28 apr 2014
The Magistrate court judge extended on Monday the arrest of Ibrahim Bayya’ from Shu’fat refugee camp until 07/05/2014 to interrogate him in the cells of Al-Maskobyeh.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of his client Bayya’ and pointed out that he will appeal the judge’s decision in the District court on Tuesday.
He added that the public prosecution submitted today a prosecutor’s permit to submit an indictment to the District court against Mufeed Obeid from the village of Esawyeh.
The court also sentenced today the minor Ayman Shweiki for actual imprisonment and a suspended probation of 4 months for two years in addition to a fine of 2000 NIS on charges of throwing stones.
The judge also scheduled a court date on 06/07/2014 to sentence Ahmad Salah.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of his client Bayya’ and pointed out that he will appeal the judge’s decision in the District court on Tuesday.
He added that the public prosecution submitted today a prosecutor’s permit to submit an indictment to the District court against Mufeed Obeid from the village of Esawyeh.
The court also sentenced today the minor Ayman Shweiki for actual imprisonment and a suspended probation of 4 months for two years in addition to a fine of 2000 NIS on charges of throwing stones.
The judge also scheduled a court date on 06/07/2014 to sentence Ahmad Salah.
The first European conference in support of Palestinian prisoners held in Berlin called in its final statement on Monday for internationalizing Palestinian prisoners' issue and for exposing Israeli serious violations against them. The two-day conference came in the promotion of the international solidarity year with the Palestinian people declared earlier this year by the UN and to mark the Palestinian Prisoner Day.
The conference was organized under the auspices of the PLO Department of Expatriate Affairs, and the Palestinian Embassy in Germany.
The conference called for forming a European-Palestinian legal committee to follow up Palestinian prisoners' issue at international courts in order to prosecute Israeli political and military officials who committed crimes against the prisoners.
The conference further called on the Palestinian Authority to join international organizations, particularly the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to be able to prosecute Israel for committing crimes against the Palestinian people, and called for supporting Palestinian prisoners and detainees by all possible means.
The conference was organized under the auspices of the PLO Department of Expatriate Affairs, and the Palestinian Embassy in Germany.
The conference called for forming a European-Palestinian legal committee to follow up Palestinian prisoners' issue at international courts in order to prosecute Israeli political and military officials who committed crimes against the prisoners.
The conference further called on the Palestinian Authority to join international organizations, particularly the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to be able to prosecute Israel for committing crimes against the Palestinian people, and called for supporting Palestinian prisoners and detainees by all possible means.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained a Palestinian man after crossing the Gaza border fence to the north east of Breij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Monday.
Local sources said that the unidentified man was ordered to strip by the soldiers before detaining him.
Meanwhile, IOF army vehicles were seen gathering east of Juhr Al-Deek are also opposite central Gaza.
Local sources said that the unidentified man was ordered to strip by the soldiers before detaining him.
Meanwhile, IOF army vehicles were seen gathering east of Juhr Al-Deek are also opposite central Gaza.
Palestinian administrative detainees have continued their hunger strike for the fifth consecutive day Monday in protest at their detention without charge or trial, while Israeli Prison Services (IPS) continued to isolate the detainees engaged in the strike in Ramle prison. 200 Palestinian administrative detainees have started an open-ended hunger strike on Thursday 24th April demanding an end to their administrative detention.
Palestinian MPs and leaders in Hamas movement are among the striking administrative detainees including the cancer patient Nabil Abu Eid, Adnan Abu Tabana, Abdul Khaliq al-Natsheh, and MPs Mohammed Jamal Natshe and Hatem Kufaisheh.
The hunger strike came in light of Israeli escalating administrative detention policy.
Israeli prison administration has transferred the administrative detainees engaged in the hunger strike to different prisons in an attempt to undermine their protest steps.
Palestinian MPs and leaders in Hamas movement are among the striking administrative detainees including the cancer patient Nabil Abu Eid, Adnan Abu Tabana, Abdul Khaliq al-Natsheh, and MPs Mohammed Jamal Natshe and Hatem Kufaisheh.
The hunger strike came in light of Israeli escalating administrative detention policy.
Israeli prison administration has transferred the administrative detainees engaged in the hunger strike to different prisons in an attempt to undermine their protest steps.
The Israeli administration of Negev jail started five days ago to punish 48 hunger striking administrative detainees locked up in its isolation cells to dissuade them from their protest step. Director of the Palestinian prisoner center for studies Osama Shahin said that Israeli soldiers from the special prison unit "Keter" launch violent raids on the isolation section (section 1) in the Negev jail twice a day, noting that one of these raids take place overnight.
The isolated administrative detainees are left in very cold places for six hours every night before they are forced at noon to leave the section and locked up in cages for another six hours under the heat of the sun, according to Shahin.
Despite all punitive measures against them, the spirits of the hunger strikers are still high, he noted.
There are more than 200 administrative detainees in Israeli jails, nine of them are lawmakers.
In a related development, the Israeli jailers released on Sunday evening one of the hunger striking administrative detainees.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Bethlehem city affirmed that the Israeli prison authority released 27-year-old prisoner Sa'eed Hermas after eight months in administrative detention.
The isolated administrative detainees are left in very cold places for six hours every night before they are forced at noon to leave the section and locked up in cages for another six hours under the heat of the sun, according to Shahin.
Despite all punitive measures against them, the spirits of the hunger strikers are still high, he noted.
There are more than 200 administrative detainees in Israeli jails, nine of them are lawmakers.
In a related development, the Israeli jailers released on Sunday evening one of the hunger striking administrative detainees.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Bethlehem city affirmed that the Israeli prison authority released 27-year-old prisoner Sa'eed Hermas after eight months in administrative detention.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Sunday evening an undergraduate student at a military checkpoint erected western Nablus. According to the local sources ,IOF arrested Awad Gomaa ,21 ,a student in al - Najah university, while in his way back to home. IOF erected a military checkpoint near Surra village to the west of Nablus City.
Gomaa' is from Kafr Qadom village which is located to the east of Qalqilya.
Gomaa' is from Kafr Qadom village which is located to the east of Qalqilya.
More than 100 Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are still on hunger strike for the 5th day in a row, protesting their indefinite administrative detention by Israeli occupation. Director of Ahrar Centre for Prisoners and Human Rights Studies, Fuad al-Khafash, said Monday that the Israeli occupation has continued assaulting the hunger strikers and tried to stop their strike.
