4 aug 2019
Dozens of Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails have decided to start an open-ended hunger strike on Monday.
About 40 prisoners affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine will join the ongoing hunger strike in Israeli jails on Monday in protest at administrative detention and in solidarity with the hunger-striking detainees.
The detainees have been calling for over a month on the Israel Prison Service to stop extending their administrative detention orders but in vain.
29 Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strike for different periods in Israeli prisons in protest at their detention administratively without charge or trial.
About 40 prisoners affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine will join the ongoing hunger strike in Israeli jails on Monday in protest at administrative detention and in solidarity with the hunger-striking detainees.
The detainees have been calling for over a month on the Israel Prison Service to stop extending their administrative detention orders but in vain.
29 Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strike for different periods in Israeli prisons in protest at their detention administratively without charge or trial.
The Israeli occupation forces at dawn Sunday arrested two Palestinian citizens south of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli website 0404 said that the Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian youths on Gaza border while they were attempting to infiltrate into the 1948 occupied territories.
It claimed that the two detainees, who were taken for interrogation, were carrying a grenade and a knife.
Dozens of Palestinian youths have been kidnapped by the Israeli forces on the border between the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories since the start of 2019. Some of them have not been released yet.
The Israeli website 0404 said that the Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian youths on Gaza border while they were attempting to infiltrate into the 1948 occupied territories.
It claimed that the two detainees, who were taken for interrogation, were carrying a grenade and a knife.
Dozens of Palestinian youths have been kidnapped by the Israeli forces on the border between the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories since the start of 2019. Some of them have not been released yet.
A Palestinian minor from the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan was moved to hospital last night after he was brutally beaten by Israeli police officers who raided his family home to arrest him, local sources said.
Heavily armed police forces raided the home of the family of Jamal Ali al-Ghoul in Silwan and severely beat him, causing him to sustain bruises across his body.
He was then moved to hospital for medical treatment, but was later brought to court by the police while being handcuffed and with chains on his ankles.
IOF severely beat Palestinian minor while arresting him
The Al-Yassam unit of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) after midnight on Sunday brutally beat and arrested the minor Jamal Ali al-Ghoul from his family home in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood in Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Jamal was brutally beaten that he had to be taken to a hospital west of Jerusalem, before he was taken this morning to the Israeli court, with his hands and feet cuffed.
A member of the family, Munir al-Ghoul, said Al-Yassam forces stormed the home in Silwan, where they raided many houses of Al-Ghoul family, and arrested another family member, Ahmed Younis al-Ghoul, who was also severely beaten.
It is noteworthy that the occupation forces had arrested the younger brother of Jamal al-Ghoul, Muhammad Ali al-Ghoul mid-last week, despite being at home by the decision “house imprisonment” two months ago.
Heavily armed police forces raided the home of the family of Jamal Ali al-Ghoul in Silwan and severely beat him, causing him to sustain bruises across his body.
He was then moved to hospital for medical treatment, but was later brought to court by the police while being handcuffed and with chains on his ankles.
IOF severely beat Palestinian minor while arresting him
The Al-Yassam unit of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) after midnight on Sunday brutally beat and arrested the minor Jamal Ali al-Ghoul from his family home in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood in Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Jamal was brutally beaten that he had to be taken to a hospital west of Jerusalem, before he was taken this morning to the Israeli court, with his hands and feet cuffed.
A member of the family, Munir al-Ghoul, said Al-Yassam forces stormed the home in Silwan, where they raided many houses of Al-Ghoul family, and arrested another family member, Ahmed Younis al-Ghoul, who was also severely beaten.
It is noteworthy that the occupation forces had arrested the younger brother of Jamal al-Ghoul, Muhammad Ali al-Ghoul mid-last week, despite being at home by the decision “house imprisonment” two months ago.
Israeli occupation forces last night detained at least 11 Palestinians during raids across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank district of Jenin, according to local sources.
Israeli police raided the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Issawiya and the Shuafat refugee camp, northeast of the city, and detained eight Palestinians after raiding and searching their homes.
In Jenin, north of the West Bank, army forces broke into the town of Qabatiya and detained three, also after raiding and searching their homes.
Almost on a daily basis, Israeli forces raid Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in middle of the night to carry out arrests.
More than 5,500 Palestinian political prisoners are incarcerated in Israeli jails for resisting the Israeli occupation of their homeland.
Israeli police raided the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Issawiya and the Shuafat refugee camp, northeast of the city, and detained eight Palestinians after raiding and searching their homes.
In Jenin, north of the West Bank, army forces broke into the town of Qabatiya and detained three, also after raiding and searching their homes.
