8 apr 2015
Israeli authorities issued administrative detention orders, Sunday, to 20 Palestinians, including member of the Palestinian Legislative Council Khalida Jarrar, reported the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
Six of the prisoners received detention orders without charge or trial for the first time, whereas the rest had their sentences renewed for numerous times, said WAFA's report.
An Israeli court has sentenced member of the Palestinian Legislative Council Khalida Jarrar, of the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), to a six-month administrative detention, said PPC.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial and on the basis of secret evidence for up to six month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
The use of administrative detention dates from the “emergency laws” of the British colonial era in Palestine, said the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.
It stated, “Israel’s use of administrative detention violates international law; such detention is allowed only in individual circumstances that are exceptionally compelling for “imperative reasons of security.”
Israel uses administrative detention routinely as a form of collective punishment and mass detention of Palestinians, and frequently uses administrative detention when it fails to obtain confessions in interrogations of Palestinian detainees.
There are around 500 detainees serving administrative detention in several Israeli jails. Jarrar is not the only lawmaker to be imprisoned; 18 of the Palestinian Legislative Council members are currently held in Israeli detention without charge or trial.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy which violates international law.
Following are the names of the 20 detainees who received administrative detention orders:
Six of the prisoners received detention orders without charge or trial for the first time, whereas the rest had their sentences renewed for numerous times, said WAFA's report.
An Israeli court has sentenced member of the Palestinian Legislative Council Khalida Jarrar, of the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), to a six-month administrative detention, said PPC.
Administrative detention is the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial and on the basis of secret evidence for up to six month periods, indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
The use of administrative detention dates from the “emergency laws” of the British colonial era in Palestine, said the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.
It stated, “Israel’s use of administrative detention violates international law; such detention is allowed only in individual circumstances that are exceptionally compelling for “imperative reasons of security.”
Israel uses administrative detention routinely as a form of collective punishment and mass detention of Palestinians, and frequently uses administrative detention when it fails to obtain confessions in interrogations of Palestinian detainees.
There are around 500 detainees serving administrative detention in several Israeli jails. Jarrar is not the only lawmaker to be imprisoned; 18 of the Palestinian Legislative Council members are currently held in Israeli detention without charge or trial.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes as a way to protest their illegal administrative detention and to demand an end to this policy which violates international law.
Following are the names of the 20 detainees who received administrative detention orders:
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Abd al-Rahman Hammad, Jerusalem, Six months
Ez Ad-din Sirfi, Nablus, Four months Osama Shahin, Hebron, Four months Omar Barghothi, Ramallah, Two months Abd al-Hamid Najajreh, Bethlehem, Four months Amin Eid Batat, Hebron, Three months Ammar Elyyan, Ramallah, Four months Ahmad Salih, Al-Bireh, Six months Ishaq at-Taweel, Hebron, Four months Mohammed Obaid, Hebron, Three months |
Ghassan Thoqan, Nablus, Three months
Khalida Jarrar, Ramallah, Six months Ayman Tbaish, Hebron, Three months Tamer Qawasmeh, Hebron, Six months Mohammed Abu Ghalyeh, Jerusalem, Five months Raed Shirbati, Hebron, Four months Asa’ad Imam, Hebron, Four months Mohammed Ayyish, Jerusalem, Four months Mustafa Shawar, Hebron, Two months Ahmad al-Hraimi, Bethlehem, Four months |
Israeli Ofer military court on Wednesday confirmed the administrative six-month detention order, without charge or trial, against the Palestinian leftist MP Khalida Jarrar.
A solidarity sit-in was organized in front of Ofer court in a pressure attempt in order not to confirm the order.
MK Ahmad al-Tibi, Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset, condemned Ofer’s decision and called on the world’s parliaments to intervene to halt the Israeli violations against members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) as 16 of them are held prisoners at Israeli jails.
MP Jarrar, who is a senior member of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine, was arrested on April 2 after the Israeli forces broke into her house.
A solidarity sit-in was organized in front of Ofer court in a pressure attempt in order not to confirm the order.
MK Ahmad al-Tibi, Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset, condemned Ofer’s decision and called on the world’s parliaments to intervene to halt the Israeli violations against members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) as 16 of them are held prisoners at Israeli jails.
MP Jarrar, who is a senior member of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine, was arrested on April 2 after the Israeli forces broke into her house.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested two Palestinian activists while quelling a protest organized against leveling and confiscating lands north of al-Khalil on Wednesday.
The activist Ratib al-Jabour told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers rounded up two Palestinian activists against settlement and the Separation Wall while suppressing the protest that took place in lands close to Gush Etzion settlement bloc, which was forcibly established on al-Khalil lands.
The protest aimed at preventing the confiscation of hundreds of dunums of two Palestinian towns in the area, Jabour said.
