14 aug 2017
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has been banning lawyers and family of the Palestinian detainee Bilal Diyab, who is held in the solitary confinement cells of Megiddo jail, from visiting him since he was arrested on July, 14.
The family of captive Diyab, 32, told Muhjat al-Quds Foundation of their concerns over the fate of their son about whom they have no information. He was previously arrested more than once in Israeli jails.
The isolated detainee Diyab had in a previous arrest waged an open hunger strike along with captive Thaer Halahla in protest at the illegal administrative detention order which is usually issued based on no charge or trial. Their hunger strike lasted for 77 days until their demands were met.
The family of captive Diyab, 32, told Muhjat al-Quds Foundation of their concerns over the fate of their son about whom they have no information. He was previously arrested more than once in Israeli jails.
The isolated detainee Diyab had in a previous arrest waged an open hunger strike along with captive Thaer Halahla in protest at the illegal administrative detention order which is usually issued based on no charge or trial. Their hunger strike lasted for 77 days until their demands were met.
Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem issued on Monday a renewed expulsion order against Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib, the deputy head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
According to Safa news agency, the order bans Khatib from entering Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque until 31st October.
Sheikh Khatib has been barred from entering Jerusalem since November 2015.
According to Safa news agency, the order bans Khatib from entering Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque until 31st October.
Sheikh Khatib has been barred from entering Jerusalem since November 2015.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested on Monday a Palestinian citizen and his daughter near al-Zawiya town to the west of Salfit.
Local sources reported that the IOF soldiers severely beat Yasser Asi and his 14-year-old daughter Sujood before detaining them.
The IOF claimed that the girl was throwing stones at settlers' vehicles, the sources added.
Local sources reported that the IOF soldiers severely beat Yasser Asi and his 14-year-old daughter Sujood before detaining them.
The IOF claimed that the girl was throwing stones at settlers' vehicles, the sources added.
The Israeli police on Monday summoned the Palestinian child Jad al-Rajabi, 7, who is a resident of Silwan town, for interrogation at a detention center near al-Aqsa Mosque.
On Monday morning, 4 Jerusalemites named Naji Ouda, Majd al-A'war, Bahaa Ouda and Mahmoud Abu Nab were arrested.
In a related context, the Palestinian youth Fuaad al-Qaq handed himself to the Israeli police after being summoned for interrogation at an Israeli detention center in Occupied Jerusalem.
On Monday morning, 4 Jerusalemites named Naji Ouda, Majd al-A'war, Bahaa Ouda and Mahmoud Abu Nab were arrested.
In a related context, the Palestinian youth Fuaad al-Qaq handed himself to the Israeli police after being summoned for interrogation at an Israeli detention center in Occupied Jerusalem.
Israel’s Ofer military court issued a six-month administrative detention order against the Jerusalemite MP Mohamed Abu Teir, 65.
Abu Teir spent 34 years behind Israeli bars in separate arrests.
He was banished from occupied Jerusalem to Ramallah shortly after he won a seat in the legislative elections in 2006.
Abu Teir spent 34 years behind Israeli bars in separate arrests.
He was banished from occupied Jerusalem to Ramallah shortly after he won a seat in the legislative elections in 2006.
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight until early morning hours Monday, several Palestinians areas in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, searched many homes and abducted fifteen Palestinians, including many teenagers.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Silwan town, in Jerusalem, and abducted Fuad al-Qaaq, Majd A’war, Naji Odah, and Baha’ Odah.
It added that the soldiers also invaded Biddu town, northwest of Jerusalem, and abducted Mahmoud Khal Khaddour, and Amir Sameeh Sheikh.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ashraf Mohammad al-Hmeidi, 17, was taken prisoner from his home, in al-‘Ezariyya town, east of Jerusalem.
In Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Aysar Waleed Amra, 17, Nour Ayesh Talahma, 19, and Mahmoud Emad Shahateet, 18.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ibrahim Awad, 22, and Bara’ Mahmoud Abu Esleih, 30.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and abducted Ahmad Quwwar and Fathi Ashraf Ramadan, 17.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Khaled Mohammad Dar Taha, 23, from his home in Deir Abu Mashal town, west of Ramallah city, in central West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Silwan town, in Jerusalem, and abducted Fuad al-Qaaq, Majd A’war, Naji Odah, and Baha’ Odah.
It added that the soldiers also invaded Biddu town, northwest of Jerusalem, and abducted Mahmoud Khal Khaddour, and Amir Sameeh Sheikh.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ashraf Mohammad al-Hmeidi, 17, was taken prisoner from his home, in al-‘Ezariyya town, east of Jerusalem.
In Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Aysar Waleed Amra, 17, Nour Ayesh Talahma, 19, and Mahmoud Emad Shahateet, 18.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ibrahim Awad, 22, and Bara’ Mahmoud Abu Esleih, 30.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and abducted Ahmad Quwwar and Fathi Ashraf Ramadan, 17.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Khaled Mohammad Dar Taha, 23, from his home in Deir Abu Mashal town, west of Ramallah city, in central West Bank.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several homes in Palestinian communities in the West Bank governorates of Bethlehem and Tulkarem, abducted three Palestinians, and summoned three others for interrogation.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ahmad Nathmi Qawwar, 24, after breaking into his home and ransacking it, in Wadi Ma’ali area, in the center of Bethlehem.
The soldiers also invaded homes in the same area, searched them and summoned Hamza Hussein al-Kamel, 29, Khaled Jamal Salhab, 35, and Khalil Jamal al-Hreimi, 21, for interrogation at Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, several army jeeps invaded Tulkarem refugee camp and ‘Atteel town, north of the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, searched homes and abducted Bara’ Abu Esleih, from ‘Atteel, and Mohammad Abu Abdo, from Tulkarem refugee camp.
In related news, the soldiers, stationed at the Ennab roadblock, east of Tulkarem, stopped and searched dozens of cars, interrogated the passengers after forcing them out of their vehicles, and inspected their ID cards.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ahmad Nathmi Qawwar, 24, after breaking into his home and ransacking it, in Wadi Ma’ali area, in the center of Bethlehem.
The soldiers also invaded homes in the same area, searched them and summoned Hamza Hussein al-Kamel, 29, Khaled Jamal Salhab, 35, and Khalil Jamal al-Hreimi, 21, for interrogation at Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, several army jeeps invaded Tulkarem refugee camp and ‘Atteel town, north of the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, searched homes and abducted Bara’ Abu Esleih, from ‘Atteel, and Mohammad Abu Abdo, from Tulkarem refugee camp.
In related news, the soldiers, stationed at the Ennab roadblock, east of Tulkarem, stopped and searched dozens of cars, interrogated the passengers after forcing them out of their vehicles, and inspected their ID cards.
13 aug 2017
The Israeli police on Sunday arrested a Palestinian man after shooting him in Occupied Jerusalem for allegedly planning to carry out an attack.
The police claimed in a press statement that they managed to arrest the 52-year-old Jerusalemite in Beit Safafa neighborhood to the south of Jerusalem in cooperation with the Shin Bet after being informed about the presence of a potential attacker in the area.
The Jerusalemite man was shot in the foot before being arrested and taken for interrogation, according to the police.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed, arrested or injured at checkpoints in the West Bank and in Jerusalem neighborhoods since the outbreak of the Jerusalem Intifada in early October 2015 under the pretext of attempting or planning attacks on Israeli targets.
The police claimed in a press statement that they managed to arrest the 52-year-old Jerusalemite in Beit Safafa neighborhood to the south of Jerusalem in cooperation with the Shin Bet after being informed about the presence of a potential attacker in the area.
