5 dec 2014
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed last November 600 Palestinians, including 62 children and 20 women, the Palestinian prisoner center for studies said.
In a brief report released on Thursday, the center stated that the 280 of these detainees were from occupied Jerusalem and 140 others from al-Khalil city.
In Gaza, 19 Palestinians, mostly minors, were nabbed during their presence in border areas, including a 52-year-old Mohamed Hamdan who was arrested at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing as he was on his way to Jordan for medical treatment.
According to the center, 94 administrative detention orders were issued against Palestinians during November.
The center said that the number of Palestinian patients in Israeli jails increased last month as a result of the medical neglect policy pursued against them by the administrations of prisons.
Maltreatment of prisoners and night raids on cells by prison soldiers also continued, especially in Ramon jail.
Reports say over 7,000 Palestinians are being held in Israeli jails, many of them without indictment or trial. The Israeli prison authority has come under criticism from human rights groups for inhumane practices in its jails
In a brief report released on Thursday, the center stated that the 280 of these detainees were from occupied Jerusalem and 140 others from al-Khalil city.
In Gaza, 19 Palestinians, mostly minors, were nabbed during their presence in border areas, including a 52-year-old Mohamed Hamdan who was arrested at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing as he was on his way to Jordan for medical treatment.
According to the center, 94 administrative detention orders were issued against Palestinians during November.
The center said that the number of Palestinian patients in Israeli jails increased last month as a result of the medical neglect policy pursued against them by the administrations of prisons.
Maltreatment of prisoners and night raids on cells by prison soldiers also continued, especially in Ramon jail.
Reports say over 7,000 Palestinians are being held in Israeli jails, many of them without indictment or trial. The Israeli prison authority has come under criticism from human rights groups for inhumane practices in its jails
Palestinian ex-detainees, who were re-rearrested recently after being released during the last prisoner swap deal, turned down an Israeli offer to exile them from Palestine in return of their release.
Lawyer of the Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs Rami al-Alami quoted prisoner Nael Barghouthi as saying that the reimprisonment of Palestinian ex-detainees freed as part of the Shalit deal is unjust and illegal.
Barghouthi, who was re-jailed after spending 33 years behind Israeli bars, stated that imposing the previous sentences on ex-detainees constituted a flagrant violation of the international humanitarian law.
The ministry’s lawyer pointed out that prisoner Muammar Rashed from Jenin continued his hunger strike for the ninth consecutive day protesting his detention after being released as part of the Shalit swap deal in 2011.
Lawyer of the Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs Rami al-Alami quoted prisoner Nael Barghouthi as saying that the reimprisonment of Palestinian ex-detainees freed as part of the Shalit deal is unjust and illegal.
Barghouthi, who was re-jailed after spending 33 years behind Israeli bars, stated that imposing the previous sentences on ex-detainees constituted a flagrant violation of the international humanitarian law.
The ministry’s lawyer pointed out that prisoner Muammar Rashed from Jenin continued his hunger strike for the ninth consecutive day protesting his detention after being released as part of the Shalit swap deal in 2011.
Two Palestinian young men sustained rubber bullet injuries while a child was nabbed during violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) overnight Thursday in al-Issawiya town, east of occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said the IOF kidnapped 14-year-old Bashar Jabbareen during the events.
Two Palestinian young men received on-the-spot treatment for back and foot injuries they sustained in the clashes.
Earlier on Thursday, the IOF rounded up a Palestinian young lady at Qalandiya checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, for her alleged attempt to stab an Israeli soldier.
Another youth was also arrested in Jerusalem at the pretext he had snatched a gun away from a security guard at the light rail station and hid it in a trash can.
Tension has been running high in Jerusalem and the West Bank lately as a result of Israel's escalation of its aggressive practices against the Palestinians in the holy city and its support for its settlers' desecration of the Aqsa Mosque.
Local sources said the IOF kidnapped 14-year-old Bashar Jabbareen during the events.
Two Palestinian young men received on-the-spot treatment for back and foot injuries they sustained in the clashes.
Earlier on Thursday, the IOF rounded up a Palestinian young lady at Qalandiya checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, for her alleged attempt to stab an Israeli soldier.
Another youth was also arrested in Jerusalem at the pretext he had snatched a gun away from a security guard at the light rail station and hid it in a trash can.
Tension has been running high in Jerusalem and the West Bank lately as a result of Israel's escalation of its aggressive practices against the Palestinians in the holy city and its support for its settlers' desecration of the Aqsa Mosque.
