11 dec 2014
The Jerusalemite Prisoners Committee said, Thursday, that an Israeli court sentenced 64-year-old exiled Jerusalemite lawmaker Mohammed Abu Teir to 25 months in Ofer prison.
According to WAFA correspondence, Abu Teir has been serving an illegal administrative detention since July 2nd of 2013. His detention has been renewed multiple times.
In 2010, Abu Teir and other Palestinian lawmakers were arrested for entering occupied East Jerusalem after the Israeli interior ministry stripped them of their residency permits in the city. Abu Teir was forced into exile to Ramallah, prohibiting him from entering or living in Jerusalem.
Palestinian officials point out that such actions are motivated by the desire to drive Palestinians out of their land.
Member of the Central Committee of Fateh, Mohammad Shtayyeh, previously accused Israel of attempting to decrease the Palestinian population in occupied Jerusalem in order to turn it into a Jewish city.
According to a 2012 OCHA report, Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem lack secure legal residency status.
Between 1967 and mid-2010, around 14,000 Palestinians had their Jerusalem residency revoked by the Israeli authorities.
Israel previously released details on a master plan for Jerusalem, including both East and West, which aims to empty the city of its Palestinian residents and replace them with Jewish settlers.
The plan includes a large-scale expulsion of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, to be replaced by Jewish neighborhoods and tourism centers.
Related: 07/18/14 Top Israeli MK: ‘Solution’ for Gaza is to ‘Repopulate It with Jews’
According to Israeli Human rights group B’Tselem, “Israel treats Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem as immigrants who live in their homes at the beneficence of the authorities and not by right.”
The group further explains, “The authorities maintain this policy although these Palestinians were born in Jerusalem, lived in the city, and have no other home. Treating these Palestinians as foreigners who entered Israel is astonishing, since it was Israel that entered East Jerusalem in 1967.”
The routine abduction of Jerusalemite Palestinians, the revocation of their residency and right to remain in their homes and property continues to contradict international law, unabated by powers who could directly intervene.
According to WAFA correspondence, Abu Teir has been serving an illegal administrative detention since July 2nd of 2013. His detention has been renewed multiple times.
In 2010, Abu Teir and other Palestinian lawmakers were arrested for entering occupied East Jerusalem after the Israeli interior ministry stripped them of their residency permits in the city. Abu Teir was forced into exile to Ramallah, prohibiting him from entering or living in Jerusalem.
Palestinian officials point out that such actions are motivated by the desire to drive Palestinians out of their land.
Member of the Central Committee of Fateh, Mohammad Shtayyeh, previously accused Israel of attempting to decrease the Palestinian population in occupied Jerusalem in order to turn it into a Jewish city.
According to a 2012 OCHA report, Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem lack secure legal residency status.
Between 1967 and mid-2010, around 14,000 Palestinians had their Jerusalem residency revoked by the Israeli authorities.
Israel previously released details on a master plan for Jerusalem, including both East and West, which aims to empty the city of its Palestinian residents and replace them with Jewish settlers.
The plan includes a large-scale expulsion of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, to be replaced by Jewish neighborhoods and tourism centers.
Related: 07/18/14 Top Israeli MK: ‘Solution’ for Gaza is to ‘Repopulate It with Jews’
According to Israeli Human rights group B’Tselem, “Israel treats Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem as immigrants who live in their homes at the beneficence of the authorities and not by right.”
The group further explains, “The authorities maintain this policy although these Palestinians were born in Jerusalem, lived in the city, and have no other home. Treating these Palestinians as foreigners who entered Israel is astonishing, since it was Israel that entered East Jerusalem in 1967.”
The routine abduction of Jerusalemite Palestinians, the revocation of their residency and right to remain in their homes and property continues to contradict international law, unabated by powers who could directly intervene.
The family of captive Nabil Is-haq al-Natsha expressed deep concern over the health of their breadwinner who has been held in Israeli administrative detention for more than a year. Captive Nabil, 58, is suffering Lymph Gland Cancer, Blood Pressure, Cardiac Hypertrophy and neurological problems.
