1 aug 2019
The 17-year old Wassim Eyad Dari was injured by a fracture in the left hand as a result of the Israeli occupation forces assault on him during his detention in the village of Issawiya.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center ‘s lawyer of the minors, Mohammad Mahmoud, said that he had visited the detainee Wassim Dari in Hadassah Hospital in Issawiya, where he was transferred for treatment after suffering fractures in his left hand, in addition to various bruises and pains.
The lawyer said that Wassim Dari is undergoing treatment in the hospital while he is in detention whilehandcuffed.
Surveillance cameras documented the moment Dari was arrested while walking in Issawiya. He was attacked by Israeli occupation forces, dragged on the ground and tied his hands behind him back. He was beaten and kicked while being taken to the police car. video
Mohammed Abu Hummus, member of the follow-up committee in Issawiya, said that the Israeli occupation forces assaulted Mrs. Sabah Dari, 60, Wassim’s grandmother, by pushing her several times while trying to check on her grandson and reach him, causing her to fall to the ground, lose consciousness and suffer multiple bruises. She was then transferred to Hadassah Hospital in Issawiya for treatment. video video
He added that the occupation forces assaulted and pushed dozens of residents of the village and foreigners and Jews that are in solidaritywith the village, concurrently with the arrest of Dari; they also arrested one of the foreigners.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center ‘s lawyer of the minors, Mohammad Mahmoud, said that he had visited the detainee Wassim Dari in Hadassah Hospital in Issawiya, where he was transferred for treatment after suffering fractures in his left hand, in addition to various bruises and pains.
The lawyer said that Wassim Dari is undergoing treatment in the hospital while he is in detention whilehandcuffed.
Surveillance cameras documented the moment Dari was arrested while walking in Issawiya. He was attacked by Israeli occupation forces, dragged on the ground and tied his hands behind him back. He was beaten and kicked while being taken to the police car. video
Mohammed Abu Hummus, member of the follow-up committee in Issawiya, said that the Israeli occupation forces assaulted Mrs. Sabah Dari, 60, Wassim’s grandmother, by pushing her several times while trying to check on her grandson and reach him, causing her to fall to the ground, lose consciousness and suffer multiple bruises. She was then transferred to Hadassah Hospital in Issawiya for treatment. video video
He added that the occupation forces assaulted and pushed dozens of residents of the village and foreigners and Jews that are in solidaritywith the village, concurrently with the arrest of Dari; they also arrested one of the foreigners.
The Israeli authorities summoned last night an 8-year-old girl from the southern West Bank city of Hebron for interrogation, reported Palestinian security sources, the third such summons of children in recent days.
The sources told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided the home of Shadi Sadr in Hebron city center and handed him a summons for his daughter Malak, 8, to appear at an interrogation center for allegedly harassing the heavily-guarded Israeli settlers in the occupied part of the city.
Israeli police summoned two days ago 4-year-old Mohammad Ilian and yesterday summoned 6-year-old Qais Obeid, both from Issawiyeh neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, for interrogation on claim the former threw a stone and the second a beverage at a police vehicle in the neighborhood.
The sources told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided the home of Shadi Sadr in Hebron city center and handed him a summons for his daughter Malak, 8, to appear at an interrogation center for allegedly harassing the heavily-guarded Israeli settlers in the occupied part of the city.
Israeli police summoned two days ago 4-year-old Mohammad Ilian and yesterday summoned 6-year-old Qais Obeid, both from Issawiyeh neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, for interrogation on claim the former threw a stone and the second a beverage at a police vehicle in the neighborhood.
An Israeli court remanded today Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa Kharouf by one month, his attorney, Eddie Lostigman, has said.
Kharouf, who works as photographer with the Turkish Anadolu news agency, was born in Algeria in 1987 to parents from Jerusalem. He came back to live in Jerusalem in 1999 with his family.
But since he did not have any documents to live in Jerusalem, his stay here was considered illegal.
He was detained on January 22 of this year after living in Jerusalem for 20 years with an intention to deport him. But since he did not have any residency papers anywhere else, no county, including Jordan, would accept him.
On July 21, Israel attempted to deport him to Jordan but was unable to do so after he was denied entry into Jordan.