At least five Jerusalemite young men were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation police overnight Thursday and at dawn Friday for allegedly participating in violent clashes.
Media sources in the city said Israeli police troops nabbed Adnan Obeid and Ali Nasri after raiding their homes in al-Issawiya town in occupied Jerusalem.
The police also raided a number of Palestinian homes in Shuafat refugee camp in the holy city and kidnapped three other young men.
The five detainees were taken to police stations for interrogation.
Media sources in the city said Israeli police troops nabbed Adnan Obeid and Ali Nasri after raiding their homes in al-Issawiya town in occupied Jerusalem.
The police also raided a number of Palestinian homes in Shuafat refugee camp in the holy city and kidnapped three other young men.
The five detainees were taken to police stations for interrogation.
Palestinians prisoners subjected to inhumane treatment in Israeli prisons
Israeli forces took into their custody, early Thursday, 21 Palestinians, including six minors, from the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, according to security sources and a human rights center. Further abuse of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons has been documented.
Israeli police arrested nine Palestinians, including six minors, from East Jerusalem.
According to Wadi Hilweh Information Center, police detained Mahmoud Abu Ghazaleh, 72, and his son, ‘Ali, 29, for several hours after breaking into their house in the as-Suwani neighborhood in order to force his second son, Majdi, to turn himself in. Both Mahmoud and ‘Ali were released after Majdi turned himself in to police and was taken into custody.
Police also abducted minors Mu‘ath and Muhammad As-Salayma, Ashraf and Fares ‘Uwaisat, Saber ‘Ubaid, Muhammad Saleh, Majed Abu Nijma, ‘Omar Shwaiki and Ibrahim Abu Mayyala, after raiding the ath-Thawri neighborhood in the city, WAFA further reports.
Meanwhile, forces raided Tuqu‘ town, southeast of Bethlehem city, where they kidnapped seven Palestinians; Akram, 18, Muhammad Habes, 18, Muhammad ‘Adel, 18, and ‘Abed al-‘Amur, 20, as well as Ahmad, 18, and Muhammad Abu Mifreh, 19, after breaking into and ransacking their families’ houses.
Israeli forces also raided Beit Fajjar town, to the south of the city, where they took 24-year-old Hasan Thawabta, after breaking into and ransacking his house.
In the Jenin district, forces raided Zabda village to the southwest of the city, where they arrested Yousef ‘Amarna, 38, after breaking into and ransacking his family’s house. Forces raided the refugee camp while firing acoustic bombs and abducting Fathi al-Sa‘di, 20, after breaking into and ransacking his family’s house.
Forces also arrested two Palestinian youth in the Ramallah town of Dura al-Qar' after raiding their families’ homes in the early dawn hours, according to the head of the town’s council Jabir Bajis.
They were identified as Nasim Mokhtar and Hassan Yasin.
Meanwhile, in the Hebron district, forces raided Tarqumiya town, taking Tamer and Rouhi Qabaja with them after breaking into and wreaking havoc on their store.
Several Palestinians Thursday suffocated by Israeli tear gas and three others were arrested as Israeli forces raided a town in Hebron, while a youth from Jenin was also arrested , said witnesses and security sources.
Forces raided Idhna town, to the west of Hebron, where they broke into a mobile store belonging to Fadi Farajallah, seizing several mobile devices worth INS 20,000 ($ 5,000) and arresting two of his relatives; Ahmad Abu Jheisha and Baker Farajallah.
Roadblocks were set up at the northern entrance of Halhul, the entrance of Idhna, and Zif-Yatta junction, where forces stopped vehicles with Palestinian-registered plates and inspected passengers’ ID cards.
Forces also broke into a computer repair and maintenance store belonging to Husni Bashir, ransacking it and seizing several computers. They arrested Husni’s brother, Khaled, 25, triggering clashes with local Palestinians.
Forces fired tear gas canisters, and several locals suffered from excessive gas inhalation.
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In related news, at least 10 Palestinian political prisoners incarcerated in the Israeli Nafha prison have been put in solitary confinement since last June, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said, Thursday.
An attorney with the PPC said that he visited the prison to find that the 10 Palestinian political prisoners are isolated in foul-smelling, strictly sealed cells with no windows.
The cells are also aligned to others housing criminal inmates who frequently maltreat their political fellow inmates and verbally assault them.
