29 aug 2018
Mohammed Zayed. Via Quds News
Palestinian former prisoners continue to face harsh persecution, as former prisoner Mohammed Zayed, released in the 2011 Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange agreement (the so-called “Shalit deal”), became the latest person to have his former sentence reimposed, seven years after his liberation.
Zayed, 58, is a leader of the Abnaa el-Balad movement in occupied Palestine ’48. While he is a Palestinian citizen of Israel, his treatment makes clear the status of Palestinians in ’48 – colonized, occupied and subjected to a racist system.
When Zayed was released in 2011, he had already spent 19 years of his 35-year sentence in Israeli jails. Like his fellow released prisoners, he was forced to sign terms of release.
On Monday, 27 August, he was ordered to spend the remaining 16 years of his sentence behind bars. Louay Khatib, an Abnaa el-Balad representative, told Quds News that Zayed was arrested a short time ago on an unrelated matter not considered a “security” or political issue. He was sentenced to eight months in prison for this unrelated case, not referred to in the conditions of his release.
Khatib said that because he was sentenced to more than six months in prison, the Israeli military system re-imposed his former sentence, saying that the court’s decision in the other case “did not specify the nature of the matter.” Khatib also said that Zayed is appealing his case to the Central Military Court and the Supreme Court, despite the fact that his lawyer requires a fee of 100,000 NIS ($27,537 USD) to proceed.
He denounced this latest reimposed sentence against a Palestinian prisoner, demanding that “the Egyptian guarantor of the agreement must stand up to its responsibilities in this case. It is not reasonable that any conviction requires the reimposition of the former sentence.” Khatib also said that Zayed was told that he would not be housed with his fellow Palestinian prisoners but with criminal prisoners. Zayed, from the occupied city of Lyd in Palestine ’48, has a number of chronic diseases including diabetes and dyskinesia as well as suffering from a “difficult” psychological and social situation, according to Quds News.
Allam Kaabi, a former prisoner released in the Wafa al-Ahrar exchange and a leader of the prisoners’ committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, told Hadf News that “once again, occupation courts prove that they are criminal tools of repression of the Palestinian people.” He noted that around 55 freed prisoners had been re-arrested and their former sentences imposed as a form of pressure against the Palestinian resistance in any forthcoming prisoner exchange agreement. Kaabi also noted that more such arrests may be forthcoming in an attempt to escalate that pressure.
Palestinian resistance organizations have emphasized that the re-arrested prisoners of the Wafa al-Ahrar exchange must be released unconditionally before a prisoner exchange. Kaabi said that it is essential to ensure that these freed prisoners are not once again subject to re-arrest.
Via the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.
Palestinian former prisoners continue to face harsh persecution, as former prisoner Mohammed Zayed, released in the 2011 Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange agreement (the so-called “Shalit deal”), became the latest person to have his former sentence reimposed, seven years after his liberation.
Zayed, 58, is a leader of the Abnaa el-Balad movement in occupied Palestine ’48. While he is a Palestinian citizen of Israel, his treatment makes clear the status of Palestinians in ’48 – colonized, occupied and subjected to a racist system.
When Zayed was released in 2011, he had already spent 19 years of his 35-year sentence in Israeli jails. Like his fellow released prisoners, he was forced to sign terms of release.
On Monday, 27 August, he was ordered to spend the remaining 16 years of his sentence behind bars. Louay Khatib, an Abnaa el-Balad representative, told Quds News that Zayed was arrested a short time ago on an unrelated matter not considered a “security” or political issue. He was sentenced to eight months in prison for this unrelated case, not referred to in the conditions of his release.
Khatib said that because he was sentenced to more than six months in prison, the Israeli military system re-imposed his former sentence, saying that the court’s decision in the other case “did not specify the nature of the matter.” Khatib also said that Zayed is appealing his case to the Central Military Court and the Supreme Court, despite the fact that his lawyer requires a fee of 100,000 NIS ($27,537 USD) to proceed.
He denounced this latest reimposed sentence against a Palestinian prisoner, demanding that “the Egyptian guarantor of the agreement must stand up to its responsibilities in this case. It is not reasonable that any conviction requires the reimposition of the former sentence.” Khatib also said that Zayed was told that he would not be housed with his fellow Palestinian prisoners but with criminal prisoners. Zayed, from the occupied city of Lyd in Palestine ’48, has a number of chronic diseases including diabetes and dyskinesia as well as suffering from a “difficult” psychological and social situation, according to Quds News.
