16 apr 2015
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with local youths; one Palestinian was injured, and many suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation. The army also kidnapped three children in Betunia, near Ramallah; nine Palestinians injured.
The soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp from different directions, and stormed the family home of Ahmad Sami al-Ja’fary, before searching it and ransacking its property.
Ahmad was not home during the attack, and the soldiers handed his family a military warrant ordering him to head to the Etzion military base for interrogation.
Soldiers also invaded the home of Jamal and Sami al-Ja’fary, and occupied the rooftop of the family home of Jihad al-Ja’fary, who was shot and killed there by Israeli army fire during dawn hours of February 24 2015.
In related news, Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinian children in Betunia town, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and took them to an unknown destination.
Clashes also took between the soldiers and local youths in the town, close to the nearby ‘Ofer Israeli prison; medical sources said nine Palestinians were injured.
The soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp from different directions, and stormed the family home of Ahmad Sami al-Ja’fary, before searching it and ransacking its property.
Ahmad was not home during the attack, and the soldiers handed his family a military warrant ordering him to head to the Etzion military base for interrogation.
Soldiers also invaded the home of Jamal and Sami al-Ja’fary, and occupied the rooftop of the family home of Jihad al-Ja’fary, who was shot and killed there by Israeli army fire during dawn hours of February 24 2015.
In related news, Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinian children in Betunia town, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and took them to an unknown destination.
Clashes also took between the soldiers and local youths in the town, close to the nearby ‘Ofer Israeli prison; medical sources said nine Palestinians were injured.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) nabbed at dawn Thursday nine Palestinian citizens throughout the West Bank for being “wanted” to Israeli authorities.
The arrest campaign was carried out in different towns and cities of the West Bank, Israeli sources said.
The ex-prisoner Ghassen Saivan, who spent nine years in Israeli jails in previous arrests, was among the reported detainees after IOF brutally broke into his home in Shiyukh town in al-Khalil. Saivan’s arrest came only few days after being released from PA jails.
Several homes were also stormed and searched in the town, while a second ex-detainee was also arrested during the raid.
The ex-prisoner Ashraf Halaika, 33, was arrested from his home and transferred to an unknown detention center.
Halaika had served more than five years in Israeli jails before being released in 2009 to be then subjected to multiple political arrests at the hands of PA security forces.
He suffers from different health problems as he was subjected to severe torture in Israeli investigation centers.
The Israeli forces have also summoned Qassem Halaika, 22, for investigation in Etzion investigation center after raiding the prisoner’s home. Halaika was released a month ago from Israeli jails after spending 20 months in administrative detention.
Halaika's father is also held in Israeli jails where he spent 10 years out of his 20-year sentence.
Earlier Wednesday, IOF soldiers brutally nabbed 30 activists affiliated with Hamas Movement in Nablus causing a state of tension in the city.
The arrest campaign was carried out in different towns and cities of the West Bank, Israeli sources said.
The ex-prisoner Ghassen Saivan, who spent nine years in Israeli jails in previous arrests, was among the reported detainees after IOF brutally broke into his home in Shiyukh town in al-Khalil. Saivan’s arrest came only few days after being released from PA jails.
Several homes were also stormed and searched in the town, while a second ex-detainee was also arrested during the raid.
The ex-prisoner Ashraf Halaika, 33, was arrested from his home and transferred to an unknown detention center.
Halaika had served more than five years in Israeli jails before being released in 2009 to be then subjected to multiple political arrests at the hands of PA security forces.
He suffers from different health problems as he was subjected to severe torture in Israeli investigation centers.
The Israeli forces have also summoned Qassem Halaika, 22, for investigation in Etzion investigation center after raiding the prisoner’s home. Halaika was released a month ago from Israeli jails after spending 20 months in administrative detention.
Halaika's father is also held in Israeli jails where he spent 10 years out of his 20-year sentence.
Earlier Wednesday, IOF soldiers brutally nabbed 30 activists affiliated with Hamas Movement in Nablus causing a state of tension in the city.
An Israeli court has sentenced a Palestinian university student from Yatta town of al-Khalil to several months in jail.
Yahiya Saleh, a student at al-Khalil university, was sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay a fine of 2,000 shekels.
The Israeli occupation forces unjustifiably arrested Saleh on June 2014. He had served prison terms in West Bank and Israeli jails.
Yahiya Saleh, a student at al-Khalil university, was sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay a fine of 2,000 shekels.
The Israeli occupation forces unjustifiably arrested Saleh on June 2014. He had served prison terms in West Bank and Israeli jails.
Shalom Yohai Sharki 25
Two pedestrians waiting for bus struck by car; Arab driver lightly injured; police investigating possibility of deliberate attack.
Shalom Yohai Sharki, 25, who was struck by a vehicle in Jerusalem Wednesday night, succumbed to his wounds on Thursday morning. A woman also hurt in the incident remains in very series condition.
