22 apr 2020
Palestinian residents of al-Sawahre village, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, today confronted Israeli soldiers who broke into their village to arrest family members of an alleged attacker, said a local official.
Residents confronted the soldiers near the home of Ibrahim Halaseh, 25, who was gunned down this morning after he allegedly rammed his car into an army checkpoint in the south of the West Bank and stabbed a soldier, said member of al-Sawahre village council Yunis Jafar.
The forces came to the Halaseh home to search his home and arrest family members, he said.
The Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and teargas at the stone-throwing youths, injuring some. One person was injured from broken glass after a bullet hit the windshield of his car and was rushed to hospital, said the Red Crescent.
Residents confronted the soldiers near the home of Ibrahim Halaseh, 25, who was gunned down this morning after he allegedly rammed his car into an army checkpoint in the south of the West Bank and stabbed a soldier, said member of al-Sawahre village council Yunis Jafar.
The forces came to the Halaseh home to search his home and arrest family members, he said.
The Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and teargas at the stone-throwing youths, injuring some. One person was injured from broken glass after a bullet hit the windshield of his car and was rushed to hospital, said the Red Crescent.
The Israeli army detained this morning at least five Palestinians in raids in the West Bank, according to sources.
Soldiers raided the town of Beit Awwa, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and detained one person.
Another, said to be 22 years of age, was detained in Hebron city after raiding his family home.
In the Ramallah area, soldiers raided Jalazoun refugee camp and detained one youth after raiding, searching and ransacking his family home.
They also detained two Birzeit University students after raiding their homes in Ramallah.
Soldiers raided the town of Beit Awwa, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and detained one person.
Another, said to be 22 years of age, was detained in Hebron city after raiding his family home.
In the Ramallah area, soldiers raided Jalazoun refugee camp and detained one youth after raiding, searching and ransacking his family home.
They also detained two Birzeit University students after raiding their homes in Ramallah.
Nour Jaber Barghouti, 23
A Palestinian prisoner serving an 8-year sentence for resisting the occupation has died in an Israeli jail this morning, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said in a statement that Nour Jaber Barghouti, 23, from Aboud town near Ramallah who has been in prison for four years, fell unconscious in the bathroom in the Naqab prison in the south of Israel.
It said it took the prison administration more than half an hour to provide Barghouti with medical assistance only after prisoners started to shout for assistance.
However, the prisoner was later pronounced dead, said the PPS, holding the Israel Prisons Service responsible for his death for not providing him with immediate assistance, but rather stalling which led to his death.
A Palestinian prisoner serving an 8-year sentence for resisting the occupation has died in an Israeli jail this morning, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said in a statement that Nour Jaber Barghouti, 23, from Aboud town near Ramallah who has been in prison for four years, fell unconscious in the bathroom in the Naqab prison in the south of Israel.
It said it took the prison administration more than half an hour to provide Barghouti with medical assistance only after prisoners started to shout for assistance.
However, the prisoner was later pronounced dead, said the PPS, holding the Israel Prisons Service responsible for his death for not providing him with immediate assistance, but rather stalling which led to his death.
21 apr 2020
Three brothers out five incarcerated in Israel from the Abu Hmeid family from Amari refugee camp in Ramallah have completed yesterday 18 years behind Israeli bars, today said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
Nasser, 48, Nasr, 46, and Sharif Abu Hmeid, 44, have been in jail since 2002 for resisting the occupation.
Nasser spent a total of 31 years in Israeli jails and the first time he got arrested he was only 13 years.
Nasr also spent a total of 28 years in jail and was 13 the first time of his arrest, while Sharif was 14 when he was first arrested and was in jail for nine years before his arrest in 2002.
Nasser was sentenced to seven life terms plus 50 years. Nasr was also sentenced to five life terms and has a son who was also arrested 10 months ago and is now in prison, while Sharif was sentenced to four life terms.
Two other brothers are also serving time in Israeli jails, said the PPS: Mohammad, 37, serving two life terms plus 30 years, and Islam, 34, arrested in 2018 and sentenced to one life term plus 8 years.
A sixth brother, Abdul Meniem was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in 1994.
At one point, the entire Abu Hmeid family members were in prison. The Israeli army had also demolished their home five times, the last of which was 2019.
Nasser, 48, Nasr, 46, and Sharif Abu Hmeid, 44, have been in jail since 2002 for resisting the occupation.
Nasser spent a total of 31 years in Israeli jails and the first time he got arrested he was only 13 years.
Nasr also spent a total of 28 years in jail and was 13 the first time of his arrest, while Sharif was 14 when he was first arrested and was in jail for nine years before his arrest in 2002.
