7 aug 2018
An Israeli military court has handed down a jail term of 18 months to a Palestinian minor as the number of Palestinian children being held in Tel Aviv regime’s prisons and detention facilities is soaring following US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital and relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the occupied city.
The court passed the sentence on Qassem Abu Bakr, who is a local of the northern West Bank town of Ya'bad, on Tuesday, and also ordered him to pay a fine of 5,000 Israeli shekels (US$ 1,357.50).
The jail terms comes as nearly 350 Palestinian minors are currently being held under conditions in Israeli prisons, which do not meet the minimum requirements laid down by international rights institutions.
According to the Palestinian Information Center, at least 8,000 Palestinian minors have been arrested and prosecuted in Israeli military courts since 2000.
It is estimated that between 500 and 700 Palestinian minors, some as young as 12 years old, are arrested and brought to trial in Israeli courts. The most common charge is stone-throwing.
More than 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in some 17 Israeli jails, dozens of whom are serving multiple life sentences.
Over 500 detainees are under the so-called administrative detention, which is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows Israel to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months, extendable an infinite number of times.
Some prisoners have been held in administrative detention for up to 11 years without any charges brought against them.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes in an attempt to express their outrage at the detentions.
The dramatic shift in Washington’s policy vis-à-vis Jerusalem al-Quds on December 6 last year has triggered demonstrations in the occupied Palestinian territories, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco and other Muslim countries.
On December 21 last year, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution that calls on the US to withdraw its controversial recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israeli “capital.”
In an attempt to prevent the passing of the resolution, Trump threatened reprisals against countries that backed the measure, which had earlier faced a US veto at the UN Security Council.
Israel, however, rejected the world body’s resolution while thanking Trump for his decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem al-Quds.
On January 18, the United States reneged on a pledge to contribute $45 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which supports more than five million registered Palestinian refugees and their descendants.
The announcement to cut aid to Palestinian refugees came after the US president made a threat to cut off aid to the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency.
In a series of tweets on January 2, Trump had said that the US paid “the Palestinians hundreds of millions of dollars a year” and yet got “no appreciation or respect.”
The court passed the sentence on Qassem Abu Bakr, who is a local of the northern West Bank town of Ya'bad, on Tuesday, and also ordered him to pay a fine of 5,000 Israeli shekels (US$ 1,357.50).
The jail terms comes as nearly 350 Palestinian minors are currently being held under conditions in Israeli prisons, which do not meet the minimum requirements laid down by international rights institutions.
According to the Palestinian Information Center, at least 8,000 Palestinian minors have been arrested and prosecuted in Israeli military courts since 2000.
It is estimated that between 500 and 700 Palestinian minors, some as young as 12 years old, are arrested and brought to trial in Israeli courts. The most common charge is stone-throwing.
More than 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in some 17 Israeli jails, dozens of whom are serving multiple life sentences.
Over 500 detainees are under the so-called administrative detention, which is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows Israel to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months, extendable an infinite number of times.
Some prisoners have been held in administrative detention for up to 11 years without any charges brought against them.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes in an attempt to express their outrage at the detentions.
The dramatic shift in Washington’s policy vis-à-vis Jerusalem al-Quds on December 6 last year has triggered demonstrations in the occupied Palestinian territories, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco and other Muslim countries.
On December 21 last year, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution that calls on the US to withdraw its controversial recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israeli “capital.”
In an attempt to prevent the passing of the resolution, Trump threatened reprisals against countries that backed the measure, which had earlier faced a US veto at the UN Security Council.
Israel, however, rejected the world body’s resolution while thanking Trump for his decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem al-Quds.
On January 18, the United States reneged on a pledge to contribute $45 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which supports more than five million registered Palestinian refugees and their descendants.
The announcement to cut aid to Palestinian refugees came after the US president made a threat to cut off aid to the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency.
In a series of tweets on January 2, Trump had said that the US paid “the Palestinians hundreds of millions of dollars a year” and yet got “no appreciation or respect.”
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) decided on Tuesday evening to release the Palestinian prisoner Mohamed Rimawi along with his father.
Rimawi, from Ramallah, went on hunger strike since his detention on July 19 in protest against his arbitrary detention. His father was also rounded up few days after his arrest.
He earlier spent three years in Israeli prison.
Israel releases prisoner after 20-day hunger strike
The Israeli authorities released, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian prisoner who has been on a 20-day hunger strike, along with his father, from the Israeli prison of Ashkelon.
The Prisoners and Former Prisoners' Affairs Committee said that prisoner Muhammad Rimawi, 27, was detained on July 19 after Israeli forces raided his home in the Beit Rima village in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah.
