13 aug 2015
Palestinian prisoners are continuing their protests and resistance inside prison.
This includes Muhammad Allan, the 31-year-old lawyer on hunger strike for 58 days to protest his administrative detention without charge or trial.
About 560 prisoners in Ramon and Nafha prisons are currently taking part in protests against recent violent raids, transfers and other conditions in the prisons; the prisoners intend to collectively escalate their protests over the next month. Their current protest actions include boycotting domestic work in the cells, refusing to answer to security checks or roll call, refusing to distribute meals and refusing to meet or deal with wardens.
The prisoners are demanding an end on the invasions and violent raids on cells; improvement of medical care for prisoners, including closing the Ramle clinic; cancellation of sanctions against hunger striking and protesting prisoners; the end of isolation and solitary confinement; restoration of family visits to all prisoners denied them; an end to arbitrary transfers; and the reactivation of Arabic television channels that were removed from prisoners.
These protests come alongside five ongoing individual hunger strikes, including the strike of Muhammad Allan, who is now in Barzilai hospital, shackled hand and foot to his hospital bed and threatened with force feeding. Allan is at severe medical risk and requires action to demand his freedom.
Musa Sufan of Tulkarem, has been on hunger strike since 18 July in protest against his isolation and demanding adequate and appropriate medical care. He has a diagnosis of cancer and has been denied family visits.
Fathi al-Khatib, 56, of Tulkaren, has been on hunger strike for 22 days in Ramleh prison clinic, demanding to see his grandchildren. He has been denied family visits regularly.
Abdul Majid Khdeirat is on hunger strike since 1 August, protesting his detention and attempts to reimpose his original sentence; he is a former prisoner released in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange in October 2011 and since re-arrested.
Othman Abu Aram of al-Khalil has been on hunger strike since 29 July in protest against his transfer from Ramon to Gilboa prison, demanding that the transfer be revoked.
This includes Muhammad Allan, the 31-year-old lawyer on hunger strike for 58 days to protest his administrative detention without charge or trial.
About 560 prisoners in Ramon and Nafha prisons are currently taking part in protests against recent violent raids, transfers and other conditions in the prisons; the prisoners intend to collectively escalate their protests over the next month. Their current protest actions include boycotting domestic work in the cells, refusing to answer to security checks or roll call, refusing to distribute meals and refusing to meet or deal with wardens.
The prisoners are demanding an end on the invasions and violent raids on cells; improvement of medical care for prisoners, including closing the Ramle clinic; cancellation of sanctions against hunger striking and protesting prisoners; the end of isolation and solitary confinement; restoration of family visits to all prisoners denied them; an end to arbitrary transfers; and the reactivation of Arabic television channels that were removed from prisoners.
These protests come alongside five ongoing individual hunger strikes, including the strike of Muhammad Allan, who is now in Barzilai hospital, shackled hand and foot to his hospital bed and threatened with force feeding. Allan is at severe medical risk and requires action to demand his freedom.
Musa Sufan of Tulkarem, has been on hunger strike since 18 July in protest against his isolation and demanding adequate and appropriate medical care. He has a diagnosis of cancer and has been denied family visits.
Fathi al-Khatib, 56, of Tulkaren, has been on hunger strike for 22 days in Ramleh prison clinic, demanding to see his grandchildren. He has been denied family visits regularly.
Abdul Majid Khdeirat is on hunger strike since 1 August, protesting his detention and attempts to reimpose his original sentence; he is a former prisoner released in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange in October 2011 and since re-arrested.
Othman Abu Aram of al-Khalil has been on hunger strike since 29 July in protest against his transfer from Ramon to Gilboa prison, demanding that the transfer be revoked.
Captive Fathi al-Khasib, 53, ended his 24-day hunger strike after his humanitarian demands had been met.
The captive's son said that the family knew about his father's hunger strike only one week ago and he clarified that ever since his father was released from solitary confinement a few months ago, he has been transferred many times by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS).
Al-Khasib staged his hunger strike to pressure IPS to improve his incarceration conditions.
The captive's son affirmed that his father, who is held in Hadarim jail, declared that he ended his hunger strike after his demands had been met. He thanked all those who supported his father.
Fathi al-Khasib, from Qaffin town in Tulkarem, has spent twelve uninterrupted years in detention and he is serving 29 life imprisonment terms along with 20 more years for his involvement in masterminding the "Park" human-bombing operation along with other leaders.
He has been arrested many times and has served long years in Israeli prisons along with most of his sons and their home was razed.
The captive's son said that the family knew about his father's hunger strike only one week ago and he clarified that ever since his father was released from solitary confinement a few months ago, he has been transferred many times by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS).
Al-Khasib staged his hunger strike to pressure IPS to improve his incarceration conditions.
The captive's son affirmed that his father, who is held in Hadarim jail, declared that he ended his hunger strike after his demands had been met. He thanked all those who supported his father.
Fathi al-Khasib, from Qaffin town in Tulkarem, has spent twelve uninterrupted years in detention and he is serving 29 life imprisonment terms along with 20 more years for his involvement in masterminding the "Park" human-bombing operation along with other leaders.
He has been arrested many times and has served long years in Israeli prisons along with most of his sons and their home was razed.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday rounded up four Palestinian youngsters from the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil and four others from Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya neighborhood.