In response to harsh Israeli prison practices, such as administrative detention—imprisonment without trial or the continuation of imprisonment after the completion of a sentence—denial of basic living amenities, restriction of visiting hours, and solitary confinement, Palestinian detainees have been refusing food provided by the Israeli prisons inside and outside of the West Bank and Gaza.
The prisoners’ families are living difficult moments in the light of preventing them from visiting their sons. They are in deep fear about their sons’ lives inside the Israeli prisons, the director added.
Al-Khafash called on all international and local media and human rights organizations to carry out support campaigns to back the prisoners on their strike.
Administrative detention is a procedure that allows the Israeli occupation to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
Israel has issued 23,000 administrative detention orders since the outbreak of intifadah in 2000 according to the prisoners' affairs ministry.
In response to harsh Israeli prison practices, such as administrative detention—imprisonment without trial or the continuation of imprisonment after the completion of a sentence—denial of basic living amenities, restriction of visiting hours, and solitary confinement, Palestinian detainees have been refusing food provided by the Israeli prisons inside and outside of the West Bank and Gaza.
The prisoners’ families are living difficult moments in the light of preventing them from visiting their sons. They are in deep fear about their sons’ lives inside the Israeli prisons, the director added.
Al-Khafash called on all international and local media and human rights organizations to carry out support campaigns to back the prisoners on their strike.
Administrative detention is a procedure that allows the Israeli occupation to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
Israel has issued 23,000 administrative detention orders since the outbreak of intifadah in 2000 according to the prisoners' affairs ministry.
The Israeli Magistrate court in Jerusalem extended Sunday the arrest of three minor prisoners from al-Isawiyya town to the next Thursday. The occupation police released two Palestinian youths and exiled them out of al-Alqsa Mosque.
Lawyer from Addameer organization, Mohammed Mahmoud, said the judge of the court extended the detention of Lu’ai Sarandah, Wael Sabta and Mohammed Dary to the next Thursday. Sarandah and Sabta were arrested last Sunday at dawn from their houses in al-Isawiyya town.
In a relevant vein, the occupation police released both Tareq al-Zarba and Abboud Abu Sbaih with a fine of NIS 1000 each. The police put them under house arrest for 10 days and exiled them out of al-Aqsa Mosque for three months. Both were subjected to harsh interrogation in al-Maskoupia interrogation centre.
The police released salah al-A’war, 18, after serving a 20-day sentence. A’war was arrested on May 2013 and sentenced for 13 months last March. He was arrested six times before and served various periods in Israeli prisons that prevented him from continuing his study.
Despite international and Israeli law, occupation forces continue to arrest children. Approximately 700 Palestinian children under the age of 18 from the West Bank are prosecuted every year through Israeli military courts.
The most common charge against children is throwing stones, which under military law is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Currently 210 Palestinian children are held in Israeli prisons.
Lawyer from Addameer organization, Mohammed Mahmoud, said the judge of the court extended the detention of Lu’ai Sarandah, Wael Sabta and Mohammed Dary to the next Thursday. Sarandah and Sabta were arrested last Sunday at dawn from their houses in al-Isawiyya town.
In a relevant vein, the occupation police released both Tareq al-Zarba and Abboud Abu Sbaih with a fine of NIS 1000 each. The police put them under house arrest for 10 days and exiled them out of al-Aqsa Mosque for three months. Both were subjected to harsh interrogation in al-Maskoupia interrogation centre.
The police released salah al-A’war, 18, after serving a 20-day sentence. A’war was arrested on May 2013 and sentenced for 13 months last March. He was arrested six times before and served various periods in Israeli prisons that prevented him from continuing his study.
Despite international and Israeli law, occupation forces continue to arrest children. Approximately 700 Palestinian children under the age of 18 from the West Bank are prosecuted every year through Israeli military courts.
The most common charge against children is throwing stones, which under military law is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Currently 210 Palestinian children are held in Israeli prisons.
59 families of Gaza prisoners left the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday at dawn to visit their sons in Beersheba prison via ''Beit Hanoun'' Erez crossing to the north of the Gaza Strip. Director of Media in International Committee of the Red Cross, Nasser al-Najjar, said that 59 families, including 14 children, headed to Beersheba prison to visit 54 prisoners.
Najjar pointed out: ''There are more than five thousand Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons, including 420 from the Gaza Strip. Most of them are elderly and serve high sentences''.
Israeli occupation allowed visit permits after the prisoners' hunger strike that lasted for 28 days in April 2012.
There are currently 25 prisons and military detention centers in which Palestinian prisoners are held, including four interrogation centers, four military detention centers and 17 prisons.
There are an estimated 5,200 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel, of which 10 are members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC).
Najjar pointed out: ''There are more than five thousand Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons, including 420 from the Gaza Strip. Most of them are elderly and serve high sentences''.
Israeli occupation allowed visit permits after the prisoners' hunger strike that lasted for 28 days in April 2012.
There are currently 25 prisons and military detention centers in which Palestinian prisoners are held, including four interrogation centers, four military detention centers and 17 prisons.
There are an estimated 5,200 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel, of which 10 are members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC).
Israeli forces raided several areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem, on Sunday, kidnapping 7 and injuring two, according to reports by local, media and security sources.
In the area of Salfit, Israeli forces kidnapped a youngster, aged 27, after fracturing his little brother’s hand and shattering his mother’s hand when they shut the door of a military vehicle on it, according to the Prisoner Club.
The forces also raided their home, damaging the contents.
In Bethlehem, the army stormed al-Doha town, to the west of the city, kidnapping a 20-year-old after breaking into and searching his home.
In Hebron, the Israeli army stormed Tarqumia village and abducted two youngsters aged 26 and 31.
Forces also invaded the nearby village of Samu’, taking with them one 28-year-old after raiding and searching his brother’s home. One other home was also entered and searched during the raid.
On Sunday afternoon, two Palestinians were abducted and another two and wounded by Israeli forces, after they raided a shop in al-Issawiya, Jerusalem.
Israeli forces raided a health shop belonging to Saad Mohammad Mustafa, at the southern entrance of the village, where they assaulted the owner and one customer.
