6 aug 2013
Nahidh al-Aqra
Two sick Palestinian prisoners have attempted to commit suicide, a lawyer from the Palestinian Authority's ministry of prisoners affairs said Tuesday.
Hanan al-Khatib said in a ministry statement that Mansour Muqada from Salfit in the central West Bank and Nahidh al-Aqra from the Gaza Strip swallowed more than 40 unspecified pills at Ramle prison clinic.
The patients were immediately transferred to Assaf Harofeh Medical Center near Tel Aviv where their stomachs were pumped, according to the lawyer.
Al-Khatib said the prisoners were disappointed after their cases were not included in the ongoing negotiations with the Israeli government seeking to free detainees ahead of resuming peace talks. She explained that Mansour Muqada suffered from hemiplegia and was serving a life term. The other prisoner, Nahidh al-Aqra, is serving three life sentences and has lost his feet.
Two sick Palestinian prisoners have attempted to commit suicide, a lawyer from the Palestinian Authority's ministry of prisoners affairs said Tuesday.
Hanan al-Khatib said in a ministry statement that Mansour Muqada from Salfit in the central West Bank and Nahidh al-Aqra from the Gaza Strip swallowed more than 40 unspecified pills at Ramle prison clinic.
The patients were immediately transferred to Assaf Harofeh Medical Center near Tel Aviv where their stomachs were pumped, according to the lawyer.
Al-Khatib said the prisoners were disappointed after their cases were not included in the ongoing negotiations with the Israeli government seeking to free detainees ahead of resuming peace talks. She explained that Mansour Muqada suffered from hemiplegia and was serving a life term. The other prisoner, Nahidh al-Aqra, is serving three life sentences and has lost his feet.
Mansour Muqada
Eighteen seriously ill Palestinian prisoners have been hospitalized at Ramle prison clinic, according to the lawyer. She said they expected the PA to include their cases in any possible future attempts to get Israel to release Palestinian prisoners.
They sent a letter to President Mahmoud Abbas urging him to prioritize their cases in any talks to release prisoners. The letter highlighted that sick prisoners were excluded from the prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas.
“We were ignored in the Shalit deal, and we don’t want current talks to ignore us too. Death has become easier than living with sickness aggravated in our bodies,” the letter read.
A spokesman for the Israel Prison Service did not immediately return calls
Eighteen seriously ill Palestinian prisoners have been hospitalized at Ramle prison clinic, according to the lawyer. She said they expected the PA to include their cases in any possible future attempts to get Israel to release Palestinian prisoners.
They sent a letter to President Mahmoud Abbas urging him to prioritize their cases in any talks to release prisoners. The letter highlighted that sick prisoners were excluded from the prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas.
“We were ignored in the Shalit deal, and we don’t want current talks to ignore us too. Death has become easier than living with sickness aggravated in our bodies,” the letter read.
A spokesman for the Israel Prison Service did not immediately return calls
Israeli police assaulted late Monday two Palestinian minors and arrested a third following a raid of the East Jerusalem neighborhood Silwan, Wadi Hilweh Information Center said Tuesday.
It said an undercover Israeli unit surprised the minors while they were on their way home attacking two before arresting a third.
Members of the unit also attacked families who intervened on behalf of the children.
It said an undercover Israeli unit surprised the minors while they were on their way home attacking two before arresting a third.
Members of the unit also attacked families who intervened on behalf of the children.
[Tuesday at dawn, August 6, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians.
Local sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, have reported that the soldiers invaded Beta village, east of the city, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped one resident identified as Waddah Khaled Dweikat, 25.
Several military vehicles also invaded Sorra village, south of Nablus, and kidnapped one resident identified as Ali Ahmad Toraby, 31.
Soldiers also invaded Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus, and kidnapped one resident identified as Lu’ay Adly Hamed, 27, while another resident identified as Hisham Allan, 30, was kidnapped in Einabous village, south of the city.
Local sources in Zawata village, north west of Nablus, have reported that various armored military jeeps invaded the village, and kidnapped one resident identified as Bara’ Kamal Abu Amsha.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped one resident identified as Osama Yousef Sabah, 23, after breaking into his home in the Southern Neighborhood.
In Bethlehem, soldiers invaded Ertas village, and surrounded the home of resident Issa Odah Dabah, before breaking into the property and kidnapping his son Hamza, 21.
Also in Bethlehem, several armored military jeeps invaded Teqoua’ village, east of the city, and kidnapped one resident identified as Mohammad Ribhi Al-‘Amour, 21.
Another resident, identified as Mohammad Nasser Sabah, 18, was handed a warrant ordering him to head to the Etzion military base for interrogation.
Several soldiers also invaded the home of Hatem Sabah, head of the Teqoua’ village council, and violently searched the property.
Furthermore, army invaded Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and the Al-Arroub refugee camp, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including two children.
Local sources have reported that resident Omar Nafez Abu Sneina was kidnapped in the Old City of Hebron, while residents Ayman Hareen, 20, Samir Mustafa Abu Warda, 14, and Ehab Yasser Hassan, 15, were kidnapped in the Al-Arroub refugee camp.
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, reported Monday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 154 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and five Palestinians in Gaza, last month.
The center added that one Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli military fire.
Local sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, have reported that the soldiers invaded Beta village, east of the city, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped one resident identified as Waddah Khaled Dweikat, 25.
Several military vehicles also invaded Sorra village, south of Nablus, and kidnapped one resident identified as Ali Ahmad Toraby, 31.
Soldiers also invaded Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus, and kidnapped one resident identified as Lu’ay Adly Hamed, 27, while another resident identified as Hisham Allan, 30, was kidnapped in Einabous village, south of the city.
Local sources in Zawata village, north west of Nablus, have reported that various armored military jeeps invaded the village, and kidnapped one resident identified as Bara’ Kamal Abu Amsha.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped one resident identified as Osama Yousef Sabah, 23, after breaking into his home in the Southern Neighborhood.
In Bethlehem, soldiers invaded Ertas village, and surrounded the home of resident Issa Odah Dabah, before breaking into the property and kidnapping his son Hamza, 21.
Also in Bethlehem, several armored military jeeps invaded Teqoua’ village, east of the city, and kidnapped one resident identified as Mohammad Ribhi Al-‘Amour, 21.
Another resident, identified as Mohammad Nasser Sabah, 18, was handed a warrant ordering him to head to the Etzion military base for interrogation.
Several soldiers also invaded the home of Hatem Sabah, head of the Teqoua’ village council, and violently searched the property.
Furthermore, army invaded Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and the Al-Arroub refugee camp, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including two children.
Local sources have reported that resident Omar Nafez Abu Sneina was kidnapped in the Old City of Hebron, while residents Ayman Hareen, 20, Samir Mustafa Abu Warda, 14, and Ehab Yasser Hassan, 15, were kidnapped in the Al-Arroub refugee camp.
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, reported Monday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 154 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and five Palestinians in Gaza, last month.
The center added that one Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli military fire.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) sentenced Hamas leader Bakr Bilal to 14 months behind bars on charges of participation in Hamas activities. Ahmed Beitawi, a researcher with Tadamun foundation for human rights, said on Tuesday that Salem military court passed the sentence against the Nablus-based leader.
He noted that Israeli occupation forces arrested Bilal, 48, on 4/2/2013 from his home west of Nablus city. He added that Bilal’s son Saeed was also detained since 18/11/2012 and is serving an 11-month sentence.
Beitawi recalled that Bilal was previously held by the IOA and served seven years in Israeli jails en aggregate.
The researcher said that two of Bilal’s brothers, Muadh and Othman, were serving life sentences in Israeli jails while a third brother, Obada, was released and deported to Gaza within the Shalit prisoners’ exchange deal.
He noted that Israeli occupation forces arrested Bilal, 48, on 4/2/2013 from his home west of Nablus city. He added that Bilal’s son Saeed was also detained since 18/11/2012 and is serving an 11-month sentence.
Beitawi recalled that Bilal was previously held by the IOA and served seven years in Israeli jails en aggregate.
The researcher said that two of Bilal’s brothers, Muadh and Othman, were serving life sentences in Israeli jails while a third brother, Obada, was released and deported to Gaza within the Shalit prisoners’ exchange deal.
Twelve Palestinian and Jordanian detainees are staging a hunger strike in Israeli prisons, including 9 prisoners held in hospitals, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said. Administrative detainee Ayman Hamdan, who has gone the longest without food, has refused food for over 100 days, in addition to Imad Batran who declared hunger strike since 91 days in protest of their detention without trial or charge.