Allam Kaabi, a former prisoner released in the Wafa al-Ahrar exchange and a leader of the prisoners’ committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, told Hadf News that “once again, occupation courts prove that they are criminal tools of repression of the Palestinian people.” He noted that around 55 freed prisoners had been re-arrested and their former sentences imposed as a form of pressure against the Palestinian resistance in any forthcoming prisoner exchange agreement. Kaabi also noted that more such arrests may be forthcoming in an attempt to escalate that pressure.
Palestinian resistance organizations have emphasized that the re-arrested prisoners of the Wafa al-Ahrar exchange must be released unconditionally before a prisoner exchange. Kaabi said that it is essential to ensure that these freed prisoners are not once again subject to re-arrest.
Via the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.
An Israeli military court on Wednesday decided to extend the detention of the Palestinian writer Lama Khater, 42, for the eighth time in a row.
Hazem al-Fakhouri, Lama's husband, wrote on Facebook that the Israeli court renewed his wife's remand for eight days "pending further investigation".
Al-Fakhouri said that he was able to talk to his wife for three minutes during which she sent her regards to all those asking about her and supporting her outside.
Khater two days ago was transferred from Ashkelon to Hasharon jail. According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, she has been subjected to harsh and intensive interrogation since her arrest on 24th July.
A mother of five children, Khater has rejected all charges leveled against her by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Hazem al-Fakhouri, Lama's husband, wrote on Facebook that the Israeli court renewed his wife's remand for eight days "pending further investigation".
Al-Fakhouri said that he was able to talk to his wife for three minutes during which she sent her regards to all those asking about her and supporting her outside.
Khater two days ago was transferred from Ashkelon to Hasharon jail. According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, she has been subjected to harsh and intensive interrogation since her arrest on 24th July.
A mother of five children, Khater has rejected all charges leveled against her by the Israeli occupation authorities.
The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday re-arrested a Palestinian detainee right as he was released from the Ramon jail.
The committee of Jerusalemite Prisoners’ Families said Israeli intelligence officers rearrested Ubada Najib, aged 20, as soon as he was released from the Ramon lock-up, where he had served a seven-month sentence.
Najib’s brothers also received interrogation writs.
Najib was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on February 20 in Jerusalem’s Old City. He had been sent to jail on several earlier arrests and was banished from Occupied Jerusalem for several months.
The committee of Jerusalemite Prisoners’ Families said Israeli intelligence officers rearrested Ubada Najib, aged 20, as soon as he was released from the Ramon lock-up, where he had served a seven-month sentence.
Najib’s brothers also received interrogation writs.
Najib was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on February 20 in Jerusalem’s Old City. He had been sent to jail on several earlier arrests and was banished from Occupied Jerusalem for several months.
As over a million of children returned to school in occupied Palestinian territories on Wednesday, nearly 300 Palestinian children, including three girls, have been deprived of their basic right to education.
The Palestinian Center for Prisoners Studies said that Israeli authorities denied 300 Palestinian children to go back to their schools as they are kept in Israeli custody amid very difficult detention conditions.
Head of the center Raefat Hamouda called on children’s rights organizations to intervene immediately to protect Palestinian children’s right to have safe and unrestricted access to education.
Palestinian children are routinely and systematically tortured and otherwise ill-treated in Israeli jails, Hamouda explained.
Such practices totally violate international human rights laws and norms, he added, calling for an international protection to Palestinian childhood.
The Palestinian Center for Prisoners Studies said that Israeli authorities denied 300 Palestinian children to go back to their schools as they are kept in Israeli custody amid very difficult detention conditions.
Head of the center Raefat Hamouda called on children’s rights organizations to intervene immediately to protect Palestinian children’s right to have safe and unrestricted access to education.
Palestinian children are routinely and systematically tortured and otherwise ill-treated in Israeli jails, Hamouda explained.
Such practices totally violate international human rights laws and norms, he added, calling for an international protection to Palestinian childhood.
The Israeli army handed, Wednesday, a young Palestinian man a military order denying him access to the college where he studies, in Nablus, in northern West Bank, for six months.
