8 dec 2014
Soldiers bulldoze lands near Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, at least sixteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including a woman who was kidnapped in the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank, have reported that the soldiers kidnapped seven Palestinians; six in Hebron city, one in Halhoul town.
The sources said the soldiers broke into and ransacked several homes in Hebron city, and kidnapped Raed Salah Mohtaseb, 26, Mohammad Mousa Abu Hussein, Tareq Mohammad Abu Hussein, 26, Bilal Abdul-Rahman Abu Hussein, 25, and his brother Hamza, 24.
Soldiers also invaded a religious court in the Old City of Hebron, and kidnapped resident Ibrahim Ishaq al-Khatib, 23, while holding his wedding ceremony.
In addition, soldiers invaded Halhoul town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Anas Khaled Abu Rayyan, 24.
Army also invaded the towns of Ethna and Yatta, installed roadblocks at the northern entrance of Hebron city, and the entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, before stopping dozens of cars, and searched them while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded Beiteen village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The two have been identified as, the local mosque’s Imam Sheikh Yousef Jaber, and Sa’ad Darwish, the brother of Saje Darwish, who was shot and killed by the Israeli army on March 10, 2014.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, soldiers kidnapped ‘As’ad Khaled Abu al-Hasan, 20, from his home in ‘Askar refugee camp, Yazan Khaled Eshtayya, 21, Mojahed Ghazi Khalil, 22, from the Balata refugee camp, and Asadallah Qett, 23, from his home in Madama village, south of Nablus.
Several military jeeps also invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, broke into and searched a number of homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as ‘Odai Ahmad Abu ar-Rob, 21, and Shadi Talal Zakarna, 27.
In related news, several soldiers and Israeli extremists invaded the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped a woman identified as Om Radwan ‘Amro, near Bab Hatta, one of the gates leading to the mosque.
The woman was kidnapped after several Israeli fanatics stormed the yards of the Mosque, and conducted provocative acts targeting Muslim worshipers.
Earlier on Monday morning, small groups of Israeli fanatics, accompanied by police Special Forces, broke into the yards of the Mosque, through the Magharba Gate.
The Police also continued its policy of withholding the ID cards of young Palestinian men and woman, before allowing them to enter the mosque.
Furthermore, Israeli military bulldozers uprooted a Palestinian land, near Jaloud village, south of Nablus, in preparation to expand two illegal settlements, built on Palestinians lands.
Abdullah al-Hajj, head of the Jaloud village council, said the soldiers bulldozed a land, south of the village, adding that the land is near Akhya and Esh Kodesh settlements.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, at least sixteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including a woman who was kidnapped in the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank, have reported that the soldiers kidnapped seven Palestinians; six in Hebron city, one in Halhoul town.
The sources said the soldiers broke into and ransacked several homes in Hebron city, and kidnapped Raed Salah Mohtaseb, 26, Mohammad Mousa Abu Hussein, Tareq Mohammad Abu Hussein, 26, Bilal Abdul-Rahman Abu Hussein, 25, and his brother Hamza, 24.
Soldiers also invaded a religious court in the Old City of Hebron, and kidnapped resident Ibrahim Ishaq al-Khatib, 23, while holding his wedding ceremony.
In addition, soldiers invaded Halhoul town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Anas Khaled Abu Rayyan, 24.
Army also invaded the towns of Ethna and Yatta, installed roadblocks at the northern entrance of Hebron city, and the entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, before stopping dozens of cars, and searched them while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded Beiteen village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The two have been identified as, the local mosque’s Imam Sheikh Yousef Jaber, and Sa’ad Darwish, the brother of Saje Darwish, who was shot and killed by the Israeli army on March 10, 2014.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, soldiers kidnapped ‘As’ad Khaled Abu al-Hasan, 20, from his home in ‘Askar refugee camp, Yazan Khaled Eshtayya, 21, Mojahed Ghazi Khalil, 22, from the Balata refugee camp, and Asadallah Qett, 23, from his home in Madama village, south of Nablus.
Several military jeeps also invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, broke into and searched a number of homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as ‘Odai Ahmad Abu ar-Rob, 21, and Shadi Talal Zakarna, 27.
In related news, several soldiers and Israeli extremists invaded the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped a woman identified as Om Radwan ‘Amro, near Bab Hatta, one of the gates leading to the mosque.