Ever since he was arrested on 27-3-2013 the Israeli occupation has renewed his administrative detention for six months 4 times, and despite the fact that he was previously arrested 10 times and for about 10 years, this last detention is threatening his health to a large extent and causes deep concern for his family which consists of his wife and eight children, other than his son, Basel, who was martyred years ago.
Nabil’s family confirmed to Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights that the captive had neurological problems during his last detention which affected his ability to move his hands and feet and that he is always complaining about that.
In spite of all these life-threatening diseases, the occupation is deliberately neglecting his health deterioration and only gives him the blood pressure medicine and ignores the rest.
The family has launched distress signals over their captive's exacerbating health status and called for an immediate intervention to save his life.
Fuad al-Khuffash , the director of the Ahrar center of prisoner studies and human rights, laid emphasis on the fact that there are hundreds of sick detainees in the Israeli prisons who suffer various diseases and health problems and the number is continuously increasing. However, the occupation is still adopting the deliberate medical neglect policy against them.
Kuffash also warned of the deterioration of the health status of many Palestinian detainees and called on human rights groups to urgently intervene to put an end to the Israeli violations against the Palestinian detainees in general and the sick detainees in particular.
Ever since he was arrested on 27-3-2013 the Israeli occupation has renewed his administrative detention for six months 4 times, and despite the fact that he was previously arrested 10 times and for about 10 years, this last detention is threatening his health to a large extent and causes deep concern for his family which consists of his wife and eight children, other than his son, Basel, who was martyred years ago.
Nabil’s family confirmed to Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights that the captive had neurological problems during his last detention which affected his ability to move his hands and feet and that he is always complaining about that.
In spite of all these life-threatening diseases, the occupation is deliberately neglecting his health deterioration and only gives him the blood pressure medicine and ignores the rest.
The family has launched distress signals over their captive's exacerbating health status and called for an immediate intervention to save his life.
Fuad al-Khuffash , the director of the Ahrar center of prisoner studies and human rights, laid emphasis on the fact that there are hundreds of sick detainees in the Israeli prisons who suffer various diseases and health problems and the number is continuously increasing. However, the occupation is still adopting the deliberate medical neglect policy against them.
Kuffash also warned of the deterioration of the health status of many Palestinian detainees and called on human rights groups to urgently intervene to put an end to the Israeli violations against the Palestinian detainees in general and the sick detainees in particular.
Palestinian prisoners held in Etzion prison complained of their poor and catastrophic detention conditions due to the acute shortage of winter clothing and blankets, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed.
The PPS’ lawyer said that large numbers of Palestinian prisoners are being held in huge iron containers suffering from overcrowding after the large-scale arrest campaign waged in the West Bank this last summer.
The lawyer quoted prisoners as saying that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) forced them to take off their winter clothes once they reached the prison despite the extreme cold weather.
The prisoners also pointed to the inadequate food provided to them and the deliberate medical negligence policy pursued against the sick detainees.
The Palestinian prisoners urged the international human rights institutions especially the Red Cross to intervene immediately and end their plight in Etzion prison as it is considered the most cruel Israeli jail.
Meanwhile, Palestinian inmates detained in Eshel prison have started a set of protest steps due to the IPS’ rejection to meet their basic human needs.
The PPS revealed that the IPS imposed a number of punitive measures against the prisoners in response to what it called a “rebellion”.
The prisoners’ demands include providing them with appropriate food, blankets, and cleaning utensils.
The PPS’ lawyer also pointed out that the prisoner Abdul Qader Badawi was subjected to a brutal attack at hands of Israeli Special Forces while being transferred to attend his hearing.
On the other hand, the two Palestinian prisoners Naji Zughayyar and Adnan Rugby are still being held in Eshel prison’s solitary confinement for more than 35 days for allegedly attacking an Israeli jailer.