The PPS pointed out that the five Jordanian prisoners, who launched their hunger strike since early May demanding their release from Israeli prisons so that they can serve their sentences in Jordanian prisons, are all held in Soroka hospital while the prisoner Adel Harbiyat, 76 days on hunger strike, is being held in Kaplan hospital. .
Meanwhile, the two brothers Ayman and Mohammed Etbaish continued their hunger strike for 76 and 67 days respectively to protest their administrative detention.
The Jerusalemite prisoner Hossam Matar has also declared his hunger strike since 67 days demanding his release, as well as the prisoner Abdul Majeed Khaddarat who has gone on hunger strike since 37 days.
On the other hand, the Israeli courts have extended the arrest of 15 prisoners pending investigation, the PPS said.
The PPS statement confirmed that Petach Tikva court extended the detention of 5 Palestinian captives, while Salem military court renewed the arrest of 4 other detainees to complete investigation.
Jalama court has also extended the arrest of 6 prisoners under the same pretext.
PA minister: Deaths possible amid hunger strike
The Palestinian minister of prisoners’ affairs on Tuesday warned of possible deaths among hunger-striking prisoners and highlighted that their health had seriously deteriorated.
Issa Qaraqe said any tragic results at this stage would result in serious escalation amid prisoners and lead to negative consequences which could affect US efforts to restart peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel.
Hanan al-Khatib, a lawyer from the ministry of prisoners’ affairs, who visited the Jordanian hunger striker Abdullah Barghouthi in hospital, confirmed he was in real danger after 95 days on hunger strike.
According to al-Khatib, Barghouthi “can’t feel his left hand and can’t stand up.”
He also suffers from spells of dizziness, she added, highlighting that he also has symptoms of kidney and liver troubles and could face kidney failure if he continues with the strike.
Barghouthi has already lost 30 kilograms, according to al-Khatib quoting his doctors.
He has been hospitalized at Haemek Medical Center in Afula in northern Israel since shortly after he started a hunger strike on May 2.
Al-Khatib had noted earlier that he was chained to his hospital bed by his legs and his left hand.
The PPS pointed out that the five Jordanian prisoners, who launched their hunger strike since early May demanding their release from Israeli prisons so that they can serve their sentences in Jordanian prisons, are all held in Soroka hospital while the prisoner Adel Harbiyat, 76 days on hunger strike, is being held in Kaplan hospital. .
Meanwhile, the two brothers Ayman and Mohammed Etbaish continued their hunger strike for 76 and 67 days respectively to protest their administrative detention.
The Jerusalemite prisoner Hossam Matar has also declared his hunger strike since 67 days demanding his release, as well as the prisoner Abdul Majeed Khaddarat who has gone on hunger strike since 37 days.
On the other hand, the Israeli courts have extended the arrest of 15 prisoners pending investigation, the PPS said.
The PPS statement confirmed that Petach Tikva court extended the detention of 5 Palestinian captives, while Salem military court renewed the arrest of 4 other detainees to complete investigation.
Jalama court has also extended the arrest of 6 prisoners under the same pretext.
PA minister: Deaths possible amid hunger strike
The Palestinian minister of prisoners’ affairs on Tuesday warned of possible deaths among hunger-striking prisoners and highlighted that their health had seriously deteriorated.
Issa Qaraqe said any tragic results at this stage would result in serious escalation amid prisoners and lead to negative consequences which could affect US efforts to restart peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel.
Hanan al-Khatib, a lawyer from the ministry of prisoners’ affairs, who visited the Jordanian hunger striker Abdullah Barghouthi in hospital, confirmed he was in real danger after 95 days on hunger strike.
According to al-Khatib, Barghouthi “can’t feel his left hand and can’t stand up.”
He also suffers from spells of dizziness, she added, highlighting that he also has symptoms of kidney and liver troubles and could face kidney failure if he continues with the strike.
Barghouthi has already lost 30 kilograms, according to al-Khatib quoting his doctors.
He has been hospitalized at Haemek Medical Center in Afula in northern Israel since shortly after he started a hunger strike on May 2.
Al-Khatib had noted earlier that he was chained to his hospital bed by his legs and his left hand.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday erected a checkpoint near the crossroads of Ziv in Yatta, south of al-Khalil. Activist Rateb Jabour told PIC that the occupation forces erected a checkpoint near the crossroads of Ziv in Yatta and that the soldiers searched the vehicles, checked the identities of passers-by and arrested a number of youths.
He added that the checkpoint lasted for several hours and the soldiers were deployed in the main street in the area.
The IOF also arrested on Monday a citizen from Aroub refugee camp north of al-Khalil and transferred him to an unknown destination, local sources said.
Israeli forces have recently launched at the entrance to the camp arrest campaigns targeting young men and boys under the pretext that they are involved in clashes against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
He added that the checkpoint lasted for several hours and the soldiers were deployed in the main street in the area.
The IOF also arrested on Monday a citizen from Aroub refugee camp north of al-Khalil and transferred him to an unknown destination, local sources said.
Israeli forces have recently launched at the entrance to the camp arrest campaigns targeting young men and boys under the pretext that they are involved in clashes against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
Captive Mohammad Rimawi has continued his open-ended hunger strike for the 97th consecutive day. Rimawi’s family told PIC that Mohammad, held in Ramle prison in the 1948 occupied territories, has continued his hunger strike in rejection of his detention in the Israeli jails and demands to be transferred to Jordan as he holds the Jordanian citizenship.
Five prisoners from Jordan have been on open hunger strike for more than three months in the occupation prisons.
Meanwhile, the Family of captive Tayyip Houshiya, 19 from the town of Yamoun near Jenin, expressed concern about the health status of Tayyip.
His father Ammar told PIC's correspondent that his son suffers from several health issues and that the Israeli occupation forces did not allow him to take his medication with him during his arrest several days ago.
Houshiya demanded the International Committee of the Red Cross to exert pressure on the Israeli government in order to provide the necessary treatment for him.
Five prisoners from Jordan have been on open hunger strike for more than three months in the occupation prisons.
Meanwhile, the Family of captive Tayyip Houshiya, 19 from the town of Yamoun near Jenin, expressed concern about the health status of Tayyip.
His father Ammar told PIC's correspondent that his son suffers from several health issues and that the Israeli occupation forces did not allow him to take his medication with him during his arrest several days ago.
Houshiya demanded the International Committee of the Red Cross to exert pressure on the Israeli government in order to provide the necessary treatment for him.
Lawyer Hanan Al-Khatib said that the health condition of the Jordanian prisoner Abdullah Barghouthi has deteriorated very seriously as a result of his hunger strike for 95 days. Khatib stated on Tuesday following her visit to Barghouthi in Afula hospital that he cannot feel a thing in his right arm and suffers from serious liver and kidney problems, warning that he would be put on dialysis if he continued his hunger strike.
She added that the accumulation of toxins in his blood forced the doctors in the hospital to withdraw between four to six units of blood from his body.
Hunger striker Barghouthi has been put under tight guard by his jailers in the hospital and his left hand and right leg are being tied to his bed, according to the lawyer.
She added that the accumulation of toxins in his blood forced the doctors in the hospital to withdraw between four to six units of blood from his body.
Hunger striker Barghouthi has been put under tight guard by his jailers in the hospital and his left hand and right leg are being tied to his bed, according to the lawyer.
Israel says the Palestinians will go free in stages, depending on the progress of the newly-resumed talks
Saeb Erakat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, says that Israel will free the first batch of a promised 104 long-serving Palestinian and Palestinian-Israeli prisoners on August 13.
"The release of veteran prisoners will be in four batches as Israel refused to release them all at once," he said in a statement on Sunday.
Israel says that the men will go free in stages depending on progress in newly-resumed talks with the Palestinians.
"It agreed on releasing 26 of the old prisoners on August 13," Erakat said.
According to local media reports, The Palestinian Prisoner Society published a list of prisoners expected to be freed.
The prisoner release was approved by the Israeli cabinet last week to coincide with the talks, revived after a three-year hiatus.
A first meeting took place in Washington earlier in the week,and the Israeli negotiator, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, said on Saturday that another session would be held shortly in the Middle East.
"These discussions that began in Washington will resume during the second week of August and will take place in the region," Livni told the private Channel 10 television station.
