16 apr 2014
The Israeli forces arrested on Wednesday seven Jerusalemites from the city of Jerusalem.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the police arrested Mahmoud Abdellatif, Mohammad Abu Sneineh, and Tayseer Abu Sbeih while being present at Al-Aqsa Gates.
They also arrested Mou’awya Khayri after raiding and searching his home in the Old City of Jerusalem on Wednesday early morning hours. The forces also raided the house of the child Mahmoud Najib and handed his family a call for investigation since he was not home; note that Mahmoud turned himself in on Wednesday morning.
The forces also arrested one of Al-Aqsa students near Lions Gate and Mohammad Mujahed who is one of Al-Aqsa guards.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the police arrested Mahmoud Abdellatif, Mohammad Abu Sneineh, and Tayseer Abu Sbeih while being present at Al-Aqsa Gates.
They also arrested Mou’awya Khayri after raiding and searching his home in the Old City of Jerusalem on Wednesday early morning hours. The forces also raided the house of the child Mahmoud Najib and handed his family a call for investigation since he was not home; note that Mahmoud turned himself in on Wednesday morning.
The forces also arrested one of Al-Aqsa students near Lions Gate and Mohammad Mujahed who is one of Al-Aqsa guards.
A young Palestinian has been arrested Wednesday by Israeli occupation forces after being summoned to an interview at an intelligence facility.
Mohamed Awad, the Spokesman for the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Amr village, told Safa news agency that Israeli forces arrested Sadeq Abu Marieh, 16, after summoned him to the intelligence center of the Etzion outpost, northern Hebron for interrogation.
Abu Marieh was transferred to Etzion prison, according to Safa.
Mohamed Awad, the Spokesman for the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Amr village, told Safa news agency that Israeli forces arrested Sadeq Abu Marieh, 16, after summoned him to the intelligence center of the Etzion outpost, northern Hebron for interrogation.
Abu Marieh was transferred to Etzion prison, according to Safa.
Official statistics, released on the occasion of Prisoner Day, on the number and state of affairs of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails revealed scandalous facts about the tragedy of Palestinian detainees.
The Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees’ affairs said, in a statement that has been recently released on the occasion, that 5000 Palestinian detainees are still held in Israeli prisons, including 476 sentenced to life.
The statement documented the incarceration of 19 Palestinian women and 200 children in addition to several Palestinian minors who have, ironically, grown to maturity inside Israeli prisons.
The prisoners’ list includes 185 cases of administrative detention along with 11 MPs and several political leaders distributed among 22 Israeli prisons.
Incredible data about the prisoners’ tragedy
Official statistics revealed that more than 800 thousand Palestinians, including 15,000 female detainees and tens of thousands of children have been subject to the ongoing Israeli detention campaigns since 1967 until end of 2013.
Such appalling figures leave little doubt, if any, that every single Palestinian family had been put through detention. According to the statistics, Israeli prisons and detention centers have been built in almost every Palestinian territory.
Ever since the eruption of the second intifada in September 2000, 80 thousand detention cases, including 10,000 children and more than 60 ex-lawmakers and ministers, were documented.
Over the past decades, the Palestinian socio-political scene in the occupied West Bank has been overwhelmed by such detention campaigns. The security pretext, endemic to Israeli alleged incarceration ruses, could no longer be maintained as a taken-for-granted excuse.
According to a plethora of Human Rights organizations, detentions executed by Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) have been explicit breaches to the international humanitarian law. Palestinians have been held in the most horrible detention circumstances ever, and have been subject to deadly torture procedures, as corroborated by official statistics.
Statistics show that Palestinian detainees have not only undergone physical or psychological torture but have also been publically humiliated and tortured, at times in the presence of their families and children.
Ill detainees’ misfortune:
According to the statistics, several Palestinian detainees have been suffering to death due to poor health care.
Health conditions of more than 1,400 prisoners are considered critical. 16 captives have been permanently residing in Ramla prison hospital due to their deteriorating physical condition and the deadly diseases affecting many of them.
Atrocious as it might sound, 25 Palestinian prisoners have been diagnosed with cancer.
Prisoners killed under torture:
The Ministry of Detainees’ affairs documented the death of 73 Palestinians killed under torture and 53 others due to poor health care since 1967. 72 Palestinians were deliberately killed after the arrest and 7 others died after being shot from a close range by Israeli soldiers and prison guards inside prisons.
Such shocking statistics raise alarm bells over the situation of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Serious reactions against Israeli brutal violations of international laws have become more urgent than ever. It is high time activists across the entire globe took practical measures to stand up to Palestinian prisoners’ rights and help them restore their freedom.
In an interview made by PIC with prisoner Hamed Ibrahim’s wife Asma Hamed, ex-Palestinian detainee, the latter praised her husband’s journey of struggle. According to her, imprisonment has never been and will never be a source of fear to her husband and to thousands of Palestinians who will keep on fighting till their last breath.
Mrs. Hamed reported that her husband suspended, but has not yet ended, his hunger strike following a decision declaring his near transfer from solitary confinement to a private cell for three months.
Ibrahim Hamed has been detained for 6 years under unconfirmed charges of being in command of the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing.
The Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees’ affairs said, in a statement that has been recently released on the occasion, that 5000 Palestinian detainees are still held in Israeli prisons, including 476 sentenced to life.
The statement documented the incarceration of 19 Palestinian women and 200 children in addition to several Palestinian minors who have, ironically, grown to maturity inside Israeli prisons.
The prisoners’ list includes 185 cases of administrative detention along with 11 MPs and several political leaders distributed among 22 Israeli prisons.
Incredible data about the prisoners’ tragedy
Official statistics revealed that more than 800 thousand Palestinians, including 15,000 female detainees and tens of thousands of children have been subject to the ongoing Israeli detention campaigns since 1967 until end of 2013.
Such appalling figures leave little doubt, if any, that every single Palestinian family had been put through detention. According to the statistics, Israeli prisons and detention centers have been built in almost every Palestinian territory.
Ever since the eruption of the second intifada in September 2000, 80 thousand detention cases, including 10,000 children and more than 60 ex-lawmakers and ministers, were documented.
Over the past decades, the Palestinian socio-political scene in the occupied West Bank has been overwhelmed by such detention campaigns. The security pretext, endemic to Israeli alleged incarceration ruses, could no longer be maintained as a taken-for-granted excuse.
According to a plethora of Human Rights organizations, detentions executed by Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) have been explicit breaches to the international humanitarian law. Palestinians have been held in the most horrible detention circumstances ever, and have been subject to deadly torture procedures, as corroborated by official statistics.
Statistics show that Palestinian detainees have not only undergone physical or psychological torture but have also been publically humiliated and tortured, at times in the presence of their families and children.
Ill detainees’ misfortune:
According to the statistics, several Palestinian detainees have been suffering to death due to poor health care.
Health conditions of more than 1,400 prisoners are considered critical. 16 captives have been permanently residing in Ramla prison hospital due to their deteriorating physical condition and the deadly diseases affecting many of them.
Atrocious as it might sound, 25 Palestinian prisoners have been diagnosed with cancer.
Prisoners killed under torture:
The Ministry of Detainees’ affairs documented the death of 73 Palestinians killed under torture and 53 others due to poor health care since 1967. 72 Palestinians were deliberately killed after the arrest and 7 others died after being shot from a close range by Israeli soldiers and prison guards inside prisons.
Such shocking statistics raise alarm bells over the situation of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Serious reactions against Israeli brutal violations of international laws have become more urgent than ever. It is high time activists across the entire globe took practical measures to stand up to Palestinian prisoners’ rights and help them restore their freedom.
In an interview made by PIC with prisoner Hamed Ibrahim’s wife Asma Hamed, ex-Palestinian detainee, the latter praised her husband’s journey of struggle. According to her, imprisonment has never been and will never be a source of fear to her husband and to thousands of Palestinians who will keep on fighting till their last breath.
Mrs. Hamed reported that her husband suspended, but has not yet ended, his hunger strike following a decision declaring his near transfer from solitary confinement to a private cell for three months.
Ibrahim Hamed has been detained for 6 years under unconfirmed charges of being in command of the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing.
As the Palestinian people mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day on April 17, more than 800,000 Palestinians, including children, have been kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel since 1967, while at least 5,000 Palestinians are currently held by Israel, a report by the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees has revealed.
The Ministry said that Israel is ongoing with its daily invasions, assaults and arrests against the Palestinians in different parts of occupied Palestine, targeting both men and women, adults and minors of varying ages.
It said that since Israel, in 1967, occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, until the end of 2013, the army had kidnapped more than 800,000 Palestinians, including 15,000 women and thousands of children, and that the arrests are still ongoing.