The student, Yousef Dweikat, 20, is from Balata town, east of Nablus. In a phone interview, the student told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA), that he was summoned for interrogation in Salem military base and security center, west of Jenin.
He added that he was interrogated by Israeli intelligence officers before they handed him a warrant preventing him from entering his college, the an-Najah National University, in Nablus, for six months.
The student was informed that the order was made due to his political activities in the college campus.
Dweikat is a third-year Electrical Engineering student; he is also a former political prisoner who, on September 17th, 2017, was released from an Israeli detention center and being imprisoned for seven months.
He said that he contacted his college, and several human rights organizations, asking for help so that he can continue his studies.
The student, Yousef Dweikat, 20, is from Balata town, east of Nablus. In a phone interview, the student told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA), that he was summoned for interrogation in Salem military base and security center, west of Jenin.
He added that he was interrogated by Israeli intelligence officers before they handed him a warrant preventing him from entering his college, the an-Najah National University, in Nablus, for six months.
The student was informed that the order was made due to his political activities in the college campus.
Dweikat is a third-year Electrical Engineering student; he is also a former political prisoner who, on September 17th, 2017, was released from an Israeli detention center and being imprisoned for seven months.
He said that he contacted his college, and several human rights organizations, asking for help so that he can continue his studies.
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Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a Palestinian print shop in Ein al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a print shop, in addition to abducting two Palestinians after assaulting and wounding them.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said dozens of soldiers accompanied personnel of the Jerusalem City Council, and several bulldozers, invaded the town and demolished the property. It added that the City is claiming that the building was constructed without a permit; the owners have been filing appeals with the City Council. During the destruction of the property, the soldiers attacked and injured many Palestinians, including children and women, and abducted two young men, identified as Ezz Somrain and Tareq Roweidi. video While the Palestinians continue to be denied construction permits despite the heavy costs of the applications, and continue to be facing excessively-high fines and fees, Israel continues to build and expand its illegal colonies, in direct violation of International Law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention. video video Israeli forces use excessive violence towards Silwan residents Israeli forces injured at least eight Palestinians, including three pregnant women, and detained three others from the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, while demolishing a printing house, on Wednesday. Local eyewitnesses told Ma'an that a large number of Israeli forces and police escorting staff members of the Jerusalem Municipality stormed the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan. Israeli forces surrounded the printing house before bulldozers began the demolition under the pretext that it was built without the nearly impossible-to-obtain Israeli building permit. The demolished printing house belonged to Palestinian resident, Omar Siyam, who confirmed that the facility was established over 15 years ago. Siyam noted that the municipality issued a demolition order against the building earlier this month, to which Siam and his lawyer responded by submitting an objection. However, the municipality did not respond to the objection nor deliver another demolition notice as a warning. |
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center, in the neighborhood, said that Israeli forces were deployed across Silwan preventing residents from movement, whether by foot or using a vehicle; they also sealed a main road.
Clashes erupted following the demolition, during which Israeli forces assaulted several Palestinian residents, among whom were girls, women, and elderly, by beating and pushing them.
The center added that Israeli forces showered residents with sound and tear-gas bombs, in addition to firing live ammunition and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Dr. Haitham Yaghmour, director of the Ein al-Luza Medical Center, confirmed that eight residents were injured; several of them suffered injuries by rubber-coated steel bullets, while others suffered from tear-gas inhalation.
Yaghmour pointed out that among the injured were three pregnant women, who were present at the medical center to receive checkups when Israeli forces broke in and raided the center.
All of the injured were later transferred to a hospital to receive medical treatment.
Yaghmour added that Israeli forces attacked medical teams who were providing first aid to the injured in the field; they suffered bruising.
Additionally, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians during the clashes; they were identified as Ahmad Samrin, Izz Samrin and Tareq Ruwadi.
Clashes erupted following the demolition, during which Israeli forces assaulted several Palestinian residents, among whom were girls, women, and elderly, by beating and pushing them.
The center added that Israeli forces showered residents with sound and tear-gas bombs, in addition to firing live ammunition and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Dr. Haitham Yaghmour, director of the Ein al-Luza Medical Center, confirmed that eight residents were injured; several of them suffered injuries by rubber-coated steel bullets, while others suffered from tear-gas inhalation.