The woman was kidnapped after several Israeli fanatics stormed the yards of the Mosque, and conducted provocative acts targeting Muslim worshipers.
Earlier on Monday morning, small groups of Israeli fanatics, accompanied by police Special Forces, broke into the yards of the Mosque, through the Magharba Gate.
The Police also continued its policy of withholding the ID cards of young Palestinian men and woman, before allowing them to enter the mosque.
Furthermore, Israeli military bulldozers uprooted a Palestinian land, near Jaloud village, south of Nablus, in preparation to expand two illegal settlements, built on Palestinians lands.
Abdullah al-Hajj, head of the Jaloud village council, said the soldiers bulldozed a land, south of the village, adding that the land is near Akhya and Esh Kodesh settlements.
The Islamic Waqf Authority in occupied Jerusalem said that Jewish settlers on Monday morning drank an alcoholic beverage in the Aqsa Mosque's courtyards.
In a press release, the Waqf Authority explained that eight Jewish women and one man escorted by policemen toured the Mosque's courtyards before they stopped at the structure of Sabil Qasem Basha and started to eat some sweets and pouring wine from a bottle.
When some guards of the Mosque saw them they asked the policemen to get them out of the holy site.
In another incident, other Jewish settlers under police protection desecrated on the same day the Aqsa Mosque's courtyards and received explanations about the alleged temple mount.
The Israeli police also detained a female teacher responsible for Islamic educational sessions at the Mosque named Umm Redwan Amr and took her to a detention center in the holy city.
Eyewitnesses said that Umm Redwan was detained after some Muslim women at the Mosque intercepted a group of settlers as they were trying to descend to the plateau of the Dome of the Rock.
Dozens of Muslim learners who attend religious sessions at the Mosque deployed themselves today morning in different areas of the Mosque to confront any attempt by Jewish settlers to perform Talmudic rituals while the Israeli police imposed entry restrictions at the gates.
In a press release, the Waqf Authority explained that eight Jewish women and one man escorted by policemen toured the Mosque's courtyards before they stopped at the structure of Sabil Qasem Basha and started to eat some sweets and pouring wine from a bottle.
When some guards of the Mosque saw them they asked the policemen to get them out of the holy site.
In another incident, other Jewish settlers under police protection desecrated on the same day the Aqsa Mosque's courtyards and received explanations about the alleged temple mount.
The Israeli police also detained a female teacher responsible for Islamic educational sessions at the Mosque named Umm Redwan Amr and took her to a detention center in the holy city.
Eyewitnesses said that Umm Redwan was detained after some Muslim women at the Mosque intercepted a group of settlers as they were trying to descend to the plateau of the Dome of the Rock.
Dozens of Muslim learners who attend religious sessions at the Mosque deployed themselves today morning in different areas of the Mosque to confront any attempt by Jewish settlers to perform Talmudic rituals while the Israeli police imposed entry restrictions at the gates.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) re-imposed the previous sentence of the re-jailed female ex-detainee Bushra al-Tawil after being released in Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal in 2011, human rights sources said.
Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies recalled that al-Tawil was released in 2011, after spending five months of her 16-month sentence, in the swap deal. However, she was re-arrested following the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli soldiers in June.
Al-Tawil is a university student at Ramallah Media College and an activist in prisoners’ issue. Her parents were also arrested by the Israeli occupation forces more than once.
Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies recalled that al-Tawil was released in 2011, after spending five months of her 16-month sentence, in the swap deal. However, she was re-arrested following the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli soldiers in June.
Al-Tawil is a university student at Ramallah Media College and an activist in prisoners’ issue. Her parents were also arrested by the Israeli occupation forces more than once.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Monday three Palestinian youths from Balata and Asker refugee camps east of Nablus in the West Bank.
The PIC reporter quoted local sources as confirming that IOF soldiers carried out a raid and search campaign into several local homes in Balata camp. Two youths were nabbed during the campaign.
A third young man was arrested in Asker refugee camp, the sources added.
In Bethlehem, IOF stormed at dawn today Doheisheh refugee camp and summoned two youths for investigation after brutally breaking into their homes.
Clashes erupted between local protesters and Israeli forces during the raid.
Earlier Sunday, IOF soldiers detained four Palestinians, from the same family, in al-Khalil, leading to the outbreak of violent clashes in the city.