“There isn’t single family that did not experience arrest, some numerous times”, the report said. “Israel turned every corner in occupied Palestine into a prison, detention camp and interrogation facility.”
After the second Palestinian Intifada, the al-Aqsa Intifada, which began in late September of 2000, Israeli soldiers have kidnapped more than 80,000 Palestinians, including around 10,000 children and more than 60 elected legislators and ministers.
Israeli authorities also issued more than 24,000 arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, detaining thousands without charges or trial, and imprisoning more than a 1,000 Palestinian women since then.
Arrests And Brutality Targeting Everybody
The arrests did not target any certain demographic or age group; instead, they targeted all sectors of the Palestinian society, including children, seniors, women, men, officials, ministers, legislators, political leaders, union leaders, disabled Palestinians, students, intellectuals, poets and artists...
Arrests take place every day, and there has not been one in which the army has not kidnapped someone. Most of the individuals abducted had nothing to do with “security threats”, to use Israel's terminology, yet, imprisonment and torture became part of daily life for Palestinians.
According to the report, the real danger is that the vast majority of these arrests, and accompanying violations, are direct violations of International Humanitarian Law; “The detainees are extremely tortured and abused... face the most cruel methods of torture, physical and psychological. They are imprisoned under inhumane conditions, are humiliated, and even their families are humiliated and assaulted”.
Israel, its security devices and interrogators, continuously violate the rights of the detainees as it imprisons, intimidates and tortures children, women and even detainees with special needs.
Detainees In Numbers
5,000 Palestinians are still behind bars, imprisoned in different prisons and detention centers. Most of them are from the occupied West Bank. Around 576 of them have been sentenced to at least one life term.
There are 19 Palestinian women and 200 children who are still imprisoned by Israel, in addition to hundreds of children who grew up and became adults while in prison.
Israel is also still holding captive 185 Palestinians under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charge, eleven elected legislators and dozens of political officials.
The detainees are held in around 22 prisons, detention and interrogation camps, mainly in Ramon, Nafha, Asqalan, Be’er As-Sabe’, Hadarim, Galboa’, Shatta, Ramla, Damoun, HaSharon, Ofer, Majeddo, and the Negev Detention camp.
Female Detainees
Detained Palestinian women, including children, face humiliation, torture, degradation, and are also tortured and beaten, in addition to the threats and harsh treatment they receive while being transferred. They also face repeated threat of sexual abuse.
Their suffering continues in solitary confinement, while the army also denies them family visits, denies them access to education, and proper medical treatment. Many of the detained women have husbands who are also imprisoned.
Ailing Detainees
More than 1,400 Palestinians need medical attention but are, instead, denied the needed medical treatments, and are suffering from deteriorating medical conditions. Sixteen of them are continually living at Ramla Prison Clinic, which lacks basic supplies and specialized physicians.
Some of the detainees are paralyzed and/or amputees, with dozens struggling with major life-threatening conditions. They need special attention and surgeries, while only prison doctors are allowed to examine them.
80 of the ailing detainees suffer from chronic conditions, including 15 who have different types of cancer, while dozens of others suffer various other physical and/or mental conditions.
Most of the detainees who fall ill, or develop psychological conditions, were completely healthy before they were kidnapped and imprisoned.
Prisons lack appropriate sanitation, are filled with bugs and insects. Cells and rooms have high humidity and are overcrowded.
Dozens of Palestinians were taken prisoner after they were shot by the army, and were tortured and interrogated, beaten on their wounds and cuts.
Many detainees, while in prison, developed skin conditions, ulcer, tumors, kidney failure, eyesight deterioration, slipped discs, diabetes, oral conditions, tooth loss and various sorts of psychological conditions, are still abused, with their bodies being used for testing by pharmaceutical companies.
Administrative Detainees
Administrative Detention is the “unknown enemy” which the detainees face, as it is a punishment without a charge, without an indictment. Administrative detainees are held without trial. Neither they or their lawyers are allowed to defend themselves, simply because they face what Israel calls a “secret file” that no one is allowed to see.
Each arbitrary Administrative Detention order is usually 1 to 6 months, issued by military commanders in the occupied Palestinian territories. Such orders target both men and women of different ages, young and old, including physicians, engineers, professors, teachers, journalists and elected legislators and officials.
Such orders are repeatedly renewed and, in many cases, just as the detainees are about to step out of prison, they are informed of a new order, often spending months and years under such orders without even knowing when, or if, they will ever be freed.
Veteran Detainees
Following the resumption of direct Palestinian-Israeli talks in late July of 2013, and after years of stalemate, Israel was still holding captive 104 veteran detainees, held since before the First Oslo Agreement of 1993.
Under American mediation, Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank reached an agreement for the release of all 104 veteran detainees, in four stages.
In return, the Palestinian Authority vowed not to file any new application to join the different UN and other international institutions which, as a result, would allow them to gain international recognition, during the nine months of direct talks.
Israel implemented the first three stages of release, and backed down on the fourth, which supposed to be implemented by March 28, 2014. 30 veteran detainees were supposed to be freed, but Israel voided the deal.
The release was supposed to contribute to stability in the region, a part of the ongoing talks, free of violations and invasions, but Israel blatantly continued with its ongoing assaults, arrests, invasions and assassinations.
The United States, the mediator of these talks, along with the International Community, need to act, putting pressure on Israel to halt its violations, to respect its commitment and to release the detainees, if it is seriously willing to resume peace talks and reach a final status agreement.
Tragic Conditions
The living conditions which detainees face in Israeli occupation prisons are tough, extremely harsh, especially in the face of such a wide range of violations and abuses which include but are not limited to torture, medical neglect and solitary confinement – this all in addition to repeated denial of family visits, malnutrition and blackmail, most often by way of children.
This is happening in addition to repeated attacks against the detainees in their rooms, night raids and searches, high fines, all different sorts of violations. Simply put, Israel is violating all international conventions and is denying them the most basic of human and prisoner rights.
According to detailed and documented reports by the Ministry of Detainees and various human rights groups, 205 Palestinian detainees died after being arrested since the year 1967.
Seventy-three of them died due to extreme torture; the latest casualty was Arafat Jaradat from Sa’ir town, near Hebron, who died less than two weeks after being kidnapped and repeatedly tortured by Israeli interrogators.
Fifty-three Palestinian detainees died due to lack of medical attention; the latest casualty being one Hasan Toraby from the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Seventy-two Palestinians were executed after the soldiers kidnapped them, and seven were shot and killed while in prison.
These violations, and the unacceptable conditions which detainees face in Israeli prisons, require every Palestinian in the country, and around the world, to act in highlighting the suffering of the detainees, and to engage in solidarity acts which expose the serious violations and crimes perpetrated on them by the Israeli government.
Activists around the world, including all international institutions, in defense of both human and prisoner rights, are also called upon to act, in order to oblige Israel to respect those human and civil rights, to respect International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and all related treaties.
The Ministry said that Israel is ongoing with its daily invasions, assaults and arrests against the Palestinians in different parts of occupied Palestine, targeting both men and women, adults and minors of varying ages.
It said that since Israel, in 1967, occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, until the end of 2013, the army had kidnapped more than 800,000 Palestinians, including 15,000 women and thousands of children, and that the arrests are still ongoing.
“There isn’t single family that did not experience arrest, some numerous times”, the report said. “Israel turned every corner in occupied Palestine into a prison, detention camp and interrogation facility.”
After the second Palestinian Intifada, the al-Aqsa Intifada, which began in late September of 2000, Israeli soldiers have kidnapped more than 80,000 Palestinians, including around 10,000 children and more than 60 elected legislators and ministers.
Israeli authorities also issued more than 24,000 arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, detaining thousands without charges or trial, and imprisoning more than a 1,000 Palestinian women since then.
Arrests And Brutality Targeting Everybody
The arrests did not target any certain demographic or age group; instead, they targeted all sectors of the Palestinian society, including children, seniors, women, men, officials, ministers, legislators, political leaders, union leaders, disabled Palestinians, students, intellectuals, poets and artists...
Arrests take place every day, and there has not been one in which the army has not kidnapped someone. Most of the individuals abducted had nothing to do with “security threats”, to use Israel's terminology, yet, imprisonment and torture became part of daily life for Palestinians.
According to the report, the real danger is that the vast majority of these arrests, and accompanying violations, are direct violations of International Humanitarian Law; “The detainees are extremely tortured and abused... face the most cruel methods of torture, physical and psychological. They are imprisoned under inhumane conditions, are humiliated, and even their families are humiliated and assaulted”.