Local sources said the IOF soldiers rolled into Dura town, in al-Khalil, in three army jeeps and wreaked havoc on civilians' homes shortly before they kidnapped the ex-prisoner Mushir al-Shahatit from his family home and dragged him to an unknown destination.
The IOF pitched a makeshift roadblock near Beit Awa, southwest of al-Khalil, and another near the main entrance to the Fawar refugee camp, where Palestinians’ IDs and vehicles were meticulously inspected.
The IOF further kidnapped three Palestinian youngsters during an abrupt raid on al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar, activist Mohamed Awad said.
He added that the IOF troops attacked the Palestinian young protesters with heavy spates of rubber bullets during the clashes that broke out during the raid.
The IOF reportedly kidnapped six Palestinians from Beit Ummar in no more than a 24 hours’ time.
Four more Palestinian youths were apprehended by the IOF in Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the Israeli army troops stormed al-Issawiya town at the crack of dawn and ravaged civilian homes before they ultimately abducted the youngsters.
Random volleys of tear gas canisters and stun grenades were randomly unleashed by the IOF troops to disband the non-violent Palestinian protesters.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of the Palestinian young man Lafi Abu Latifa from the Qalandiya refugee camp.
Local sources said the IOF soldiers rolled into Dura town, in al-Khalil, in three army jeeps and wreaked havoc on civilians' homes shortly before they kidnapped the ex-prisoner Mushir al-Shahatit from his family home and dragged him to an unknown destination.
The IOF pitched a makeshift roadblock near Beit Awa, southwest of al-Khalil, and another near the main entrance to the Fawar refugee camp, where Palestinians’ IDs and vehicles were meticulously inspected.
The IOF further kidnapped three Palestinian youngsters during an abrupt raid on al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar, activist Mohamed Awad said.
He added that the IOF troops attacked the Palestinian young protesters with heavy spates of rubber bullets during the clashes that broke out during the raid.
The IOF reportedly kidnapped six Palestinians from Beit Ummar in no more than a 24 hours’ time.
Four more Palestinian youths were apprehended by the IOF in Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the Israeli army troops stormed al-Issawiya town at the crack of dawn and ravaged civilian homes before they ultimately abducted the youngsters.
Random volleys of tear gas canisters and stun grenades were randomly unleashed by the IOF troops to disband the non-violent Palestinian protesters.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of the Palestinian young man Lafi Abu Latifa from the Qalandiya refugee camp.
An Israeli military court on Wednesday sentenced Hamas spokesman Sa'ed Abu Bahaa, 39, to 15 months in jail and fined him 6,000 shekels.
The prisoner's brother, Khaled Abu Bahaa, told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the military court in Ofer gave his brother 15 months in jail and ordered him to pay a financial penalty or else he would face another six months in prison.
Abu Bahaa was charged with organizing popular events in the West Bank in support of the Gaza Strip during Israel's last war.
The prisoner's brother, Khaled Abu Bahaa, told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the military court in Ofer gave his brother 15 months in jail and ordered him to pay a financial penalty or else he would face another six months in prison.
Abu Bahaa was charged with organizing popular events in the West Bank in support of the Gaza Strip during Israel's last war.
The Israeli Magistrate Court on Wednesday banned a woman and two youths from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for periods between 45 to 60 days, while another youth was banned from entering Jerusalem for 6 months, a lawyer of the Qudsuna Human Rights Institution said.
Ramzi Kteilat said that the magistrate court issued an order banning Siham Odeh from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for 60 days, after detaining her in front of the mosque compound on Tuesday. Odeh also signed a personal bail and a third-party bail.
The magistrate court also banned two youths from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for 45 days. The two are identified as Mustafa Sayyad, 18, and Adam Hamdi Abu Rmeileh, 15, a lawyer from Addameer prisoners’ rights group told Ma'an.
Sayyad and Abu Rmeileh were also detained in front of the mosque compound on Tuesday. It is unknown if the three cases are related.
Additionally, Tamer Shalaata, from the city of Sakhnin in northern Israel, was banned on Wednesday from entering Jerusalem City for 6 months, after being detained by Israeli forces on Wednesday morning. Israeli forces often restrict access to Al-Aqsa based on age and gender.
Ramzi Kteilat said that the magistrate court issued an order banning Siham Odeh from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for 60 days, after detaining her in front of the mosque compound on Tuesday. Odeh also signed a personal bail and a third-party bail.
The magistrate court also banned two youths from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for 45 days. The two are identified as Mustafa Sayyad, 18, and Adam Hamdi Abu Rmeileh, 15, a lawyer from Addameer prisoners’ rights group told Ma'an.
Sayyad and Abu Rmeileh were also detained in front of the mosque compound on Tuesday. It is unknown if the three cases are related.
Additionally, Tamer Shalaata, from the city of Sakhnin in northern Israel, was banned on Wednesday from entering Jerusalem City for 6 months, after being detained by Israeli forces on Wednesday morning. Israeli forces often restrict access to Al-Aqsa based on age and gender.
Israeli
forces abducted at least 12 Palestinians across the occupied West
Bank, overnight on Wednesday, according to local reports.
