8 apr 2019

An Israeli court banned five Palestinians from entry to their homes located in the Silwan neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, for an entire month, on Monday.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the Israeli court ordered the release of five detained Palestinians upon strict conditions, which include being banned from their homes in the Silwan neighborhood for a month, house arrest for one week, and a financial bail of 5,000 shekels ($1,397) each.
The center said that the five Palestinians were detained In march and taken in for interrogation by Israeli forces.
The banned Palestinians were identified as Majd al-Awar, Saif Sarhan, Shadad al-Awar, and Mahmoud Najib al-Awar.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the Israeli court ordered the release of five detained Palestinians upon strict conditions, which include being banned from their homes in the Silwan neighborhood for a month, house arrest for one week, and a financial bail of 5,000 shekels ($1,397) each.
The center said that the five Palestinians were detained In march and taken in for interrogation by Israeli forces.
The banned Palestinians were identified as Majd al-Awar, Saif Sarhan, Shadad al-Awar, and Mahmoud Najib al-Awar.
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![]() Israeli police forces detained three Palestinian youths in the Old City of East Jerusalem, on Monday afternoon.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an that Oren Hazan, an Israeli Knesset member, stormed al-Wad Street in Jerusalem’s Old City, along with a group of Israeli settlers, and provoked Palestinian residents and shop owners in the area. video Sources pointed out that Hazan, who was escorted by heavily armed Israeli forces, repeatedly cursed the residents and shop owners. In addition, Israeli settlers verbally assaulted Palestinian youths in the street. |
Sources confirmed that three Palestinian youths were detained by Israeli forces during the verbal confrontations. They were identified as Aboud Abu Sbeih, Yasser Najib, and Ibrahim al-Zeytawi.

The military court of Ofer jail on Sunday sentenced Palestinian prisoner Islam Abu Hamid, from Am'ari refugee camp in Ramallah, to life in jail on a charge of causing the death of an Israeli soldier last year.
A Hebrew satellite channel said that the Ofer court convicted Abu Hamid for deliberately causing the death of an Israeli soldier after throwing a marble slab from a house’s third floor over his head.
The incident happened in May 2018 when Israeli soldiers stormed Am’ari camp and raided homes.
Last December, the Israeli occupation army demolished a four-story house belonging to the family of Abu Hamid as a punitive measure.
A Hebrew satellite channel said that the Ofer court convicted Abu Hamid for deliberately causing the death of an Israeli soldier after throwing a marble slab from a house’s third floor over his head.
The incident happened in May 2018 when Israeli soldiers stormed Am’ari camp and raided homes.
Last December, the Israeli occupation army demolished a four-story house belonging to the family of Abu Hamid as a punitive measure.

Several Palestinian citizens from the Gaza Strip were able on Monday morning to visit their relatives in an Israeli jail.
Spokesman for the Red Cross Suhair Zaqqout told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that 26 citizens, including five children, were able to visit 17 of their relatives in the Nafha jail in the Negev desert.
The Hamas-affiliated prisoners, who are from Gaza, are still deprived of seeing their families.
There are about 7,000 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, in different Israeli jails.
Spokesman for the Red Cross Suhair Zaqqout told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that 26 citizens, including five children, were able to visit 17 of their relatives in the Nafha jail in the Negev desert.
The Hamas-affiliated prisoners, who are from Gaza, are still deprived of seeing their families.
There are about 7,000 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, in different Israeli jails.

Leaders of Palestinian prisoners have been conducting ongoing negotiations on their demands with officials from the Israeli prison service and the intelligence for over 75 hours, according to Wa’ed Society for Detainees and Ex-Detainees.
In a statement on Monday, Wa’ed Society said there was progress in important points regarding the prisoners’ demands, adding that top representatives of the prisoners engaged in the talks with Israeli jailers.
It affirmed that the leaders of the prisoners would start the open-ended hunger strike, which they had announced earlier, immediately if they felt that the Israeli side was procrastinating over their demands.
In a statement on Monday, Wa’ed Society said there was progress in important points regarding the prisoners’ demands, adding that top representatives of the prisoners engaged in the talks with Israeli jailers.
It affirmed that the leaders of the prisoners would start the open-ended hunger strike, which they had announced earlier, immediately if they felt that the Israeli side was procrastinating over their demands.