Almost on a daily basis, Israeli forces raid Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in middle of the night to carry out arrests.
More than 5,500 Palestinian political prisoners are incarcerated in Israeli jails for resisting the Israeli occupation of their homeland.
On Wednesday 31 July 2019, Addameer’s lawyers visited three prisoners who had reached day 32 of their hunger strike.
These prisoners include Huthayfa Halibia, Muhammad Abuakkar, and Mustafa Hassanat who are being held in Nitzan-Ramle prison.
The prisoners reported to the lawyer that they will continue their hunger strike until they achieve their demand to end their administrative detention.
They only drink water, refuse to undergo medical examinations, and languish alone in their cells with a dungeon-like door that is closed at all times.
Muhammad reported that he also suffers under the procrastination of the prison authorities when he asks for water as they are always late when they come.
They lawyer confirmed that the three prisoners had difficulty moving, and they attended the lawyer’s visit in a wheelchair. He also reported that they suffer from nausea and stomach pain.
Addameer condemns the persistent intransigence of the occupation authorities and their refusal to meet the demands of the three prisoners after a month of their hunger strike and as a result, putting their lives in danger.
Addameer holds the occupying state fully responsible for the safety of the prisoners striking to obtain their legitimate right to freedom and an end to their arbitrary administrative detention.
These prisoners include Huthayfa Halibia, Muhammad Abuakkar, and Mustafa Hassanat who are being held in Nitzan-Ramle prison.
The prisoners reported to the lawyer that they will continue their hunger strike until they achieve their demand to end their administrative detention.
They only drink water, refuse to undergo medical examinations, and languish alone in their cells with a dungeon-like door that is closed at all times.
Muhammad reported that he also suffers under the procrastination of the prison authorities when he asks for water as they are always late when they come.
They lawyer confirmed that the three prisoners had difficulty moving, and they attended the lawyer’s visit in a wheelchair. He also reported that they suffer from nausea and stomach pain.
Addameer condemns the persistent intransigence of the occupation authorities and their refusal to meet the demands of the three prisoners after a month of their hunger strike and as a result, putting their lives in danger.
Addameer holds the occupying state fully responsible for the safety of the prisoners striking to obtain their legitimate right to freedom and an end to their arbitrary administrative detention.
3 aug 2019
Eight Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are still determined to continue their open-ended hunger strike in protest at their detention administratively, with no trial or indictment.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies, the number of administrative detainees on hunger strike in Israeli jails rose to eight after they were joined four days ago by Islamic Jihad official Tareq Qa’adan, from Arraba town in Jenin.
Qa’adan, an ex-detainee who spent a total of 15 years in Israeli jails, was rearrested last February and soon later transferred to administrative detention for six months.
Three of those administrative detainees have been on hunger striker for over one month after Israeli jailers extended their detention several times. They are Mohamed Abu Aker, Mustafa al-Hassanat and Hudaifa Halbiya.
The other detainees, Ahmed Ali, Sultan Khalaf and Ahmed Ghannam (blood cancer patient) and Wajdi Awawdeh, have been on hunger strike for 13, 16, 21 and 6 days respectively.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies, the number of administrative detainees on hunger strike in Israeli jails rose to eight after they were joined four days ago by Islamic Jihad official Tareq Qa’adan, from Arraba town in Jenin.
Qa’adan, an ex-detainee who spent a total of 15 years in Israeli jails, was rearrested last February and soon later transferred to administrative detention for six months.
Three of those administrative detainees have been on hunger striker for over one month after Israeli jailers extended their detention several times. They are Mohamed Abu Aker, Mustafa al-Hassanat and Hudaifa Halbiya.
The other detainees, Ahmed Ali, Sultan Khalaf and Ahmed Ghannam (blood cancer patient) and Wajdi Awawdeh, have been on hunger strike for 13, 16, 21 and 6 days respectively.
Dozens of Palestinian citizens in Jenin City on Friday staged a protest in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoner Sultan Khalaf who has been on hunger strike in Israeli jails for 15 days in protest at his administrative detention.
The protesters stressed that more attention should be given to the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and to the systematic violations they are subjected to by the Israel Prison Service.
They called for a larger campaign to support the hunger striking detainees, affirming that the administrative detention (detention without charge or trial) blatantly violates international laws and conventions.
They also called on international human rights organizations, especially the Red Cross, to assume their responsibilities toward the Palestinian prisoners and work to put an end to their suffering.
An Israeli military court on Tuesday decided to delay Sultan Khalaf's trial until 8 August.
Khalaf started an open hunger strike two weeks ago in protest at his detention without charge or indictment. Khalaf, who was arrested on 8 July, suffers from serious health problems that have recently worsened.
