29 aug 2019
Early Thursday morning before dawn, Israeli troops invaded several parts of the West Bank and abducted five Palestinians — two married couples from Jerusalem, and a photojournalist from the village of Ni’lin.
According to the Palestinian Wafa News Agency, Israeli forces abducted on Thursday two Palestinian citizens and their wives from the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center told the Wafa reporters that Israeli occupation forces and intelligence stormed the town of Silwan at dawn and abducted Jawad Abu Sneineh and his wife, as well as Ahmad Rayyan and his wife, and transferred them to an investigation center in the city.
In the central West Bank, Israeli Occupation Forces abducted the photographer Hassan Dabbous, 30, after they raided his house in Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah.
According to local sources in the village, the Israeli soldiers raided the house of the photojournalist Hassan Dabbous, and searched the home, damaging and ransacking his property before abducting him and taking him to an unknown location for interrogation.
Ni’lin is known as a site of nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation, as is Silwan.
In recent years, Silwan has come under increasing attacks by Israeli forces as the Israeli colonial expansion project has taken steps to annex the land and property of the Palestinians living in the town.
Night raids in the early morning hours occur on a nightly basis in Palestine, as Israeli forces invade various areas and abduct Palestinians who are asleep in bed. Many of these abductees are then held incommunicado, without charges, in so-called ‘administrative detention’ for years on end.
Israeli authorities claim that administrative detention is necessary for ‘security reasons’, but the Palestinians who are stuck in Israeli prison in this limbo state are given no access to lawyers, no ability to mount a defense, since they are never told what the charges are against them. Holding prisoners without charge is a violation of international law.
In addition, abducting civilians from an Occupied Territory is a violation if Israel’s responsibilities as an Occupying Power under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
According to the Palestinian Wafa News Agency, Israeli forces abducted on Thursday two Palestinian citizens and their wives from the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center told the Wafa reporters that Israeli occupation forces and intelligence stormed the town of Silwan at dawn and abducted Jawad Abu Sneineh and his wife, as well as Ahmad Rayyan and his wife, and transferred them to an investigation center in the city.
In the central West Bank, Israeli Occupation Forces abducted the photographer Hassan Dabbous, 30, after they raided his house in Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah.
According to local sources in the village, the Israeli soldiers raided the house of the photojournalist Hassan Dabbous, and searched the home, damaging and ransacking his property before abducting him and taking him to an unknown location for interrogation.
Ni’lin is known as a site of nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation, as is Silwan.
In recent years, Silwan has come under increasing attacks by Israeli forces as the Israeli colonial expansion project has taken steps to annex the land and property of the Palestinians living in the town.
Night raids in the early morning hours occur on a nightly basis in Palestine, as Israeli forces invade various areas and abduct Palestinians who are asleep in bed. Many of these abductees are then held incommunicado, without charges, in so-called ‘administrative detention’ for years on end.
Israeli authorities claim that administrative detention is necessary for ‘security reasons’, but the Palestinians who are stuck in Israeli prison in this limbo state are given no access to lawyers, no ability to mount a defense, since they are never told what the charges are against them. Holding prisoners without charge is a violation of international law.
In addition, abducting civilians from an Occupied Territory is a violation if Israel’s responsibilities as an Occupying Power under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
The Israeli occupation police on Thursday morning kidnaped a Palestinian young man after physically assaulting him in Issawiya district, east Jerusalem.
According to the Issawiya Information Center, police forces kidnaped 19-year-old Basel Dirbas from the district after brutally beating him. video
For nearly three months, the Israeli police have been carrying out searches of Issawiya homes almost every day, mostly at night, during which they carried out arbitrary arrests and assaulted many Palestinian residents.
Local residents complain that the persistent hostile police practices in Issawiya have disrupted their daily life and created intolerable conditions for them.
According to the Issawiya Information Center, police forces kidnaped 19-year-old Basel Dirbas from the district after brutally beating him. video
For nearly three months, the Israeli police have been carrying out searches of Issawiya homes almost every day, mostly at night, during which they carried out arbitrary arrests and assaulted many Palestinian residents.
Local residents complain that the persistent hostile police practices in Issawiya have disrupted their daily life and created intolerable conditions for them.
Mays Abu Ghosh
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday raided homes and kidnaped several citizens during their campaigns in different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israeli army claimed in a statement that its forces arrested 20 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped five citizens from their homes in the towns of Yatta and Surif towns in al-Khali province.