Nasser was sentenced to seven life terms plus 50 years. Nasr was also sentenced to five life terms and has a son who was also arrested 10 months ago and is now in prison, while Sharif was sentenced to four life terms.
Two other brothers are also serving time in Israeli jails, said the PPS: Mohammad, 37, serving two life terms plus 30 years, and Islam, 34, arrested in 2018 and sentenced to one life term plus 8 years.
A sixth brother, Abdul Meniem was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in 1994.
At one point, the entire Abu Hmeid family members were in prison. The Israeli army had also demolished their home five times, the last of which was 2019.
The Hebrew media on Monday revealed that the Israeli military commander in the occupied West Bank recently signed a new decree considering the stipends paid to Palestinian prisoners “prohibited money.”
According to Israel’s channel seven, this military order will take effect as of May 9 and will allow Israel to confiscate prisoners’ stipends from banks or Palestinian citizens.
Meanwhile, the administration of an Israeli institute called Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) sent a message warning Palestinian banks against consequences if they dealt with money allocated to prisoners and urging them to close related bank accounts.
Senior PMW officials, including its director Itamar Marcus, had written to the heads of the different banks in the Palestinian Authority areas, warning them that if they continue to provide bank accounts through which the PA pays salaries to prisoners after May 9, they could face personal criminal liability as well as exposing their banks to civil law suits by what they called victims (Jewish settlers living in occupied territories).
According to Israel’s channel seven, this military order will take effect as of May 9 and will allow Israel to confiscate prisoners’ stipends from banks or Palestinian citizens.
Meanwhile, the administration of an Israeli institute called Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) sent a message warning Palestinian banks against consequences if they dealt with money allocated to prisoners and urging them to close related bank accounts.
Senior PMW officials, including its director Itamar Marcus, had written to the heads of the different banks in the Palestinian Authority areas, warning them that if they continue to provide bank accounts through which the PA pays salaries to prisoners after May 9, they could face personal criminal liability as well as exposing their banks to civil law suits by what they called victims (Jewish settlers living in occupied territories).
The Israeli military detained nine Palestinians in raids across the West Bank and shot and injured one, according to various Palestinian sources.
Soldiers shot and injured last night a youth from the village of Taqoa, southeast of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, and detained him, according to Palestinian security sources.
The reason for the shooting and the situation of the injured youth were not immediately known but Israel claimed he was getting ready to throw stones at settlers’ cars near the village when he was shot.
Today, the Israeli forces detained two Palestinian youths from the Bethlehem-area village of Nahalin, said the security sources, after raiding and searching their family homes.
The sources also said the army detained four Palestinians from the Hebron district, also in the south of the West Bank, including two from the city itself, one from nearby Sair and one from Beit Ummar, north of the city, who was released from prison six months ago after serving five years in jail for resisting the occupation.
In the north of the West Bank, soldiers detained two youths from the town of Yabad, southwest of Jenin, after raiding and searching their homes, according to local sources, and one more, a 17-year-old high school student, from the town of Faroun in the Tulkarm district also after raiding and searching his family home, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
Soldiers shot and injured last night a youth from the village of Taqoa, southeast of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, and detained him, according to Palestinian security sources.
The reason for the shooting and the situation of the injured youth were not immediately known but Israel claimed he was getting ready to throw stones at settlers’ cars near the village when he was shot.
Today, the Israeli forces detained two Palestinian youths from the Bethlehem-area village of Nahalin, said the security sources, after raiding and searching their family homes.
The sources also said the army detained four Palestinians from the Hebron district, also in the south of the West Bank, including two from the city itself, one from nearby Sair and one from Beit Ummar, north of the city, who was released from prison six months ago after serving five years in jail for resisting the occupation.
In the north of the West Bank, soldiers detained two youths from the town of Yabad, southwest of Jenin, after raiding and searching their homes, according to local sources, and one more, a 17-year-old high school student, from the town of Faroun in the Tulkarm district also after raiding and searching his family home, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
20 apr 2020
Israeli forces raided early this morning two towns in the south West Bank and detained at least five Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
Soldiers raided and searched homes in the town of Deir Samet, west of Hebron, and detained four people from the extended al-Hroub clan, all in their 20s. video
In the town of Taqoa, southeast of Bethlehem, soldiers raided and searched the family home of Mousa al-Amour, 22, and detained him, said PPS.
Israel has come under increasing criticism for continuing with the raid, search and arrest campaign in the occupied Palestinian territories in the time of the coronavirus pandemic.
Soldiers raided and searched homes in the town of Deir Samet, west of Hebron, and detained four people from the extended al-Hroub clan, all in their 20s. video
In the town of Taqoa, southeast of Bethlehem, soldiers raided and searched the family home of Mousa al-Amour, 22, and detained him, said PPS.
