28 dec 2017
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday afternoon kidnapped a Palestinian woman along with her son as they were going to a court hearing held for another son of hers at the Salem base’s military court, west of Jenin in the West Bank.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Haneyya Sharay’ah and her son Walid Sharay’ah, residents of Nablus, were taken prisoners by soldiers at the main checkpoint leading to the military base of Salem, where the court is located.
The sources added that the IOF suspended the movement of citizens at the checkpoint for a while and took the woman and her son away, without stating a reason for their detention.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Haneyya Sharay’ah and her son Walid Sharay’ah, residents of Nablus, were taken prisoners by soldiers at the main checkpoint leading to the military base of Salem, where the court is located.
The sources added that the IOF suspended the movement of citizens at the checkpoint for a while and took the woman and her son away, without stating a reason for their detention.
The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal intelligence agency, on Wednesday extended the administrative detention of Palestinian lawmaker Khaleda Jarrar, with no indictment or trial.
Informed sources said that the administrative detention of MP Jarrar was extended for another six months at the pretext that she poses a threat to Israel’s security.
Jarrar, 54, was kidnapped from her home in Ramallah last July, and she has been in jail administratively since then.
She is one of the prominent officials of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and an outspoken opponent of the Palestinian Authority’s policies and practices.
Khalida Jarrar’s Imprisonment without Charge or Trial Extended for Six More Months
The Israeli occupation military issued an order extending the arbitrary administrative detention of Palestinian parliamentarian and national leader Khalida Jarrar for an additional six months on Wednesday, 27 December 2017, four days before her detention was to expire.
Jarrar was seized by occupation soldiers who invaded her home in El-Bireh on 2 July 2017. A well-known Palestinian leader, Jarrar is a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, head of its Prisoners’ Committee and Vice-Chair of the Board of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.
Jarrar is one of 11 Palestinian parliamentarians imprisoned by the Israeli occupation, most of them jailed – like her – without charge or trial under administrative detention. She is one of three Palestinian women currently held in administrative detention, along with Khadija Ruba’i and journalist Bushra al-Tawil.
There are a total of over 450 Palestinians imprisoned without charge or trial under administrative detention and over 6,100 total Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails.
Administrative detention is an artifact of the British colonial mandate over Palestine that allows the Israeli military to arbitrarily imprison Palestinians with no charge and no trial. It is frequently used to target community leaders like Jarrar, and its widespread and systematic use stands in violation of the Geneva Conventions and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Protests and statements from around the world, including from political parties and the South African government, have urged Jarrar’s immediate release. She has been subject to repeated and ongoing attacks by the Israeli occupation, including the attempt to forcibly displace her to Jericho from her Ramallah home in 2014, followed by her arrest and imprisonment in 2015.
She was also ordered to six months in administrative detention then; however, following an international outcry, the administrative detention order against her was cancelled and she was instead ordered to the no less unjust Israeli military courts, sentenced on political charges and jailed until June 2016.
This latest renewal of Jarrar’s administrative detention comes hand in hand with the detention of over 500 Palestinians since the imperial Trump declaration by U.S. President Donald Trump purporting to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The mass arrests, including the targeting of youth activist Ahed Tamimi and former long-term hunger striker Khader Adnan, are an attempt to suppress the Palestinian people’s resistance to injustice and emerging uprising.
This is part and parcel of an Israeli strategy that aims to deny the Palestinian people their active, principled leadership at a critical time of mobilization.
Informed sources said that the administrative detention of MP Jarrar was extended for another six months at the pretext that she poses a threat to Israel’s security.
Jarrar, 54, was kidnapped from her home in Ramallah last July, and she has been in jail administratively since then.
She is one of the prominent officials of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and an outspoken opponent of the Palestinian Authority’s policies and practices.
Khalida Jarrar’s Imprisonment without Charge or Trial Extended for Six More Months
The Israeli occupation military issued an order extending the arbitrary administrative detention of Palestinian parliamentarian and national leader Khalida Jarrar for an additional six months on Wednesday, 27 December 2017, four days before her detention was to expire.
Jarrar was seized by occupation soldiers who invaded her home in El-Bireh on 2 July 2017. A well-known Palestinian leader, Jarrar is a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, head of its Prisoners’ Committee and Vice-Chair of the Board of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.
Jarrar is one of 11 Palestinian parliamentarians imprisoned by the Israeli occupation, most of them jailed – like her – without charge or trial under administrative detention. She is one of three Palestinian women currently held in administrative detention, along with Khadija Ruba’i and journalist Bushra al-Tawil.
There are a total of over 450 Palestinians imprisoned without charge or trial under administrative detention and over 6,100 total Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails.
