23 feb 2014
The Israeli forces arrested 32-year old Radi Daoo while being near his house near the Via Delarosa in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Witnesses said that the Israeli forces and guards of the tunnel assaulted the young man while being near his house near Al-Omaryeh School in the Old City and sprayed him with pepper gas and then took him to Lions Gate police center for interrogation.
Witnesses added that the occupation forces released him after few minutes for treatment on condition of coming for investigation at a later time; Radi was taken in an ambulance to Al-Maqased Hospital to receive treatment.
Witnesses said that the Israeli forces and guards of the tunnel assaulted the young man while being near his house near Al-Omaryeh School in the Old City and sprayed him with pepper gas and then took him to Lions Gate police center for interrogation.
Witnesses added that the occupation forces released him after few minutes for treatment on condition of coming for investigation at a later time; Radi was taken in an ambulance to Al-Maqased Hospital to receive treatment.
Jewish settlers broke into the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning via the Maghareba gate and toured its various plazas under tight police protection. Mahmoud Abulatta, the media coordinator of the Aqsa foundation for Endowment and Heritage, told Safa news agency that special police forces escorted the 22 settlers who broke into the holy site.
He pointed out that the police force arrested a Palestinian citizen during the tour and took him to a police station.
Abulatta pointed out that more than 1,200 scholars were inside the Mosque along with around 300 worshipers. He added that the Israeli occupation authority was annoyed by such a big number of worshipers and vigilantes and tried to tighten entry measures to reduce the number.
He pointed out that the police force arrested a Palestinian citizen during the tour and took him to a police station.
Abulatta pointed out that more than 1,200 scholars were inside the Mosque along with around 300 worshipers. He added that the Israeli occupation authority was annoyed by such a big number of worshipers and vigilantes and tried to tighten entry measures to reduce the number.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat
We published this story yesterday in Kate’s list, but it is important to break it out and hope that Americans read it.
A Palestinian photojournalist is arrested for describing Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, as mayor of occupied Jerusalem on his facebook page after Barkat appeared in occupied East Jerusalem.
(“The only democracy in the Middle East,” notes Max Blumenthal, whose book documents the routine nature of this sort of repression in Israel and Palestine.)
Interrogators described the statement as a form of “incitement.” But countries all around the world refuse to recognize Israel’s occupation of Jerusalem, which was supposed to be internationalized under UN plans.
Source: nsnbc international
We published this story yesterday in Kate’s list, but it is important to break it out and hope that Americans read it.
A Palestinian photojournalist is arrested for describing Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, as mayor of occupied Jerusalem on his facebook page after Barkat appeared in occupied East Jerusalem.
(“The only democracy in the Middle East,” notes Max Blumenthal, whose book documents the routine nature of this sort of repression in Israel and Palestine.)
Interrogators described the statement as a form of “incitement.” But countries all around the world refuse to recognize Israel’s occupation of Jerusalem, which was supposed to be internationalized under UN plans.
Source: nsnbc international
Lawyer of Prisoner’s Club Society, Fawwaz Shloudi, said that the Israeli occupation administration transferred on the 15-year-old Palestinian prisoner Ubaida Asaid from Ofek criminal prison to Hasharon prison. Shloudi said that the child Palestinian prisoner started two open hunger strikes protesting his transfer from Al-Maskopia investigation centre to Ofek prison, an Israeli criminal prison full of violent youth offenders where Asaid’s life was in imminent danger.
Asaid started his first open hunger strike on December30, 2013 and lasted for four days. He stopped the hunger strike after receiving a promise from the prison administration to accept his demand of transferring from Ofek prison to a security prison.
However, the administration did not abide by its promise, so Asaid resumed his hunger strike. He stopped it on February 15, 2014 after receiving another promise to be transferred to a security prison which was achieved last Tuesday.
Asaid started his first open hunger strike on December30, 2013 and lasted for four days. He stopped the hunger strike after receiving a promise from the prison administration to accept his demand of transferring from Ofek prison to a security prison.