Kharouf, who works as photographer with the Turkish Anadolu news agency, was born in Algeria in 1987 to parents from Jerusalem. He came back to live in Jerusalem in 1999 with his family.
But since he did not have any documents to live in Jerusalem, his stay here was considered illegal.
He was detained on January 22 of this year after living in Jerusalem for 20 years with an intention to deport him. But since he did not have any residency papers anywhere else, no county, including Jordan, would accept him.
On July 21, Israel attempted to deport him to Jordan but was unable to do so after he was denied entry into Jordan.
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) issued 100 administrative detention orders and extensions against Palestinian prisoners during last July.
The IOA ordered and renewed the imprisonment of those detainees administratively for periods ranging from two to six months, according to the Commission.
Currently, there are 530 administrative detainees in Israeli jails.
Administrative detention is incarceration without trial or charge, based on allegations that a person plans to commit a future offense. It has no time limit, and the evidence on which it is based seemingly does not exist.
Israel, an occupying power, uses such type of detention extensively and routinely as a punitive measure against the Palestinians in the occupied territories and has used it to hold thousands of them for lengthy periods of time.
The IOA ordered and renewed the imprisonment of those detainees administratively for periods ranging from two to six months, according to the Commission.
Currently, there are 530 administrative detainees in Israeli jails.
Administrative detention is incarceration without trial or charge, based on allegations that a person plans to commit a future offense. It has no time limit, and the evidence on which it is based seemingly does not exist.
Israel, an occupying power, uses such type of detention extensively and routinely as a punitive measure against the Palestinians in the occupied territories and has used it to hold thousands of them for lengthy periods of time.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday evening kidnaped two Palestinian kids under age 16 during their presence in a border area, south of the Gaza Strip.
According to the Hebrew website 0404, Israeli forces in southern Gaza spotted and arrested two kids, aged 11 and 15, after they infiltrated into an Israeli border area.
The IOF claimed one of the boys was found in possession of a knife.
According to the Hebrew website 0404, Israeli forces in southern Gaza spotted and arrested two kids, aged 11 and 15, after they infiltrated into an Israeli border area.
The IOF claimed one of the boys was found in possession of a knife.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday kidnaped at least seven Palestinian citizens and detained about 20 others for a while before releasing them in the West Bank.
According to a statement released by the Israeli army, seven Palestinians were taken prisoners in overnight West Bank campaigns.
Those citizens were arrested for being involved in popular resistance activities. Some of them were identified as Osaid Jaddu from Qalqilya, Bilal as-Suwaiti from al-Khalil and Anwer Abul-Hasan from Jenin.
In Ramallah, the IOF stormed at dawn Deir Nidham town, and detained and interrogated about 20 local young men for a while before releasing them.
The IOF also circulated a notice in the town warning local young men of throwing stones at Israeli targets and torching tires.
According to a statement released by the Israeli army, seven Palestinians were taken prisoners in overnight West Bank campaigns.
Those citizens were arrested for being involved in popular resistance activities. Some of them were identified as Osaid Jaddu from Qalqilya, Bilal as-Suwaiti from al-Khalil and Anwer Abul-Hasan from Jenin.
In Ramallah, the IOF stormed at dawn Deir Nidham town, and detained and interrogated about 20 local young men for a while before releasing them.
The IOF also circulated a notice in the town warning local young men of throwing stones at Israeli targets and torching tires.
Palestinian prisoner Bassam as-Sayeh, a cancer patient from Nablus, is facing serious health conditions that have become much worse recently.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, as-Sayeh has suffered recently from other serious health problems, including enlarged liver, a weak heart muscle and pulmonary congestion (lung water).
The sick prisoner was transferred several times from Gilboa jail to civilian hospitals for medical treatment.
As-Sayeh, who was arrested in 2015, has been suffering from bone cancer since 2011 and blood cancer since 2013, and because of the harsh incarceration conditions , his condition has deteriorated and developed into other health problems.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, as-Sayeh has suffered recently from other serious health problems, including enlarged liver, a weak heart muscle and pulmonary congestion (lung water).
The sick prisoner was transferred several times from Gilboa jail to civilian hospitals for medical treatment.
As-Sayeh, who was arrested in 2015, has been suffering from bone cancer since 2011 and blood cancer since 2013, and because of the harsh incarceration conditions , his condition has deteriorated and developed into other health problems.