The protesters stressed that more attention should be given to the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and to the systematic violations they are subjected to by the Israel Prison Service.
They called for a larger campaign to support the hunger striking detainees, affirming that the administrative detention (detention without charge or trial) blatantly violates international laws and conventions.
They also called on international human rights organizations, especially the Red Cross, to assume their responsibilities toward the Palestinian prisoners and work to put an end to their suffering.
An Israeli military court on Tuesday decided to delay Sultan Khalaf's trial until 8 August.
Khalaf started an open hunger strike two weeks ago in protest at his detention without charge or indictment. Khalaf, who was arrested on 8 July, suffers from serious health problems that have recently worsened.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night kidnaped four Palestinian citizens in Jerusalem and Jenin.
According to local sources, the IOF stormed Issawiya district in east Jerusalem on Friday night and kidnaped two teenagers from the family of Na’aji.
For many weeks, an Israeli arrest campaign in Issawiya has targeted dozens of Palestinian citizens, including children and women.
In Jenin, the IOF kidnaped last night two young men identified as Bilal as-Saadi and Khaled Nazzal, both residents of Qabatiya town, during their presence in an area near Mirka village.
Israeli Troops Abduct Two Palestinians South of Jenin in Overnight Raid
Israeli occupation forces arrested two young men from Qabatiya village south of Jenin in the early morning hours on Saturday.
Local sources told the Palestinian Wafa news agency that the Israeli forces arrested Bilal al-Sa’di and Khaled Nazzal while they were near the village of Marqa, south of Jenin.
Israeli forces conduct nightly raids into Palestinian areas, abducting Palestinians from their homes while they are sleeping, in an attempt to instill fear in the Palestinian population.
According to local sources, the IOF stormed Issawiya district in east Jerusalem on Friday night and kidnaped two teenagers from the family of Na’aji.
For many weeks, an Israeli arrest campaign in Issawiya has targeted dozens of Palestinian citizens, including children and women.
In Jenin, the IOF kidnaped last night two young men identified as Bilal as-Saadi and Khaled Nazzal, both residents of Qabatiya town, during their presence in an area near Mirka village.
Israeli Troops Abduct Two Palestinians South of Jenin in Overnight Raid
Israeli occupation forces arrested two young men from Qabatiya village south of Jenin in the early morning hours on Saturday.
Local sources told the Palestinian Wafa news agency that the Israeli forces arrested Bilal al-Sa’di and Khaled Nazzal while they were near the village of Marqa, south of Jenin.
Israeli forces conduct nightly raids into Palestinian areas, abducting Palestinians from their homes while they are sleeping, in an attempt to instill fear in the Palestinian population.
2 aug 2019
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies (PCBS), released a report on August 1, 2019 confirming that the Israeli occupation authorities have continued to arbitrarily detain Palestinians during the past month of July.
The PCBS has documented 420 cases of arrest of Palestinians during July, including 62 minors, 10 women, a deputy, and the martyr of the prisoners movement.
Riyad al-Ashqar, researcher for PCBS stated that the report documented 14 cases of arrest of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, 4 of whom were fishermen during the course of their work in the Gaza Strip, and the arrest of 10 young men and women while crossing the separation fence in the east of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli occupation forces arrested member of the Legislative Council, Azzam Noman Salhab, (63), from Hebron was placed under administrative detention, without charges.
The Arrest of Minors
Al-Ashqar affirmed that the occupation, targeted minor children with arrest and summons, 62 cases of the arrest of chlldren, including the siblings Mohammed Mazen Furcal (7) and Mahmoud Ezzedine Furcal (11), Amir Obeid (11), of Jerusalem, whom Israeli authorities interrogated.
In a serious precedent that exceeds all moral and legal standards, the occupation summoned the child Mohammed Rabea ‘Alyan (4) to interrogate him, as well as summoning Qais Firas Obaid (6) for interrogation, suspected of ‘throwing stones at police cars’.
The Arrest of Women
Al-Aqshar revealed that the Israeli occupation forces have persisted in the arrest of Palestinian women, during the July arrests, in addition to breaking into a house belonging to Shadi Sidr from Hebron, and the investigation of his daughter Angel (6), under the pretext that she had been ‘harassing the settlers’.
Fathia Sa’id Barghouthi (63), and the mother of Murad Barghouthi, was detained for at least six hours during her return to Palestine from Jordan, was interrogated during the entire period of her detention.
Alaa’ al-Bashir (23), from Qalqiliya, was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces after she was summoned for interrogation, and detained for several weeks by the Palestinian security services. Another young woman, Sheroq Mohammed Al-Badin (25), from Bethlehem, was placed under a six month administrative detention order, with no charges.