However, the administration did not abide by its promise, so Asaid resumed his hunger strike. He stopped it on February 15, 2014 after receiving another promise to be transferred to a security prison which was achieved last Tuesday.
Israeli forces on Sunday arrested a Palestinian man in al-Rashayida village east of Bethlehem, a local official said.
Fawaz Rashayida, head of the village council, told Ma'an that Israeli forces arrested 48-year-old Hashim Ali Awda Rashayida at a flying checkpoint at the entrance of the village.
The man was taken to an unknown location, Rashayida added.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Fawaz Rashayida, head of the village council, told Ma'an that Israeli forces arrested 48-year-old Hashim Ali Awda Rashayida at a flying checkpoint at the entrance of the village.
The man was taken to an unknown location, Rashayida added.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
The family of prisoner patient Yousri Al-Masri accused the Israeli jailers of trying to kill its son, whose health condition reached a life-threatening stage, and appealed to the Red Cross to urgently move to save him. According to the family, prisoner Masri has an advanced cancer condition, and consequently he suffers from severe pains in his bones and swollen glands.
A few days ago, Yousri was taken to Eshel prison infirmary and had to wait for long hours before he received medical attention from doctors.
His brother said that Yousri was injected with a type of drug that caused him unbearable pain in his left arm and to lose consciousness, and after he woke up he was told he had a vein problem.
He added that an Israeli court postponed a hearing to consider his brother's early release until next March at the pretext that his medical file was incomplete.
Prisoner Yousri Al-Masri, from the Gaza Strip, has served 11 years of his 20-year imprisonment term, and he suffers from thyroid and lymph cancer.
A few days ago, Yousri was taken to Eshel prison infirmary and had to wait for long hours before he received medical attention from doctors.
His brother said that Yousri was injected with a type of drug that caused him unbearable pain in his left arm and to lose consciousness, and after he woke up he was told he had a vein problem.
He added that an Israeli court postponed a hearing to consider his brother's early release until next March at the pretext that his medical file was incomplete.
Prisoner Yousri Al-Masri, from the Gaza Strip, has served 11 years of his 20-year imprisonment term, and he suffers from thyroid and lymph cancer.
Information Center of Wadi al-Hilwa reported that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested three Jerusalemites at dawn Sunday, after searching their homes. The occupation forces arrested Daoud and Islam al-A'awar, after raiding their houses in the neighborhood of Ein Louza in the town of Silwan, south of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees Hani Halabiyeh said in a press statement that the Israeli military forces stormed the town of Abu Dis at 3:00 am, and arrested the citizen Nabil Halabiyeh after searching his home.
Hani Halabiyeh added that violent clashes erupted in the town during the raid, and lasted more than two hours.
Other confrontations broke out in the occupied city of Jerusalem on Saturday evening, between Palestinian citizens and Israeli soldiers.
Eyewitnesses reported that the IOF arrested during the clashes two Jerusalemite youths from the Old City of Jerusalem and took them to a police station to interrogate them.
Meanwhile Umamah website said that the Israeli forces arrested during the past week 106 Palestinians, including two women and five former political detainees, from different governorates of the occupied West Bank, during raids into Palestinian houses.
The website also pointed out that among the detainees were 22 boys under the age of 18.
Spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees Hani Halabiyeh said in a press statement that the Israeli military forces stormed the town of Abu Dis at 3:00 am, and arrested the citizen Nabil Halabiyeh after searching his home.
Hani Halabiyeh added that violent clashes erupted in the town during the raid, and lasted more than two hours.
Other confrontations broke out in the occupied city of Jerusalem on Saturday evening, between Palestinian citizens and Israeli soldiers.
Eyewitnesses reported that the IOF arrested during the clashes two Jerusalemite youths from the Old City of Jerusalem and took them to a police station to interrogate them.
Meanwhile Umamah website said that the Israeli forces arrested during the past week 106 Palestinians, including two women and five former political detainees, from different governorates of the occupied West Bank, during raids into Palestinian houses.