In Bethlehem, the IOF kidnaped two young men identified as Hussein Masalmeh and Suleiman al-Ajouz after ransacking their homes in Azza refugee camp.
The IOF also raided homes in al-Khader town in Bethlehem, with no reported arrests.
Seven citizens were reportedly kidnaped from their homes in Ya’bad town, south of Jenin.
In Jerusalem, a young girl identified as Mais Abu Ghoush, a media student at Birzeit University, was taken prisoner during an IOF campaign in Qalandiya refugee camp.
The IOF also stormed Issawiya district and al-Ram town in Jerusalem and kidnaped a young man and a teenager from their homes.
Fatah official, undergraduate student among 16 Palestinians detained from West Bank
Israeli forces early today detained 16 Palestinians, including a Fatah official and a female undergraduate student, from several parts in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
PPS confirmed in a statement that Israeli forces detained 11 people from the southern West Bank district of Hebron district.
Security sources elaborated that Israeli military vehicles stormed Yatta town, where soldiers detained five Palestinians, including Nabil Abu Qbeita, who serves as secretary-general of the Fatah movement in Yatta.
Security sources added that one of the 11 detainees is from Surif town, west of Hebron.
Elsewhere in the southern West Bank, PPS said that two Palestinians were rounded up from Bethlehem district.
Security sources identified the two detainees as residents of al-Azzeh refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
In Jerusalem district, PPS confirmed an Israeli military raid in Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Jerusalem city, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
The detainee was identified as Mays Abu Ghosh, a female senior student enrolled in Birzeit University.
Soldiers detained Abu Ghosh after ransacking her family’s house and seizing her computer in the camp. video
PPS said that another Palestinian was detained in a similar military raid in al-Ram town, north of Jerusalem.
In the northern West Bank, PPS confirmed a similar overnight military raid in Yaabad town, west of Jenin, resulting in the detention of a former prisoner.
Israeli forces carry out frequent raids across the West Bank –including occupied East Jerusalem-- on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday raided homes and kidnaped several citizens during their campaigns in different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israeli army claimed in a statement that its forces arrested 20 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped five citizens from their homes in the towns of Yatta and Surif towns in al-Khali province.
In Bethlehem, the IOF kidnaped two young men identified as Hussein Masalmeh and Suleiman al-Ajouz after ransacking their homes in Azza refugee camp.
The IOF also raided homes in al-Khader town in Bethlehem, with no reported arrests.
Seven citizens were reportedly kidnaped from their homes in Ya’bad town, south of Jenin.
In Jerusalem, a young girl identified as Mais Abu Ghoush, a media student at Birzeit University, was taken prisoner during an IOF campaign in Qalandiya refugee camp.
The IOF also stormed Issawiya district and al-Ram town in Jerusalem and kidnaped a young man and a teenager from their homes.
Fatah official, undergraduate student among 16 Palestinians detained from West Bank
Israeli forces early today detained 16 Palestinians, including a Fatah official and a female undergraduate student, from several parts in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
PPS confirmed in a statement that Israeli forces detained 11 people from the southern West Bank district of Hebron district.
Security sources elaborated that Israeli military vehicles stormed Yatta town, where soldiers detained five Palestinians, including Nabil Abu Qbeita, who serves as secretary-general of the Fatah movement in Yatta.
Security sources added that one of the 11 detainees is from Surif town, west of Hebron.
Elsewhere in the southern West Bank, PPS said that two Palestinians were rounded up from Bethlehem district.
Security sources identified the two detainees as residents of al-Azzeh refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
In Jerusalem district, PPS confirmed an Israeli military raid in Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Jerusalem city, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
The detainee was identified as Mays Abu Ghosh, a female senior student enrolled in Birzeit University.
Soldiers detained Abu Ghosh after ransacking her family’s house and seizing her computer in the camp. video
PPS said that another Palestinian was detained in a similar military raid in al-Ram town, north of Jerusalem.
In the northern West Bank, PPS confirmed a similar overnight military raid in Yaabad town, west of Jenin, resulting in the detention of a former prisoner.
Israeli forces carry out frequent raids across the West Bank –including occupied East Jerusalem-- on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
A Palestinian political prisoner from Beit Rima town, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, started a hunger strike the day of his abduction, three days ago, protesting his detention without charges.
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has informed the family of Humam Monir Rimawi, 28, that their son started the hunger strike immediately after his abduction and imprisonment.