Eyewitnesses said that a number of Israeli military vehicles raided the city and surrounded a home belonging to Abu Sneineh family. Four family members were detained during the raid and taken to unknown destination(s).
Violent confrontations erupted in the city during the raid where Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas bombs and rubber bullets towards the local residents and their homes.
In Qalqilia, IOF arrested the ex-detainee Ahmed Ra’ae at a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance to the city. The ex-detainee has spent nearly ten years in Israeli jails, human rights sources said.
Meanwhile, the football player of the Palestinian National Team Sameh Maraabeh was released yesterday from Israeli jails after being arrested on April 28 as he was coming back home with the national team via King Hussein Bridge.
The national team had concluded a training camp in Qatar, in preparation for the AFC Challenge Cup, and was heading back to Palestine when this arrest took place.
The PIC reporter quoted local sources as confirming that IOF soldiers carried out a raid and search campaign into several local homes in Balata camp. Two youths were nabbed during the campaign.
A third young man was arrested in Asker refugee camp, the sources added.
In Bethlehem, IOF stormed at dawn today Doheisheh refugee camp and summoned two youths for investigation after brutally breaking into their homes.
Clashes erupted between local protesters and Israeli forces during the raid.
Earlier Sunday, IOF soldiers detained four Palestinians, from the same family, in al-Khalil, leading to the outbreak of violent clashes in the city.
Eyewitnesses said that a number of Israeli military vehicles raided the city and surrounded a home belonging to Abu Sneineh family. Four family members were detained during the raid and taken to unknown destination(s).
Violent confrontations erupted in the city during the raid where Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas bombs and rubber bullets towards the local residents and their homes.
In Qalqilia, IOF arrested the ex-detainee Ahmed Ra’ae at a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance to the city. The ex-detainee has spent nearly ten years in Israeli jails, human rights sources said.
Meanwhile, the football player of the Palestinian National Team Sameh Maraabeh was released yesterday from Israeli jails after being arrested on April 28 as he was coming back home with the national team via King Hussein Bridge.
The national team had concluded a training camp in Qatar, in preparation for the AFC Challenge Cup, and was heading back to Palestine when this arrest took place.
Jewish settlers on Sunday evening physically assaulted two Palestinian young men from occupied Jerusalem during their work at a gas station in the ethnically cleansed village of Ein Karem, west of the holy city.
Local sources said that Mutassim Shweiki and Shadi Mashni suffered injuries and bruises when two settlers attacked them in their workplace west of Jerusalem. Both young men were taken to hospital for medical treatment.
The Israeli police, in turn, arrested both young men and confiscated the surveillance video recording from the gas station, according to a senior employee at the station.
The families of the young men still do not know the details of the assault on their sons.
Local sources said that Mutassim Shweiki and Shadi Mashni suffered injuries and bruises when two settlers attacked them in their workplace west of Jerusalem. Both young men were taken to hospital for medical treatment.
The Israeli police, in turn, arrested both young men and confiscated the surveillance video recording from the gas station, according to a senior employee at the station.
The families of the young men still do not know the details of the assault on their sons.
Jerusalem’s ex-prisoners, recaptured by the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA), voiced their firm disapproval of Israeli proposals to expel them from Occupied Jerusalem, reiterating their non-negotiable commitment to their right of return.
Head of the legal unit in the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, Jawad Boulos, quoted six Jerusalemite re-captured prisoners, held in the Gilboa jail, as reiterating their unyielding rejection of any “deportation deals” expected to be struck with the IOA, saying their right of return shall never be taken for “a bargaining chip.”
The lawyer’s statement came following a prison-visit he paid to the Palestinian prisoners Hussam Shahin, Aref al-Fakhouri, and Samer al-Issawi.
Meanwhile, Jerusalemite inmates opted for the appointment of a follow-up up committee to administer prisoners’ affairs at the Israeli occupation jails.
The decision comes as a reaction to the striking upsurge in the number of Jerusalemite detainees and the dire detention circumstances they have been made to endure at the Israeli occupation lock-ups.
Prisoner Hussam Shahin is expected to spearhead the committee. Names of the other nominees are to be announced sometime soon.
Lawyer Boulos further raised alarm bells over Israel’s transfer of eight Palestinian inmates in Gilboa jail to isolated cells under the pretext that a mobile phone has been found in one of the prison rooms.