One Palestinian suffered burns in his hand as forces used pepper spray, stun grenades and batons in their attacks on the people, in which they also verbally abused a number of women in the area. Mustafa was also injured, and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
These arrests and invasions are part of daily Israeli military violations against the Palestinian people, their lands and property, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
In the area of Salfit, Israeli forces kidnapped a youngster, aged 27, after fracturing his little brother’s hand and shattering his mother’s hand when they shut the door of a military vehicle on it, according to the Prisoner Club.
The forces also raided their home, damaging the contents.
In Bethlehem, the army stormed al-Doha town, to the west of the city, kidnapping a 20-year-old after breaking into and searching his home.
In Hebron, the Israeli army stormed Tarqumia village and abducted two youngsters aged 26 and 31.
Forces also invaded the nearby village of Samu’, taking with them one 28-year-old after raiding and searching his brother’s home. One other home was also entered and searched during the raid.
On Sunday afternoon, two Palestinians were abducted and another two and wounded by Israeli forces, after they raided a shop in al-Issawiya, Jerusalem.
Israeli forces raided a health shop belonging to Saad Mohammad Mustafa, at the southern entrance of the village, where they assaulted the owner and one customer.
One Palestinian suffered burns in his hand as forces used pepper spray, stun grenades and batons in their attacks on the people, in which they also verbally abused a number of women in the area. Mustafa was also injured, and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
These arrests and invasions are part of daily Israeli military violations against the Palestinian people, their lands and property, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces detained three Palestinians from the Hebron town of Beit Ummar on Sunday, a local activist said.
An official from the Beit Ummar popular committee against settlements and the wall told Ma'an that Israeli forces raided the town and detained Qassam Ahmad Abu Hashim, 19, after ransacking his home.
Beit Ummar resident Hmeidan Ahmad Abu Mariyya, 20, was detained at the Allenby Bridge after returning from the Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, while Malik Bassam Al-Teet, 15, was detained at the al-Aqsa mosque compound.
An official from the Beit Ummar popular committee against settlements and the wall told Ma'an that Israeli forces raided the town and detained Qassam Ahmad Abu Hashim, 19, after ransacking his home.
Beit Ummar resident Hmeidan Ahmad Abu Mariyya, 20, was detained at the Allenby Bridge after returning from the Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, while Malik Bassam Al-Teet, 15, was detained at the al-Aqsa mosque compound.
A Palestinian boy was arrested by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Sunday evening in al-Khalil south of the Occupied West Bank. Local sources told PIC correspondent that the minor Souhaib Fawzi, 15, was arrested by IOF and transferred to an unidentified destination after having invaded Abu Esnina neighborhood and carried out mass-search campaigns of dozens of Palestinian native homes.
In the same context, IOF soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth at a military checkpoint erected near al-Ibrahimi Mosque on Sunday afternoon under alleged claims of carrying a knife.
Hebrew sources confirmed the piece of news and declared the youngster was carried to an unidentified destination for interrogation.
The arrests coincide with mass arrest-campaigns arbitrarily carried out by IOF against Palestinian youth near al-Ibhrahimi Mosque and other areas of the West Bank so as to deny Palestinian peaceful congregation access into their holy mosques as opposed to free and unlimited access by Jewish settlers.
In the same context, IOF soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth at a military checkpoint erected near al-Ibrahimi Mosque on Sunday afternoon under alleged claims of carrying a knife.
Hebrew sources confirmed the piece of news and declared the youngster was carried to an unidentified destination for interrogation.
The arrests coincide with mass arrest-campaigns arbitrarily carried out by IOF against Palestinian youth near al-Ibhrahimi Mosque and other areas of the West Bank so as to deny Palestinian peaceful congregation access into their holy mosques as opposed to free and unlimited access by Jewish settlers.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed four Palestinian young men in Bethlehem at dawn Monday including two from Doheisha refugee camp. Locals in Doheisha said that the soldiers wreaked havoc in both young men’s homes before taking them away.
A third youth from Aida refugee camp was arrested after summoning him for interrogation in Gush Etzion settlement complex.
IOF soldiers detained a fourth youth from Za’tara village, east of Bethlehem, after ransacking his house, local sources said, adding that the youth was taken blindfolded and handcuffed.
A third youth from Aida refugee camp was arrested after summoning him for interrogation in Gush Etzion settlement complex.
IOF soldiers detained a fourth youth from Za’tara village, east of Bethlehem, after ransacking his house, local sources said, adding that the youth was taken blindfolded and handcuffed.
27 apr 2014
The Israeli police released on Sunday afternoon Tarek Zarba and Abood Abu Sbeih with a financial bail of 1000 NIS for each and on condition of house arrest for 10 days in addition to isolating them from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 3 months. It is noteworthy that the two young men were exposed to harsh interrogation in the cells of Al-Maskobyeh.
Releasing a prisoner from Silwan
In a related matter, the prison administration released on Sunday the 18-year old Salah Mansour Al-A’war after completing his 20-day prison sentence. Salah was arrested on 13/05/2014 and was released on condition of house arrest for 9 months and then handed himself in to serve his sentence; note that he was 15 years old during the first arrest.
Releasing a prisoner from Silwan
In a related matter, the prison administration released on Sunday the 18-year old Salah Mansour Al-A’war after completing his 20-day prison sentence. Salah was arrested on 13/05/2014 and was released on condition of house arrest for 9 months and then handed himself in to serve his sentence; note that he was 15 years old during the first arrest.
The Magistrate court judge extended on Sunday the arrest of three children from the village of Esawyeh until next Thursday to continue investigating them.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, informed Wadi Hilweh Information center that the Magistrate court extended the arrest of Louai Sarandah, Wael Sabteh and Mohammad Dari until next Thursday; note that Sarandah and Sabteh were arrested on Sunday early morning hours from their houses in the village.
In a related matter, lawyer Mohammad added that the public prosecution submitted on Sunday indictments against 4 young men from Esawyeh that included throwing Molotov cocktails. The young men are: Mohammad Obeid, Mohammad Bassam Alayan, Ibrahim Dirbas and Walid Alayan.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, informed Wadi Hilweh Information center that the Magistrate court extended the arrest of Louai Sarandah, Wael Sabteh and Mohammad Dari until next Thursday; note that Sarandah and Sabteh were arrested on Sunday early morning hours from their houses in the village.
