20 aug 2014
The Israeli prison authority has been dragging its feet vis-à-vis Palestinian prisoner patients held in al-Ramla prison clinic, denying them urgent medical check-ups and needed therapy. Prisoner Riyadh al-Amour, serving 11 back-to-back life sentences, said following a visit paid by lawyers at the Palestinian Prisoner Society: “Whole years have passed by since I have launched a distress signal over my tragic situation. I appealed to the authorities to urgently change a pacemaker planted in my body since I was arrested 10 years ago, but to no avail.”
The Israeli prison authorities also informed the prisoner patients that food quantities and qualities served to them would be reduced, paying no heed to the prisoners’ critical health status, he further charged.
Prisoner Nahed al-Akraa from al-Amari refugee camp, sentenced to life, called for the reactivation of the prisoner patients’ cause and for the launch of a large-scale intervention at all levels to halt such Israeli slow-death tactics.
Al-Akraa had two of his legs amputated due to the severe wounds he sustained in Israeli assaults, causing him a long-term paralysis. Al-Akraa is in need of urgent treatment due to the swift spread of infections in what was left of his legs.
Other wounded prisoners, incarcerated in Israeli lock-ups, are also in need of urgent treatment and medical follow-ups, including prisoner Adnan Abu Muheissen, diagnosed with a triple paralysis and sentenced administratively to four months.
Prisoner Rabi Sbeih, from Bethlehem, was rushed to Ramla clinic after he was diagnosed with symptoms of a deadly stroke, lawyer of the Prisoner Society said quoting a number of detainees
The Israeli prison authorities also informed the prisoner patients that food quantities and qualities served to them would be reduced, paying no heed to the prisoners’ critical health status, he further charged.
Prisoner Nahed al-Akraa from al-Amari refugee camp, sentenced to life, called for the reactivation of the prisoner patients’ cause and for the launch of a large-scale intervention at all levels to halt such Israeli slow-death tactics.
Al-Akraa had two of his legs amputated due to the severe wounds he sustained in Israeli assaults, causing him a long-term paralysis. Al-Akraa is in need of urgent treatment due to the swift spread of infections in what was left of his legs.
Other wounded prisoners, incarcerated in Israeli lock-ups, are also in need of urgent treatment and medical follow-ups, including prisoner Adnan Abu Muheissen, diagnosed with a triple paralysis and sentenced administratively to four months.
Prisoner Rabi Sbeih, from Bethlehem, was rushed to Ramla clinic after he was diagnosed with symptoms of a deadly stroke, lawyer of the Prisoner Society said quoting a number of detainees
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said Tuesday that Israel had extended the detention of over 100 Palestinian detainees from the occupied West Bank.
Israeli courts in Ofer, Betah Tikfa, Ashkelon, and Jerusalem extended the detention of 102 Palestinians, the statement said.
The group did not mention how long the sentences were extended for.
Israeli courts in Ofer, Betah Tikfa, Ashkelon, and Jerusalem extended the detention of 102 Palestinians, the statement said.
The group did not mention how long the sentences were extended for.
Israeli troops stormed Burin village near Nablus in the northern West Bank overnight Tuesday and ransacked dozens of Palestinian homes to warn locals of any attacks on settler houses near the village.
Palestinian security sources told Ma’an Wednesday morning that dozens of soldiers and intelligence officers interrogated more than 30 young men in the open after taking them out of their homes at gunpoint.
The soldiers warned that they would open fire directly at anyone who attacks settler homes.
Palestinian security sources told Ma’an Wednesday morning that dozens of soldiers and intelligence officers interrogated more than 30 young men in the open after taking them out of their homes at gunpoint.
The soldiers warned that they would open fire directly at anyone who attacks settler homes.
The Palestine Liberation Organization on Wednesday condemned the Israeli order to exile Palestinian member of parliament Khalida Jarrar from her home in Ramallah, as further details emerged of deportation order she received in a pre-dawn raid earlier in the day.
PLO Executive Committee Member Saeb Erekat on Wednesday said in a statement that the order for Jarrar, who is a representative of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, to be confined to a specific area in Jericho was "yet another manifestation of Israel's widespread and systematic attack against the Palestinian civilian population."
He added that the order is in "clear contravention of Israel's obligation under international law and treaties to respect the fundamental human rights of individuals, including the rights to self-determination, freedom of movement, privacy, and protection of the family."
Erekat noted that the order, which was delivered in a pre-dawn raid on her home by Israeli soldiers and gave her 24 hours to leave, "effectively amounts to attempted forcible transfer, unlawful confinement and persecution, all of which are crimes punishable under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and under the universal jurisdiction provisions of the majority of States."
Erekat condemned the move and noted that 36 other members of the Palestine Legislative Council, the equivalent of a parliament, were being held in Israeli jails.