She said the talks would alternate between Israel and the Palestinian territories, and that the first of 104 prisoners imprisoned by Israel prior to the 1993 Oslo peace accords would be freed before the next round.
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Saeb Erakat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, says that Israel will free the first batch of a promised 104 long-serving Palestinian and Palestinian-Israeli prisoners on August 13.
"The release of veteran prisoners will be in four batches as Israel refused to release them all at once," he said in a statement on Sunday.
Israel says that the men will go free in stages depending on progress in newly-resumed talks with the Palestinians.
"It agreed on releasing 26 of the old prisoners on August 13," Erakat said.
According to local media reports, The Palestinian Prisoner Society published a list of prisoners expected to be freed.
The prisoner release was approved by the Israeli cabinet last week to coincide with the talks, revived after a three-year hiatus.
A first meeting took place in Washington earlier in the week,and the Israeli negotiator, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, said on Saturday that another session would be held shortly in the Middle East.
"These discussions that began in Washington will resume during the second week of August and will take place in the region," Livni told the private Channel 10 television station.
She said the talks would alternate between Israel and the Palestinian territories, and that the first of 104 prisoners imprisoned by Israel prior to the 1993 Oslo peace accords would be freed before the next round.
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5 aug 2013
The District court sentenced on Monday three young men from Silwan to actual imprisonment on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails and stones on the Israeli police in the village.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the court sentenced 18-year old Ali Sabri Abu Diab for 20 months of actual imprisonment, while 18-year old Eyad Ahmad Qaraeen and 18-year old Ahmad Hani Alqaq were sentenced for 26 months of actual imprisonment; all three men were sentenced to a suspended probation of 6 months for 3 years.
The three young men were arrested on the 16th of November, 2012 during the Israeli war on Gaza Strip.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the court sentenced 18-year old Ali Sabri Abu Diab for 20 months of actual imprisonment, while 18-year old Eyad Ahmad Qaraeen and 18-year old Ahmad Hani Alqaq were sentenced for 26 months of actual imprisonment; all three men were sentenced to a suspended probation of 6 months for 3 years.
The three young men were arrested on the 16th of November, 2012 during the Israeli war on Gaza Strip.
Israeli military courts have extended Sunday the arrest of 11 Palestinian prisoners pending investigation, Tadamun Foundation for human rights said. Mohammed Abed, the lawyer for the foundation, stated that the military court in Petah Tikva extended the arrest of Muhammad Munir Abu Salah for 9 days and three other Palestinians for 5 more days.
The court also extended the detention of two Palestinians for 3 and 4 additional days.
Jalama court renewed the arrest of Anas Jarawish for 11 days and 3 other detainees for 4 more days to complete investigation, while Salam military court extended the arrest of Mahmoud Amer Nassar till September 16.
Moreover, the occupation authorities released the lecturer at An-Najah National University Dr. Bashir Radhi Rajbeh after being held for 2 weeks.
The court also extended the detention of two Palestinians for 3 and 4 additional days.
Jalama court renewed the arrest of Anas Jarawish for 11 days and 3 other detainees for 4 more days to complete investigation, while Salam military court extended the arrest of Mahmoud Amer Nassar till September 16.
Moreover, the occupation authorities released the lecturer at An-Najah National University Dr. Bashir Radhi Rajbeh after being held for 2 weeks.
The leader in Islamic Jihad movement, Sheikh Khader Adnan, called on Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, the West Bank, the occupied territories in 1948 and the Diaspora to take part in the battle of dignity, led by prisoners in Israeli jails. Sheikh Adnan strongly condemned the official Palestinian Authority TV station for its lack of support for the prisoners' hunger strike, noting that the official PA TV is the only TV allowed into Israeli jails.
He also criticized a number of governmental media institutions for their negligence of the prisoners' issue and hunger strike.
Sheikh Adnan pointed out to the plight of the isolated prisoners Dirar Abu Sisi and Mahmoud Zahran, the patient captive Mo'tassem Raddad, in addition to the female captive Lina Jarboni, and the prisoner Ayman Hamdan who declared hunger strike since 100 days.
He called on the Palestinian people to pray during Laylatul Qadr for their brothers and sisters held in Israeli jails and on the resistance to defend for their freedom.
Fourteen prisoners declared hunger strike in Israeli jails including 5 Jordanian captives who went on hunger strike since 94 days and Ayman Hamdan, 98 days on hunger strike.
He also criticized a number of governmental media institutions for their negligence of the prisoners' issue and hunger strike.
Sheikh Adnan pointed out to the plight of the isolated prisoners Dirar Abu Sisi and Mahmoud Zahran, the patient captive Mo'tassem Raddad, in addition to the female captive Lina Jarboni, and the prisoner Ayman Hamdan who declared hunger strike since 100 days.
He called on the Palestinian people to pray during Laylatul Qadr for their brothers and sisters held in Israeli jails and on the resistance to defend for their freedom.
Fourteen prisoners declared hunger strike in Israeli jails including 5 Jordanian captives who went on hunger strike since 94 days and Ayman Hamdan, 98 days on hunger strike.
The Red Cross organized the travel of 47 Gazans to 1948 occupied Palestine on Monday to visit relatives detained in the Israeli Nafha desert jail. Nasser Annajar, Red Cross media official, told the PIC that the 47 relatives, including 12 children, headed in buses to Erez crossing then to the Nafha jail to visit 23 prisoners.
The Israeli occupation authority allowed visits to Gaza prisoners after six years of ban following an agreement with Palestinian prisoners who went on hunger strike en masse to ask for a number of demands including allowing visits to Gaza prisoners.
The Israeli occupation authority allowed visits to Gaza prisoners after six years of ban following an agreement with Palestinian prisoners who went on hunger strike en masse to ask for a number of demands including allowing visits to Gaza prisoners.
The Palestinian prisoner’s society lashed out at the Israeli Negev prison administration for attacking Palestinian prisoners while praying. Ragheb Abu Diyak, the PPS secretary, said in a statement on Sunday that the attack did not only target the prisoners but also the Islamic religion.
Abu Diyak asked the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to take Israeli political leaders and prison officials to court.
The Negev prison administration had sent troops into ward 8 in the prison during the night prayers for a surprise search raid. The raid resulted in injuring prisoners, isolating some of them, confiscating their electric appliances, imposing heavy fines and depriving some of them of family visits.
Abu Diyak asked the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to take Israeli political leaders and prison officials to court.
The Negev prison administration had sent troops into ward 8 in the prison during the night prayers for a surprise search raid. The raid resulted in injuring prisoners, isolating some of them, confiscating their electric appliances, imposing heavy fines and depriving some of them of family visits.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Yusri Joulani after breaking into his home in Al-Khalil city on Sunday, the Palestinian prisoner’s society said. It added that the soldiers also arrested his brother Anas, adding that Yusri was released in the Wafa Al-Ahrar prisoners’ exchange deal.
The society pointed out that the soldiers savagely stormed the home of Joulani and confiscated his family’s car and the computers and cellphones of its members.
Yusri Joulani previously served ten years in Israeli occupation jails, the society underlined.
The society pointed out that the soldiers savagely stormed the home of Joulani and confiscated his family’s car and the computers and cellphones of its members.
Yusri Joulani previously served ten years in Israeli occupation jails, the society underlined.
Itzik Algabi
The Central District Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Omar Abu Daka, 26, of Tulkarm, and Hadi Musa, 21, of Madnava, for the murder of Itzik Algabi, 61. They killed Algabi at Moshav Avihail, after breaking into a housing unit on his family’s property.
According to the indictment filed in the District Court in Lod, Algabi came home and surprised the two Palestinian men who had broken into the unit. They stabbed him with a screwdriver and fled the scene. They then asked friends give them a ride to Hadera to rob other homes
The Central District Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Omar Abu Daka, 26, of Tulkarm, and Hadi Musa, 21, of Madnava, for the murder of Itzik Algabi, 61. They killed Algabi at Moshav Avihail, after breaking into a housing unit on his family’s property.
According to the indictment filed in the District Court in Lod, Algabi came home and surprised the two Palestinian men who had broken into the unit. They stabbed him with a screwdriver and fled the scene. They then asked friends give them a ride to Hadera to rob other homes
As Palestinian detainees continue their hunger strike in Israeli prisons, the Palestinian Ministry for Prisoner Affairs has warned about the prisoners’ deteriorating health.