Two of the Palestinians were taken in the Jordan Valley, two close to Ramallah, two near Bethlehem, and one in southwest Jenin,an Israeli military spokesperson said.
Israeli forces also detained two men from villages near Hebron. The two men have been identified as Ismail Youssef Tmeizi, 35, from Ithna and Mushir Abd al-Qader al-Shahatit, 29, from the Kharsa village in Dura.
The men were detained after Israeli forces raided and searched their homes, locals said.
Additionally, Israeli forces stormed several neighborhoods and detained three young Palestinians in the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron, a local spokesman told Ma'an News Agency.
Muhammad Ayyad Awad from the town’s popular committee identified the teens as 19-year-old Ammar Sadim Sleibi, 17-year-old Muataz Muhammad Abu Mariya, and 18-year-old Muhammad Shihdah Sleibi.
According to Awad, Israeli troops used police dogs during the detention raids. He added that the soldiers assaulted the detainees and “damaged doors and furniture in their homes.”
The abductions come just one day after Israeli forces took into their custody three teenagers from Beit Ummar. A total of 17 Palestinians have been arrested in the town since the beginning of August.
Three other Palestinians were taken close the city of Nablus, overnight Tuesday.
Israeli forces regularly detain Palestinians throughout the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, often on the pretext of alleged "security threats".
Palestinian watchdog Addameer estimates that 40 percent of the Palestinian male population has been detained at some point in their lives.
Israeli soldiers also raided the al-Basha Bakery area of the Ad-Doha, west of the city, sparking clashes with locals, WAFA additionally reports.
Forces fired tear gas canisters, stun grenades and live bullets, injuring two Palestinian locals in their thighs. The two injured locals were admitted into a Beit Jala hospital for immediate medical treatment.
Two of the Palestinians were taken in the Jordan Valley, two close to Ramallah, two near Bethlehem, and one in southwest Jenin,an Israeli military spokesperson said.
Israeli forces also detained two men from villages near Hebron. The two men have been identified as Ismail Youssef Tmeizi, 35, from Ithna and Mushir Abd al-Qader al-Shahatit, 29, from the Kharsa village in Dura.
The men were detained after Israeli forces raided and searched their homes, locals said.
Additionally, Israeli forces stormed several neighborhoods and detained three young Palestinians in the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron, a local spokesman told Ma'an News Agency.
Muhammad Ayyad Awad from the town’s popular committee identified the teens as 19-year-old Ammar Sadim Sleibi, 17-year-old Muataz Muhammad Abu Mariya, and 18-year-old Muhammad Shihdah Sleibi.
According to Awad, Israeli troops used police dogs during the detention raids. He added that the soldiers assaulted the detainees and “damaged doors and furniture in their homes.”
The abductions come just one day after Israeli forces took into their custody three teenagers from Beit Ummar. A total of 17 Palestinians have been arrested in the town since the beginning of August.
Three other Palestinians were taken close the city of Nablus, overnight Tuesday.
Israeli forces regularly detain Palestinians throughout the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, often on the pretext of alleged "security threats".
Palestinian watchdog Addameer estimates that 40 percent of the Palestinian male population has been detained at some point in their lives.
Israeli soldiers also raided the al-Basha Bakery area of the Ad-Doha, west of the city, sparking clashes with locals, WAFA additionally reports.
Forces fired tear gas canisters, stun grenades and live bullets, injuring two Palestinian locals in their thighs. The two injured locals were admitted into a Beit Jala hospital for immediate medical treatment.
Addameer association for prisoner support and human rights has appealed to UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to urgently move to save the life of Palestinian prisoner Mohamed Allan, who suffered serious health complications as a result of his long hunger strike.
The association said that prisoner Allan, who has been on hunger strike for more than 56 days in protest at his administrative detention, started to lose his eyesight and cannot sleep as a result of his suffering from incessant loud noises in his ears.
The prisoner already suffers from a general physical weakness, so he cannot walk without losing his balance, the group added.
It noted that Allan refuses to take water with supplements and under medical tests.
Allan Enters 59th Day of Hunger Strike, in Critical Condition
The association said that prisoner Allan, who has been on hunger strike for more than 56 days in protest at his administrative detention, started to lose his eyesight and cannot sleep as a result of his suffering from incessant loud noises in his ears.
The prisoner already suffers from a general physical weakness, so he cannot walk without losing his balance, the group added.
It noted that Allan refuses to take water with supplements and under medical tests.
Allan Enters 59th Day of Hunger Strike, in Critical Condition
MK Ahmed Tibi (Joint Arab List) arrived Thursday morning at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, where administrative detainee Mohammed Allaan has been on a hunger strike for about two months.
Tibi met with the prisoner's moth and said: "I am concerned by the deterioration in his condition and more concerned about the fact that they transferred him from Soroka (Medical Center) to Barzilai, because I understand that at Barzilai they intend to violate conventions and feed him forcibly. I call on the Israeli government to release the administrative prisoner.
This is illegal. An end must be put to this affair."
Tibi met with the prisoner's moth and said: "I am concerned by the deterioration in his condition and more concerned about the fact that they transferred him from Soroka (Medical Center) to Barzilai, because I understand that at Barzilai they intend to violate conventions and feed him forcibly. I call on the Israeli government to release the administrative prisoner.