The Jerusalemite man was shot in the foot before being arrested and taken for interrogation, according to the police.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed, arrested or injured at checkpoints in the West Bank and in Jerusalem neighborhoods since the outbreak of the Jerusalem Intifada in early October 2015 under the pretext of attempting or planning attacks on Israeli targets.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the town of al-‘Eesawiyya, in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted a young Palestinian man.
The invasion was carried out by a large military force; the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the town, installed roadblocks, before stopping and searching several Palestinians and cars.
The army then abducted a young man, whose identity remained unknow until the time of this report, and took him to an unknown destination.
The invasion was carried out by a large military force; the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the town, installed roadblocks, before stopping and searching several Palestinians and cars.
The army then abducted a young man, whose identity remained unknow until the time of this report, and took him to an unknown destination.
For the second time in just a few weeks, Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, Ibtisam al-‘Abed, the mother Omar, who was taken prisoner on June 21st, after stabbing three Israeli settlers to death in Halamish colony. The soldiers also abducted her other son Khaled.
Following the fatal stabbing, the soldiers imposed a tight siege on Kobar village, the hometown of Omar, in an act of collective punishment against its inhabitants, and frequently invaded al-‘Abed family home.
Ibtisam was abducted, at dawn Sunday, after dozens of soldiers invaded and ransacked her home, and interrogated her along with her family, before taking her prisoner along with her son, Khaled.
Her husband was taken prisoner several days ago, after the soldiers invaded the family’s home.
Ibtisam’s abduction came just a few weeks after her release on a 10.000 Israeli Shekels bail.
Kobar village, northwest of Ramallah, remains under tight Israeli siege since the stabbing attack took place on June 21st, 2017, leading to the death of Yosef Salomon, 70, his daughter Chaya, 46, and his son Elad, 36.
Following the fatal stabbing, the soldiers imposed a tight siege on Kobar village, the hometown of Omar, in an act of collective punishment against its inhabitants, and frequently invaded al-‘Abed family home.
Ibtisam was abducted, at dawn Sunday, after dozens of soldiers invaded and ransacked her home, and interrogated her along with her family, before taking her prisoner along with her son, Khaled.
Her husband was taken prisoner several days ago, after the soldiers invaded the family’s home.
Ibtisam’s abduction came just a few weeks after her release on a 10.000 Israeli Shekels bail.
Kobar village, northwest of Ramallah, remains under tight Israeli siege since the stabbing attack took place on June 21st, 2017, leading to the death of Yosef Salomon, 70, his daughter Chaya, 46, and his son Elad, 36.
Palestinian youth activist Tareq Mattar was ordered to six months imprisonment without charge or trial under administrative detention on 10 August 2017. The order was issued by the Israeli occupation military commander over the West Bank and a confirmation is expected from an Israeli military court within 72 hours.
Mattar, 28, is a Palestinian youth leader who is active in a variety of projects, initiatives and forums to organize Palestinian youth and promote study and discussion of the Palestinian cause.
Mattar was seized on 3 August after Israeli occupation forces invaded his family home twice in two days, ransacking and destroying his family’s belongings. While in the family home, occupation forces threatened his family members that they will return every day, tear apart the home and harass and even arrest if Tareq did not report for interrogation.
When Mattar appeared at the occupation military base with his family, he was seized by occupation forces and his family sent back. Only days later, he has joined 500 other Palestinians in being ordered imprisoned without charge or trial under an indefinitely renewable administrative detention order and 6,200 total Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails.
Administrative detention orders are frequently used to target and imprison community leaders and Palestinian organizers. The orders are indefinitely renewable, and Palestinians have spent years at a time held in indefinitely-renewable administrative detention.
Mattar, 28, is a Palestinian youth leader who is active in a variety of projects, initiatives and forums to organize Palestinian youth and promote study and discussion of the Palestinian cause.
Mattar was seized on 3 August after Israeli occupation forces invaded his family home twice in two days, ransacking and destroying his family’s belongings. While in the family home, occupation forces threatened his family members that they will return every day, tear apart the home and harass and even arrest if Tareq did not report for interrogation.