He added that the IOF quelled the rally, arrested the two young men, and fired tear gas bombs at participants to force them leave the area.
The activist Ratib al-Jabour told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers rounded up two Palestinian activists against settlement and the Separation Wall while suppressing the protest that took place in lands close to Gush Etzion settlement bloc, which was forcibly established on al-Khalil lands.
The protest aimed at preventing the confiscation of hundreds of dunums of two Palestinian towns in the area, Jabour said.
He added that the IOF quelled the rally, arrested the two young men, and fired tear gas bombs at participants to force them leave the area.
At least nine Palestinian citizens have been captured by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in predawn raids in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and al-Khalil on Wednesday.
According to Israeli media sources the military arrested nine Palestinians on claims they are wanted by the Shabak apparatuses and that three among them are suspected of involvement in activities against the Israeli army and settlers.
A predawn raid campaign was launched by the Israeli occupation army in al-Ram town, in Ramallah, and in al-Khalil’s villages of Beit Ula, Beit Ummar, al-Tabaka, and Dura.
The IOF further broke into Jenin’s town of Qabatiya and al-Yamoun and carried out a series of combing operations.
Local sources said the IOF troops moved into the eastern neighborhood of al-Almaniya area at dawn and sealed off al-Sibat quarter, in the Old City, with infantry units. A series of ambushes have been set up by the IOF in the process.
The IOF also stormed Qabatiya and pitched a military checkpoint, where Palestinian vehicles and personal IDs have been meticulously checked.
Meanwhile, the IOF apprehended the 23-year-old youngster Mohamed Naser Khadhour, a native of Berqin town in Jenin province, while he was in the 1948 occupied territories.
Soldiers Kidnap Three In Hebron; Many Palestinians Suffer Effects Of Tear Gas Bombs
Army Says It Arrested Nine Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped two former political prisoners; one Palestinian was kidnapped on Tuesday evening in Hebron City, and a young man from Jenin was kidnapped from his work site in Haifa.
Several military jeeps invaded Beit Ummar before storming and searching a number of homes, causing property damage and terrifying the families, and kidnapped two former political prisoners.
The two kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as ‘Ala Fahmi az-Za’aqeeq, 33, and Ismael Issa Sleibi, 30 years of age.
In addition, soldiers invaded the southern area of Hebron city, including the Tareq Bin Ziad Junction, and the Schools area, and clashed with many Palestinians.
Scores of Palestinians, including children, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, as the soldiers fired gas bombs into schools, and a number of homes.
Soldiers also invaded Doura town, south of Hebron, and drove in various streets and neighborhoods, and withdrew later.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian human rights activist, identified as Ziad Mohammad Dweik, 46, while crossing the Shuhada roadblock, in Hebron city.
The Youth Coalition against Settlements, in Hebron, said Dweik was trying to cross the roadblock while heading back home in Tel Romeida neighborhood.
The soldiers asked him to remove his belt while searching him using a metal detector, and kidnapped him after attacking and beating him when he refused to do so.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian from Burqin town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, while working in Haifa.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Nasser Khadour, 23 years of age, and took him to an interrogation facility.
The soldiers inspected his ID card and informed him “they have a security file on him.”
Meanwhile, Israeli army sources said the soldiers arrested nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, especially in ar-Ram town, north of Jerusalem, and in Hebron, and that some of the detained Palestinians are members of Hamas.
According to Israeli media sources the military arrested nine Palestinians on claims they are wanted by the Shabak apparatuses and that three among them are suspected of involvement in activities against the Israeli army and settlers.
A predawn raid campaign was launched by the Israeli occupation army in al-Ram town, in Ramallah, and in al-Khalil’s villages of Beit Ula, Beit Ummar, al-Tabaka, and Dura.
The IOF further broke into Jenin’s town of Qabatiya and al-Yamoun and carried out a series of combing operations.
Local sources said the IOF troops moved into the eastern neighborhood of al-Almaniya area at dawn and sealed off al-Sibat quarter, in the Old City, with infantry units. A series of ambushes have been set up by the IOF in the process.
The IOF also stormed Qabatiya and pitched a military checkpoint, where Palestinian vehicles and personal IDs have been meticulously checked.
Meanwhile, the IOF apprehended the 23-year-old youngster Mohamed Naser Khadhour, a native of Berqin town in Jenin province, while he was in the 1948 occupied territories.
Soldiers Kidnap Three In Hebron; Many Palestinians Suffer Effects Of Tear Gas Bombs
Army Says It Arrested Nine Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped two former political prisoners; one Palestinian was kidnapped on Tuesday evening in Hebron City, and a young man from Jenin was kidnapped from his work site in Haifa.