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, many Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked dozens of homes, and abducted at least nineteen Palestinians, in addition to wounding several others, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Bassem Tamimi, 15, Moayyad Hamza Tamimi, 20 Abdul-Fattah Hamed, Tareq Khdeira and Mohammad Abu Safiyya, 16.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Safiyya was recently injured by army fire in his leg and shoulder and is still recovering from his wounds.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, Qassam Riyad Bodeir, 30, in addition to Bassel Essam Aref, 19, who studies at the Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie.
In Qalqilia, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Yazan Ma’an Salim, 25, and Morad Saleh Nofal, 42, from Jayyous village.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Mustafa al-Qneizi, Ayham Fakhri Salit and Abdul-Aziz Bassam Abu ‘Obeid, from Jenin refugee camp, and caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation during ensuing protests.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Omar Abdul-Mahdi Shawar, and former political prisoner Ammar al-Qawasmi, from Hebron city, in southern West Bank, in addition to Yazan Qassem ar-Ra’ey, 19, from the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.
The soldiers also abducted Mohammad Marwan Jaradat, Bassam Hijazi Jaradat, from Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron, and Talal Khalil Najjar, from Yatta town, south of the city.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed roadblocks at the entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Jericho, the soldiers abducted Khader Jamal al-Haddad.
The PPS office in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Bassem Tamimi, 15, Moayyad Hamza Tamimi, 20 Abdul-Fattah Hamed, Tareq Khdeira and Mohammad Abu Safiyya, 16.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Safiyya was recently injured by army fire in his leg and shoulder and is still recovering from his wounds.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, Qassam Riyad Bodeir, 30, in addition to Bassel Essam Aref, 19, who studies at the Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie.
In Qalqilia, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Yazan Ma’an Salim, 25, and Morad Saleh Nofal, 42, from Jayyous village.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Mustafa al-Qneizi, Ayham Fakhri Salit and Abdul-Aziz Bassam Abu ‘Obeid, from Jenin refugee camp, and caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation during ensuing protests.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Omar Abdul-Mahdi Shawar, and former political prisoner Ammar al-Qawasmi, from Hebron city, in southern West Bank, in addition to Yazan Qassem ar-Ra’ey, 19, from the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.
The soldiers also abducted Mohammad Marwan Jaradat, Bassam Hijazi Jaradat, from Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron, and Talal Khalil Najjar, from Yatta town, south of the city.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed roadblocks at the entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Jericho, the soldiers abducted Khader Jamal al-Haddad.