Sharko and the woman were seriously injured by the vehicle Wednesday night at the French Hill junction in Jerusalem as they waited for a bus. Magen David Adom rescue personnel treated the victims and the driver, an Arab man from north of Jerusalem, who was said to be in light condition.
It remains unclear whether the incident was an accident or a deliberate attack.
The initial assumption was that it was a car accident, but police are now investigating the driver.
Police said the driver "swerved from his lane and hit two civilians standing at the station".
Two pedestrians waiting for bus struck by car; Arab driver lightly injured; police investigating possibility of deliberate attack.
Shalom Yohai Sharki, 25, who was struck by a vehicle in Jerusalem Wednesday night, succumbed to his wounds on Thursday morning. A woman also hurt in the incident remains in very series condition.
Sharko and the woman were seriously injured by the vehicle Wednesday night at the French Hill junction in Jerusalem as they waited for a bus. Magen David Adom rescue personnel treated the victims and the driver, an Arab man from north of Jerusalem, who was said to be in light condition.
It remains unclear whether the incident was an accident or a deliberate attack.
The initial assumption was that it was a car accident, but police are now investigating the driver.
Police said the driver "swerved from his lane and hit two civilians standing at the station".
Palestinian women demonstrate for the release of detainees
April 17 is Palestinian Prisoners Day, the day of National, Arab and international solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel and facing serious, continuous (and escalating) Israeli violations.
Marking this important day, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee issued this comprehensive report to document the ongoing suffering of the detainees, and to highlight their cause around the world.
The Palestinian National Council, the highest authority of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), held a meeting on April 17, 1974, and decided to declare this day a day of solidarity with all detainees, to support their struggle, and to act in solidarity with the detainees and their constant battle for freedom.
The day is also meant for solidarity with the families of the detainees, and their own ongoing suffering.
Since then, April 17 has become Palestinian Prisoners Day, marked in Palestine and in various places around the world, in cooperation with human rights activists.
This year, April 17 comes amidst escalating Israeli violations, increasing abductions of Palestinians in different parts of occupied Palestine, and durig every hour of the day and night.
The arrests target every segment of Palestinian society, while Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, since 1967 until April of 2015, around 850,000 Palestinians, including 15,000 women and thousands of children.
According to detailed documentations of the Palestinian Detainees Committee, Israeli soldiers carried out more than 85,000 arrests, including 10,000 arrests of children and 1,200 women, in addition to 65 former government ministers and legislators, and issued at least 24,000 arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, holding thousands without charge or trial.
The arrests target children, elderly, women, patients, disabled resident, students, doctors, artists, poets, writers, journalists, students…
“The arrests and the procedures used by Israel are held in direct violation of International Humanitarian Law; the detainees are tortured, physically and emotionally abused,” the Committee said. “100% of the kidnapped Palestinians said that they face at least one form of torture, mainly physical, but also emotional, and were subject to humiliation in front of their families, or the public in general.”
The Committee also noted a serious escalation in the abduction of children, especially over the last four years, as soldiers kidnapped 3,755 children, including 1,266 who were kidnapped in 2014.
Israel's violations against children do not stop here, but also include repeated assaults and excessive use of force against them, including the use of deadly military force.
The first quarter of 2015 witnessed the abduction of more than 200 children who were then abused, mistreated and intimidated, in addition to being denied their basic rights, an issue which poses a serious threat to their development and to their future.
The Detainees In Numbers:
- 6,500 Palestinians still imprisoned by Israel, among them are;
1. 480 detainees sentenced to at least one life term.
2. 200 children.
3. 24 women, including four children.
4. 14 legislators and one government minister.
5. 30 detainees held before the Oslo Accord of 1993.
6. 16 detainees who have been imprisoned for more than 25 years, including Karim Younis and Maher Younis, who were kidnapped 33 years ago.
7. 85 former detainees, who were released under the Shalit Prisoner Swap Agreement, and were kidnapped again, afterwards; most of them served at least 20 years before the Shalit deal.
The detainees are held in 22 prisons, detention and interrogation centers, mainly in Nafha Ramon, Asqalan, Hadarim, Galboa’, Shatta, al-Maskobiyya, Ramla, Damoun, HaSharon, the Negev Detention Camp, ‘Ofer and Majeddo.
Female Detainees
The detainees are beaten and humiliated, face degrading remarks and confrontations, especially during their transport to interrogation and detention centers, and are subject to torture and intimidation.
They also face threats of physical, even sexual, harm to them and their families, in addition to extremely difficult living conditions; they are frequently denied family visits, and face provocative bodily searches, and are also denied access to education.
The Detainees’ Committee said that there are seven women detained who also have husbands, sons or brothers imprisoned by Israel, and are not allowed to see them or talk to them.
Ailing Detainees
More than 1,500 detainees suffer from various diseases and health issues, largely resulting from the lack of medical attention, contaminated cells and rooms, torture and abuse, while 16 of them are contently living in the Ramla Prison Clinic, suffering from paralysis and other disease, while many require surgeries, with outside doctors not allowed to even examine them, much less treat their afflictions.