Along the same line, the IPS isolated five Palestinian prisoners, affiliated with the Islamic Jihad Movement, in Raymond prison in response to their decision to join the hunger strike declared by 70 other prisoners in solidarity with the detainee Nahar al-Saadi.
The Israeli decision to isolate the five hunger strikers came as part of Israeli attempts to break the strike, informed sources confirmed.
Around 70 Palestinian prisoners declared Tuesday an open-ended hunger strike after the IPS refused to meet the hunger striker Nahar al-Saadi’s demands.
Nahar al-Saadi has been on hunger strike since Nov. 20 demanding an end to his solitary confinement, allowing family visits, and ending the solitary confinement of other prisoners.
Around 7,000 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli prisons, more than 2,000 of whom were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces this summer.
The PPS’ lawyer said that large numbers of Palestinian prisoners are being held in huge iron containers suffering from overcrowding after the large-scale arrest campaign waged in the West Bank this last summer.
The lawyer quoted prisoners as saying that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) forced them to take off their winter clothes once they reached the prison despite the extreme cold weather.
The prisoners also pointed to the inadequate food provided to them and the deliberate medical negligence policy pursued against the sick detainees.
The Palestinian prisoners urged the international human rights institutions especially the Red Cross to intervene immediately and end their plight in Etzion prison as it is considered the most cruel Israeli jail.
Meanwhile, Palestinian inmates detained in Eshel prison have started a set of protest steps due to the IPS’ rejection to meet their basic human needs.
The PPS revealed that the IPS imposed a number of punitive measures against the prisoners in response to what it called a “rebellion”.
The prisoners’ demands include providing them with appropriate food, blankets, and cleaning utensils.
The PPS’ lawyer also pointed out that the prisoner Abdul Qader Badawi was subjected to a brutal attack at hands of Israeli Special Forces while being transferred to attend his hearing.
On the other hand, the two Palestinian prisoners Naji Zughayyar and Adnan Rugby are still being held in Eshel prison’s solitary confinement for more than 35 days for allegedly attacking an Israeli jailer.
Along the same line, the IPS isolated five Palestinian prisoners, affiliated with the Islamic Jihad Movement, in Raymond prison in response to their decision to join the hunger strike declared by 70 other prisoners in solidarity with the detainee Nahar al-Saadi.
The Israeli decision to isolate the five hunger strikers came as part of Israeli attempts to break the strike, informed sources confirmed.
Around 70 Palestinian prisoners declared Tuesday an open-ended hunger strike after the IPS refused to meet the hunger striker Nahar al-Saadi’s demands.
Nahar al-Saadi has been on hunger strike since Nov. 20 demanding an end to his solitary confinement, allowing family visits, and ending the solitary confinement of other prisoners.
Around 7,000 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli prisons, more than 2,000 of whom were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces this summer.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) overnight Wednesday and at dawn Thursday nabbed at least nine Palestinian citizens throughout a round of assaults on cities of the West Bank.
A PIC correspondent quoted by-standers at the scene as reporting that the IOF troops deployed at the Container checkpoint captured head of the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, Osama Shahin, while he was on board of a car, and dragged him to an unidentified location.
Shahin was recaptured by the IOF just three months after he was released from Israeli occupation jails. The captive had reportedly spent a total of six years in Israeli prisons.
The IOF further kidnapped Palestinian journalist Quteiba Saleh Qassem, 28, and ex-prisoner Mahmoud Karim Ayad, 26.
Meanwhile, the Israeli TV channel 7 reported that IOF soldiers arrested six Palestinians, five among them affiliated with Hamas, allegedly for being wanted by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Local media sources based in al-Khalil said the Israeli occupation army stormed al-Khalil province and scoured the towns of Halhoul, Sa’ir and Dura before apprehending the ex-prisoner Eid Moussa, 48, from his own family home in Dura.
A PIC correspondent quoted by-standers at the scene as reporting that the IOF troops deployed at the Container checkpoint captured head of the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, Osama Shahin, while he was on board of a car, and dragged him to an unidentified location.