Administrative detention is an artifact of the British colonial mandate over Palestine that allows the Israeli military to arbitrarily imprison Palestinians with no charge and no trial. It is frequently used to target community leaders like Jarrar, and its widespread and systematic use stands in violation of the Geneva Conventions and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Protests and statements from around the world, including from political parties and the South African government, have urged Jarrar’s immediate release. She has been subject to repeated and ongoing attacks by the Israeli occupation, including the attempt to forcibly displace her to Jericho from her Ramallah home in 2014, followed by her arrest and imprisonment in 2015.
She was also ordered to six months in administrative detention then; however, following an international outcry, the administrative detention order against her was cancelled and she was instead ordered to the no less unjust Israeli military courts, sentenced on political charges and jailed until June 2016.
This latest renewal of Jarrar’s administrative detention comes hand in hand with the detention of over 500 Palestinians since the imperial Trump declaration by U.S. President Donald Trump purporting to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The mass arrests, including the targeting of youth activist Ahed Tamimi and former long-term hunger striker Khader Adnan, are an attempt to suppress the Palestinian people’s resistance to injustice and emerging uprising.
This is part and parcel of an Israeli strategy that aims to deny the Palestinian people their active, principled leadership at a critical time of mobilization.
The Israeli Ofer court on Wednesday sentenced a Palestinian youth to two years in jail on charges of assisting the slain anti-occupation fighter Mohamed al-Fakih while he had been chased down by the Israeli forces.
A PIC news correspondent said the Ofer court ruled that Muadh al-Fakih, from al-Khalil’s town of Dura, be incarcerated for two years in an Israeli prison and pay a fine of up to 4,000 shekels.
The sentence was issued on allegations that Muadh assisted his uncle, Mohamed, after he had carried out an anti-occupation shooting attack in July 2016 that took away the life of an extremist Israeli rabbi south of al-Khalil.
Mohamed al-Fakih was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces in 2016, after the Israeli army cordoned off a home he hid himself into in Surif town, in al-Khalil.
A PIC news correspondent said the Ofer court ruled that Muadh al-Fakih, from al-Khalil’s town of Dura, be incarcerated for two years in an Israeli prison and pay a fine of up to 4,000 shekels.
The sentence was issued on allegations that Muadh assisted his uncle, Mohamed, after he had carried out an anti-occupation shooting attack in July 2016 that took away the life of an extremist Israeli rabbi south of al-Khalil.
Mohamed al-Fakih was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces in 2016, after the Israeli army cordoned off a home he hid himself into in Surif town, in al-Khalil.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, late at night until dawn hours Thursday, many towns in occupied East Jerusalem, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at local youngsters, protesting the invasions.
Update: On Thursday at noon, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Ahmad Dari, from his home in al-‘Isawiya town.
The soldiers invaded Silwan town from several directions, while local youths closed roads with rocks and sand hills, in addition to burning tires, and the soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at them.
The soldiers also invaded al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem, and the al-Ram town, north of the city, and fired many gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets and live rounds.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Abu Dis and al-Ezariyya towns, southeast of Jerusalem, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at Palestinian protesters.
On Wednesday at night, several Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails at an armored military vehicle in Ein al-Louza neighborhood, in Silwan town, causing it to burn.
Update: On Thursday at noon, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Ahmad Dari, from his home in al-‘Isawiya town.
The soldiers invaded Silwan town from several directions, while local youths closed roads with rocks and sand hills, in addition to burning tires, and the soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at them.
The soldiers also invaded al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem, and the al-Ram town, north of the city, and fired many gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets and live rounds.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Abu Dis and al-Ezariyya towns, southeast of Jerusalem, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at Palestinian protesters.
On Wednesday at night, several Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails at an armored military vehicle in Ein al-Louza neighborhood, in Silwan town, causing it to burn.
Israeli navy ships attacked, Thursday, several Palestinian fishing boats in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza Strip, and abducted two fishermen, before confiscating their boat.
Eyewitnesses said the navy fired many live rounds at the fishing boats, while sailing less than four nautical miles from the shore, and abducted two fishermen after forcing them to undress and jump in the cold water.
The two, identified as Sameh Haidar al-Qoqa and Shawqi Saleh Bakr, were abducted before the soldiers took them, and their boat, to Ashdod Port.
Eyewitnesses said the navy fired many live rounds at the fishing boats, while sailing less than four nautical miles from the shore, and abducted two fishermen after forcing them to undress and jump in the cold water.
