5 apr 2015
Israeli forces have engaged in a wide sweeping campaign in the Al Rumaida neighborhood, central Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. At least 7, including an orphaned youngster, were abducted from the West Bank between Saturday and Sunday morning.
Eyewitnesses reported, according to Al Ray, that forces tightened procedures on the entrances and around Al Rumaida amid intensive presence of soldiers, who raided a number of civilian homes and ransacked residents' belongings.
Israeli settlers also raided the area, assaulted the residents and the passersby and sprayed nerve gas causing a suffocation case.
Forces abducted six Palestinians, on Sunday at dawn, in raids on different cities of the occupied West Bank.
One citizen was taken from the city of Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank, another in the city of Bethlehem, and a third in Dheisheh camp, to the south of Bethlehem.
Three Palestinians were taken in Hebron, under the pretext of their activity in the Hamas resistance movement, and were taken to an interrogation center.
Local sources said, to Hebron's Safa News Agency, that the Israeli military arrested a 22-year-old man in the city, and severely beat his brother, noting that he is a brother of two killed by Israeli forces.
Israeli forces also kidnapped two young men after breaking their homes in Hebron.
In Bethlehem, one young man was taken after soldiers stormed his house in the Maslakh area and searched it.
A checkpoint at the entrance of Hebron in the early morning while a number of citizens were detained.
Yesterday, at dawn, Israeli forces raided the Arab Society for Orphans in Tulkarem and abducted one orphan.
This orphan reportedly is the third to have been taken in the past month.
Occupation forces arrested 18-year-old Ibraheem Selmi from the society and ransacked the building before leaving.
The orphanage shelters about 50 male and female orphans, according to WAFA Palestinian News and Info Agency, who named some of those taken from the West Bank as: Ahmad Hureimi, age 25, and Rabee Sharmouk, 33, Kamal Husseini, 25 and Baraa Dofash, 22.
The army also stormed a home near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, and notified the residents of an order to turn the house into a military base.
Israeli soldiers reportedly broke into nearby Bani Na’im and turned a house into a military barrack for hours.
Eyewitnesses reported, according to Al Ray, that forces tightened procedures on the entrances and around Al Rumaida amid intensive presence of soldiers, who raided a number of civilian homes and ransacked residents' belongings.
Israeli settlers also raided the area, assaulted the residents and the passersby and sprayed nerve gas causing a suffocation case.
Forces abducted six Palestinians, on Sunday at dawn, in raids on different cities of the occupied West Bank.
One citizen was taken from the city of Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank, another in the city of Bethlehem, and a third in Dheisheh camp, to the south of Bethlehem.
Three Palestinians were taken in Hebron, under the pretext of their activity in the Hamas resistance movement, and were taken to an interrogation center.
Local sources said, to Hebron's Safa News Agency, that the Israeli military arrested a 22-year-old man in the city, and severely beat his brother, noting that he is a brother of two killed by Israeli forces.
Israeli forces also kidnapped two young men after breaking their homes in Hebron.
In Bethlehem, one young man was taken after soldiers stormed his house in the Maslakh area and searched it.
A checkpoint at the entrance of Hebron in the early morning while a number of citizens were detained.
Yesterday, at dawn, Israeli forces raided the Arab Society for Orphans in Tulkarem and abducted one orphan.
This orphan reportedly is the third to have been taken in the past month.
Occupation forces arrested 18-year-old Ibraheem Selmi from the society and ransacked the building before leaving.
The orphanage shelters about 50 male and female orphans, according to WAFA Palestinian News and Info Agency, who named some of those taken from the West Bank as: Ahmad Hureimi, age 25, and Rabee Sharmouk, 33, Kamal Husseini, 25 and Baraa Dofash, 22.
The army also stormed a home near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, and notified the residents of an order to turn the house into a military base.
Israeli soldiers reportedly broke into nearby Bani Na’im and turned a house into a military barrack for hours.
An Israeli military court held a hearing, Sunday, to discuss the file of detained leftist Legislator Khaleda Jarrar, and sentenced her to four months under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges.
Jarrar, an elected legislator, and a senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) will attend another court hearing on April 8 to officially instate the ruling, especially since the army might be thinking about asking for an additional sentence, or a longer detention period.
The army kidnapped Jarrar, a leading intellectual, and a feminist figure, on Thursday at dawn, April 2.
The Legislator is also the head of the Prisoners’ Committee of the Palestinian Legislator Council (PLC).
The Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network has reported that Israel has been denying Jarrar the right to travel outside of Palestine since 1988, and that, in 2010, it took a public campaign lasting for six months before the Israeli Authorities allowed her to travel to Jordan for medical treatment.
On August 20 2014, Jarrar received an Israeli military order instructing her to leave Ramallah to Jericho, within 24 hours, but in September of the same year, the legislator managed to overturn the order.