Yaghmour pointed out that among the injured were three pregnant women, who were present at the medical center to receive checkups when Israeli forces broke in and raided the center.
All of the injured were later transferred to a hospital to receive medical treatment.
Yaghmour added that Israeli forces attacked medical teams who were providing first aid to the injured in the field; they suffered bruising.
Additionally, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians during the clashes; they were identified as Ahmad Samrin, Izz Samrin and Tareq Ruwadi.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped last night and at dawn Wednesday several Palestinian citizens, including university students and Hamas-affiliated ex-detainees, during campaigns in different West Bank areas.
In a statement, the Israeli army said its forces arrested 27 Palestinians accused of being involved in activities against Israel in the West Bank.
The army also claimed that its forces found weapons in West Bank campaigns and said some of its soldiers were attacked with a homemade bomb and Molotov cocktails in Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, with no injuries.
According to local sources in Nablus, the IOF kidnapped five Palestinian citizens from different areas of Nablus.
In al-Khalil, a large number of Israeli troops aboard military vehicles stormed an area near the Hebron University before midnight and raided an iron foundry belonging to Palestinian prisoner Ibrahim al-Qawasmi.
The presence of Israeli forces in the area provoked violent clashes with local young men. The events lasted for about two hours and led many citizens to suffer from their exposure to tear gas fumes.
In Jenin, the IOF raided different areas and kidnapped some citizens.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers last night rounded up a Palestinian teenager called Mohamed Bani Gharra at a makeshift checkpoint they set up at Arraba area in southern Jenin.
The IOF also stormed homes in Qabatyia town, south of Jenin, and kidnapped two citizens.
Another citizen was taken prisoner during an IOF campaign in Siris town, south of Jenin.
PPS: “Army Abducts Fourteen Palestinians In Jenin, Nablus And Hebron”
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, fourteen Palestinians, including children, from their homes, in the northern West Bank governorates of Nablus and Jenin, and in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, during extensive and violent searches of homes.
The Jenin office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded and searched several homes in Qabatia town, south of Jenin city, and abducted Ra’ed Saba’na, Ali Yousef Kamil and Omar Hashem Kamil.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Ziad Arsan al-Kilani, from his home in Siris town, south of Jenin.
Many army jeeps also invaded Jilqamous village, east of Jenin, and stormed the home of Ghassan Tawfiq al-Haj, before interrogated him and his family while ransacking the property.
The soldiers also installed several roadblocks in and around many villages and towns in Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of cars, while military helicopters flew overhead.
Furthermore, the Nablus office of the PPS, also in northern West Bank, said Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians from their homes in several communities in the governorate.
The PPS said many armored Israeli army jeeps invaded many areas in Nablus city, searched and ransacked several homes, and abducted Hamza Mo’in Tabanja, and Ahmad Salman Samhan.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Ahmad Abu Ghalyoon from his home an Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of Nablus.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Tal village, southwest of Nablus, and abducted B Issam Reehan, 21, from his home.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus, and abducted Farouq ‘Obeisi.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, north of the city, and abducted four Palestinians, including two children, in addition to a young man in Beit Kahil town, west of Hebron.
The soldiers abducted Mos’ab Monir Ekhlayyel, 23, Mohammad Issa Bahar, 19, Abdullah Bassam at-Teet, 16, and Khader Younis Awad, only 12 years of age, from Beit Ummar town, in addition to Taher Asafra, from Beit Kahil.
In a statement, the Israeli army said its forces arrested 27 Palestinians accused of being involved in activities against Israel in the West Bank.
The army also claimed that its forces found weapons in West Bank campaigns and said some of its soldiers were attacked with a homemade bomb and Molotov cocktails in Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, with no injuries.
According to local sources in Nablus, the IOF kidnapped five Palestinian citizens from different areas of Nablus.
In al-Khalil, a large number of Israeli troops aboard military vehicles stormed an area near the Hebron University before midnight and raided an iron foundry belonging to Palestinian prisoner Ibrahim al-Qawasmi.
The presence of Israeli forces in the area provoked violent clashes with local young men. The events lasted for about two hours and led many citizens to suffer from their exposure to tear gas fumes.