Prisoner rights group Ad-Dameer said in a statement on Wednesday that Jarrar -- who is a board member of the organization -- was told that she would be confined to Jericho for the next six months because she was a "threat to the security of the area."
The group said that the Israeli army did not give any explanation of the kind of threat she posed.
The group noted in the statement that the raid also pointed to the fact that the Palestinian Authority was complicit in her arrest, as any raid on areas in Area A -- the approximately 20 percent of the West Bank technically under full Palestinian control as a result of the Oslo Accords -- had to be taken with their coordination.
"By allowing Israeli occupying forces to enter Ramallah means that in effect the so-called 'security co-ordination' between Palestinian Authority security forces and Israeli occupying forces allowed for the expulsion of an elected representative of the Palestinian people, an elected representative who has continuously called for an end to such 'coordination,'" the group said.
Elected to the Palestinian parliament in 2006, the group noted that Jarrar has been banned from traveling outside of the occupied Palestinian territory by Israeli authorities since 1998, except for one occasion in which she traveled to Jordan for medical treatment in 2010.
The group also noted that Israeli forces have previously forcibly deported sitting members of the Palestinian parliament, including Mohammad Abu Teer, Ahmad Atoun and Mohammad Totah, as well as Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Khalid Abu Arafeh in 2010.
All of the officials were deported from their homes in Jerusalem and Ramallah, the group said, noting that soon after the deportation they were arrested and held without charge or trial by the military.
Israeli forces deliver 'deportation order' to PFLP lawmaker
Israeli forces raided the house of a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine lawmaker early Wednesday and delivered an order demanding that she leave Ramallah.
Khalida Jarrar told Ma'an that dozens of soldiers raided her house in Ramallah early Wednesday and delivered a deportation order "by an Israeli court" to Jericho for an unspecified period of time.
Jarrar added that the place of residence in Jericho was specified in the order.
She said the order was in Hebrew and that she refused to sign it when soldiers told her to, and that she was also provided a map for her movement inside Jericho.
Jarrar added that the raid was a form of house arrest and that she was given 24 hours to move out of Ramallah to Jericho.
She said she will take the paper to relevant parties to determine the response.
PLO Executive Committee Member Saeb Erekat on Wednesday said in a statement that the order for Jarrar, who is a representative of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, to be confined to a specific area in Jericho was "yet another manifestation of Israel's widespread and systematic attack against the Palestinian civilian population."
He added that the order is in "clear contravention of Israel's obligation under international law and treaties to respect the fundamental human rights of individuals, including the rights to self-determination, freedom of movement, privacy, and protection of the family."
Erekat noted that the order, which was delivered in a pre-dawn raid on her home by Israeli soldiers and gave her 24 hours to leave, "effectively amounts to attempted forcible transfer, unlawful confinement and persecution, all of which are crimes punishable under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and under the universal jurisdiction provisions of the majority of States."
Erekat condemned the move and noted that 36 other members of the Palestine Legislative Council, the equivalent of a parliament, were being held in Israeli jails.
Prisoner rights group Ad-Dameer said in a statement on Wednesday that Jarrar -- who is a board member of the organization -- was told that she would be confined to Jericho for the next six months because she was a "threat to the security of the area."
The group said that the Israeli army did not give any explanation of the kind of threat she posed.
The group noted in the statement that the raid also pointed to the fact that the Palestinian Authority was complicit in her arrest, as any raid on areas in Area A -- the approximately 20 percent of the West Bank technically under full Palestinian control as a result of the Oslo Accords -- had to be taken with their coordination.
"By allowing Israeli occupying forces to enter Ramallah means that in effect the so-called 'security co-ordination' between Palestinian Authority security forces and Israeli occupying forces allowed for the expulsion of an elected representative of the Palestinian people, an elected representative who has continuously called for an end to such 'coordination,'" the group said.
Elected to the Palestinian parliament in 2006, the group noted that Jarrar has been banned from traveling outside of the occupied Palestinian territory by Israeli authorities since 1998, except for one occasion in which she traveled to Jordan for medical treatment in 2010.
The group also noted that Israeli forces have previously forcibly deported sitting members of the Palestinian parliament, including Mohammad Abu Teer, Ahmad Atoun and Mohammad Totah, as well as Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Khalid Abu Arafeh in 2010.
All of the officials were deported from their homes in Jerusalem and Ramallah, the group said, noting that soon after the deportation they were arrested and held without charge or trial by the military.
Israeli forces deliver 'deportation order' to PFLP lawmaker
Israeli forces raided the house of a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine lawmaker early Wednesday and delivered an order demanding that she leave Ramallah.
Khalida Jarrar told Ma'an that dozens of soldiers raided her house in Ramallah early Wednesday and delivered a deportation order "by an Israeli court" to Jericho for an unspecified period of time.