This is illegal. An end must be put to this affair."
The Palestinian sick prisoner Yahya Shrayde, 43, from Toubas, threatened the administration of Raymond jail to start an open hunger strike in protest against Israeli policy of medical negligence.
The family of prisoner Shrayde told Quds Press that its son intends to start an open hunger strike despite his deteriorated health condition if the prison administration refuses to provide him with treatment.
In spite of his suffering from several diseases, the administration has been refusing to treat him or allow his family to visit him for alleged security reasons.
The sick detainee also demanded his right of regular family visitation in addition to receiving appropriate treatment.
Shrayde was arrested on November 14, 2003 after two years of being chased by the IOF. After arrest, he was tortured severely during investigation which lasted for two years. He was beaten on the head making him lose memory for a long time. He is sentenced to 22 years for belonging to al-Qassam Brigades.
Regarding his health condition, his family said Yahya is suffering from gallstone, asthma, poor vision, fall of teeth and inability to eat. In 2011, he went on hunger strike protesting against medical neglect, but the administration denied his rights again, the family added.
The family of prisoner Shrayde told Quds Press that its son intends to start an open hunger strike despite his deteriorated health condition if the prison administration refuses to provide him with treatment.
In spite of his suffering from several diseases, the administration has been refusing to treat him or allow his family to visit him for alleged security reasons.
The sick detainee also demanded his right of regular family visitation in addition to receiving appropriate treatment.
Shrayde was arrested on November 14, 2003 after two years of being chased by the IOF. After arrest, he was tortured severely during investigation which lasted for two years. He was beaten on the head making him lose memory for a long time. He is sentenced to 22 years for belonging to al-Qassam Brigades.
Regarding his health condition, his family said Yahya is suffering from gallstone, asthma, poor vision, fall of teeth and inability to eat. In 2011, he went on hunger strike protesting against medical neglect, but the administration denied his rights again, the family added.
12 aug 2015
The occupation police released on Tuesday night two brothers after detaining and interrogating them for several hours on charges of throwing stones at the light rail.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the Israeli forces arrested the 12-year old Mutaz Mahmoud Ramadan from Sheikh Jarrah playground (only meters away from his house) and then called his 11-year old brother Mohammad for interrogation at Salah Eddin Street police station.
The children’s father explained to Wadi Hilweh Information Center that his sons were interrogated from the afternoon hours until 10 p.m. and he was allowed to attend the interrogation; note that they were interrogated individually.
He added that the police accused them of throwing stones at the light rail and claimed to have pictures and videos as evidence. The father asked to see the evidence but the police ignored his request and insisted to interrogate his children.
He also explained that the police released his children on condition of not talking to some of their friends for two weeks.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the Israeli forces arrested the 12-year old Mutaz Mahmoud Ramadan from Sheikh Jarrah playground (only meters away from his house) and then called his 11-year old brother Mohammad for interrogation at Salah Eddin Street police station.
The children’s father explained to Wadi Hilweh Information Center that his sons were interrogated from the afternoon hours until 10 p.m. and he was allowed to attend the interrogation; note that they were interrogated individually.
He added that the police accused them of throwing stones at the light rail and claimed to have pictures and videos as evidence. The father asked to see the evidence but the police ignored his request and insisted to interrogate his children.
He also explained that the police released his children on condition of not talking to some of their friends for two weeks.
Five children are arrested, assaulted and stripped down to prevent them from being at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Five Jerusalemite children were assaulted and severely beaten last week while they were detained and interrogated at Al-Qishleh police station in the Old City of Jerusalem in an attempt to prevent them from going and staying at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The children are:
Abdel Karim Haddad (16),
Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Sneineh (16),
Mahmoud Maher Najib (17),
Obada Samir Najib (17) and
Mohammad Samir Najib (19).
They were arrested on 2/8/2015 after leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque and were accused of throwing stones at the Israeli forces inside Al-Aqsa. They were all released last Thursday except for the child Abu Sneineh with a 200-NIS bail, isolation from Al-Aqsa for 20 days and signing a third-party bail for each.
Ala’ Haddad, member of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee and uncle of the child Abdel Karim Haddad, explained that the children were exposed to harsh interrogation, assault and were stripped down during the detention at Al-Qishleh police center in order to extract confessions from them regarding throwing stones inside Al-Aqsa.
Haddad also explained that the occupation forces arrested the children and transferred them to Al-Silsileh Gate police center and then to Al-Qishleh police center where they were detained in separate rooms that are not equipped with surveillance cameras. They were stripped down and searched and were also severely beaten. Also, bags with filthy smells were placed on their heads and they forces verbally assaulted them while they were handcuffed; Haddad pointed out that the head of interrogation department personally assaulted the children.
He also added that the children were then transferred from Al-Qishleh police center to Ofek prison; they were interrogated three times at Al-Qishleh and were assaulted twice.
Haddad also pointed out that the children were arrested several times throughout the last few years but the interrogators and Israeli forces managed to assault and severely beat them this time.
Haddad confirmed that the children’s families will file an official claim to the “Mahash” because of the assault their children were exposed to during the interrogation.