Israel, its security devices and interrogators, continuously violate the rights of the detainees as it imprisons, intimidates and tortures children, women and even detainees with special needs.
Detainees In Numbers
5,000 Palestinians are still behind bars, imprisoned in different prisons and detention centers. Most of them are from the occupied West Bank. Around 576 of them have been sentenced to at least one life term.
There are 19 Palestinian women and 200 children who are still imprisoned by Israel, in addition to hundreds of children who grew up and became adults while in prison.
Israel is also still holding captive 185 Palestinians under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charge, eleven elected legislators and dozens of political officials.
The detainees are held in around 22 prisons, detention and interrogation camps, mainly in Ramon, Nafha, Asqalan, Be’er As-Sabe’, Hadarim, Galboa’, Shatta, Ramla, Damoun, HaSharon, Ofer, Majeddo, and the Negev Detention camp.
Female Detainees
Detained Palestinian women, including children, face humiliation, torture, degradation, and are also tortured and beaten, in addition to the threats and harsh treatment they receive while being transferred. They also face repeated threat of sexual abuse.
Their suffering continues in solitary confinement, while the army also denies them family visits, denies them access to education, and proper medical treatment. Many of the detained women have husbands who are also imprisoned.
Ailing Detainees
More than 1,400 Palestinians need medical attention but are, instead, denied the needed medical treatments, and are suffering from deteriorating medical conditions. Sixteen of them are continually living at Ramla Prison Clinic, which lacks basic supplies and specialized physicians.
Some of the detainees are paralyzed and/or amputees, with dozens struggling with major life-threatening conditions. They need special attention and surgeries, while only prison doctors are allowed to examine them.
80 of the ailing detainees suffer from chronic conditions, including 15 who have different types of cancer, while dozens of others suffer various other physical and/or mental conditions.
Most of the detainees who fall ill, or develop psychological conditions, were completely healthy before they were kidnapped and imprisoned.
Prisons lack appropriate sanitation, are filled with bugs and insects. Cells and rooms have high humidity and are overcrowded.
Dozens of Palestinians were taken prisoner after they were shot by the army, and were tortured and interrogated, beaten on their wounds and cuts.
Many detainees, while in prison, developed skin conditions, ulcer, tumors, kidney failure, eyesight deterioration, slipped discs, diabetes, oral conditions, tooth loss and various sorts of psychological conditions, are still abused, with their bodies being used for testing by pharmaceutical companies.
Administrative Detainees
Administrative Detention is the “unknown enemy” which the detainees face, as it is a punishment without a charge, without an indictment. Administrative detainees are held without trial. Neither they or their lawyers are allowed to defend themselves, simply because they face what Israel calls a “secret file” that no one is allowed to see.
Each arbitrary Administrative Detention order is usually 1 to 6 months, issued by military commanders in the occupied Palestinian territories. Such orders target both men and women of different ages, young and old, including physicians, engineers, professors, teachers, journalists and elected legislators and officials.
Such orders are repeatedly renewed and, in many cases, just as the detainees are about to step out of prison, they are informed of a new order, often spending months and years under such orders without even knowing when, or if, they will ever be freed.
Veteran Detainees
Following the resumption of direct Palestinian-Israeli talks in late July of 2013, and after years of stalemate, Israel was still holding captive 104 veteran detainees, held since before the First Oslo Agreement of 1993.
Under American mediation, Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank reached an agreement for the release of all 104 veteran detainees, in four stages.
In return, the Palestinian Authority vowed not to file any new application to join the different UN and other international institutions which, as a result, would allow them to gain international recognition, during the nine months of direct talks.
Israel implemented the first three stages of release, and backed down on the fourth, which supposed to be implemented by March 28, 2014. 30 veteran detainees were supposed to be freed, but Israel voided the deal.
The release was supposed to contribute to stability in the region, a part of the ongoing talks, free of violations and invasions, but Israel blatantly continued with its ongoing assaults, arrests, invasions and assassinations.
The United States, the mediator of these talks, along with the International Community, need to act, putting pressure on Israel to halt its violations, to respect its commitment and to release the detainees, if it is seriously willing to resume peace talks and reach a final status agreement.
Tragic Conditions
The living conditions which detainees face in Israeli occupation prisons are tough, extremely harsh, especially in the face of such a wide range of violations and abuses which include but are not limited to torture, medical neglect and solitary confinement – this all in addition to repeated denial of family visits, malnutrition and blackmail, most often by way of children.
This is happening in addition to repeated attacks against the detainees in their rooms, night raids and searches, high fines, all different sorts of violations. Simply put, Israel is violating all international conventions and is denying them the most basic of human and prisoner rights.
According to detailed and documented reports by the Ministry of Detainees and various human rights groups, 205 Palestinian detainees died after being arrested since the year 1967.
Seventy-three of them died due to extreme torture; the latest casualty was Arafat Jaradat from Sa’ir town, near Hebron, who died less than two weeks after being kidnapped and repeatedly tortured by Israeli interrogators.
Fifty-three Palestinian detainees died due to lack of medical attention; the latest casualty being one Hasan Toraby from the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Seventy-two Palestinians were executed after the soldiers kidnapped them, and seven were shot and killed while in prison.
These violations, and the unacceptable conditions which detainees face in Israeli prisons, require every Palestinian in the country, and around the world, to act in highlighting the suffering of the detainees, and to engage in solidarity acts which expose the serious violations and crimes perpetrated on them by the Israeli government.
Activists around the world, including all international institutions, in defense of both human and prisoner rights, are also called upon to act, in order to oblige Israel to respect those human and civil rights, to respect International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and all related treaties.
The Palestinian National Council called in a statement, on Wednesday, upon the Israeli authorities to treat the Palestinian prisoners as war prisoners, after the state of Palestine became a member in the Fourth Geneva Conventions, and particularly the Third Geneva Convention.
In a statement marking the Palestinian Prisoner Day, the council condemned the Israeli campaign of calling to adjudicate President Mahmoud Abbas after he signed Palestine’s letters of accession to a set of international conventions and treaties, particularly those concerned with prisoners’ affairs, WAFA reports.
The council stressed that its “support of the Palestinian leadership in its political and legal battle of defending the rights of our people in establishing their own state on their national soil with Jerusalem as its capital.”
Meanwhile, it described the Israeli pressures on Abbas and the Palestinian people as “political, legal extortion” which could cause the end of the peace process.
The council finally called upon the international organizations and parliaments to uphold their responsibilities and support the Palestinian people in the face of the “growing Israeli intransigence.”
Just Wednesday, Israeli forces abduted eleven people from Jerusalem and Beit Ummar to the south of Hebron, according to reports by local sources.
Six people, including a minor, were taken by Israeli forces at the gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
45 Palestinians were injured in the attack, according to one report.
Israeli forces kidnapped another person after breaking into and searching his house in the old city of Jerusalem, serving the family with a notice for their child to appear before Israeli intelligence.
Meanwhile, in Hebron, forces stormed Beit Ummar, where they abducted the Secretary General of the Anti-settlement Popular Committee in Beit Ummar, Khalil Abu Hashem, 47, along with his 18-year-old son, after breaking into and searching their houses, according to a report by spokesperson of the committee Mohammad ‘Awad.
‘Awad added that soldiers also took two people aged 18 and 21 years after breaking into, searching and wreaking havoc upon their houses.
He noted that soldiers blocked the main access road of the town for an hour and a half before retreating, and took the detained Palestinians to the settlement of ‘Etzion’.
Forces set up checkpoints in several neighborhoods in Hebron city ,as well as at the entrances of Halhul, Idhna and Saʻir, where they stopped Palestinian vehicles travelling along the way and inspected passengers’ ID cards.
In related prisoner news, Israeli Prison Service (IPS) said that it is going to transfer, on Wednesday morning, prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi and two of his cell mates to Nafha prison.
Internal sources of the prison confirmed that the IPS is to transfer Abu Sisi, Dirar Abu Jamous and Islam Wishahi. IPS asked them to prepare themselves to be transferred today, according to Al Ray.
Leadership Movement of Prisons (LMP) called the Palestinian prisoners to start an open ended hunger strike two days ago, in a solidarity movement to end the isolation of Abu Sisi and Ibrahim Hamed, by way of which the Israelis relented to the movement's terms, ending the isolation of the two prisoners and transferring them to Nafha Prison.
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.
In a statement marking the Palestinian Prisoner Day, the council condemned the Israeli campaign of calling to adjudicate President Mahmoud Abbas after he signed Palestine’s letters of accession to a set of international conventions and treaties, particularly those concerned with prisoners’ affairs, WAFA reports.