Rimawi immediately started an open hunger strike as a form of protest against his detention.
During Rimawi's hunger strike, Israeli forces also detained his father, Nimr Rimawi, 54, as an attempt to pressure Muhammad into signing a confession paper for a crime he had not committed and to end his hunger strike. However, such an attempt failed.
Regardless of his father's detention, Rimawi continued his open hunger strike for 20 consecutive days, causing his health to deteriorate and forcing the Israeli Prison Services to release him.
Following his and his father's release, Rimawi was immediately transferred to a hospital in Ramallah, where he received the necessary medical treatment to help improve his health.
Muhammad Rimawi had previously spent three years in Israeli prisons before being released about six months ago.
Rimawi, from Ramallah, went on hunger strike since his detention on July 19 in protest against his arbitrary detention. His father was also rounded up few days after his arrest.
He earlier spent three years in Israeli prison.
Israel releases prisoner after 20-day hunger strike
The Israeli authorities released, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian prisoner who has been on a 20-day hunger strike, along with his father, from the Israeli prison of Ashkelon.
The Prisoners and Former Prisoners' Affairs Committee said that prisoner Muhammad Rimawi, 27, was detained on July 19 after Israeli forces raided his home in the Beit Rima village in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah.
Rimawi immediately started an open hunger strike as a form of protest against his detention.
During Rimawi's hunger strike, Israeli forces also detained his father, Nimr Rimawi, 54, as an attempt to pressure Muhammad into signing a confession paper for a crime he had not committed and to end his hunger strike. However, such an attempt failed.
Regardless of his father's detention, Rimawi continued his open hunger strike for 20 consecutive days, causing his health to deteriorate and forcing the Israeli Prison Services to release him.
Following his and his father's release, Rimawi was immediately transferred to a hospital in Ramallah, where he received the necessary medical treatment to help improve his health.
Muhammad Rimawi had previously spent three years in Israeli prisons before being released about six months ago.
Israeli security services held and interrogated Simone Zimmerman, a US Jewish activist, at the border with Egypt for several hours on Sunday, over her alleged “connections with Palestinians.”
Zimmerman, who resides and works in Israel, tweeted that her and a friend were held at the Taba Crossing for four hours, where they were questioned by security agents from Shin Bet over their political views and previous work with Palestinians.
“I am at the border after a weekend in Sinai and Israeli authorities have detained me and my friend Abby for the last three hours. We are being questioned solely about our political opinions and activities vis a vis Palestinians esp in the occupied territories,” the activist tweeted on Sunday.
The activist said that security agents quizzed her and fellow activist Abby Kirschbaum over places they had visited in the West Bank, what they thought of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and “why she wanted to help [people] in Gaza.”
“All of the questions they asked me were about if I go to Palestinian areas, what do I do/who do I meet there, why I go there… and why the hell would I want to do that,” she said, in another tweet.
Zimmerman, who describes herself on Twitter as part of the Jewish Resistance to the occupation, works for an Israeli human rights organisation in Tel Aviv for which she holds a valid work permit.
She is a founding member of IfNotNow, an American Jewish anti-occupation organization.
Zimmerman worked previously for US Senator Bernie Sanders, as the Jewish outreach coordinator for the 2016 primary campaign. However, she was allegedly fired after comments surfaced, from 2015, in which she called Netanyahu a “manipulative asshole” and “murderer”.
Zimmerman, who says she is not herself a supporter of the BDS movement, recently made a video condemning Israel’s travel ban on anyone associated with the boycott movement, which came into action last year.
Zimmerman, who resides and works in Israel, tweeted that her and a friend were held at the Taba Crossing for four hours, where they were questioned by security agents from Shin Bet over their political views and previous work with Palestinians.
“I am at the border after a weekend in Sinai and Israeli authorities have detained me and my friend Abby for the last three hours. We are being questioned solely about our political opinions and activities vis a vis Palestinians esp in the occupied territories,” the activist tweeted on Sunday.
The activist said that security agents quizzed her and fellow activist Abby Kirschbaum over places they had visited in the West Bank, what they thought of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and “why she wanted to help [people] in Gaza.”
“All of the questions they asked me were about if I go to Palestinian areas, what do I do/who do I meet there, why I go there… and why the hell would I want to do that,” she said, in another tweet.
Zimmerman, who describes herself on Twitter as part of the Jewish Resistance to the occupation, works for an Israeli human rights organisation in Tel Aviv for which she holds a valid work permit.
She is a founding member of IfNotNow, an American Jewish anti-occupation organization.