Shahin was recaptured by the IOF just three months after he was released from Israeli occupation jails. The captive had reportedly spent a total of six years in Israeli prisons.
The IOF further kidnapped Palestinian journalist Quteiba Saleh Qassem, 28, and ex-prisoner Mahmoud Karim Ayad, 26.
Meanwhile, the Israeli TV channel 7 reported that IOF soldiers arrested six Palestinians, five among them affiliated with Hamas, allegedly for being wanted by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Local media sources based in al-Khalil said the Israeli occupation army stormed al-Khalil province and scoured the towns of Halhoul, Sa’ir and Dura before apprehending the ex-prisoner Eid Moussa, 48, from his own family home in Dura.
The prominent Palestinian astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi, 52, was held Wednesday in administrative detention for three months, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday kidnapped the Palestinian astrophysicist at al-Karama crossing as he was leaving the West Bank for Jordan while on his way to the UAE to participate in a scientific conference.
The PPS pointed out that Dr. Barghouthi was investigated for his Facebook posts and his participation in a solidarity march protesting Israeli summer aggression on Gaza.
Along the same line, Israeli court sentenced the Palestinian academic Dr. Abdul Rahman Rayhan for six months imprisonment and imposed on him a fine estimated at 6,000 shekels.
Dr. Rayhan, an ex-detainee and a father of five children, was arrested in September after his return from Malaysia, Family sources told Ahrar center.
Many Palestinian professors and academics are being held in Israeli jails as part of the Israeli policy to target Palestine’s scientists and intellectuals.
The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday kidnapped the Palestinian astrophysicist at al-Karama crossing as he was leaving the West Bank for Jordan while on his way to the UAE to participate in a scientific conference.
The PPS pointed out that Dr. Barghouthi was investigated for his Facebook posts and his participation in a solidarity march protesting Israeli summer aggression on Gaza.
Along the same line, Israeli court sentenced the Palestinian academic Dr. Abdul Rahman Rayhan for six months imprisonment and imposed on him a fine estimated at 6,000 shekels.
Dr. Rayhan, an ex-detainee and a father of five children, was arrested in September after his return from Malaysia, Family sources told Ahrar center.
Many Palestinian professors and academics are being held in Israeli jails as part of the Israeli policy to target Palestine’s scientists and intellectuals.
A Palestinian child on Wednesday reportedly sustained critical bullet injuries while three more youngsters were rounded up by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the wave of clashes that rocked the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Medics at the Palestine health center said the ambulance rushed the 14-year-old Palestinian child Raouf Snawbar to hospital after he was shot in the head by a rubber-coated bullet at the Jalazoun refugee camp.
The same sources categorized the child’s injuries as very serious due to the skull fractures resulting from the shooting.
Raouf was immediately transported to the operating theater to urgently undergo surgery.
Meanwhile, the IOF nabbed three unidentified Palestinian boys from northern Ramallah city following a spate of violent confrontations with a group of Palestinian youths who took to the streets in protest at the murder of the Palestinian minister Ziyad Abu Ein.
Another Palestinian youth, identified as ex-prisoner Said Awayes, father of four children, was apprehended by the IOF at a makeshift military checkpoint randomly pitched northwest of Nablus city.
Medics at the Palestine health center said the ambulance rushed the 14-year-old Palestinian child Raouf Snawbar to hospital after he was shot in the head by a rubber-coated bullet at the Jalazoun refugee camp.
The same sources categorized the child’s injuries as very serious due to the skull fractures resulting from the shooting.
Raouf was immediately transported to the operating theater to urgently undergo surgery.
Meanwhile, the IOF nabbed three unidentified Palestinian boys from northern Ramallah city following a spate of violent confrontations with a group of Palestinian youths who took to the streets in protest at the murder of the Palestinian minister Ziyad Abu Ein.
Another Palestinian youth, identified as ex-prisoner Said Awayes, father of four children, was apprehended by the IOF at a makeshift military checkpoint randomly pitched northwest of Nablus city.