The council stressed that its “support of the Palestinian leadership in its political and legal battle of defending the rights of our people in establishing their own state on their national soil with Jerusalem as its capital.”
Meanwhile, it described the Israeli pressures on Abbas and the Palestinian people as “political, legal extortion” which could cause the end of the peace process.
The council finally called upon the international organizations and parliaments to uphold their responsibilities and support the Palestinian people in the face of the “growing Israeli intransigence.”
Just Wednesday, Israeli forces abduted eleven people from Jerusalem and Beit Ummar to the south of Hebron, according to reports by local sources.
Six people, including a minor, were taken by Israeli forces at the gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
45 Palestinians were injured in the attack, according to one report.
Israeli forces kidnapped another person after breaking into and searching his house in the old city of Jerusalem, serving the family with a notice for their child to appear before Israeli intelligence.
Meanwhile, in Hebron, forces stormed Beit Ummar, where they abducted the Secretary General of the Anti-settlement Popular Committee in Beit Ummar, Khalil Abu Hashem, 47, along with his 18-year-old son, after breaking into and searching their houses, according to a report by spokesperson of the committee Mohammad ‘Awad.
‘Awad added that soldiers also took two people aged 18 and 21 years after breaking into, searching and wreaking havoc upon their houses.
He noted that soldiers blocked the main access road of the town for an hour and a half before retreating, and took the detained Palestinians to the settlement of ‘Etzion’.
Forces set up checkpoints in several neighborhoods in Hebron city ,as well as at the entrances of Halhul, Idhna and Saʻir, where they stopped Palestinian vehicles travelling along the way and inspected passengers’ ID cards.
In related prisoner news, Israeli Prison Service (IPS) said that it is going to transfer, on Wednesday morning, prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi and two of his cell mates to Nafha prison.
Internal sources of the prison confirmed that the IPS is to transfer Abu Sisi, Dirar Abu Jamous and Islam Wishahi. IPS asked them to prepare themselves to be transferred today, according to Al Ray.
Leadership Movement of Prisons (LMP) called the Palestinian prisoners to start an open ended hunger strike two days ago, in a solidarity movement to end the isolation of Abu Sisi and Ibrahim Hamed, by way of which the Israelis relented to the movement's terms, ending the isolation of the two prisoners and transferring them to Nafha Prison.
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.
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) said that it is going to transfer, on Wednesday morning, prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi and two of his cell mates to Nafha prison. Internal sources of the prison confirmed that the IPS is to transfer Abu Sisi, Dirar Abu Jamous and Islam Wishahi. IPS asked them to prepare themselves to be transferred today.
Leadership Movement of Prisons (LMP) called the Palestinian prisoners to start an open ended hunger strike two days ago in a solidarity movement to end the isolation of Abu Sisi and Ibrahim Hamed, where the IOF relented to the movement' terms which ended the isolation of the two prisoners and to transfer them to Nafha Prison.
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
Leadership Movement of Prisons (LMP) called the Palestinian prisoners to start an open ended hunger strike two days ago in a solidarity movement to end the isolation of Abu Sisi and Ibrahim Hamed, where the IOF relented to the movement' terms which ended the isolation of the two prisoners and to transfer them to Nafha Prison.
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
PM Ismail Haniyeh kissing Palestinian prisoners' daughters
Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh demanded to unify the Palestinian, Arab and international efforts to support the Palestinian prisoners' steadfastness in the Israeli occupation prisons , and to work by all means to end their suffering. This came during a conference entitled "Our Prisoners are Our Guide to Freedom" which was held on Tuesday at the Islamic university to accumulate the Palestinian prisoners' Day.
Haniyeh criticized the silence of international community towards the Israeli occupation crimes against the Palestinian prisoners, " the International organizations have to break their silence towards the Israeli crimes."
He sent a word for the prisoners' leaders Ibrahim Hamed , Derar al- Sisi, Marwan Barghouti , Ahmed Saadat and others saying "Ending solitary confinement is not enough, you should be released," stressing that prisoners' issue is a top propriety for Palestinian resistance.
He emphasized the importance of proceeding the activities that support prisoners, appreciating the popular movement inside and outside Palestine which call for releasing the prisoners and ending their solitary confinement.
Haniyeh called to build a new Palestinian equation based on Palestinian national unity and the adoption of the resistance choice in all its forms throughout Palestinian territories.
He explained that the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli negotiations process proved its failure more than once, noting that US. meditation is too biased in favor of the Israeli occupation side.
He also stressed the need to complete the program of national reconciliation in correspondence with Palestinians needs in order to protect Palestinian rights and constants and all options that would achieve Palestinian aspirations.
He demanded to rebuild a Palestinian leadership reference of Palestinians by holding elections in the Palestinian National Council (PNC).
"So many Palestinians around the world are still waiting to return to their homeland." Haniyeh expressed.
The minister of Detainees Affairs Atallah Abu Sebeh demanded the Arab and Islamic world to stop the Israeli occupation violations of Palestinian prisoners' rights inside prisons and to activate the prisoners issue in the international forums.
He stressed that the Israeli occupation does not respect the international agreements and treaties and considers himself above international law.
The released prisoner in Wafaa al-Ahrar deal Rawhi Mushtaha said " The civilized nations and the free world who claimed the urbanization and humanity are still standing silent toward the issue of prisoners," calling on the international institutions to do its justice role.
He made clear that Palestinian prisoners live under inhuman conditions in the Israeli jails as the IPS follows illegal in dealing with them by torturing them, preventing their relatives from visiting , and ruleing them administratively without charge for long time, in addition of the repressive practices which invoke the prisoners forcing them to clash with the IPS.
Pro-Palestinian activist said that the Palestinian resistance against the occupation is legitimate, emphasizing the justice of the prisoners issue, adding that he will work to raise the Palestinian prisoners issue internationally and to reveal the occupation's crimes against the Palestinian prisoners.
Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh demanded to unify the Palestinian, Arab and international efforts to support the Palestinian prisoners' steadfastness in the Israeli occupation prisons , and to work by all means to end their suffering. This came during a conference entitled "Our Prisoners are Our Guide to Freedom" which was held on Tuesday at the Islamic university to accumulate the Palestinian prisoners' Day.
Haniyeh criticized the silence of international community towards the Israeli occupation crimes against the Palestinian prisoners, " the International organizations have to break their silence towards the Israeli crimes."
He sent a word for the prisoners' leaders Ibrahim Hamed , Derar al- Sisi, Marwan Barghouti , Ahmed Saadat and others saying "Ending solitary confinement is not enough, you should be released," stressing that prisoners' issue is a top propriety for Palestinian resistance.
He emphasized the importance of proceeding the activities that support prisoners, appreciating the popular movement inside and outside Palestine which call for releasing the prisoners and ending their solitary confinement.
Haniyeh called to build a new Palestinian equation based on Palestinian national unity and the adoption of the resistance choice in all its forms throughout Palestinian territories.
He explained that the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli negotiations process proved its failure more than once, noting that US. meditation is too biased in favor of the Israeli occupation side.
He also stressed the need to complete the program of national reconciliation in correspondence with Palestinians needs in order to protect Palestinian rights and constants and all options that would achieve Palestinian aspirations.
He demanded to rebuild a Palestinian leadership reference of Palestinians by holding elections in the Palestinian National Council (PNC).
"So many Palestinians around the world are still waiting to return to their homeland." Haniyeh expressed.
The minister of Detainees Affairs Atallah Abu Sebeh demanded the Arab and Islamic world to stop the Israeli occupation violations of Palestinian prisoners' rights inside prisons and to activate the prisoners issue in the international forums.
He stressed that the Israeli occupation does not respect the international agreements and treaties and considers himself above international law.
The released prisoner in Wafaa al-Ahrar deal Rawhi Mushtaha said " The civilized nations and the free world who claimed the urbanization and humanity are still standing silent toward the issue of prisoners," calling on the international institutions to do its justice role.
He made clear that Palestinian prisoners live under inhuman conditions in the Israeli jails as the IPS follows illegal in dealing with them by torturing them, preventing their relatives from visiting , and ruleing them administratively without charge for long time, in addition of the repressive practices which invoke the prisoners forcing them to clash with the IPS.
Pro-Palestinian activist said that the Palestinian resistance against the occupation is legitimate, emphasizing the justice of the prisoners issue, adding that he will work to raise the Palestinian prisoners issue internationally and to reveal the occupation's crimes against the Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Wednesday morning five Palestinians after storming Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron in WB. Spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Separation Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, Mohamed Awad, said the IOF raided Beit Ummar town and kidnapped the Secretary of the Committee, Ahmed Abu Hashem, 47, his son Mohammed, 18, Ahmed Sabarneh,18, and Yousif Sabarneh, 21.