In Jenin, the IOF raided different areas and kidnapped some citizens.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers last night rounded up a Palestinian teenager called Mohamed Bani Gharra at a makeshift checkpoint they set up at Arraba area in southern Jenin.
The IOF also stormed homes in Qabatyia town, south of Jenin, and kidnapped two citizens.
Another citizen was taken prisoner during an IOF campaign in Siris town, south of Jenin.
PPS: “Army Abducts Fourteen Palestinians In Jenin, Nablus And Hebron”
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, fourteen Palestinians, including children, from their homes, in the northern West Bank governorates of Nablus and Jenin, and in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, during extensive and violent searches of homes.
The Jenin office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded and searched several homes in Qabatia town, south of Jenin city, and abducted Ra’ed Saba’na, Ali Yousef Kamil and Omar Hashem Kamil.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Ziad Arsan al-Kilani, from his home in Siris town, south of Jenin.
Many army jeeps also invaded Jilqamous village, east of Jenin, and stormed the home of Ghassan Tawfiq al-Haj, before interrogated him and his family while ransacking the property.
The soldiers also installed several roadblocks in and around many villages and towns in Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of cars, while military helicopters flew overhead.
Furthermore, the Nablus office of the PPS, also in northern West Bank, said Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians from their homes in several communities in the governorate.
The PPS said many armored Israeli army jeeps invaded many areas in Nablus city, searched and ransacked several homes, and abducted Hamza Mo’in Tabanja, and Ahmad Salman Samhan.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Ahmad Abu Ghalyoon from his home an Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of Nablus.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Tal village, southwest of Nablus, and abducted B Issam Reehan, 21, from his home.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus, and abducted Farouq ‘Obeisi.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, north of the city, and abducted four Palestinians, including two children, in addition to a young man in Beit Kahil town, west of Hebron.
The soldiers abducted Mos’ab Monir Ekhlayyel, 23, Mohammad Issa Bahar, 19, Abdullah Bassam at-Teet, 16, and Khader Younis Awad, only 12 years of age, from Beit Ummar town, in addition to Taher Asafra, from Beit Kahil.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Beit Rima town, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted a young Palestinian man from his home.
The soldiers invaded and searched several homes in the town, abducted Samer Sobhi Rimawi, 27, and took him to an unknown destination.
Media sources in the town said several youngsters hurled stones at the invading army jeeps, while the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades; there have been no reports of injuries.
It is worth mentioning that Samer is the brother of two political prisoners, identified as Adham and Sami, who are both imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial.
The soldiers invaded and searched several homes in the town, abducted Samer Sobhi Rimawi, 27, and took him to an unknown destination.
Media sources in the town said several youngsters hurled stones at the invading army jeeps, while the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades; there have been no reports of injuries.
It is worth mentioning that Samer is the brother of two political prisoners, identified as Adham and Sami, who are both imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial.
Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday at dawn, a wheelchair-bound Palestinian man, and his wife, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after storming their home, and summoned their son for interrogation.
The soldiers surrounded the home of Mohammad Abdullah al-Hreimi, a 59 years of age wheelchair-bound man, and kicked the front door while his wife, 50, was trying to open it, causing several wounds to her face and throwing her onto the ground.
The soldiers then stormed the home and continuously struck and beat her husband, Mohammad, while he was sitting in his wheelchair.
The family called for an ambulance, but the soldiers stopped it and forced it away.
Furthermore, the soldiers summoned their son, Mohammad, 20, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded an apartment building in Doha town, west of Bethlehem, and detonated many main doors, before violently searching the property, causing excessive damage.
Many youngsters hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading army, while the soldiers fired live rounds and gas bombs.
The soldiers surrounded the home of Mohammad Abdullah al-Hreimi, a 59 years of age wheelchair-bound man, and kicked the front door while his wife, 50, was trying to open it, causing several wounds to her face and throwing her onto the ground.
The soldiers then stormed the home and continuously struck and beat her husband, Mohammad, while he was sitting in his wheelchair.
The family called for an ambulance, but the soldiers stopped it and forced it away.
Furthermore, the soldiers summoned their son, Mohammad, 20, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded an apartment building in Doha town, west of Bethlehem, and detonated many main doors, before violently searching the property, causing excessive damage.