The two, identified as Sameh Haidar al-Qoqa and Shawqi Saleh Bakr, were abducted before the soldiers took them, and their boat, to Ashdod Port.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday morning, at least two young Palestinian men, after dozens of soldiers invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Media sources in Qalandia said the soldiers clashed with many local youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading army jeeps.
They added that the army fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The soldiers also abducted at least two young Palestinian men, and took them to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes in the refugee camp, and attacked many Palestinians, while looking for what the soldiers called “wanted Palestinians,” and withdrew three hours later.
Media sources in Qalandia said the soldiers clashed with many local youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading army jeeps.
They added that the army fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The soldiers also abducted at least two young Palestinian men, and took them to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes in the refugee camp, and attacked many Palestinians, while looking for what the soldiers called “wanted Palestinians,” and withdrew three hours later.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, four Palestinian children, from Kafr Dan town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, while in their families’ lands in Marj Ibn Amer Meadow.
Eyewitnesses said the abducted children have been identified as Hamza Abdul-Jabbar Sabah, Mohammad Abdul-Jabbar Salah, Mustafa Allam Mer’ey, and Ahmad Aref Salah.
They were in their families’ lands, near the illegal Annexation Wall in the area, when the soldiers abducted them, and moved them to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses said the abducted children have been identified as Hamza Abdul-Jabbar Sabah, Mohammad Abdul-Jabbar Salah, Mustafa Allam Mer’ey, and Ahmad Aref Salah.
They were in their families’ lands, near the illegal Annexation Wall in the area, when the soldiers abducted them, and moved them to an unknown destination.
The Israeli Authorities released, on Wednesday at dawn, a Palestinian child, who was abducted and assaulted by 23 Israeli soldiers, earlier this month, and was instantly moved to a hospital for treatment.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers released Fawzi Mohammad al-Juneidi, 16, who was held in Ofer military base and detention center, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Fawzi, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, was rushed to Palestine Medical Complex, in Ramallah, for specialized treatment for a fracture in his shoulder.
Al-Juneidi, who was assaulted and abducted on December 7th, told WAFA Palestinian News Agency that, after the soldiers attacked him, he was moved to Etzion military base, north of Hebron, where he spent the night being interrogated and tortured by the soldiers and interrogators.
He added that his release came after his family paid 10.000 Israeli Shekels fine to the Israeli Authorities.
Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers released Fawzi Mohammad al-Juneidi, 16, who was held in Ofer military base and detention center, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Fawzi, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, was rushed to Palestine Medical Complex, in Ramallah, for specialized treatment for a fracture in his shoulder.
Al-Juneidi, who was assaulted and abducted on December 7th, told WAFA Palestinian News Agency that, after the soldiers attacked him, he was moved to Etzion military base, north of Hebron, where he spent the night being interrogated and tortured by the soldiers and interrogators.
He added that his release came after his family paid 10.000 Israeli Shekels fine to the Israeli Authorities.
27 dec 2017
The Bedouin village of Al Araqib in the southern Negev has been demolished for well over 100 times. Its ethnic cleansing follows a similar pattern and logic to that of other Bedouin villages such as Umm Al Hiran, which saw violent ethnic cleansing operations this year, also involving extrajudicial execution of an Israeli Bedouin citizen.
Now the state reaches new heights of Kafkaesque madness: Sheikh Saih Abu Madiam, 68, is sentenced to 10 months in prison, 5 additional months of conditional imprisonment, as well as a fine of 36,000 Shekels (over $10,000), as Haaretz reported (Hebrew).
The offense: Abu Madiam has supposedly trespassed state land – which he claims is his own.
Al Araqib is one of the nearly 40 “unrecognized” Bedouin villages in the Negev. They are unrecognized, because the state expropriated the lands, and refused to recognize the dwelling places of people who have been there long before the state was established. The state has been acting legally against Abu Madiam himself since 1998. In 2006, Abu Madiam has filed a case in the Beersheba District Court for his ancestral lands to be recognized. The case involves hearings from various historical experts, and is only expected to be concluded in some years from now. In the recent state case against Abu Madiam from 2013, the state claimed that his presence on the lands he claims are his, constitute trespassing. The state claimed that until proven otherwise, he was considered a trespasser.
In a court discussion concerning the possible sentence, even the police prosecutor, attorney Gil Assaf, admitted that “this is the first time where a defendant in Israel is tried for such offenses”, and he could therefore not point to precedence which would suggest the fitting penalty… He requested 15 months prison and 90,000 Shekels fine. The judge, Yoav Attar, mentioned in his sentence that he would be harsh with Abu Madiam, despite his age, since he “took no responsibility” and “declared that he intends to continue living in the location”. The judge further admonished Abu Madiam for “insisting on factually living in the location”…”only in order to create facts on the ground”.