The health of Abdullah Barghouti, a prominent Palestinian prisoner in Afula Hospital has severely worsened, the ministry said. Barghouti has been on hunger strike for more than three months. The ministry added that some of the strikers are close to death.
The prisoners’ strike is a statement of protest against the treatment they receive from the Israeli officials.
5,100 Palestinian detainees are still being held by Israel, including 250 children and 14 women, according to the ministry. 537 of these prisoners, including Barghouti are serving one or more life sentences.
PressTV reported “Human rights experts have expressed concerns over the deteriorating health condition of the hunger-striking prisoners. Observers also warned of deliberate medical negligence by the Israeli Prison Services against the hunger striking prisoners as a way to stop their acts of disobedience.”
Outside the hospitals and jails, hundreds of Palestinians in Ramallah have marched to show their solidarity with the hunger strikers. Families and supporters of the prisoners have gathered outside the International Committee of the Red Cross to express concerns about the prisoners’ health.
The health of Abdullah Barghouti, a prominent Palestinian prisoner in Afula Hospital has severely worsened, the ministry said. Barghouti has been on hunger strike for more than three months. The ministry added that some of the strikers are close to death.
The prisoners’ strike is a statement of protest against the treatment they receive from the Israeli officials.
5,100 Palestinian detainees are still being held by Israel, including 250 children and 14 women, according to the ministry. 537 of these prisoners, including Barghouti are serving one or more life sentences.
PressTV reported “Human rights experts have expressed concerns over the deteriorating health condition of the hunger-striking prisoners. Observers also warned of deliberate medical negligence by the Israeli Prison Services against the hunger striking prisoners as a way to stop their acts of disobedience.”
Outside the hospitals and jails, hundreds of Palestinians in Ramallah have marched to show their solidarity with the hunger strikers. Families and supporters of the prisoners have gathered outside the International Committee of the Red Cross to express concerns about the prisoners’ health.
4 aug 2013
Itzik Algabi
An indicted has been filed in the Itzik Algaby murder affair against one of the four suspect, Marouan Amar, a 35-year-old Tulkarm resident, who allegedly drove the other three to the scene of the crime and later picked them up.
According to suspicions Algaby was stabbed to death in his backyard after he surprised the three suspects who broke into his daughter's housing unit. Amar is charged with aiding a burglary, complicity after the fact, conspiring to perform a crime, illegal residency in Israel, driving without a permit and driving an illegal resident in Israel.
An indicted has been filed in the Itzik Algaby murder affair against one of the four suspect, Marouan Amar, a 35-year-old Tulkarm resident, who allegedly drove the other three to the scene of the crime and later picked them up.
According to suspicions Algaby was stabbed to death in his backyard after he surprised the three suspects who broke into his daughter's housing unit. Amar is charged with aiding a burglary, complicity after the fact, conspiring to perform a crime, illegal residency in Israel, driving without a permit and driving an illegal resident in Israel.
Tadhamun Foundation for Human Rights reported that the Israeli Nahshon forces attacked two days ago a Palestinian prisoner causing him injuries in the face. The researcher at Tadhamun Foundation Ahmed Betawi pointed out that a number of soldiers assaulted the boy Mahmud Amer Nassar, aged 18, causing him bleeding in the mouth and nose.
The Nahshon elements provoked the captive by insulting his mother, when he responded and insulted the soldiers who started beating him all over his body, Betawi revealed.
He added that after the attack the Israeli soldiers have locked up Nassar in solitary confinement in Megiddo prison for 4 days and alleged that he assaulted them.
The human rights researcher noted that prisoner Mahmud Nassar suffers from several health problems and that he had been held twice earlier in the occupation jails.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Nassar, a high school student, on June 11 after storming his house in the village of Madama near Nablus. He is scheduled to appear before the judge on Sunday.
Israeli soldiers brutally attack young prisoner in Megiddo jail
Israeli prison soldiers specialized in suppressing prisoners violently attacked an 18-year old detainee and seriously wounded him in the face, Tadamun association for human rights said on Sunday. The association explained, in a statement, that soldiers from the Nahshon jail unit brutally beat Mahmoud Nassar in front of his mother, who visited him in Megiddo prison.
It added that this assault happened after the soldiers verbally abused his mother, prompting Nassar to respond similarly, but the soldiers embarked on beating him without mercy and then locked him up in solitary confinement.
According to its statement, the soldiers tried to hide any evidence of their criminal act, forced the prisoner to change his ripped clothes and threatened to attack him once again if he dared to say a word about what had happened to the court judge.
Nassar suffers from several health problems, especially in his heart, and he has been in jail since last June.
The Nahshon elements provoked the captive by insulting his mother, when he responded and insulted the soldiers who started beating him all over his body, Betawi revealed.
He added that after the attack the Israeli soldiers have locked up Nassar in solitary confinement in Megiddo prison for 4 days and alleged that he assaulted them.
The human rights researcher noted that prisoner Mahmud Nassar suffers from several health problems and that he had been held twice earlier in the occupation jails.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Nassar, a high school student, on June 11 after storming his house in the village of Madama near Nablus. He is scheduled to appear before the judge on Sunday.
Israeli soldiers brutally attack young prisoner in Megiddo jail
Israeli prison soldiers specialized in suppressing prisoners violently attacked an 18-year old detainee and seriously wounded him in the face, Tadamun association for human rights said on Sunday. The association explained, in a statement, that soldiers from the Nahshon jail unit brutally beat Mahmoud Nassar in front of his mother, who visited him in Megiddo prison.
It added that this assault happened after the soldiers verbally abused his mother, prompting Nassar to respond similarly, but the soldiers embarked on beating him without mercy and then locked him up in solitary confinement.
According to its statement, the soldiers tried to hide any evidence of their criminal act, forced the prisoner to change his ripped clothes and threatened to attack him once again if he dared to say a word about what had happened to the court judge.
Nassar suffers from several health problems, especially in his heart, and he has been in jail since last June.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday stormed and ransacked the house of senior Hamas official and lawmaker Ahmed Mubarak in Beitunia town near Ramallah city. A source from his office in Ramallah city told Quds Press that the IOF violently stormed the house and arrested his son Awwab.
MP Ahmed Mubarak had been arrested several times before and he was one of the exiles of Marj Al-Zohour camp in Lebanon in 1993.
MP Ahmed Mubarak had been arrested several times before and he was one of the exiles of Marj Al-Zohour camp in Lebanon in 1993.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) has continued to hold the captive Bassam Obeid from village of Arabba near Jenin in solitary confinement in Raymond prison for the 39th day without taking into account his deteriorating health. Walid Obeid, the captive's brother, appealed to the International Red Cross to exert pressure on the Israeli prison administration in order to transfer his brother to other sections with the rest of prisoners so that they can provide him the necessary medical care.
He told the PIC that his brother has been isolated because of his rejection of the policy of transfers adopted by the prison administration against the Palestinian prisoners.
Bassam Obeid was arrested nine years ago. He suffers from hearing loss and acute pain in his right leg
Walid said that despite his brother's difficult health condition, the prison administration still refuses to end his solitary confinement.
He told the PIC that his brother has been isolated because of his rejection of the policy of transfers adopted by the prison administration against the Palestinian prisoners.
Bassam Obeid was arrested nine years ago. He suffers from hearing loss and acute pain in his right leg
Walid said that despite his brother's difficult health condition, the prison administration still refuses to end his solitary confinement.
Hundreds of Palestinians participated on Saturday evening in a rally in support of the Palestinian prisoners and the hunger strikers in Israeli jails in Jenin city. The participants marched from outside Jenin Mosque after the evening prayers and rallied at Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa roundabout.
They held pictures of Palestinian and Jordanian hunger strikers and banners supporting the cause of the prisoners in Israeli jails.
Leading figures from Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Jenin took part in the march.
Senior Hamas official MP Wasfi Qabaha condemned in a speech during the rally the Israeli repressive measures against the Palestinian and Jordanian in Israeli jails, and called on the Palestinian authority not to divide the file of the prisoners and yield to the Israeli demands.
Qabaha also deplored Israel's settlement expansion policy and its racist plan to demolish the Palestinian villages in the Negev desert and displace thousands of their residents from their homes.
For his part, Islamic Jihad official Tareq Ka'adan urged the Palestinian people from all spectra to rally around the captive movement in Israeli jails, especially the Jordanian hunger strikers.