The website also pointed out that among the detainees were 22 boys under the age of 18.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested on Sunday five Palestinians from the cities of Tulkarem and al-Khalil, two of them were claimed to possess explosive devices. Local sources said that the IOF declared a state of alert on the Anab checkpoint and closed it, disrupting the traffic. The soldiers searched the vehicles and held the citizens for about two hours before allowing them to cross.
The IOF soldiers stopped and arrested two 17-year-old men at the checkpoint, as they were returning to their hometown, after searching their vehicle.
The Israeli radio claimed that the soldiers found two explosive devices in possession of the two youths who were transferred to an unknown destination.
The IOF has also arrested on Sunday morning three other citizens from al-Khalil, after raiding and searching their homes. The detainees were transferred to interrogation and detention centers under the pretext that they are "wanted" for the intelligence service.
Meanwhile, the IOF has launched at dawn Sunday a search campaign in the town of Ya'abad, south of Jenin, local sources said.
The search campaign was concentrated in the town's western neighborhood. The occupation forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance to the village, where they stopped vehicles and checked the identities of citizens.
The sources added that the Israeli forces fired stun grenades in the town on Saturday night just to disturb the citizens.
The IOF soldiers stopped and arrested two 17-year-old men at the checkpoint, as they were returning to their hometown, after searching their vehicle.
The Israeli radio claimed that the soldiers found two explosive devices in possession of the two youths who were transferred to an unknown destination.
The IOF has also arrested on Sunday morning three other citizens from al-Khalil, after raiding and searching their homes. The detainees were transferred to interrogation and detention centers under the pretext that they are "wanted" for the intelligence service.
Meanwhile, the IOF has launched at dawn Sunday a search campaign in the town of Ya'abad, south of Jenin, local sources said.
The search campaign was concentrated in the town's western neighborhood. The occupation forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance to the village, where they stopped vehicles and checked the identities of citizens.
The sources added that the Israeli forces fired stun grenades in the town on Saturday night just to disturb the citizens.
Health condition of patient captive Ibrahim Bitar, aged 33 from the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, deteriorated due to medical neglect in the Israeli prison. Bitar was arrested on 7 August 2003 and is serving a sentence of 17 years. He is suffering from leukemia and is one of hundreds of the sick prisoners who need continuous treatment.
The captive has called in several letters from his jail for saving his life, and stressed that his health condition continues to deteriorate as he lost 27 kg of weight due to an acute intestinal infection.
He pointed out that he has been exposed to a systematic policy of medical neglect in the occupation prisons, where the prison administration did not offer him the necessary treatment.
Captive Bitar was transferred ten years ago to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva, where he underwent several medical tests, and then he was moved to Ramla prison hospital for two years.
He has also undergone a surgery to remove a tumor last December.
For his part, Fadi Obeidat, lawyer at the Ministry of Prisoners in Ramallah, said in a statement after visiting Bitar that his health status is seriously deteriorating as a result of the acute intestinal infection he suffers from.
The captive has called in several letters from his jail for saving his life, and stressed that his health condition continues to deteriorate as he lost 27 kg of weight due to an acute intestinal infection.
He pointed out that he has been exposed to a systematic policy of medical neglect in the occupation prisons, where the prison administration did not offer him the necessary treatment.
Captive Bitar was transferred ten years ago to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva, where he underwent several medical tests, and then he was moved to Ramla prison hospital for two years.
He has also undergone a surgery to remove a tumor last December.
For his part, Fadi Obeidat, lawyer at the Ministry of Prisoners in Ramallah, said in a statement after visiting Bitar that his health status is seriously deteriorating as a result of the acute intestinal infection he suffers from.
The Arab League released a report on Sunday focusing on Palestinian and other Arab prisoners currently in Israeli custody, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Issued by the office of the Arab League's secretary general, the report highlights how the Arab League has been following up on the developments on the cases of Arab and Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel.
More than 5,000 Palestinian and other Arab prisoners held in Israeli jails suffer repeated and ongoing violations of their rights, dire humanitarian conditions and abuse of their dignity, according to the report.
Although the majority of the detained are Palestinians, several dozen individuals from other Arab countries are also being held in Israeli prisons.