Zimmerman worked previously for US Senator Bernie Sanders, as the Jewish outreach coordinator for the 2016 primary campaign. However, she was allegedly fired after comments surfaced, from 2015, in which she called Netanyahu a “manipulative asshole” and “murderer”.
Zimmerman, who says she is not herself a supporter of the BDS movement, recently made a video condemning Israel’s travel ban on anyone associated with the boycott movement, which came into action last year.
Affidavits, from a number of Palestinian children, for the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission reveal that they were subjected to systematic beating and torture, during and after detention by Israeli forces, the commission said on Tuesday.
Commission attorney Hiba Ighbarieh documented testimonies from three children held at Majido prison, regarding what they went through during and after being abducted by Israeli authorities.
WAFA reports that Munir Dari, aged 16, from al-Eesawiyya neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, told the attorney that he was assaulted by several members of the Israeli security forces, upon his detention in his neighborhood, who beat him at random all over his body. He was also subjected to beating and cursing at the Russian Compound detention center, in West Jerusalem, to pressure him into confessing to the charges against him.
Fahd Qeisieh, 17, also from al-Eesawiyya neighborhood, was beaten after being caught during confrontations with Israeli forces in his neighborhood. He said that a policeman tackled him and dragged him to a police car, where another officer stepped, with all of his weight, onto his back while two others were violently beating him, as he was forced to stay on the ground. Beating continued at the Russian Compound interrogation center, where he was hit with a stick on his hands, legs, face and back, while being forced to kneel in confession.
Firas Masri, also aged 17, was also severely beaten and attacked by several soldiers when he was detained at an army checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. He said that he was thrown on ground covered with gravel, beaten on his head and back, resulting in injuries and bruises. He was also reportedly cursed with vile words, after which he was blindfolded and handcuffed, and then dragged on the ground for a long distance before being thrown into an army jeep and taken to a police station in the illegal settlement of Ariel.
Another commission attorney, Hussein al-Sheikh, reported that two other children, Mohammad Hadieh, 16, from Bethlehem, and Fawzi Masalmeh, 18, from Azzeh refugee camp, also in Bethlehem, gave affidavits of severe beating during arrest.
Commission attorney Hiba Ighbarieh documented testimonies from three children held at Majido prison, regarding what they went through during and after being abducted by Israeli authorities.
WAFA reports that Munir Dari, aged 16, from al-Eesawiyya neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, told the attorney that he was assaulted by several members of the Israeli security forces, upon his detention in his neighborhood, who beat him at random all over his body. He was also subjected to beating and cursing at the Russian Compound detention center, in West Jerusalem, to pressure him into confessing to the charges against him.
Fahd Qeisieh, 17, also from al-Eesawiyya neighborhood, was beaten after being caught during confrontations with Israeli forces in his neighborhood. He said that a policeman tackled him and dragged him to a police car, where another officer stepped, with all of his weight, onto his back while two others were violently beating him, as he was forced to stay on the ground. Beating continued at the Russian Compound interrogation center, where he was hit with a stick on his hands, legs, face and back, while being forced to kneel in confession.
Firas Masri, also aged 17, was also severely beaten and attacked by several soldiers when he was detained at an army checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. He said that he was thrown on ground covered with gravel, beaten on his head and back, resulting in injuries and bruises. He was also reportedly cursed with vile words, after which he was blindfolded and handcuffed, and then dragged on the ground for a long distance before being thrown into an army jeep and taken to a police station in the illegal settlement of Ariel.
Another commission attorney, Hussein al-Sheikh, reported that two other children, Mohammad Hadieh, 16, from Bethlehem, and Fawzi Masalmeh, 18, from Azzeh refugee camp, also in Bethlehem, gave affidavits of severe beating during arrest.
Tension flared up on Tuesday in Israel's Raymond jail after Israeli guards violently broke into Palestinian prisoners' rooms and searched them.
Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said that the campaign, launched by the Israel Prison Service for "security reasons", targeted the Palestinian prisoners held in section 6.
The Commission added that the detainees were transferred early in the morning to section 5 after having their rooms turned upside down and most of their belongings damaged.
Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said that the campaign, launched by the Israel Prison Service for "security reasons", targeted the Palestinian prisoners held in section 6.
The Commission added that the detainees were transferred early in the morning to section 5 after having their rooms turned upside down and most of their belongings damaged.
Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) on Tuesday said that there are three Palestinian detainees on open hunger strike in Israeli jails.
The PPS said in a statement that prisoner Anas Shadid, 21, has been on hunger strike for 20 days in protest at his administrative detention, adding that this is Shadid's third hunger strike in two years.