Haddad also mentioned that the occupation intelligence handed him last Sunday a call to interrogate him at Al-Qishleh. When he headed to the police station, the interrogator claimed that the children were not assaulted and they were only interrogated in a normal way.
The children are:
Abdel Karim Haddad (16),
Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Sneineh (16),
Mahmoud Maher Najib (17),
Obada Samir Najib (17) and
Mohammad Samir Najib (19).
They were arrested on 2/8/2015 after leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque and were accused of throwing stones at the Israeli forces inside Al-Aqsa. They were all released last Thursday except for the child Abu Sneineh with a 200-NIS bail, isolation from Al-Aqsa for 20 days and signing a third-party bail for each.
Ala’ Haddad, member of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee and uncle of the child Abdel Karim Haddad, explained that the children were exposed to harsh interrogation, assault and were stripped down during the detention at Al-Qishleh police center in order to extract confessions from them regarding throwing stones inside Al-Aqsa.
Haddad also explained that the occupation forces arrested the children and transferred them to Al-Silsileh Gate police center and then to Al-Qishleh police center where they were detained in separate rooms that are not equipped with surveillance cameras. They were stripped down and searched and were also severely beaten. Also, bags with filthy smells were placed on their heads and they forces verbally assaulted them while they were handcuffed; Haddad pointed out that the head of interrogation department personally assaulted the children.
He also added that the children were then transferred from Al-Qishleh police center to Ofek prison; they were interrogated three times at Al-Qishleh and were assaulted twice.
Haddad also pointed out that the children were arrested several times throughout the last few years but the interrogators and Israeli forces managed to assault and severely beat them this time.
Haddad confirmed that the children’s families will file an official claim to the “Mahash” because of the assault their children were exposed to during the interrogation.
Haddad also mentioned that the occupation intelligence handed him last Sunday a call to interrogate him at Al-Qishleh. When he headed to the police station, the interrogator claimed that the children were not assaulted and they were only interrogated in a normal way.
The occupation forces along with a settler assaulted a Christian young man and severely beat him near Al-Silsileh Gate. The settler pushed the young man and a group of Special Forces immediately arrived and assaulted the young man causing him to lose consciousness; he was carried and transferred to Al-Silsileh gate police station.
For the second consecutive day, the occupation police prevented a group of women from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque and arrested two young men and transferred them to Al-Silsileh gate police station.
Witnesses said that the occupation police stationed at Al-Aqsa Gates prevented 15 women from entering Al-Aqsa for no reason; note that they had a list of names for females banned from entering Al-Aqsa but the duration or reason were not classified.
In a related matter, the occupation police arrested the young man Tamer Shala’ta.
For the second consecutive day, the occupation police prevented a group of women from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque and arrested two young men and transferred them to Al-Silsileh gate police station.
Witnesses said that the occupation police stationed at Al-Aqsa Gates prevented 15 women from entering Al-Aqsa for no reason; note that they had a list of names for females banned from entering Al-Aqsa but the duration or reason were not classified.
In a related matter, the occupation police arrested the young man Tamer Shala’ta.
Two Palestinians were injured Wednesday morning at the hands of Jewish settlers and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).
Local sources said that a group of Jewish settlers assaulted a Palestinian worker called Loai al-Bakri during his presence at his work place in north of Occupied Jerusalem. He was beaten severely leading to wounds in his head and face.
The sources added that the settlers attempted to abduct the Palestinian worker, but had to flee when a group of Palestinian workers confronted them. The injured worker was taken to hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers at dawn Wednesday severely beat up a Palestinian youth from al-Khalil city after storming his house.
The IOF soldiers stormed Palestinian houses and searched them thoroughly in the city. The IOF soldiers attacked the young man Ahmad Farajallah in the process. Meanwhile, the ex-detainee Nasim al-Qawasmeh was arrested, local sources revealed.
The IOF soldiers blew up doors of Palestinian houses during the raids, the sources pointed out.
Local sources said that a group of Jewish settlers assaulted a Palestinian worker called Loai al-Bakri during his presence at his work place in north of Occupied Jerusalem. He was beaten severely leading to wounds in his head and face.
The sources added that the settlers attempted to abduct the Palestinian worker, but had to flee when a group of Palestinian workers confronted them. The injured worker was taken to hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers at dawn Wednesday severely beat up a Palestinian youth from al-Khalil city after storming his house.
The IOF soldiers stormed Palestinian houses and searched them thoroughly in the city. The IOF soldiers attacked the young man Ahmad Farajallah in the process. Meanwhile, the ex-detainee Nasim al-Qawasmeh was arrested, local sources revealed.
The IOF soldiers blew up doors of Palestinian houses during the raids, the sources pointed out.
Israeli authorities have issued administrative detention orders to 33 Palestinians being held in Israeli jails, a prisoner rights group said Wednesday.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said in a statement that 28 prisoners had their administrative detention orders renewed, while five Palestinians being held in prison custody were issued the orders for the first time.
Palestinians held in administrative detention are often held without charge or trial for months and without access to the evidence that led to their detention, even though international law stipulates this tactic only be used in exceptional circumstances.
The law dates back to the British Mandate. The prisoners were identified as follows:
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said in a statement that 28 prisoners had their administrative detention orders renewed, while five Palestinians being held in prison custody were issued the orders for the first time.