Jarrar, an elected legislator, and a senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) will attend another court hearing on April 8 to officially instate the ruling, especially since the army might be thinking about asking for an additional sentence, or a longer detention period.
The army kidnapped Jarrar, a leading intellectual, and a feminist figure, on Thursday at dawn, April 2.
The Legislator is also the head of the Prisoners’ Committee of the Palestinian Legislator Council (PLC).
The Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network has reported that Israel has been denying Jarrar the right to travel outside of Palestine since 1988, and that, in 2010, it took a public campaign lasting for six months before the Israeli Authorities allowed her to travel to Jordan for medical treatment.
On August 20 2014, Jarrar received an Israeli military order instructing her to leave Ramallah to Jericho, within 24 hours, but in September of the same year, the legislator managed to overturn the order.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that Israel is holding captive nearly 200 Palestinian children in three main prisons, and that at least 100 of them are held in the ‘Ofer Prison, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The PPS said that, besides ‘Ofer prison, the children are also held in Majeddo and HaSharon detention centers.
In its Sunday report marking the Palestinian Children Day, the PPS stated that two girls are among the detained children, identified as Dima Sawahra from Jerusalem, and Hala Abu Sil from Hebron; both are held in the women’s section of the HaSharon prison.
The PPS said the army has escalated its arrests of Palestinian children since June 2014, kidnapped and detained hundreds of children who were held and interrogated without legal representation, and without the presence of any adult family member.
Jerusalem witnessed the highest account of arrests targeting Palestinian children, in different parts of the occupied city.
The PPS added that most of the children were later released, after their families were forced to pay excessive fines, and are largely forced under house arrest.
Many released children are not allowed back home as their release is contingent on an agreement with a relative, who is willing to house them for a certain period, after signing a third-party bail.
In addition, the PPS stated that Hebron witnessed the second largest number of arrests as the soldiers have kidnapped more than 70 children, since the beginning of the year.
Commenting on violations against the children, the PPS said the soldiers conduct the majority of arrests during late-night hours, and at dawn, after invading Palestinian homes and violently searching them, including using army dogs during the search, terrifying the children and their families.
It added that the kidnapped children are physically and emotionally tortured, are not allowed family visits during interrogation, in addition to being denied the right to legal representation or at least the presence of a parent during interrogation.
This issue pushed many children to “confess” to whatever the army is accusing them of, as they have no legal representation and face intimidation and torture.
They are also treated as adults, are sent to civil courts in addition to military courts, and face harsh conditions.
The PPS said that, besides ‘Ofer prison, the children are also held in Majeddo and HaSharon detention centers.
In its Sunday report marking the Palestinian Children Day, the PPS stated that two girls are among the detained children, identified as Dima Sawahra from Jerusalem, and Hala Abu Sil from Hebron; both are held in the women’s section of the HaSharon prison.
The PPS said the army has escalated its arrests of Palestinian children since June 2014, kidnapped and detained hundreds of children who were held and interrogated without legal representation, and without the presence of any adult family member.
Jerusalem witnessed the highest account of arrests targeting Palestinian children, in different parts of the occupied city.
The PPS added that most of the children were later released, after their families were forced to pay excessive fines, and are largely forced under house arrest.
Many released children are not allowed back home as their release is contingent on an agreement with a relative, who is willing to house them for a certain period, after signing a third-party bail.
In addition, the PPS stated that Hebron witnessed the second largest number of arrests as the soldiers have kidnapped more than 70 children, since the beginning of the year.
Commenting on violations against the children, the PPS said the soldiers conduct the majority of arrests during late-night hours, and at dawn, after invading Palestinian homes and violently searching them, including using army dogs during the search, terrifying the children and their families.
It added that the kidnapped children are physically and emotionally tortured, are not allowed family visits during interrogation, in addition to being denied the right to legal representation or at least the presence of a parent during interrogation.
This issue pushed many children to “confess” to whatever the army is accusing them of, as they have no legal representation and face intimidation and torture.
They are also treated as adults, are sent to civil courts in addition to military courts, and face harsh conditions.
Family of a y,oung Palestinian detainee, held by Israel, voiced an urgent appeal to local international, legal and human rights organizations to intervene and save their wounded detained son from deteriorating conditions that could lead to his death.
The family of Mahmoud Jamil Abu al-Kamel, 25 years of age, said their son was shot, and injured, by Israeli army fire, prior to his arrest in August of 2014.
The soldiers shot him with two live rounds to the back and one of his legs; since then he has been facing frequent complications and infections, especially since one of the bullets struck him near his spine.
He requires specialized medical attention, and rehabilitation, but is is even denied this right.
It is worth mentioning that 207 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons and detention camps since Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in 1967.