Many youngsters hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading army, while the soldiers fired live rounds and gas bombs.
28 aug 2018
An Israeli court on Tuesday issued prison terms and bail verdicts against three Palestinian detainees from Nablus.
An Israeli court sentenced prisoners Mohamed and Yazid Kadous, from Arak Burin village, south of Nablus, to seven years in jail and bails of 10,000 shekels.
The court also ruled that prisoner Abdullah Kadous be incarcerated for 70 months in Israeli dungeons and pay a fine of 10,000 shekels.
An Israeli court sentenced prisoners Mohamed and Yazid Kadous, from Arak Burin village, south of Nablus, to seven years in jail and bails of 10,000 shekels.
The court also ruled that prisoner Abdullah Kadous be incarcerated for 70 months in Israeli dungeons and pay a fine of 10,000 shekels.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday morning prevented Palestinian farmers from Kifl Hares village from entering their lands adjacent to Ariel settlement north of Salfit.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers arrested farmer Abdul-Karim Yousef while he was trying to enter his land.
According to the farmers of Kifl Hares, the IOF soldiers usually refuse to allow them to work in their lands until they obtain the necessary Israeli permits, which are rarely issued.
Anti-settlement researcher Khaled Ma'ali said that during the olive harvest season Palestinians are regularly turned around by the IOF, attacked by settlers, or only given a few days to harvest hundreds of olive trees.
Ma'ali noted that Israeli settlers sometimes take advantage of these entry bans imposed on Palestinian farmers and steal their crops or bulldoze their lands.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers arrested farmer Abdul-Karim Yousef while he was trying to enter his land.
According to the farmers of Kifl Hares, the IOF soldiers usually refuse to allow them to work in their lands until they obtain the necessary Israeli permits, which are rarely issued.
Anti-settlement researcher Khaled Ma'ali said that during the olive harvest season Palestinians are regularly turned around by the IOF, attacked by settlers, or only given a few days to harvest hundreds of olive trees.
Ma'ali noted that Israeli settlers sometimes take advantage of these entry bans imposed on Palestinian farmers and steal their crops or bulldoze their lands.
Human rights groups and civil society representatives have launched calls for a mass participation in a rally staged in solidarity with Palestinian women and girls arrested by the Israeli occupation forces over recent months.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), the Commission of Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs, and the Committee of Prisoners’ Families called on the Palestinian masses to join the rally, which kicked off at 11:00 a.m. on Monday outside of the headquarters of the Red Cross in al-Khalil city.
The event makes part of ongoing efforts to disclose Israeli crimes against Palestinian detainees, particularly women, who have been the permanent targets of Israel’s arbitrary abduction sweeps and daily crackdowns.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), the Commission of Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs, and the Committee of Prisoners’ Families called on the Palestinian masses to join the rally, which kicked off at 11:00 a.m. on Monday outside of the headquarters of the Red Cross in al-Khalil city.
The event makes part of ongoing efforts to disclose Israeli crimes against Palestinian detainees, particularly women, who have been the permanent targets of Israel’s arbitrary abduction sweeps and daily crackdowns.
Jackline Fararja, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, said that several detainees, who are held in Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem, are imprisoned in dirty cells, and are contacting infections and skin rash.
Fararja said that one of the detainees, Mohammad Ayesh Abu Mariya, 19, from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, was taken prisoner on August 26th, and developed serious skin rash after being held in a dirty cell, with filthy mattress, sheets and covers.
The detainee told Fararja that the sheets and covers are not only very dirty, but also smell terrible, and are not fit for human use, in addition to the very bad food which they are unable to eat.
He added that he suffers from asthma, which is deteriorating, and was repeatedly beaten, especially on the head, in addition to being insulted by the soldiers.
In addition, detainee Waseem Taha Abu Mariya, 18, also from Beit Ummar, said the soldiers struck him on his head when they abducted him, on August 26th, and continued to beat him up and kick him later.
Fararja stated that Etzion prison is one of the worst detention centers used by the Israeli military, especially since many detainees are held in iron rooms, described by the detainees in summer as “ovens,” and as “fridges” in winter.
Fararja said that one of the detainees, Mohammad Ayesh Abu Mariya, 19, from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, was taken prisoner on August 26th, and developed serious skin rash after being held in a dirty cell, with filthy mattress, sheets and covers.
