners administration to end their strike.
The Ministry’s lawyer Hanan al-Khateeb said that Ayman Daod, one of the isolated prisoners who is being held at Ramleh prison’s hospital, is suffering from a bad and gradually deteriorating health condition.
Report: “%100 Of Administrative Detainees Are Former Prisoners”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that all of the Palestinian current administrative detainees, held by Israel without charges, are former political prisoners who have been repeatedly kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel.
Fuad Al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center, reported that Israeli is currently holding captive 218 detainees under Administrative Detention, mainly at the Negev detention camp and Ofer prison, while the rest are held in Majiddo, Hadarim and other prisons.
Al-Khoffash added that %80 of the Administrative Detainees are supporters of the Hamas movement, and that some of them spent more than 15 years after being kidnapped and detained numerous times without charges.
He said that most of the Administrative Detainees are from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, followed by the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Al-Khoffash said that detainee Ayed Doudeen, from Hebron, spent a total of 15 years in prison, including eight years under Administrative Detention, also detainee Nazeeh Abu ‘Oon, spent 13 years in Israeli prisons, and has been under Administrative Detention since he was kidnapped last time two years ago.
Furthermore, the Ahrar center reported that elected former Minister of Detainee, Wasfi Qabha, has been under Administrative Detention since two years, and added that Israel is currently holding captive 13 elected legislators, including nine who are held under Administrative Detention.
The center called for local, regional and international legal actions to expose the ongoing Israeli violations against all Palestinian political detainees, especially administrative detainees, in order to ensure an end to the illegal Israeli practice and policies.
Detainees held under Administrative Detention do not even know what charges they are facing as Israel holds them under the pretext of having a “secret file” against them, a file that neither the detainees, nor their lawyers, have access to.
Fuad Al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center, reported that Israeli is currently holding captive 218 detainees under Administrative Detention, mainly at the Negev detention camp and Ofer prison, while the rest are held in Majiddo, Hadarim and other prisons.
Al-Khoffash added that %80 of the Administrative Detainees are supporters of the Hamas movement, and that some of them spent more than 15 years after being kidnapped and detained numerous times without charges.
He said that most of the Administrative Detainees are from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, followed by the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Al-Khoffash said that detainee Ayed Doudeen, from Hebron, spent a total of 15 years in prison, including eight years under Administrative Detention, also detainee Nazeeh Abu ‘Oon, spent 13 years in Israeli prisons, and has been under Administrative Detention since he was kidnapped last time two years ago.
Furthermore, the Ahrar center reported that elected former Minister of Detainee, Wasfi Qabha, has been under Administrative Detention since two years, and added that Israel is currently holding captive 13 elected legislators, including nine who are held under Administrative Detention.
The center called for local, regional and international legal actions to expose the ongoing Israeli violations against all Palestinian political detainees, especially administrative detainees, in order to ensure an end to the illegal Israeli practice and policies.
Detainees held under Administrative Detention do not even know what charges they are facing as Israel holds them under the pretext of having a “secret file” against them, a file that neither the detainees, nor their lawyers, have access to.
Issawi calls for more support of prisoners' issue
The Jerusalemite prisoner Samer Issawi has called on his supporters during his hunger strike that lasted for 8 months to continue solidarity campaigns in support of the prisoners' issue. In his letter published by the Islamic Jihad movement's media office, Issawi pointed to the sick prisoners held in Ramle prison hospital who suffer the Israeli deliberate medical neglect.
Issawi, detained in Ramle prison, stressed that all Muslims are responsible for the prisoners' suffering, quoting prophet Mohamed peace be upon him as saying "You see the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves and showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling one body, so that, if any part of the body is not well then the whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever with it."
Samer Issawi was arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 26 years. He was released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal in 2011. He was re-arrested by Israeli authorities under the pretext of violating his release terms where he declared an open hunger strike protesting his re-arrest. Issawi reached a deal by which he will be released in October after an 8-month long hunger strike.
Palestinian liberated prisoners confirmed that Ramle prison hospital was "slaughter house" and not a hospital.
Issawi, detained in Ramle prison, stressed that all Muslims are responsible for the prisoners' suffering, quoting prophet Mohamed peace be upon him as saying "You see the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves and showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling one body, so that, if any part of the body is not well then the whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever with it."