PPC also reported on a severe shortage of sufficient warm winter clothes and blankets for the prisoners. Prison administration prohibits prisoners from bringing blankets and warm winter clothes from outside, but allows them to buy blankets from the prison’s canteen.
The blankets sold there are very expensive, very bad in quality and do not provide adequate warmth.
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) also restricts access to books and forces prisoners to remain handcuffed at the daily break time, PPC reported.
According to UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, solitary confinement “causes mental and physical suffering amounting to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
“Prison isolation fits the definition of torture as stated in several international human rights treaties, and thus constitutes a violation of human rights law. For example, the U.N. Convention Against Torture defines torture as any state-sanctioned act 'by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person' for information, punishment, intimidation, or for a reason based on discrimination,” said American friends Service Committee.
According to the Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, illegal, immoral and degrading practices are committed by the Israeli Prison Service against Palestinian inmates in Etzion detention facility in the southern West Bank, as well.
Hussein Sheikh, an attorney with the committee, said that around 50 Palestinian inmates currently incarcerated in Etzion, near Bethlehem, are frequently subjected to immoral and humiliating practice, including being forced to strip off clothes in front of other inmates, which constitutes a blatant violation of international law.
Mr. Sheikh added that prisoners are also forced to completely strip before and after trial.
The attorney also reported on other forms of maltreatment against prisoners by IPS, including the use of foil language against them during the count time in the morning and the evening.
Cases of physical abuse, solitary confinement, stripping off clothes in chilly night air, deprivation of food and water for hours, and denial of breaks were also reported.
Sheikh said that prisoners live under bad conditions in their cells, including poor sanitation, infestation of insects, in addition to the severe shortage of sufficient warm winter blankets, further aggravating their health conditions.
He called upon all human rights organizations for immediate intervention in stopping such crimes, as well as upholding their responsibility in this regard.
These statement came two weeks after a special report by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) revealed that hundreds of Palestinian minor inmates were subjected to sexual abuse by Israeli Prison Service.
The report stated that at least 600 Palestinian children were arrested in Jerusalem since last June, of whom nearly 40% were exposed to sexual abuse during arrest or investigation by the Israeli authorities.
Israeli forces took into their custody, early Thursday, 21 Palestinians, including six minors, from the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, according to security sources and a human rights center. Further abuse of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons has been documented.
Israeli police arrested nine Palestinians, including six minors, from East Jerusalem.
According to Wadi Hilweh Information Center, police detained Mahmoud Abu Ghazaleh, 72, and his son, ‘Ali, 29, for several hours after breaking into their house in the as-Suwani neighborhood in order to force his second son, Majdi, to turn himself in. Both Mahmoud and ‘Ali were released after Majdi turned himself in to police and was taken into custody.
Police also abducted minors Mu‘ath and Muhammad As-Salayma, Ashraf and Fares ‘Uwaisat, Saber ‘Ubaid, Muhammad Saleh, Majed Abu Nijma, ‘Omar Shwaiki and Ibrahim Abu Mayyala, after raiding the ath-Thawri neighborhood in the city, WAFA further reports.
Meanwhile, forces raided Tuqu‘ town, southeast of Bethlehem city, where they kidnapped seven Palestinians; Akram, 18, Muhammad Habes, 18, Muhammad ‘Adel, 18, and ‘Abed al-‘Amur, 20, as well as Ahmad, 18, and Muhammad Abu Mifreh, 19, after breaking into and ransacking their families’ houses.
Israeli forces also raided Beit Fajjar town, to the south of the city, where they took 24-year-old Hasan Thawabta, after breaking into and ransacking his house.
In the Jenin district, forces raided Zabda village to the southwest of the city, where they arrested Yousef ‘Amarna, 38, after breaking into and ransacking his family’s house. Forces raided the refugee camp while firing acoustic bombs and abducting Fathi al-Sa‘di, 20, after breaking into and ransacking his family’s house.
Forces also arrested two Palestinian youth in the Ramallah town of Dura al-Qar' after raiding their families’ homes in the early dawn hours, according to the head of the town’s council Jabir Bajis.
They were identified as Nasim Mokhtar and Hassan Yasin.
Meanwhile, in the Hebron district, forces raided Tarqumiya town, taking Tamer and Rouhi Qabaja with them after breaking into and wreaking havoc on their store.
Several Palestinians Thursday suffocated by Israeli tear gas and three others were arrested as Israeli forces raided a town in Hebron, while a youth from Jenin was also arrested , said witnesses and security sources.