Jarrar added that the place of residence in Jericho was specified in the order.
She said the order was in Hebrew and that she refused to sign it when soldiers told her to, and that she was also provided a map for her movement inside Jericho.
Jarrar added that the raid was a form of house arrest and that she was given 24 hours to move out of Ramallah to Jericho.
She said she will take the paper to relevant parties to determine the response.
Palestinian home demolished in Jerusalem
Reports of dozens of Palestinians being attacked, by both Israeli settlers and soldiers, are still surfacing in increasing amounts, as the assault on Gaza resumes with no breakthrough in peace negotiations. Over 2 dozen people have been kidnapped across the region since Monday, with housing demolitions ongoing in multiple occurrence.
According to reports by media and security sources, the Israeli military and police arrested at least 16 Palestinians from various areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem, on Tuesday alone.
In occupied Nablus, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said Israeli army stormed the village of Usarin, during predawn hours, abducting two teenagers, ages 17 and 19, after raiding their houses and wrecking their furniture.
The army also stormed the nearby village of Tell, where they kidnapped a Palestinian youngster, in addition to another whom they took at a checkpoint near the town of Burqa.
In Hebron, Israeli forces stormed the city and took two brothers following a similar raid on their homes. The army also stormed the nearby town of Dahiriya, where they kidnapped a 19-year-old Palestinian after raiding his house.
Later, on Tuesday, WAFA further reports that soldiers set military checkpoints at several highways across Hebron Governorate, arresting at least one Palestinian near Halhoul.
Meanwhile, in Bethlehem, soldiers invaded the village of Hosan, west of the city, kidnapping one youngster, aged 23, after raiding and searching his family's house. The army further stormed the nearby town of Beit Sahour, where they served two brothers with summonses to appear, for interrogation, before Israeli intelligence.
Forces also raided the village of Deir Istiya, near the city of Salfit, where they abducted four more Palestinians.
Another was further reported arrested in the village of Burqin, to the west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, in addition to yet another in the town of Husan, just west of Bethlehem.
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police in Jerusalem took with them one minor, as he was trying to fend off a provocative Jewish settlers’ attack on al-Aqsa Mosque. The assault was led by Jewish-Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick.
The mosque has seen repeated Israeli attempts, in recent months, to enforce a temporal division of prayer times between Muslims and Jews.
See recent article: Feiglin Leads Settlers in al-Aqsa Raid, Continued Clashes in West Bank
In the early morning hours, on Monday, six young men from the village of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem, were taken into Israeli custody following a raid on their homes.
The detainees are: Mohammad Fadel Sbeih, Ibrahim Atef Masoud Khatib, Shadi Mohammad Mahmoud Najib and his brother Daoud, Rabeh Nasri and his brother Ramzi, according to the head of the local council in the village of Hizma, Mwafaq Khatib.
Taken from Shu’fat refugee camp: Mutasem Haddam, Mohammad Deebeh and Ibrahim Tantash.
In the Old City, minors Omar Hasan Firawi and Ibrahim, and a young man named Thaer Assaileh were also taken on Monday morning, Silwanic has reported.
In the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al Tur (Mount of Olives), on Monday, Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian two-family home.
See recent related IMEMC: Army Detonates Two Homes In Hebron, Seals One With Concrete Blocs
Army Demolishes Cave Housing a Family near Bethlehem
The Israel Committee Against House Demolitions says that 27,000 Palestinian homes on Jerusalem's eastside have been demolished since 1967, when Israel first began illegaly occupying the officially recognized Palestinan territories.
On Tuesday, at dawn, Israeli forces abducted at least 16 Palestinians after raiding several areas in the occupied West Bank, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency.
Israeli channel 7 reported that forces arrested one Palestinian citizen in Tulkarem, as well as four others from Deir Estia village, near Qalqilya.
Two other Palestinians were taken in Qalqilya, as well, and in the village of Burqa, near Nablus.
Two citizens from Obarn village, in Nablus, and two from Bethlehem were detianed, in addition to a Palestinian citizen who was taken from al-Zaheria town, south of Hebron.
Security sources in Hebron told the Safa news agency that Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians, in raids carried out across the province.
Israeli forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives, according to Al Ray.
See IMEMC Special Report: “800,000 Palestinians Imprisoned By Israel Since 1967”
Over 550,000 Israelis now live in Jewish-only settlements across the region, including occupied East Jerusalem, around and between Palestinian villages, where assaults on Palestinian people and their property is commonly perpetrated by both settlers and military/police.
See also: "Several Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank, Settlers Attack Cars"
Reports of dozens of Palestinians being attacked, by both Israeli settlers and soldiers, are still surfacing in increasing amounts, as the assault on Gaza resumes with no breakthrough in peace negotiations. Over 2 dozen people have been kidnapped across the region since Monday, with housing demolitions ongoing in multiple occurrence.