Samer Issawi was arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 26 years. He was released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal in 2011. He was re-arrested by Israeli authorities under the pretext of violating his release terms where he declared an open hunger strike protesting his re-arrest. Issawi reached a deal by which he will be released in October after an 8-month long hunger strike.
Palestinian liberated prisoners confirmed that Ramle prison hospital was "slaughter house" and not a hospital.
IOF soldiers arrest nine Palestinians
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up nine Palestinians in various West Bank areas at dawn Tuesday.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers stormed the Jenin refugee camp and arrested two Palestinians, including one who was a former member of the Aqsa martyrs brigades.
Other IOF units broke into Jalkamous village, east of Jenin, and arrested 50-year-old Sheikh Walid Al-Haj, who is the village’s Imam, after searching and ransacking his home.
IOF soldiers also arrested a young man in Orif village, south of Nablus, and served a summons to his brother for an intelligence interrogation.
Two other young men were arrested in Edhna village, west of Al-Khalil, after breaking into their family homes.
In Tulkarem, IOF soldiers arrested two youths from Anabta village and in occupied Jerusalem the soldiers arrested a young man in Enata village after storming his family home.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers stormed the Jenin refugee camp and arrested two Palestinians, including one who was a former member of the Aqsa martyrs brigades.
Other IOF units broke into Jalkamous village, east of Jenin, and arrested 50-year-old Sheikh Walid Al-Haj, who is the village’s Imam, after searching and ransacking his home.
IOF soldiers also arrested a young man in Orif village, south of Nablus, and served a summons to his brother for an intelligence interrogation.
Two other young men were arrested in Edhna village, west of Al-Khalil, after breaking into their family homes.
In Tulkarem, IOF soldiers arrested two youths from Anabta village and in occupied Jerusalem the soldiers arrested a young man in Enata village after storming his family home.
Israeli court extends remand of Jerusalemites including children
Fadi Zaki Saad" (22 years), and the captive "Naji Saad" (19 years), and captive "Mohammad Omar Anati" (23-year), actual imprisonment for a period of 40 months, and the young man "Mahmoud Nasser Daajna," 22-year-old
The Israeli Magistrate Court in Jerusalem extended on Sunday the remand of a number of Jerusalemites including children.
Lawyer Mohammed Mahmoud from Tadamun foundation told the Wadi Hilwa information center that the court extended the custody of 15-year-old Musab Abed Rabbo, who was arrested at dawn Saturday from his home, till next Thursday.
He said that two other 15-year-old children were ordered to remain in detention, one till Thursday and the other till Tuesday.
The center said that the detention of a teenager, who was arrested late last month, was also extended till Thursday.
Eyewitnesses told the center that Israeli occupation forces detained a 9-year-old child afternoon Saturday while walking in one of the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem and took him for questioning.
The Israeli Magistrate Court in Jerusalem extended on Sunday the remand of a number of Jerusalemites including children.
Lawyer Mohammed Mahmoud from Tadamun foundation told the Wadi Hilwa information center that the court extended the custody of 15-year-old Musab Abed Rabbo, who was arrested at dawn Saturday from his home, till next Thursday.
He said that two other 15-year-old children were ordered to remain in detention, one till Thursday and the other till Tuesday.
The center said that the detention of a teenager, who was arrested late last month, was also extended till Thursday.
Eyewitnesses told the center that Israeli occupation forces detained a 9-year-old child afternoon Saturday while walking in one of the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem and took him for questioning.
Health condition of Palestinian prisoner deteriorating
The prison administration of the Israeli Eshel prison has been refusing to provide treatment for prisoner Tamer Al-Reemawi, which badly affected his health condition.
The Palestinian prisoner’s society said in a statement on Sunday that Tamer, who is serving three life sentences, was plagued with a neurological disease.
It said that his condition exacerbated when he was kept in isolation along with three other Palestinian prisoners with Jewish homicide convicts.
The society explained that the Eshel administration was holding Reemawi along with the three other prisoners in one room in section 3, which is allocated for homicide prisoners.