More than 80 detainees have very serious and chronic conditions; 24 of them have different types of cancer, and dozens suffer from physical and mental disabilities.
Many detainees develop psychological conditions due to ill treatment, extremely difficult living conditions, malnutrition, humid and dirty cells, in addition to being placed in overcrowded rooms.
Several detainees were kidnapped after being shot by Israeli soldiers, and were tortured, including by way of beatings on preexisting wounds during interrogation, in an attempt to extract information and confessions.
Many ailing detainees have skin diseases, pneumonia, ulcers, tumors, renal failure, rheumatism, slipped discs, blood clots, spinal cord conditions, diabetes, dental issue, eye issues and many other severe conditions.
Administrative Detainees
Administrative Detention is the unknown enemy which thousands of detainees face; it is detention without charge and without trial, lawyers cannot defend the detainees as Israel claims it has a “secret file” on each detainee, a file not accessible for even the lawyers.
An Administrative Detention order is usually between one and six months, issued by military commanders in the occupied territories, who base their rulings on “military and security considerations.”
Such orders are frequently renewed, in many cases exceeding ten times, while the detainees end up being held for more than five years without any charge.
Such orders do not only target young men, but also women, intellectuals, writers, journalists, university professors, legislators, ministers, students and journalists.
Living Conditions
Living conditions are very difficult, and are largely accompanied by torture, solitary confinement, denial of family visits, abuse, bad food, frequent invasions and searches of the detainees’ rooms, high fines, lack of medical attention and numerous other violations.
Deaths Among The Detainees
The Detainees' Committee has documented 206 deaths since 1967, among them are 71 who died due to extreme torture, 54 due to lack of medical attention, 74 executed by the soldiers after their arrest, 7 were shot dead by soldiers and prison guards, in addition to dozens who died, following their release, of illnesses and diseases they suffered while imprisoned.
The Committee added that Israel also released a number of detainees after their health conditions became terminal, and that they died shortly after.
Some of them have been identified as Hayel Abu Zeid, Morad Abu Sakout, Ashraf Abu Threi’, Zakariyya ‘Issa, Seitan al-Waly, Zoheir Lubbada, Hasan Torabi and many others, including the latest casualty, Ja’far ‘Awad, age 26, who died on Friday, April 10.
The Detainees’ Committee calls on the Palestinian People, in Palestine and around the world, on the Arab and Islamic Nations, and every person who believes in justice and freedom around the world, to mark April 17 every year, to always act in solidarity with the detainees and their cause.
It urges them to practice pressure on their governments, human rights groups and various organizations, in order to support the struggle of the detainees, and to oblige Israel to respect International Law.
The Committee added that the struggle must continue until all detainees are released, as a perquisite to real, comprehensive peace and justice, and affirmed that there can be no peace, security and stability in the region without the freedom of all detainees, and the independence of Palestine.
April 17 is Palestinian Prisoners Day, the day of National, Arab and international solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel and facing serious, continuous (and escalating) Israeli violations.
Marking this important day, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee issued this comprehensive report to document the ongoing suffering of the detainees, and to highlight their cause around the world.
The Palestinian National Council, the highest authority of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), held a meeting on April 17, 1974, and decided to declare this day a day of solidarity with all detainees, to support their struggle, and to act in solidarity with the detainees and their constant battle for freedom.
The day is also meant for solidarity with the families of the detainees, and their own ongoing suffering.
Since then, April 17 has become Palestinian Prisoners Day, marked in Palestine and in various places around the world, in cooperation with human rights activists.
This year, April 17 comes amidst escalating Israeli violations, increasing abductions of Palestinians in different parts of occupied Palestine, and durig every hour of the day and night.
The arrests target every segment of Palestinian society, while Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, since 1967 until April of 2015, around 850,000 Palestinians, including 15,000 women and thousands of children.
According to detailed documentations of the Palestinian Detainees Committee, Israeli soldiers carried out more than 85,000 arrests, including 10,000 arrests of children and 1,200 women, in addition to 65 former government ministers and legislators, and issued at least 24,000 arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, holding thousands without charge or trial.
The arrests target children, elderly, women, patients, disabled resident, students, doctors, artists, poets, writers, journalists, students…
“The arrests and the procedures used by Israel are held in direct violation of International Humanitarian Law; the detainees are tortured, physically and emotionally abused,” the Committee said. “100% of the kidnapped Palestinians said that they face at least one form of torture, mainly physical, but also emotional, and were subject to humiliation in front of their families, or the public in general.”
The Committee also noted a serious escalation in the abduction of children, especially over the last four years, as soldiers kidnapped 3,755 children, including 1,266 who were kidnapped in 2014.
Israel's violations against children do not stop here, but also include repeated assaults and excessive use of force against them, including the use of deadly military force.
The first quarter of 2015 witnessed the abduction of more than 200 children who were then abused, mistreated and intimidated, in addition to being denied their basic rights, an issue which poses a serious threat to their development and to their future.