According to reports by media and security sources, the Israeli military and police arrested at least 16 Palestinians from various areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem, on Tuesday alone.
In occupied Nablus, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said Israeli army stormed the village of Usarin, during predawn hours, abducting two teenagers, ages 17 and 19, after raiding their houses and wrecking their furniture.
The army also stormed the nearby village of Tell, where they kidnapped a Palestinian youngster, in addition to another whom they took at a checkpoint near the town of Burqa.
In Hebron, Israeli forces stormed the city and took two brothers following a similar raid on their homes. The army also stormed the nearby town of Dahiriya, where they kidnapped a 19-year-old Palestinian after raiding his house.
Later, on Tuesday, WAFA further reports that soldiers set military checkpoints at several highways across Hebron Governorate, arresting at least one Palestinian near Halhoul.
Meanwhile, in Bethlehem, soldiers invaded the village of Hosan, west of the city, kidnapping one youngster, aged 23, after raiding and searching his family's house. The army further stormed the nearby town of Beit Sahour, where they served two brothers with summonses to appear, for interrogation, before Israeli intelligence.
Forces also raided the village of Deir Istiya, near the city of Salfit, where they abducted four more Palestinians.
Another was further reported arrested in the village of Burqin, to the west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, in addition to yet another in the town of Husan, just west of Bethlehem.
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police in Jerusalem took with them one minor, as he was trying to fend off a provocative Jewish settlers’ attack on al-Aqsa Mosque. The assault was led by Jewish-Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick.
The mosque has seen repeated Israeli attempts, in recent months, to enforce a temporal division of prayer times between Muslims and Jews.
See recent article: Feiglin Leads Settlers in al-Aqsa Raid, Continued Clashes in West Bank
In the early morning hours, on Monday, six young men from the village of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem, were taken into Israeli custody following a raid on their homes.
The detainees are: Mohammad Fadel Sbeih, Ibrahim Atef Masoud Khatib, Shadi Mohammad Mahmoud Najib and his brother Daoud, Rabeh Nasri and his brother Ramzi, according to the head of the local council in the village of Hizma, Mwafaq Khatib.
Taken from Shu’fat refugee camp: Mutasem Haddam, Mohammad Deebeh and Ibrahim Tantash.
In the Old City, minors Omar Hasan Firawi and Ibrahim, and a young man named Thaer Assaileh were also taken on Monday morning, Silwanic has reported.
In the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al Tur (Mount of Olives), on Monday, Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian two-family home.
See recent related IMEMC: Army Detonates Two Homes In Hebron, Seals One With Concrete Blocs
Army Demolishes Cave Housing a Family near Bethlehem
The Israel Committee Against House Demolitions says that 27,000 Palestinian homes on Jerusalem's eastside have been demolished since 1967, when Israel first began illegaly occupying the officially recognized Palestinan territories.
On Tuesday, at dawn, Israeli forces abducted at least 16 Palestinians after raiding several areas in the occupied West Bank, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency.
Israeli channel 7 reported that forces arrested one Palestinian citizen in Tulkarem, as well as four others from Deir Estia village, near Qalqilya.
Two other Palestinians were taken in Qalqilya, as well, and in the village of Burqa, near Nablus.
Two citizens from Obarn village, in Nablus, and two from Bethlehem were detianed, in addition to a Palestinian citizen who was taken from al-Zaheria town, south of Hebron.
Security sources in Hebron told the Safa news agency that Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians, in raids carried out across the province.
Israeli forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives, according to Al Ray.
See IMEMC Special Report: “800,000 Palestinians Imprisoned By Israel Since 1967”
Over 550,000 Israelis now live in Jewish-only settlements across the region, including occupied East Jerusalem, around and between Palestinian villages, where assaults on Palestinian people and their property is commonly perpetrated by both settlers and military/police.
See also: "Several Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank, Settlers Attack Cars"
19 aug 2014
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Tuesday several Palestinian youths from different areas of the West Bank. Eyewitnesses told PIC reporter that four Israeli jeeps stormed Tel town, south Nablus, and arrested a young man after violently raiding and searching his home.
Following the Israeli raid, violent clashes broke out in the village between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers who were forced to withdraw. No injuries were reported during the clashes.
In a related context, Israeli troops stormed Osrin village, also to the south of the city, and arrested two young men before taking them to unknown destination.
IOF raided Burqa village and stormed a home belonging to Ahmad Duglas who was arrest yesterday at a military checkpoint, while a second young man, from Burqin village, was arrested in his workplace inside the green line.
In Jenin, a number of Palestinian citizens suffered breathing problems after inhaling tear gas bombs during clashes that broke out at dawn today when Israeli forces stormed Anza town.