A resident of Ramallah, Mohammed al-Rimawi, 27, started an open hunger strike 20 days ago in protest at the harsh detention and interrogation conditions he is exposed to in Ashkelon prison.
The third prisoner is Derar Abu Menshar, 40, and he has been on hunger strike for 13 consecutive days for being detained without charge or trial.
The PPS said in a statement that prisoner Anas Shadid, 21, has been on hunger strike for 20 days in protest at his administrative detention, adding that this is Shadid's third hunger strike in two years.
A resident of Ramallah, Mohammed al-Rimawi, 27, started an open hunger strike 20 days ago in protest at the harsh detention and interrogation conditions he is exposed to in Ashkelon prison.
The third prisoner is Derar Abu Menshar, 40, and he has been on hunger strike for 13 consecutive days for being detained without charge or trial.
At least 19 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel’s Ramla prison hospital are suffering from various illnesses and injuries, according to a statement released Tuesday by the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs.
The 19 prisoners are identified as Khaled Shawish, Mansur Muqada, Mu'tasim Raddad, Ayman al-Kurd, Yousef Nawaja, Ashraf Abu al-Huda, Nahed al-Aqra, Saleh Saleh, Mohammed Abu Khader, Abdul Aziz Arafa, Sami Abu Diak, Mohammed Salem Deeb, Ezz Eddin Karagat, Iyad Haribat, Adham Barghatha, Mounir El Zein, Mohamed Natour, Walid Masalma, and Hassan Shouka.
The prisoners are subjected to deliberate medical negligence despite of their severe health and life-threatening conditions, according to the committee.
“The prison authorities have often their transfer to specialized hospitals for the necessary tests or for urgent operations, in addition to denying the appropriate treatments for their condition.”
Some of the prisoners suffer chronic diseases such as diabetes, pressure, heart, kidney and others.
The 19 prisoners are identified as Khaled Shawish, Mansur Muqada, Mu'tasim Raddad, Ayman al-Kurd, Yousef Nawaja, Ashraf Abu al-Huda, Nahed al-Aqra, Saleh Saleh, Mohammed Abu Khader, Abdul Aziz Arafa, Sami Abu Diak, Mohammed Salem Deeb, Ezz Eddin Karagat, Iyad Haribat, Adham Barghatha, Mounir El Zein, Mohamed Natour, Walid Masalma, and Hassan Shouka.
The prisoners are subjected to deliberate medical negligence despite of their severe health and life-threatening conditions, according to the committee.
“The prison authorities have often their transfer to specialized hospitals for the necessary tests or for urgent operations, in addition to denying the appropriate treatments for their condition.”
Some of the prisoners suffer chronic diseases such as diabetes, pressure, heart, kidney and others.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a former Palestinian political prisoner from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and invaded the home of a detainee from the town.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers abducted Majd Kamil Turk, from his home in Qabatia, and also invaded the home of a political prisoner, identified as Ali Taiseer Zakarna, and ransacked the two properties.
The abducted Palestinian was among at least ten others, who were taken prisoner from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Many youngsters hurled stones at the invading soldiers, while the army fire live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The soldiers were also extensively deployed around many towns, south and east of Jenin, and installed many military roadblocks.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers abducted Majd Kamil Turk, from his home in Qabatia, and also invaded the home of a political prisoner, identified as Ali Taiseer Zakarna, and ransacked the two properties.
The abducted Palestinian was among at least ten others, who were taken prisoner from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Many youngsters hurled stones at the invading soldiers, while the army fire live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The soldiers were also extensively deployed around many towns, south and east of Jenin, and installed many military roadblocks.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive and violent searches of homes and property.
The soldiers searched and ransacked at least seven homes Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, before abducting Jamal Ali ‘Aadi.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers smashed the main door of a home, belonging to former prisoner, Mos’ab Monir Ekhlayyel, 22, and summoned him for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center.
The soldiers also invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and initiated extensive searches of homes and property.
Similar invasions targeted the al-Ma’ajeen and Rafidia areas, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before abducting Baha’ Ghassan Thouqan, and his brother Bara’; the two have two other brothers who are imprisoned by Israel.
The soldiers also invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of Salfit in northeastern West Bank, and abducted Eyad Ezzat ‘Aassi and Mo’men Mohammad Mer’ey.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the home of the imprisoned university teacher, Ghassan Thouqan, and abducted his son Bara’, in addition to detaining his other son, Baha’, for several hours, and confiscated the family car.
It is worth mentioning that Ghassan and his son, Moath, were abducted by the soldiers nearly a month ago.
In related news, dozens of illegal colonialist settlers invaded a Palestinian hill overlooking Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus.