The Detainees In Numbers:
- 6,500 Palestinians still imprisoned by Israel, among them are;
1. 480 detainees sentenced to at least one life term.
2. 200 children.
3. 24 women, including four children.
4. 14 legislators and one government minister.
5. 30 detainees held before the Oslo Accord of 1993.
6. 16 detainees who have been imprisoned for more than 25 years, including Karim Younis and Maher Younis, who were kidnapped 33 years ago.
7. 85 former detainees, who were released under the Shalit Prisoner Swap Agreement, and were kidnapped again, afterwards; most of them served at least 20 years before the Shalit deal.
The detainees are held in 22 prisons, detention and interrogation centers, mainly in Nafha Ramon, Asqalan, Hadarim, Galboa’, Shatta, al-Maskobiyya, Ramla, Damoun, HaSharon, the Negev Detention Camp, ‘Ofer and Majeddo.
Female Detainees
The detainees are beaten and humiliated, face degrading remarks and confrontations, especially during their transport to interrogation and detention centers, and are subject to torture and intimidation.
They also face threats of physical, even sexual, harm to them and their families, in addition to extremely difficult living conditions; they are frequently denied family visits, and face provocative bodily searches, and are also denied access to education.
The Detainees’ Committee said that there are seven women detained who also have husbands, sons or brothers imprisoned by Israel, and are not allowed to see them or talk to them.
Ailing Detainees
More than 1,500 detainees suffer from various diseases and health issues, largely resulting from the lack of medical attention, contaminated cells and rooms, torture and abuse, while 16 of them are contently living in the Ramla Prison Clinic, suffering from paralysis and other disease, while many require surgeries, with outside doctors not allowed to even examine them, much less treat their afflictions.
More than 80 detainees have very serious and chronic conditions; 24 of them have different types of cancer, and dozens suffer from physical and mental disabilities.
Many detainees develop psychological conditions due to ill treatment, extremely difficult living conditions, malnutrition, humid and dirty cells, in addition to being placed in overcrowded rooms.
Several detainees were kidnapped after being shot by Israeli soldiers, and were tortured, including by way of beatings on preexisting wounds during interrogation, in an attempt to extract information and confessions.
Many ailing detainees have skin diseases, pneumonia, ulcers, tumors, renal failure, rheumatism, slipped discs, blood clots, spinal cord conditions, diabetes, dental issue, eye issues and many other severe conditions.
Administrative Detainees
Administrative Detention is the unknown enemy which thousands of detainees face; it is detention without charge and without trial, lawyers cannot defend the detainees as Israel claims it has a “secret file” on each detainee, a file not accessible for even the lawyers.
An Administrative Detention order is usually between one and six months, issued by military commanders in the occupied territories, who base their rulings on “military and security considerations.”
Such orders are frequently renewed, in many cases exceeding ten times, while the detainees end up being held for more than five years without any charge.
Such orders do not only target young men, but also women, intellectuals, writers, journalists, university professors, legislators, ministers, students and journalists.
Living Conditions
Living conditions are very difficult, and are largely accompanied by torture, solitary confinement, denial of family visits, abuse, bad food, frequent invasions and searches of the detainees’ rooms, high fines, lack of medical attention and numerous other violations.
Deaths Among The Detainees
The Detainees' Committee has documented 206 deaths since 1967, among them are 71 who died due to extreme torture, 54 due to lack of medical attention, 74 executed by the soldiers after their arrest, 7 were shot dead by soldiers and prison guards, in addition to dozens who died, following their release, of illnesses and diseases they suffered while imprisoned.
The Committee added that Israel also released a number of detainees after their health conditions became terminal, and that they died shortly after.
Some of them have been identified as Hayel Abu Zeid, Morad Abu Sakout, Ashraf Abu Threi’, Zakariyya ‘Issa, Seitan al-Waly, Zoheir Lubbada, Hasan Torabi and many others, including the latest casualty, Ja’far ‘Awad, age 26, who died on Friday, April 10.
The Detainees’ Committee calls on the Palestinian People, in Palestine and around the world, on the Arab and Islamic Nations, and every person who believes in justice and freedom around the world, to mark April 17 every year, to always act in solidarity with the detainees and their cause.
It urges them to practice pressure on their governments, human rights groups and various organizations, in order to support the struggle of the detainees, and to oblige Israel to respect International Law.
The Committee added that the struggle must continue until all detainees are released, as a perquisite to real, comprehensive peace and justice, and affirmed that there can be no peace, security and stability in the region without the freedom of all detainees, and the independence of Palestine.
15 apr 2015
Israeli policemen rounded up on Wednesday morning two Palestinians in the vicinity of the Aqsa Mosque vicinity and deported another man away from the Mosque for three months.
“Qudsuna Center” revealed that Israeli policemen arrested a Palestinian man called Mohammad Abu Hadwan, on his way out of the Mosque at the Qattanin gate, in addition to a woman whose identity has not been identified yet.
The Center added that the Israeli intelligence forces handed the Jerusalemite man Sheikh Samir al-Alami a notice of deportation from the Aqsa Mosque for three months.