His brother, Majdi, said that the soldiers abducted Humam on August 25th, before transferring him to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility.
Majdi added that Human instantly declared a hunger strike and was then moved to Ofar prison, before he was placed in solitary confinement.
It is worth mentioning that Humam is engaged and was supposed to get married this coming Friday. He is a former political prisoner who was abducted and imprisoned twice before, once for five months and the second time for 18 months.
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has informed the family of Humam Monir Rimawi, 28, that their son started the hunger strike immediately after his abduction and imprisonment.
His brother, Majdi, said that the soldiers abducted Humam on August 25th, before transferring him to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility.
Majdi added that Human instantly declared a hunger strike and was then moved to Ofar prison, before he was placed in solitary confinement.
It is worth mentioning that Humam is engaged and was supposed to get married this coming Friday. He is a former political prisoner who was abducted and imprisoned twice before, once for five months and the second time for 18 months.
28 aug 2019
An Israeli court in occupied East Jerusalem has ordered a senior Palestinian nonviolent media activist out of his town, al-‘Isawiya, northeast of the city, until September 15th, in addition to forcing him to pay a fine of 1000 Shekels, and third-party guarantee of 10000 Shekels.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, was taken prisoner from his home, last Sunday, after the soldiers invaded and searched his property.
Last Sunday, an Israeli court ordered the release of Abu al-Hummus, in addition to forcing him out of his town for one week; however, the prosecutor’s office filed an appeal against the ruling, demanding that he must be removed from his town for a longer period.
On Tuesday, the District Court in occupied Jerusalem held a hearing, and decided to force Abu al-Hummus out of his town until September 15th, in addition to restricting his activities, especially his media work.
Speaking to Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), Abu al-Hummus said that he was taken prisoner, Sunday, for filming the soldiers and documenting their constant invasions and violations in his town.
He added that his abduction, and the conditions of his release, are meant to prevent him from talking to the media, especially his interviews with Israeli media outlets, and his constant documentation of the ongoing invasions and violations.
“This apparently provoked them; I never violate the law, and I only perform my duties,” he said, “They have unjust laws targeting the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem and preventing them from documenting and exposing these violations.”
“Now am standing here, just meters away from my town, from my home, and I cannot go there because of these unjust and unfair laws.”
“This is how the illegal Israeli occupation runs; they shower us with gas bombs and concussion grenades,” he added, “Israel is carrying out serious incitement against us, against our very presence in occupied Jerusalem – they are trying to silence the media, the locals, and are meddling even in weddings held in the town, and in Jerusalem in general.”
“We will remain steadfast; we will stay here in our town despite their serious violations, including home demolitions and constant invasions,” he concluded, “We must remain united in Jerusalem, in al-‘Isawiya, and will continue to counter Israel’s ongoing assaults and violations.”
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, was taken prisoner from his home, last Sunday, after the soldiers invaded and searched his property.
Last Sunday, an Israeli court ordered the release of Abu al-Hummus, in addition to forcing him out of his town for one week; however, the prosecutor’s office filed an appeal against the ruling, demanding that he must be removed from his town for a longer period.
On Tuesday, the District Court in occupied Jerusalem held a hearing, and decided to force Abu al-Hummus out of his town until September 15th, in addition to restricting his activities, especially his media work.
Speaking to Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), Abu al-Hummus said that he was taken prisoner, Sunday, for filming the soldiers and documenting their constant invasions and violations in his town.
He added that his abduction, and the conditions of his release, are meant to prevent him from talking to the media, especially his interviews with Israeli media outlets, and his constant documentation of the ongoing invasions and violations.
“This apparently provoked them; I never violate the law, and I only perform my duties,” he said, “They have unjust laws targeting the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem and preventing them from documenting and exposing these violations.”
“Now am standing here, just meters away from my town, from my home, and I cannot go there because of these unjust and unfair laws.”
“This is how the illegal Israeli occupation runs; they shower us with gas bombs and concussion grenades,” he added, “Israel is carrying out serious incitement against us, against our very presence in occupied Jerusalem – they are trying to silence the media, the locals, and are meddling even in weddings held in the town, and in Jerusalem in general.”
“We will remain steadfast; we will stay here in our town despite their serious violations, including home demolitions and constant invasions,” he concluded, “We must remain united in Jerusalem, in al-‘Isawiya, and will continue to counter Israel’s ongoing assaults and violations.”