10 dec 2014
At least 14 Palestinian citizens, mostly ex-detainees, were rounded up by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday following raids launched across the West Bank cities of al-Khalil and Jenin.
A PIC correspondent quoted by-standers at the scene as reporting that 13 Palestinian civilians were captured by the IOF in the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Earlier, on Tuesday night, the IOF kidnapped a Palestinian youngster from the Jenin refugee camp at a makeshift checkpoint randomly pitched at the main entrance to Fahma village, south of Jenin city.
Local sources told a PIC journalist that the IOF cordoned off the village and ambushed the 19-year-old Palestinian youngster Azmi Aref Nashrati moments before they dragged him to an unidentified location.
A number of Palestinian vehicles had reportedly been stopped by the IOF at the checkpoint, where a number of Palestinian civilians were provocatively inspected.
Meanwhile, two extremist Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian bus driver in Jerusalem’s Jilo neighborhood.
Local media sources said the two settlers hurled stones at the Egged bus and at its Palestinian driver in Occupied Jerusalem city before they ultimately fled.
At least 27 bus drivers working for the Israeli bus company Egged stepped down following the murder of their colleague Youssef al-Ramouni, strangled to death by a gang of Israeli fanatics a few weeks ago.
A PIC correspondent quoted by-standers at the scene as reporting that 13 Palestinian civilians were captured by the IOF in the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Earlier, on Tuesday night, the IOF kidnapped a Palestinian youngster from the Jenin refugee camp at a makeshift checkpoint randomly pitched at the main entrance to Fahma village, south of Jenin city.
Local sources told a PIC journalist that the IOF cordoned off the village and ambushed the 19-year-old Palestinian youngster Azmi Aref Nashrati moments before they dragged him to an unidentified location.
A number of Palestinian vehicles had reportedly been stopped by the IOF at the checkpoint, where a number of Palestinian civilians were provocatively inspected.
Meanwhile, two extremist Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian bus driver in Jerusalem’s Jilo neighborhood.
Local media sources said the two settlers hurled stones at the Egged bus and at its Palestinian driver in Occupied Jerusalem city before they ultimately fled.
At least 27 bus drivers working for the Israeli bus company Egged stepped down following the murder of their colleague Youssef al-Ramouni, strangled to death by a gang of Israeli fanatics a few weeks ago.
Settlers attack Palestinian workers south of Bethlehem
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, a number of communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped nine Palestinians.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that several military vehicles invaded Beit ‘Awwa town, west of Hebron, and kidnapped six Palestinians after breaking into their homes, and violently searched them.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mo’tasem Abu Threi’, Yasser Abdul-Rahman Masalma, Mohammad Qassem Masalma, Saed Ibrahim Abu al-Jammal, Bakr Abdul-Karim Masalma, and Ra’fat Nimir Masalma.
Soldiers also invaded the home of ‘Ali Manasra, in Bani Neim town east of Hebron, and handed him a military warrant for interrogation.
In addition, soldiers installed roadblocks blocking main roads leading to Hebron City, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and a number of nearby communities, stopped and searched dozens of cars and inspected the ID cards of the passengers.
Also, several military jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Nader Rebhy Taqatqa, 30 years of age.
Two Palestinians, identified as Abdullah Ahmad Saqr, 25, and Hussein Ahmad Abed-Rabbo, 26, have been kidnapped after the soldiers broke into their homes in 'Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
In related news, a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian laborers at the eastern entrance of Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem.
Ahmad Sheikh, head of the Marah Rabah village council, said the settlers also chased the Palestinians in nearby olive orchards.
Sheikh added that the settlers recently escalated their assaults against the Palestinians in the area, especially while in their lands, or while trying to go to work, and while heading back home.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, soldiers installed a roadblock between al-Jalama and ‘Arrana villages, east of Jenin city, stopped and searched dozens of cars and interrogated the passengers while inspecting their ID cards.