“Qudsuna Center” revealed that Israeli policemen arrested a Palestinian man called Mohammad Abu Hadwan, on his way out of the Mosque at the Qattanin gate, in addition to a woman whose identity has not been identified yet.
The Center added that the Israeli intelligence forces handed the Jerusalemite man Sheikh Samir al-Alami a notice of deportation from the Aqsa Mosque for three months.
Jewish extremist groups stormed on Wednesday the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem via Magharebah gate under tight security measures by Israeli police and Special Forces.
Eyewitnesses reported that two groups of settlers provocatively broke into the courtyards of the holy site in the morning. The guards of the Aqsa Mosque confronted them by chanting: Allahu Akbar.
The witnesses said that the Jewish settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the Mosque’s yards.
The Israeli policemen took photos for the Muslim worshipers who confronted the settlers in order to arrest them later, the eyewitnesses said.
They pointed out that the Israeli policemen almost daily hold identity cards of Jerusalemite women at the various gates of the Aqsa Mosque until they go out in order to make it difficult for Muslims to visit the Islamic holy site.
In a similar context, the Israeli policemen rounded up at dawn Wednesday the young man Bashar Dari after breaking into his house in eastern Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses reported that two groups of settlers provocatively broke into the courtyards of the holy site in the morning. The guards of the Aqsa Mosque confronted them by chanting: Allahu Akbar.
The witnesses said that the Jewish settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the Mosque’s yards.
The Israeli policemen took photos for the Muslim worshipers who confronted the settlers in order to arrest them later, the eyewitnesses said.
They pointed out that the Israeli policemen almost daily hold identity cards of Jerusalemite women at the various gates of the Aqsa Mosque until they go out in order to make it difficult for Muslims to visit the Islamic holy site.
In a similar context, the Israeli policemen rounded up at dawn Wednesday the young man Bashar Dari after breaking into his house in eastern Occupied Jerusalem.
A Palestinian sheikh on Wednesday was banned from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for three months after Israeli authorities claimed he posed a danger to security forces and Israeli visitors.
Sheikh Samir Ahmad al-Alami told Ma'an that an Israeli police officer telephoned him and summoned him for interrogation at the al-Qishla police station in Jerusalem's Old City.
Al-Alami, who is employed by the Islamic Endowment, said he refused to acknowledge the charges of posing a threat to public order and after being held for two hours was delivered a notice banning him from the holy site.
Separately, Israeli police on Wednesday detained Sanaa al-Rajabi as she was leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque and a Palestinian youth identified as Muhammad Abu Hadwan.
The Al-Aqsa compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the dome of the rock and Al-Aqsa mosque and is the third holiest site in Islam.
It is also venerated as Judaism's most holy place as it sits where Jews believe the First and Second Temples once stood. The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD.
Sheikh Samir Ahmad al-Alami told Ma'an that an Israeli police officer telephoned him and summoned him for interrogation at the al-Qishla police station in Jerusalem's Old City.
Al-Alami, who is employed by the Islamic Endowment, said he refused to acknowledge the charges of posing a threat to public order and after being held for two hours was delivered a notice banning him from the holy site.
Separately, Israeli police on Wednesday detained Sanaa al-Rajabi as she was leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque and a Palestinian youth identified as Muhammad Abu Hadwan.
The Al-Aqsa compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the dome of the rock and Al-Aqsa mosque and is the third holiest site in Islam.
It is also venerated as Judaism's most holy place as it sits where Jews believe the First and Second Temples once stood. The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD.
Israeli forces detained a Palestinian woman early Wednesday from her home in the al-Doha village in Bethlehem, a prisoners' rights group said.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society told Ma'an Israeli forces detained Nisreen Mustafa Muhammad Hmeida, 31 years of age and mother of three, after searching her home.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not have immediate information but told Ma'an she would look into the incident.
As of April 1, 23 Palestinian women were being held in Israeli jails, according to PPS.
Female detainees include lawmaker and PFLP member Khalida Jarrar.
Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association Addameer reported in 2014 that female prisoners are subjected to the same psychological and physical abuse as male counterparts under Israeli detention, and have reported beatings, insults, threats and sexual harassment.
Female prisoners are also routinely humiliated by intrusive body searches, which often occur before and after court hearings, and during the night as punitive measures.
Israeli forces detained 112 Palestinian women and girls in 2014, marking a 70 percent increase from 2013.
Israeli forces routinely detain both Palestinian men and women throughout the West Bank, often on the pretext of perceived security threat, and Addameer estimates that 40 percent of the Palestinian male population has been arrested at some point.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society told Ma'an Israeli forces detained Nisreen Mustafa Muhammad Hmeida, 31 years of age and mother of three, after searching her home.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not have immediate information but told Ma'an she would look into the incident.
As of April 1, 23 Palestinian women were being held in Israeli jails, according to PPS.
Female detainees include lawmaker and PFLP member Khalida Jarrar.
Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association Addameer reported in 2014 that female prisoners are subjected to the same psychological and physical abuse as male counterparts under Israeli detention, and have reported beatings, insults, threats and sexual harassment.
Female prisoners are also routinely humiliated by intrusive body searches, which often occur before and after court hearings, and during the night as punitive measures.
Israeli forces detained 112 Palestinian women and girls in 2014, marking a 70 percent increase from 2013.
Israeli forces routinely detain both Palestinian men and women throughout the West Bank, often on the pretext of perceived security threat, and Addameer estimates that 40 percent of the Palestinian male population has been arrested at some point.
Israeli courts extended the detention of 26 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on Wednesday, a prisoners' rights group said.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said that the Israeli court of al-Jalama extended the detention of Ashraf Shatta, Karam Rayan, Issam Rayan, Anas Salameh, Muhammad Nofal, Mahel Hussein, Wassim Taj and Ibrahim Salmi.
The Ofer court extended the detention of Hamzeh Musafar, Saleh Asakreh, Iyad Asakreh, Khalid Awad, Jihad Sharawneh, Mahmoud elayyan and Ibrahim Yaqoub.
The Petah Tikva court extended the detention of Sayyaf Masad, Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Shbaro, Adham Mabruka, Muhammad Akuba and Abd al-Minim Ibrahim.
The Salem court extended the detention of Muhammad Khabbas, Saed Bashtawi, Abdullah Qabha, Amer Taher and Mutaz Qabha.
Wednesday's detention extensions are the most recent among increasing levels of detainment of Palestinians by Israeli forces. Israeli authorities reportedly issued 319 administrative detention orders within the first three moths of 2015, already six times as many as the previous yea, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society.
Over 70 Palestinians have been detained throughout the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since Monday of this week, including around 30 alleged Hamas affiliates in Nablus on Wednesday morning.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said that the Israeli court of al-Jalama extended the detention of Ashraf Shatta, Karam Rayan, Issam Rayan, Anas Salameh, Muhammad Nofal, Mahel Hussein, Wassim Taj and Ibrahim Salmi.
The Ofer court extended the detention of Hamzeh Musafar, Saleh Asakreh, Iyad Asakreh, Khalid Awad, Jihad Sharawneh, Mahmoud elayyan and Ibrahim Yaqoub.
The Petah Tikva court extended the detention of Sayyaf Masad, Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Shbaro, Adham Mabruka, Muhammad Akuba and Abd al-Minim Ibrahim.
The Salem court extended the detention of Muhammad Khabbas, Saed Bashtawi, Abdullah Qabha, Amer Taher and Mutaz Qabha.
Wednesday's detention extensions are the most recent among increasing levels of detainment of Palestinians by Israeli forces. Israeli authorities reportedly issued 319 administrative detention orders within the first three moths of 2015, already six times as many as the previous yea, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society.
Over 70 Palestinians have been detained throughout the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since Monday of this week, including around 30 alleged Hamas affiliates in Nablus on Wednesday morning.
A Palestinian mother of six arrived at Israel's Ramla jail on Wednesday to serve the remainder of her prison sentence, after spending 38 months under house arrest.
Head of prisoner rights NGO Jerusalem Prisoners Families Committee, Amjad Abu Asab, said that Alia al-Sheikh Abbasi, 50, was detained on Jan. 2, 2012 in the the Shufat refugee camp checkpoint on allegations of attempting to stab an Israeli soldier.
She was released on Feb. 22, 2012 and transferred to house arrest, where she spent 38 months.
Abbasi's original sentence of 40 months in jail given by the Israeli central court of Jerusalem last year was reduced to 26 months of actual imprisonment after an appeal was presented to the Israeli High Court.
Alia Abbasi is a mother of six from the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, whose residents have Jerusalem residency cards but are not Israeli citizens, despite living under Israeli law.
Shuafat refugee camp, the location where Abbasi attempted to stab an Israeli soldier, is cut off from the rest of the city by the Israeli separation wall and a number of Jewish settlements, despite falling under city limits.
One of Abbasi's children, Issa Daoud Abbasi, has been detained in Israeli jails since 2010, sentenced to 10 years of prison.
Asab pointed out that Abbasi's prison sentence at Ramla jail brings the number of women prisoners from occupied East Jerusalem to four, out of the over twenty women currently held in Israeli jails.
Head of prisoner rights NGO Jerusalem Prisoners Families Committee, Amjad Abu Asab, said that Alia al-Sheikh Abbasi, 50, was detained on Jan. 2, 2012 in the the Shufat refugee camp checkpoint on allegations of attempting to stab an Israeli soldier.
She was released on Feb. 22, 2012 and transferred to house arrest, where she spent 38 months.
Abbasi's original sentence of 40 months in jail given by the Israeli central court of Jerusalem last year was reduced to 26 months of actual imprisonment after an appeal was presented to the Israeli High Court.
Alia Abbasi is a mother of six from the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, whose residents have Jerusalem residency cards but are not Israeli citizens, despite living under Israeli law.