Let’s pause there. That last sentence, with “facts on the ground”, should ring many bells, as it is the notion informing Israel’s may illegal settlements. The people who are being ethnically cleansed, are being projected this policy of “creating facts on the ground“, while the state keeps “creating these facts” itself, incrementally and overwhelmingly, to the benefit of the Jewish State. The mentioned case of Umm Al Hiran (where a Jewish-only town called Hiran is to be built on the same location) is a classic case of this ‘overlap’ – the ethnic cleansing state considers the indigenous people to be ‘squatters’ and ‘infiltrators’, while creating new ‘facts on the ground’ atop their dwellings. This has been Israeli policy from the start. As Moshe Dayan said in 1969: “Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist, not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either. Nahlal arose in the place of Mahlul; Kibbutz Gvat in the place of Jibta; Kibbutz Sarid in the place of Huneifis; and Kefar Yehushu’a in the place of Tal al-Shuman. There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population.”
So back to the recent case – judge Attar actually deemed Abu Madiam an “invader”.
Hundreds of Bedouin villagers accompanied Abu Madiam to the court hearing, and Palestinian-Israeli lawmaker Ayman Odeh was also there – Odeh had been shot by the police with a rubber-coated bullet at Umm Al Hiran earlier this year, during that mentioned ethnic cleansing operation.
The Smadar Ben Natan & Pomerantz law office, representing Abu Madiam in a parallel case, issued a statement of shock (on Facebook, thanks Ofer Neiman):
“We join the shock concerning the outrageous sentence in the matter of the Sheikh Saih [Abu Madiam]. Our office represents the Sheikh Saih and his family in a parallel case, where they are also accused of trespassing their own lands, regarding which they are conducting legal procedures against the state regarding their ownership, already since the 1970’s. Although the state has admitted before the court that in the recent years no such charges were filed, the court does not see that we are speaking about political persecution, vile usage of the regime power and an attempt to foil a legitimate battle of people who are fighting for the right to their lands. Is it possible to imagine a similar situation wherein two private people are fighting over land, where one of them has the authority to imprison the other because of it?”
Bingo. This has been the problem all along. The Israeli-Palestinian “conflict” is not an equal legal battle. It is a case of settler-colonialism, wherein the dispossessed and oppressed who stand up for their rights, are punished by the state. Like with 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi. But this is not only happening in territories occupied in 1967. This is happening in what is often regarded as “Israel proper”. But it would appear that there really isn’t anything truly ‘proper’ about Israel.
Now the state reaches new heights of Kafkaesque madness: Sheikh Saih Abu Madiam, 68, is sentenced to 10 months in prison, 5 additional months of conditional imprisonment, as well as a fine of 36,000 Shekels (over $10,000), as Haaretz reported (Hebrew).
The offense: Abu Madiam has supposedly trespassed state land – which he claims is his own.
Al Araqib is one of the nearly 40 “unrecognized” Bedouin villages in the Negev. They are unrecognized, because the state expropriated the lands, and refused to recognize the dwelling places of people who have been there long before the state was established. The state has been acting legally against Abu Madiam himself since 1998. In 2006, Abu Madiam has filed a case in the Beersheba District Court for his ancestral lands to be recognized. The case involves hearings from various historical experts, and is only expected to be concluded in some years from now. In the recent state case against Abu Madiam from 2013, the state claimed that his presence on the lands he claims are his, constitute trespassing. The state claimed that until proven otherwise, he was considered a trespasser.
In a court discussion concerning the possible sentence, even the police prosecutor, attorney Gil Assaf, admitted that “this is the first time where a defendant in Israel is tried for such offenses”, and he could therefore not point to precedence which would suggest the fitting penalty… He requested 15 months prison and 90,000 Shekels fine. The judge, Yoav Attar, mentioned in his sentence that he would be harsh with Abu Madiam, despite his age, since he “took no responsibility” and “declared that he intends to continue living in the location”. The judge further admonished Abu Madiam for “insisting on factually living in the location”…”only in order to create facts on the ground”.
Let’s pause there. That last sentence, with “facts on the ground”, should ring many bells, as it is the notion informing Israel’s may illegal settlements. The people who are being ethnically cleansed, are being projected this policy of “creating facts on the ground“, while the state keeps “creating these facts” itself, incrementally and overwhelmingly, to the benefit of the Jewish State. The mentioned case of Umm Al Hiran (where a Jewish-only town called Hiran is to be built on the same location) is a classic case of this ‘overlap’ – the ethnic cleansing state considers the indigenous people to be ‘squatters’ and ‘infiltrators’, while creating new ‘facts on the ground’ atop their dwellings. This has been Israeli policy from the start. As Moshe Dayan said in 1969: “Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist, not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either. Nahlal arose in the place of Mahlul; Kibbutz Gvat in the place of Jibta; Kibbutz Sarid in the place of Huneifis; and Kefar Yehushu’a in the place of Tal al-Shuman. There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population.”