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday before dawn, Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted a child, identified as Mohammad Bassem Tamimi, 15, after breaking into the property and searching it. video
As the child was getting dressed to go with the soldiers, his mother Nariman Tamimi was talking to him, telling him to remain silent, not to talk with the interrogators without legal representation, and not to sign anything they try to get him to sign.
The soldiers violently searched the property, removing and displacing furniture and belongings, and after briefly allowing him to hug his family members. Then the child was taken away by the soldiers.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded the home of Mahmoud Tamimi, a member of the Popular Committee against The Wall and Colonies, in the village, and violently searched it.
The soldiers also abducted another Palestinian, identified as Moayyad Hamza Tamimi, after invading his home and searching it.
|Ahed Tamimi Released from Israeli Prison, Along with Her Mother|
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Sira village, west of Ramallah, and used a drone to film protesters.
The soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters.
The 15-year old Mohammad is just the latest member of the Tamimi family to be targeted by Israeli forces, for the family’s reputation of being organizers of the non-violent resistance movement in Nabi Saleh.
The teen Ahed Tamimi gained worldwide recognition for videos showing her as a young girl standing up to Israeli soldiers and, this past year, slapping a soldier who was invaded her yard hours after shooting her cousin in the head.
Her 15-year old cousin Mohammad lost part of his frontal lobe and faced cranial swelling and brain injury after he was shot in the head.
For that act, she was arrested and put in military prison for more than six months. Her mother was arrested and put in prison as well.
After her imprisonment, Israeli Deputy Knesset Speaker Bezalel Smotrich wrote on Twitter, “In my opinion, she should have gotten a bullet, at least in the kneecap”.
In June 2018, 21-year old family member Izz al-Deen Tamimi was shot dead by Israeli soldiers after allegedly throwing a stone at invading soldiers.
Nabi Saleh has been an ongoing site of struggle against the occupation and the policy of illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank.
This interview with Manal Tamimi reveals the extent of Israeli army violence, repression and harassment the people of the village face.
As the child was getting dressed to go with the soldiers, his mother Nariman Tamimi was talking to him, telling him to remain silent, not to talk with the interrogators without legal representation, and not to sign anything they try to get him to sign.
The soldiers violently searched the property, removing and displacing furniture and belongings, and after briefly allowing him to hug his family members. Then the child was taken away by the soldiers.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded the home of Mahmoud Tamimi, a member of the Popular Committee against The Wall and Colonies, in the village, and violently searched it.
The soldiers also abducted another Palestinian, identified as Moayyad Hamza Tamimi, after invading his home and searching it.
|Ahed Tamimi Released from Israeli Prison, Along with Her Mother|
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Sira village, west of Ramallah, and used a drone to film protesters.
The soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters.
The 15-year old Mohammad is just the latest member of the Tamimi family to be targeted by Israeli forces, for the family’s reputation of being organizers of the non-violent resistance movement in Nabi Saleh.
The teen Ahed Tamimi gained worldwide recognition for videos showing her as a young girl standing up to Israeli soldiers and, this past year, slapping a soldier who was invaded her yard hours after shooting her cousin in the head.
Her 15-year old cousin Mohammad lost part of his frontal lobe and faced cranial swelling and brain injury after he was shot in the head.
For that act, she was arrested and put in military prison for more than six months. Her mother was arrested and put in prison as well.
After her imprisonment, Israeli Deputy Knesset Speaker Bezalel Smotrich wrote on Twitter, “In my opinion, she should have gotten a bullet, at least in the kneecap”.
In June 2018, 21-year old family member Izz al-Deen Tamimi was shot dead by Israeli soldiers after allegedly throwing a stone at invading soldiers.
Nabi Saleh has been an ongoing site of struggle against the occupation and the policy of illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank.
This interview with Manal Tamimi reveals the extent of Israeli army violence, repression and harassment the people of the village face.
7 apr 2019

An Israeli court on Sunday sentenced three Palestinian fishermen to several years in prison on different charges.
According to a Hebrew satellite channel, a court in Beersheba sentenced two Gazan fishermen to eight and 13 years in jail on allegations of smuggling explosive materials into Gaza.
One of the fisherman was also accused of intending to detonate a hand grenade and watching the maritime border with Israel.
The same court also sentenced another fishermen to 23 months in jails for participating in a protest boat rally held recently in Gaza waters as part of the March of Return activities.
According to a Hebrew satellite channel, a court in Beersheba sentenced two Gazan fishermen to eight and 13 years in jail on allegations of smuggling explosive materials into Gaza.
One of the fisherman was also accused of intending to detonate a hand grenade and watching the maritime border with Israel.
The same court also sentenced another fishermen to 23 months in jails for participating in a protest boat rally held recently in Gaza waters as part of the March of Return activities.