Several military jeeps invaded Beit Ummar before storming and searching a number of homes, causing property damage and terrifying the families, and kidnapped two former political prisoners.
The two kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as ‘Ala Fahmi az-Za’aqeeq, 33, and Ismael Issa Sleibi, 30 years of age.
In addition, soldiers invaded the southern area of Hebron city, including the Tareq Bin Ziad Junction, and the Schools area, and clashed with many Palestinians.
Scores of Palestinians, including children, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, as the soldiers fired gas bombs into schools, and a number of homes.
Soldiers also invaded Doura town, south of Hebron, and drove in various streets and neighborhoods, and withdrew later.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian human rights activist, identified as Ziad Mohammad Dweik, 46, while crossing the Shuhada roadblock, in Hebron city.
The Youth Coalition against Settlements, in Hebron, said Dweik was trying to cross the roadblock while heading back home in Tel Romeida neighborhood.
The soldiers asked him to remove his belt while searching him using a metal detector, and kidnapped him after attacking and beating him when he refused to do so.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian from Burqin town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, while working in Haifa.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Nasser Khadour, 23 years of age, and took him to an interrogation facility.
The soldiers inspected his ID card and informed him “they have a security file on him.”
Meanwhile, Israeli army sources said the soldiers arrested nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, especially in ar-Ram town, north of Jerusalem, and in Hebron, and that some of the detained Palestinians are members of Hamas.
The health condition of the ex-prisoner Jafa’ar Awad, 22, has sharply deteriorated and he was transferred to intensive care unit (ICU), the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
Awad was released only three months ago due to his serious health deterioration as he suffers from pneumonia, the sources pointed out.
He was detained more than once in Israeli jails most recently in November 2013.
Along the same line, the Ahrar center for Prisoner studies said that the injured prisoner Hashem Taha has entered his ninth years in Israeli prisons.
Taha, 25, was arrested on April 8, 2007 and sentenced to 13 years imprisonment with a five-year suspended sentence, in addition to paying a fine of 5,000 shekels on charges of stabbing two Israeli soldiers outside the Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil.
Taha was subjected to a brutal attack at the hands of Israeli soldiers during his detention, family sources told Ahrar.
Despite his serious injuries, Israeli soldiers investigated him while lying on the ground after stripping him of his clothes.
He was then transferred to an Israeli hospital for treatment, where a portion of his bowels was removed due to severe wounds.
Former Detainee In Coma; Abbas Orders His Transfer To A Hospital In Germany
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the transfer of a former political prisoner to a hospital in Germany due to serious complications resulting from medical malpractice while detained in Eshil Israeli Prison.
Head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee ‘Issa Qaraqe said Ja’far ‘Awad, 24, from Beit Ummar town near Hebron, fell into a coma, and his health condition in seriously deteriorating, especially since Israel denied him the right to professional medical treatment while holding him captive.
The Palestinian official stated that ‘Awad’s health deterioration stared after he was accidentally given insulin injections while in Ehil Israeli prison in Be’er as-Sabe’ (Beersheba) causing various serious health complications.
‘Awad was released from prison three months ago due to his serious health condition, especially after he suffered from pneumonia, and was moved to the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, before being later moved to the al-Ahli hospital, in Hebron.
On Wednesday morning, ‘Awad, who was imprisoned for 14 months, was moved to the Intensive Care Unit in the al-Mezan Hospital, in Hebron.
Prior to his coma, he became unable to speak, suffered a deteriorating vision, excessive neck swelling, constant headache, and several other health issues.
Qaraqe’ said President Abbas ordered the Minister of Health Dr. Jawad ‘Awwad to closely follow the treatment of the detainee in a hospital in Germany.
The official added that ‘Awad is one of the victims of Israel’s ongoing illegal policies, denying the detainees the right to professional medical treatment, and held Israel responsible for his life.
The army kidnapped the former political prisoner on November 1, 2013; he was previously imprisoned by Israel for three years.
Awad was released only three months ago due to his serious health deterioration as he suffers from pneumonia, the sources pointed out.
He was detained more than once in Israeli jails most recently in November 2013.
Along the same line, the Ahrar center for Prisoner studies said that the injured prisoner Hashem Taha has entered his ninth years in Israeli prisons.
Taha, 25, was arrested on April 8, 2007 and sentenced to 13 years imprisonment with a five-year suspended sentence, in addition to paying a fine of 5,000 shekels on charges of stabbing two Israeli soldiers outside the Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil.
Taha was subjected to a brutal attack at the hands of Israeli soldiers during his detention, family sources told Ahrar.
Despite his serious injuries, Israeli soldiers investigated him while lying on the ground after stripping him of his clothes.
He was then transferred to an Israeli hospital for treatment, where a portion of his bowels was removed due to severe wounds.