Local sources revealed that more than ten Israeli military vehicles stormed the town in total provocation to the residents, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Israeli forces fired tear gas bombs during the clashes while Palestinians responded by throwing stones and empty battles.
In Tubas, Israeli forces stormed Faraa refugee camp and arrested three citizens after attacking their families, while summoning a fourth one for investigation.
In al-Khalil, violent clashes erupted at dawn today when Israeli forces stormed different parts of the city. Palestinians stoned the invading soldiers and set fire to a number of tires, while Israeli forces fired tear gas bombs and rubber bullets towards them and at civilian homes in the area. Breathing difficulties were reported among the youths.
IOF also arrested two youths in Yatta town in al-Khalil after being brutally attacked and beaten while herding sheep in a grazing area.
Following the Israeli raid, violent clashes broke out in the village between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers who were forced to withdraw. No injuries were reported during the clashes.
In a related context, Israeli troops stormed Osrin village, also to the south of the city, and arrested two young men before taking them to unknown destination.
IOF raided Burqa village and stormed a home belonging to Ahmad Duglas who was arrest yesterday at a military checkpoint, while a second young man, from Burqin village, was arrested in his workplace inside the green line.
In Jenin, a number of Palestinian citizens suffered breathing problems after inhaling tear gas bombs during clashes that broke out at dawn today when Israeli forces stormed Anza town.
Local sources revealed that more than ten Israeli military vehicles stormed the town in total provocation to the residents, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Israeli forces fired tear gas bombs during the clashes while Palestinians responded by throwing stones and empty battles.
In Tubas, Israeli forces stormed Faraa refugee camp and arrested three citizens after attacking their families, while summoning a fourth one for investigation.
In al-Khalil, violent clashes erupted at dawn today when Israeli forces stormed different parts of the city. Palestinians stoned the invading soldiers and set fire to a number of tires, while Israeli forces fired tear gas bombs and rubber bullets towards them and at civilian homes in the area. Breathing difficulties were reported among the youths.
IOF also arrested two youths in Yatta town in al-Khalil after being brutally attacked and beaten while herding sheep in a grazing area.
East Jerusalem house demolished without prior notice
Israeli forces kidnapped nine Palestinians from various West Bank areas, on Monday, according to reports by security sources.
In the Jenin district, Israeli forces raided the refugee camp, where they abducted four Palestinians after breaking into and ransacking their homes. They broke into several other homes in the camp, as well, serving two notices to appear for interrogation, WAFA has reported.
Also raided were Wadi Burqin and Ya‘bad, just west of the city, where they took one 24-year-old Palestinian and interrogated a previously freed prisoner, after a similar invasion of their families’ homes.
Troops set up roadblocks at the entrance of Jaba‘ and ‘Anza, to the south, stopping Palestinian vehicles and inspecting IDs.
In Hebron, forces stationed near the Ibrahimi Mosque, to the south of the city, kidnapped two Palestinians 14 and 21 years of age.
A 29-year-old Palestinian was taken after forces broke into and searched his home in Wadi Ma‘ali, of central Bethlehem.
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, WAFA further reports that Israeli police raided the African Community neighborhood, adjacent to al-Aqsa Mosque. One 16-year old Palestinian was arrested after a raid on the family home, upon which he was taken to a detention/interrogation facility in the city.
Also on Monday, the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolished a two-storey building in the neighborhood of al-Tur (Mount of Olives), in occupied East Jerusalem, leaving a family of 17 homeless, according to media sources.
WAFA Jerusalem correspondence said that Israeli police demolished a house belonging to a local Palestinian resident, there, under the pretext of building without a permit.
Owner of the house, Tawfiq Gazzawi, stated that Israeli forces surrounded the house in the early morning hours and prevented the family from rescuing its contents before demolishing it. The 380-square-meter house was a shelter for 17 family members, he added. No prior notice was given.
Israeli authorities apparently tried to demolish the house in 2006, but were overruled in court proceedings.
While Israel grants itself the “right” to build and expand its illegitimate settlements in occupied Jerusalem and several areas in the West Bank, the vast majority of Palestinians in the occupied city are denied construction permits, and are not even granted permits to modify their existing homes.
Israeli forces kidnapped nine Palestinians from various West Bank areas, on Monday, according to reports by security sources.
In the Jenin district, Israeli forces raided the refugee camp, where they abducted four Palestinians after breaking into and ransacking their homes. They broke into several other homes in the camp, as well, serving two notices to appear for interrogation, WAFA has reported.
Also raided were Wadi Burqin and Ya‘bad, just west of the city, where they took one 24-year-old Palestinian and interrogated a previously freed prisoner, after a similar invasion of their families’ homes.