The report said that several Palestinian prisoners who were previously released were subsequently detained again by Israeli forces, who either imposed new sentences or forced prisoners to finish previous sentences despite the fact that they had already been pardoned and released.
Since 1967, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel, representing 20 percent of the total population and 40 percent of all males in the occupied territories.
Issued by the office of the Arab League's secretary general, the report highlights how the Arab League has been following up on the developments on the cases of Arab and Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel.
More than 5,000 Palestinian and other Arab prisoners held in Israeli jails suffer repeated and ongoing violations of their rights, dire humanitarian conditions and abuse of their dignity, according to the report.
Although the majority of the detained are Palestinians, several dozen individuals from other Arab countries are also being held in Israeli prisons.
The report said that several Palestinian prisoners who were previously released were subsequently detained again by Israeli forces, who either imposed new sentences or forced prisoners to finish previous sentences despite the fact that they had already been pardoned and released.
Since 1967, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel, representing 20 percent of the total population and 40 percent of all males in the occupied territories.
Israeli forces detained two young Palestinian men from Kafr Qaddum village in the northern West Bank late Saturday night, a local spokesperson said.
Murad Shteiwi, a spokesman for the local committees in the villages east of Qalqiliya, told a Ma'an reporter on Sunday that Israeli forces raided the village and detained 20-year-old Ubayy Mufeed Shteiwi overnight.
He added that earlier on Saturday evening, Israeli troops detained 25-year-old Sharaf Dawood Shteiwi at a flying checkpoint between the Nablus-area villages of Sarra and Jit.
The detainee, he added, is a police officer who was on his way back from work.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed that one person had been detained overnight in Kafr Qaddum for their involvement in "illegal activity."
Murad Shteiwi, a spokesman for the local committees in the villages east of Qalqiliya, told a Ma'an reporter on Sunday that Israeli forces raided the village and detained 20-year-old Ubayy Mufeed Shteiwi overnight.
He added that earlier on Saturday evening, Israeli troops detained 25-year-old Sharaf Dawood Shteiwi at a flying checkpoint between the Nablus-area villages of Sarra and Jit.
The detainee, he added, is a police officer who was on his way back from work.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed that one person had been detained overnight in Kafr Qaddum for their involvement in "illegal activity."
Tadhamun Foundation for Human Rights said that Israeli courts have extended in the past two days the detention of 14 Palestinian prisoners. The lawyer at the foundation Mohammed Abed said that the Jalama court extended the arrest of activist Adnan Hamarsheh and his wife for 12 days to complete their interrogation, pointing out that the occupation authorities transferred Hamarsheh from the hospital to Jalama center to investigate him despite his bad health.
The Jalama court also extended the detention of captives Taher Abu Baker and Ahmed Asas from Tulkarem for 6 days pending further investigation.
Lawyer Abed pointed out that Petah Tikva court extended the arrest of eight young men from the village of Duma, in Nablus, for 5 days, while Salem court extended the detention of two other captives from the city for the completion of legal proceedings.
Meanwhile, researcher at Tadhamun Foundation Ahmed Beitawi stated that Ofer and Salem courts have sentenced five detainees to different detention terms and imposed on them financial penalties.
The Jalama court also extended the detention of captives Taher Abu Baker and Ahmed Asas from Tulkarem for 6 days pending further investigation.
Lawyer Abed pointed out that Petah Tikva court extended the arrest of eight young men from the village of Duma, in Nablus, for 5 days, while Salem court extended the detention of two other captives from the city for the completion of legal proceedings.
Meanwhile, researcher at Tadhamun Foundation Ahmed Beitawi stated that Ofer and Salem courts have sentenced five detainees to different detention terms and imposed on them financial penalties.
22 feb 2014
The Israeli forces arrested two Jerusalemite young men after assaulting them in Al-Wad Street in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Witnesses said that the Israeli forces arrested Niyaz Salaymeh and Mohammad Assaileh after assaulting and spraying them with pepper gas.
They added that minor clashes broke out in the area in which the Israeli forces assaulted the Jerusalemite citizens.
Witnesses said that the Israeli forces arrested Niyaz Salaymeh and Mohammad Assaileh after assaulting and spraying them with pepper gas.