Forces raided Idhna town, to the west of Hebron, where they broke into a mobile store belonging to Fadi Farajallah, seizing several mobile devices worth INS 20,000 ($ 5,000) and arresting two of his relatives; Ahmad Abu Jheisha and Baker Farajallah.
Roadblocks were set up at the northern entrance of Halhul, the entrance of Idhna, and Zif-Yatta junction, where forces stopped vehicles with Palestinian-registered plates and inspected passengers’ ID cards.
Forces also broke into a computer repair and maintenance store belonging to Husni Bashir, ransacking it and seizing several computers. They arrested Husni’s brother, Khaled, 25, triggering clashes with local Palestinians.
Forces fired tear gas canisters, and several locals suffered from excessive gas inhalation.
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In related news, at least 10 Palestinian political prisoners incarcerated in the Israeli Nafha prison have been put in solitary confinement since last June, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said, Thursday.
An attorney with the PPC said that he visited the prison to find that the 10 Palestinian political prisoners are isolated in foul-smelling, strictly sealed cells with no windows.
The cells are also aligned to others housing criminal inmates who frequently maltreat their political fellow inmates and verbally assault them.
PPC also reported on a severe shortage of sufficient warm winter clothes and blankets for the prisoners. Prison administration prohibits prisoners from bringing blankets and warm winter clothes from outside, but allows them to buy blankets from the prison’s canteen.
The blankets sold there are very expensive, very bad in quality and do not provide adequate warmth.
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) also restricts access to books and forces prisoners to remain handcuffed at the daily break time, PPC reported.
According to UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, solitary confinement “causes mental and physical suffering amounting to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
“Prison isolation fits the definition of torture as stated in several international human rights treaties, and thus constitutes a violation of human rights law. For example, the U.N. Convention Against Torture defines torture as any state-sanctioned act 'by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person' for information, punishment, intimidation, or for a reason based on discrimination,” said American friends Service Committee.
According to the Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, illegal, immoral and degrading practices are committed by the Israeli Prison Service against Palestinian inmates in Etzion detention facility in the southern West Bank, as well.
Hussein Sheikh, an attorney with the committee, said that around 50 Palestinian inmates currently incarcerated in Etzion, near Bethlehem, are frequently subjected to immoral and humiliating practice, including being forced to strip off clothes in front of other inmates, which constitutes a blatant violation of international law.
Mr. Sheikh added that prisoners are also forced to completely strip before and after trial.
The attorney also reported on other forms of maltreatment against prisoners by IPS, including the use of foil language against them during the count time in the morning and the evening.
Cases of physical abuse, solitary confinement, stripping off clothes in chilly night air, deprivation of food and water for hours, and denial of breaks were also reported.
Sheikh said that prisoners live under bad conditions in their cells, including poor sanitation, infestation of insects, in addition to the severe shortage of sufficient warm winter blankets, further aggravating their health conditions.
He called upon all human rights organizations for immediate intervention in stopping such crimes, as well as upholding their responsibility in this regard.
These statement came two weeks after a special report by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) revealed that hundreds of Palestinian minor inmates were subjected to sexual abuse by Israeli Prison Service.
The report stated that at least 600 Palestinian children were arrested in Jerusalem since last June, of whom nearly 40% were exposed to sexual abuse during arrest or investigation by the Israeli authorities.
4 dec 2014
The Palestinian prisoner center for studies said that 21 Palestinian prisoners with special needs are still in Israeli jails.
This came in a statement released by the center on the twelfth anniversary of the international day of persons with disabilities.
The center stated that the suffering of those prisoners increases because they need special attention unavailable inside jails.
The center added that Israel's persistence in detaining Palestinians with physical and psychological disabilities violates the international lawو and appealed to human rights groups to pressure Israel to release them and ensure their access to rehabilitation programs and proper medical care.
For its part, the Palestinian commission of detainees and ex-detainees said on Wednesday that 50 Palestinian prisoners in Etzion jails are exposed every day to immoral and inhumane acts at the hands of jailers.
The prisoners, especially in the morning as they are assembled for counting, are strip searched, verbally and physically attacked with no reason, and punished with solitary confinement if they showed any reaction to the jailers' ill-treatment, the commission said.
This came in a statement released by the center on the twelfth anniversary of the international day of persons with disabilities.
The center stated that the suffering of those prisoners increases because they need special attention unavailable inside jails.
The center added that Israel's persistence in detaining Palestinians with physical and psychological disabilities violates the international lawو and appealed to human rights groups to pressure Israel to release them and ensure their access to rehabilitation programs and proper medical care.