Head of the legal unit in the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, Jawad Boulos, quoted six Jerusalemite re-captured prisoners, held in the Gilboa jail, as reiterating their unyielding rejection of any “deportation deals” expected to be struck with the IOA, saying their right of return shall never be taken for “a bargaining chip.”
The lawyer’s statement came following a prison-visit he paid to the Palestinian prisoners Hussam Shahin, Aref al-Fakhouri, and Samer al-Issawi.
Meanwhile, Jerusalemite inmates opted for the appointment of a follow-up up committee to administer prisoners’ affairs at the Israeli occupation jails.
The decision comes as a reaction to the striking upsurge in the number of Jerusalemite detainees and the dire detention circumstances they have been made to endure at the Israeli occupation lock-ups.
Prisoner Hussam Shahin is expected to spearhead the committee. Names of the other nominees are to be announced sometime soon.
Lawyer Boulos further raised alarm bells over Israel’s transfer of eight Palestinian inmates in Gilboa jail to isolated cells under the pretext that a mobile phone has been found in one of the prison rooms.
7 dec 2014
Molotov cocktail hurled at settler home in East Jerusalem
According to reports by local and security sources, at least 15 Palestinians, including five minors, were taken captive by Israeli army and police during predawn raids across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Sunday.
In Hebron city, Israeli forces abducted five local residents identified as Mousa Amro, 44, Amjad Amro, 22, and Hussein Amro, 23, Mosab Zughaier, 22, and Ameen al-Qawasmi, 25.
Forces also stormed the nearby al-Fawwar refugee camp and the town of Dahiriya, where they took Ibrahim Battat and Hammam al-Titi, age 19. Muataz and Mohammad Abu Juheisha, two brothers, were also arrested after army stormed the town of Idna, to the west of Hebron, WAFA correspondence reports.
Soldiers also reportedly assaulted the brother of Ibrahim Battat, Khaled, during the former’s arrest, causing bruises throughout his body. He was transferred to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, soldiers invaded the town of Taku, to the east of Bethlehem, kidnapping three Palestinian minors after raiding and searching their houses. The three were identified as Mohammad Amour, 16, Mahmoud Abu Mfarreh, 17, and Ahmad Yousef Sabah, 17.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, Israeli police stormed Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood in the late night hours, and abducted 14-year-old Ali Abdu and 15-year-old Munther Abdu after a similar raid on their houses.
Mohammad Shwekat, 19, was also taken into Israeli police custody earlier last night.
Ma'an News Agency reports that unidentified assailants hurled a Molotov cocktail at a Jewish settler home in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, according to Israeli police.
A police spokeswoman stated, Sunday, that the assailants threw the cocktail at a building known as the Ovadia House, causing serious damage to a car "seemingly belonging to an Israeli security guard who works in the building".
"No human casualties were reported," al-Samri added.
There are now reportedly over 500,000 Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct violation of international law.
According to reports by local and security sources, at least 15 Palestinians, including five minors, were taken captive by Israeli army and police during predawn raids across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Sunday.
In Hebron city, Israeli forces abducted five local residents identified as Mousa Amro, 44, Amjad Amro, 22, and Hussein Amro, 23, Mosab Zughaier, 22, and Ameen al-Qawasmi, 25.
Forces also stormed the nearby al-Fawwar refugee camp and the town of Dahiriya, where they took Ibrahim Battat and Hammam al-Titi, age 19. Muataz and Mohammad Abu Juheisha, two brothers, were also arrested after army stormed the town of Idna, to the west of Hebron, WAFA correspondence reports.
Soldiers also reportedly assaulted the brother of Ibrahim Battat, Khaled, during the former’s arrest, causing bruises throughout his body. He was transferred to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, soldiers invaded the town of Taku, to the east of Bethlehem, kidnapping three Palestinian minors after raiding and searching their houses. The three were identified as Mohammad Amour, 16, Mahmoud Abu Mfarreh, 17, and Ahmad Yousef Sabah, 17.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, Israeli police stormed Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood in the late night hours, and abducted 14-year-old Ali Abdu and 15-year-old Munther Abdu after a similar raid on their houses.
Mohammad Shwekat, 19, was also taken into Israeli police custody earlier last night.
Ma'an News Agency reports that unidentified assailants hurled a Molotov cocktail at a Jewish settler home in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, according to Israeli police.