They added that minor clashes broke out in the area in which the Israeli forces assaulted the Jerusalemite citizens.
A Palestinian prisoner held in a Beersheba prison for driving without a license has been hospitalized following an assault by Israeli prison guards, his family said on Friday.
Jihad Abd al-Rahman, a 47-year-old Palestinian from Jerusalem, was taken from the prison to the nearby Soroka Hospital two weeks ago after passing out, a relative of the man told Ma'an.
At the time, Israeli special forces stormed a ward in the jail and assaulted prisoners using pepper spray, and Abd al-Rahman passed out
Jihad Abd al-Rahman, a 47-year-old Palestinian from Jerusalem, was taken from the prison to the nearby Soroka Hospital two weeks ago after passing out, a relative of the man told Ma'an.
At the time, Israeli special forces stormed a ward in the jail and assaulted prisoners using pepper spray, and Abd al-Rahman passed out
during the assault, the relative said.
A week after Abd al-Rahman was hospitalized, the Israeli prison service asked the family to sign discharge papers, but the family refused to sign until they could ensure his situation had stabilized enough for him to be discharged.
The relative said that Abd al-Rahman, who is a father of five, was serving a three-month sentence in Beersheba prison after Israeli police caught him driving a vehicle without a drivers' license.
A week after Abd al-Rahman was hospitalized, the Israeli prison service asked the family to sign discharge papers, but the family refused to sign until they could ensure his situation had stabilized enough for him to be discharged.
The relative said that Abd al-Rahman, who is a father of five, was serving a three-month sentence in Beersheba prison after Israeli police caught him driving a vehicle without a drivers' license.
Israeli forces arrested, early Saturday, four Palestinians from the West Bank and summoned two minors to appear before Israeli intelligence in Bethlehem district, according to security sources.
WAFA reports that forces arrested two minors, aged 15 and 16 years, after setting up a flying checkpoint in Beit Fajjar, located to the south of Bethlehem, the sources said.
Forces also served two people, aged 15 and 24 years, with orders to appear before Israeli intelligence in Gush Etzion settlement, after breaking into and searching their houses in Ayda camp, located to the north of Bethlehem.
Sources added that masked Israeli soldiers arrested a person after stopping and confiscating his car in Beit Jala.
They also arrested a person at a flying military checkpoint that was set up in the vicinity of the cemetery in Al-Kader, a town located to the south of Bethlehem.
Israeli forces arrest four minors in WB
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Saturday evening four Palestinian minors from Bethlehem, while summoned two others for interrogation. Local sources reported, the Israeli troops detained Shahin Mustafa,15, and Mohammed Taqatqa,16, from Beit Fajjar town at a checkpoint erected recently near the town clinic.
Israeli occupation raided houses of Farouq al-Dir,15, and Saed Abu Akar,24, from Ayda camp to the north of Bethlehem, and handed them summons to go to the Israeli interrogation centre in Gush Etzion settlement.
Undercover Israeli soldiers stopped Saturday at dawn a Palestinian vehicle in Beit Jala before capturing it, and arrested its driver (his name unidentified).
Another Palestinian citizen was arrested at a checkpoint near the grave yard of al-Khader town, to the south of Bethlehem.
Israeli forces also arrested Mohammed al-Salayma,18, and Mohammed Asaliya,20, during clashes erupted at the al-Wad road in the old city of Jerusalem.
They were taken to al-Qeshla occupation police center in Bab al-Khalil, witnesses said.
Official Palestinian data confirms that Israeli forces arrested 900 Palestinian children over the past year, unlike previous years where the occupation averaged 700 child prisoners.
The Ministry of Prisoner's Affairs in Ramallah has published a report stating that "The detention of children and their torture have turned into a systematic policy practiced by the occupation; a policy that constitutes a violation of both international conventions and agreements related to the rights of detained children."
The report pointed out that nearly 180 children under the age of 18 are currently detained in Israeli jails, distributed among the prisons in Ofer, Megiddo and Sharon.