Tamer’s mother called for providing her son with proper medication, adding that his health was worsening after refusing to take his medicine over the past few days in protest at his incarceration condition and medical neglect. The mother had visited her son a few days ago.
The Palestinian prisoner’s society said in a statement on Sunday that Tamer, who is serving three life sentences, was plagued with a neurological disease.
It said that his condition exacerbated when he was kept in isolation along with three other Palestinian prisoners with Jewish homicide convicts.
The society explained that the Eshel administration was holding Reemawi along with the three other prisoners in one room in section 3, which is allocated for homicide prisoners.
Tamer’s mother called for providing her son with proper medication, adding that his health was worsening after refusing to take his medicine over the past few days in protest at his incarceration condition and medical neglect. The mother had visited her son a few days ago.
Captive Reemawi joins Jordanian hunger strike
Prisoner Mohammed Reemawi has announced that he would join the Jordanian prisoners’ hunger strike that started over a week ago in protest at their incarceration conditions in Israeli jails.
26 Jordanian prisoners have been on hunger strike protesting medical neglect and media and human rights organization’s disregard for their condition.
Reemawi’s wife said that his health condition was not good and that he was vomiting blood and suffers high temperature and could not move out of his bed.
She said that Reemawi, who holds a Jordanian passport, was serving a life sentence and has been in jail for 12 years.
The wife said that family members, who live in Jordan, could only visit Reemawi twice over the past 12 years, adding that the Israeli occupation authorities refuse to allow them to visit him.
26 Jordanian prisoners have been on hunger strike protesting medical neglect and media and human rights organization’s disregard for their condition.
Reemawi’s wife said that his health condition was not good and that he was vomiting blood and suffers high temperature and could not move out of his bed.
She said that Reemawi, who holds a Jordanian passport, was serving a life sentence and has been in jail for 12 years.
The wife said that family members, who live in Jordan, could only visit Reemawi twice over the past 12 years, adding that the Israeli occupation authorities refuse to allow them to visit him.
12 may 2013
Occupation extends captive Atiti's detention only one hour before his release
Ahrar center for Prisoners' studies and human rights condemned the extension of the administrative detention of prisoner Abdul-Qader Jabr Atiti on Wednesday for an additional three months. Captive Atiti, aged 27 from Al-Aroub refugee camp in the city of al-Khalil, has spent 15 months in administrative detention. His detention has been extended only an hour before his release, for the fourth time.
The director of Ahrar center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, said that Abdul-Qader Atiti is a liberated captive who had earlier served 52 months in the occupation jails and was re-arrested on 8 February 2012.
Meanwhile; Abdul-Qader Atiti’s brother captive Hisham, who has been arrested in January 2013, is also waiting for his trial which has been postponed to the 19 June 2013.
The Israeli prison service has been refusing to transfer the two detained brothers to the same prison.
Al-Khuffash called on all human rights organizations to end the suffering of the administrative detainees.
The director of Ahrar center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, said that Abdul-Qader Atiti is a liberated captive who had earlier served 52 months in the occupation jails and was re-arrested on 8 February 2012.
Meanwhile; Abdul-Qader Atiti’s brother captive Hisham, who has been arrested in January 2013, is also waiting for his trial which has been postponed to the 19 June 2013.
The Israeli prison service has been refusing to transfer the two detained brothers to the same prison.
Al-Khuffash called on all human rights organizations to end the suffering of the administrative detainees.
Occupation refuses to put two detained brothers in the same section
Israeli prison administration still procrastinates transferring the two detained brothers Hassan and Montaser Karajeh to the same prison section.
The brothers Hassan and Montaser Karajeh, from the village of Safa west of Ramallah, were arrested on January 23, 2013, under a campaign of arrests in the area.
The Israeli prison law allows sending two detained brothers to the same section, however the prison administration claims that "there is no kinship" between Hassan and Montaser and refuses to put them in the same cell.
Their brother, lawyer Muhannad Karajeh, published on Saturday a letter he had received from his brother Hassan, in which he says: "There is no basis for that claim, we hold the same Full Name, and we were arrested by the same force from the same house!"
"My father and my brother tried to prevent the soldiers from taking us to the military vehicle. The soldiers terrorized my sister Baghdad, and I have seen all this with my brother Montaser at the same time. How can they claim there is no kinship between us?"