Around 72 of them died as a result of torture, and 52 others who died after being denied the needed and specialized medical treatment. Some were shot and killed during their arrest and even while in prison.
IOA denies wounded Palestinian detainee right to undergo urgent surgery
The Israeli occupation authorities denied a Palestinian injured captive from the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank, the right to undergo an urgent medical operation.
Family of the young Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Jamil Abu al-Kamel, 25, voiced an urgent appeal to humanitarian and human rights organizations to intervene and save the life of their wounded son before it is too late.
The prisoner’s family said their son was shot and injured, in his leg and back, by Israeli army fire, prior to his arrest in August 2014 during the clashes that broke out at Jenin refugee camp.
The captive is in need of regular medical check-ups and an urgent spine surgery, the family further stated.
The family of Mahmoud Jamil Abu al-Kamel, 25 years of age, said their son was shot, and injured, by Israeli army fire, prior to his arrest in August of 2014.
The soldiers shot him with two live rounds to the back and one of his legs; since then he has been facing frequent complications and infections, especially since one of the bullets struck him near his spine.
He requires specialized medical attention, and rehabilitation, but is is even denied this right.
It is worth mentioning that 207 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons and detention camps since Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in 1967.
Around 72 of them died as a result of torture, and 52 others who died after being denied the needed and specialized medical treatment. Some were shot and killed during their arrest and even while in prison.
IOA denies wounded Palestinian detainee right to undergo urgent surgery
The Israeli occupation authorities denied a Palestinian injured captive from the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank, the right to undergo an urgent medical operation.
Family of the young Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Jamil Abu al-Kamel, 25, voiced an urgent appeal to humanitarian and human rights organizations to intervene and save the life of their wounded son before it is too late.
The prisoner’s family said their son was shot and injured, in his leg and back, by Israeli army fire, prior to his arrest in August 2014 during the clashes that broke out at Jenin refugee camp.
The captive is in need of regular medical check-ups and an urgent spine surgery, the family further stated.
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights stated in its monthly reported on Israeli violations in the occupied territories, that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 525 Palestinians, including 42 woman and 78 children, in March.
The Center said the arrests took place in different parts of the occupied West Bank, the besieged Gaza Strip, and occupied East Jerusalem.
It said that 42 women were kidnapped, largely in occupied Jerusalem, and that the police have released most of the kidnapped women after interrogating them, while many faced high fines, and were denied access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for different periods.
Ahrar added that the soldiers kidnapped 78 children, mainly in occupied Jerusalem, while the second largest number of children’s arrests took place in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Most of them were interrogated and released later.
34 children and 29 women, including a journalist, have been kidnapped and detained in Jerusalem alone, many of them near the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, or in Jerusalem’s Old City.
In Hebron, soldiers kidnapped fifteen children and two women, while seven children and four women have been kidnapped in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Head of the Ahrar Center Fuad al-Khoffash warned that Israel is escalating its attacks and arrests of Palestinian women and children, and called on international human rights groups to act on ending the violations, especially against the children.
The Center said the arrests took place in different parts of the occupied West Bank, the besieged Gaza Strip, and occupied East Jerusalem.
It said that 42 women were kidnapped, largely in occupied Jerusalem, and that the police have released most of the kidnapped women after interrogating them, while many faced high fines, and were denied access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for different periods.
Ahrar added that the soldiers kidnapped 78 children, mainly in occupied Jerusalem, while the second largest number of children’s arrests took place in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Most of them were interrogated and released later.
34 children and 29 women, including a journalist, have been kidnapped and detained in Jerusalem alone, many of them near the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, or in Jerusalem’s Old City.
In Hebron, soldiers kidnapped fifteen children and two women, while seven children and four women have been kidnapped in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Head of the Ahrar Center Fuad al-Khoffash warned that Israel is escalating its attacks and arrests of Palestinian women and children, and called on international human rights groups to act on ending the violations, especially against the children.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including a teenager living in an orphanage, and occupied at least two homes in Hebron, before using them as military posts, and monitoring towers.
Media sources in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem have reported that the soldiers invaded an orphanage, housing 50 orphans, including children, and kidnapped Ibrahim ‘Issa Silmi, 18 years of age.
The orphanage administration said Israel recently ordered the orphanage manager to head to a military base for interrogation, and that the army kidnapped, Thursday, two orphans identified as Waseem at-Taj, 18, and Maher Hussein Fa’atawy, 16, on a military roadblock near Qalqilia.
In addition, soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Ahmad ‘Ata al-Hreimi, 25, from his home, while former political prisoner Rabea’ Mohammad Shamroukh, 33, was kidnapped from his home in the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
Clashes took place in the city and the Deheishe refugee camp, while many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped Kamal Saleh al-Husseini, 25, after searching and ransacking his home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. T
he soldiers also invaded the home of Rasmi Dofash, and kidnapped his son Bara’, 22 years of age.