Troops set up roadblocks at the entrance of Jaba‘ and ‘Anza, to the south, stopping Palestinian vehicles and inspecting IDs.
In Hebron, forces stationed near the Ibrahimi Mosque, to the south of the city, kidnapped two Palestinians 14 and 21 years of age.
A 29-year-old Palestinian was taken after forces broke into and searched his home in Wadi Ma‘ali, of central Bethlehem.
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, WAFA further reports that Israeli police raided the African Community neighborhood, adjacent to al-Aqsa Mosque. One 16-year old Palestinian was arrested after a raid on the family home, upon which he was taken to a detention/interrogation facility in the city.
Also on Monday, the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolished a two-storey building in the neighborhood of al-Tur (Mount of Olives), in occupied East Jerusalem, leaving a family of 17 homeless, according to media sources.
WAFA Jerusalem correspondence said that Israeli police demolished a house belonging to a local Palestinian resident, there, under the pretext of building without a permit.
Owner of the house, Tawfiq Gazzawi, stated that Israeli forces surrounded the house in the early morning hours and prevented the family from rescuing its contents before demolishing it. The 380-square-meter house was a shelter for 17 family members, he added. No prior notice was given.
Israeli authorities apparently tried to demolish the house in 2006, but were overruled in court proceedings.
While Israel grants itself the “right” to build and expand its illegitimate settlements in occupied Jerusalem and several areas in the West Bank, the vast majority of Palestinians in the occupied city are denied construction permits, and are not even granted permits to modify their existing homes.
Mona Qa'dan
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that a Palestinian woman, kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel since 2012, has never been allowed any family visits, especially since Israel labels her entire family as a “security threat”.
The PPS said Mona Qa’dan, held at the HaSharon Israeli Prison has not even been able to talk with her family members who only saw her for a few minutes during court proceedings.
“Her suffering is ongoing, her detention was extended sixteen consecutive times since her arrest on November 23, 2012”, the PPS added. “She is still imprisoned without formal court deliberations, and the family cannot visit with her, or talk to her for even for a minute.”
Qa’dan also suffers various health issues, including in her gallbladder, stomach and high blood pressure.
Her arrest and imprisonment is her third, as she was previously arrested and imprisoned, but this is the longest time she ever spent in detention.
Her mother and father died; she has four sisters and three brothers, one of them is also imprisoned.
She is engaged to detainee Ibrahim Eghbariyya who is serving 3 life-terms and an additional ten years.
Her first arrest was on August 2, 2007, she was released on June 20, 2008, she was then kidnapped again on May 31, 2011, and was released on November 18, 2011, she was again kidnapped on November 12, 2012.
The last time Mona was free, she was part of the Shalit prisoner swap deal which secured the release of Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit, in exchange for the release of more than a thousand Palestinian political prisoners.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that a Palestinian woman, kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel since 2012, has never been allowed any family visits, especially since Israel labels her entire family as a “security threat”.
The PPS said Mona Qa’dan, held at the HaSharon Israeli Prison has not even been able to talk with her family members who only saw her for a few minutes during court proceedings.
“Her suffering is ongoing, her detention was extended sixteen consecutive times since her arrest on November 23, 2012”, the PPS added. “She is still imprisoned without formal court deliberations, and the family cannot visit with her, or talk to her for even for a minute.”
Qa’dan also suffers various health issues, including in her gallbladder, stomach and high blood pressure.
Her arrest and imprisonment is her third, as she was previously arrested and imprisoned, but this is the longest time she ever spent in detention.
Her mother and father died; she has four sisters and three brothers, one of them is also imprisoned.
She is engaged to detainee Ibrahim Eghbariyya who is serving 3 life-terms and an additional ten years.
Her first arrest was on August 2, 2007, she was released on June 20, 2008, she was then kidnapped again on May 31, 2011, and was released on November 18, 2011, she was again kidnapped on November 12, 2012.
The last time Mona was free, she was part of the Shalit prisoner swap deal which secured the release of Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit, in exchange for the release of more than a thousand Palestinian political prisoners.
18 aug 2014
At least 111 Palestinian children were killed during the first half of August due to Israeli carnages stepped up against the besieged Gaza Strip since July 7, official Palestinian human rights data revealed. Such a rate brings the total number of Palestinian children killed since the launch of the military offensive to 534 children, including 479 below the age of 18.
Department of Child Affairs in the Palestinian Information Ministry said the Israeli occupation troops nabbed dozens of Palestinian minors from different areas while hundreds of others were wounded in a series of attacks carried out by the occupation forces and extremist settler gangs.
About 230 Palestinian children are currently locked up in Israeli jails, the same sources added.
35 Palestinian children in the West Bank sustained wounds after they were shot by the Israeli occupation forces during raids and attacks on Palestinian peaceful pro-Gaza marchers.
A number of children were left wounded as Israeli settlers deliberately ran over them.