He confirmed that the detainees are ex-prisoners. The occupation intentionally and violently ransacked their homes.
The IOF deployed at the town’s entrance and the main streets and topped on a number of rooftops to surround the area completely, he pointed out.
In a relevant vein, security sources said the IOF stormed Beit Awwa town, south-west of Hebron, and kidnapped Hamza Muslima, 21, and led him to an unknown place after ransacking his house.
Occupation injured a Palestinian policeman in clashes in Babal Zawia area. The policeman was transferred to the main hospital in Hebron to receive medical treatments, sources stated.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians Near Hebron
Several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded the town of Beit Ummar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including the secretary of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, said the army invaded the town and kidnapped Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, 47, secretary of the committee, his son, Mohammad, 18, in addition to Ahmad Ali Sabarna, 18, and Yousef Sa’id Sabarna, 21.
The army violently broke into and searched the homes of the kidnapped Palestinians, and several other homes in the town, causing excessive property damage.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Hashem has another detained son, Yousef, 25 years of age, who was taken prisoner several months ago.
In addition, soldiers closed the main road leading to Beit Ummar for 90 minutes, the duration of the invasion, stopped and searched several cars trying to enter or leave it.
All kidnapped Palestinians were moved to the Etzion military base; the army kidnapped seven Palestinians, including three children, in Beit Ummar over the last four days.
In addition, soldiers installed various roadblocks at the entrances of several neighborhoods in Hebron, as well as the main entrances of the towns of Halhoul, Ithna and Sa’ir, stopped and searched dozens of cars while investigating the ID cards of the passengers.
In related news, Israeli military sources said the army still has no information or leads that could help the army identify the shooter who killed, last Monday, an Israeli officer in Tarqoumia, near Hebron.
Israeli army radio has reported on Wednesday morning that the army, and the security forces, intend to conduct random arrests, to interrogate a large number of Palestinians with the hope of finding the shooter or persons involved in the incident, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported.
Israel said the soldier, Baroch Mezrache, was killed in the shooting, and that his wife and one of his children were injured.
He confirmed that the detainees are ex-prisoners. The occupation intentionally and violently ransacked their homes.
The IOF deployed at the town’s entrance and the main streets and topped on a number of rooftops to surround the area completely, he pointed out.
In a relevant vein, security sources said the IOF stormed Beit Awwa town, south-west of Hebron, and kidnapped Hamza Muslima, 21, and led him to an unknown place after ransacking his house.
Occupation injured a Palestinian policeman in clashes in Babal Zawia area. The policeman was transferred to the main hospital in Hebron to receive medical treatments, sources stated.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians Near Hebron
Several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded the town of Beit Ummar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including the secretary of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, said the army invaded the town and kidnapped Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, 47, secretary of the committee, his son, Mohammad, 18, in addition to Ahmad Ali Sabarna, 18, and Yousef Sa’id Sabarna, 21.
The army violently broke into and searched the homes of the kidnapped Palestinians, and several other homes in the town, causing excessive property damage.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Hashem has another detained son, Yousef, 25 years of age, who was taken prisoner several months ago.
In addition, soldiers closed the main road leading to Beit Ummar for 90 minutes, the duration of the invasion, stopped and searched several cars trying to enter or leave it.
All kidnapped Palestinians were moved to the Etzion military base; the army kidnapped seven Palestinians, including three children, in Beit Ummar over the last four days.
In addition, soldiers installed various roadblocks at the entrances of several neighborhoods in Hebron, as well as the main entrances of the towns of Halhoul, Ithna and Sa’ir, stopped and searched dozens of cars while investigating the ID cards of the passengers.
In related news, Israeli military sources said the army still has no information or leads that could help the army identify the shooter who killed, last Monday, an Israeli officer in Tarqoumia, near Hebron.
Israeli army radio has reported on Wednesday morning that the army, and the security forces, intend to conduct random arrests, to interrogate a large number of Palestinians with the hope of finding the shooter or persons involved in the incident, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported.
Israel said the soldier, Baroch Mezrache, was killed in the shooting, and that his wife and one of his children were injured.
At least 25 Palestinians have been injured, while several others have been kidnapped, after Israeli soldiers and settlers broke into the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The soldiers fired firebombs, gas bombs, concussion grenades, and physically assaulted the worshipers, inflicting this large number of injuries.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers also attacked Mohammad Mojahed, one of the guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and kidnapped him, and that more settlers and soldiers and settlers have gathered in the area.
An employee of the Ministry of Waqf in occupied Jerusalem, said dozens of soldiers and settlers are surrounding the area, and are trying to remove the Palestinians by force as the settlers are planning to pray in the yards of the mosque.
He added that the soldiers have also been heavily deployed in different parts of the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, and that the Police declared the area a closed military zone to all Palestinians.
The soldiers also closed the al-Magharba Gate, shortly after it opened it to allow tourists and settlers through, an issue that led to further tension especially since a large number of Palestinians were pushed away, and were removed from the mosque area.
Local sources said the army later withdrew from the yards of the al-Aqsa mosque, leaving dozens of injuries, and took the kidnapped mosque guard to a local police station in the occupied city.
Soldiers and settlers are still heavily deployed around the mosque area, and in different parts of the Old City.
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Army Invades The Al-Aqsa Mosque In Occupied Jerusalem
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[Wednesday Morning, April 16 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers, undercover forces and police officers invaded the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local worshiper causing several injuries.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers completely surrounded the mosque, and invaded its yards, mainly from the al-Magharba Gate, and that the soldiers also surrounded the al-Qebly Mosque, and chased dozens of worshipers.
Hundreds of Palestinians flocked to the mosque, especially after the some Israeli groups announced they intend to break into the the mosque for prayers marking the Jewish Pesach.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that more than a thousand soldiers surrounded the mosque, and encircled the worshipers before clashing with them.
The soldiers fired firebombs, gas bombs, concussion grenades, and physically assaulted the worshipers, inflicting this large number of injuries.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers also attacked Mohammad Mojahed, one of the guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and kidnapped him, and that more settlers and soldiers and settlers have gathered in the area.
An employee of the Ministry of Waqf in occupied Jerusalem, said dozens of soldiers and settlers are surrounding the area, and are trying to remove the Palestinians by force as the settlers are planning to pray in the yards of the mosque.
He added that the soldiers have also been heavily deployed in different parts of the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, and that the Police declared the area a closed military zone to all Palestinians.
The soldiers also closed the al-Magharba Gate, shortly after it opened it to allow tourists and settlers through, an issue that led to further tension especially since a large number of Palestinians were pushed away, and were removed from the mosque area.
Local sources said the army later withdrew from the yards of the al-Aqsa mosque, leaving dozens of injuries, and took the kidnapped mosque guard to a local police station in the occupied city.
Soldiers and settlers are still heavily deployed around the mosque area, and in different parts of the Old City.
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Army Invades The Al-Aqsa Mosque In Occupied Jerusalem
Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:07:31
[Wednesday Morning, April 16 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers, undercover forces and police officers invaded the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local worshiper causing several injuries.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers completely surrounded the mosque, and invaded its yards, mainly from the al-Magharba Gate, and that the soldiers also surrounded the al-Qebly Mosque, and chased dozens of worshipers.
Hundreds of Palestinians flocked to the mosque, especially after the some Israeli groups announced they intend to break into the the mosque for prayers marking the Jewish Pesach.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that more than a thousand soldiers surrounded the mosque, and encircled the worshipers before clashing with them.
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, fired an artillery shell toward residents’ homes in Juhr al-Deek area, to the southeast of Gaza, yet no injuries were reported, according to media sources.
WAFA correspondence reports that army tanks, stationed along the borders with the Gaza Strip, fired several missiles on an agricultural area, in addition to opening heavy machine gunfire towards residential homes to the east of Gaza.
Israeli army forces intensified their presence in the eastern suburbs of Gaza city, in the predawn hours, amid opening gunfire and amid flying reconnaissance aircraft.
The eastern area of Khan Yunes, in the south of the Gaza Strip, was also under similar gunfire attacks during the night. Israeli army forces, stationed at Kissufim military outpost on the borders, opened a hail of gunfire towards the homes in the border village of Qararah.
No injuries were reported.
Furthermore, a Palestinian worker was shot and injured, Tuesday, by Israeli forces stationed in military watchtowers near Beit Hanoun border crossing in northern Gaza Strip, medical sources said.
A 23-year-old Palestinian worker was admitted into Kamal ‘Odwan hospital, in Beit Lahia, after he was shot and injured in his right leg by Israeli soldiers stationed near the border crossing.