For its part, the Palestinian commission of detainees and ex-detainees said on Wednesday that 50 Palestinian prisoners in Etzion jails are exposed every day to immoral and inhumane acts at the hands of jailers.
The prisoners, especially in the morning as they are assembled for counting, are strip searched, verbally and physically attacked with no reason, and punished with solitary confinement if they showed any reaction to the jailers' ill-treatment, the commission said.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday nabbed 28 Palestinian civilians in a wave of assaults launched across the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli TV Channel 7 said that 11 Palestinians were captured allegedly due to their potential involvement in anti-Israeli occupation campaigns in the West Bank.
Sources in Jenin said the IOF raided the city’s refugee camp and rummaged through Palestinians’ homes moments before they kidnapped a 20-year old Palestinian youth from his own family home.
A PIC journalist quoted by-standers at the scene as reporting that the IOF cordoned off Jenin streets and alleys and were deployed at the rooftops of Palestinian homes.
The IOF reportedly moved into Wad Burkin area and scoured Palestinian neighborhoods, leading to a state of panic among women and children.
The IOF captured a Palestinian citizen in Nablus and four more others west of Ramallah city.
The Israeli occupation troops further claimed responsibility for the arrest of a pro-Hamas affiliate in al-Khalil.
At least seven more Palestinians were reportedly captured by the IOF in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Meanwhile, sources based in Occupied Jerusalem said the IOF abducted 12 Palestinian civilians following a round of arbitrary home-raids and search campaigns.
The IOF nabbed 72-year-old civilian Mahmoud Abu Ghazala and his 29-year-old son Aly after having broke into their family homes.
Lawyer of Ad-Dameer organization Mohamed Mahmoud said the IOF attacks culminated in the apprehension of the Palestinian minors Moadh Salayma, Mohamed al-Salayma, Ashraf Awissat, Saber Ubeid, Fares Awissat, and Mohamed Saleh.
Three Palestinian citizens have also been captured in Silwan, the Wadi Helwa Information Center documented.
The Israeli TV Channel 7 said that 11 Palestinians were captured allegedly due to their potential involvement in anti-Israeli occupation campaigns in the West Bank.
Sources in Jenin said the IOF raided the city’s refugee camp and rummaged through Palestinians’ homes moments before they kidnapped a 20-year old Palestinian youth from his own family home.
A PIC journalist quoted by-standers at the scene as reporting that the IOF cordoned off Jenin streets and alleys and were deployed at the rooftops of Palestinian homes.
The IOF reportedly moved into Wad Burkin area and scoured Palestinian neighborhoods, leading to a state of panic among women and children.
The IOF captured a Palestinian citizen in Nablus and four more others west of Ramallah city.
The Israeli occupation troops further claimed responsibility for the arrest of a pro-Hamas affiliate in al-Khalil.
At least seven more Palestinians were reportedly captured by the IOF in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Meanwhile, sources based in Occupied Jerusalem said the IOF abducted 12 Palestinian civilians following a round of arbitrary home-raids and search campaigns.
The IOF nabbed 72-year-old civilian Mahmoud Abu Ghazala and his 29-year-old son Aly after having broke into their family homes.
Lawyer of Ad-Dameer organization Mohamed Mahmoud said the IOF attacks culminated in the apprehension of the Palestinian minors Moadh Salayma, Mohamed al-Salayma, Ashraf Awissat, Saber Ubeid, Fares Awissat, and Mohamed Saleh.
Three Palestinian citizens have also been captured in Silwan, the Wadi Helwa Information Center documented.
Salem military court has sentenced activist Murad Eshtewi, from Kufr Qaddum village, to 9 and a half months of prison, with an additional 10,000 shekel fine. Israeli forces arrested Eshtewi on April 29th, 2014 in the middle of the night accusing him of participating in and arranging Kufr Qaddum demonstrations.
The unjust decision of the military court states the following:
· 9 and a half months of actual prison time.
· 10,000 shekel non-refundable fine.
· A 5-year probation period after his prison term, where he cannot participate in any Kufr Qaddum peaceful demonstrations, or he will face a sentence of no less than 12 months in prison.
· A 3 year probation period after his prison term, where he cannot participate in any peaceful demonstrations against the Israeli military anywhere else, otherwise he will face a sentence of no less than 6 months in prison.
Murad has been detained in Majedo (Megiddo) Military Prison since his arrest in April, and has been suffered from many health problems during this time. His lawyer, Adel Samara, states that Murad has lost over 9 kilos in weight due to harsh and unsuitable holding cells.