They held pictures of Palestinian and Jordanian hunger strikers and banners supporting the cause of the prisoners in Israeli jails.
Leading figures from Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Jenin took part in the march.
Senior Hamas official MP Wasfi Qabaha condemned in a speech during the rally the Israeli repressive measures against the Palestinian and Jordanian in Israeli jails, and called on the Palestinian authority not to divide the file of the prisoners and yield to the Israeli demands.
Qabaha also deplored Israel's settlement expansion policy and its racist plan to demolish the Palestinian villages in the Negev desert and displace thousands of their residents from their homes.
For his part, Islamic Jihad official Tareq Ka'adan urged the Palestinian people from all spectra to rally around the captive movement in Israeli jails, especially the Jordanian hunger strikers.
The Hebrew media revealed a deal between Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Naftali Bennett, leader of the Jewish Home party, to expand settlement activities in exchange for the latter's support for the release of Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture towards the peace process. The deal took place after Bennett had threatened to withdraw his far-right Zionist party from the government coalition if the government agrees to hold negotiations around the 1967 borders and release Palestinian prisoners.
The deal includes a pledge from Netanyahu to build 5,000 settlement units in the West Bank.
The Hebrew media also reported that the Labor party's Knesset member Merav Michaeli had asked the legal advisor to the government to investigate the deal.
She expressed her strong opposition to the deal and said that such deals must not be struck in exchange for settlement construction.
The deal includes a pledge from Netanyahu to build 5,000 settlement units in the West Bank.
The Hebrew media also reported that the Labor party's Knesset member Merav Michaeli had asked the legal advisor to the government to investigate the deal.
She expressed her strong opposition to the deal and said that such deals must not be struck in exchange for settlement construction.
Israeli forces arrested the head of a Bethlehem village's local council overnight Saturday, locals said.
Khalil Mubarak, head of Dar Salah's village council, was arrested after Israeli forces surrounded his home and forced his family to leave the premises.
He was taken to an unknown location.
An Israeli army spokesman said five people were arrested overnight, one in Dar Salah, one in Beitunia and three in Hebron.
IOF soldiers arrest municipality chairman and two young men
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up three Palestinians at dawn Sunday including a municipality chairman and two young men. Local sources told Quds Press that IOF soldiers stormed the village of Deir Salah in Bethlehem and took away its municipality chairman Khalil Mubarak.
Other IOF units broke into Doheisha refugee camp also in Bethlehem and arrested a 19-year-old youth after ransacking his family home.
IOF soldiers also arrested Omar Salaime from his home in the Old City of Al-Khalil.
Meanwhile, locals in Yatta said that IOF soldiers and Jewish settlers prevented farmers from reaching their fields in Um El-Khair area near Yatta and assaulted them.
Khalil Mubarak, head of Dar Salah's village council, was arrested after Israeli forces surrounded his home and forced his family to leave the premises.
He was taken to an unknown location.
An Israeli army spokesman said five people were arrested overnight, one in Dar Salah, one in Beitunia and three in Hebron.
IOF soldiers arrest municipality chairman and two young men
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up three Palestinians at dawn Sunday including a municipality chairman and two young men. Local sources told Quds Press that IOF soldiers stormed the village of Deir Salah in Bethlehem and took away its municipality chairman Khalil Mubarak.
Other IOF units broke into Doheisha refugee camp also in Bethlehem and arrested a 19-year-old youth after ransacking his family home.
IOF soldiers also arrested Omar Salaime from his home in the Old City of Al-Khalil.
Meanwhile, locals in Yatta said that IOF soldiers and Jewish settlers prevented farmers from reaching their fields in Um El-Khair area near Yatta and assaulted them.
3 aug 2013
Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies asked local and international human rights organizations and national and Islamic forces to support the hunger striking prisoners, especially captive Abdullah Barghouti "who risks death at any moment." The center called in a press statement on Saturday for escalating events held in support of prisoners in Palestine, Jordan and some Western capitals, in light of the medical reports that confirm the seriousness of Barghouti's health condition.
It also urged the Palestinian and Arab embassies in Western countries and friendly states to act through the human rights organizations and international pressure groups in order to save the lives of the hunger strikers before it is too late.
It also urged the Palestinian and Arab embassies in Western countries and friendly states to act through the human rights organizations and international pressure groups in order to save the lives of the hunger strikers before it is too late.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) renewed the administrative detention of the leader in Hamas movement Adnan al-Hosari for the second time in a row. Megiddo prison administration has renewed on Thursday the administrative detention of Hosari, 50, for six more months after ending his first administrative detention, the detainee's family told PIC reporter.
Hosari, from Tulkarem refugee camp, has served four and a half years in Israeli prisons in addition to 18 months in PA jails for being affiliated to Hamas movement.
The prison administration has thus deprived the family from celebrating the Eid in the father's presence.
Hosari, from Tulkarem refugee camp, has served four and a half years in Israeli prisons in addition to 18 months in PA jails for being affiliated to Hamas movement.
The prison administration has thus deprived the family from celebrating the Eid in the father's presence.
Israeli prison guards broke into ward eight in Negev prison, causing a number of injuries among the prisoners. A number of prisoners were injured when the Israeli guards raided the ward at dawn Friday, the Palestinian prisoners society (PPS) said.
The PPS charged, in a statement on Saturday, that the Israeli guards brutally assaulted and attacked the prisoners while praying.
The statement pointed out that the Israeli prison service (IPS) isolated seven prisoners, imposed heavy fines on them, and deprived them of family visits, in addition to confiscating all electric appliances in the room.
The IPS guards routinely break into the prisoners' rooms under the pretext of searching for mobiles phones.
The PPS charged, in a statement on Saturday, that the Israeli guards brutally assaulted and attacked the prisoners while praying.
The statement pointed out that the Israeli prison service (IPS) isolated seven prisoners, imposed heavy fines on them, and deprived them of family visits, in addition to confiscating all electric appliances in the room.
The IPS guards routinely break into the prisoners' rooms under the pretext of searching for mobiles phones.
Palestinian authorities have warned about the deteriorating health conditions of hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails.
The Palestinian Ministry for Prisoner Affairs warned about the worsening health conditions of the Palestinian detainees who have gone on hunger strike in Israeli prisons.
The ministry said that the hunger strikers are at risk of death.
It added that the health condition of prominent Palestinian prisoner Abdullah Barghouti, who went on hunger strike more than three months ago, is getting worse in Afula Hospital.
The ministry said that Israel is still holding 5,100 Palestinian detainees, including 250 children and 14 women, in 17 prisons.
It also noted that 537 prisoners were serving one or multiple life sentences, including Barghouthi, who had the highest sentence of 67 life terms and an additional 250 years behind bars.
The report noted that about 1,400 prisoners were in a tough health condition, including 18 held at an Israeli hospital suffering from various disabilities, types of paralysis, heart diseases, and cancer.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinians have marched through the streets of the Ramallah in occupied West Bank to show their support for the prisoners.
Worshipers rally in solidarity with prisoners at Al-Aqsa
Dozens of Palestinian youths and women rallied in Al-Aqsa mosque's courtyards after the last Friday prayers of Ramadan in solidarity with the captives in Israeli jails, especially the five Jordanian hunger striking prisoners. The demonstrators raised Palestinian flags and photos of Jordanian prisoners on hunger strike. They chanted for unity between all Palestinian factions and slogans in solidarity with prisoners.
They also demanded officials to always place the prisoners file as a top priority.
The five Jordanian prisoners in the occupation jails entered their fourth month of hunger strike, which they have launched since last May in order to achieve their just demands.
Meanwhile, a number of Jerusalemites on Friday broke their fast on water and salt in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike, in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.
The protestors wore T-shirts emblazoned with slogans in solidarity with the prisoners, and demanded that hunger strikers' demands be met.
Coordinator of the initiative Osama Barham said: "During my visit to a hospital where captives are held I discovered that the hunger striking prisoners are fasting Ramadan and break their fast on water and salt. Hence I had this idea to transfer this experience to our society within the framework of our support for the prisoners in occupation jails."
The Palestinian Ministry for Prisoner Affairs warned about the worsening health conditions of the Palestinian detainees who have gone on hunger strike in Israeli prisons.
The ministry said that the hunger strikers are at risk of death.
It added that the health condition of prominent Palestinian prisoner Abdullah Barghouti, who went on hunger strike more than three months ago, is getting worse in Afula Hospital.