In addition, soldiers invaded two homes in the al-Baq’a and the Wadi al-Jouz area, east of Hebron, and used them as military posts and monitoring towers.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers invaded the home Salem Salayma, in the al-Baq’a area, east of Hebron, and handed him a military order informing him the soldiers will be using his home, and rooftop, as a military post and monitoring tower.
The home is located close to the Kharseena illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands.
The soldiers also invaded a home, belonging to members of the Shabana family in Wad al-Jouz area, and used it as a military post and monitoring tower. The property is close to settlement road #60.
Members of the two families were imprisoned in their own homes, and were not allowed any contact even with their neighbors.
Dozens of soldiers were also deployed near the Keryat Arba’ settlement bloc, in Hebron, especially in Palestinian neighborhoods, farmlands and agricultural roads.
On Saturday evening, soldiers attacked a Palestinian child, identified as Qamar ‘Adel Qfeisha, 11 years of age, after Israeli extremists sprayed her face with pepper spray in the Shuhada Street, in the center of Hebron city.
She was standing in front of her family home when she was attacked, and received treatment by local Palestinian medics.
Israeli Settlers Pepper Spray 11-Year-Old Child
Israeli settlers, on Saturday, opened pepper spray on 11-year-old Qamar Qafisha, from Hebron, on Shuhada street in the city.
PNN reports that settlers from Bet Hadasa and Ramat Yishai settlements, illegally built on Palestinian lands in the Hebron district, opened OC poisonous spray in the girl's face while she was standing in front of her house in Hebron.
Qamar suffered intense asphyxiation, and was treated on the spot by residents.
Violations on Palestinian children by Israeli settlers are not uncommon in the region, taking place in the form of multiple hit and run attacks with moving vehicles, kidnapping attempts, torture and even burning, as in last summer's case of 17-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir.
During 2014's Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, approximately a quarter of the victims were small children.
Media sources in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem have reported that the soldiers invaded an orphanage, housing 50 orphans, including children, and kidnapped Ibrahim ‘Issa Silmi, 18 years of age.
The orphanage administration said Israel recently ordered the orphanage manager to head to a military base for interrogation, and that the army kidnapped, Thursday, two orphans identified as Waseem at-Taj, 18, and Maher Hussein Fa’atawy, 16, on a military roadblock near Qalqilia.
In addition, soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Ahmad ‘Ata al-Hreimi, 25, from his home, while former political prisoner Rabea’ Mohammad Shamroukh, 33, was kidnapped from his home in the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
Clashes took place in the city and the Deheishe refugee camp, while many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped Kamal Saleh al-Husseini, 25, after searching and ransacking his home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. T
he soldiers also invaded the home of Rasmi Dofash, and kidnapped his son Bara’, 22 years of age.
In addition, soldiers invaded two homes in the al-Baq’a and the Wadi al-Jouz area, east of Hebron, and used them as military posts and monitoring towers.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers invaded the home Salem Salayma, in the al-Baq’a area, east of Hebron, and handed him a military order informing him the soldiers will be using his home, and rooftop, as a military post and monitoring tower.
The home is located close to the Kharseena illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands.
The soldiers also invaded a home, belonging to members of the Shabana family in Wad al-Jouz area, and used it as a military post and monitoring tower. The property is close to settlement road #60.
Members of the two families were imprisoned in their own homes, and were not allowed any contact even with their neighbors.
Dozens of soldiers were also deployed near the Keryat Arba’ settlement bloc, in Hebron, especially in Palestinian neighborhoods, farmlands and agricultural roads.
On Saturday evening, soldiers attacked a Palestinian child, identified as Qamar ‘Adel Qfeisha, 11 years of age, after Israeli extremists sprayed her face with pepper spray in the Shuhada Street, in the center of Hebron city.
She was standing in front of her family home when she was attacked, and received treatment by local Palestinian medics.
Israeli Settlers Pepper Spray 11-Year-Old Child
Israeli settlers, on Saturday, opened pepper spray on 11-year-old Qamar Qafisha, from Hebron, on Shuhada street in the city.
PNN reports that settlers from Bet Hadasa and Ramat Yishai settlements, illegally built on Palestinian lands in the Hebron district, opened OC poisonous spray in the girl's face while she was standing in front of her house in Hebron.
Qamar suffered intense asphyxiation, and was treated on the spot by residents.
Violations on Palestinian children by Israeli settlers are not uncommon in the region, taking place in the form of multiple hit and run attacks with moving vehicles, kidnapping attempts, torture and even burning, as in last summer's case of 17-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir.
During 2014's Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, approximately a quarter of the victims were small children.