In a related matter, lawyer Mohammad added that the public prosecution submitted on Sunday indictments against 4 young men from Esawyeh that included throwing Molotov cocktails. The young men are: Mohammad Obeid, Mohammad Bassam Alayan, Ibrahim Dirbas and Walid Alayan.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) transferred on Saturday 70 administrative prisoners in the Negev Israeli prison from chambers to tents due to staging an open hunger strike. Administrative detention is a procedure that allows the Israeli military to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
Ex-prisoner Mohammed al-Souqi, 29, who was released Saturday after serving six years in the Israeli prisons, said the Israeli prison service (IPS) transferred 70 prisoners to tents as a mass punishment. It threatened them to carry out more punishment proceedings.
"Prisoners in the Negev prison are subjected to all kinds of psychological and physical punishments," he added. He called for solidarity with prisoners and doing their best to liberate all of them.
Administrative detainees in the Israeli prisons are in an open hunger for three days in a row in order to end administrative detention policy in three Israeli prisons Megiddo, Ofer, Negev.
Palestinians have been subjected to administrative detention since the beginning of the Israeli Occupation in 1967 and before that time, under the British Mandate. The frequency of the use of administrative detention has fluctuated throughout Israel’s occupation, and has been steadily rising since the outbreak of the second intifada in September 2000.
Ex-prisoner Mohammed al-Souqi, 29, who was released Saturday after serving six years in the Israeli prisons, said the Israeli prison service (IPS) transferred 70 prisoners to tents as a mass punishment. It threatened them to carry out more punishment proceedings.
"Prisoners in the Negev prison are subjected to all kinds of psychological and physical punishments," he added. He called for solidarity with prisoners and doing their best to liberate all of them.
Administrative detainees in the Israeli prisons are in an open hunger for three days in a row in order to end administrative detention policy in three Israeli prisons Megiddo, Ofer, Negev.
Palestinians have been subjected to administrative detention since the beginning of the Israeli Occupation in 1967 and before that time, under the British Mandate. The frequency of the use of administrative detention has fluctuated throughout Israel’s occupation, and has been steadily rising since the outbreak of the second intifada in September 2000.
Israeli forces on Sunday afternoon arrested two Palestinians and wounded another two after raiding a shop in al-Issawiya in Jerusalem.
Monitoring committee member Mohammad Abu al-Homs told Ma’an that Israeli forces raided a shop for health equipment that belongs to Saad Mohammad Mustafa at the southern entrance of the village and assaulted the shop owner and a customer.
Israeli forces used pepper spray, fired stun grenades, and attacked people with batons, causing a Palestinian to suffer burns in his hand. They also injured the shop owner, Mustafa, who was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Israeli forces also arrested Nabil Ahmad Mustafa and Jawad Najib Shehadeh from the scene, and verbally abused women in the area, he said.
A border police spokesman did not immediately return calls late Sunday.
Monitoring committee member Mohammad Abu al-Homs told Ma’an that Israeli forces raided a shop for health equipment that belongs to Saad Mohammad Mustafa at the southern entrance of the village and assaulted the shop owner and a customer.
Israeli forces used pepper spray, fired stun grenades, and attacked people with batons, causing a Palestinian to suffer burns in his hand. They also injured the shop owner, Mustafa, who was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Israeli forces also arrested Nabil Ahmad Mustafa and Jawad Najib Shehadeh from the scene, and verbally abused women in the area, he said.
A border police spokesman did not immediately return calls late Sunday.
Four Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jail began a hunger strike on Wednesday in protest against their detention without trial, a Palestinian prisoner advocacy group said on Sunday.
News of the four hunger strikers follows reports that over 100 Palestinian prisoners began a mass, open-ended hunger strike in a number of Israeli jails on Thursday in protest against being held without charge or trial under a policy Israel calls "administrative detention."
The Palestinian Prisoner's society received a letter on Sunday from one of the four newly-reported hunger strikers in which he confirmed that the group would not end the strike until they were set free.
"We will fight this crime with our empty bowels which refuse to be filled at the expense of our freedom," Mahmoud Hamdi Shabanah said in his letter.
Describing how the "tyrannical" system of administrative detention works, he wrote in the letter that "prisoners are first forced to stand up before the judge, who with one swipe of a pencil decides that this Palestinian will be deprived of his freedom."
The details, he added, are confidential and considered "top secret," meaning that the prisoner does not have the right to see the charges lobbied against them.
It was unclear whether the four were in contact with the 100 other hunger strikers, who are located in Ofer, Megiddo, and Negev prisons and launched their strike after Israeli authorities reneged on a 2012 agreement made following an earlier mass hunger strike to limit the use of administrative detention to exceptional cases.
Palestinians held in administrative detention are often held without charge or trial for months and without access to the evidence leading to their detention, even though international law stipulates this tactic only be used in exceptional circumstances.
Over 800,000 Palestinians have been detained since 1967, with 5,224 currently being held in Israeli prisons, according to the PLO.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners' face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
News of the four hunger strikers follows reports that over 100 Palestinian prisoners began a mass, open-ended hunger strike in a number of Israeli jails on Thursday in protest against being held without charge or trial under a policy Israel calls "administrative detention."
The Palestinian Prisoner's society received a letter on Sunday from one of the four newly-reported hunger strikers in which he confirmed that the group would not end the strike until they were set free.
"We will fight this crime with our empty bowels which refuse to be filled at the expense of our freedom," Mahmoud Hamdi Shabanah said in his letter.
Describing how the "tyrannical" system of administrative detention works, he wrote in the letter that "prisoners are first forced to stand up before the judge, who with one swipe of a pencil decides that this Palestinian will be deprived of his freedom."
The details, he added, are confidential and considered "top secret," meaning that the prisoner does not have the right to see the charges lobbied against them.
It was unclear whether the four were in contact with the 100 other hunger strikers, who are located in Ofer, Megiddo, and Negev prisons and launched their strike after Israeli authorities reneged on a 2012 agreement made following an earlier mass hunger strike to limit the use of administrative detention to exceptional cases.
Palestinians held in administrative detention are often held without charge or trial for months and without access to the evidence leading to their detention, even though international law stipulates this tactic only be used in exceptional circumstances.
Over 800,000 Palestinians have been detained since 1967, with 5,224 currently being held in Israeli prisons, according to the PLO.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners' face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
About 200 Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails have entered their fourth day of hunger strike in protest at their detention with no guilt, according to the Palestinian prisoner society. In a leaked letter, the hunger striking administrative prisoners said they went on hunger strike in order to extract their freedom and rights with empty bellies.