The ministry said that Israel is still holding 5,100 Palestinian detainees, including 250 children and 14 women, in 17 prisons.
It also noted that 537 prisoners were serving one or multiple life sentences, including Barghouthi, who had the highest sentence of 67 life terms and an additional 250 years behind bars.
The report noted that about 1,400 prisoners were in a tough health condition, including 18 held at an Israeli hospital suffering from various disabilities, types of paralysis, heart diseases, and cancer.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinians have marched through the streets of the Ramallah in occupied West Bank to show their support for the prisoners.
Worshipers rally in solidarity with prisoners at Al-Aqsa
Dozens of Palestinian youths and women rallied in Al-Aqsa mosque's courtyards after the last Friday prayers of Ramadan in solidarity with the captives in Israeli jails, especially the five Jordanian hunger striking prisoners. The demonstrators raised Palestinian flags and photos of Jordanian prisoners on hunger strike. They chanted for unity between all Palestinian factions and slogans in solidarity with prisoners.
They also demanded officials to always place the prisoners file as a top priority.
The five Jordanian prisoners in the occupation jails entered their fourth month of hunger strike, which they have launched since last May in order to achieve their just demands.
Meanwhile, a number of Jerusalemites on Friday broke their fast on water and salt in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike, in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.
The protestors wore T-shirts emblazoned with slogans in solidarity with the prisoners, and demanded that hunger strikers' demands be met.
Coordinator of the initiative Osama Barham said: "During my visit to a hospital where captives are held I discovered that the hunger striking prisoners are fasting Ramadan and break their fast on water and salt. Hence I had this idea to transfer this experience to our society within the framework of our support for the prisoners in occupation jails."
2 aug 2013
Israeli prison guards raid Negev prison unit
Israeli prison guards on Friday raided unit eight at Negev prison.
A number of prisoners were injured, the Palestinian prisoners society said.
Israeli prison guards on Friday raided unit eight at Negev prison.
A number of prisoners were injured, the Palestinian prisoners society said.
Twelve Palestinian and Jordanian detainees are staging a hunger strike in Israeli prisons. The strikers are all that remains of a larger group that included at least 23 prisoners in early July, UFree Network reported.
Administrative detainee Ayman Hamdan, who has gone the longest without food, has refused food for over three months in protest of his detention without trial or charge. The remaining 11 prisoners' respective strikes ranged between 30 and 90 days.
The five Jordanian prisoners have launched their hunger strike since early May demanding their release from Israeli prisons so that they can serve their sentences in Jordanian prisons according to the Wadi Araba agreement between Jordan and Israel.
Israeli Prison Services is regularly accused by Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights groups of inhumane treatment of prisoners.
According to human rights groups, the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) has sought to punish the hunger strikers using excessive solitary confinement, withholding medication, blocking prisoners' access to lawyers, limiting family visits, and physically assaulting them while they are handcuffed to their beds, to name a few, in addition to threatening to be force-fed.
One of the hunger strikers, Alaa Hamad, told Addameer that he was "threatened [by IPS] to be force-fed if he does not end his strike."
The Israeli Ministry of Justice is currently working on passing a bill that will allow the authorities force-feed prisoners on hunger strike "legally".
The Hebrew Haaretz newspaper said in its Thursday edition (11/7/2013) : "This proposal comes in the wake of the increasing number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike."
Force-feeding has been roundly condemned by groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
In response to criticism from groups like Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, IPS said that such groups do not "have the resources to conduct an objective assessment of medical practices in prisons and added that the medical treatment given to prisoners is both professional and responsible," Times of Israel reported in April.
There are currently 4,979 Palestinians in Israeli lockup. A total of 238 are children, 44 of whom are under 16 years old. Another 156 are administrative detainees held on "secret evidence" without charge or trial.
Four of the present strikers are administrative detainees, and an additional four are serving a life sentence or greater.
The Israeli military defends its use of administrative detention as a necessary security measure for allegedly dangerous "security prisoners," in violation to the fourth article of the Geneva Conventions.
In violation of the Geneva Conventions, which forbids an occupying power from removing detainees from the occupied territory, Israel frequently imprisons Palestinians from the West Bank inside Israel. In practice, this means that the families and lawyers of these detainees are rarely, if ever, are able to visit them.
All 12 of the current strikers are being held inside Israel, requiring their relatives to apply for entrance permits—scarcely granted—in order to visit them.
For many prisoners, hunger striking is the only chance to get the Israeli government to ease the harsh conditions of confinement or, in some cases, to release them.
By gaining international attention, hunger striking has helped cultivate global solidarity. When Khader Adnan pushed himself to the brink of death by refusing food for 66 days in early 2012, international organizations and activists across the globe pressured Israel until the former administrative detainee was released to his village in the occupied West Bank.
Inspired by Adnan and other successful strikers, including 44-day striker Hana Shalabi, a number of mass hunger strikes ensued.
Samer Issawi, a prisoner who was re-arrested after being released in the October 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner swap, went over 270 days without food before Israel finally agreed to release him to his hometown of Jerusalem.
In April 2012, over 2,000 prisoners launched a mass strike that forced Israel to concede to several specific demands to improve detainees' living conditions.
Administrative detainee Ayman Hamdan, who has gone the longest without food, has refused food for over three months in protest of his detention without trial or charge. The remaining 11 prisoners' respective strikes ranged between 30 and 90 days.
The five Jordanian prisoners have launched their hunger strike since early May demanding their release from Israeli prisons so that they can serve their sentences in Jordanian prisons according to the Wadi Araba agreement between Jordan and Israel.
Israeli Prison Services is regularly accused by Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights groups of inhumane treatment of prisoners.
According to human rights groups, the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) has sought to punish the hunger strikers using excessive solitary confinement, withholding medication, blocking prisoners' access to lawyers, limiting family visits, and physically assaulting them while they are handcuffed to their beds, to name a few, in addition to threatening to be force-fed.
One of the hunger strikers, Alaa Hamad, told Addameer that he was "threatened [by IPS] to be force-fed if he does not end his strike."
The Israeli Ministry of Justice is currently working on passing a bill that will allow the authorities force-feed prisoners on hunger strike "legally".
The Hebrew Haaretz newspaper said in its Thursday edition (11/7/2013) : "This proposal comes in the wake of the increasing number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike."
Force-feeding has been roundly condemned by groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
In response to criticism from groups like Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, IPS said that such groups do not "have the resources to conduct an objective assessment of medical practices in prisons and added that the medical treatment given to prisoners is both professional and responsible," Times of Israel reported in April.
There are currently 4,979 Palestinians in Israeli lockup. A total of 238 are children, 44 of whom are under 16 years old. Another 156 are administrative detainees held on "secret evidence" without charge or trial.
Four of the present strikers are administrative detainees, and an additional four are serving a life sentence or greater.
The Israeli military defends its use of administrative detention as a necessary security measure for allegedly dangerous "security prisoners," in violation to the fourth article of the Geneva Conventions.
In violation of the Geneva Conventions, which forbids an occupying power from removing detainees from the occupied territory, Israel frequently imprisons Palestinians from the West Bank inside Israel. In practice, this means that the families and lawyers of these detainees are rarely, if ever, are able to visit them.
All 12 of the current strikers are being held inside Israel, requiring their relatives to apply for entrance permits—scarcely granted—in order to visit them.
For many prisoners, hunger striking is the only chance to get the Israeli government to ease the harsh conditions of confinement or, in some cases, to release them.
By gaining international attention, hunger striking has helped cultivate global solidarity. When Khader Adnan pushed himself to the brink of death by refusing food for 66 days in early 2012, international organizations and activists across the globe pressured Israel until the former administrative detainee was released to his village in the occupied West Bank.
Inspired by Adnan and other successful strikers, including 44-day striker Hana Shalabi, a number of mass hunger strikes ensued.
Samer Issawi, a prisoner who was re-arrested after being released in the October 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner swap, went over 270 days without food before Israel finally agreed to release him to his hometown of Jerusalem.
In April 2012, over 2,000 prisoners launched a mass strike that forced Israel to concede to several specific demands to improve detainees' living conditions.
Palestinian human rights reports said that last July the occupation carried out more than 195 raids in different areas in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, during which it arrested over 220 Palestinians. The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies reported that most of the arrests took place in the city of al-Khalil, where the occupation arrested last month 60 people.