When Mattar appeared at the occupation military base with his family, he was seized by occupation forces and his family sent back. Only days later, he has joined 500 other Palestinians in being ordered imprisoned without charge or trial under an indefinitely renewable administrative detention order and 6,200 total Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails.
Administrative detention orders are frequently used to target and imprison community leaders and Palestinian organizers. The orders are indefinitely renewable, and Palestinians have spent years at a time held in indefinitely-renewable administrative detention.
A Palestinian minor and a young man were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces at daybreak Sunday from the West Bank.
According to local sources, 28-year-old Maamoun As’ad Qubha was kidnapped by the occupation at Umm al-Rayhan checkpoint, south of Jenin province.
The Israeli army claimed the young man was carrying an M16 weapon.
At the same time, 17-year-old Alaa Shalalda was kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers at a makeshift checkpoint pitched on the main access road to Beit Anoun, east of al-Khalil province.
The minor had been subjected to an exhaustive search and was dragged, blindfolded, to an unidentified destination.
According to local sources, 28-year-old Maamoun As’ad Qubha was kidnapped by the occupation at Umm al-Rayhan checkpoint, south of Jenin province.
The Israeli army claimed the young man was carrying an M16 weapon.
At the same time, 17-year-old Alaa Shalalda was kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers at a makeshift checkpoint pitched on the main access road to Beit Anoun, east of al-Khalil province.
The minor had been subjected to an exhaustive search and was dragged, blindfolded, to an unidentified destination.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday kidnapped about 10 Palestinian citizens, including a prisoner’s mother, from their homes in different West Bank areas.
The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces stormed Kobar village in Ramallah and arrested the mother and brother of the Palestinian young man who carried out a deadly stabbing attack in Halamish settlement on July 21.
Eight Palestinian citizens were also arrested during raids on homes in the towns of Bir Nabala and Biddu (Jerusalem), Taqua town (Bethlehem) and Beit Ula (al-Khalil).
Its statement claimed that its forces found and seized an M16 rifle after searching a vehicle at the Reihan crossing near Jenin and detained the driver for interrogation.
They also found two other weapons during raids in az-Zawiya town, west of Salfit, without giving further details.
In Nablus, the IOF stormed three towns in the north, and set up a makeshift checkpoint on a road near Shafi Shomron military base in Deir Sharaf town, where soldiers embarked on intercepting Palestinian citizens and checking their IDs.
The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces stormed Kobar village in Ramallah and arrested the mother and brother of the Palestinian young man who carried out a deadly stabbing attack in Halamish settlement on July 21.
Eight Palestinian citizens were also arrested during raids on homes in the towns of Bir Nabala and Biddu (Jerusalem), Taqua town (Bethlehem) and Beit Ula (al-Khalil).
Its statement claimed that its forces found and seized an M16 rifle after searching a vehicle at the Reihan crossing near Jenin and detained the driver for interrogation.
They also found two other weapons during raids in az-Zawiya town, west of Salfit, without giving further details.
In Nablus, the IOF stormed three towns in the north, and set up a makeshift checkpoint on a road near Shafi Shomron military base in Deir Sharaf town, where soldiers embarked on intercepting Palestinian citizens and checking their IDs.
12 aug 2017
Israeli police detained a Palestinian woman in occupied Jerusalem on Saturday for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack that lightly injured an Israeli security guard.
Israeli police said in a statement that a security guard suffered light wounds after being stabbed by a Palestinian woman in Sultan Suleiman Street near al-Amoud Gate.
The woman was transferred handcuffed for interrogation, the statement added.
Israeli forces closed down the area where the incident took place.
Israeli police said in a statement that a security guard suffered light wounds after being stabbed by a Palestinian woman in Sultan Suleiman Street near al-Amoud Gate.