4 apr 2015
Israeli prison services cut off the power supply to sick prisoners' wards in Al-Ramla Prison on Saturday, a lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoner Affairs Committee said.
Hanan al-Khatib, a committee lawyer, said that the power was cut for more than 12 hours as a punitive measure, adding that Israeli authorities were claiming the power cut was carried out for maintenance purposes.
She said that the cut was "immoral and inhumane" and was aimed at breaking down the determination of sick detainees.
Sick prisoners in the al-Ramla jail suffer from illnesses including paralysis, cancer and liver diseases.
Al-Khatib added that a heated verbal exchange between prisoners and prison administrators took place before the power was re-connected.
An Israeli prison spokeswoman told Ma'an she was unaware of the incident and would look into it.
The power cut came a day after Israeli prison guards stormed a sector of Rimon Prison, severely beating dozens of prisoners and placing a number in solitary confinement, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society.
An Israeli prison spokeswoman confirmed to Ma'an there had been searches earlier in the day, but denied that prisoners had been placed in solitary confinement. She suggested instead that the prisoners may have been "separated from other prisoners."
She added: "We do this all the time -- it's prison."
Palestinians often experience torture, routine isolation, medical negligence, and restricted access to family visits and education, according to prisoner support and human rights association Addameer.
Addameer has also documented common instances in which authorities of Israeli prisons carry out punitive measures in response to prisoner resistance, especially in cases of hunger strikes.
Approximately 6,000 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli jails, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society told Ma'an on Apr. 1. This number is constantly in flux due to frequent detainment and release.
Hanan al-Khatib, a committee lawyer, said that the power was cut for more than 12 hours as a punitive measure, adding that Israeli authorities were claiming the power cut was carried out for maintenance purposes.
She said that the cut was "immoral and inhumane" and was aimed at breaking down the determination of sick detainees.
Sick prisoners in the al-Ramla jail suffer from illnesses including paralysis, cancer and liver diseases.
Al-Khatib added that a heated verbal exchange between prisoners and prison administrators took place before the power was re-connected.
An Israeli prison spokeswoman told Ma'an she was unaware of the incident and would look into it.
The power cut came a day after Israeli prison guards stormed a sector of Rimon Prison, severely beating dozens of prisoners and placing a number in solitary confinement, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society.
An Israeli prison spokeswoman confirmed to Ma'an there had been searches earlier in the day, but denied that prisoners had been placed in solitary confinement. She suggested instead that the prisoners may have been "separated from other prisoners."
She added: "We do this all the time -- it's prison."
Palestinians often experience torture, routine isolation, medical negligence, and restricted access to family visits and education, according to prisoner support and human rights association Addameer.
Addameer has also documented common instances in which authorities of Israeli prisons carry out punitive measures in response to prisoner resistance, especially in cases of hunger strikes.
Approximately 6,000 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli jails, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society told Ma'an on Apr. 1. This number is constantly in flux due to frequent detainment and release.
A Palestinian youth from Occupied Jerusalem went on hunger strike to protest being arbitrarily arrested in Israeli jails three weeks ago.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up the 19-year-old Jerusalemite youth Omar Obeid on March 15. The Israeli court extended his detention period without any charge or trial.
Obeid’s mother said, in a press release, “At the early morning hours of March 15, we woke up frightened of very loud noises of severe knocking on our door; I opened it only to be shocked to see a large IOF unit storming the house and wreaking havoc inside it”.
The mother added that the IOF soldiers handcuffed, blindfolded, and arrested her son Omar without allowing him to change his clothes.
She revealed that the IOF soldiers broke into their home again later on and confiscated all electronic devices including cellphones of family members, two laptops and a tablet.
The mother pointed out that the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) prevented her from visiting or seeing her son at court. She managed to visit him only a few days ago.
On March 30, Obeid who was working as a medic, announced his open hunger strike because of his detention conditions, exposure to torture at the hands of Shin Bet investigators and being isolated in solitary confinement in addition to the arbitrary extension of his detention period, the family revealed.
The mother said, “He looked very tired and pale. They did not allow me to approach him”.
The family of the Jerusalemite prisoner expressed serious concern about the life of its son. They revealed that the family cannot afford the costs of assigning a lawyer to defend Obeid. This means assigning a “state lawyer” appointed by Israel.
Hundreds of Palestinian families whose sons have been arrested since the beginning of the year are suffering the same situation.
The number of arrests in Jerusalem alone reached 397 cases including women and children. The Israeli courts are procrastinating in their release and renewing their detention under the pretext of completion of investigation.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up the 19-year-old Jerusalemite youth Omar Obeid on March 15. The Israeli court extended his detention period without any charge or trial.