Officials from the Israeli prison service (IPS) and the intelligence on Sunday engaged in negotiations with leaders of prisoners a few hours after the latter started an open-ended hunger strike to pressure jailers to respond to their demands.
According the Hebrew media, a negotiation team of IPS and intelligence officials have been sent to several jails to negotiate with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad on halting their hunger strike in exchange for responding to their demands gradually.
The talks between the jailers and prisoners started about the cellphone jammers installed recently in jails and family visits.
Israel's Channel 13 noted that the prisoners affirmed during the talks that their issue was one of the recent truce understandings reached between the Palestinians in Gaza and Israel.
According the Hebrew media, a negotiation team of IPS and intelligence officials have been sent to several jails to negotiate with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad on halting their hunger strike in exchange for responding to their demands gradually.
The talks between the jailers and prisoners started about the cellphone jammers installed recently in jails and family visits.
Israel's Channel 13 noted that the prisoners affirmed during the talks that their issue was one of the recent truce understandings reached between the Palestinians in Gaza and Israel.

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, at least five Palestinians, including a deaf young man who was also assaulted by the soldiers, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Hebron, in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in the governorate, and abducted M0ohannad Mahmoud Jaradat, 20, who is also a deaf young man, in addition to Hamza Mousa Darabea.
The PPS added that the soldiers assaulted Jaradat, causing cuts and bruises, before abducting him.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Shoufa village, southeast of the city, searched homes and abducted Essam Ibrahim Hamed, 33.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Hizma town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and abducted Ahmad ‘Ayed Salaheddin, in addition to Mousa Rajabi, who was taken prisoner after the soldiers stormed his home and work in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of Jerusalem.
The PPS office in Hebron, in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in the governorate, and abducted M0ohannad Mahmoud Jaradat, 20, who is also a deaf young man, in addition to Hamza Mousa Darabea.
The PPS added that the soldiers assaulted Jaradat, causing cuts and bruises, before abducting him.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Shoufa village, southeast of the city, searched homes and abducted Essam Ibrahim Hamed, 33.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Hizma town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and abducted Ahmad ‘Ayed Salaheddin, in addition to Mousa Rajabi, who was taken prisoner after the soldiers stormed his home and work in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of Jerusalem.

Israeli forces detained more than 6,000 Palestinian children since 2015, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS), on Sunday.
PPS said in a statement marking the Palestinian Children's Day, that 98% of the children held had been subjected to psychological and/or physical abuse while in Israeli custody.
PPS said Israeli forces detained dozens of Palestinian minors after shooting and injuring them either with live ammunition or rubber-coated steel bullets.
Children living in occupied East Jerusalem are the most targeted, with dozens facing arrests more than one time a month, particularly during periods of heightened tensions, such as the Bab al-Rahma (Gate of Mercy) protests in March.
PPS added that minors were detained during night raids are transferred to interrogation and detention centers, where they are subjected to physical assaults, and being deprived of food and water for several hours.
PPS also confirmed that the children's right to have one parent or guardian present during their interrogation is often neglected and children are often forced to sign statements written in the Hebrew language, which they cannot read or understand.
“The conditions have left released children suffering from nightmares, insomnia, decline in school achievement and reacting aggressively with their environment and society,” PPS stressed.
PPS urged international human rights organizations, including UNICEF, to take “effective action against the violations committed against children who are detained by Israeli forces.”
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,450 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including 205 minors, 32 of whom under 16 years old.
PPS said in a statement marking the Palestinian Children's Day, that 98% of the children held had been subjected to psychological and/or physical abuse while in Israeli custody.
PPS said Israeli forces detained dozens of Palestinian minors after shooting and injuring them either with live ammunition or rubber-coated steel bullets.
Children living in occupied East Jerusalem are the most targeted, with dozens facing arrests more than one time a month, particularly during periods of heightened tensions, such as the Bab al-Rahma (Gate of Mercy) protests in March.
PPS added that minors were detained during night raids are transferred to interrogation and detention centers, where they are subjected to physical assaults, and being deprived of food and water for several hours.
PPS also confirmed that the children's right to have one parent or guardian present during their interrogation is often neglected and children are often forced to sign statements written in the Hebrew language, which they cannot read or understand.
“The conditions have left released children suffering from nightmares, insomnia, decline in school achievement and reacting aggressively with their environment and society,” PPS stressed.
PPS urged international human rights organizations, including UNICEF, to take “effective action against the violations committed against children who are detained by Israeli forces.”
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,450 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including 205 minors, 32 of whom under 16 years old.