A 10-year-old Palestinian child was injured on Wednesday evening while being chased by the Israeli police forces in Jerusalem.
Local sources said that Mohammed Tarwa suffered some wounds while being chased by the Israeli police who attempted to arrest him.
Tarwa was transferred to a local medical center for treatment, they added.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police arrested Yousef Obeid, 21, at the western entrance to al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center.
Al-Isawiya has been subjected to a military siege and almost daily home raids and arrest campaigns for over two months as part of a collective punishment policy pursued against the residents.
Local sources said that Mohammed Tarwa suffered some wounds while being chased by the Israeli police who attempted to arrest him.
Tarwa was transferred to a local medical center for treatment, they added.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police arrested Yousef Obeid, 21, at the western entrance to al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center.
Al-Isawiya has been subjected to a military siege and almost daily home raids and arrest campaigns for over two months as part of a collective punishment policy pursued against the residents.
On Tuesday, 30 July, 20 more Palestinian prisoners joined the eight administrative detainees already on hunger strike as Mohammed Abu Aker, Mustafa Hassanat and Huzaifa Halabiya entered their second month without food.
The prison branch of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine announced that 20 prisoners in the Negev desert prison were joining the strike to demand freedom for administrative detainees and an end of imprisonment without charge or trial.
The 20 prisoners who joined the strike were led by Wael Jaghoub, the leader of the PFLP’s prison branch. The full list of the new strikers is as follows:
In joining the strike, the prisoners issued a statement that “the procrastination and evasion of the prison administration and its failure to implement an agreement for the three sriking prisoners: Huzaifa Halabiya, Mohammed Abu Aker and Mustafa al-Hassanat, will receive further escalation and response.” They emphasized that the Israeli prison administration holds full responsibility for the lives and health of the strikers as they enter their second month on hunger strike.
In retaliation for the announcement, Israeli repressive units stormed two sections of the prison, specifically those where PFLP prisoners are held. Their rooms in sections 10 and 13 were raided and searched, while many prisoners were transferred from section to section. In particular, prisoners were threatened with transfer to other prisons if they continue their strike.
Abu Aker turned 25 on 30 July as he ended his first month of hunger strike. A student leader and activist in Dheisheh refugee camp, he is the son of fellow former prisoner, journalist and activist Nidal Abu Aker, who spent approximately 14 years in Israeli prison and launched his own hunger strike against administrative detention in 2015.
He was previously imprisoned for 27 months and has been jailed without charge or trial since November 2018. His father reported that Abu Aker rejected an Israeli offer to release him four months after the end of his current detention order to end his strike. Abu Aker has lost 20 kilos of weight (approximately 44 pounds) since launching his strike on 1 July.
A student at the University of Bethlehem, his education has been repeatedly interrupted by Israeli arrests and imprisonment, this time without charge or trial. He is known for his speeches and clear leftist politics, representing the Palestinian student movement at events and activities at the university. He is currently held under isolation in the Ramle prison clinic.
He is joined by Huzaifa Halabiya, 28, from Abu Dis, Jerusalem. Halabiya is a leukemia survivor who suffered burns over the majority of his body as a child and requires intensive medical care and treatment.
Still, he has launched a hunger strike to demand his freedom after being jailed without charge or trial for over a year, since 10 June 2018. Halabiya is held in isolation at Nitzan Ramle; he has lost 14 kg (approximately 30 pounds) since launching his hunger strike on 1 July.
He is boycotting the prison clinic and refusing to receive medication. When he was arrested by Israeli occupation forces, his wife was pregnant; he is now the father of a 6-month-old girl, Majdal, but has been denied the opportunity to even meet his daughter.
Mustafa Hassanat, 21, also from Dheisheh camp, has been on hunger strike with Abu Aker and Halabiya since 1 July. He has been detained since 5 June 2018 and has been issued two additional administrative detention orders sine the first, jailing him without charge or trial for over a year and sparking his strike.
Also on hunger strike are five more Palestinians jailed without charge or trial:
Two more hunger strikers, Musab al-Abed and Hamza Awad, suspended their strikes on 30 July after an agreement to end their administrative detention.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all supporters and friends of Palestine everywhere around the world to stand with these courageous prisoners who have put their lives on the line to seek freedom and an end to the unjust system of administrative detention. International solidarity can help them win their struggles, so all of our participation, protests and petitions can play a role in helping them to seize victory for justice and freedom.