Also on Wednesday at dawn, soldiers kidnapped twelve Palestinians, including one woman, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, a number of communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped nine Palestinians.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that several military vehicles invaded Beit ‘Awwa town, west of Hebron, and kidnapped six Palestinians after breaking into their homes, and violently searched them.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mo’tasem Abu Threi’, Yasser Abdul-Rahman Masalma, Mohammad Qassem Masalma, Saed Ibrahim Abu al-Jammal, Bakr Abdul-Karim Masalma, and Ra’fat Nimir Masalma.
Soldiers also invaded the home of ‘Ali Manasra, in Bani Neim town east of Hebron, and handed him a military warrant for interrogation.
In addition, soldiers installed roadblocks blocking main roads leading to Hebron City, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and a number of nearby communities, stopped and searched dozens of cars and inspected the ID cards of the passengers.
Also, several military jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Nader Rebhy Taqatqa, 30 years of age.
Two Palestinians, identified as Abdullah Ahmad Saqr, 25, and Hussein Ahmad Abed-Rabbo, 26, have been kidnapped after the soldiers broke into their homes in 'Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
In related news, a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian laborers at the eastern entrance of Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem.
Ahmad Sheikh, head of the Marah Rabah village council, said the settlers also chased the Palestinians in nearby olive orchards.
Sheikh added that the settlers recently escalated their assaults against the Palestinians in the area, especially while in their lands, or while trying to go to work, and while heading back home.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, soldiers installed a roadblock between al-Jalama and ‘Arrana villages, east of Jenin city, stopped and searched dozens of cars and interrogated the passengers while inspecting their ID cards.
Also on Wednesday at dawn, soldiers kidnapped twelve Palestinians, including one woman, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians, including one woman, after breaking into their homes and searching them.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of ‘Abeer Zayyad, in the ath-Thoury neighborhood, in Silwan town, and kidnapped her.
Zayyad is a political leader of the Fateh Movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, in Jerusalem.
Soldiers also kidnapped Hamza Shweiki and Mohammad Zghayyar, from the ath-Thoury neighborhood.
In addition, soldiers invaded Ras al-‘Amoud area in Silwan, and kidnapped Mohammad ‘Aziz ‘Oweis, Majd Abdullah ‘Oweis, Mohammad Hussein ‘Oweis, Ayyoub Abu ‘Assab, Luay Za’atra, Hussein Darwish, Ahmad Gharib and Mo’tasem Gheith.
Another Palestinian has also been kidnapped near the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
All kidnapped Palestinians have been moved to a number of interrogation centers in occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of ‘Abeer Zayyad, in the ath-Thoury neighborhood, in Silwan town, and kidnapped her.
Zayyad is a political leader of the Fateh Movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, in Jerusalem.
Soldiers also kidnapped Hamza Shweiki and Mohammad Zghayyar, from the ath-Thoury neighborhood.
In addition, soldiers invaded Ras al-‘Amoud area in Silwan, and kidnapped Mohammad ‘Aziz ‘Oweis, Majd Abdullah ‘Oweis, Mohammad Hussein ‘Oweis, Ayyoub Abu ‘Assab, Luay Za’atra, Hussein Darwish, Ahmad Gharib and Mo’tasem Gheith.
Another Palestinian has also been kidnapped near the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
All kidnapped Palestinians have been moved to a number of interrogation centers in occupied Jerusalem.
9 dec 2014
Nahar as-Sa’ady
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that seventy detainees, held in a number of Israeli prisons and detention centers, have decided to hold an open-ended hunger strike, starting Wednesday.
The PPS said the detainees decided to start their strike in solidarity with detainee Nahar as-Sa’ady, who began his hunger strike on November 20, demanding an end to his solitary confinement, and allowing him family visits.
It added that the detainees are also demanding the Prison Administration to end the solitary confinement of dozens of detainees, and to release all ailing detainees.
Israel claims Sa’ady, who is currently in solitary confinement in Ayalon Prison, “planned the abduction of Israeli soldiers,” and denied him family visits in order “to prevent any communication with people outside the prison walls.”