In al-Khalil, 21 Palestinian children sustained wounds due to heavy gunfire by the invading IOF patrols against Palestinian citizens who partook in non-violent anti-Israel rallies.
Department of Child Affairs in the Palestinian Information Ministry said the Israeli occupation troops nabbed dozens of Palestinian minors from different areas while hundreds of others were wounded in a series of attacks carried out by the occupation forces and extremist settler gangs.
About 230 Palestinian children are currently locked up in Israeli jails, the same sources added.
35 Palestinian children in the West Bank sustained wounds after they were shot by the Israeli occupation forces during raids and attacks on Palestinian peaceful pro-Gaza marchers.
A number of children were left wounded as Israeli settlers deliberately ran over them.
In al-Khalil, 21 Palestinian children sustained wounds due to heavy gunfire by the invading IOF patrols against Palestinian citizens who partook in non-violent anti-Israel rallies.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, dozens of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, ransacking homes while interrogating families, and kidnapping at least six Palestinians.
Local sources said dozens of soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and Sielet ath-Thaher nearby village, kidnapped four Palestinians and handed two others military warrants ordering them to head to the Salem military base for interrogation.
The sources said resident Qusai Khader Weshahiyya, 30, was kidnapped from his home in the Jenin refugee camp, while residents Shokri Adel Za’rour, Hareesh Amin Hantouli, and Mahmoud Ismael Hantouli, were taken from Sielet ath-Thaher.
Residents Taiseer Zobeidi and ‘As’ad Amin Hantouli have been ordered to head to the Salem military base for interrogation.
The soldiers also broke into and searched several other homes in the camp, and installed roadblocks at the entrance of Jaba’ and ‘Anza nearby villages, stopped and searched dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
One resident, identified as Mohammad Nathmi Qawwar, 29, has also been kidnapped from his family home, after the army ransacked it, in the Wadi Ma’ali area in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers kidnapped Omar Hasan al-Feerawi, 16, near one of the walls of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Local sources said dozens of soldiers invaded Hasan’s home, kidnapped his son after violently searching the property, and took the child to an interrogation center in the city.
Local sources said dozens of soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and Sielet ath-Thaher nearby village, kidnapped four Palestinians and handed two others military warrants ordering them to head to the Salem military base for interrogation.
The sources said resident Qusai Khader Weshahiyya, 30, was kidnapped from his home in the Jenin refugee camp, while residents Shokri Adel Za’rour, Hareesh Amin Hantouli, and Mahmoud Ismael Hantouli, were taken from Sielet ath-Thaher.
Residents Taiseer Zobeidi and ‘As’ad Amin Hantouli have been ordered to head to the Salem military base for interrogation.
The soldiers also broke into and searched several other homes in the camp, and installed roadblocks at the entrance of Jaba’ and ‘Anza nearby villages, stopped and searched dozens of cars while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
One resident, identified as Mohammad Nathmi Qawwar, 29, has also been kidnapped from his family home, after the army ransacked it, in the Wadi Ma’ali area in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers kidnapped Omar Hasan al-Feerawi, 16, near one of the walls of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Local sources said dozens of soldiers invaded Hasan’s home, kidnapped his son after violently searching the property, and took the child to an interrogation center in the city.
Yesterday, at approximately 5:30 PM in the old city in al-Khalil (Hebron), settlers from the illegal settlement of Beit Hadassah threw rocks and water at Palestinians living on Shalala Street.
This is a regular occurance for Palestinian families living close to illegal settlements in al-Khalil. The majority of the time the Israeli military watches from a distance and does not do anything to intervene in the violence and property damage.
One Palestinian, a 35-year old man, documented the stone throwing only to be detained and then arrested by the Israeli military. The man was taken through a yellow gate to an area where Palestinians are restricted from, where the soldiers pushed him around.
The soldiers threw several stun grenades at Palestinians and internationals standing behind the yellow gate, trying to document what was happening through holes of the gate.
Two internationals walked through the checkpoint at the Ibrahimi mosque and down Shuhada street in attempt to find the Palestinian. A group of ten solders and an army jeep stood with two Palestinian men, the man who had been arrested was in handcuffs. A nearby soldier told the internationals that neither of the men was arrested but they were only bringing him the handcuffed man in for questioning, to gather evidence about the settlers who threw stones.
After approximately five minutes the solders blindfolded the Palestinian and started walking with him to a nearby army base, Beit Romano. When internationals asked why the man was being blindfolded an Israeli soldier stated, “Because I want to.”
The man was released earlier this morning.
This is a regular occurance for Palestinian families living close to illegal settlements in al-Khalil. The majority of the time the Israeli military watches from a distance and does not do anything to intervene in the violence and property damage.