They appealed to the Palestinian people from all spectra to support them in their protest battle against Israel's administrative detention policy.
Their letter affirmed that they would continue their hunger strike until they force their jailers to end their arbitrary detention and allow them to see their families and children without any barriers or restrictions.
The letter also said that the administrative detainees are deprived of defending themselves because of the presence of alleged secret files against them, describing their detention as "gradual life imprisonment."
The detainees accused Israel's judges of being employees working for the Shin Bet and their job is to endorse verdicts prepared in advance by this intelligence agency.
They appealed to the Palestinian people from all spectra to support them in their protest battle against Israel's administrative detention policy.
Their letter affirmed that they would continue their hunger strike until they force their jailers to end their arbitrary detention and allow them to see their families and children without any barriers or restrictions.
The letter also said that the administrative detainees are deprived of defending themselves because of the presence of alleged secret files against them, describing their detention as "gradual life imprisonment."
The detainees accused Israel's judges of being employees working for the Shin Bet and their job is to endorse verdicts prepared in advance by this intelligence agency.
Palestinian citizens, the permanent target of Israeli attacks in the West Bank, have again suffered raids and arrests on Sunday, as several provinces, including Salfit, al-Khalil and Jenin, came under Israeli army forays. Five Palestinians were arrested and others were left wounded in the process. Palestinian Prisoner Society in Salfit documented the arrest of Sami Wasfi Mohammad Ubeid, 27, after breaking his brother’s hand and smashed his mother’s due to the brutal shutdown of the jeep’s door. Israeli occupation forces (IOF) ransacked the family’s home and ruined so much of its property.
In al-Khalil, local sources said IOF raided Tarqumiya town and arrested Palestinian citizens Mohammad Hassan Abu Dabbous, 26, Mohammed Said Abu Dabbous, 31,Raed Abdul Nabi Hawamdeh,28, and Ahmad Mustafa Abdul-Ghani Hawamdeh,36 years, after having attacked their homes and rummaged through them.
Local sources said that Israeli forces raided the houses of Fadi Fakhouri and Omar Haimouni, two martyrs of the Qassam Brigades (armed wing of Hamas), and summoned their brothers for interrogation.
Violent clashes broke out yesterday evening in Edhna, where soldiers fired rubber and live bullets and tear gas leading to serious injuries among several Palestinian youngsters, including Mohammad Ahed Awad who was hit by a tear gas bomb in his head.
IOF stormed Jenin on Sunday at dawn and carried out several combing operations in the neighborhoods of Morah, Basatine and around the public hospital. Several citizens were arrested and interrogated throughout, local sources told PIC correspondent.
In the same context, a Palestinian citizen from Jenin was arrested and interrogated at a military checkpoint near the main entrance of Tulkarem. IOF served him a summons for intelligence interrogation in Salam military camp north of Jenin.
The sources pointed out that IOF arrested several other citizens at the checkpoint and held them in custody for varying periods
Such mass arrest-campaigns coincide with IOF’s pursuit of water wells to thwart the agricultural season in the region.
IOF soldiers were deployed in different areas of Ibn Amer valley where they rummaged around for wells and interrogated several farmers.
According to local sources, IOF soldiers have been increasingly pursuing water wells and deliberately damaged around 20 wells in Kafardane region during the spring cucumber season, the primary source of income to thousands of Palestinian civilians.
In al-Khalil, local sources said IOF raided Tarqumiya town and arrested Palestinian citizens Mohammad Hassan Abu Dabbous, 26, Mohammed Said Abu Dabbous, 31,Raed Abdul Nabi Hawamdeh,28, and Ahmad Mustafa Abdul-Ghani Hawamdeh,36 years, after having attacked their homes and rummaged through them.
Local sources said that Israeli forces raided the houses of Fadi Fakhouri and Omar Haimouni, two martyrs of the Qassam Brigades (armed wing of Hamas), and summoned their brothers for interrogation.
Violent clashes broke out yesterday evening in Edhna, where soldiers fired rubber and live bullets and tear gas leading to serious injuries among several Palestinian youngsters, including Mohammad Ahed Awad who was hit by a tear gas bomb in his head.
IOF stormed Jenin on Sunday at dawn and carried out several combing operations in the neighborhoods of Morah, Basatine and around the public hospital. Several citizens were arrested and interrogated throughout, local sources told PIC correspondent.
In the same context, a Palestinian citizen from Jenin was arrested and interrogated at a military checkpoint near the main entrance of Tulkarem. IOF served him a summons for intelligence interrogation in Salam military camp north of Jenin.
The sources pointed out that IOF arrested several other citizens at the checkpoint and held them in custody for varying periods
Such mass arrest-campaigns coincide with IOF’s pursuit of water wells to thwart the agricultural season in the region.
IOF soldiers were deployed in different areas of Ibn Amer valley where they rummaged around for wells and interrogated several farmers.
According to local sources, IOF soldiers have been increasingly pursuing water wells and deliberately damaged around 20 wells in Kafardane region during the spring cucumber season, the primary source of income to thousands of Palestinian civilians.
Palestinian Prisoners Center spoke against the unwarranted and arbitrary decision issued by an Israeli court to extend the detention of Palestinian female detainee Nawal Saadi, 52, from Jenin, for four extra months. According to the Center, the verdict, which came in such an arbitrary manner and with no legitimate reasons, reveals Israel’s sadist and chauvinistic impulses, to which neither age nor sex seem to really make a difference.
Riadh Al-Ashkar, an expert in prisoners’ affairs, said Nawal Saadi was arrested by Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) since November 2012 at one of the military checkpoints south of Nablus.
He pointed out that Nawal was sentenced, just a few months later, to 20 months and a 10-thousand-shekel-fine under charges of having assisted resistance factions.
An Israeli court appealed to Ofer military court to extend Nawal’s detention period, which was, absurdly enough, approved without the least hesitation.
Nawal’s family told PIC correspondent that the decision is quite abusive especially that Nawal, a 52-year-old lady, has been diagnosed with chronic hypertension.
“IOA is making Nawal pay for her family’s history of human rights activism. Two of her sons were killed and her husband, Bassam al-Saadi, is among the most prominent Jihad leaders,” Saadi’s family further maintained.