Obeid’s mother said, in a press release, “At the early morning hours of March 15, we woke up frightened of very loud noises of severe knocking on our door; I opened it only to be shocked to see a large IOF unit storming the house and wreaking havoc inside it”.
The mother added that the IOF soldiers handcuffed, blindfolded, and arrested her son Omar without allowing him to change his clothes.
She revealed that the IOF soldiers broke into their home again later on and confiscated all electronic devices including cellphones of family members, two laptops and a tablet.
The mother pointed out that the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) prevented her from visiting or seeing her son at court. She managed to visit him only a few days ago.
On March 30, Obeid who was working as a medic, announced his open hunger strike because of his detention conditions, exposure to torture at the hands of Shin Bet investigators and being isolated in solitary confinement in addition to the arbitrary extension of his detention period, the family revealed.
The mother said, “He looked very tired and pale. They did not allow me to approach him”.
The family of the Jerusalemite prisoner expressed serious concern about the life of its son. They revealed that the family cannot afford the costs of assigning a lawyer to defend Obeid. This means assigning a “state lawyer” appointed by Israel.
Hundreds of Palestinian families whose sons have been arrested since the beginning of the year are suffering the same situation.
The number of arrests in Jerusalem alone reached 397 cases including women and children. The Israeli courts are procrastinating in their release and renewing their detention under the pretext of completion of investigation.
The Israeli occupation police arrested last night five Palestinian young men following confrontations in Ein Loza neighborhood in Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that violent clashes broke out on Friday night between Israeli policemen and young men in Ein Loza and led to arrests.
The Center added that an Israeli jeep caught fire during the events when some angry young men threw Molotov cocktails at it.
Local sources reported that the invading troops used live and rubber bullets intensively to disperse the young men and fired stun grenades at passing vehicles in Ein Loza.
The young men arrested as a result of the events were identified as Hani Shuweiki, 27, Basel Shuweiki, 20, Amjad Shuweiki, 16, Tawfiq Shuweiki 17, and Mahmoud Ashour, 16.
Earlier, four young men had been arrested on Thursday night and Friday afternoon in Salahuddin neighborhood and the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that violent clashes broke out on Friday night between Israeli policemen and young men in Ein Loza and led to arrests.
The Center added that an Israeli jeep caught fire during the events when some angry young men threw Molotov cocktails at it.
Local sources reported that the invading troops used live and rubber bullets intensively to disperse the young men and fired stun grenades at passing vehicles in Ein Loza.
The young men arrested as a result of the events were identified as Hani Shuweiki, 27, Basel Shuweiki, 20, Amjad Shuweiki, 16, Tawfiq Shuweiki 17, and Mahmoud Ashour, 16.
Earlier, four young men had been arrested on Thursday night and Friday afternoon in Salahuddin neighborhood and the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Israeli General Prosecutor has submitted to the District Court in Beersheba an indictment against the Gazan prisoner Tarek Murtejeh, 39, accusing him of ‘selling communication equipment to Hamas’.
The prisoner Murtejeh is an engineer in a communication company in the Gaza Strip and works on importing electricity tools and advanced communication equipment.
The Palestine Prisoners Studies Center said that the indictment includes entering large quantity of communication equipment in 2013 via the border tunnels between Egypt and Gaza and selling them to Hamas Movement.
In early March 2015, Murtejeh was detained for several hours at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing for investigation to be then transferred to Israeli detention centers.
Since the beginning of 2015, Israeli occupation arrested 19 Palestinian traders from the Gaza Strip, some of which were then released, on charges of ‘smuggling banned goods to resistance factions.’
The prisoner Murtejeh is an engineer in a communication company in the Gaza Strip and works on importing electricity tools and advanced communication equipment.
The Palestine Prisoners Studies Center said that the indictment includes entering large quantity of communication equipment in 2013 via the border tunnels between Egypt and Gaza and selling them to Hamas Movement.
In early March 2015, Murtejeh was detained for several hours at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing for investigation to be then transferred to Israeli detention centers.
Since the beginning of 2015, Israeli occupation arrested 19 Palestinian traders from the Gaza Strip, some of which were then released, on charges of ‘smuggling banned goods to resistance factions.’
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) renewed Friday the administrative detention of two Palestinian detainees including an elderly man.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that the administrative detention of the prisoner Omar Barghouthi, 62, has been renewed for two months for the third time in a row.
Barghouthi was expected to be released on April 12; however, his detention has been renewed once again as an Israeli revengeful measure, the PPS charged.
The PPS declared intention to appeal against the renewed detention order as “it has no legal basis.”
The prisoner Barghouthi, from Ramallah, spent more than ten years in Israeli jails in separate arrests most recently was in June 2014.
The prisoner Ayman Atbesh’s administrative detention has been also extended for three months only one day before his expected release, family sources told Quds Press.