The detainee told Fararja that the sheets and covers are not only very dirty, but also smell terrible, and are not fit for human use, in addition to the very bad food which they are unable to eat.
He added that he suffers from asthma, which is deteriorating, and was repeatedly beaten, especially on the head, in addition to being insulted by the soldiers.
In addition, detainee Waseem Taha Abu Mariya, 18, also from Beit Ummar, said the soldiers struck him on his head when they abducted him, on August 26th, and continued to beat him up and kick him later.
Fararja stated that Etzion prison is one of the worst detention centers used by the Israeli military, especially since many detainees are held in iron rooms, described by the detainees in summer as “ovens,” and as “fridges” in winter.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until Tuesday at noon, at least ten Palestinians, including a father and his son, from several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes across the West Bank, and interrogated dozens of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The PPS said that, among the abducted Palestinians is a journalist, identified as Baha’ Nasr, from Ras Karkar village, near Ramallah. video
The soldiers also installed roadblocks, stopped and searched dozens of cars, in several governorates.
The PPS identified the abducted Palestinians as:
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Jenin And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, four Palestinian in Jenin and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Several army jeeps invaded al-Hadaf area, and Wad Burqin, west of Jenin, violently searched several homes and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mo’taz Abu Zeid and Mahmoud Kamel al-‘Ayya.
Many local youngsters hurled stones and empty bottles at the invaded soldiers who fired rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, also searched homes, and abducted Ahmad Mohammad Zaghari, 17, and Mohammad Khaled al-Khmour.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes across the West Bank, and interrogated dozens of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The PPS said that, among the abducted Palestinians is a journalist, identified as Baha’ Nasr, from Ras Karkar village, near Ramallah. video
The soldiers also installed roadblocks, stopped and searched dozens of cars, in several governorates.
The PPS identified the abducted Palestinians as:
- Mahmoud Kamel al-Ayya, Jenin.
- Mo’taz Abu Zeid, Jenin.
- Eyad Mahmoud Khalayla, Hebron.
- Mohammad Eyad Khalayla, Hebron.
- Ahmad Maher Hashash, Nablus.
- Ali Mahmoud Dar Saleh, Ramallah.
- Ahmad Zaghari, Bethlehem.
- Mohammad al-Khmour, Bethlehem.
- Baha’ Nasr, Ramallah.
- Khaldoun ad-Deek, Ramallah.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Jenin And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, four Palestinian in Jenin and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Several army jeeps invaded al-Hadaf area, and Wad Burqin, west of Jenin, violently searched several homes and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mo’taz Abu Zeid and Mahmoud Kamel al-‘Ayya.
Many local youngsters hurled stones and empty bottles at the invaded soldiers who fired rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, also searched homes, and abducted Ahmad Mohammad Zaghari, 17, and Mohammad Khaled al-Khmour.
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian home in Kobar village, northwest of Ramallah, in central West Bank, and abducted one man.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers invaded the family home of Tareq Dar Yousef, and forced the family out before demolishing the property.
Tareq is the father of Mohammad Dar Yousef, 17, who was killed on July 26th, after he reportedly stabbed three colonialist settlers in Adam illegal colony, killing one identified as Yotam Ovadia, 31.
It is worth mentioning that the army is still holding the corpse of the slain Palestinian, and is refusing to release it to the family.
The family received the demolition order, Monday August 27, 2018, informing them that their home would be demolished by September 13th, yet; the army demolished it a day after issuing the demolition order.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched several homes in Kobar, and abducted Mohammad Abdullah Abu al-Haj.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers invaded the family home of Tareq Dar Yousef, and forced the family out before demolishing the property.
Tareq is the father of Mohammad Dar Yousef, 17, who was killed on July 26th, after he reportedly stabbed three colonialist settlers in Adam illegal colony, killing one identified as Yotam Ovadia, 31.
It is worth mentioning that the army is still holding the corpse of the slain Palestinian, and is refusing to release it to the family.
The family received the demolition order, Monday August 27, 2018, informing them that their home would be demolished by September 13th, yet; the army demolished it a day after issuing the demolition order.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched several homes in Kobar, and abducted Mohammad Abdullah Abu al-Haj.