Former Detainee In Coma; Abbas Orders His Transfer To A Hospital In Germany
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the transfer of a former political prisoner to a hospital in Germany due to serious complications resulting from medical malpractice while detained in Eshil Israeli Prison.
Head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee ‘Issa Qaraqe said Ja’far ‘Awad, 24, from Beit Ummar town near Hebron, fell into a coma, and his health condition in seriously deteriorating, especially since Israel denied him the right to professional medical treatment while holding him captive.
The Palestinian official stated that ‘Awad’s health deterioration stared after he was accidentally given insulin injections while in Ehil Israeli prison in Be’er as-Sabe’ (Beersheba) causing various serious health complications.
‘Awad was released from prison three months ago due to his serious health condition, especially after he suffered from pneumonia, and was moved to the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, before being later moved to the al-Ahli hospital, in Hebron.
On Wednesday morning, ‘Awad, who was imprisoned for 14 months, was moved to the Intensive Care Unit in the al-Mezan Hospital, in Hebron.
Prior to his coma, he became unable to speak, suffered a deteriorating vision, excessive neck swelling, constant headache, and several other health issues.
Qaraqe’ said President Abbas ordered the Minister of Health Dr. Jawad ‘Awwad to closely follow the treatment of the detainee in a hospital in Germany.
The official added that ‘Awad is one of the victims of Israel’s ongoing illegal policies, denying the detainees the right to professional medical treatment, and held Israel responsible for his life.
The army kidnapped the former political prisoner on November 1, 2013; he was previously imprisoned by Israel for three years.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) summoned an 11-year-old child from Bethlehem’s village of Husan for interrogation in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
A PIC correspondent quoted the Palestinian citizen Mohamed Isma’il Z’oul as stating that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed his family home on Monday and handed his son, Ezzedine, an order to turn himself in to the Israeli intelligence in the Gush Etzion bloc.
At least 300 Palestinian children, below the age of 18, are incarcerated in the IOA lock ups of Meggido, Ofer, and HaSharon, where they have been reportedly subjected to horrendous psycho-physical torture and abuse.
400 Palestinian minors, below the age of 18, with an average of 33 cases per month, have been apprehended by the IOF in 2014, a report issued by the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Ministry documented.
A PIC correspondent quoted the Palestinian citizen Mohamed Isma’il Z’oul as stating that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed his family home on Monday and handed his son, Ezzedine, an order to turn himself in to the Israeli intelligence in the Gush Etzion bloc.
At least 300 Palestinian children, below the age of 18, are incarcerated in the IOA lock ups of Meggido, Ofer, and HaSharon, where they have been reportedly subjected to horrendous psycho-physical torture and abuse.
400 Palestinian minors, below the age of 18, with an average of 33 cases per month, have been apprehended by the IOF in 2014, a report issued by the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Ministry documented.
The Israeli Authorities issued a permit for the family of child detainee Khaled Sheikh allowing them to visit their detained son, for the first time, on May 7 2015, although the child is scheduled to be released on April 24, 2015.
The Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Committee of Detainees, and a member of its follow-up committee in the Gaza Strip, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, said the permit was granted to Khaled’s mother and his brothers.
Ferwana added that Israel continues to violate the rights of all detainees, especially imprisoned children, and their families, in direct violation of International Law,
“Khaled, 15 years of age, will be released on April 24; the permit is for May 7” the family of the detained child said, “This is another method Israel uses to prevent the families from visiting with their detained loved ones.”
The family called on local and international legal and human rights organizations to intervene, ensure the release of their child, and all detained children.
Sheikh is from Beit ‘Anan, in occupied Jerusalem; he was kidnapped by the soldiers next to his family home, on December 25, 2014.
On Wednesday February 25, an Israeli court sentenced the child to four months imprisonment, and 2000NIS fine. The child suffers from anemia, and several health complications.
The Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Committee of Detainees, and a member of its follow-up committee in the Gaza Strip, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, said the permit was granted to Khaled’s mother and his brothers.
Ferwana added that Israel continues to violate the rights of all detainees, especially imprisoned children, and their families, in direct violation of International Law,
“Khaled, 15 years of age, will be released on April 24; the permit is for May 7” the family of the detained child said, “This is another method Israel uses to prevent the families from visiting with their detained loved ones.”
The family called on local and international legal and human rights organizations to intervene, ensure the release of their child, and all detained children.
Sheikh is from Beit ‘Anan, in occupied Jerusalem; he was kidnapped by the soldiers next to his family home, on December 25, 2014.
On Wednesday February 25, an Israeli court sentenced the child to four months imprisonment, and 2000NIS fine. The child suffers from anemia, and several health complications.
7 apr 2015
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Tuesday a sick Palestinian man at Erez border crossing with Gaza while he was travelling for treatment in Occupied Jerusalem.