The center said, in its monthly report on the arrests and prison conditions, that the occupation has also arrested seven citizens from the Gaza Strip.
It added that the Israeli occupation detained during the last month 35 Palestinian children under the age of 18, including a five-year-old child, and three women, including Canadian activist Sarah Ali in al-Khalil after attacking her.
Palestinian MP Mohamed Abu Tir was arrested after the IOF raided his home in Kafr Aqab, north of Jerusalem, while prisoner Eyad Abu Funun from Bethlehem was released and deported to the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies demanded international human rights and humanitarian organizations to form committees to see the difficult situation of captives in Israeli jails, and to intervene to put an end to the occupation crimes against the prisoners and release the hunger strikers.
The center said, in its monthly report on the arrests and prison conditions, that the occupation has also arrested seven citizens from the Gaza Strip.
It added that the Israeli occupation detained during the last month 35 Palestinian children under the age of 18, including a five-year-old child, and three women, including Canadian activist Sarah Ali in al-Khalil after attacking her.
Palestinian MP Mohamed Abu Tir was arrested after the IOF raided his home in Kafr Aqab, north of Jerusalem, while prisoner Eyad Abu Funun from Bethlehem was released and deported to the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies demanded international human rights and humanitarian organizations to form committees to see the difficult situation of captives in Israeli jails, and to intervene to put an end to the occupation crimes against the prisoners and release the hunger strikers.
The health condition of prisoner Abdullah Al-Barghouthi has seriously deteriorated after 91 days of hunger strike along with four other Jordanian captives. Lawyer Mohammed Al Shayeb, who visited Al-Barghouthi yesterday in Afula prison, warned of the serious deterioration of the striker's health condition due to his continued hunger strike.
The lawyer quoted the doctor as saying that Al-Barghouthi risks death at any moment, noting that his medical condition is monitored twice a day to check his heart rate, blood pressure, and glucose levels.
The IPS in Afula prison has refused the doctors' demand to conduct the hunger striker physical examination to his nerves under the pretext that his transfer from his room to the clinic causes a security problem, the lawyer added.
Abdullah al-Barghouthi has declared since early May an open hunger strike along with four other Jordanian captives, Mohammad Rimawi, Muneer Mir’i, Hamza al-Dabbas Othman, and Alaa Hammad.
Rally in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Ramallah
Hamas movement has organized a demonstration Thursday in Ramallah in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Hundreds marched from Bireh mosque to Yasser Arafat square in Ramallah where they joined the sit-in in solidarity with the hunger strikers.
The leader in Hamas movement, Jamal al-Tawil, stated during the sit-in that this demonstration came as part of the continued activities in support of the prisoners in Israeli occupation jails.
Al-Tawil criticized the Palestinian negotiator's neglect of the prisoners' issue during the past twenty years.
The leader in Hamas movement called on the Jordanian regime to stand with the Jordanian prisoners who launched since early May a hunger strike protesting their detention conditions in Israeli jails.
The lawyer quoted the doctor as saying that Al-Barghouthi risks death at any moment, noting that his medical condition is monitored twice a day to check his heart rate, blood pressure, and glucose levels.
The IPS in Afula prison has refused the doctors' demand to conduct the hunger striker physical examination to his nerves under the pretext that his transfer from his room to the clinic causes a security problem, the lawyer added.
Abdullah al-Barghouthi has declared since early May an open hunger strike along with four other Jordanian captives, Mohammad Rimawi, Muneer Mir’i, Hamza al-Dabbas Othman, and Alaa Hammad.
Rally in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Ramallah
Hamas movement has organized a demonstration Thursday in Ramallah in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Hundreds marched from Bireh mosque to Yasser Arafat square in Ramallah where they joined the sit-in in solidarity with the hunger strikers.
The leader in Hamas movement, Jamal al-Tawil, stated during the sit-in that this demonstration came as part of the continued activities in support of the prisoners in Israeli occupation jails.
Al-Tawil criticized the Palestinian negotiator's neglect of the prisoners' issue during the past twenty years.
The leader in Hamas movement called on the Jordanian regime to stand with the Jordanian prisoners who launched since early May a hunger strike protesting their detention conditions in Israeli jails.
PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, strongly denounced Israeli minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, Neftali Bennett's recent statements regarding Palestinian prisoners – 'If you catch terrorists, you have to simply kill them.' Bennett also declared that he has 'killed lots of Arabs' in his life and that 'there's no problem with that.'
Dr. Ashrawi stressed, "It is astounding that Neftali Bennett, an Israel government official and Knesset member, has a complete disregard for due process, human rights, and the value of life."
She added, "What makes it even more chilling and disturbing is the fact that Bennett believes that it is acceptable to imply that the killing of Palestinians is an ordinary event that Israelis should indulge in with equanimity and undeterred by any moral or legal consideration."
"Such horrific statements betray a culture of hate and racism, even at the highest executive level, which is the outcome of decades of Israeli military occupation with impunity and the deliberate dehumanization of its Palestinian victims," concluded Dr. Ashrawi.
Dr. Ashrawi stressed, "It is astounding that Neftali Bennett, an Israel government official and Knesset member, has a complete disregard for due process, human rights, and the value of life."
She added, "What makes it even more chilling and disturbing is the fact that Bennett believes that it is acceptable to imply that the killing of Palestinians is an ordinary event that Israelis should indulge in with equanimity and undeterred by any moral or legal consideration."
"Such horrific statements betray a culture of hate and racism, even at the highest executive level, which is the outcome of decades of Israeli military occupation with impunity and the deliberate dehumanization of its Palestinian victims," concluded Dr. Ashrawi.
On Thursday, dubbed the Day of Rage, thousands of Palestinians gathered in areas occupied by the Israeli state to protest PRAWER, a plan that would forcibly displace 30-40,000 Palestinian Bedouins from the Negev-Naqab dessert, if it went effect. Throughout the region more than 20 protesters have been arrested.
At four in the afternoon hundreds of protesters gathered at the Lehavim Junction in Negev, among them youth, families, children, and Bedouins who had traveled more than four hours to attend the protest. Beside Palestinians, the group included Jews and Internationals. The protesters chanted,
“The people of Negev are not for Sale! Zionists get out!” and
“Palestine is our land! The people will hold their ground!” They raised posters with messages like, “Zionism = Racism” and “The Negev Needs You: Stop PRAWER.”
One protestor told news reporters, “The government does not recognize the Bedouin villages and withholds essential services so that we will lose hope and leave. We are not invaders or nomads. We will continue to live and work our lands, which we have owned since before the establishment of the [Israeli] state.”
The protest was guarded by approximately 150 military trained Israeli Occupation Force officers, equipped with tear gas, stunt grenades, rifles, and horses for dispersing the crowd. The protesters broke the barriers set up by the Israeli Offensive Forces. However, male elders from the crowd stopped protestors from moving toward the intersection which they had hoped to block off. The demonstration remained peaceful.
At around 6:30 protesters began to disperse. As the crowd of news reporters thinned out, Occupation officers claimed that rocks had been thrown at them, and arrested a young man. The innocent man’s friend objected to the arrest, and was imprisoned as well. Both men had a court hearing this morning. An international PNN volunteer was punched in the face by an Occupation Force officer while filming the arrests.
Other protests occurred in the Galilee village of Rayna at the Aara Junction in the north and at a junction near Wadi Ara, where around twenty demonstrators were arrested and the occupation force used tear gas to disperse the crowd which attempted to block Route 65. Later in the evening protestors gathered in East Jeruselem, succesfully blocked the streets with their march, until they were dispersed by officers on horseback throwing stunt grenades.
About half the Bedouin population of the Naqab (40,000 people) live in 35 villages, the majority which pre-date the establishment of the Israeli state. Israel treats them as unrecognized villages and ‘illegal communities,’ denying them essential services such as electricity, running water, transportation networks, and medical, postal, and educational services. Israel considers construction within these villages as illegal and regularly demolishes the homes of the residents. The Israelis have demolished the village of Al-Arakib more than fifty times.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, who disapproved of the bill last week, said, “If this bill becomes law, it will accelerate the demolition of entire Bedouin communities, forcing them to give up their homes, denying them their rights to land ownership, and decimating their traditional cultural and social life in the name of development.”