WAFA reports that forces arrested two minors, aged 15 and 16 years, after setting up a flying checkpoint in Beit Fajjar, located to the south of Bethlehem, the sources said.
Forces also served two people, aged 15 and 24 years, with orders to appear before Israeli intelligence in Gush Etzion settlement, after breaking into and searching their houses in Ayda camp, located to the north of Bethlehem.
Sources added that masked Israeli soldiers arrested a person after stopping and confiscating his car in Beit Jala.
They also arrested a person at a flying military checkpoint that was set up in the vicinity of the cemetery in Al-Kader, a town located to the south of Bethlehem.
Israeli forces arrest four minors in WB
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Saturday evening four Palestinian minors from Bethlehem, while summoned two others for interrogation. Local sources reported, the Israeli troops detained Shahin Mustafa,15, and Mohammed Taqatqa,16, from Beit Fajjar town at a checkpoint erected recently near the town clinic.
Israeli occupation raided houses of Farouq al-Dir,15, and Saed Abu Akar,24, from Ayda camp to the north of Bethlehem, and handed them summons to go to the Israeli interrogation centre in Gush Etzion settlement.
Undercover Israeli soldiers stopped Saturday at dawn a Palestinian vehicle in Beit Jala before capturing it, and arrested its driver (his name unidentified).
Another Palestinian citizen was arrested at a checkpoint near the grave yard of al-Khader town, to the south of Bethlehem.
Israeli forces also arrested Mohammed al-Salayma,18, and Mohammed Asaliya,20, during clashes erupted at the al-Wad road in the old city of Jerusalem.
They were taken to al-Qeshla occupation police center in Bab al-Khalil, witnesses said.
Official Palestinian data confirms that Israeli forces arrested 900 Palestinian children over the past year, unlike previous years where the occupation averaged 700 child prisoners.
The Ministry of Prisoner's Affairs in Ramallah has published a report stating that "The detention of children and their torture have turned into a systematic policy practiced by the occupation; a policy that constitutes a violation of both international conventions and agreements related to the rights of detained children."
The report pointed out that nearly 180 children under the age of 18 are currently detained in Israeli jails, distributed among the prisons in Ofer, Megiddo and Sharon.
Israeli forces detained two youths at Enav checkpoint east of Tulkarem on Saturday evening.
Local Palestinian sources said that a car belonging to Israeli intelligence forces arrived in the area and began searching vehicles and checking the identity cards of passing cars at the Enav checkpoint.
The sources added that Israeli forced detained two young men from the village before they reopened the road to traffic.
The two were identified as Muhammad Suleiman Dawrish Ghanem, 17, and Mahmoud Hasem Musa, 17.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Local Palestinian sources said that a car belonging to Israeli intelligence forces arrived in the area and began searching vehicles and checking the identity cards of passing cars at the Enav checkpoint.
The sources added that Israeli forced detained two young men from the village before they reopened the road to traffic.
The two were identified as Muhammad Suleiman Dawrish Ghanem, 17, and Mahmoud Hasem Musa, 17.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
As dozens of Palestinians marched in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, marched marking the 20th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, and demanding Israel to open the Shuhada Street, closed since then, Israeli soldiers violently attacked them injuring 15, while dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers also kidnapped five Palestinians, including Badee’ Dweik, member of a nonviolent group known as the Youth Coalition Against Settlements.
Thousands of Palestinians participated in the nonviolent protest, and marched chanting for the liberation of Palestine, the release of all political prisoners and the removal of Israel’s illegitimate settlements in occupied Palestine.
They also chanted slogans against the ongoing Israeli crimes and violations against the Palestinian people, their lands, property and holy sites in different parts of occupied Palestine.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Yatta, Rateb Jabour, said that the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, and violently assaulted peace activist Siham Abu Arram, 40, beating her to various parts of her body causing various cuts and bruises.
He said the protesters marched in commemoration of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre in 1994, and to demand the army to reopen the Shuhada Street, a major road closed by the Israel since then.
As the protesters marched from a local mosque in the area towards the eastern entrance of the Shuhada Street, the soldiers started firing concussion grenades and gas bombs at them, causing dozens of residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, and Hebron Governor Kamil Hmeid participated in the protest.