Human rights sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers rounded up a 25-year-old man called Yahya al-Tarabin who is suffering from severe backache.
Tarabin was arrested and transferred to Ashkelon prison despite possessing a medical transfer letter to al-Makassed Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem, the sources added.
The Israeli forces usually use the Erez crossing as a trap to arrest and blackmail Palestinians including patients.
Human rights sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers rounded up a 25-year-old man called Yahya al-Tarabin who is suffering from severe backache.
Tarabin was arrested and transferred to Ashkelon prison despite possessing a medical transfer letter to al-Makassed Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem, the sources added.
The Israeli forces usually use the Erez crossing as a trap to arrest and blackmail Palestinians including patients.
MP Ahmad Attoun called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Tuesday to
internationalize the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
He urged the PA leadership to take advantage of its membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute Israel in terms of its violations against the Palestinian detainees.
The statement came during Attoun’s participation, within a delegation of the Islamic MPs of Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), in the weekly sit-in organized by prisoners’ families along with Palestinian institutions in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the West Bank town of el-Bireh.
The PLC deputy on Occupied Jerusalem pointed out that the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are going through the worst conditions ever, noting that the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) is still holding 14 PLC members in addition to minors, elderly, women and sick captives.
The Jerusalemite deputy Attoun, who was deported to the West Bank, stressed the need to participate in the solidarity activities to shed light on the suffering of Palestinian captives inside Israeli prisons.
The Higher Follow-up Commission for Prisoner Affairs announced, in the sit-in on Tuesday, the commencement of activities in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoner Day on April 17.
He urged the PA leadership to take advantage of its membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute Israel in terms of its violations against the Palestinian detainees.
The statement came during Attoun’s participation, within a delegation of the Islamic MPs of Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), in the weekly sit-in organized by prisoners’ families along with Palestinian institutions in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the West Bank town of el-Bireh.
The PLC deputy on Occupied Jerusalem pointed out that the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are going through the worst conditions ever, noting that the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) is still holding 14 PLC members in addition to minors, elderly, women and sick captives.
The Jerusalemite deputy Attoun, who was deported to the West Bank, stressed the need to participate in the solidarity activities to shed light on the suffering of Palestinian captives inside Israeli prisons.
The Higher Follow-up Commission for Prisoner Affairs announced, in the sit-in on Tuesday, the commencement of activities in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoner Day on April 17.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society disclosed on Tuesday that the health conditions of three Palestinian prisoners of the highly sentenced detainees in Israeli jails are worsening as they do not receive necessary treatment.
The lawyer of Palestinian Prisoner Society visited captives in Israeli prisons of Shata and Gilboa and reported some of those cases.
Prisoner Izzat Turkman, from Jenin, has been asking the prison management for years to allow the entry of a health shoe, but the management refused. He is suffering from an injury in one of his legs which led to the shrinkage of its length.
Turkman is sentenced to two life imprisonments and additional thirty years. He was arrested in 2003 and held in Shata.
Prisoner Kamel Mansour, from Nablus, is suffering from urinary tract infection. He underwent two surgeries. No improvement has been noticed; thus, he is waiting to undergo another surgery in April.
Captive Mansour who is held in Shata prison is sentenced to 23 years. He has already spent 13 years in jail.
As for the third detainee, the lawyer said that prisoner Falah Shehadeh, from Ramallah, has been suffering from high blood pressure and chronic headache.
Captive Shehadeh, who is held in Gilboa jail, is sentenced to 27 years and already served 12 years.
The lawyer of Palestinian Prisoner Society visited captives in Israeli prisons of Shata and Gilboa and reported some of those cases.
Prisoner Izzat Turkman, from Jenin, has been asking the prison management for years to allow the entry of a health shoe, but the management refused. He is suffering from an injury in one of his legs which led to the shrinkage of its length.
Turkman is sentenced to two life imprisonments and additional thirty years. He was arrested in 2003 and held in Shata.
Prisoner Kamel Mansour, from Nablus, is suffering from urinary tract infection. He underwent two surgeries. No improvement has been noticed; thus, he is waiting to undergo another surgery in April.
Captive Mansour who is held in Shata prison is sentenced to 23 years. He has already spent 13 years in jail.
As for the third detainee, the lawyer said that prisoner Falah Shehadeh, from Ramallah, has been suffering from high blood pressure and chronic headache.
Captive Shehadeh, who is held in Gilboa jail, is sentenced to 27 years and already served 12 years.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) denounced an Israeli decision to put Khalida Jarrar, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PCL), under a six-month administrative detention.
PCHR calls upon the international community to practice pressure on Israeli authorities to put an end to the administrative detention policy, which violates the right to a fair trial.
On Sunday, 05 April 2015, the Israeli military commander issued an order putting PLC member Khalida Jarrar (52) under a six-month administrative detention.