So back to the recent case – judge Attar actually deemed Abu Madiam an “invader”.
Hundreds of Bedouin villagers accompanied Abu Madiam to the court hearing, and Palestinian-Israeli lawmaker Ayman Odeh was also there – Odeh had been shot by the police with a rubber-coated bullet at Umm Al Hiran earlier this year, during that mentioned ethnic cleansing operation.
The Smadar Ben Natan & Pomerantz law office, representing Abu Madiam in a parallel case, issued a statement of shock (on Facebook, thanks Ofer Neiman):
“We join the shock concerning the outrageous sentence in the matter of the Sheikh Saih [Abu Madiam]. Our office represents the Sheikh Saih and his family in a parallel case, where they are also accused of trespassing their own lands, regarding which they are conducting legal procedures against the state regarding their ownership, already since the 1970’s. Although the state has admitted before the court that in the recent years no such charges were filed, the court does not see that we are speaking about political persecution, vile usage of the regime power and an attempt to foil a legitimate battle of people who are fighting for the right to their lands. Is it possible to imagine a similar situation wherein two private people are fighting over land, where one of them has the authority to imprison the other because of it?”
Bingo. This has been the problem all along. The Israeli-Palestinian “conflict” is not an equal legal battle. It is a case of settler-colonialism, wherein the dispossessed and oppressed who stand up for their rights, are punished by the state. Like with 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi. But this is not only happening in territories occupied in 1967. This is happening in what is often regarded as “Israel proper”. But it would appear that there really isn’t anything truly ‘proper’ about Israel.
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The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Tuesday confiscated a donkey and cars from Palestinian citizens and plundered commercial stores in Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
A photo taken in Silwan showed police troops taking away a donkey during a campaign in Silwan. Local sources said that the police had already arrested the owner of the donkey at the pretext that he had no permit to own such animal. In a separate incident, Israeli municipal employees under police escort stormed on the same day the neighborhoods of Ein al-Loza |
and Beir Ayoub in Silwan, raided commercial stores and confiscated some of their merchandise and items displayed outside.
They also seized a refrigerator from one of those stores and removed a door from another one that sells gas cylinders.
They also seized a refrigerator from one of those stores and removed a door from another one that sells gas cylinders.
Israel’s Ofer Court on Tuesday evening sentenced a Palestinian student at Birzeit University to two years in jail and a fine of 6,000 shekels.
Student Istabraq al-Tamimi was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on March 20, 2017, from a students’ dormitory.
The occupation authorities adjourned her case several times on account of incomplete investigation procedures.
Istabraq is a student of media studies at Birzeit University. Her detention has resulted in the abrupt suspension of her academic career.
Student Istabraq al-Tamimi was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on March 20, 2017, from a students’ dormitory.
The occupation authorities adjourned her case several times on account of incomplete investigation procedures.
Istabraq is a student of media studies at Birzeit University. Her detention has resulted in the abrupt suspension of her academic career.
On Monday, 25 December 2017, a group of extremists led by Oren Hazan, Member of Israeli Knesset of the Right-Wing Likud Party, boarded a bus coming from the Gaza Strip and carrying Palestinian prisoners’ families.
The families were on their way to visit their sons in Ramon Prison. Videos published on Social Media showed the extremist Oren Hazan verbally assaulted a prisoner’s mother saying:” Your son is an “insect” and a “dog” and you will not be able to visit him again, except under the ground.”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns this assault and holds the Israeli authorities fully responsible for it, especially that this assault was committed under the Israeli forces’ protection. The Israeli forces were supposed to provide protection for the prisoners’ ‘families, not the aggressor, but they allowed the Israeli extremist Lawmaker to take the cameras and photograph his assault on the prisoners’ families in a humiliating manner.
This assault confirms the involvement of the Israeli official authorities in this assault because they had a prior knowledge of the Israeli right-wing parties’ intention to boarding the bus of the prisoners’ families from the Gaza Strip. Moreover, this assault amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment that is criminalized under the international Convention against Torture.
PCHR warns of the serious repercussions of repeating such assaults against the prisoners’ families, whereas the majority of them is elderlies, children and women. PCHR also holds the Israeli authorities and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) full responsibility for the lives of the prisoners’ families and maintaining their dignity, in accordance with their obligations under the Geneva Conventions.