Take Action:
1) Organize or join an event or protest for the Palestinian prisoners. You can organize an info table, rally, solidarity hunger strike, protest or action to support the prisoners. If you are already holding an event about Palestine or social justice, include solidarity with the prisoners as part of your action. Send your events and reports to samidoun@samidoun.net.
2) Write letters and make phone calls to protest the violation of Palestinian prisoners’ rights. Demand your government take action to stop supporting Israeli occupation or to pressure the Israeli state to end the policies of repression of Palestinian political prisoners. In particular, demand that your political officials put pressure on Israel to end the policy of administrative detention, the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial.
Call during your country’s regular office hours:
• Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marise Payne: + 61 2 6277 7500
• Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland: +1-613-992-5234
• European Union Commissioner Federica Mogherini: +32 (0) 2 29 53516
• New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters: +64 4 439 8000
• United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt: +44 20 7008 1500
• United States President Donald Trump: 1-202-456-1111
3) Boycott, Divest and Sanction. Join the BDS campaign to highlight the complicity of corporations like Hewlett-Packard and the continuing involvement of G4S in Israeli policing and prisons. Build a campaign to boycott Israeli goods, impose a military embargo on Israel, or organize around the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. Learn more about the BDS campaign at bdsmovement.net.
The prison branch of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine announced that 20 prisoners in the Negev desert prison were joining the strike to demand freedom for administrative detainees and an end of imprisonment without charge or trial.
The 20 prisoners who joined the strike were led by Wael Jaghoub, the leader of the PFLP’s prison branch. The full list of the new strikers is as follows:
- Wael Jaghoub
- Thaer Hanani
- Yahya Zahran, sentenced to 22 years, from Askar refugee camp
- Fadi Khaizaran, serving a 26 year sentence, from Balata camp
- Iyad Abu Khait, serving a 24 year sentence, from Askar refugee camp
- Hassan Ahmad Abu Kamel,serving a 22 year sentence, from Askar refugee camp
- Ra’afat Assous, serving a 20 year sentence, from Burin
- Musaab Mahmoud, serving a 24 year sentence, from Beit Umrin
- Muath Kaabi, serving a 3-year sentence, from Balata refugee camp
- Tareq Darwish, serving a 7-year sentence, from Issawiya
- Ahmad Abu Amsha, serving a 6 year sentence, from Zawat, Nablus
- Ismail Alayan, held in administrative detention, from Dheisheh camp
- Mahmoud Hamash, held in administative detention, from Dheisheh camp
- Shehab Mezher, held in administrative detention, from Dheisheh camp
- Shafiq Saabneh, serving an 11-year sentence, from Jenin
- Mohammed al-Rashdi, serving an 11 year sentence, from Shu’afat refugee camp
- Mohammed al-Zaanoun, serving an 18-yea sentence, from Hallal
- Mohammed Firawi, serving an 8 year sentence, from Jerusalem
- Mohammed Abu Hamad, serving a 7 year sentence, from Shu’afat refugee camp
- Sultan Abu al-Hummus, serving a 7 year sentence, from Issawiya, Jerusalem
In joining the strike, the prisoners issued a statement that “the procrastination and evasion of the prison administration and its failure to implement an agreement for the three sriking prisoners: Huzaifa Halabiya, Mohammed Abu Aker and Mustafa al-Hassanat, will receive further escalation and response.” They emphasized that the Israeli prison administration holds full responsibility for the lives and health of the strikers as they enter their second month on hunger strike.
In retaliation for the announcement, Israeli repressive units stormed two sections of the prison, specifically those where PFLP prisoners are held. Their rooms in sections 10 and 13 were raided and searched, while many prisoners were transferred from section to section. In particular, prisoners were threatened with transfer to other prisons if they continue their strike.
Abu Aker turned 25 on 30 July as he ended his first month of hunger strike. A student leader and activist in Dheisheh refugee camp, he is the son of fellow former prisoner, journalist and activist Nidal Abu Aker, who spent approximately 14 years in Israeli prison and launched his own hunger strike against administrative detention in 2015.