In a letter from Murad, he stated the following:
“The accusations that I am charged with is unfair because it is our legal right to protest and participate in demonstrations against the occupation and to struggle for our self-determination as Palestinians.” He added that the peaceful marches in Kufr Qaddum will continue even if the occupation suppresses them over and over again.
Since the arrest of Murad, the Israeli army has raised its level of brutality in dealing with Kufr Qaddum demonstrations. 15 protestors have been shot by live bullets, last week alone recorded two live bullet injuries, a local youth and an Italian supporter, shot in cold blood just for participating in peaceful protests.
Murad calls on the international community and the United Nations to support Kufr Qaddum, to open the road closed by Israeli forces, to support the fair quest of a free Palestine, and to end the occupation and its settlers.
“They fine us so they can pay for more guns and weapons to kill us with,” Murad added.
Finally, Murad calls on the people of Kufr Qaddum to keep on struggling against occupation and to never give up.
The unjust decision of the military court states the following:
· 9 and a half months of actual prison time.
· 10,000 shekel non-refundable fine.
· A 5-year probation period after his prison term, where he cannot participate in any Kufr Qaddum peaceful demonstrations, or he will face a sentence of no less than 12 months in prison.
· A 3 year probation period after his prison term, where he cannot participate in any peaceful demonstrations against the Israeli military anywhere else, otherwise he will face a sentence of no less than 6 months in prison.
Murad has been detained in Majedo (Megiddo) Military Prison since his arrest in April, and has been suffered from many health problems during this time. His lawyer, Adel Samara, states that Murad has lost over 9 kilos in weight due to harsh and unsuitable holding cells.
In a letter from Murad, he stated the following:
“The accusations that I am charged with is unfair because it is our legal right to protest and participate in demonstrations against the occupation and to struggle for our self-determination as Palestinians.” He added that the peaceful marches in Kufr Qaddum will continue even if the occupation suppresses them over and over again.
Since the arrest of Murad, the Israeli army has raised its level of brutality in dealing with Kufr Qaddum demonstrations. 15 protestors have been shot by live bullets, last week alone recorded two live bullet injuries, a local youth and an Italian supporter, shot in cold blood just for participating in peaceful protests.
Murad calls on the international community and the United Nations to support Kufr Qaddum, to open the road closed by Israeli forces, to support the fair quest of a free Palestine, and to end the occupation and its settlers.
“They fine us so they can pay for more guns and weapons to kill us with,” Murad added.
Finally, Murad calls on the people of Kufr Qaddum to keep on struggling against occupation and to never give up.
Israeli forces broke into the home of a Ma'an News Agency reporter in Jerusalem, post-midnight Wednesday, inspecting the house thoroughly as they searched for her brother Majdi, who was at work when the soldiers arrived.
Maysa Abu Ghazala said that her elderly father was detained, while her brother Ali was pressured to make sure Majdi would turn himself in.
The soldiers, she said, broke into the house at 1:30 am, saying that they wanted to detain Majdi. They were told that Majdi was at work and, so, they inspected every room thoroughly before forcing the family to telephone him and tell him to appear at an Israeli police station.
According to Ma'an, the soldiers then detained Majdi's father Mahmoud Abu Ghazala, aged 72, and his son Ali, 29, taking them to Beit Orot settlement on the Mount of Olives, then to the Russian Compound interrogation center.
The men were later released, after Majdi arrived at a police station on Salah al-Din Street.
Maysa Abu Ghazala said that her elderly father was detained, while her brother Ali was pressured to make sure Majdi would turn himself in.
The soldiers, she said, broke into the house at 1:30 am, saying that they wanted to detain Majdi. They were told that Majdi was at work and, so, they inspected every room thoroughly before forcing the family to telephone him and tell him to appear at an Israeli police station.
According to Ma'an, the soldiers then detained Majdi's father Mahmoud Abu Ghazala, aged 72, and his son Ali, 29, taking them to Beit Orot settlement on the Mount of Olives, then to the Russian Compound interrogation center.
The men were later released, after Majdi arrived at a police station on Salah al-Din Street.
On Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian child who was trying to cross the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem, allegedly for carrying a knife and “attempting to stab a soldier.”
Eyewitnesses told the Maan News agency that the child, Yathreb Salah Rayyan, 14 years of age, from Beit Doqqo village north of Jerusalem, was at least 30 meters away from the soldiers when they opened fire at her without warning.