The Israeli Right-Wing Organizations have previously announced their intention to obstruct buses from the Gaza Strip carrying the prisoners’ mothers and children in the Israeli jails as a preamble to prevent these visits within a campaign called “Campaign for releasing prisoners and missing persons in Israel”. This campaign refers to the Israeli soldiers alleged to be detained by the Palestinian armed groups in Gaza.
In response to the incident, ICRC confirmed that it seriously considers what happened and contacted with the concerned parties. The spokesperson of the ICRC in Gaza City said in a statement: “Families have the right to visit their loved ones in a dignified manner without interference”.
She added that:” The ICRC is a human organization that facilitates the visits’ program in favor of the prisoners’ families.”, but It is the responsibility of the competent authorities to ensure that the visits take place safely and without interference.
PCHR welcomes the ICRC’s statement, but considers it not enough. PCHR believes that ICRC should have immediately intervened once it has known about the intention of the extremist organizations, rather than waiting for the incident to happen for being the responsible party of the coordination in order to properly provide the visits.
PCHR also stresses that this assault is a crime of inhuman and degrading treatment. PCHR believes that this assault is not only for the prisoners’ families, but also a blatant assault of the ICRC, its immunity and prestigious in front of the media.
Moreover, PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties of the Fourth 1949 Geneva Convention to immediately intervene to ensure Israel’s respect for the Convention.
PCHR also calls upon the ICRC to seriously work to facilitate the visits of the prisoners’ families in a manner that preserves their dignity, properly coordinate with the Israeli authorities to prevent repeating such assaults, and take the necessary measures in case the Israeli authorities failed to fulfill its obligations.
Islamic Jihad inmates slam Israeli MK’s assault on prisoners’ families
Prisoners affiliated with the Islamic Jihad Movement held the Israeli occupation responsible for Monday's assault on the families of Gazan prisoners while on their way to visit their relatives in Israeli jails.
Islamic Jihad prisoners said the assault by an Israeli MK (member of the Knesset) on a bus carrying Gazan prisoners’ families, among them women and children, is a manifestation of deep-seated sadism.
The detainees called on the Palestinian institutions to take urgent action in response to the attacks perpetrated against them and their families.
They further urged the Red Cross to immediately step in and make the necessary steps to protect the prisoners’ families from such projected assaults.
Earlier on Monday, MK Oren Hazan of the right-wing Likud party, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, intercepted and boarded a Red Cross bus of Gazan prisoners’ families.
As he confronted the Palestinian families, he turned to the mother of an imprisoned Palestinian and asked, "Who did you come to visit? What did your son do?" to which she replied "He did not do anything."
Hazan responded to the mother by saying "Your son is a dog. He's a dog. You come to visit the scum who are sitting here in prison, whom you see as your family members."
As the woman attempted to respond to Hazan’s abuse, he shouted over her saying: “I will make sure you cannot visit him anymore and we'll do everything so you will not get in. You are not welcome here, you have to understand well, and you raised your son to murder."
Hazan was with a group of other right-wing Israelis who are part of the so-called Task Force for the Release of Prisoners and Missing Persons.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, which organizes the weekly trips for families of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza, responded to the incident, saying “the prisoners' families are entitled to visit their children with dignity.”
The families were on their way to visit their sons in Ramon Prison. Videos published on Social Media showed the extremist Oren Hazan verbally assaulted a prisoner’s mother saying:” Your son is an “insect” and a “dog” and you will not be able to visit him again, except under the ground.”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns this assault and holds the Israeli authorities fully responsible for it, especially that this assault was committed under the Israeli forces’ protection. The Israeli forces were supposed to provide protection for the prisoners’ ‘families, not the aggressor, but they allowed the Israeli extremist Lawmaker to take the cameras and photograph his assault on the prisoners’ families in a humiliating manner.
This assault confirms the involvement of the Israeli official authorities in this assault because they had a prior knowledge of the Israeli right-wing parties’ intention to boarding the bus of the prisoners’ families from the Gaza Strip. Moreover, this assault amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment that is criminalized under the international Convention against Torture.
PCHR warns of the serious repercussions of repeating such assaults against the prisoners’ families, whereas the majority of them is elderlies, children and women. PCHR also holds the Israeli authorities and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) full responsibility for the lives of the prisoners’ families and maintaining their dignity, in accordance with their obligations under the Geneva Conventions.
The Israeli Right-Wing Organizations have previously announced their intention to obstruct buses from the Gaza Strip carrying the prisoners’ mothers and children in the Israeli jails as a preamble to prevent these visits within a campaign called “Campaign for releasing prisoners and missing persons in Israel”. This campaign refers to the Israeli soldiers alleged to be detained by the Palestinian armed groups in Gaza.