Nagham Mohammad ‘Oleyyan (16) from the town of Issawiya, in the center of Jerusalem, was arrested and released two days later, on the condition that she pay a fine of 1,000 Israeli shekels, and five days of house arrest.
In addition to the arrest of the female teen, Rouen Atef Abu Sneineh (18), at a military checkpoint near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, on charges of possession of a knife, Israeli forces arrested Bara Mahmoud, from Jerusalem, Madlyn Issa, and Hayat Al-Zaghal, from Silwan, with her husband and son.
The Death of a Prisoner in Solitary Confinement
The number of Palestinian martyrs of the Prisoner Population this July, rose to 220, after the death of the Palestinian prisoner Nassar Majid Taqatqa (31), from Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem, as a result of torture and medical neglect that he suffered in Israeli interrogation centers and detention. The Israeli occupation forces arrested Taqatqa after invading his home on June 19, 2019. Occupation forces ransacked and damaged the home, and took him for interrogation. He was subjected to harsh and violent torture, and placed in severe conditions, which led to pneumonia infection, and was denied the necessary medical treatment. He was left alone, to fight the infection, in solitary confinement, until he succumbed to the infection, for which the Israeli occupation bears full responsibility.
21 Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Researcher Al-Ashqar confirmed that 21 Palestinian prisoners were on open ended hunger strikes, in opposition to their administrative sentences, in the month of July, 14 of whom suspended their strike after receiving promises to limit the administrative detention. 7 prisoners were still on strike for various periods, the longest being Muhammad Nidal Abu Bakr (22), Mustafa al-Hassanat (25), from Bethlehem, and Hotheifa Bader Halabiyya (33), in occupied Jerusalem, entering their second month in a row, their health situations deteriorating significantly.
Administrative Detention
Al-Ashqar asserted that the Israeli occupation authorities have maintained in July, the unethical practice of administrative detention against the Palestinian prisoners, where the courts issued 51 new administrative detention orders, including 14 new orders, mostly of prisoners that were released from prison, and then re-arrested and placed under administrative detention. 37 orders were for the renewal of the administrative detention, ranging from two months to six months.
Among those issued administrative decisions were Palestinian Minister of Parliament, Muhammad Ismail al-Tal (54), from Hebron, whose administrative detention was extended for a third time for more three months. From Gaza’s ruling party, Hamas leader, Sheikh Nazih Sa’id Abu-Aun (57), from Jenin, had his administrative detention renewed for a third time, and the sentence of Mohammed Anwar Mona (36), from Nablus, was extended for another 4 months.
Palestine Prisoners’ Center for Studies
August 1, 2019
The PCBS has documented 420 cases of arrest of Palestinians during July, including 62 minors, 10 women, a deputy, and the martyr of the prisoners movement.
Riyad al-Ashqar, researcher for PCBS stated that the report documented 14 cases of arrest of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, 4 of whom were fishermen during the course of their work in the Gaza Strip, and the arrest of 10 young men and women while crossing the separation fence in the east of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli occupation forces arrested member of the Legislative Council, Azzam Noman Salhab, (63), from Hebron was placed under administrative detention, without charges.
The Arrest of Minors
Al-Ashqar affirmed that the occupation, targeted minor children with arrest and summons, 62 cases of the arrest of chlldren, including the siblings Mohammed Mazen Furcal (7) and Mahmoud Ezzedine Furcal (11), Amir Obeid (11), of Jerusalem, whom Israeli authorities interrogated.
In a serious precedent that exceeds all moral and legal standards, the occupation summoned the child Mohammed Rabea ‘Alyan (4) to interrogate him, as well as summoning Qais Firas Obaid (6) for interrogation, suspected of ‘throwing stones at police cars’.
The Arrest of Women
Al-Aqshar revealed that the Israeli occupation forces have persisted in the arrest of Palestinian women, during the July arrests, in addition to breaking into a house belonging to Shadi Sidr from Hebron, and the investigation of his daughter Angel (6), under the pretext that she had been ‘harassing the settlers’.
Fathia Sa’id Barghouthi (63), and the mother of Murad Barghouthi, was detained for at least six hours during her return to Palestine from Jordan, was interrogated during the entire period of her detention.
Alaa’ al-Bashir (23), from Qalqiliya, was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces after she was summoned for interrogation, and detained for several weeks by the Palestinian security services. Another young woman, Sheroq Mohammed Al-Badin (25), from Bethlehem, was placed under a six month administrative detention order, with no charges.