They said Rayyan was shot by two live rounds, and that the soldiers also fired several gas bombs. According to Maan, the child was wearing a Borqa (headscarf), and apparently walked into the wrong lane headed toward the checkpoint.
She was walking towards the roadblock using a lane designated for cars, trucks and buses when the soldiers shot her.
The soldiers then prevented the residents from approaching her to offer help, and placed the child in a military jeep before driving towards Jerusalem.
Also in Jerusalem Thursday, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian, 20 years of age, in the old bus station in Jerusalem, reportedly on suspicion that he took a gun left behind by a security guard in a bathroom stall.
The army claims that the man might have taken the gun, and hid it in a trash bin to retrieve it later; but provided no further information on the issue.
In related news, a young Palestinian man was shot, and injured in the lower part of his body, after Israeli soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinians protesting at the main junction of Beit Doqqo village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Local sources said the Palestinians were protesting to demand that the army reopen the junction that the soldiers sealed with concrete blocks more than a week ago.
Eyewitnesses told the Maan News agency that the child, Yathreb Salah Rayyan, 14 years of age, from Beit Doqqo village north of Jerusalem, was at least 30 meters away from the soldiers when they opened fire at her without warning.
They said Rayyan was shot by two live rounds, and that the soldiers also fired several gas bombs. According to Maan, the child was wearing a Borqa (headscarf), and apparently walked into the wrong lane headed toward the checkpoint.
She was walking towards the roadblock using a lane designated for cars, trucks and buses when the soldiers shot her.
The soldiers then prevented the residents from approaching her to offer help, and placed the child in a military jeep before driving towards Jerusalem.
Also in Jerusalem Thursday, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian, 20 years of age, in the old bus station in Jerusalem, reportedly on suspicion that he took a gun left behind by a security guard in a bathroom stall.
The army claims that the man might have taken the gun, and hid it in a trash bin to retrieve it later; but provided no further information on the issue.
In related news, a young Palestinian man was shot, and injured in the lower part of his body, after Israeli soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinians protesting at the main junction of Beit Doqqo village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Local sources said the Palestinians were protesting to demand that the army reopen the junction that the soldiers sealed with concrete blocks more than a week ago.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), in occupied East Jerusalem, has reported Thursday that Israeli soldiers invaded the town, and kidnapped thirteen Palestinians, including an elderly man and his two sons.
It said the soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Abu Ghazala, 72, and his son Ali, 29, after the army invaded their home and ransacked it while searching for Abu Ghazala’s younger son, Majdi, who was not at home during the invasion.
The family lives in the Suwwana neighborhood in Silwan; the soldiers informed the family they were arresting the elderly father and the son to pressure Majdi into handing himself in.
The family said the soldiers violently searched their home before kidnapping the two, and took them to a police station in a nearby settlement, before moving them to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation center.
Majdi eventually went to the Police Station in Salah Ed-Deen area in Jerusalem, and was moved to al-Maskobiyya before the soldiers released his father and brother.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped two children, identified as Moath Salayma, 16, and Mohammad Salayma, in addition to Ashraf ‘Oweisat, Saber ‘Obeid, Fares ‘Oweisat and Mohammad Saleh.
Scores of soldiers also invaded the ath-Thoury neighborhood, in Silwan, searched many homes and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Majed Abu Najma, ‘Omar Shweiki, and Ibrahim Abu Mayyala.
On Friday afternoon, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Jamil al-‘Abbassy, 35 years of age, after the army attacked a group of Palestinians celebrating the release of two political prisoners.
Silwanic said the soldiers kidnapped al-‘Abbassy for raising a Palestinian flag while celebrating the release of Ahmad al-Qaq and Eyad al-Qara’in.
It said the soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Abu Ghazala, 72, and his son Ali, 29, after the army invaded their home and ransacked it while searching for Abu Ghazala’s younger son, Majdi, who was not at home during the invasion.
The family lives in the Suwwana neighborhood in Silwan; the soldiers informed the family they were arresting the elderly father and the son to pressure Majdi into handing himself in.
The family said the soldiers violently searched their home before kidnapping the two, and took them to a police station in a nearby settlement, before moving them to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation center.
Majdi eventually went to the Police Station in Salah Ed-Deen area in Jerusalem, and was moved to al-Maskobiyya before the soldiers released his father and brother.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped two children, identified as Moath Salayma, 16, and Mohammad Salayma, in addition to Ashraf ‘Oweisat, Saber ‘Obeid, Fares ‘Oweisat and Mohammad Saleh.