According to human rights sources, a hearing is supposed to be held at the military court in Ofer, west of Ramallah, on 08 April to confirm or reduce the detention order.
The order came four days after Jarrar had been arrested on Thursday morning, 02 April, when Israeli forces raided her house in al-Bireh and took her to Hasharon prison for women in Israel.
It should be noted that Ms. Jarrar is a PLC Member representing Abu Ali Mostafa Bloc and a member of the political bureau of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Israeli forces raided her house previously on 20 August 2014 and handed her a military order transferring her to Jericho until 19 February 2015 on the pretext she "poses threat to the security of the region and she should be placed under private surveillance".
However, Jarrar refused to sign the order that was written in Hebrew, but Jarrar refused to comply with the order and held a sit-in in the PLC yard in Ramallah. Later on, Israeli forces reduced the transfer period to one month, which already ended in mid-September.
Over 500 prisoners are placed under administrative detention in Israeli jails, 15 of whom are PLC Members, including Dr. Aziz Dweik, Speaker of the PLC, in a flagrant violation of the right to a fair trial, including the right to receive an appropriate defense and to be informed of the charges against them.
Administrative detention is applied by an administrative order only without referring to a court, thus violating the standards of impartial judicial procedures, as Israeli forces detain persons in secret preventing the detainees of their lawyers from learning about their charges, or even about evidence used against them.
As a result, they are denied the right to be properly defended in fair trial In light of that, PCHR calls for:
1. The immediate release of Khalida Jarrar and all Palestinian PLC members in Israeli jails; and
2. Human rights organizations and international solidarity organizations to conjugate efforts to force Israel to stop the administrative detention policy, which violates the right to fair trial.
PCHR calls upon the international community to practice pressure on Israeli authorities to put an end to the administrative detention policy, which violates the right to a fair trial.
On Sunday, 05 April 2015, the Israeli military commander issued an order putting PLC member Khalida Jarrar (52) under a six-month administrative detention.
According to human rights sources, a hearing is supposed to be held at the military court in Ofer, west of Ramallah, on 08 April to confirm or reduce the detention order.
The order came four days after Jarrar had been arrested on Thursday morning, 02 April, when Israeli forces raided her house in al-Bireh and took her to Hasharon prison for women in Israel.
It should be noted that Ms. Jarrar is a PLC Member representing Abu Ali Mostafa Bloc and a member of the political bureau of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Israeli forces raided her house previously on 20 August 2014 and handed her a military order transferring her to Jericho until 19 February 2015 on the pretext she "poses threat to the security of the region and she should be placed under private surveillance".
However, Jarrar refused to sign the order that was written in Hebrew, but Jarrar refused to comply with the order and held a sit-in in the PLC yard in Ramallah. Later on, Israeli forces reduced the transfer period to one month, which already ended in mid-September.
Over 500 prisoners are placed under administrative detention in Israeli jails, 15 of whom are PLC Members, including Dr. Aziz Dweik, Speaker of the PLC, in a flagrant violation of the right to a fair trial, including the right to receive an appropriate defense and to be informed of the charges against them.
Administrative detention is applied by an administrative order only without referring to a court, thus violating the standards of impartial judicial procedures, as Israeli forces detain persons in secret preventing the detainees of their lawyers from learning about their charges, or even about evidence used against them.
As a result, they are denied the right to be properly defended in fair trial In light of that, PCHR calls for:
1. The immediate release of Khalida Jarrar and all Palestinian PLC members in Israeli jails; and
2. Human rights organizations and international solidarity organizations to conjugate efforts to force Israel to stop the administrative detention policy, which violates the right to fair trial.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians children in Husan town, west of Bethlehem, and two children in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Media sources in Husan said several military vehicles invaded the town, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped three children, identified as Yassin ‘Atef Hamamra, 15, Marwan Jasser Sabateen, 15, and Mahmoud Mohammad Za’oul, 15.
In addition, soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, broke into and violently searched several homes, and kidnapped two children identified as Mohammad Wael al-Balassy, and Aysar al-Fdeilat.
Soldiers also invaded a number of neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed roadblocks on the main entrances of Bani Neim, Ethna, Sa’ir, Halhoul, Beit ‘Awwa and the as-Sammoa’ towns, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, soldiers invaded Tayba village, and invaded the home of Khaled Eghbariyya in an attempt to kidnap his two sons, Ahmad, 21, and Mahmoud, 17, but they were not home.
Media sources in Husan said several military vehicles invaded the town, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped three children, identified as Yassin ‘Atef Hamamra, 15, Marwan Jasser Sabateen, 15, and Mahmoud Mohammad Za’oul, 15.