The soldiers chased the protesters into the Bab az-Zawiya neighborhood, and fired rubber-coated metal bullets at them, wounding at least 13 Palestinians.
On February 25 1994, an American-born fanatic Israeli physician, a settler identified as Baruch Kopel Goldstein infiltrated the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, during dawn prayers, and fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition at the worshipers, killing 29 and wounding at least 150, before they managed to kill him.
At least 500 worshipers were praying in the mosque when Goldstein invaded it firing at random, using his Israeli-issued automatic rifle.
Twenty-one Palestinians were killed by Israeli military fire, and dozens were injured, during the funeral ceremonies of the slain Palestinians.
The massacre led to clashes in every part of the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and occupied East Jerusalem, leading to dozens of casualties among the Palestinians.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers also kidnapped five Palestinians, including Badee’ Dweik, member of a nonviolent group known as the Youth Coalition Against Settlements.
Thousands of Palestinians participated in the nonviolent protest, and marched chanting for the liberation of Palestine, the release of all political prisoners and the removal of Israel’s illegitimate settlements in occupied Palestine.
They also chanted slogans against the ongoing Israeli crimes and violations against the Palestinian people, their lands, property and holy sites in different parts of occupied Palestine.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Yatta, Rateb Jabour, said that the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, and violently assaulted peace activist Siham Abu Arram, 40, beating her to various parts of her body causing various cuts and bruises.
He said the protesters marched in commemoration of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre in 1994, and to demand the army to reopen the Shuhada Street, a major road closed by the Israel since then.
As the protesters marched from a local mosque in the area towards the eastern entrance of the Shuhada Street, the soldiers started firing concussion grenades and gas bombs at them, causing dozens of residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, and Hebron Governor Kamil Hmeid participated in the protest.
The soldiers chased the protesters into the Bab az-Zawiya neighborhood, and fired rubber-coated metal bullets at them, wounding at least 13 Palestinians.
On February 25 1994, an American-born fanatic Israeli physician, a settler identified as Baruch Kopel Goldstein infiltrated the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, during dawn prayers, and fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition at the worshipers, killing 29 and wounding at least 150, before they managed to kill him.
At least 500 worshipers were praying in the mosque when Goldstein invaded it firing at random, using his Israeli-issued automatic rifle.
Twenty-one Palestinians were killed by Israeli military fire, and dozens were injured, during the funeral ceremonies of the slain Palestinians.
The massacre led to clashes in every part of the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and occupied East Jerusalem, leading to dozens of casualties among the Palestinians.
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Friday evening [February 21, 2014] that several Palestinians have been injured, and one have been kidnapped, after Israeli soldiers invaded the Safa area, north of Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Medical sources said that dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the Safa area, the Maan News Agency has reported.
Local sources have reported that dozens of local youths hurled stones at the invading soldiers, and that the army fired rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs.
On Friday afternoon, soldiers kidnapped Sakher Hisham Abu Mariya, 23 years of age, and took him to an unknown destination. He was driving his car, used for public transportation, when the soldiers kidnapped him.
This is not the first time the soldiers kidnap Abu Mariya, as he was repeatedly kidnapping and imprisoned by the army, and has two brothers, Habes and Jihad, who are still imprisoned after being kidnapped several months ago.
His brothers previously spent years in Israeli military prisons and detention camps.
Medical sources said that dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the Safa area, the Maan News Agency has reported.
Local sources have reported that dozens of local youths hurled stones at the invading soldiers, and that the army fired rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs.
On Friday afternoon, soldiers kidnapped Sakher Hisham Abu Mariya, 23 years of age, and took him to an unknown destination. He was driving his car, used for public transportation, when the soldiers kidnapped him.
This is not the first time the soldiers kidnap Abu Mariya, as he was repeatedly kidnapping and imprisoned by the army, and has two brothers, Habes and Jihad, who are still imprisoned after being kidnapped several months ago.
His brothers previously spent years in Israeli military prisons and detention camps.