Sa’ady denied the Israeli allegations, and said they were made up so that the Prison Authority can justify keeping him in solitary confinement.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee said Sa’ady is now totally isolated from the outside world, and is placed in a very small, cold cell, that is not fit for human use.
The Committee added that Sa’ady also suffers from spinal cord issues; he is serving four life-terms and additional 20 years imprisonment. The detainee has been in solitary confinement since 2013.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that seventy detainees, held in a number of Israeli prisons and detention centers, have decided to hold an open-ended hunger strike, starting Wednesday.
The PPS said the detainees decided to start their strike in solidarity with detainee Nahar as-Sa’ady, who began his hunger strike on November 20, demanding an end to his solitary confinement, and allowing him family visits.
It added that the detainees are also demanding the Prison Administration to end the solitary confinement of dozens of detainees, and to release all ailing detainees.
Israel claims Sa’ady, who is currently in solitary confinement in Ayalon Prison, “planned the abduction of Israeli soldiers,” and denied him family visits in order “to prevent any communication with people outside the prison walls.”
Sa’ady denied the Israeli allegations, and said they were made up so that the Prison Authority can justify keeping him in solitary confinement.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee said Sa’ady is now totally isolated from the outside world, and is placed in a very small, cold cell, that is not fit for human use.
The Committee added that Sa’ady also suffers from spinal cord issues; he is serving four life-terms and additional 20 years imprisonment. The detainee has been in solitary confinement since 2013.
Ahmad al-Ghoul
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, searched and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped at least five Palestinians.
Local sources have reported that the soldiers invaded Ethna town, west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched several homes and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Moath Mohammad Abu Jheisha, his brother Mojahed, and Mahmoud Abu Jheisha.
In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers kidnapped a Fateh leader, identified as Ahmad al-Ghoul, after invading and ransacking his home in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
In addition, an Israeli news agency, affiliated with the army, has reported that the soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian at the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem, allegedly carrying a gun, knives and mobile phones.
It said the soldiers stopped the Palestinian’s car, and searched it, before uncovering the alleged weapons.
The army believes the Palestinian, who remained unidentified, “intended to attack Israelis.”
The kidnapped Palestinian was moved to a security center for interrogation.
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, searched and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped at least five Palestinians.
Local sources have reported that the soldiers invaded Ethna town, west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched several homes and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Moath Mohammad Abu Jheisha, his brother Mojahed, and Mahmoud Abu Jheisha.
In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers kidnapped a Fateh leader, identified as Ahmad al-Ghoul, after invading and ransacking his home in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
In addition, an Israeli news agency, affiliated with the army, has reported that the soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian at the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem, allegedly carrying a gun, knives and mobile phones.
It said the soldiers stopped the Palestinian’s car, and searched it, before uncovering the alleged weapons.
The army believes the Palestinian, who remained unidentified, “intended to attack Israelis.”
The kidnapped Palestinian was moved to a security center for interrogation.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning, two young Palestinian men, near Teqoua’ illegal Israeli settlement, allegedly after the army found out one of them carried a knife.
The two were taken prisoner close to the settlement, illegally built on Palestinian lands belonging to Teqoua’ Palestinian town, east of Bethlehem.
The Israeli military claimed the two “confessed” during interrogation that they intended to stab Israeli settlers.
The two Palestinians, who remained unidentified, have been moved to an Israeli Internal Security center for further interrogation.
In related news, an Israeli settlement bus driver claimed, Tuesday, his vehicle came under fired near Sinjel Palestinian village, close to the illegal settlements of Ofra and Shilo, built on Palestinian lands in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.
Israeli soldiers said the shooting led to minor damages in the bus, but no injuries, and that the army is still trying to decide whether it was gunfire that struck the bus or stones.
In addition, the army said that two windows of a settlement bus were damaged, when Palestinian youths hurled stones at it in the at-Tour area, in occupied Jerusalem.
Medical sources said a settler was mildly injured; the army conducted a search campaign in the area.