He was previously imprisoned for 27 months and has been jailed without charge or trial since November 2018. His father reported that Abu Aker rejected an Israeli offer to release him four months after the end of his current detention order to end his strike. Abu Aker has lost 20 kilos of weight (approximately 44 pounds) since launching his strike on 1 July.
A student at the University of Bethlehem, his education has been repeatedly interrupted by Israeli arrests and imprisonment, this time without charge or trial. He is known for his speeches and clear leftist politics, representing the Palestinian student movement at events and activities at the university. He is currently held under isolation in the Ramle prison clinic.
He is joined by Huzaifa Halabiya, 28, from Abu Dis, Jerusalem. Halabiya is a leukemia survivor who suffered burns over the majority of his body as a child and requires intensive medical care and treatment.
Still, he has launched a hunger strike to demand his freedom after being jailed without charge or trial for over a year, since 10 June 2018. Halabiya is held in isolation at Nitzan Ramle; he has lost 14 kg (approximately 30 pounds) since launching his hunger strike on 1 July.
He is boycotting the prison clinic and refusing to receive medication. When he was arrested by Israeli occupation forces, his wife was pregnant; he is now the father of a 6-month-old girl, Majdal, but has been denied the opportunity to even meet his daughter.
Mustafa Hassanat, 21, also from Dheisheh camp, has been on hunger strike with Abu Aker and Halabiya since 1 July. He has been detained since 5 June 2018 and has been issued two additional administrative detention orders sine the first, jailing him without charge or trial for over a year and sparking his strike.
Also on hunger strike are five more Palestinians jailed without charge or trial:
- Ahmad Ghannam, 42, from Dura near al-Khalil, has been on hunger strike for 17 days against his administrative detention.
- Sultan Khallouf, 38, of Burqin, who has been on hunger strike for 13 days. The Ofer military court postponed a hearing in his case until 8 August on 31 July.
- Ismail Ali, 30, of Abu Dis, Jerusalem, also the hometown of Huzaifa Halabiya, has been on hunger strike for one week against his imprisonment without charge.
- Wajdi Awawda, 20, launched his hunger strike against his imprisonment without charge or trial three days ago. In addition to being held under administrative detention without charge or trial, he needs surgery for a pelvic injury that has been repeatedly denied.
- Tariq Qa’adan, 46, from Jenin, has been on hunger strike for one day against his imprisonment without charge or trial. A former prisoner who has spent 11 years in prison, he has been jailed since 23 February 2019. After his two-month sentence expired, he was transferred to administrative detention rather than being released as scheduled. He launched his hunger strike on 31 July.
Two more hunger strikers, Musab al-Abed and Hamza Awad, suspended their strikes on 30 July after an agreement to end their administrative detention.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all supporters and friends of Palestine everywhere around the world to stand with these courageous prisoners who have put their lives on the line to seek freedom and an end to the unjust system of administrative detention. International solidarity can help them win their struggles, so all of our participation, protests and petitions can play a role in helping them to seize victory for justice and freedom.
Take Action:
1) Organize or join an event or protest for the Palestinian prisoners. You can organize an info table, rally, solidarity hunger strike, protest or action to support the prisoners. If you are already holding an event about Palestine or social justice, include solidarity with the prisoners as part of your action. Send your events and reports to samidoun@samidoun.net.
2) Write letters and make phone calls to protest the violation of Palestinian prisoners’ rights. Demand your government take action to stop supporting Israeli occupation or to pressure the Israeli state to end the policies of repression of Palestinian political prisoners. In particular, demand that your political officials put pressure on Israel to end the policy of administrative detention, the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial.
Call during your country’s regular office hours:
• Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marise Payne: + 61 2 6277 7500
• Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland: +1-613-992-5234
• European Union Commissioner Federica Mogherini: +32 (0) 2 29 53516
• New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters: +64 4 439 8000
• United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt: +44 20 7008 1500
• United States President Donald Trump: 1-202-456-1111
3) Boycott, Divest and Sanction. Join the BDS campaign to highlight the complicity of corporations like Hewlett-Packard and the continuing involvement of G4S in Israeli policing and prisons. Build a campaign to boycott Israeli goods, impose a military embargo on Israel, or organize around the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. Learn more about the BDS campaign at bdsmovement.net.
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