The Palestinian’s case was described as moderate.
Palestinian workers and farmers attempting to access their farmlands, in the northern and eastern part of the Gaza Strip, are continually and deliberately targeted by Israeli soldiers almost on daily basis.
The Israeli Archeological Authority, on Tuesday, robbed the contents of a cemetery near the village of Deir Sharaf, to the west of Nablus, according to Saleh Tawafsheh, Director General of the Monument Protection Department at the Ministry of Tourism.
He said that this action is a clear breach of the international conventions, regarding cultural heritage, in which the occupying power is prohibited from conducting any excavations in the occupied land.
Tawafsheh called upon the international organizations, particularly the UNESCO, to immediately intervene to prevent the confiscation of Palestinian monuments by the Israeli authorities.
This morning, a Palestinian young man was kidnapped by the Israeli army, after they blew the doors and stormed his house in Ethna town, to the west of the West Bank city of Hebron, according to a report by Al Ray.
Local sources told Safa that a huge troop of Israeli solders raided al-Brna’a area in the town and detained Mahmoud Namer, 30, in a violent way and damaged property within the house.
A large force of the Israeli army carried out sweeping operations in Wad Aziz, in the western side of Ethna, near the place where an Israeli settler died and four were injured on Monday evening.
At the end of December 2013, 4,768 Palestinian security detainees and prisoners were held in Israeli prisons, 317 of them from the Gaza Strip.
An additional 1,284 Palestinians were held in Israel Prison Service facilities for being in Israel illegally, 20 of them from the Gaza Strip.
Since 1967, when (Israel) occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel. This represents approximately 20% of the total population in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), and 40% of all males.
Despite prohibition by international law, Israel detains Palestinians in prisons throughout Israel, far from their families, who almost never obtain the necessary permits to leave the Occupied Palestinian Territories to visit them.
Also on Tuesday, WAFA reports that Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian farmer in the village of al-Khader, to the south of Bethlehem, while he was in his own ranch, according to Hassan Burajiyeh, coordinator of the anti-settlement and segregation wall committee in Bethlehem.
He said that around 100 settlers, under army protection, assaulted Islam Jaber, in his late twenties, while he was in his land located near Daniel settlement, illegally built on the land of al-Khader, forcing him to leave at gunpoint.
Burajiyeh said army soldiers seized his identity card and threatened to arrest him should he return to his own property.
The village of al-Khader has seen similar attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers, including the confiscation of large areas for settlement expansion purposes.
Just this past evening, Israeli settlers attacked Hosh Sabra neighborhood in the old city of Jerusalem, in addition to taking over an empty Palestinian-owned shop and turning it into a home for them, according to witnesses.
Settlers attacked Hosh Sabra, a residential neighborhood in the old city, where they burned tires and seized a store, which caused confrontations to erupt between Israeli police and Palestinians in Bab Hatta complex, just adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli police shot rubber-coated metal bullets and gas canisters at Palestinians, who responded by hurling empty bottles and stones at the police.
Several Palestinians were injured and others were abducted.
WAFA correspondence reports that army tanks, stationed along the borders with the Gaza Strip, fired several missiles on an agricultural area, in addition to opening heavy machine gunfire towards residential homes to the east of Gaza.
Israeli army forces intensified their presence in the eastern suburbs of Gaza city, in the predawn hours, amid opening gunfire and amid flying reconnaissance aircraft.
The eastern area of Khan Yunes, in the south of the Gaza Strip, was also under similar gunfire attacks during the night. Israeli army forces, stationed at Kissufim military outpost on the borders, opened a hail of gunfire towards the homes in the border village of Qararah.
No injuries were reported.
Furthermore, a Palestinian worker was shot and injured, Tuesday, by Israeli forces stationed in military watchtowers near Beit Hanoun border crossing in northern Gaza Strip, medical sources said.
A 23-year-old Palestinian worker was admitted into Kamal ‘Odwan hospital, in Beit Lahia, after he was shot and injured in his right leg by Israeli soldiers stationed near the border crossing.
The Palestinian’s case was described as moderate.
Palestinian workers and farmers attempting to access their farmlands, in the northern and eastern part of the Gaza Strip, are continually and deliberately targeted by Israeli soldiers almost on daily basis.
The Israeli Archeological Authority, on Tuesday, robbed the contents of a cemetery near the village of Deir Sharaf, to the west of Nablus, according to Saleh Tawafsheh, Director General of the Monument Protection Department at the Ministry of Tourism.
He said that this action is a clear breach of the international conventions, regarding cultural heritage, in which the occupying power is prohibited from conducting any excavations in the occupied land.
Tawafsheh called upon the international organizations, particularly the UNESCO, to immediately intervene to prevent the confiscation of Palestinian monuments by the Israeli authorities.
This morning, a Palestinian young man was kidnapped by the Israeli army, after they blew the doors and stormed his house in Ethna town, to the west of the West Bank city of Hebron, according to a report by Al Ray.
Local sources told Safa that a huge troop of Israeli solders raided al-Brna’a area in the town and detained Mahmoud Namer, 30, in a violent way and damaged property within the house.
A large force of the Israeli army carried out sweeping operations in Wad Aziz, in the western side of Ethna, near the place where an Israeli settler died and four were injured on Monday evening.
At the end of December 2013, 4,768 Palestinian security detainees and prisoners were held in Israeli prisons, 317 of them from the Gaza Strip.
An additional 1,284 Palestinians were held in Israel Prison Service facilities for being in Israel illegally, 20 of them from the Gaza Strip.
Since 1967, when (Israel) occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel. This represents approximately 20% of the total population in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), and 40% of all males.
Despite prohibition by international law, Israel detains Palestinians in prisons throughout Israel, far from their families, who almost never obtain the necessary permits to leave the Occupied Palestinian Territories to visit them.
Also on Tuesday, WAFA reports that Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian farmer in the village of al-Khader, to the south of Bethlehem, while he was in his own ranch, according to Hassan Burajiyeh, coordinator of the anti-settlement and segregation wall committee in Bethlehem.
He said that around 100 settlers, under army protection, assaulted Islam Jaber, in his late twenties, while he was in his land located near Daniel settlement, illegally built on the land of al-Khader, forcing him to leave at gunpoint.
Burajiyeh said army soldiers seized his identity card and threatened to arrest him should he return to his own property.
The village of al-Khader has seen similar attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers, including the confiscation of large areas for settlement expansion purposes.
Just this past evening, Israeli settlers attacked Hosh Sabra neighborhood in the old city of Jerusalem, in addition to taking over an empty Palestinian-owned shop and turning it into a home for them, according to witnesses.
Settlers attacked Hosh Sabra, a residential neighborhood in the old city, where they burned tires and seized a store, which caused confrontations to erupt between Israeli police and Palestinians in Bab Hatta complex, just adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli police shot rubber-coated metal bullets and gas canisters at Palestinians, who responded by hurling empty bottles and stones at the police.
Several Palestinians were injured and others were abducted.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian youth near Nablus city on Tuesday for allegedly planning to assault a soldier. The Hebrew radio said that the unidentified Palestinian had a knife in his possession, claiming that he was planning to use it in attacking one of the soldiers at a crossroad near Nablus city.
The broadcast claimed that the Palestinian youth, from Beita Al-Fawqa village in Nablus province, admitted that he was planning to use the knife in attacking one of the soldiers at the crossroad.
The broadcast claimed that the Palestinian youth, from Beita Al-Fawqa village in Nablus province, admitted that he was planning to use the knife in attacking one of the soldiers at the crossroad.
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The Israeli authorities decided on Monday to isolate six Jerusalemites from Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings for periods that varied between two weeks and six months under the pretext of “maintaining law and order”.
They are: Um Tarek Hashlamon, Hussam Sider who is an employee of the Islamic Awqaf, Mahmoud Abdellatif, Musbah Abu Sbeih, Hamza Rweidi and Rami Fakhouri. Um Tarek Hashlamon (isolated for three months) Israeli forces along with the Intelligence raided the house of Um Tarek Hashlamon –one of Al-Aqsa students (Masateb) – and handed her family a call for investigation since she was not home. |
Upon arrival at Al-Qishleh police station, she was handed an order to isolate her from Al-Aqsa for three months.
Isolation for six months
The Israeli authorities isolated the Islamic Awqaf employee, Hussam Sider, and Mahmoud Abdellatif from Al-Aqsa for six months.
Hussam was arrested on Monday while he was near Hutta Gate as he was heading to work inside Al-Aqsa, and the forces handed him an order to isolate him for six months after he was arrested starting on 14/04/2014 until 14/10/2014.