The two were taken prisoner close to the settlement, illegally built on Palestinian lands belonging to Teqoua’ Palestinian town, east of Bethlehem.
The Israeli military claimed the two “confessed” during interrogation that they intended to stab Israeli settlers.
The two Palestinians, who remained unidentified, have been moved to an Israeli Internal Security center for further interrogation.
In related news, an Israeli settlement bus driver claimed, Tuesday, his vehicle came under fired near Sinjel Palestinian village, close to the illegal settlements of Ofra and Shilo, built on Palestinian lands in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.
Israeli soldiers said the shooting led to minor damages in the bus, but no injuries, and that the army is still trying to decide whether it was gunfire that struck the bus or stones.
In addition, the army said that two windows of a settlement bus were damaged, when Palestinian youths hurled stones at it in the at-Tour area, in occupied Jerusalem.
Medical sources said a settler was mildly injured; the army conducted a search campaign in the area.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested overnight a number of children during violent clashes that broke out at the entrance to Enata town northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
The children were brutally attacked and severely beaten before being detained and taken to the Israeli detention centers, the PIC correspondent reported.
The clashes erupted afternoon Monday and continued till late night hours. Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas bombs and rubber bullets at the local youths, who in their turn responded by throwing stones and empty bottles at the soldiers.
Since the outbreak of the first Palestinian intifada (uprising) in 1987, 308,000 Palestinians have been detained for different periods in Israeli jails including children, women, elderly people, MPs, students, and academics.
The children were brutally attacked and severely beaten before being detained and taken to the Israeli detention centers, the PIC correspondent reported.
The clashes erupted afternoon Monday and continued till late night hours. Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas bombs and rubber bullets at the local youths, who in their turn responded by throwing stones and empty bottles at the soldiers.
Since the outbreak of the first Palestinian intifada (uprising) in 1987, 308,000 Palestinians have been detained for different periods in Israeli jails including children, women, elderly people, MPs, students, and academics.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) notified the families of 10 Palestinian prisoners locked up in Ashkelon jail of its intent to ban all prison-visits scheduled for Tuesday.
Committee of prisoners and ex-prisoners said in a press statement on Monday that such IPS embargo is another chain in the series of pre-planned IPS castigatory tactics against Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon jail.
The committee raised alarm bells over IPS’s arduous inter-prison transfers of 54 inmates to the Eshel and Ella lock-ups under pretext of emergency search campaigns.
Nine among the Ashkelon inmates have been crammed in one single cell in section 3 of the prison while the remaining prisoner has been incarcerated in a solitary lock-down, the committee said.
The statement spoke out against the horrendous detention circumstances inside of the Israeli Ashkelon jail, where the IPS repressive forces smashed up all of the inmates’ personal belongings and wreaked havoc in all of the prison cells during a savage raid on Wednesday.
The situation in the prison has gone remarkably downhill due to the acute shortages in mattresses, blankets and clothes with the advent of the winter season, a situation that has been exacerbated even further by the foul smells, insect swarms, and poor ventilation in such prison cubicles.
Committee of prisoners and ex-prisoners said in a press statement on Monday that such IPS embargo is another chain in the series of pre-planned IPS castigatory tactics against Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon jail.
The committee raised alarm bells over IPS’s arduous inter-prison transfers of 54 inmates to the Eshel and Ella lock-ups under pretext of emergency search campaigns.
Nine among the Ashkelon inmates have been crammed in one single cell in section 3 of the prison while the remaining prisoner has been incarcerated in a solitary lock-down, the committee said.
The statement spoke out against the horrendous detention circumstances inside of the Israeli Ashkelon jail, where the IPS repressive forces smashed up all of the inmates’ personal belongings and wreaked havoc in all of the prison cells during a savage raid on Wednesday.
The situation in the prison has gone remarkably downhill due to the acute shortages in mattresses, blankets and clothes with the advent of the winter season, a situation that has been exacerbated even further by the foul smells, insect swarms, and poor ventilation in such prison cubicles.