Atbesh, from al-Khalil, had earlier declared a hunger strike for 122 days in February 2014 protesting against his continued detention without trial or charge.
Meanwhile, units affiliated with the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) stormed Raymond prison and brutally attacked the prisoners amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs on Friday night.
Fatah and Jihad-affiliated prisoners were subjected to a violent attack as IPS jailers broke into their cells and imposed a number of punitive measures on them, the PPS elaborated.
The PPS pointed out that the night raid lasted for long hours and ended by Saturday morning.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that the administrative detention of the prisoner Omar Barghouthi, 62, has been renewed for two months for the third time in a row.
Barghouthi was expected to be released on April 12; however, his detention has been renewed once again as an Israeli revengeful measure, the PPS charged.
The PPS declared intention to appeal against the renewed detention order as “it has no legal basis.”
The prisoner Barghouthi, from Ramallah, spent more than ten years in Israeli jails in separate arrests most recently was in June 2014.
The prisoner Ayman Atbesh’s administrative detention has been also extended for three months only one day before his expected release, family sources told Quds Press.
Atbesh, from al-Khalil, had earlier declared a hunger strike for 122 days in February 2014 protesting against his continued detention without trial or charge.
Meanwhile, units affiliated with the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) stormed Raymond prison and brutally attacked the prisoners amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs on Friday night.
Fatah and Jihad-affiliated prisoners were subjected to a violent attack as IPS jailers broke into their cells and imposed a number of punitive measures on them, the PPS elaborated.
The PPS pointed out that the night raid lasted for long hours and ended by Saturday morning.
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The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Friday, that dozens of soldiers broke into several sections, in the Ramon Israeli prison, where Palestinian detainees are held, hurled gas bombs, and attacked the detainees.
The PPS said the soldiers broke into sections 2, 3, 5 and six, where scores of Palestinian detainees, members of Fateh movement, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, are held.
The PPS added that the attack took place late on Thursday at night, and lasted from 10 until dawn hours, Friday.
The soldiers imposed several sanctions on the detainees, including denying them the right to visit detainees in other sections, during the “outing” time when they are allowed to leave their rooms, and also cut power supply that provides the rooms with electricity.
The PPS said the soldiers broke into sections 2, 3, 5 and six, where scores of Palestinian detainees, members of Fateh movement, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, are held.
The PPS added that the attack took place late on Thursday at night, and lasted from 10 until dawn hours, Friday.
The soldiers imposed several sanctions on the detainees, including denying them the right to visit detainees in other sections, during the “outing” time when they are allowed to leave their rooms, and also cut power supply that provides the rooms with electricity.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday evening, a Palestinian from Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after stopping him on a military roadblock close to the Dead Sea.
The soldiers stopped and detained dozens of Palestinians, searched cars, and kidnapped Mahmoud Sa’ady, before taking him to an unknown destination.
In addition, soldiers installed a roadblock on the main entrance of Ya’bad town, near Jenin.
They also stopped and searched dozens of Palestinian cars, and held several Palestinian while interrogating them.
The soldiers stopped and detained dozens of Palestinians, searched cars, and kidnapped Mahmoud Sa’ady, before taking him to an unknown destination.
In addition, soldiers installed a roadblock on the main entrance of Ya’bad town, near Jenin.
They also stopped and searched dozens of Palestinian cars, and held several Palestinian while interrogating them.
On behalf of the PLO Executive Committee, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi strongly condemned the recent arrest of Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Member and a member of the political leadership of the PFLP, one of the PLO's constituent factions, Khalida Jarrar.
"It is obvious that her arrest is politically motivated and a violation of her parliamentary immunity, and Israel should respect international norms regarding the immunity of elected officials," Ashrawi said in a statement.
Currently, there are 18 PLC members who are imprisoned in Israeli prisons, 9 of whom are being held under the extreme and unjust practice of administration detention, the Palestinian News Network (PNN) has reported.
"We demand the immediate release of Khalida and all imprisoned PLC members," Ashrawi continued, "and we call on all members that are signatories to the Fourth Geneva Convention to hold Israel accountable for its blatant violations of international law, including the arbitrary arrests of Palestinians and the torture of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, Israel's continued use of administration detention and solidarity confinement, the ill-treatment of Palestinian men, women, children, and elderly, and the constant prevention of visitations by family members. Israel is not above the law, and it must not be given carte blanche to dehumanize the Palestinian people and systematically devalue their basic rights and lives."
Israeli authorities ordered Jarrar's deportation from her home in Al-Bireh to Jericho last August. However, she did not bind to the command and therefore it was overturned about two months ago.
Qaddura Faris, head of the Palestinian prisoners' club said that the kidnapping of the MP was an act of revenge, since she broke the word of Israeli military who ordered her being deported to Jericho last year.