Mahmoud Abdellatif was also isolated for six months and said: “I was arrested along with my friend, rami Fakhouri, on Tuesday after we finished the Noon prayer inside Al-Aqsa and we were leaving through Al-Nather Gate.” He pointed out that he was assaulted especially on the face and limbs while he was arrested and detained in Al-Silsileh Gate center and Al-Qishleh police center.
Abdellatif added: “one of the police individuals handed me an order to isolate me from Al-Aqsa for six months and also prevented me from getting close to Al-Aqsa Gates for a distance less than 20 meters. They also asked me to sign a 5000-NIS bail but I refused and so they photographed me as I was holding the isolation order in my hand. I was then transferred to Al-Maskobyeh and was released from there on Monday.”
Isolation for two weeks
The police isolated 24-year old Rami Saleh Fakhouri who is a resident of Bab Hutta from Al-Aqsa for two weeks after he was arrested for 24 hours and was transferred in between Al-Maskobyeh, Al-Qishleh and Al-Silsileh Gate police centers.
The 25-year old Hamza Mohammad Rweidi from Silwan was arrested on Sunday near Hutta gate and the police detained his ID before he entered Al-Aqsa. Upon leaving, he headed to take his ID and was stopped by a policeman who prevented him from reaching the police officer. Clashes using hands broke out between him and the policeman and was then attacked and severely beaten by a group of Special Forces individuals and was then arrested and transferred to Al-Qishleh police center.
He explained that the forces deliberately attacked and handcuffed him and injured him with several bruises. He was detained for 24 hours and was then handed the isolation order; he was also charged with obstructing the police work and assaulting an Israeli soldier.
Arrest and release
The 21-year old Laith Naser Gheith from Bab Hutta was arrested on Sunday night from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque while he was there to perform the Evening Prayer. He was taken to Al-Qishleh Center and was then released with no conditions.
Gheith explained that the police forces assaulted and severely beat him while he was transferred in between Al-Silsileh Gate and Al-Qishleh police centers.
Isolation for six months
The Israeli authorities isolated the Islamic Awqaf employee, Hussam Sider, and Mahmoud Abdellatif from Al-Aqsa for six months.
Hussam was arrested on Monday while he was near Hutta Gate as he was heading to work inside Al-Aqsa, and the forces handed him an order to isolate him for six months after he was arrested starting on 14/04/2014 until 14/10/2014.
Mahmoud Abdellatif was also isolated for six months and said: “I was arrested along with my friend, rami Fakhouri, on Tuesday after we finished the Noon prayer inside Al-Aqsa and we were leaving through Al-Nather Gate.” He pointed out that he was assaulted especially on the face and limbs while he was arrested and detained in Al-Silsileh Gate center and Al-Qishleh police center.
Abdellatif added: “one of the police individuals handed me an order to isolate me from Al-Aqsa for six months and also prevented me from getting close to Al-Aqsa Gates for a distance less than 20 meters. They also asked me to sign a 5000-NIS bail but I refused and so they photographed me as I was holding the isolation order in my hand. I was then transferred to Al-Maskobyeh and was released from there on Monday.”
Isolation for two weeks
The police isolated 24-year old Rami Saleh Fakhouri who is a resident of Bab Hutta from Al-Aqsa for two weeks after he was arrested for 24 hours and was transferred in between Al-Maskobyeh, Al-Qishleh and Al-Silsileh Gate police centers.
The 25-year old Hamza Mohammad Rweidi from Silwan was arrested on Sunday near Hutta gate and the police detained his ID before he entered Al-Aqsa. Upon leaving, he headed to take his ID and was stopped by a policeman who prevented him from reaching the police officer. Clashes using hands broke out between him and the policeman and was then attacked and severely beaten by a group of Special Forces individuals and was then arrested and transferred to Al-Qishleh police center.
He explained that the forces deliberately attacked and handcuffed him and injured him with several bruises. He was detained for 24 hours and was then handed the isolation order; he was also charged with obstructing the police work and assaulting an Israeli soldier.
Arrest and release
The 21-year old Laith Naser Gheith from Bab Hutta was arrested on Sunday night from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque while he was there to perform the Evening Prayer. He was taken to Al-Qishleh Center and was then released with no conditions.
Gheith explained that the police forces assaulted and severely beat him while he was transferred in between Al-Silsileh Gate and Al-Qishleh police centers.
A Palestinian march organized on Monday has managed to break a security cordon imposed by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Nabi Saleh village northern Ramallah for three days. Dozens of Palestinians and foreign activists have managed to reach the southern gate of Nabi Saleh village in spite of the IOF military restrictions and tear gas bombs. A Palestinian young man was arrested, and many protesters, including women, were injured after being sprayed with pepper spray.
Eyewitness told the PIC reporter that Israeli forces prevented vehicles and journalists from having access to the village, where three journalists were detained before being forced to leave the scene after the confiscation of their equipment and cars.
Meanwhile, journalists who have managed to enter the village were brutally attacked by IOF soldiers and beaten.
The participants maintained presence at the main street in the village despite Israeli heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
For his part, head of Popular Resistance Movement in Nabi Saleh village Bassem al-Tamimi said that this protest was meant to display the Palestinian people's adherence to resistance option, calling for activating resistance throughout occupied West Bank.
Occupation arrests Palestinian in Jenin, detains journalistic crew in Ramallah
Occupation colonial forces arrested Monday a Palestinian youth from al-Yamoun, west of Jenin, and detained journalistic crew at the entrance of Nabi Saleh village, north-west of Ramallah.
The forces are still imposing a tighten siege on Nabi Saleh village for the third day in a row.
Local sources said that Israeli forces arrested Islam Abu al-Haija,20, after raiding and searching his family’s house in al-Yamoun town.
The forces stormed Ya’bod town in Jenin and erected a military checkpoint at its entrance. The soldiers started stopping and searching the Palestinian vehicles.
Media sources said that Israeli occupation forces detained journalist Yazan Taha and photographer Hozaifa Soror for an hour before releasing them. The forces are still detaining taxi driver , Fadi Kifaya, who accompanied them in addition to his car and photographing stuff.
The forces detained and assaulted Sunday another journalistic crew before releasing them.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Eyewitness told the PIC reporter that Israeli forces prevented vehicles and journalists from having access to the village, where three journalists were detained before being forced to leave the scene after the confiscation of their equipment and cars.
Meanwhile, journalists who have managed to enter the village were brutally attacked by IOF soldiers and beaten.
The participants maintained presence at the main street in the village despite Israeli heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
For his part, head of Popular Resistance Movement in Nabi Saleh village Bassem al-Tamimi said that this protest was meant to display the Palestinian people's adherence to resistance option, calling for activating resistance throughout occupied West Bank.
Occupation arrests Palestinian in Jenin, detains journalistic crew in Ramallah
Occupation colonial forces arrested Monday a Palestinian youth from al-Yamoun, west of Jenin, and detained journalistic crew at the entrance of Nabi Saleh village, north-west of Ramallah.
The forces are still imposing a tighten siege on Nabi Saleh village for the third day in a row.
Local sources said that Israeli forces arrested Islam Abu al-Haija,20, after raiding and searching his family’s house in al-Yamoun town.
The forces stormed Ya’bod town in Jenin and erected a military checkpoint at its entrance. The soldiers started stopping and searching the Palestinian vehicles.
Media sources said that Israeli occupation forces detained journalist Yazan Taha and photographer Hozaifa Soror for an hour before releasing them. The forces are still detaining taxi driver , Fadi Kifaya, who accompanied them in addition to his car and photographing stuff.
The forces detained and assaulted Sunday another journalistic crew before releasing them.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained three Palestinian minors to the east of Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip, while attempting to cross the border fence.
Human rights sources told the PIC reporter that the three boys were less than 18 years of age and were captured on Monday night.
The sources noted a recent increase in the number of attempts to sneak into the 1948 occupied lands to look for work.
Human rights sources told the PIC reporter that the three boys were less than 18 years of age and were captured on Monday night.
The sources noted a recent increase in the number of attempts to sneak into the 1948 occupied lands to look for work.
Israeli Occupation forces (IOF) detained Palestinians, who allegedly enter 1948-occupied territories without permits, in a bus instead of a cell due to the Israeli prisons’ overcrowding, Haaretz Hebrew newspaper said. In two instances, “illegal residents” were held for hours overnight in a bus due to the insufficient space in Israeli jails, the newspaper revealed.
The detainees complained of the poor detention conditions in Israeli buses, where they are denied food for long hours.
Meanwhile, occupation forces stormed Monday Yamoun town west of Jenin where they conducted combing operations. A Palestinian citizen was arrested in the town before being transferred to an unknown destination.
