13 apr 2020
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, seven Palestinians, including an elected legislator and former political prisoner, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of legislator Mohammad Abu Teir, 69 years of age, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted him.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Teir, from occupied Jerusalem, is a former political prisoner who spent more than 35 years in Israeli prisons. Last year, Abu Teir was abducted and imprisoned for seven months under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial.
Although he is a native of occupied Jerusalem, Abu Teir was forcibly exiled from the city ten years ago, and was never allowed back.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Ibrahim Abu Raddaha from his home in Betunia town, west of Ramallah, and Abdul-Jawad Omar Hamayel from al-Biereh nearby city.
The soldiers also invaded Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Mahmoud Nidal Salim and Mo’awiya Rayashiyya, from their homes.
In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Shadi Mohammad Hasasna, while Ahmad Mousa was abducted from his home in Nablus, in northern West Bank.
In related news, several armored military vehicles invaded many neighborhoods in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and drove around for a few hours before withdrawing.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of legislator Mohammad Abu Teir, 69 years of age, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted him.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Teir, from occupied Jerusalem, is a former political prisoner who spent more than 35 years in Israeli prisons. Last year, Abu Teir was abducted and imprisoned for seven months under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial.
Although he is a native of occupied Jerusalem, Abu Teir was forcibly exiled from the city ten years ago, and was never allowed back.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Ibrahim Abu Raddaha from his home in Betunia town, west of Ramallah, and Abdul-Jawad Omar Hamayel from al-Biereh nearby city.
The soldiers also invaded Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Mahmoud Nidal Salim and Mo’awiya Rayashiyya, from their homes.
In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Shadi Mohammad Hasasna, while Ahmad Mousa was abducted from his home in Nablus, in northern West Bank.
In related news, several armored military vehicles invaded many neighborhoods in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and drove around for a few hours before withdrawing.
12 apr 2020
Israeli troops abducted, on Sunday, a number of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, local media outlets reported.
According to Wafa News Agency, among those arrested is a Palestinian child in the Beit Ummar village, north of the West Bank city of Hebron.
Wafa quoted media activist, Mohamad Awwad, as saying “Israeli occupation troops stormed the Sah’b Alsir’ neighborhood, south of Beit Ummar and broke into civilian homes, before they arrested the 17-year-old child, Baha’ Raed.
Right after the arrest, the troops transferred Raed to the Karmi Etsour colonial Israeli settlement, which was erected on Palestinian-owned lands”.
Concurrently, local sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, said that Israeli troops abducted two young men, including one with special needs.
Mayor of Nahaleen village, Sobhi Zeidan, told Wafa that “Israeli troops abducted both Mohammad Taha, who suffers from speech disabilities, after having broken into his home”.
Zeidan added that some of the invading Israeli soldiers spit all over the floors and walls of Taha’s home.
Other local sources in Bethlehem confirmed that Israeli troops invaded and vandalized the home of another young man, identified as Diya’ Zaghloul, before abducting him from the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem city.
According to Wafa News Agency, among those arrested is a Palestinian child in the Beit Ummar village, north of the West Bank city of Hebron.
Wafa quoted media activist, Mohamad Awwad, as saying “Israeli occupation troops stormed the Sah’b Alsir’ neighborhood, south of Beit Ummar and broke into civilian homes, before they arrested the 17-year-old child, Baha’ Raed.
Right after the arrest, the troops transferred Raed to the Karmi Etsour colonial Israeli settlement, which was erected on Palestinian-owned lands”.
Concurrently, local sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, said that Israeli troops abducted two young men, including one with special needs.
Mayor of Nahaleen village, Sobhi Zeidan, told Wafa that “Israeli troops abducted both Mohammad Taha, who suffers from speech disabilities, after having broken into his home”.
Zeidan added that some of the invading Israeli soldiers spit all over the floors and walls of Taha’s home.
Other local sources in Bethlehem confirmed that Israeli troops invaded and vandalized the home of another young man, identified as Diya’ Zaghloul, before abducting him from the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem city.
Israeli occupation forces last night detained a Palestinian child after raiding his family's home in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the West Bank, said a local source.
The forces raided and searched several homes in the town before detaining Bahaa Ra'ed Meqbel, 17 years old. He was moved to the illegal Israeli colonial settlement of Karmi Tzour, nearby.
Israel is the only country to systematically detain and prosecute children below the age of 18, with about 190 Palestinian child detainees in its prison until today.
The forces raided and searched several homes in the town before detaining Bahaa Ra'ed Meqbel, 17 years old. He was moved to the illegal Israeli colonial settlement of Karmi Tzour, nearby.
Israel is the only country to systematically detain and prosecute children below the age of 18, with about 190 Palestinian child detainees in its prison until today.
The United States-based No Way to Treat a Child campaign has kick-started a petition online demanding the release of around 190 Palestinian child detainees in Israeli jails, at time of a growing coronavirus outbreak in Israel that has so far claimed the lives of about 103 people in Israel.