In response to the incident, ICRC confirmed that it seriously considers what happened and contacted with the concerned parties. The spokesperson of the ICRC in Gaza City said in a statement: “Families have the right to visit their loved ones in a dignified manner without interference”.
She added that:” The ICRC is a human organization that facilitates the visits’ program in favor of the prisoners’ families.”, but It is the responsibility of the competent authorities to ensure that the visits take place safely and without interference.
PCHR welcomes the ICRC’s statement, but considers it not enough. PCHR believes that ICRC should have immediately intervened once it has known about the intention of the extremist organizations, rather than waiting for the incident to happen for being the responsible party of the coordination in order to properly provide the visits.
PCHR also stresses that this assault is a crime of inhuman and degrading treatment. PCHR believes that this assault is not only for the prisoners’ families, but also a blatant assault of the ICRC, its immunity and prestigious in front of the media.
Moreover, PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties of the Fourth 1949 Geneva Convention to immediately intervene to ensure Israel’s respect for the Convention.
PCHR also calls upon the ICRC to seriously work to facilitate the visits of the prisoners’ families in a manner that preserves their dignity, properly coordinate with the Israeli authorities to prevent repeating such assaults, and take the necessary measures in case the Israeli authorities failed to fulfill its obligations.
Islamic Jihad inmates slam Israeli MK’s assault on prisoners’ families
Prisoners affiliated with the Islamic Jihad Movement held the Israeli occupation responsible for Monday's assault on the families of Gazan prisoners while on their way to visit their relatives in Israeli jails.
Islamic Jihad prisoners said the assault by an Israeli MK (member of the Knesset) on a bus carrying Gazan prisoners’ families, among them women and children, is a manifestation of deep-seated sadism.
The detainees called on the Palestinian institutions to take urgent action in response to the attacks perpetrated against them and their families.
They further urged the Red Cross to immediately step in and make the necessary steps to protect the prisoners’ families from such projected assaults.
Earlier on Monday, MK Oren Hazan of the right-wing Likud party, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, intercepted and boarded a Red Cross bus of Gazan prisoners’ families.
As he confronted the Palestinian families, he turned to the mother of an imprisoned Palestinian and asked, "Who did you come to visit? What did your son do?" to which she replied "He did not do anything."
Hazan responded to the mother by saying "Your son is a dog. He's a dog. You come to visit the scum who are sitting here in prison, whom you see as your family members."
As the woman attempted to respond to Hazan’s abuse, he shouted over her saying: “I will make sure you cannot visit him anymore and we'll do everything so you will not get in. You are not welcome here, you have to understand well, and you raised your son to murder."
Hazan was with a group of other right-wing Israelis who are part of the so-called Task Force for the Release of Prisoners and Missing Persons.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, which organizes the weekly trips for families of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza, responded to the incident, saying “the prisoners' families are entitled to visit their children with dignity.”
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Israeli forces, on Wednesday, detained the head of the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee activist, Munther Amira, while he participated in a resistance march at the northern entrance of Bethlehem city.
PNN sources said that Israeli occupation forces took into custody the activist Munther Amira, at the northern entrance to the Bethlehem, during his participation in a march organized by the factions, the Palestine Women’s Union and other popular organizations in Bethlehem, against the US decision to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Soldiers fired tear gas and sound grenades towards the protesters, causing them to flee the scene. |
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, five Palestinians in the West Bank governorates of Ramallah, Jenin, Jerusalem and Hebron. They were taken prisoner after the soldiers abducted, earlier, fourteen Palestinians in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, and one in Jenin.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said the soldiers invaded Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah, searched homes and abducted Ahmad Mohammad Srour and Ibrahim Khalil Srour.
The PPS office of Jenin, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded Rommana village, and abducted Mohammad Saleh Abu Sharba, from his home.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Hussein Nabil Samara, 22, from his home in Biddu town, northwest of the city.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Yousef Hreinat, from his home in Yatta town, south of Hebron.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and broke into several homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in addition to the towns of Yatta and Beit Awwa, south and west of Hebron.
The soldiers also confiscated three Palestinian cars, and searched many homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, after invading and ransacking many homes.
Owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Mohammad Jawabra, Mahmoud Jawabra, Ahmad Jawabra, Abdul-Rahman Abu Taqiyya, Ezzat Banat, Issa Le’jouli, Ishaq Jawabra, Jawad Abu al-Kheiran, Khaled Erfa’eyya, Mahmoud Abu Warda and Jamil al-Hoor.