Local sources confirmed that Islam Abu Hija, 20, was arrested after raiding and searching his family home.
A military checkpoint was erected on Jenin-Haifa Street near Yamoun town, where Palestinian vehicles were stopped for search.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed late on Monday Beit Ummar town north of al-Khalil. Military checkpoints were erected in the town where Palestinian vehicles were stopped and provocatively searched.
A Palestinian home was turned into a military barrack after storming it in the town.
Israeli forces have erected also several military checkpoints in different areas in al-Khalil on Tuesday amid security restrictions on Palestinian villages' entrances.
IOF soldiers closed the street linking between Dora and Beit Awwa towns, where they searched vehicles and checked identity cards of passers-by.
The detainees complained of the poor detention conditions in Israeli buses, where they are denied food for long hours.
Meanwhile, occupation forces stormed Monday Yamoun town west of Jenin where they conducted combing operations. A Palestinian citizen was arrested in the town before being transferred to an unknown destination.
Local sources confirmed that Islam Abu Hija, 20, was arrested after raiding and searching his family home.
A military checkpoint was erected on Jenin-Haifa Street near Yamoun town, where Palestinian vehicles were stopped for search.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed late on Monday Beit Ummar town north of al-Khalil. Military checkpoints were erected in the town where Palestinian vehicles were stopped and provocatively searched.
A Palestinian home was turned into a military barrack after storming it in the town.
Israeli forces have erected also several military checkpoints in different areas in al-Khalil on Tuesday amid security restrictions on Palestinian villages' entrances.
IOF soldiers closed the street linking between Dora and Beit Awwa towns, where they searched vehicles and checked identity cards of passers-by.
The International Campaign in Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners has been launched in Beirut with the participation of Arab and western countries for a whole month. The campaign that was meant to coincide with the Palestinian Prisoners Day on the 17th of April aims to support Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails and to reveal Israeli violations of international laws.
Palestinian Prisoners Day is an annual event meant to highlight the Palestinian prisoners' plight in Israeli jails. The event dates back to the 17th of April 1974, when the detainee Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi was released in the first prisoner-swap deal between Israelis and Palestinians.
The campaign's coordinator in Beirut Fahd Hussein confirmed that activists from more than 15 Arab and foreign countries declared their participation in the solidarity campaign.
He told al-Jazeera Net that sit-ins and events in support of Palestinian prisoners' struggle in Israeli jails are to be organized in different countries around the globe.
The solidarity campaign will work on exposing Israeli illegal practices and violations on Arab, Islamic, and European forums.
Hussein denounced international community and human rights organizations' silence towards the continued Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners.
The international community has failed to defend Palestinian prisoners' legitimate rights in light of the absence of justice, he said, hailing the ongoing efforts made by supporters of Palestinian prisoners' issue.
Hussein called on Arab media outlets to shed more light on Palestinian prisoners' issue especially due to the media important role in activating the public opinion.
The international campaign in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails includes events, exhibition, and documentary films to highlight the suffering of Palestinian prisoners and their families.
Palestinian Prisoners Day is an annual event meant to highlight the Palestinian prisoners' plight in Israeli jails. The event dates back to the 17th of April 1974, when the detainee Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi was released in the first prisoner-swap deal between Israelis and Palestinians.
The campaign's coordinator in Beirut Fahd Hussein confirmed that activists from more than 15 Arab and foreign countries declared their participation in the solidarity campaign.
He told al-Jazeera Net that sit-ins and events in support of Palestinian prisoners' struggle in Israeli jails are to be organized in different countries around the globe.
The solidarity campaign will work on exposing Israeli illegal practices and violations on Arab, Islamic, and European forums.
Hussein denounced international community and human rights organizations' silence towards the continued Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners.
The international community has failed to defend Palestinian prisoners' legitimate rights in light of the absence of justice, he said, hailing the ongoing efforts made by supporters of Palestinian prisoners' issue.
Hussein called on Arab media outlets to shed more light on Palestinian prisoners' issue especially due to the media important role in activating the public opinion.
The international campaign in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails includes events, exhibition, and documentary films to highlight the suffering of Palestinian prisoners and their families.
Minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, Issa Qaraqe, on Tuesday announced that prisoners will launch a one-day hunger strike on Thursday, on the occasion of the Prisoner's day that coincides the 17th of April.
Qaraqe said in a press release that the prisoners handed the Israel Prison Service (IPS) a letter holding it accountable for the continuous dangerous violations committed against them, especially the deteriorated health condition of a number of prisoners, and the policies of the suppress, raids, isolation and mass punitive procedures against them.
The prisoners addressed the IPS by identifying themselves as "We are the prisoners of the independent Palestinian state", referring to their legal status as fighters for freedom, after the United Nations, its institutions and conventions recognized their national resistance against the occupation.
Qaraqe said in a press release that the prisoners handed the Israel Prison Service (IPS) a letter holding it accountable for the continuous dangerous violations committed against them, especially the deteriorated health condition of a number of prisoners, and the policies of the suppress, raids, isolation and mass punitive procedures against them.
The prisoners addressed the IPS by identifying themselves as "We are the prisoners of the independent Palestinian state", referring to their legal status as fighters for freedom, after the United Nations, its institutions and conventions recognized their national resistance against the occupation.
Israeli police issued orders to deport six Jerusalemites from the al-Aqsa Mosque and their surrounding area for a period of minimum two weeks, and up to six months, with the pretext of "protecting the security and law."
The deported Paltinians were identified as: Umm Tareq al-Hashlamoun, one of the female students in the mosque, Hussam Sedr , one of the staff of the waqf, Mahmoud Abdul Latif, Mesbah Abu Sbeih, Hamzeh Rweidi and Rami al-Fakhori.
Israeli forces, accompanied by officials from the Israeli intelligence agency, raided the al-Hashlamoun house, and handed the family of the woman a notice to go to al-Qashla police station for interrogation and an order to deport her from the al-Aqsa mosque and its surrounding areas for three months.
Hussam Sedr and Mahmoud Abdul Latif were deported from the mosque for six months. Sedr was arrested near Bab Hatta while he was heading to work inside the mosque and handed a deportation notice.
Abdul Latif said, "My friend Rami al-Fakhouri and I were arrested Sunday after the Dohor prayer, while we were coming out of the mosque through Bab al-Nather. We were severely beaten during the interrogation and detention in the Israeli police stations of Bab al-Silsila and Qashla."
He added, "one of the policemen handed me a deportation order, and imposed a fine of 5000 NIS, but I refused to sign the order, then I was arrested and transferred to al-Maskobiya interrogation center for interrogation before I was released today."
In a related incident, Israeli police deported Rami Saleh al-Fakhouri, 24, from the mosque for two weeks, after being arrested for 24 hours in Israeli interrogation centers.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that Hamzeh al-Rweidi, 25, was arrested on Bab Hatta, after a policeman stopped him while he was getting out of the mosque.
The center added that a group of the Israeli Special Forces severely beat him with guns, arrested him and took him to al-Qashla center.
The deported Paltinians were identified as: Umm Tareq al-Hashlamoun, one of the female students in the mosque, Hussam Sedr , one of the staff of the waqf, Mahmoud Abdul Latif, Mesbah Abu Sbeih, Hamzeh Rweidi and Rami al-Fakhori.
Israeli forces, accompanied by officials from the Israeli intelligence agency, raided the al-Hashlamoun house, and handed the family of the woman a notice to go to al-Qashla police station for interrogation and an order to deport her from the al-Aqsa mosque and its surrounding areas for three months.
Hussam Sedr and Mahmoud Abdul Latif were deported from the mosque for six months. Sedr was arrested near Bab Hatta while he was heading to work inside the mosque and handed a deportation notice.
Abdul Latif said, "My friend Rami al-Fakhouri and I were arrested Sunday after the Dohor prayer, while we were coming out of the mosque through Bab al-Nather. We were severely beaten during the interrogation and detention in the Israeli police stations of Bab al-Silsila and Qashla."
He added, "one of the policemen handed me a deportation order, and imposed a fine of 5000 NIS, but I refused to sign the order, then I was arrested and transferred to al-Maskobiya interrogation center for interrogation before I was released today."
In a related incident, Israeli police deported Rami Saleh al-Fakhouri, 24, from the mosque for two weeks, after being arrested for 24 hours in Israeli interrogation centers.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that Hamzeh al-Rweidi, 25, was arrested on Bab Hatta, after a policeman stopped him while he was getting out of the mosque.
The center added that a group of the Israeli Special Forces severely beat him with guns, arrested him and took him to al-Qashla center.