Faris, in a statement which PNN received, said that Israeli authorities have no charges or evidence which can be used to drag Jarrar to any kind of court. Instead, it showed how flagrantly Israel violates the law, and this comes in synchronization with Palestine becoming an official member at the ICC.
"It is obvious that her arrest is politically motivated and a violation of her parliamentary immunity, and Israel should respect international norms regarding the immunity of elected officials," Ashrawi said in a statement.
Currently, there are 18 PLC members who are imprisoned in Israeli prisons, 9 of whom are being held under the extreme and unjust practice of administration detention, the Palestinian News Network (PNN) has reported.
"We demand the immediate release of Khalida and all imprisoned PLC members," Ashrawi continued, "and we call on all members that are signatories to the Fourth Geneva Convention to hold Israel accountable for its blatant violations of international law, including the arbitrary arrests of Palestinians and the torture of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, Israel's continued use of administration detention and solidarity confinement, the ill-treatment of Palestinian men, women, children, and elderly, and the constant prevention of visitations by family members. Israel is not above the law, and it must not be given carte blanche to dehumanize the Palestinian people and systematically devalue their basic rights and lives."
Israeli authorities ordered Jarrar's deportation from her home in Al-Bireh to Jericho last August. However, she did not bind to the command and therefore it was overturned about two months ago.
Qaddura Faris, head of the Palestinian prisoners' club said that the kidnapping of the MP was an act of revenge, since she broke the word of Israeli military who ordered her being deported to Jericho last year.
Faris, in a statement which PNN received, said that Israeli authorities have no charges or evidence which can be used to drag Jarrar to any kind of court. Instead, it showed how flagrantly Israel violates the law, and this comes in synchronization with Palestine becoming an official member at the ICC.
An Israeli court on Thursday sentenced five Palestinian Jerusalemites to house arrest and banned their entry to the Aqsa Mosque for one month.
Earlier this week, the Israeli occupation forces launched a sweeping raid campaign in Jerusalem neighborhoods, local sources said.
The campaign resulted in the arrest of 40 Jerusalemites, and only some of them stood trial.
The Israeli occupation police accused the five Jerusalemites of assaulting Israeli policemen and shooting fireworks at them.
Israel has stepped up arbitrary arrest campaigns against the Palestinians in east Jerusalem with the advent of the Jewish Passover holiday to pave the way for settlers' break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque.
Earlier this week, the Israeli occupation forces launched a sweeping raid campaign in Jerusalem neighborhoods, local sources said.
The campaign resulted in the arrest of 40 Jerusalemites, and only some of them stood trial.
The Israeli occupation police accused the five Jerusalemites of assaulting Israeli policemen and shooting fireworks at them.
Israel has stepped up arbitrary arrest campaigns against the Palestinians in east Jerusalem with the advent of the Jewish Passover holiday to pave the way for settlers' break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) overnight Thursday apprehended two Gazan youths near the border fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the 1948 occupied territories.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF opened fire intensively at three Palestinian young men after they neared the border fence, noting that two of them were detained and one managed to escape the area.
A number of Israeli military jeeps suddenly arrived in the area amid heavy gunfire shortly after capturing the young men.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF opened fire intensively at three Palestinian young men after they neared the border fence, noting that two of them were detained and one managed to escape the area.
A number of Israeli military jeeps suddenly arrived in the area amid heavy gunfire shortly after capturing the young men.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) released prisoner Mohamed Mona, a correspondent working for the Quds Press, after 20 months in administrative detention.
Ex-prisoner Mona was released at the Dhahriya checkpoint, south of al-Khalil city, where he was received by relatives and some friends.
Journalist Mona, working for Quds Press, had been sentenced to four administrative prison-terms with no trial or indictment and had served a total of seven years in Israeli jails.
The journalist was also arrested several times by the Palestinian Authority security forces on grounds of his work.
In prison, Mona, 33, joined other administrative detainees in an open-ended hunger-strike in protest at Israel’s policy of administrative detention, and was transferred to Soroka hospital in Beersheba due to health deterioration.
The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped journalist Mona on August 7, 2013 from his home during an overnight raid.
Ex-prisoner Mona was released at the Dhahriya checkpoint, south of al-Khalil city, where he was received by relatives and some friends.
Journalist Mona, working for Quds Press, had been sentenced to four administrative prison-terms with no trial or indictment and had served a total of seven years in Israeli jails.
The journalist was also arrested several times by the Palestinian Authority security forces on grounds of his work.
In prison, Mona, 33, joined other administrative detainees in an open-ended hunger-strike in protest at Israel’s policy of administrative detention, and was transferred to Soroka hospital in Beersheba due to health deterioration.
The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped journalist Mona on August 7, 2013 from his home during an overnight raid.