Israel has come under increasing criticism for continuing with the raid, search and arrest campaign in the occupied Palestinian territories in the time of the coronavirus pandemic.
18 apr 2020
The Israeli police on Friday imposed 35000 NIS fines on seven protesters.
The protesters were peacefully protesting against settlement in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that the Israeli police surrounded the Sheik Jarrah’s weekly anti-settlement, land-grabbing, and demolition vigil. video
The vigil was organized by seven activists, some of them are locals from the neighborhood, and imposed 35000 NIS fines on them (5000 NIS for each protester).
Wadi Hilweh Center quoted the protesters, who said that they adhered to all the Israeli conditions. There were only seven activists, they made sure to have a distance between them, and they were wearing face masks.
In another context, Israeli forces arrested four Palestinian young men from the Qanater neighborhood in the old city.
The protesters were peacefully protesting against settlement in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that the Israeli police surrounded the Sheik Jarrah’s weekly anti-settlement, land-grabbing, and demolition vigil. video
The vigil was organized by seven activists, some of them are locals from the neighborhood, and imposed 35000 NIS fines on them (5000 NIS for each protester).
Wadi Hilweh Center quoted the protesters, who said that they adhered to all the Israeli conditions. There were only seven activists, they made sure to have a distance between them, and they were wearing face masks.
In another context, Israeli forces arrested four Palestinian young men from the Qanater neighborhood in the old city.
An Israeli military court on Friday sentenced a 16-year-old Palestinian boy for 8 months in jail over stone-throwing claims.
The Israeli Salem military court on Friday sentenced Mustafa Husam Hantash (16 years old) to eight months in jail and imposed a 3000 NIS fine on him.
The Israeli army had arrested the teenager from his home town in Qalqilya on February 8, 2020, after accusing him of throwing stones at armed Israeli soldiers at the entrance to the city.
Israeli forces arrest Palestinian children from the West Bank and Jerusalem on a daily basis as part of its policy to impose sovereignty over the Palestinian territories.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army turns a blind eye, and sometimes backs, settlers’ attacks on native Palestinians and their property.
The Israeli Salem military court on Friday sentenced Mustafa Husam Hantash (16 years old) to eight months in jail and imposed a 3000 NIS fine on him.
The Israeli army had arrested the teenager from his home town in Qalqilya on February 8, 2020, after accusing him of throwing stones at armed Israeli soldiers at the entrance to the city.
Israeli forces arrest Palestinian children from the West Bank and Jerusalem on a daily basis as part of its policy to impose sovereignty over the Palestinian territories.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army turns a blind eye, and sometimes backs, settlers’ attacks on native Palestinians and their property.
Palestinian lawmaker Ahmed Attoun, an exile from Occupied Jerusalem, has said that Israel’s aggressive practices and measures against the Palestinian prisoners in its jails have escalated unprecedentedly in recent times.
In press remarks, Attoun described the arbitrary laws and measures pursued against the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails as “blatant violations of international law and tantamount to war crimes.”
“The issue of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is not an issue of numbers. They are people with feelings and hearts and have families and loved ones, but their tragedy is ongoing,” the lawmaker underlined.
He warned against dealing with the issue of the prisoners according to their geographical areas or their political affiliations, calling for dealing with it as a unifying issue and providing the prisoners and their families with financial support.
In press remarks, Attoun described the arbitrary laws and measures pursued against the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails as “blatant violations of international law and tantamount to war crimes.”
“The issue of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is not an issue of numbers. They are people with feelings and hearts and have families and loved ones, but their tragedy is ongoing,” the lawmaker underlined.
He warned against dealing with the issue of the prisoners according to their geographical areas or their political affiliations, calling for dealing with it as a unifying issue and providing the prisoners and their families with financial support.
The family of Palestinian prisoner Ayman al-Sharbati has appealed to all official and legal institutions to obtain information about his health and physical conditions in Israeli jails, saying he has been held incommunicado since last March.
For over 21 days, the family of prisoner Sharbati has known nothing about him, including his whereabouts.
The family expressed its concern over his health in light of the coronavirus spread.
Prisoner Sharbati set fire to the jailers’ room in the Nafha prison yard on March 26 in protest at depriving the prisoners of 140 items, including those used for cleaning, at the prison commissary and not taking any health measures to prevent a feared coronavirus outbreak in jails.
For over 21 days, the family of prisoner Sharbati has known nothing about him, including his whereabouts.
The family expressed its concern over his health in light of the coronavirus spread.
Prisoner Sharbati set fire to the jailers’ room in the Nafha prison yard on March 26 in protest at depriving the prisoners of 140 items, including those used for cleaning, at the prison commissary and not taking any health measures to prevent a feared coronavirus outbreak in jails.