A police spokeswoman stated, Sunday, that the assailants threw the cocktail at a building known as the Ovadia House, causing serious damage to a car "seemingly belonging to an Israeli security guard who works in the building".
"No human casualties were reported," al-Samri added.
There are now reportedly over 500,000 Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct violation of international law.
12 fishermen arrested, 5 boats confiscated
Israeli gunboats stationed in the Gaza Sea have again chased down and opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats sailing within the officially allotted fishing zone.
According to the PNN, forces arrested 12 fishermen, confiscated 5 boats, and damaged fishing equipment.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned the continued attacks expressed great concern over the repeateded targeting of fishermen and their livelihoods.
An investigation revealed that, at approximately 18:30 on Saturday, 06 December 2014, Israeli gunboats stationed off northwest of al-Waha shore, northwest of Beit Lahia town, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing within 2-3 miles and, then, surrounded 5 fishing boats boarded by 12 Palestinian fishermen.
All the fishermen were abducted and taken to an unknown destination, their boats and fishing nets confiscated, equipment damaged.
The fishermen were identified as:
· Safwat 'Abdel Malek Hasan al-Sultan (30) and Sa'ed Ziyad Mahmoud Zayed (32); both from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were on a boat belonging to Fahmi Mahmoud Mohammed Zayed. Israeli forces confiscated their boat and fishing nets.
· Mahmoud Mohammed Mohammed Zayed (29) and his brother Ahmed (30), from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were both on a boat belonging to their father. The boat was confiscated and fishing nets were cut and confiscated.
· Mohammed Amin Rushdi Abu Wardeh (22) and his brother Yousif (19); from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were both on the board of a boat belonging to their father. The boat was confiscated and fishing nets were cut and confiscated.
· Belal Abu 'Odah (23), Mahmoud Naser Mahfouz (23), Sofian Mahfouz (25), Yaser 'Othman Meqdad (26), his brother Adham (27), and Bahaa' al-Deen al-Najjar (22); all of them from al-Shati' refugee camo, west of Gaza City. They were on the board of two boats that were confiscated with fishing nets.
PCHR condemns the continued Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, and:
1. Calls for immediately stopping the policy of chasing and arresting Palestinian fishermen, and allowing them to sail and fish freely;
2. Calls upon Israeli forces to release the detained fishermen and compensate them for the material damage that might have incurred to them; and
3. Calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, to immediately intervene to stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen and allow them to sail and fish freely in the Gaza Sea.
Israeli gunboats stationed in the Gaza Sea have again chased down and opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats sailing within the officially allotted fishing zone.
According to the PNN, forces arrested 12 fishermen, confiscated 5 boats, and damaged fishing equipment.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned the continued attacks expressed great concern over the repeateded targeting of fishermen and their livelihoods.
An investigation revealed that, at approximately 18:30 on Saturday, 06 December 2014, Israeli gunboats stationed off northwest of al-Waha shore, northwest of Beit Lahia town, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing within 2-3 miles and, then, surrounded 5 fishing boats boarded by 12 Palestinian fishermen.
All the fishermen were abducted and taken to an unknown destination, their boats and fishing nets confiscated, equipment damaged.
The fishermen were identified as:
· Safwat 'Abdel Malek Hasan al-Sultan (30) and Sa'ed Ziyad Mahmoud Zayed (32); both from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were on a boat belonging to Fahmi Mahmoud Mohammed Zayed. Israeli forces confiscated their boat and fishing nets.
· Mahmoud Mohammed Mohammed Zayed (29) and his brother Ahmed (30), from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were both on a boat belonging to their father. The boat was confiscated and fishing nets were cut and confiscated.
· Mohammed Amin Rushdi Abu Wardeh (22) and his brother Yousif (19); from al-Salatin neighborhood, who were both on the board of a boat belonging to their father. The boat was confiscated and fishing nets were cut and confiscated.
· Belal Abu 'Odah (23), Mahmoud Naser Mahfouz (23), Sofian Mahfouz (25), Yaser 'Othman Meqdad (26), his brother Adham (27), and Bahaa' al-Deen al-Najjar (22); all of them from al-Shati' refugee camo, west of Gaza City. They were on the board of two boats that were confiscated with fishing nets.