Meanwhile; the Israeli occupation authorities have continued to deprive the two detained brothers from family visits, since their arrest.
The human rights activist Hassan Karajeh stressed in his letter that the steadfastness and resistance are the only way to achieve freedom.
The brothers Hassan and Montaser Karajeh, from the village of Safa west of Ramallah, were arrested on January 23, 2013, under a campaign of arrests in the area.
The Israeli prison law allows sending two detained brothers to the same section, however the prison administration claims that "there is no kinship" between Hassan and Montaser and refuses to put them in the same cell.
Their brother, lawyer Muhannad Karajeh, published on Saturday a letter he had received from his brother Hassan, in which he says: "There is no basis for that claim, we hold the same Full Name, and we were arrested by the same force from the same house!"
"My father and my brother tried to prevent the soldiers from taking us to the military vehicle. The soldiers terrorized my sister Baghdad, and I have seen all this with my brother Montaser at the same time. How can they claim there is no kinship between us?"
Meanwhile; the Israeli occupation authorities have continued to deprive the two detained brothers from family visits, since their arrest.
The human rights activist Hassan Karajeh stressed in his letter that the steadfastness and resistance are the only way to achieve freedom.
IOF soldiers storm Nablus village, arrest a youth and his sister
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Kufr Qalil village, east of Nablus city, and broke into the home of Abu Mahyub Al-Qinni and arrested his son Saddam and his daughter Tahrir.
Reliable local sources said that IOF soldiers in armored vehicles burst into the village shortly before dawn Sunday and directly headed to the home of Qinni.
Meanwhile, a Palestinian young man from Orif village, south of Nablus, was hit with a bullet in his face during confrontations with IOF soldiers after they stormed into the village.
Another youth was injured in his foot in the same confrontations and was arrested by the soldiers.
In another incident, Jewish settlers from Bracha settlement attacked the village of Burin, in Nablus province, and clashed with young men.
Reliable local sources said that IOF soldiers in armored vehicles burst into the village shortly before dawn Sunday and directly headed to the home of Qinni.
Meanwhile, a Palestinian young man from Orif village, south of Nablus, was hit with a bullet in his face during confrontations with IOF soldiers after they stormed into the village.
Another youth was injured in his foot in the same confrontations and was arrested by the soldiers.
In another incident, Jewish settlers from Bracha settlement attacked the village of Burin, in Nablus province, and clashed with young men.
Injuries, arrests reported in Jerusalem night clashes
A number of Jerusalemites were injured in Saturday night clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Bab Hitta and Saadiya alleys near the Aqsa mosque.
Wadi Hilwa information center said in a statement on Sunday that a number of Jerusalemites were hit with metal and rubber bullets in the “violent” confrontations.
It said that the soldiers used live and rubber bullets in addition to teargas and stun grenades to quell the young Jerusalemites.
In a related context, a number of Jerusalemites suffered burns and breathing problems in clashes with the Israeli forces in Tur suburb in occupied Jerusalem while a young man was detained during the confrontations.
Wadi Hilwa information center said in a statement on Sunday that a number of Jerusalemites were hit with metal and rubber bullets in the “violent” confrontations.
It said that the soldiers used live and rubber bullets in addition to teargas and stun grenades to quell the young Jerusalemites.
In a related context, a number of Jerusalemites suffered burns and breathing problems in clashes with the Israeli forces in Tur suburb in occupied Jerusalem while a young man was detained during the confrontations.
IOF soldiers deploy in Al-Khalil, detain schoolteachers
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained three teachers working at Janba school near Yatta, south of Al-Khalil province, on Sunday morning.
Local sources said that the soldiers detained the teacher while on their way to school, which is near to a Jewish settlement.
They said that IOF soldiers also roamed the streets of two villages near Al-Khalil city and broke into a number of suburbs and the Old City of Al-Khalil.
The sources said that the soldiers broke into a number of homes in the process and searched them.
Local sources said that the soldiers detained the teacher while on their way to school, which is near to a Jewish settlement.
They said that IOF soldiers also roamed the streets of two villages near Al-Khalil city and broke into a number of suburbs and the Old City of Al-Khalil.
The sources said that the soldiers broke into a number of homes in the process and searched them.