In addition, soldiers invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, broke into and violently searched several homes, and kidnapped two children identified as Mohammad Wael al-Balassy, and Aysar al-Fdeilat.
Soldiers also invaded a number of neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed roadblocks on the main entrances of Bani Neim, Ethna, Sa’ir, Halhoul, Beit ‘Awwa and the as-Sammoa’ towns, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, soldiers invaded Tayba village, and invaded the home of Khaled Eghbariyya in an attempt to kidnap his two sons, Ahmad, 21, and Mahmoud, 17, but they were not home.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday stormed several West Bank areas and kidnapped eight Palestinians from their homes.
The Hebrew media said that the Israeli army arrested eight wanted Palestinians affiliated with Hamas and transferred them to interrogation centers.
Local sources, in turn, told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF ransacked several homes in al-Aroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, and kidnapped three young men.
The detainees were identified as Yazen al-Ballasi, Aysar al-Fudailat, and Yazen Jawabra.
During the campaign in the camp, a large number of soldiers were deployed at its entrance and near the military watchtower.
The Hebrew media said that the Israeli army arrested eight wanted Palestinians affiliated with Hamas and transferred them to interrogation centers.
Local sources, in turn, told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF ransacked several homes in al-Aroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, and kidnapped three young men.
The detainees were identified as Yazen al-Ballasi, Aysar al-Fudailat, and Yazen Jawabra.
During the campaign in the camp, a large number of soldiers were deployed at its entrance and near the military watchtower.
Head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe declared Monday that Palestinian Prisoner Day events will be organized in West Bank areas adjacent to the Separation Wall and lands threatened with confiscation.
In a press release, Qaraqe said that the Prisoner Day events will last till May in coordination with the popular committee against the wall and settlement and local human rights institutions.
The events will be held throughout the West Bank towns and cities, he said, calling for massive participation in the activities.
"The flame of freedom" is expected to be lighted in Salfit to honor the sacrifices of Palestinian sick prisoners and Palestinian Authority Minister Ziad Abu Ein who was killed by Israeli soldiers during a peaceful anti-settlement march, Qaraqe elaborated.
In a press release, Qaraqe said that the Prisoner Day events will last till May in coordination with the popular committee against the wall and settlement and local human rights institutions.
The events will be held throughout the West Bank towns and cities, he said, calling for massive participation in the activities.
"The flame of freedom" is expected to be lighted in Salfit to honor the sacrifices of Palestinian sick prisoners and Palestinian Authority Minister Ziad Abu Ein who was killed by Israeli soldiers during a peaceful anti-settlement march, Qaraqe elaborated.
Mahmoud Nour al-Ja’bary, 13
Israeli soldiers attacked, and injured, a Palestinian man on Monday evening, in Yatta town near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped a child in the Hebron’s Old City.
Media sources said the soldiers assaulted Mohammad Qatouf, in his forties, from Yatta town south of Hebron, and continuously beat him causing various cuts and bruises.
Local medics moved the wounded man to the Hebron Governmental Hospital for treatment.
The soldiers were heavily deployed around Yatta, and installed roadblocks in the area, in addition to installing roadblocks in different parts of the Hebron district.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child in the Old City of Hebron, while dozens of Israeli extremist stormed it, heading to the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Nour al-Ja’bary, 13 years of age, after assaulting him near the Ibrahimi Mosque, and beat him before moving him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also stopped and searched dozens of Palestinians, investigated their ID cards, and refused to allow him into, or even near, the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Israeli soldiers attacked, and injured, a Palestinian man on Monday evening, in Yatta town near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped a child in the Hebron’s Old City.
Media sources said the soldiers assaulted Mohammad Qatouf, in his forties, from Yatta town south of Hebron, and continuously beat him causing various cuts and bruises.
Local medics moved the wounded man to the Hebron Governmental Hospital for treatment.
The soldiers were heavily deployed around Yatta, and installed roadblocks in the area, in addition to installing roadblocks in different parts of the Hebron district.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child in the Old City of Hebron, while dozens of Israeli extremist stormed it, heading to the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Nour al-Ja’bary, 13 years of age, after assaulting him near the Ibrahimi Mosque, and beat him before moving him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also stopped and searched dozens of Palestinians, investigated their ID cards, and refused to allow him into, or even near, the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Many Moved Into Solitary Confinement, Others Transferred To Nafha Prison
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that Israeli soldiers attacked, on Monday evening, Palestinian political prisoners held in the Nafha prison, in the Negev Desert, attacked many detainees, and moved several others to the Ramon Prison.
The Committee said the attack targeted detainees held in Section 13 of Nafha Prison, and that the soldiers moved a number of detainees, members of the Islamic Jihad, into solitary confinement cells in the Ramon Prison.
The soldiers struck the detainees with batons, and dragged them away, before searching and deliberately destroying their personal belongings.