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, before storming the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) and summoned its director for interrogation.
Jawad Siyam, the director of Silwanic and a senior nonviolent activist in Silwan, said the soldiers and police officers stormed the center, and summoned him for interrogation, which will be held next Tuesday.
Siyam added that the police is alleging that he installed a wooden shed without obtaining a permit from the City Council, although the structure was built in 2009.
He also said that the invasion into the media center is part of Israel’s violations against Palestinian media outlets, especially since Silwanic exposes the ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinians, their homes and properties, not only in Silwan, but in all areas of occupied Jerusalem.
It is worth mentioning that the invasion is not the first of its kind against Silwanic, as the soldiers and police officers repeatedly stormed the media center and conducted violent searches.
In related news, the soldiers abducted Fayez Mahmoud from his home in the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem.
Jawad Siyam, the director of Silwanic and a senior nonviolent activist in Silwan, said the soldiers and police officers stormed the center, and summoned him for interrogation, which will be held next Tuesday.
Siyam added that the police is alleging that he installed a wooden shed without obtaining a permit from the City Council, although the structure was built in 2009.
He also said that the invasion into the media center is part of Israel’s violations against Palestinian media outlets, especially since Silwanic exposes the ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinians, their homes and properties, not only in Silwan, but in all areas of occupied Jerusalem.
It is worth mentioning that the invasion is not the first of its kind against Silwanic, as the soldiers and police officers repeatedly stormed the media center and conducted violent searches.
In related news, the soldiers abducted Fayez Mahmoud from his home in the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem.
Scores of Palestinian citizens were arrested and injured at dawn Wednesday when the Israeli occupation forces raided several areas in the West Bank.
Local sources said that the Israeli forces arrested 14 Palestinian citizens in different towns and villages in the West Bank.
Violent clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian citizens in Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
According to local residents, the Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets. Dozens of Palestinian citizens choked on tear gas.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, Israeli police forces in large numbers raided al-Isawiya town and randomly fired rubber-coated metal bullets and stun grenades at the Palestinian residents inuring a number of them.
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In The West Bank”
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, ten Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said many army jeeps invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted five Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Emad Radi, 22, Mahdi Badawna, 20, Laith Rafat Abu Aker, 17, Yazan al-Kurdi, 17, and Mohammad Amjad ‘Oleyyan, 17.
It added that the soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and abducted Ala’ Daoud al-‘Amour.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Osama Mohammad Hannoun and Mahmoud Hasan Marar, from their homes.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, identified as Amir Ibrahim Hannoun, 20.
Another Palestinian, identified as Yousef Nidal Abu Alia, was abducted from his home in Salfit, in central West Bank.
Local sources said that the Israeli forces arrested 14 Palestinian citizens in different towns and villages in the West Bank.
Violent clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian citizens in Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
According to local residents, the Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets. Dozens of Palestinian citizens choked on tear gas.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, Israeli police forces in large numbers raided al-Isawiya town and randomly fired rubber-coated metal bullets and stun grenades at the Palestinian residents inuring a number of them.
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In The West Bank”
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, ten Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said many army jeeps invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted five Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Emad Radi, 22, Mahdi Badawna, 20, Laith Rafat Abu Aker, 17, Yazan al-Kurdi, 17, and Mohammad Amjad ‘Oleyyan, 17.
It added that the soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and abducted Ala’ Daoud al-‘Amour.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Osama Mohammad Hannoun and Mahmoud Hasan Marar, from their homes.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, identified as Amir Ibrahim Hannoun, 20.
Another Palestinian, identified as Yousef Nidal Abu Alia, was abducted from his home in Salfit, in central West Bank.
A state of tension has been prevailing since Tuesday evening in the Israeli Megiddo jail after its administration took punitive measures against Palestinian prisoners.
According to Asra Media Office, the Megiddo jail administration closed sections 3, 4 and 5, including the juvenile section, confiscated all electric equipment from prisoners’ cells and took other punitive measures against them.
As a result, the representatives of the prisoners warned Megiddo jailers that there would be protest steps if they did not revoke their measures.
According to Asra Media Office, the Megiddo jail administration closed sections 3, 4 and 5, including the juvenile section, confiscated all electric equipment from prisoners’ cells and took other punitive measures against them.
As a result, the representatives of the prisoners warned Megiddo jailers that there would be protest steps if they did not revoke their measures.