Palestinians held in administrative detention are often held without charge or trial for months and without access to the evidence that led to their detention, even though international law stipulates this tactic only be used in exceptional circumstances.
The law dates back to the British Mandate. The prisoners were identified as follows:
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1. Nadim Rasem Aziz Ikhleil from Hebron, 6 months.
2. Muhammad Jamal Talab al-Tal from Hebron, 6 months. 3. Nader Mahmoud Jaffal from Abu Dis, 4 months. 4. Muhammad Mahmoud Damra from Ramallah, 6 months. 5. Said Ali Asafra from Hebron, 4 months. 6. Muhammad Jadallah Sleibi from Hebron, 4 months. 7. Udayy Ali Isteiti from Jenin, 2 months. 8. Sajed Hassan al-Laqta from Hebron, 4 months. 9. Ahmad Salim Sufan from Ramallah, 6 months. 10. Ashraf Ayyub al-Mashni from Hebron, 4 months. 11. Mahmoud Ismail Ayyash from Ramallah, 4 months. 12. Ammar Elayyan from Ramallah, 4 months. 13. Hazem Nabhan al-Siruji from Tulkarem, 6 months. 14. Thaer Aziz Halahleh from Hebron, 6 months. 15. Muhammad Fawzi al-Khatib from Hebron, 4 months. 16. Yaqub Naim Zaarir from Hebron, 5 months. 17. Firas Zuheir Misk from Hebron, 3 months. |
18. Musaab Hashem Himuni from Hebron, 6 months.
19. Muhammad Husni Rummaneh from al-Bireh, 6 months. 20. Khader Khalid Sarkaji from Nablus, 4 months. 21. Saleh Jamil Nufal from Ramallah, 3 months. 22. Fadi Moussa Ghneimat from Hebron, 3 months. 23. Abdullah Jihad Bani Odeh from Jenin, 3 months. 24. Abdullah Ahmad Saqr from Bethlehem, 4 months. 25. Saadi Nafeth al-Atrash from Hebron, 6 months. 26. Rami Muhammad Eweiwi from Hebron, 6 months. 27. Izz al-Din al-Sirfi from Nablus, 4 months. 28. Usama Hussein Shahin from Hebron, 4 months. 29. Ibrahim Yassin Abu Srour from Bethlehem, 4 months. 30. Muhammad Yahiya Mteir from Ramallah, 6 months. 31. Ghassan Ghazi Sueifan from Hebron, 4 months. 32. Youssef Muhammad Abu Maria from Hebron, 3 months. 33. Yahiya Hani Jadou from Bethlehem, 4 months. |
The father of captive Husam al-Bustami, 36, headed on Wednesday to Megiddo Israeli jail to visit his son. The sick father was transferred in an ambulance due to his deteriorated health condition.
Bassam al-Bustami, the captive's brother, told the PIC reporter that his sick father hasn't been able to visit Husam ever since he was arrested 4 months ago; because he suffers from many diseases like kidney failure and diabetes and few months ago three of his toes were amputated and he has recently started dialysis.
Bassam clarified that when his father's health improved a little, he obtained a visit permit and he was taken to the prison to see his son in an ambulance.
He also said that Husam's mother and wife obtained visit permits after more than two months of his arrest.
Al-Bustami was arrested during an Israeli mass arrest campaign on April 15, 2015 in Nablus and was transferred to administrative detention for three months during which he was interrogated anew.
He was then sent to Megiddo jail where his detention was renewed for three months without any guilt or legal justification.
Captive Husam is a former prisoner; he was arrested in 2001 and was sentenced to eleven years imprisonment on charges of cooperating with al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas Movement. He was released in 2012.
Bassam al-Bustami, the captive's brother, told the PIC reporter that his sick father hasn't been able to visit Husam ever since he was arrested 4 months ago; because he suffers from many diseases like kidney failure and diabetes and few months ago three of his toes were amputated and he has recently started dialysis.
Bassam clarified that when his father's health improved a little, he obtained a visit permit and he was taken to the prison to see his son in an ambulance.
He also said that Husam's mother and wife obtained visit permits after more than two months of his arrest.
Al-Bustami was arrested during an Israeli mass arrest campaign on April 15, 2015 in Nablus and was transferred to administrative detention for three months during which he was interrogated anew.
He was then sent to Megiddo jail where his detention was renewed for three months without any guilt or legal justification.
Captive Husam is a former prisoner; he was arrested in 2001 and was sentenced to eleven years imprisonment on charges of cooperating with al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas Movement. He was released in 2012.
The Palestinian prisoners in Nafha jail on Tuesday night agreed to suspend their protest steps for two days in order to give a chance for the prison authority to reconsider their demands after the failure of previous talks in this regard.
The Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies said in a press release that the Israeli prison authority asked last night for an urgent meeting with representatives of the prisoners in Nafha jail and told them that there were ongoing political attempts to respond to their demands and restore calm inside the jails, particularly in Ramon and Nafha prisons.
The center added that the prison officials asked the prisoners to suspend their protest steps to give a chance for further talks on their demands.
The center affirmed that the leadership of the prisoners agreed to give a last chance for the prison authority to study their demands and to suspend all protest steps for only 48 hours.