"We demand that Israeli authorities take immediate action to release all Palestinian child detainees in Israeli prisons and detention centers due to the increasing vulnerability created due to the rapid global spread of the COVID-19 virus and to safeguard their right to life, survival, development, and health in accordance with international law," the campaign said in its statement of the petition.
"There is no way Israeli prison authorities can ensure the health and well-being of Palestinian child detainees as long as they continue to be in a custodial detention setting," added the statement.
No Way to Treat a Child stressed the fact that Palestinian children imprisoned by Israeli authorities "live in close proximity to each other, often in compromised sanitary conditions, with ed access to resources to maintain minimum hygiene routines, according to documentation collected by DCIP."
The campaign added, "COVID-19's impact is exacerbated by these living conditions making Palestinian children in Israeli prisons and detention centers increasingly vulnerable… While international law demands that children only be detained as a measure of last resort, custodial pre-trial detention is the norm for Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces from the occupied West Bank."
It said four Palestinian prisoners detained at Israel's Megiddo prison – one of several detention facilities located inside Israel where Palestinian child "security prisoners" are held – have been placed in isolation after they were in contact with a COVID-19 positive Israeli officer.
The No Way to Treat a Child campaign seeks to challenge and end Israel's prolonged military occupation of Palestinians by exposing widespread and systematic ill-treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system. It is a joint project of Defense for Children International - Palestine and American Friends Service Committee.
"We demand that Israeli authorities take immediate action to release all Palestinian child detainees in Israeli prisons and detention centers due to the increasing vulnerability created due to the rapid global spread of the COVID-19 virus and to safeguard their right to life, survival, development, and health in accordance with international law," the campaign said in its statement of the petition.
"There is no way Israeli prison authorities can ensure the health and well-being of Palestinian child detainees as long as they continue to be in a custodial detention setting," added the statement.
No Way to Treat a Child stressed the fact that Palestinian children imprisoned by Israeli authorities "live in close proximity to each other, often in compromised sanitary conditions, with ed access to resources to maintain minimum hygiene routines, according to documentation collected by DCIP."
The campaign added, "COVID-19's impact is exacerbated by these living conditions making Palestinian children in Israeli prisons and detention centers increasingly vulnerable… While international law demands that children only be detained as a measure of last resort, custodial pre-trial detention is the norm for Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces from the occupied West Bank."
It said four Palestinian prisoners detained at Israel's Megiddo prison – one of several detention facilities located inside Israel where Palestinian child "security prisoners" are held – have been placed in isolation after they were in contact with a COVID-19 positive Israeli officer.
The No Way to Treat a Child campaign seeks to challenge and end Israel's prolonged military occupation of Palestinians by exposing widespread and systematic ill-treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system. It is a joint project of Defense for Children International - Palestine and American Friends Service Committee.
11 apr 2020
The Israeli occupation police on Friday evening physically assaulted a Palestinian young man on a road near Issawiya district in east Jerusalem.
A video circulated on social media showed a group of police officers savagely beating and subduing a young man at the eastern entrance to the district.
Recently, the Israeli police intensified their daily raids on homes and assaults on local residents in Issawiya despite the spread of coronavirus.
Israeli police forces, for long months, have been detaining hundreds of residents, including minors, issuing traffic tickets for spurious infractions, serving house demolition orders, blocking roads and committing different acts of provocation and violence.
Israeli Forces Shoot , Injure One Palestinian, Detain Another in Jerusalem
Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinians in the northwest of Jerusalem on Friday, wounding one young man and causing others to suffer the toxic effects of tear-gas.
Local sources told Quds News Network that Israeli forces shot the young man, 20, in the thigh, the young man, who remained unidentified at the time of this report was transferred to hospital in stable condition.
The young man was reportedly shot as he approached the apartheid wall in the village of Qatanna, in the Jerusalem District, southern occupied West Bank.
Meanwhile, on Friday, the Israeli police in al-‘Isawiya, attacked a Palestinian young man, brutally assaulting him at the entrance to the village, before arresting him.
A video circulated on social media showed a group of police officers savagely beating and subduing a young man at the eastern entrance to the district.
Recently, the Israeli police intensified their daily raids on homes and assaults on local residents in Issawiya despite the spread of coronavirus.
Israeli police forces, for long months, have been detaining hundreds of residents, including minors, issuing traffic tickets for spurious infractions, serving house demolition orders, blocking roads and committing different acts of provocation and violence.
Israeli Forces Shoot , Injure One Palestinian, Detain Another in Jerusalem
Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinians in the northwest of Jerusalem on Friday, wounding one young man and causing others to suffer the toxic effects of tear-gas.
Local sources told Quds News Network that Israeli forces shot the young man, 20, in the thigh, the young man, who remained unidentified at the time of this report was transferred to hospital in stable condition.
The young man was reportedly shot as he approached the apartheid wall in the village of Qatanna, in the Jerusalem District, southern occupied West Bank.
Meanwhile, on Friday, the Israeli police in al-‘Isawiya, attacked a Palestinian young man, brutally assaulting him at the entrance to the village, before arresting him.