As reported by Ashkar, the Palestinian female detainee has been permanent target of arrest campaigns frequently launched against Palestinian activists by IOF, who, quite strangely, turned their back to the fact that Nawal is a mother to nine children, two of whom died in Jenin refugee camp.
Ashkar called for the immediate release of Nawal due to her critical helath conditions and urgent need of a regular medical check-up.
Riadh Al-Ashkar, an expert in prisoners’ affairs, said Nawal Saadi was arrested by Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) since November 2012 at one of the military checkpoints south of Nablus.
He pointed out that Nawal was sentenced, just a few months later, to 20 months and a 10-thousand-shekel-fine under charges of having assisted resistance factions.
An Israeli court appealed to Ofer military court to extend Nawal’s detention period, which was, absurdly enough, approved without the least hesitation.
Nawal’s family told PIC correspondent that the decision is quite abusive especially that Nawal, a 52-year-old lady, has been diagnosed with chronic hypertension.
“IOA is making Nawal pay for her family’s history of human rights activism. Two of her sons were killed and her husband, Bassam al-Saadi, is among the most prominent Jihad leaders,” Saadi’s family further maintained.
As reported by Ashkar, the Palestinian female detainee has been permanent target of arrest campaigns frequently launched against Palestinian activists by IOF, who, quite strangely, turned their back to the fact that Nawal is a mother to nine children, two of whom died in Jenin refugee camp.
Ashkar called for the immediate release of Nawal due to her critical helath conditions and urgent need of a regular medical check-up.
Nawal Saady, 53, wife of Islamic Jihad leader Bassam Sa’ady, was sentenced to five additional months, added to her already existing sentence of 20 months imprisonment, and 10.000 Israeli shekels fine.
Her family said an Israeli military court made its decision after the military prosecution filed an appeal demanding more detention time for Nawal.
The court accepted the appeal of the military prosecution, and added the four months; in total, Nawal will be serving 2 years in Israeli prisons.
The family denounced the Israeli decision, and said that the court and the military prosecution just want to punish Nawal and her entire family.
Sa’ady was taken prisoner by the Israeli army on January of 2012. The Israeli army also killed two of her own sons.
Her husband, Bassam, was repeatedly kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel, and was also frequently arrested by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
Her family said an Israeli military court made its decision after the military prosecution filed an appeal demanding more detention time for Nawal.
The court accepted the appeal of the military prosecution, and added the four months; in total, Nawal will be serving 2 years in Israeli prisons.
The family denounced the Israeli decision, and said that the court and the military prosecution just want to punish Nawal and her entire family.
Sa’ady was taken prisoner by the Israeli army on January of 2012. The Israeli army also killed two of her own sons.
Her husband, Bassam, was repeatedly kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel, and was also frequently arrested by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
Al-Ahrar Center for Palestinian Prisoner Studies and Human Rights revealed malevolent attempts by Israeli Prison Services (IPS) to hoodwink Negev Palestinian administrative detainees, who have been on an open hunger strike for three days and held in solitary confinement. According to the Center’s media spokesman Riadh Al-Ashkar, IPS is falling back on fraudulent policies in their attempt to delude the Negev Palestinian hunger strikers that their fellows in Ofer and Megiddo prisons have suspended the hunger-strike after IPS’ promises to meet all of their demands.
The Center further reported, quoting detained Palestinian MP Mahmoud Ahmed Ramahi, held in Negev prison, that the IPS has always have recourse to such malevolent scenarios as a means to dampen prisoners’ spirits and thwart their hunger-strikes for fear of any potential escalations to the situation.
Palestinian prisoners are threatening to go on an open-ended hunger strike en masse in solidarity with their administrative fellows in case IPS does not meet all of their humanitarian and fair demands.
Detained MP Ramahi called on Palestinian masses to raise alarm bells over the administrative hunger-strikers’ issue and to promote their unyielding support of the prisoners’ fight for freedom.
The Center further reported, quoting detained Palestinian MP Mahmoud Ahmed Ramahi, held in Negev prison, that the IPS has always have recourse to such malevolent scenarios as a means to dampen prisoners’ spirits and thwart their hunger-strikes for fear of any potential escalations to the situation.
Palestinian prisoners are threatening to go on an open-ended hunger strike en masse in solidarity with their administrative fellows in case IPS does not meet all of their humanitarian and fair demands.
Detained MP Ramahi called on Palestinian masses to raise alarm bells over the administrative hunger-strikers’ issue and to promote their unyielding support of the prisoners’ fight for freedom.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed four Palestinians in two of al-Khalil villages at dawn Sunday. Local sources said that IOF soldiers arrested two Palestinians in a raid on Tarqumiya village to the west of al-Khalil city.
In another raid on Samu village, south of al-Khalil, two others were nabbed after ransacking their homes, locals said
In another raid on Samu village, south of al-Khalil, two others were nabbed after ransacking their homes, locals said
26 apr 2014
Ahrar center for prisoners' studies and human rights urged the world's parliamentarians, jurists and human rights activists to support the cause of the Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails. Director of the center Fouad Al-Khafsh said that the administrative detainees would continue their hunger strike, which they started last Thursday, until the Israeli prison authority takes real and serious steps ending their unjust detention.
Khafsh affirmed that the number of Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails is on the rise and all previous efforts and moves to end such arbitrary detention had failed, stressing the need to rally international support for their cause.
For its part, the Palestinian Ahrar Movement called for forming an internal front supporting the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, especially the administrative detainees.
Ahrar urged the Palestinian administrative detainees to escalate their protest steps until the Israeli occupation ends the policy of administrative detention against the Palestinians.
"The policy of administrative detention will not succeed in breaking the will and steadfastness of our prisoners. It is a failed policy proving the occupation's arrogance and willingness to undermine the determination of the prisoners," spokesman for the Movement Yasser Khalaf said.
Khafsh affirmed that the number of Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails is on the rise and all previous efforts and moves to end such arbitrary detention had failed, stressing the need to rally international support for their cause.
For its part, the Palestinian Ahrar Movement called for forming an internal front supporting the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, especially the administrative detainees.
Ahrar urged the Palestinian administrative detainees to escalate their protest steps until the Israeli occupation ends the policy of administrative detention against the Palestinians.
"The policy of administrative detention will not succeed in breaking the will and steadfastness of our prisoners. It is a failed policy proving the occupation's arrogance and willingness to undermine the determination of the prisoners," spokesman for the Movement Yasser Khalaf said.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested all passengers in a Palestinian vehicle south of al-Khalil on Friday night under the pretext of finding a pistol in the car.