Shuafat refugee camp, the location where Abbasi attempted to stab an Israeli soldier, is cut off from the rest of the city by the Israeli separation wall and a number of Jewish settlements, despite falling under city limits.
One of Abbasi's children, Issa Daoud Abbasi, has been detained in Israeli jails since 2010, sentenced to 10 years of prison.
Asab pointed out that Abbasi's prison sentence at Ramla jail brings the number of women prisoners from occupied East Jerusalem to four, out of the over twenty women currently held in Israeli jails.
journalist Amin Abu Warda
Israeli forces detained 31 Palestinians across Nablus overnight including 20 Hamas affiliates and several former prisoners.
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that more than 50 Israeli military vehicles raided Nablus around 2:00 a.m. Wednesday without informing the Palestinian Authority until already having entered the city.
Local sources added that Israeli forces raided the Balata refugee camp, al-Namsawi area, the Asira Street, the Old City and other neighborhoods across the city.
Witnesses also told Ma'an that dozens of Israeli soldiers raided the home of Abdullah al-Aker, 32, searching the house for three hours and confiscating 40 thousand shekels ($10,078), computers and mobiles.
The following were identified among those detained Wednesday: Said Dweikat, Nidal Abu Rmeileh, Wajih Abu Eida, Abdullah al-Aker, Hussam al-Bustami, journalist Amin Abu Wardeh, Omar Abd al-Wahhab, Amjad Abu Ghosh, Muhammad Sawalmeh, Zahi Abu Eida, Samih Eleiwi, Youssef Marshud, Abu Hamzeh al-Jurf, Ziad Mreish, Amjad Zamel, Sami al-Assi, Anan Futouh, Saad Khudrieh, Mona Abu Bakr al-Sayeh, Ahmad Sawalha, Omar Abd al-Wahhab, Omar Issa Atallah, Abu Hamzeh al-Jurf, Ghassan Abu al-Baraa, Fares and Ghanem Sawalmeh, Sheikh Bassem Abu Juneid and Jasser Abu Hamada.
Most of the detainees are former prisoners.
The Israeli army confirmed arresting 29 people, among them senior figures within the movement and former prisoners detained for involvement in Hamas activity, in a joint operation which involved soldiers, police, border police and the Shin Bet internal security service.
"The arrests took place following an increase of Hamas activity in the Nablus area with the aim of carrying out terror activity against Israel. The detainees that were involved in funding and direction of Hamas branches overseas were sent to the Shin Bet for interrogation," a statement said.
The sweep raised to 49 the number of Hamas activists arrested by Israel since April 1, the army said.
The reported lack of communication by Israeli forces to Palestinian security prior to Wednesday's raid marks a violation of internationally recognized policy regarding Palestinian autonomy in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli entrance into Area A -- the approximately 20 percent of the West Bank technically under full Palestinian control as a result of the Oslo Accords -- must be taken only in coordination with the PA.
Incidents of illegal Israeli incursion occur on a routine basis, with Israeli forces carrying out an average of 75 raids a week on occupied West Bank Palestinian neighborhoods and villages.
Israeli security forces have detained over 40 Palestinians in the last week across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem for "illegal activity."
The majority of Palestinian political organizations are considered illegal by Israel, including those that make up the PLO, and affiliation with such parties is often used as grounds for imprisonment, according to Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association Addameer.
As of April 1 there were 6,000 Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails, including 200 children, 23 women, 450 administrative detainees, and 14 legislative council members, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society.
Soldiers Kidnap 27 Palestinians In Nablus, 3 In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded various parts of the northern West Bank district of Nablus, stormed and violently searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 27 Palestinians, including a journalist. The army also kidnapped three Palestinians in the West Bank district of Bethlehem.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said dozens of armored Israeli military jeeps invaded Nablus, after sealing off several neighborhoods, and nearby towns, and broke into dozens of homes before violently searching them, causing excessive property damage.
The sources said the soldiers kidnapped Mona Abu Bakr as-Saeh, Husam Bastamy, Abdullah al-‘Aker, Ziad Mreish, Sa’ad Khadriyya, Amjad Abu Ghosh, Nidal Abu Rmeila, Sa’id Dweikat, Wajih Abu ‘Eadeh, Omar Issa Abdul-Wahab, Ahmad Tawfiq Sawalha, Samih Oleiwy, Anan Fattouh, Sami al-‘Aasy, Amjad Zamel, Jasser Abu Hamada, Bassem Abu Jneid, Fares Sawalma, Ghannam Sawalma, Bara’ Yahya Ayyash, Ghassan Khaled, Ghassan al-Jarf, Abu Hamza al-Jarf, Sami al-‘Aasy and journalist Amin Abu Warda.
In addition, soldiers invaded Husan town, west of Bethlehem, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped two teenagers identified as Rayyan Eyad Hamamra, 17, and Mohammad Jamal Zaghoul, 16 years of age.