The woman was transferred handcuffed for interrogation, the statement added.
Israeli forces closed down the area where the incident took place.
The Palestinian injured prisoner Raed Salhi, from Duheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, is still held in intensive care in Israel’s Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital as he suffers from a very difficult health condition, rights sources revealed on Saturday.
Following his visit to the hospital, lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that Salhi is still suffering from serious injuries in his abdomen and thigh.
He also pointed out that the prisoner Abdul Aziz Arafa suffers from a broken leg bone.
However, he is now in stable condition, he said.
Salhi and Arafa were arrested last Tuesday after being injured by Israeli gunfire. Their remand was extended in a court hearing held without their presence.
Following his visit to the hospital, lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that Salhi is still suffering from serious injuries in his abdomen and thigh.
He also pointed out that the prisoner Abdul Aziz Arafa suffers from a broken leg bone.
However, he is now in stable condition, he said.
Salhi and Arafa were arrested last Tuesday after being injured by Israeli gunfire. Their remand was extended in a court hearing held without their presence.
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Friday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before the soldiers abducted two children.
Media activist, Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers abducted Baha’ Raed Moqbel, 16, and Odai Bassam Za’aqeeq, 15, and took them to Karmie Tzur illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands south of Beit Ummar.
Media activist, Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers abducted Baha’ Raed Moqbel, 16, and Odai Bassam Za’aqeeq, 15, and took them to Karmie Tzur illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands south of Beit Ummar.
Israeli settlers, yesterday, set fire to two Palestinian vehicles and painted racist-vengeance slogans on the walls of local homes, in Ramallah’s northern town of Umm Safa.
The head of the village’s council, Marwan Sabah, said that a group of settlers attacked the town in the early hours of yesterday morning and burned two vehicles belonging to local residents of the village.
Sabah added, according to the PNN, that the Jewish settlers also painted slogans vowing revenge from the town’s residents, following the killing of three in the illegal Helmish settlement, which borders the Palestinian town in the north of Ramallah.
In days past, Israeli settlers of the Helmish and Ateret settlements carried out several attacks against Palestinian properties in the village, he noted.
Violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces also broke out today, in Ramallah’s northern village of Kubber, after forces brutally stormed the town amid heavy fire of rubber-coated bullets and tear gas bombs.
According to locals, a young Palestinian was hit by a rubber bullet during the clashes, while two relatives of a Palestinian prisoner were detained. The town’s entrance was also closed.
The head of the village’s council, Marwan Sabah, said that a group of settlers attacked the town in the early hours of yesterday morning and burned two vehicles belonging to local residents of the village.
Sabah added, according to the PNN, that the Jewish settlers also painted slogans vowing revenge from the town’s residents, following the killing of three in the illegal Helmish settlement, which borders the Palestinian town in the north of Ramallah.
In days past, Israeli settlers of the Helmish and Ateret settlements carried out several attacks against Palestinian properties in the village, he noted.
Violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces also broke out today, in Ramallah’s northern village of Kubber, after forces brutally stormed the town amid heavy fire of rubber-coated bullets and tear gas bombs.
According to locals, a young Palestinian was hit by a rubber bullet during the clashes, while two relatives of a Palestinian prisoner were detained. The town’s entrance was also closed.
11 aug 2017
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Friday at dawn, several Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, abducted two fishermen, and confiscated their boat.
Eyewitnesses said the navy fired dozens of live rounds the fishing boats, confiscated a small boat, and abducted two fishermen, identified as Saddam Abdul-Bari Sultan, 22, and his brother Odai, 25.
The navy cuffed the two fishers, and took them, along with the small boat, to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses said the navy fired dozens of live rounds the fishing boats, confiscated a small boat, and abducted two fishermen, identified as Saddam Abdul-Bari Sultan, 22, and his brother Odai, 25.
The navy cuffed the two fishers, and took them, along with the small boat, to an unknown destination.