One Palestinian, a 35-year old man, documented the stone throwing only to be detained and then arrested by the Israeli military. The man was taken through a yellow gate to an area where Palestinians are restricted from, where the soldiers pushed him around.
The soldiers threw several stun grenades at Palestinians and internationals standing behind the yellow gate, trying to document what was happening through holes of the gate.
Two internationals walked through the checkpoint at the Ibrahimi mosque and down Shuhada street in attempt to find the Palestinian. A group of ten solders and an army jeep stood with two Palestinian men, the man who had been arrested was in handcuffs. A nearby soldier told the internationals that neither of the men was arrested but they were only bringing him the handcuffed man in for questioning, to gather evidence about the settlers who threw stones.
After approximately five minutes the solders blindfolded the Palestinian and started walking with him to a nearby army base, Beit Romano. When internationals asked why the man was being blindfolded an Israeli soldier stated, “Because I want to.”
The man was released earlier this morning.
Israel announces expansion of Gaza fishing zone as a ‘goodwill gesture’
Israel has placed 10 new Palestinian prisoners under arbitrary administrative detention, a procedure which allows the military to hold individuals indefinitely, without charge or trial and, often, under severe conditions which the rest of the prison population is not subject to.
According to the PNN, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Cub recently stated that the number of prisoners who have been placed under administrative detention, since mid-June, has increased to 288.
The ten new prisoners have been identified as:
1. Zia Faroun, 6 months
2. Hashim Humaydan, 6 months.
3. Mohammed Hassaniyeh, 6 months.
4. Mohammed Harizat, 6 months.
5. Yasser Abu Dahuk, 4 months.
6. Musab al-Nasser, 6 months.
7. Adham Ajlouni, 6 months.
8. Harbi Ajlouni, 6 months.
9. Saadi Alotrash, 6 months.
10. Sajid al-Lukta, 4 months.
Over 800,000 Palestinians, including children, have been kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel since the illegal 1967 occupation, while over 5,000 Palestinians were currently being held by Israel, as of May of this year.
In a simultaneous and ironic gesture of "good will" in compliance with Palestinian demands, the Israeli delegation to Cairo has informed the Egyptians about a decision to expand the fishing area for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to Haaretz.
After Hamas, by way of democratic election, took control of the region in 2006, Israel unilaterally reduced the fishing zone to six miles offshore. Now, they have announced their willingness to expand the zone as a "goodwill gesture".
The Israeli newspaper added that the decision aims to contribute to the improvement of negotiations, which resumed Sunday between the Palestinian and Israeli officials in Cairo.
This announcement comes amid rumors that Israel has intentions to take unilateral steps if negotiations fail. Haaretz also stated, according to the PNN, that the Israeli delegation will not compromise on issues such as the opening of an airport, which the Palestinians consider as a basic condition for a lasting truce.
The Israelis also declared their intention to respond with severity, should any rockets be fired towards Israel from the Gaza Strip.
Israel has placed 10 new Palestinian prisoners under arbitrary administrative detention, a procedure which allows the military to hold individuals indefinitely, without charge or trial and, often, under severe conditions which the rest of the prison population is not subject to.
According to the PNN, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Cub recently stated that the number of prisoners who have been placed under administrative detention, since mid-June, has increased to 288.
The ten new prisoners have been identified as:
1. Zia Faroun, 6 months
2. Hashim Humaydan, 6 months.
3. Mohammed Hassaniyeh, 6 months.
4. Mohammed Harizat, 6 months.
5. Yasser Abu Dahuk, 4 months.
6. Musab al-Nasser, 6 months.
7. Adham Ajlouni, 6 months.
8. Harbi Ajlouni, 6 months.
9. Saadi Alotrash, 6 months.
10. Sajid al-Lukta, 4 months.
Over 800,000 Palestinians, including children, have been kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel since the illegal 1967 occupation, while over 5,000 Palestinians were currently being held by Israel, as of May of this year.
In a simultaneous and ironic gesture of "good will" in compliance with Palestinian demands, the Israeli delegation to Cairo has informed the Egyptians about a decision to expand the fishing area for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to Haaretz.
After Hamas, by way of democratic election, took control of the region in 2006, Israel unilaterally reduced the fishing zone to six miles offshore. Now, they have announced their willingness to expand the zone as a "goodwill gesture".
The Israeli newspaper added that the decision aims to contribute to the improvement of negotiations, which resumed Sunday between the Palestinian and Israeli officials in Cairo.
This announcement comes amid rumors that Israel has intentions to take unilateral steps if negotiations fail. Haaretz also stated, according to the PNN, that the Israeli delegation will not compromise on issues such as the opening of an airport, which the Palestinians consider as a basic condition for a lasting truce.
The Israelis also declared their intention to respond with severity, should any rockets be fired towards Israel from the Gaza Strip.