The prisoners also threatened to escalate their protest steps if the prison authority did not respond positively to their demands this time, according to the center.
The Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies said in a press release that the Israeli prison authority asked last night for an urgent meeting with representatives of the prisoners in Nafha jail and told them that there were ongoing political attempts to respond to their demands and restore calm inside the jails, particularly in Ramon and Nafha prisons.
The center added that the prison officials asked the prisoners to suspend their protest steps to give a chance for further talks on their demands.
The center affirmed that the leadership of the prisoners agreed to give a last chance for the prison authority to study their demands and to suspend all protest steps for only 48 hours.
The prisoners also threatened to escalate their protest steps if the prison authority did not respond positively to their demands this time, according to the center.
At least 15 allegedly wanted Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in a series of raids across the West Bank at predawn time Wednesday.
The campaign reportedly targeted such West Bank provinces as Nablus, al-Khalil, and Bethlehem.
A 38-old Jerusalemite Palestinian was arrested by the IOF troops on claims that a gun and ammunition were found in his home.
The detainee, held in the Ma’aleh Adumim detention center, is expected to be brought before the Magistrate’s Court, in Occupied Jerusalem, sometime soon to extend his remand.
Sources based in al-Khalil, said at least three minors were kidnapped as the IOF rolled into the city.
The sources identified the minor arrestees as 17-year-old Mootaz Bahar, whose 40-year-old mother was also summoned for interrogation; 15-year-old Muhannad Abu Maria; and Baraa Abu Maria, 16.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two young men, in their twenties, at the Hawara checkpoint and another Palestinian citizen from Berka town, in Nablus.
Earlier on Tuesday evening, the Ofer court ruled for the re-incarceration of the ex-prisoner Raafat Yussef Shalaldeh, 29 at the same time as he was summoned for interrogation by the Palestinian Authority intelligence.
Shalaldeh was released six months ago from the Israeli occupation jails on bail before he was re-arrested on Tuesday and sentenced to 20 months in jail for involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The campaign reportedly targeted such West Bank provinces as Nablus, al-Khalil, and Bethlehem.
A 38-old Jerusalemite Palestinian was arrested by the IOF troops on claims that a gun and ammunition were found in his home.
The detainee, held in the Ma’aleh Adumim detention center, is expected to be brought before the Magistrate’s Court, in Occupied Jerusalem, sometime soon to extend his remand.
Sources based in al-Khalil, said at least three minors were kidnapped as the IOF rolled into the city.
The sources identified the minor arrestees as 17-year-old Mootaz Bahar, whose 40-year-old mother was also summoned for interrogation; 15-year-old Muhannad Abu Maria; and Baraa Abu Maria, 16.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two young men, in their twenties, at the Hawara checkpoint and another Palestinian citizen from Berka town, in Nablus.
Earlier on Tuesday evening, the Ofer court ruled for the re-incarceration of the ex-prisoner Raafat Yussef Shalaldeh, 29 at the same time as he was summoned for interrogation by the Palestinian Authority intelligence.
Shalaldeh was released six months ago from the Israeli occupation jails on bail before he was re-arrested on Tuesday and sentenced to 20 months in jail for involvement in anti-occupation activities.
60-year-old Palestinian detainee Fathiya Khanfer, from Jenin, has been subjected to excruciating detention circumstances in the Israeli solitary lock-down of Neve Tirza, a human rights group reported Tuesday.
“Prisoner Khanfer is suffering from many diseases, most notably hypertension, and has undergone several surgeries right before her arrest,” a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner Society said.
The lawyer further quoted the female detainee as launching a cry for help over the unbearable detention circumstances she has been subjected to at the Neve Tirza lock-up, where neither ventilation, nor water, nor the sanitary conditions meet the least of her basic needs as a human being.
Earlier, in 2013, inmate Khanfer had spent 18 days in Israeli custody before she was sentenced to house arrest for a period of nine months and a 30-thousand-shekel fine. A round of court hearings culminated in a verdict sentencing the detainee to 11 months in jail.
Khanfer has appealed to the human rights institutions to immediately step in and save her life before it is too late, for neither her age nor health status can endure the psycho-physical torture perpetrated in the Israeli occupation jails.
“Prisoner Khanfer is suffering from many diseases, most notably hypertension, and has undergone several surgeries right before her arrest,” a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner Society said.
The lawyer further quoted the female detainee as launching a cry for help over the unbearable detention circumstances she has been subjected to at the Neve Tirza lock-up, where neither ventilation, nor water, nor the sanitary conditions meet the least of her basic needs as a human being.
Earlier, in 2013, inmate Khanfer had spent 18 days in Israeli custody before she was sentenced to house arrest for a period of nine months and a 30-thousand-shekel fine. A round of court hearings culminated in a verdict sentencing the detainee to 11 months in jail.
Khanfer has appealed to the human rights institutions to immediately step in and save her life before it is too late, for neither her age nor health status can endure the psycho-physical torture perpetrated in the Israeli occupation jails.
Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas has renewed its vow to extract the freedom of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails soon, stressing that "the history testifies to the credibility of its promises to the prisoners."