PCHR condemns the continued Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, and:
1. Calls for immediately stopping the policy of chasing and arresting Palestinian fishermen, and allowing them to sail and fish freely;
2. Calls upon Israeli forces to release the detained fishermen and compensate them for the material damage that might have incurred to them; and
3. Calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, to immediately intervene to stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen and allow them to sail and fish freely in the Gaza Sea.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday evening kidnapped Palestinian astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi at al-Karama crossing as he was leaving the West Bank for Jordan.
The Palestinian information center was told that the IOF detained Barghouthi as he was intending to travel to the UAE to participate in a scientific conference.
Barghouthi, born in Beit Rima town north of Ramallah, works as a professor of physics at the university of Jerusalem and worked for NASA for some years.
For its part, Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights condemned the detention of professor Barghouthi and accused Israel of targeting Palestine's finest scientists and brains.
The center affirmed that there are many Palestinian professors and academics in Israeli jails, appealing to international human rights groups to intervene to have them released.
The Palestinian information center was told that the IOF detained Barghouthi as he was intending to travel to the UAE to participate in a scientific conference.
Barghouthi, born in Beit Rima town north of Ramallah, works as a professor of physics at the university of Jerusalem and worked for NASA for some years.
For its part, Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights condemned the detention of professor Barghouthi and accused Israel of targeting Palestine's finest scientists and brains.
The center affirmed that there are many Palestinian professors and academics in Israeli jails, appealing to international human rights groups to intervene to have them released.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday rounded up 12 Palestinian civilians in a spate of arbitrary mass-abduction campaigns launched across cities of the West Bank.
A PIC correspondent said five Palestinian citizens were captured in the wave of IOF abrupt assaults that flared up in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil.
IOF soldiers deployed in the city kidnapped the 22-year-old Palestinian university student Mosaab Nidhal Zagheir after having stormed his family home and scoured it.
The Israeli occupation soldiers further apprehended ex-prisoner Amin Shafiq al-Qawasma, 25, local sources reported.
Palestinian youth Mousa Hussein was arrested by the IOF and dragged to an unknown location, moments after the soldiers broke into his family home in Wad al-Hirya and turned it upside down.
The campaign culminated in the apprehension of the two sons of the PLC deputy Mohamed Abu Juheisha, Moutawakel and Moutaz, from their own home in Idna town, west of al-Khalil city.
Other Israeli occupation troops stormed Takoua village, east of Bethlehem city, and rummaged through Palestinian civilians’ homes.
Three Palestinian young men were captured in the process and dragged to an unidentified destination.
A PIC correspondent said five Palestinian citizens were captured in the wave of IOF abrupt assaults that flared up in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil.
IOF soldiers deployed in the city kidnapped the 22-year-old Palestinian university student Mosaab Nidhal Zagheir after having stormed his family home and scoured it.
The Israeli occupation soldiers further apprehended ex-prisoner Amin Shafiq al-Qawasma, 25, local sources reported.
Palestinian youth Mousa Hussein was arrested by the IOF and dragged to an unknown location, moments after the soldiers broke into his family home in Wad al-Hirya and turned it upside down.
The campaign culminated in the apprehension of the two sons of the PLC deputy Mohamed Abu Juheisha, Moutawakel and Moutaz, from their own home in Idna town, west of al-Khalil city.
Other Israeli occupation troops stormed Takoua village, east of Bethlehem city, and rummaged through Palestinian civilians’ homes.
Three Palestinian young men were captured in the process and dragged to an unidentified destination.
Leadership of the Islamic Jihad prisoners’ committee notified the Israeli prison service (IPS) of its intent to initiate an open ended hunger strike in case the demands of Palestinian detainee Nahar Saadi, sentenced to four-back-to-back life sentences and 20 years in occupation jails, are not met by Sunday.
The committee said in a letter the strike is to be staged in solidarity with prisoner Saadi, who has been on hunger strike for 16 days in protest at visit-bans and solitary lock-down at the Israeli occupation jails.
Head of the Prisoners Center for Studies, Rafat Hamdouna, warned of the pre-planned hounding campaigns launched by the Israeli occupation government and apparatuses against Palestinian detainees.
He spoke out against the anti-humanitarian inter-prison-transfers, solitary confinement, visit-bans, medical-negligence, strip searches and tactics of collective punishment adopted by the IPS as part of sadistic attempts to crack down on the Palestinian captives.
The IPS has ceaselessly turned blind eyes and deaf ears to the prisoners’ appeals, Hamdouna further charged, calling on all pro-Palestine activists and institutions to immediately step in and urge the Israeli occupation to halt its racist practices against the Palestinian detainees, with no further delay.