Also in Bethlehem, soldiers invaded Doha town, and kidnapped a woman, identified as Nisreen Mohammad Hamida, 31, after storming and searching her home.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society said the kidnapped woman is a mother of three children, and that the soldiers violently searched the home, terrifying her children, and took her to an unknown destination.
Dozens of Hamas suspects arrested in Nablus overnight
Israeli forces detained 31 Palestinians across Nablus overnight including 20 Hamas affiliates and several former prisoners.
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that more than 50 Israeli military vehicles raided Nablus around 2:00 a.m. Wednesday without informing the Palestinian Authority until already having entered the city.
Local sources added that Israeli forces raided the Balata refugee camp, al-Namsawi area, the Asira Street, the Old City and other neighborhoods across the city.
Witnesses also told Ma'an that dozens of Israeli soldiers raided the home of Abdullah al-Aker, 32, searching the house for three hours and confiscating 40 thousand shekels ($10,078), computers and mobiles.
The following were identified among those detained Wednesday: Said Dweikat, Nidal Abu Rmeileh, Wajih Abu Eida, Abdullah al-Aker, Hussam al-Bustami, journalist Amin Abu Wardeh, Omar Abd al-Wahhab, Amjad Abu Ghosh, Muhammad Sawalmeh, Zahi Abu Eida, Samih Eleiwi, Youssef Marshud, Abu Hamzeh al-Jurf, Ziad Mreish, Amjad Zamel, Sami al-Assi, Anan Futouh, Saad Khudrieh, Mona Abu Bakr al-Sayeh, Ahmad Sawalha, Omar Abd al-Wahhab, Omar Issa Atallah, Abu Hamzeh al-Jurf, Ghassan Abu al-Baraa, Fares and Ghanem Sawalmeh, Sheikh Bassem Abu Juneid and Jasser Abu Hamada.
Most of the detainees are former prisoners.
The Israeli army confirmed arresting 29 people, among them senior figures within the movement and former prisoners detained for involvement in Hamas activity, in a joint operation which involved soldiers, police, border police and the Shin Bet internal security service.
"The arrests took place following an increase of Hamas activity in the Nablus area with the aim of carrying out terror activity against Israel. The detainees that were involved in funding and direction of Hamas branches overseas were sent to the Shin Bet for interrogation," a statement said.
The sweep raised to 49 the number of Hamas activists arrested by Israel since April 1, the army said.
The reported lack of communication by Israeli forces to Palestinian security prior to Wednesday's raid marks a violation of internationally recognized policy regarding Palestinian autonomy in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli entrance into Area A -- the approximately 20 percent of the West Bank technically under full Palestinian control as a result of the Oslo Accords -- must be taken only in coordination with the PA.
Incidents of illegal Israeli incursion occur on a routine basis, with Israeli forces carrying out an average of 75 raids a week on occupied West Bank Palestinian neighborhoods and villages.
Israeli security forces have detained over 40 Palestinians in the last week across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem for "illegal activity."
The majority of Palestinian political organizations are considered illegal by Israel, including those that make up the PLO, and affiliation with such parties is often used as grounds for imprisonment, according to Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association Addameer.
As of April 1 there were 6,000 Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails, including 200 children, 23 women, 450 administrative detainees, and 14 legislative council members, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society.
Soldiers Kidnap 27 Palestinians In Nablus, 3 In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded various parts of the northern West Bank district of Nablus, stormed and violently searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 27 Palestinians, including a journalist. The army also kidnapped three Palestinians in the West Bank district of Bethlehem.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said dozens of armored Israeli military jeeps invaded Nablus, after sealing off several neighborhoods, and nearby towns, and broke into dozens of homes before violently searching them, causing excessive property damage.
The sources said the soldiers kidnapped Mona Abu Bakr as-Saeh, Husam Bastamy, Abdullah al-‘Aker, Ziad Mreish, Sa’ad Khadriyya, Amjad Abu Ghosh, Nidal Abu Rmeila, Sa’id Dweikat, Wajih Abu ‘Eadeh, Omar Issa Abdul-Wahab, Ahmad Tawfiq Sawalha, Samih Oleiwy, Anan Fattouh, Sami al-‘Aasy, Amjad Zamel, Jasser Abu Hamada, Bassem Abu Jneid, Fares Sawalma, Ghannam Sawalma, Bara’ Yahya Ayyash, Ghassan Khaled, Ghassan al-Jarf, Abu Hamza al-Jarf, Sami al-‘Aasy and journalist Amin Abu Warda.
In addition, soldiers invaded Husan town, west of Bethlehem, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped two teenagers identified as Rayyan Eyad Hamamra, 17, and Mohammad Jamal Zaghoul, 16 years of age.
Also in Bethlehem, soldiers invaded Doha town, and kidnapped a woman, identified as Nisreen Mohammad Hamida, 31, after storming and searching her home.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society said the kidnapped woman is a mother of three children, and that the soldiers violently searched the home, terrifying her children, and took her to an unknown destination.
Dozens of Hamas suspects arrested in Nablus overnight