Scores of soldiers also invaded the ath-Thoury neighborhood, in Silwan, searched many homes and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Majed Abu Najma, ‘Omar Shweiki, and Ibrahim Abu Mayyala.
On Friday afternoon, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Jamil al-‘Abbassy, 35 years of age, after the army attacked a group of Palestinians celebrating the release of two political prisoners.
Silwanic said the soldiers kidnapped al-‘Abbassy for raising a Palestinian flag while celebrating the release of Ahmad al-Qaq and Eyad al-Qara’in.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) captured two Palestinian young men after trying to cross the Gaza border fence into 1948 occupied Palestine on Wednesday night.
Israeli media sources said that the incident took place on the border of Kibbutz Kerem Shalom to the east of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.
They pointed out that the two youths were unarmed.
The phenomenon has increased in the past few months in an attempt by young Gazan men to look for jobs.
Israeli media sources said that the incident took place on the border of Kibbutz Kerem Shalom to the east of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.
They pointed out that the two youths were unarmed.
The phenomenon has increased in the past few months in an attempt by young Gazan men to look for jobs.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday evening kidnapped three Palestinians believed to be relatives of the Palestinian teen who stabbed Jewish settlers in Mishor Adumim settlement, east of Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu news agency that Israeli troops kidnapped Salim Abu Seneineh and his sons Ibrahim and Samer from his home in al-Eizariya town near Jerusalem.
Violent clashes broke out between the invading troops and Palestinian young men in the town during the raid.
Meanwhile, similar confrontations took place between angry young men and Israeli soldiers in Shuafat refugee camp, east of Jerusalem.
A spokesperson for the Israeli police said that the Palestinian stabber was a 16-year-old boy from al-Eizariya town and he attacked two Israeli shoppers at the Rami Levy supermarket in Mishor Adumim industrial settlement east of Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon.
A number of stabbing and vehicular attacks as well as angry protests happened recently in the occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem in reaction to Israel's escalating aggressive practices against the Palestinians in the city and its illegal measures at the Aqsa Mosque.
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu news agency that Israeli troops kidnapped Salim Abu Seneineh and his sons Ibrahim and Samer from his home in al-Eizariya town near Jerusalem.
Violent clashes broke out between the invading troops and Palestinian young men in the town during the raid.
Meanwhile, similar confrontations took place between angry young men and Israeli soldiers in Shuafat refugee camp, east of Jerusalem.
A spokesperson for the Israeli police said that the Palestinian stabber was a 16-year-old boy from al-Eizariya town and he attacked two Israeli shoppers at the Rami Levy supermarket in Mishor Adumim industrial settlement east of Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon.
A number of stabbing and vehicular attacks as well as angry protests happened recently in the occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem in reaction to Israel's escalating aggressive practices against the Palestinians in the city and its illegal measures at the Aqsa Mosque.
An Israeli undercover unit Wednesday nabbed a Palestinian child in an area of the occupied East Jerusalem town of Silwan, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center.
Majdi Abbasi, of the Center, said in a statement that Obeida Ayesh, age 8, was arrested in the Ein al-Lawza area of the neighborhood.
Obeida's mother was allowed to accompany him, according to Abbasi.
There were no clashes going on in the area at the time of the arrest, he added.
Ma'an News Agency relates that, according to a 2013 report by the UNICEF, Israel is the only country in the world where children were systematically tried in military courts, practicing "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment".
Over the past decade, UNICEF noted that Israel has detained "an average of two children each day".
Ahrar Center for Detainees' Studies and Human Rights recently stated that, out of 650 people taken from the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem in November, 42 were documented as minors, with 30 having been taken from the city of Jerusalem.
Majdi Abbasi, of the Center, said in a statement that Obeida Ayesh, age 8, was arrested in the Ein al-Lawza area of the neighborhood.
Obeida's mother was allowed to accompany him, according to Abbasi.
There were no clashes going on in the area at the time of the arrest, he added.
Ma'an News Agency relates that, according to a 2013 report by the UNICEF, Israel is the only country in the world where children were systematically tried in military courts, practicing "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment".
Over the past decade, UNICEF noted that Israel has detained "an average of two children each day".
Ahrar Center for Detainees' Studies and Human Rights recently stated that, out of 650 people taken from the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem in November, 42 were documented as minors, with 30 having been taken from the city of Jerusalem.