In addition, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers broke into Sections 12 and 13 of Nafha, and moved eight detainees into solitary confinement.
The PPS added that the Prison Administration decided to prevent all detainees from leaving their rooms until this coming Thursday, and left them without electricity.
The latest attack comes amidst rising tension in all detention camps and prisons due to escalating Israeli violations and assaults targeting the detainees, and even their visiting family members.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that Israeli soldiers attacked, on Monday evening, Palestinian political prisoners held in the Nafha prison, in the Negev Desert, attacked many detainees, and moved several others to the Ramon Prison.
The Committee said the attack targeted detainees held in Section 13 of Nafha Prison, and that the soldiers moved a number of detainees, members of the Islamic Jihad, into solitary confinement cells in the Ramon Prison.
The soldiers struck the detainees with batons, and dragged them away, before searching and deliberately destroying their personal belongings.
In addition, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers broke into Sections 12 and 13 of Nafha, and moved eight detainees into solitary confinement.
The PPS added that the Prison Administration decided to prevent all detainees from leaving their rooms until this coming Thursday, and left them without electricity.
The latest attack comes amidst rising tension in all detention camps and prisons due to escalating Israeli violations and assaults targeting the detainees, and even their visiting family members.
At least five Palestinians, including released prisoners, were abducted on Monday by the Israeli army, during predawn and night raids in the West Bank districts of Jenin and Qalqilia and in Jerusalem, according to local and security sources.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police arrested 14-year-old Iyad Burkan and led him to an interrogation center, reported Mufeed al-Hajja, an attorney with the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
WAFA further reports that, earlier last night, the Israeli army stormed the town of Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin, and took Ragheb Shalabi, 31, and Ibrahim Shalabi, who are former prisoners in Israeli jails. According to a security source, Israeli army confiscated 20,000 shekels ($5,000) from Raghab Shalabi’s home.
Meanwhile, another military force broke into the nearby village of Anin, where it kidnapped Mohammad Yasin, 31, also a former prisoner, after raiding his home and breaking its gate. The attacking force vandalized cell phones from Yasin’s home, according to local sources.
In the meantime, Israeli soldiers broke into the village of Azzoun, east of Qaqilia, and abducted 20-year-old Tha’er Riashi after raiding his home.
In Bethlehem, the Israeli army broke into the village of Hosan, west of the city, and summoned a local resident and his 12-year-old son to appear for interrogation at the nearby Gush Etzion military compound.
The Israeli army stormed the nearby village of Beit Fajjar and summoned another local resident to appear for interrogation.
In the Hebron district, army forces stormed the town of Surif at midnight, and conducted a search operation, which included home raids and searches. There were no reports of arrests, however.
Almost daily, the Israeli military storms Palestinian populated areas across the West Bank to carry out arrests and summon individuals for interrogation, citing security purposes.
According to Abdullah Hawari Center for Documentation, the Israeli army arrested around 326 Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem during March alone, including 121 who were placed under administrative detention.
Updated from: Three Former Detainees Kidnapped Near Jenin, Palestinian Kidnapped Near Qalqilia
In Jerusalem, Israeli police arrested 14-year-old Iyad Burkan and led him to an interrogation center, reported Mufeed al-Hajja, an attorney with the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
WAFA further reports that, earlier last night, the Israeli army stormed the town of Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin, and took Ragheb Shalabi, 31, and Ibrahim Shalabi, who are former prisoners in Israeli jails. According to a security source, Israeli army confiscated 20,000 shekels ($5,000) from Raghab Shalabi’s home.
Meanwhile, another military force broke into the nearby village of Anin, where it kidnapped Mohammad Yasin, 31, also a former prisoner, after raiding his home and breaking its gate. The attacking force vandalized cell phones from Yasin’s home, according to local sources.
In the meantime, Israeli soldiers broke into the village of Azzoun, east of Qaqilia, and abducted 20-year-old Tha’er Riashi after raiding his home.
In Bethlehem, the Israeli army broke into the village of Hosan, west of the city, and summoned a local resident and his 12-year-old son to appear for interrogation at the nearby Gush Etzion military compound.
The Israeli army stormed the nearby village of Beit Fajjar and summoned another local resident to appear for interrogation.
In the Hebron district, army forces stormed the town of Surif at midnight, and conducted a search operation, which included home raids and searches. There were no reports of arrests, however.
Almost daily, the Israeli military storms Palestinian populated areas across the West Bank to carry out arrests and summon individuals for interrogation, citing security purposes.
According to Abdullah Hawari Center for Documentation, the Israeli army arrested around 326 Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem during March alone, including 121 who were placed under administrative detention.
Updated from: Three Former Detainees Kidnapped Near Jenin, Palestinian Kidnapped Near Qalqilia