The Palestinian Detainee’s Committee has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, in March alone, at least 34 children, some of them were assaulted and tortured, in addition to imposing severe fines on them and their families.
The Committee stated that Israeli courts have imposed more than 37.000 Shekels on fines on the detained children, and added that they were moved to Ofer prison, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
It said that the army abducted twenty Palestinian children from their homes, after the soldiers stormed and ransacked them, mainly during the night or at dawn, in addition to 11 children who were taken prisoner after being stopped by the soldiers in the streets, one who was abducted at a military roadblock, one for entering Jerusalem without a permit, and one after summoning him for interrogation.
One of the detained children was shot and injured by the soldiers prior to his abduction, and at several others who were repeatedly assaulted after their abduction and during interrogation.
Israeli courts also imposed prison sentences of 19 Palestinian children, for various periods ranging between 31 days and twelve months, in addition to Mustafa Abu Ghosh, who is held under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial.
The Committee added that Israel is holding captive 114 Palestinian children in Ofer prison and said that Israeli courts constantly impose high fines on the detained children, in addition to denying them basic rights.
Furthermore, the Committee stated that the children in Section 13 of Ofer prison started complaining from migraines after Israel installed signal jammers that apparently have high frequency.
The Committee stated that Israeli courts have imposed more than 37.000 Shekels on fines on the detained children, and added that they were moved to Ofer prison, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
It said that the army abducted twenty Palestinian children from their homes, after the soldiers stormed and ransacked them, mainly during the night or at dawn, in addition to 11 children who were taken prisoner after being stopped by the soldiers in the streets, one who was abducted at a military roadblock, one for entering Jerusalem without a permit, and one after summoning him for interrogation.
One of the detained children was shot and injured by the soldiers prior to his abduction, and at several others who were repeatedly assaulted after their abduction and during interrogation.
Israeli courts also imposed prison sentences of 19 Palestinian children, for various periods ranging between 31 days and twelve months, in addition to Mustafa Abu Ghosh, who is held under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial.
The Committee added that Israel is holding captive 114 Palestinian children in Ofer prison and said that Israeli courts constantly impose high fines on the detained children, in addition to denying them basic rights.
Furthermore, the Committee stated that the children in Section 13 of Ofer prison started complaining from migraines after Israel installed signal jammers that apparently have high frequency.

Following a 40-day ban order from Israeli authorities, Waqf Council chairman, Sheikh Abd al-Athim Salhab, returned to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday.
Local sources confirmed that Salhab returned to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to perform prayers.
In early March, Salhab, along with other top Waqf officials, was banned by Israeli forces as a result of playing an important role in the reopening of the al-Rahma Gate (Mercy Gate), one of the Al-Aqsa Mosque gates, by opening the doors of the hall to allow worshipers to perform Friday prayers inside.
The al-Rahma Gate is a big building that lays to the east of the Al-Aqsa, the Israeli authorities sealed the building in 2003 as it was the headquarters of the Islamic Heritage Committee; Israel had said at the time that the building was being used for political activities. In 2017, an Israeli court ordered that the building be closed until a further notice.
Local sources confirmed that Salhab returned to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to perform prayers.
In early March, Salhab, along with other top Waqf officials, was banned by Israeli forces as a result of playing an important role in the reopening of the al-Rahma Gate (Mercy Gate), one of the Al-Aqsa Mosque gates, by opening the doors of the hall to allow worshipers to perform Friday prayers inside.
The al-Rahma Gate is a big building that lays to the east of the Al-Aqsa, the Israeli authorities sealed the building in 2003 as it was the headquarters of the Islamic Heritage Committee; Israel had said at the time that the building was being used for political activities. In 2017, an Israeli court ordered that the building be closed until a further notice.