In addition, the army invaded many areas Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, where the soldiers also used a surveillance drone in many neighborhoods, in addition to invading Salfit in northeastern West Bank. video
Israeli forces detain 9 Palestinians, including minor
Israeli forces detained at least nine Palestinians during predawn raids in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).
PPS said that Israeli forces detained one Palestinian from the southern West Bank district of Hebron; he was identified as Jamal Ali Adi, 19.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, a 17-year-old Palestinian was detained by Israeli forces; PPS identified him as Amjad Akram Uthman.
Clashes reportedly erupted in the Abu Shkheidem village of northern Ramallah during predawn raids.
In the northern West Bank district of Salfit, two Palestinians were detained and identified as Mumen Muhammad Marie and Iyad Izzat Assi.
Israeli forces also delivered summons to five Palestinians in the Qarawat Bani Hassan village of Salfit to meet with the Israeli intelligence.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, one Palestinian was detained and identified as former prisoner Majd Kamil.
The Israeli army said in a statement that Palestinian youths threw Molotov cocktails at Israeli soldiers in Jenin.
In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, another Palestinian was detained; PPS identified him as Baraa Thukan, son of prisoner Ghassan Thukan.
Israeli forces reportedly took footage using a drone in central Qalqiliya City in the northern West Bank.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,900 Palestinian prisoners currently being held in Israeli prisons.
The soldiers searched and ransacked at least seven homes Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, before abducting Jamal Ali ‘Aadi.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers smashed the main door of a home, belonging to former prisoner, Mos’ab Monir Ekhlayyel, 22, and summoned him for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center.
The soldiers also invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and initiated extensive searches of homes and property.
Similar invasions targeted the al-Ma’ajeen and Rafidia areas, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before abducting Baha’ Ghassan Thouqan, and his brother Bara’; the two have two other brothers who are imprisoned by Israel.
The soldiers also invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of Salfit in northeastern West Bank, and abducted Eyad Ezzat ‘Aassi and Mo’men Mohammad Mer’ey.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the home of the imprisoned university teacher, Ghassan Thouqan, and abducted his son Bara’, in addition to detaining his other son, Baha’, for several hours, and confiscated the family car.
It is worth mentioning that Ghassan and his son, Moath, were abducted by the soldiers nearly a month ago.
In related news, dozens of illegal colonialist settlers invaded a Palestinian hill overlooking Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus.
In addition, the army invaded many areas Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, where the soldiers also used a surveillance drone in many neighborhoods, in addition to invading Salfit in northeastern West Bank. video
Israeli forces detain 9 Palestinians, including minor
Israeli forces detained at least nine Palestinians during predawn raids in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).
PPS said that Israeli forces detained one Palestinian from the southern West Bank district of Hebron; he was identified as Jamal Ali Adi, 19.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, a 17-year-old Palestinian was detained by Israeli forces; PPS identified him as Amjad Akram Uthman.
Clashes reportedly erupted in the Abu Shkheidem village of northern Ramallah during predawn raids.
In the northern West Bank district of Salfit, two Palestinians were detained and identified as Mumen Muhammad Marie and Iyad Izzat Assi.
Israeli forces also delivered summons to five Palestinians in the Qarawat Bani Hassan village of Salfit to meet with the Israeli intelligence.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, one Palestinian was detained and identified as former prisoner Majd Kamil.
The Israeli army said in a statement that Palestinian youths threw Molotov cocktails at Israeli soldiers in Jenin.
In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, another Palestinian was detained; PPS identified him as Baraa Thukan, son of prisoner Ghassan Thukan.
Israeli forces reportedly took footage using a drone in central Qalqiliya City in the northern West Bank.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,900 Palestinian prisoners currently being held in Israeli prisons.
Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs has reported that the health condition of Yasser Rabi’a, aged 44, from the Bethlehem city, in the southern occupied West Bank, is very critical and needs medical attention.
The lawyer of the organization explained, according to Al Ray, that Rabi’a suffers from several health problems.
He has suffered cancer in the rectal area for five months and also complains of hepatitis. He takes seven pills a day and undergoes chemotherapy sessions, but is waiting to undergo surgery, in order to eradicate the tumor as soon as possible.
Yasser is a father of two children and is sentenced to life imprisonment plus ten years, and was first detained in 2001.
The lawyer of the organization explained, according to Al Ray, that Rabi’a suffers from several health problems.
He has suffered cancer in the rectal area for five months and also complains of hepatitis. He takes seven pills a day and undergoes chemotherapy sessions, but is waiting to undergo surgery, in order to eradicate the tumor as soon as possible.
Yasser is a father of two children and is sentenced to life imprisonment plus ten years, and was first detained in 2001.