A statement issued by the Prisoners Center on Saturday further warned of the serious repercussions of Israel’s mass-transfers of Palestinian detainees to solitary confinement.
Earlier, a couple of years ago, Palestinian prisoners had staged a 28-day-long hunger-strike in protest at being locked up in isolated cells.
At least 25 Palestinian inmates have reportedly been subjected to solitary confinement, including life-sentenced prisoner Saadi.
Around 54 Palestinian prisoners held in the Israeli Ashkelon jail have been transferred to solitary cells.
The committee said in a letter the strike is to be staged in solidarity with prisoner Saadi, who has been on hunger strike for 16 days in protest at visit-bans and solitary lock-down at the Israeli occupation jails.
Head of the Prisoners Center for Studies, Rafat Hamdouna, warned of the pre-planned hounding campaigns launched by the Israeli occupation government and apparatuses against Palestinian detainees.
He spoke out against the anti-humanitarian inter-prison-transfers, solitary confinement, visit-bans, medical-negligence, strip searches and tactics of collective punishment adopted by the IPS as part of sadistic attempts to crack down on the Palestinian captives.
The IPS has ceaselessly turned blind eyes and deaf ears to the prisoners’ appeals, Hamdouna further charged, calling on all pro-Palestine activists and institutions to immediately step in and urge the Israeli occupation to halt its racist practices against the Palestinian detainees, with no further delay.
A statement issued by the Prisoners Center on Saturday further warned of the serious repercussions of Israel’s mass-transfers of Palestinian detainees to solitary confinement.
Earlier, a couple of years ago, Palestinian prisoners had staged a 28-day-long hunger-strike in protest at being locked up in isolated cells.
At least 25 Palestinian inmates have reportedly been subjected to solitary confinement, including life-sentenced prisoner Saadi.
Around 54 Palestinian prisoners held in the Israeli Ashkelon jail have been transferred to solitary cells.
6 dec 2014
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Saturday evening, Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, in the Sudaniyya area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and kidnapped two fishermen.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at the boats before kidnapping two fishermen identified as Ahmad Zayed and Mahmoud Zayed.
Nizar Ayyash, chairman of Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate in Gaza, stated that the army attacked two fishing boats just as the fishermen were about to start fishing in the area allotted to them.
The attack is the latest of ongoing violations and assaults carried out by the Israeli navy against the fishermen in the coastal region.
The attacks include shootings, arrests, and confiscation of boats; dozens of casualties and arrests have been reported.
On Wednesday, December 3, a Palestinian fisherman was injured by fire from an Israeli naval boat, while sailing offshore of Gaza City.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at the boats before kidnapping two fishermen identified as Ahmad Zayed and Mahmoud Zayed.
Nizar Ayyash, chairman of Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate in Gaza, stated that the army attacked two fishing boats just as the fishermen were about to start fishing in the area allotted to them.
The attack is the latest of ongoing violations and assaults carried out by the Israeli navy against the fishermen in the coastal region.
The attacks include shootings, arrests, and confiscation of boats; dozens of casualties and arrests have been reported.
On Wednesday, December 3, a Palestinian fisherman was injured by fire from an Israeli naval boat, while sailing offshore of Gaza City.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 20 Palestinian women over the past month of November, the human rights center “Palestine Captives” reported on Saturday.
In a press release, the center said that most of those detained were released later on but three were still held in custody.
It noted that an ex-detainee was summoned for interrogation, and described the targeting of Palestinian women as a fresh “escalation” against Palestinian women.
The center noted that the wife and sister of a detainee were arrested during a prison visit while eight were captured in the Aqsa Mosque. It added that a number of others were arrested on the alleged attempt to stab or run over soldiers.
The center appealed to all institutions concerned with women rights to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to stop persecuting Palestinian women.
In a press release, the center said that most of those detained were released later on but three were still held in custody.
It noted that an ex-detainee was summoned for interrogation, and described the targeting of Palestinian women as a fresh “escalation” against Palestinian women.
The center noted that the wife and sister of a detainee were arrested during a prison visit while eight were captured in the Aqsa Mosque. It added that a number of others were arrested on the alleged attempt to stab or run over soldiers.
The center appealed to all institutions concerned with women rights to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to stop persecuting Palestinian women.