In Beit ‘Awwa, southwest of Heron, the soldiers invaded and searched the home of Rezeq Odeh Masalma, in addition to the home in Jamal Abed Awad, in Yatta town, south of Hebron.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed roadblocks at the main entrances of many villages, towns and refugee camps, in Hebron.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said the soldiers invaded Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah, searched homes and abducted Ahmad Mohammad Srour and Ibrahim Khalil Srour.
The PPS office of Jenin, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded Rommana village, and abducted Mohammad Saleh Abu Sharba, from his home.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Hussein Nabil Samara, 22, from his home in Biddu town, northwest of the city.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Yousef Hreinat, from his home in Yatta town, south of Hebron.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and broke into several homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in addition to the towns of Yatta and Beit Awwa, south and west of Hebron.
The soldiers also confiscated three Palestinian cars, and searched many homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, after invading and ransacking many homes.
Owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Mohammad Jawabra, Mahmoud Jawabra, Ahmad Jawabra, Abdul-Rahman Abu Taqiyya, Ezzat Banat, Issa Le’jouli, Ishaq Jawabra, Jawad Abu al-Kheiran, Khaled Erfa’eyya, Mahmoud Abu Warda and Jamil al-Hoor.
In Beit ‘Awwa, southwest of Heron, the soldiers invaded and searched the home of Rezeq Odeh Masalma, in addition to the home in Jamal Abed Awad, in Yatta town, south of Hebron.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed roadblocks at the main entrances of many villages, towns and refugee camps, in Hebron.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man, from Rommana village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and confiscated his motorcycle.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers invaded a gas station, near Salem military roadblock, abducted the young man, and confiscated his motorcycle.
They added that the young man, identified as Mohammad Saleh Abu Sharba, 27, was taken, along with his motorcycle, to the nearby Salem military base.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers invaded a gas station, near Salem military roadblock, abducted the young man, and confiscated his motorcycle.
They added that the young man, identified as Mohammad Saleh Abu Sharba, 27, was taken, along with his motorcycle, to the nearby Salem military base.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and conducted violent searches of homes, before abducting at least thirteen Palestinians, including children, and demolished two buildings.
Media sources in Silwan said the soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes in the town, and abducted thirteen Palestinians, in addition to summing many others for interrogation.
The invasion was carried out by dozens of soldiers and police officers, who also installed roadblocks in many neighborhoods, in addition to closing several roads with concrete blocks.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), identified the abducted Palestinians as:
The soldiers also forced the Palestinians to remove graffiti, calling for resistance and liberation, from many walls.
In addition, the army demolished a commercial building, and a barn in the town, allegedly for being constructed without permits.
The army also handed several demolition orders targeting many homes and buildings, in Silwan.
Silwanic said the soldiers violently invaded many stores, causing excessive damage, and confiscated goods and supplies, in addition to smashing the door of a store, selling propane gas, and confiscated propane gas barrels.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded a shop, and confiscated a fridge, in addition to confiscating a car in the town.
The soldiers also invaded a Restaurant in Silwan, and confiscated seven propane gas barrels, in addition to forcing a man to smash the door of his scarp shop, before invading it.
Media sources in Silwan said the soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes in the town, and abducted thirteen Palestinians, in addition to summing many others for interrogation.
The invasion was carried out by dozens of soldiers and police officers, who also installed roadblocks in many neighborhoods, in addition to closing several roads with concrete blocks.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), identified the abducted Palestinians as:
- Mohammad Sarhan, 14.
- Mo’men al-Abbassi.
- Mofeed Mohammad al-Abbassi.
- Fuad al-Qaaq, 20.
- Odai Samer Abu Tayeh, 20.
- Mohammad Zidani.
- Amjad Shweiki, 43.
- Mohannad al-Qawasmi, 24.
- Mohammad Shiokhi.
- Karim Shiokhi.
- Bassel Hamza Shalloudi, 17.
- Hamada Odeh.
- Mohammad Mousa al-Abbassi, 20.
The soldiers also forced the Palestinians to remove graffiti, calling for resistance and liberation, from many walls.
In addition, the army demolished a commercial building, and a barn in the town, allegedly for being constructed without permits.
The army also handed several demolition orders targeting many homes and buildings, in Silwan.
Silwanic said the soldiers violently invaded many stores, causing excessive damage, and confiscated goods and supplies, in addition to smashing the door of a store, selling propane gas, and confiscated propane gas barrels.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded a shop, and confiscated a fridge, in addition to confiscating a car in the town.
The soldiers also invaded a Restaurant in Silwan, and confiscated seven propane gas barrels, in addition to forcing a man to smash the door of his scarp shop, before invading it.