During a military parade held on Tuesday in Beit Hanoun, senior official of the Brigades Abu Hamza stated that al-Qassam Brigades would never forget the Palestinian prisoners and would work on liberating them from Israel's jails.
"The dawn of freedom has become nearer and the days of your captivity will become a history," Abu Hamza said, addressing the prisoners in Israeli jails.
He also highlighted the crime of killing the family of Dawabsheh at the hands of Jewish settlers in Nablus and affirmed that the Palestinian resistance would avenge their death.
"The blood of al-Dawabsheh baby who was burned alive by settlers in Nablus will turn into a curse on the occupation and its settlers," al-Qassam official underscored.
During a military parade held on Tuesday in Beit Hanoun, senior official of the Brigades Abu Hamza stated that al-Qassam Brigades would never forget the Palestinian prisoners and would work on liberating them from Israel's jails.
"The dawn of freedom has become nearer and the days of your captivity will become a history," Abu Hamza said, addressing the prisoners in Israeli jails.
He also highlighted the crime of killing the family of Dawabsheh at the hands of Jewish settlers in Nablus and affirmed that the Palestinian resistance would avenge their death.
"The blood of al-Dawabsheh baby who was burned alive by settlers in Nablus will turn into a curse on the occupation and its settlers," al-Qassam official underscored.
Palestinian prisoner Fathi al-Khatib, 56, has been on hunger strike for more than 22 days to pressure his jailers to improve his incarceration conditions, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said.
The society explained that Khatib told its lawyer during a recent visit to the Ramla prison infirmary that he demands the prison administration to allow him to see and talk with his sons and grandchildren and to receive family visits every two weeks instead of every month.
The prisoner also demands his jailers to provide him with a drug for the skin disorder (vitiligo) he suffers from.
According to the lawyer, Khatib, who is isolated from other prisoners, only takes water with no supplements and refuses to undergo any medical tests.
In another incident, prisoner Ziyad Abu Fannar, 28, started recently an open-ended hunger strike in the Negev jail in protest at extending his administrative detention several times with no guilt.
Israeli military courts had extended the detention of Fannar six times since his detention in December 2013.
The society explained that Khatib told its lawyer during a recent visit to the Ramla prison infirmary that he demands the prison administration to allow him to see and talk with his sons and grandchildren and to receive family visits every two weeks instead of every month.
The prisoner also demands his jailers to provide him with a drug for the skin disorder (vitiligo) he suffers from.
According to the lawyer, Khatib, who is isolated from other prisoners, only takes water with no supplements and refuses to undergo any medical tests.
In another incident, prisoner Ziyad Abu Fannar, 28, started recently an open-ended hunger strike in the Negev jail in protest at extending his administrative detention several times with no guilt.
Israeli military courts had extended the detention of Fannar six times since his detention in December 2013.
Israeli police arrested 21 Palestinian workers in Nazareth city in 1948 Occupied Palestine claiming lack of work permits. Three others in the West Bank as well as two brothers aged 11 and 12 years were arrested.
Israeli army announced arresting three Palestinians in different areas of the West Bank at dawn on Tuesday after storming, searching and wreaking havoc in their houses.
The Israeli Channel Seven revealed that the arrests took place in Bethlehem, Abu Dis near Occupied Jerusalem and Tabaka town near al-Khalil. All of the arrested were taken to Israeli investigation centers for questioning.
Palestinian security forces in al-Khalil told Quds Press that Israeli soldiers assaulted by severe beating a 16-year old minor in the Old City of al-Khalil. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
On Monday, the IOF arrested two children of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem. The children are 11 and 12-year-old brothers called Mohammad and Mutaz Haj. They were arrested for the charge of stone throwing at Israeli soldiers.
The Israeli magistrate court on Monday sentenced the Jerusalemite Mousa al-Ajlouni to 16 years of actual imprisonment for stabbing a settler in Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli court also sentenced the Jerusalemite Ahmad Darwish to 3-month imprisonment in addition to 3 suspended years and a fine of 1500 shekels.
Israeli forces almost daily conduct arrest campaigns against Palestinian workers from the West Bank working in the 1948 Occupied Palestine under false pretenses.
Israeli army announced arresting three Palestinians in different areas of the West Bank at dawn on Tuesday after storming, searching and wreaking havoc in their houses.
The Israeli Channel Seven revealed that the arrests took place in Bethlehem, Abu Dis near Occupied Jerusalem and Tabaka town near al-Khalil. All of the arrested were taken to Israeli investigation centers for questioning.
Palestinian security forces in al-Khalil told Quds Press that Israeli soldiers assaulted by severe beating a 16-year old minor in the Old City of al-Khalil. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
On Monday, the IOF arrested two children of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem. The children are 11 and 12-year-old brothers called Mohammad and Mutaz Haj. They were arrested for the charge of stone throwing at Israeli soldiers.
The Israeli magistrate court on Monday sentenced the Jerusalemite Mousa al-Ajlouni to 16 years of actual imprisonment for stabbing a settler in Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli court also sentenced the Jerusalemite Ahmad Darwish to 3-month imprisonment in addition to 3 suspended years and a fine of 1500 shekels.
Israeli forces almost daily conduct arrest campaigns against Palestinian workers from the West Bank working in the 1948 Occupied Palestine under false pretenses.