Nagham Mohammad ‘Oleyyan (16) from the town of Issawiya, in the center of Jerusalem, was arrested and released two days later, on the condition that she pay a fine of 1,000 Israeli shekels, and five days of house arrest.
In addition to the arrest of the female teen, Rouen Atef Abu Sneineh (18), at a military checkpoint near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, on charges of possession of a knife, Israeli forces arrested Bara Mahmoud, from Jerusalem, Madlyn Issa, and Hayat Al-Zaghal, from Silwan, with her husband and son.
The Death of a Prisoner in Solitary Confinement
The number of Palestinian martyrs of the Prisoner Population this July, rose to 220, after the death of the Palestinian prisoner Nassar Majid Taqatqa (31), from Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem, as a result of torture and medical neglect that he suffered in Israeli interrogation centers and detention. The Israeli occupation forces arrested Taqatqa after invading his home on June 19, 2019. Occupation forces ransacked and damaged the home, and took him for interrogation. He was subjected to harsh and violent torture, and placed in severe conditions, which led to pneumonia infection, and was denied the necessary medical treatment. He was left alone, to fight the infection, in solitary confinement, until he succumbed to the infection, for which the Israeli occupation bears full responsibility.
21 Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Researcher Al-Ashqar confirmed that 21 Palestinian prisoners were on open ended hunger strikes, in opposition to their administrative sentences, in the month of July, 14 of whom suspended their strike after receiving promises to limit the administrative detention. 7 prisoners were still on strike for various periods, the longest being Muhammad Nidal Abu Bakr (22), Mustafa al-Hassanat (25), from Bethlehem, and Hotheifa Bader Halabiyya (33), in occupied Jerusalem, entering their second month in a row, their health situations deteriorating significantly.
Administrative Detention
Al-Ashqar asserted that the Israeli occupation authorities have maintained in July, the unethical practice of administrative detention against the Palestinian prisoners, where the courts issued 51 new administrative detention orders, including 14 new orders, mostly of prisoners that were released from prison, and then re-arrested and placed under administrative detention. 37 orders were for the renewal of the administrative detention, ranging from two months to six months.
Among those issued administrative decisions were Palestinian Minister of Parliament, Muhammad Ismail al-Tal (54), from Hebron, whose administrative detention was extended for a third time for more three months. From Gaza’s ruling party, Hamas leader, Sheikh Nazih Sa’id Abu-Aun (57), from Jenin, had his administrative detention renewed for a third time, and the sentence of Mohammed Anwar Mona (36), from Nablus, was extended for another 4 months.
Palestine Prisoners’ Center for Studies
August 1, 2019
Many Palestinian citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked them after they finished the Friday prayer in Sur Baher town, east of Jerusalem.
Hundreds of citizens flocked to Wadi Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher town to attend the Friday khutba and prayer near the separation wall and to express their solidarity with local residents who lost their homes.
Immediately after they finished the prayer, the IOF showered them with volleys of tear gas grenades and physically assaulted some of them in an attempt to force them to leave the area. video
Photojournalist Iyad Hamad was reportedly injured after soldiers brutally beat him as he was covering the IOF assaults on the citizens.
The IOF also assaulted and arrested local official Hasan Brijiyeh, office director of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission in Bethlehem.
Hundreds of citizens flocked to Wadi Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher town to attend the Friday khutba and prayer near the separation wall and to express their solidarity with local residents who lost their homes.
Immediately after they finished the prayer, the IOF showered them with volleys of tear gas grenades and physically assaulted some of them in an attempt to force them to leave the area. video
Photojournalist Iyad Hamad was reportedly injured after soldiers brutally beat him as he was covering the IOF assaults on the citizens.
The IOF also assaulted and arrested local official Hasan Brijiyeh, office director of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission in Bethlehem.
The Israeli occupation police on Thursday evening kidnaped six Jerusalemite citizens from aboard an excursion bus carrying children at the main entrance to Issawiya district.
According to the Asra Media Office, Israeli police forces intercepted a trip bus boarded by Jerusalemite children at the main entrance to Issawiya, searched it and then rounded up six adult escorts who were supervising the tour.
The Hebrew website 0404 claimed that the six detainees were affiliated with Hamas and arrested on a charge of organizing a summer camp in Jericho city, adding that the trip vehicle was confiscated.
According to the Asra Media Office, Israeli police forces intercepted a trip bus boarded by Jerusalemite children at the main entrance to Issawiya, searched it and then rounded up six adult escorts who were supervising the tour.
The Hebrew website 0404 claimed that the six detainees were affiliated with Hamas and arrested on a charge of organizing a summer camp in Jericho city, adding that the trip vehicle was confiscated.