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs on Saturday said that prisoner Mohamed al-Halabi suffers from poor health condition in Ramon jail.
According to his lawyer and family, the Commission explained that Halabi, a 42-year old civil engineer from Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, complains of severe pains in his head as well as hearing and eyesight problems, while Israeli jailers are still reluctant to provide him with medical care.
The Commission held the Israeli prison service fully responsible for the lives of Halabi and other prisoners who suffer from health problems, especially in such exceptional times as the coronavirus pandemic keeps spreading in Israel.
Halabi, who was working as director of World Vision (US charity) in Gaza before his arrest on June 15, 2016, has been brought before Israeli courts 135 times, according to the Commission.
The Israeli occupation authority has accused him of funneling money to the Palestinian resistance in Gaza during his work for the charity but failed to provide any physical evidence corroborating its claim.
The Israeli prosecutor’s failure to provide evidence against Halabi proves that the real motive behind Mohamed’s detention was to sever any support coming from the US to embattled Gaza.
World Vision Gaza director detained in Israel is in serious health condition from torture: commission
A Palestinian who worked with the American World Vision organization is in serious health condition due to torture by his Israeli interrogators, today said the Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission.
It said Mohammad Halabi, 42, from Jabalya refugee camp who was in charge of the Gaza Strip office of World Vision, is suffering from serious headaches and have lost hearing and may also lose sight in his eyes due to the torture he underwent after his arrest in Israel.
Halabi appeared in Israeli courts 135 times since his arrest in June 2016 under the pretext he was involved in transferring World Vision money to Palestinian political factions in Gaza. So far there is no tangible evidence proving this charge.
According to his lawyer and family, the Commission explained that Halabi, a 42-year old civil engineer from Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, complains of severe pains in his head as well as hearing and eyesight problems, while Israeli jailers are still reluctant to provide him with medical care.
The Commission held the Israeli prison service fully responsible for the lives of Halabi and other prisoners who suffer from health problems, especially in such exceptional times as the coronavirus pandemic keeps spreading in Israel.
Halabi, who was working as director of World Vision (US charity) in Gaza before his arrest on June 15, 2016, has been brought before Israeli courts 135 times, according to the Commission.
The Israeli occupation authority has accused him of funneling money to the Palestinian resistance in Gaza during his work for the charity but failed to provide any physical evidence corroborating its claim.
The Israeli prosecutor’s failure to provide evidence against Halabi proves that the real motive behind Mohamed’s detention was to sever any support coming from the US to embattled Gaza.
World Vision Gaza director detained in Israel is in serious health condition from torture: commission
A Palestinian who worked with the American World Vision organization is in serious health condition due to torture by his Israeli interrogators, today said the Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission.
It said Mohammad Halabi, 42, from Jabalya refugee camp who was in charge of the Gaza Strip office of World Vision, is suffering from serious headaches and have lost hearing and may also lose sight in his eyes due to the torture he underwent after his arrest in Israel.
Halabi appeared in Israeli courts 135 times since his arrest in June 2016 under the pretext he was involved in transferring World Vision money to Palestinian political factions in Gaza. So far there is no tangible evidence proving this charge.
10 apr 2020
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Thursday decided to keep Palestinian prisoner Rateb al-Bali, a resident of Jenin, for five months in administrative detention.
Al-Bali's father said the IOA decided to extend the detention of his son, who was waiting for his release, for five months.
Al-Bali's father added that his son was arrested eight and a half months ago, and he has been held in Israel's Megiddo jail ever since administratively without charge or trial.
Al-Bali's father said the IOA decided to extend the detention of his son, who was waiting for his release, for five months.
Al-Bali's father added that his son was arrested eight and a half months ago, and he has been held in Israel's Megiddo jail ever since administratively without charge or trial.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday raided several neighborhoods in Jerusalem amid heavy firing of live ammunition, tear gas canisters and stun grenades, and arrested four Palestinians.
Local sources said that the IOF stormed Abu Tayeh neighborhood in Silwan town and detained three Palestinian youths: Alaa Abu Tayeh, Mahmoud Abu Tayeh and Ahmad Abu Tayeh, after violently beating them.
The same sources reported that the IOF shot live ammunition in the air to disperse Palestinian citizens during the raid.
Meanwhile, the IOF raided al-Tur neighborhood and kidnapped a Palestinian young man identified as Mohammed Abu Ghannam.
Local residents said that the IOF heavily and randomly fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades at Palestinian homes. No injuries were reported.
Local sources said that the IOF stormed Abu Tayeh neighborhood in Silwan town and detained three Palestinian youths: Alaa Abu Tayeh, Mahmoud Abu Tayeh and Ahmad Abu Tayeh, after violently beating them.
The same sources reported that the IOF shot live ammunition in the air to disperse Palestinian citizens during the raid.
Meanwhile, the IOF raided al-Tur neighborhood and kidnapped a Palestinian young man identified as Mohammed Abu Ghannam.
Local residents said that the IOF heavily and randomly fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades at Palestinian homes. No injuries were reported.