About 1,400 Palestinian prisoners are prepared to commence a mass open hunger strike against the deteriorating situation in various Israeli prisons, unless Israel Prison Services (IPS) accept their basic demands, on Sunday.
The Palestinian Prisoners and Former Prisoners’ Affairs Committee confirmed that unless Israel responds to the demands put forward by the Palestinian prisoners, about 1,400 prisoners will begin an open hunger strike, with another group joining the hunger strike on April 17th, and then another group may join on May 1st.
The committee said that the situation inside Israeli prisons deteriorated since the IPS installed electronic jamming devices in several prisons, which are believed to have an impact on their health, including dizziness, headaches, and links to cancer.
The jamming devices also prevent the prisoners from watching television shows and listening to the radio.
The committee confirmed that the prisoners said that “any deal must guarantee a dignified life, as well as maintenance of our rights,” noting they will not accept a deal that does not include the removal of these jamming devices.
The prisoners also demanded that the IPS installs public phones in the courtyards that would allow them to contact their families and to take back punitive measures the IPS imposed on the prisoners in the Negev and Rimon prisons.
Some of these punitive measures included regular raids of their cells, assaults, destruction and seizure of personal belonging, solitary confinement, heavy fines, and family visit ban.
The Palestinian Prisoners and Former Prisoners’ Affairs Committee confirmed that unless Israel responds to the demands put forward by the Palestinian prisoners, about 1,400 prisoners will begin an open hunger strike, with another group joining the hunger strike on April 17th, and then another group may join on May 1st.
The committee said that the situation inside Israeli prisons deteriorated since the IPS installed electronic jamming devices in several prisons, which are believed to have an impact on their health, including dizziness, headaches, and links to cancer.
The jamming devices also prevent the prisoners from watching television shows and listening to the radio.
The committee confirmed that the prisoners said that “any deal must guarantee a dignified life, as well as maintenance of our rights,” noting they will not accept a deal that does not include the removal of these jamming devices.
The prisoners also demanded that the IPS installs public phones in the courtyards that would allow them to contact their families and to take back punitive measures the IPS imposed on the prisoners in the Negev and Rimon prisons.
Some of these punitive measures included regular raids of their cells, assaults, destruction and seizure of personal belonging, solitary confinement, heavy fines, and family visit ban.

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, the home of a Palestinian woman, the head of a local society for women and democracy, in occupied East Jerusalem, and summoned her for interrogation.
The soldiers invaded Sur Baher town, southeast of Jerusalem, stormed and ransacked the home of Zohour Abu Mayyala, the head of “Women For Life and Democracy” society and summoned her for interrogation.
Abu Mayyala is active in women’s rights and equality, and a known nonviolent activist in defending Palestinian rights in the occupied city.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the home of Sheikh Mousa Odah, in the al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and violently search the property before summoning him for interrogation.
The Palestinian is a former political prisoner who was frequently detained and imprisoned by Israel, in addition to being repeatedly denied access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for various periods of time.
The soldiers invaded Sur Baher town, southeast of Jerusalem, stormed and ransacked the home of Zohour Abu Mayyala, the head of “Women For Life and Democracy” society and summoned her for interrogation.
Abu Mayyala is active in women’s rights and equality, and a known nonviolent activist in defending Palestinian rights in the occupied city.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the home of Sheikh Mousa Odah, in the al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and violently search the property before summoning him for interrogation.
The Palestinian is a former political prisoner who was frequently detained and imprisoned by Israel, in addition to being repeatedly denied access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for various periods of time.

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, two Palestinians from Sa’ir and Doura towns, northeast and south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and installed a roadblock at the entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron, and abducted Mohannad Mahmoud Jaradat, 20.
They added that the soldiers also searched homes in Doura town, south of Hebron, and abducted Hamza Mousa Darabea’.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the home of a political prisoner, identified as Ali Salhab, in Hebron city, and violently searched it.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron, and abducted Mohannad Mahmoud Jaradat, 20.
They added that the soldiers also searched homes in Doura town, south of Hebron, and abducted Hamza Mousa Darabea’.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the home of a political prisoner, identified as Ali Salhab, in Hebron city, and violently searched it.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.