At four in the afternoon hundreds of protesters gathered at the Lehavim Junction in Negev, among them youth, families, children, and Bedouins who had traveled more than four hours to attend the protest. Beside Palestinians, the group included Jews and Internationals. The protesters chanted,
“The people of Negev are not for Sale! Zionists get out!” and
“Palestine is our land! The people will hold their ground!” They raised posters with messages like, “Zionism = Racism” and “The Negev Needs You: Stop PRAWER.”
One protestor told news reporters, “The government does not recognize the Bedouin villages and withholds essential services so that we will lose hope and leave. We are not invaders or nomads. We will continue to live and work our lands, which we have owned since before the establishment of the [Israeli] state.”
The protest was guarded by approximately 150 military trained Israeli Occupation Force officers, equipped with tear gas, stunt grenades, rifles, and horses for dispersing the crowd. The protesters broke the barriers set up by the Israeli Offensive Forces. However, male elders from the crowd stopped protestors from moving toward the intersection which they had hoped to block off. The demonstration remained peaceful.
At around 6:30 protesters began to disperse. As the crowd of news reporters thinned out, Occupation officers claimed that rocks had been thrown at them, and arrested a young man. The innocent man’s friend objected to the arrest, and was imprisoned as well. Both men had a court hearing this morning. An international PNN volunteer was punched in the face by an Occupation Force officer while filming the arrests.
Other protests occurred in the Galilee village of Rayna at the Aara Junction in the north and at a junction near Wadi Ara, where around twenty demonstrators were arrested and the occupation force used tear gas to disperse the crowd which attempted to block Route 65. Later in the evening protestors gathered in East Jeruselem, succesfully blocked the streets with their march, until they were dispersed by officers on horseback throwing stunt grenades.
About half the Bedouin population of the Naqab (40,000 people) live in 35 villages, the majority which pre-date the establishment of the Israeli state. Israel treats them as unrecognized villages and ‘illegal communities,’ denying them essential services such as electricity, running water, transportation networks, and medical, postal, and educational services. Israel considers construction within these villages as illegal and regularly demolishes the homes of the residents. The Israelis have demolished the village of Al-Arakib more than fifty times.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, who disapproved of the bill last week, said, “If this bill becomes law, it will accelerate the demolition of entire Bedouin communities, forcing them to give up their homes, denying them their rights to land ownership, and decimating their traditional cultural and social life in the name of development.”
[Thursday evening August 1, 2013] Israeli soldiers and police officers attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters nonviolently marching in occupied East Jerusalem against the Prawer Negev displacement plan.
The protesters carried Palestinian flags, signs denouncing the plan and Israel’s policies against the Arabs and Palestinians in the country, and chanted against the Prawer plan.
Local sources have reported that the army and police used excessive force against the nonviolent protesters and struck them with batons before throwing concussion grenades at them.
Several protesters suffered cuts and bruises to various part of their bodies, and received the needed medical treatment.
The soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians in Nablus Street and Bab Al-‘Amoud in East Jerusalem, and violently attacked them.
The protest started in Bab Al-’Amoud before the protesters marched to Salah Ed-Deen Street, and Sultan Suleiman Street and heading towards Nablus Street, close to the American Consulate.
Mounted Policemen then attacked the protesters, preventing them from reaching the U.S. Consulate, and kidnapped one protester.
Clashes have also been reported in Nablus Street and Bab Al’-Amoud after the police attacked the protesters who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
The “Prawer plan” calls for annexing more than 700.000 Dunams (185329 acres) and displacing the residents by demolishing 14 villages in the area.
All unrecognized villages in the Negev are under continuing Israeli attacks and violations, as Tel Aviv does not recognize the residents' right to live on their land -- land they inhabited long before the 1948 creation of the state of Israel in historic Palestine.
Unrecognized villages in the Negev are under continuing Israeli attacks and violations, as Tel Aviv does not recognize the residents' right to live on their land -- land they inhabited long before the 1948 creation of the state of Israel in historic Palestine.
The protesters carried Palestinian flags, signs denouncing the plan and Israel’s policies against the Arabs and Palestinians in the country, and chanted against the Prawer plan.
Local sources have reported that the army and police used excessive force against the nonviolent protesters and struck them with batons before throwing concussion grenades at them.
Several protesters suffered cuts and bruises to various part of their bodies, and received the needed medical treatment.
The soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians in Nablus Street and Bab Al-‘Amoud in East Jerusalem, and violently attacked them.
The protest started in Bab Al-’Amoud before the protesters marched to Salah Ed-Deen Street, and Sultan Suleiman Street and heading towards Nablus Street, close to the American Consulate.
Mounted Policemen then attacked the protesters, preventing them from reaching the U.S. Consulate, and kidnapped one protester.
Clashes have also been reported in Nablus Street and Bab Al’-Amoud after the police attacked the protesters who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
The “Prawer plan” calls for annexing more than 700.000 Dunams (185329 acres) and displacing the residents by demolishing 14 villages in the area.
All unrecognized villages in the Negev are under continuing Israeli attacks and violations, as Tel Aviv does not recognize the residents' right to live on their land -- land they inhabited long before the 1948 creation of the state of Israel in historic Palestine.
Unrecognized villages in the Negev are under continuing Israeli attacks and violations, as Tel Aviv does not recognize the residents' right to live on their land -- land they inhabited long before the 1948 creation of the state of Israel in historic Palestine.
1 aug 2013
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported Thursday [August 1, 2013] that several Palestinians have been injured, and one has been kidnapped, after Israeli soldiers and settlers attacked a funeral procession in Beit Ummar town, north of the city. Media spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Beit Ummar, Mohammad Awad, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that a number of settlers attacked a funeral procession in the town, as they were leaving a local graveyard, and also attacked a local reporter identified as Nayef al-Hashlamon.
Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene and attacked the Palestinian instead of removing the settlers.
Awad also stated that he was also attacked by a settler woman who tried to slap him in the face as he tried to take pictures of the attack, and that the soldiers pushed him around causing his camera to drop, and kidnapped one youth identified as Ahmad Younis Al-Allami, 23, after violently beating him.
There have been numerous incidents of similar attacks against locals participating in burial ceremonies and funeral processions in Hebron leading to dozens of injuries and several arrests.
Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene and attacked the Palestinian instead of removing the settlers.
Awad also stated that he was also attacked by a settler woman who tried to slap him in the face as he tried to take pictures of the attack, and that the soldiers pushed him around causing his camera to drop, and kidnapped one youth identified as Ahmad Younis Al-Allami, 23, after violently beating him.
There have been numerous incidents of similar attacks against locals participating in burial ceremonies and funeral processions in Hebron leading to dozens of injuries and several arrests.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) accompanied by Israeli intelligence agents stormed El-Bireh city and occupied Jerusalem at dawn Thursday and nabbed three young men. Local sources said that IOF soldiers broke in to the home of martyr Hassanein Rummane in El-Bireh and took away his son Hamdy.
Two other young men, Omar Abu Ziyad and Ali Firoun, were nabbed in Alezariya town to the east of occupied Jerusalem.
Two other young men, Omar Abu Ziyad and Ali Firoun, were nabbed in Alezariya town to the east of occupied Jerusalem.
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The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B'Tselem, revealed that on Sunday 21/7/2013 at midnight, B'Tselem Camera Project volunteer Raed Abu Rmeileh saw an Israeli police car arriving to Israeli detention center near the Ibrahimi Mosque with a handcuffed minor.
Abu Rmeileh started filming the incident from his house that oversees the Israeli detention center. An Hour later, Abu Rmeileh saw the policemen taking out the boy from the center. The boy was barefooted. |
A policeman put the boy in a police car that was parking in front of the center, while beating him on his neck (as it's shown in the video) and a while after admitting the detainee into the car, three policemen drove the car away along with the detainee.
Following the incident, B'tselem tried to collect more information regarding the incident to know the Identity of the detainee. B'tselem researchers called the Palestinian Liaison Office and the Palestinian Prisoners Society to clarify more details about the detainees who were arrested that day, yet nothing was found about the detainees' possible identity. The researchers also asked a number of families that reside near the Ibrahimi Mosque, but to no avail.
Following the incident, B'tselem tried to collect more information regarding the incident to know the Identity of the detainee. B'tselem researchers called the Palestinian Liaison Office and the Palestinian Prisoners Society to clarify more details about the detainees who were arrested that day, yet nothing was found about the detainees' possible identity. The researchers also asked a number of families that reside near the Ibrahimi Mosque, but to no avail.
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