Israeli radio said on Saturday that the detainees were taken to an investigation center without providing further information.
Palestinian citizens are daily searched and arrested at Israeli checkpoints erected throughout West Bank under flimsy pretexts.
On the other hand, Israeli forces stormed at dawn Saturday Doheisha refugee camp and Beit Fajar town, south of Bethlehem, and served summonses five Palestinian young men.
Violent clashes erupted as Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound bombs while storming Doheisha camp. Dozens of houses were raided and searched by IOF soldiers, causing a state of panic among the residents.
Two Palestinian youths were also arrested on Friday in the camp on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails at a military checkpoint west of Bethlehem.
In a related context, Israeli forces stormed Beit Fajar town, south of Bethlehem city, and summoned two young men for investigation.
On the other hand, occupation forces stormed at dawn Saturday number of villages in Jenin, where they filmed houses. No arrests were reported.
IOF erected on Saturday morning a military checkpoint on Jenin-Nablus road, where vehicles were stopped and searched.
On the other hand, Israeli police prevented Muhammad Fattouh from having access to al-Aqsa Mosque for 6 months after his release from Israeli jails on condition of house arrest for 15 days and a bail of 1000 shekels.
Israeli forces also arrested a Jerusalemite liberated detainee, who was recently released on condition of house arrest.
Israeli Magistrate's Court has extended the arrest of 3 Jerusalemites including a minor.
Israeli radio said on Saturday that the detainees were taken to an investigation center without providing further information.
Palestinian citizens are daily searched and arrested at Israeli checkpoints erected throughout West Bank under flimsy pretexts.
On the other hand, Israeli forces stormed at dawn Saturday Doheisha refugee camp and Beit Fajar town, south of Bethlehem, and served summonses five Palestinian young men.
Violent clashes erupted as Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound bombs while storming Doheisha camp. Dozens of houses were raided and searched by IOF soldiers, causing a state of panic among the residents.
Two Palestinian youths were also arrested on Friday in the camp on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails at a military checkpoint west of Bethlehem.
In a related context, Israeli forces stormed Beit Fajar town, south of Bethlehem city, and summoned two young men for investigation.
On the other hand, occupation forces stormed at dawn Saturday number of villages in Jenin, where they filmed houses. No arrests were reported.
IOF erected on Saturday morning a military checkpoint on Jenin-Nablus road, where vehicles were stopped and searched.
On the other hand, Israeli police prevented Muhammad Fattouh from having access to al-Aqsa Mosque for 6 months after his release from Israeli jails on condition of house arrest for 15 days and a bail of 1000 shekels.
Israeli forces also arrested a Jerusalemite liberated detainee, who was recently released on condition of house arrest.
Israeli Magistrate's Court has extended the arrest of 3 Jerusalemites including a minor.
Israeli forces near Bethlehem early Friday detained a Palestinian who was freed as a part of a prisoner swap deal with Hamas in 2011, Israeli media said Saturday.
The Israeli news site Ynet reported that soldiers detained a man who was accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at troops near a bypass road south of Bethlehem.
According to the report, the man was freed as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap deal.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that two Palestinians hurled four Molotov cocktails toward Israeli forces near the village of al-Khadr and shortly afterward were detained.
In June 2006 a group of Hamas and other militants entered into Israel through a cross-border tunnel and seized Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
He was released on Oct. 18, 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
The Israeli news site Ynet reported that soldiers detained a man who was accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at troops near a bypass road south of Bethlehem.
According to the report, the man was freed as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap deal.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that two Palestinians hurled four Molotov cocktails toward Israeli forces near the village of al-Khadr and shortly afterward were detained.
In June 2006 a group of Hamas and other militants entered into Israel through a cross-border tunnel and seized Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
He was released on Oct. 18, 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) forced Palestinian farmers out of their land south of al-Khalil on Friday night after detaining them for a while. WAFA news agency quoted Ratib al-Jabour, the coordinator of the popular committees against the wall and settlement in south of al-Khalil, as saying that the soldiers detained the farmers along with their families.
He said that the farmers were expelled from their land to the north east of Yatta town, a permanent area of IOF harassment.
The soldiers told the farmers that their land was confiscated to pave the way for building a road linking settlements in the area, he said, adding that the project would seize hundreds of dunums of agricultural land.
He said that the farmers were expelled from their land to the north east of Yatta town, a permanent area of IOF harassment.
The soldiers told the farmers that their land was confiscated to pave the way for building a road linking settlements in the area, he said, adding that the project would seize hundreds of dunums of agricultural land.
Three Palestinians were lightly injured and one was arrested Friday during clashes with Israeli soldiers east of Jerusalem, a local popular committee spokesman said.
Hani Halabiya told Ma'an that during protests in al-Eizariya and Abu Dis against "Israeli incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque," three young Palestinian men were hit by rubber-coated steel bullets in the lower extremities.
Israeli troops also detained a 28-year-old man in the area after pulling him over in his car, Halabiya said.
Additionally, Israeli forces stopped a Palestinian photojournalist who works for al-Quds newspaper and forced him to delete the photos he took of the clashes.
Hani Halabiya told Ma'an that during protests in al-Eizariya and Abu Dis against "Israeli incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque," three young Palestinian men were hit by rubber-coated steel bullets in the lower extremities.
Israeli troops also detained a 28-year-old man in the area after pulling him over in his car, Halabiya said.
Additionally, Israeli forces stopped a Palestinian photojournalist who works for al-Quds newspaper and forced him to delete the photos he took of the clashes.
25 apr 2014
The Magistrate court judge extended on Thursday the arrest of three Jerusalemites.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of 15-year old Mohammad Dari until Sunday; note that he was arrested on Thursday.
The judge also extended the arrest of Ibrahim Dirbas and Mohammad Alayan in order to submit an indictment against them in the District court.
Lawyer Mohammad added that a court session was held for Ahmad Dirbas “a hearing session before sentencing” and the sentencing session was postponed until 04/05/2014.
Isolation from Al-Aqsa
Amjad Abu Asab, head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, said that the occupation authorities released Mohammad Mufeed Mohammad Fattouh Jo’beh and handed him a military order to isolate him from Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months in addition to imposing house arrest for 15 days on him and a financial bail of 1000 NIS.
The Israeli authorities also handed Mohammad Shalabi an order to isolate him from Al-Aqsa for six months.
Re-arresting the free prisoner Mahmoud Abdellatif
The occupation authorities arrested on Thursday night the freed prisoner Mahmoud Abdellatif; note that he is under house arrest and is banned from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque and he is a resident of the neighbourhood of Al-Sa’dyeh.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of 15-year old Mohammad Dari until Sunday; note that he was arrested on Thursday.
The judge also extended the arrest of Ibrahim Dirbas and Mohammad Alayan in order to submit an indictment against them in the District court.
Lawyer Mohammad added that a court session was held for Ahmad Dirbas “a hearing session before sentencing” and the sentencing session was postponed until 04/05/2014.
Isolation from Al-Aqsa
Amjad Abu Asab, head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, said that the occupation authorities released Mohammad Mufeed Mohammad Fattouh Jo’beh and handed him a military order to isolate him from Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months in addition to imposing house arrest for 15 days on him and a financial bail of 1000 NIS.
The Israeli authorities also handed Mohammad Shalabi an order to isolate him from Al-Aqsa for six months.
Re-arresting the free prisoner Mahmoud Abdellatif
The occupation authorities arrested on Thursday night the freed prisoner Mahmoud Abdellatif; note that he is under house arrest and is banned from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque and he is a resident of the neighbourhood of Al-Sa’dyeh.
AL-Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights released its fourth weekly report for April on Israel's violations against the Palestinians and their property in several areas of the occupied West Bank. In Salfit, Israeli settlers unleashed, during this reporting week, herds of wild pigs on Palestinians’ farmlands, causing considerable damage to wide tracts of cultivated fields.
Ariel settlement, the largest in the occupied West Bank, has been expanded at the expense of Palestinian citizens’ lands. Hundreds of acres of Palestinian native lands have been confiscated by the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) in different areas and villages in Salfit since the beginning of 2014.
Nablus city has seen violent confrontations this week between Palestinian students and a group of Jewish settlers from Yitzhar settlement, who tried to storm the Burin secondary school south of the city backed by soldiers.
Israeli settlers threw stones at the Palestinian students so as to stir up violent events. Consequently, Israeli soldiers showed up in the vicinity of the school and clashed with the angry student.
In Laban village to the south of Nablus, IOF invaded the house of a Palestinian native citizen in an attempt to arrest his son after having brutally assaulted him. The arrest failed after the son lost his consciousness.
Israeli settlement guardians south of Nablus had severely beaten Palestinian native farmers earlier this month and forced them out of their lands.
In al-Khalil city, large Israeli troops raided Deir Samit village and ransacked Palestinian homes. The invading troops blocked traffic movement and interrogated several Palestinian youths at the pretext of searching for the so-called al-Khalil shooter.
Jenin was also exposed to arbitrary break-ins by the Israeli occupation forces during the current week. Several Palestinian homes were violently raided. Israeli soldiers established military checkpoints in different areas, which restricted the movement of Palestinian citizens.
The Israeli army also set up military checkpoints in an abrupt and unjustified way throughout the occupied West Bank and confiscated dozens of vehicles. Palestinian young men's IDs were meticulously inspected while others were arrested under alleged claims of attempting to stab Israeli soldiers.
Ariel settlement, the largest in the occupied West Bank, has been expanded at the expense of Palestinian citizens’ lands. Hundreds of acres of Palestinian native lands have been confiscated by the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) in different areas and villages in Salfit since the beginning of 2014.
Nablus city has seen violent confrontations this week between Palestinian students and a group of Jewish settlers from Yitzhar settlement, who tried to storm the Burin secondary school south of the city backed by soldiers.
Israeli settlers threw stones at the Palestinian students so as to stir up violent events. Consequently, Israeli soldiers showed up in the vicinity of the school and clashed with the angry student.
In Laban village to the south of Nablus, IOF invaded the house of a Palestinian native citizen in an attempt to arrest his son after having brutally assaulted him. The arrest failed after the son lost his consciousness.
Israeli settlement guardians south of Nablus had severely beaten Palestinian native farmers earlier this month and forced them out of their lands.
In al-Khalil city, large Israeli troops raided Deir Samit village and ransacked Palestinian homes. The invading troops blocked traffic movement and interrogated several Palestinian youths at the pretext of searching for the so-called al-Khalil shooter.
Jenin was also exposed to arbitrary break-ins by the Israeli occupation forces during the current week. Several Palestinian homes were violently raided. Israeli soldiers established military checkpoints in different areas, which restricted the movement of Palestinian citizens.
The Israeli army also set up military checkpoints in an abrupt and unjustified way throughout the occupied West Bank and confiscated dozens of vehicles. Palestinian young men's IDs were meticulously inspected while others were arrested under alleged claims of attempting to stab Israeli soldiers.
On Thursday evening, [April 24, 2014], Israeli soldiers concluded one of the largest invasions into Deir Samet village, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, with the arrest of one person, after the soldiers detained and interrogated dozens of Palestinians.
Local sources in the village told the Maan News Agency that the invasion was initiated by the army during the early dawn hours, Thursday, and lasted until late evening hours same day.
The soldiers violently invaded homes, smashing their doors, and searched the properties causing excessive damage, and terrifying the residents, especially the children.
Maan said the army even surrounded the local mosque and prevented the worshipers from leaving it.
Head of the Village Council said that the soldiers confiscated his phone, and erased all photos he took of the invasion.
He added that the army interrogated dozens of Palestinians in their homes, and handed some of them military warrants ordering them to head to the Etzion military and security base for interrogation.
The army released the detained Palestinians after hours of interrogation, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Munir Othman Awawda.
Local sources in the village told the Maan News Agency that the invasion was initiated by the army during the early dawn hours, Thursday, and lasted until late evening hours same day.
The soldiers violently invaded homes, smashing their doors, and searched the properties causing excessive damage, and terrifying the residents, especially the children.
Maan said the army even surrounded the local mosque and prevented the worshipers from leaving it.
Head of the Village Council said that the soldiers confiscated his phone, and erased all photos he took of the invasion.
He added that the army interrogated dozens of Palestinians in their homes, and handed some of them military warrants ordering them to head to the Etzion military and security base for interrogation.
The army released the detained Palestinians after hours of interrogation, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Munir Othman Awawda.
