14 feb 2016
The Musta’ribeen unit arrested on Friday one child and a young man from the village of Esawyeh.
Mohammad Abu Hummos, member of follow-up committee in the village of Esawyeh, explained that clashes broke out between young men and occupation forces around the neighborhoods of Abu Rayaleh and Dari in the village in which occupation forces used rubber bullets and sound grenades.
Abu Hummos added that the Musta’ribeen unit raided the area of clashes and arrested one child and one young man. During the arrest operation, they heavily fired live bullets to prevent anybody from approaching them.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the detainees were identified as 13-year old Abdullah Abu Khati and 18-year old Mahmoud Abu Aweis.
Mohammad Abu Hummos, member of follow-up committee in the village of Esawyeh, explained that clashes broke out between young men and occupation forces around the neighborhoods of Abu Rayaleh and Dari in the village in which occupation forces used rubber bullets and sound grenades.
Abu Hummos added that the Musta’ribeen unit raided the area of clashes and arrested one child and one young man. During the arrest operation, they heavily fired live bullets to prevent anybody from approaching them.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the detainees were identified as 13-year old Abdullah Abu Khati and 18-year old Mahmoud Abu Aweis.
Attorney for the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Eyad Mahamid, said Sunday that Mohammad al-Muhr, from the city of Jenin, has now been on hunger strike for 42 days, in protest of his administrative detention.
Mahamid said, according to WAFA, that judges at the Salem Military court informed him that al-Muhr did not attend his hearing because he had been moved to hospital.
Al-Muhr’s family said the prisoner had been hunger striking for 42 days before he was moved from Majedo (Megiddo) prison.
Al-Mahr was detained on November 11, 2015. Further details have yet to be announced.
Mahamid said, according to WAFA, that judges at the Salem Military court informed him that al-Muhr did not attend his hearing because he had been moved to hospital.
Al-Muhr’s family said the prisoner had been hunger striking for 42 days before he was moved from Majedo (Megiddo) prison.
Al-Mahr was detained on November 11, 2015. Further details have yet to be announced.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped last night and Sunday morning 11 Palestinians from the occupied territories of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, five young men were taken prisoners during an IOF campaign at dawn in Bethlehem. Two others were kidnapped from their homes in Arraba town in Jenin and Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
They were identified as Wa'el al-Sha'er, 22, and Jalal al-Ra'ei, 40. The IOF also raided different areas of Qalqiliya, al-Aroub refugee camp and Silwad town, and handed an ex-detainee called Bara Hamed a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
Last night, the IOF kidnapped Bilal Abu Hammad, 45, and Ibrahim Jamal, 20, in Eizariya town near east Jerusalem. Local sources said that Abu Hammad and Jamal, from Akraba town in Nablus, were both aboard a car when Israeli soldiers opened fire at them following a road accident.
In Jenin, the IOF stormed at an early hour on Sunday morning Arraba town, south of the city, assaulted citizens and kidnapped one of them. The IOF also set up a roadblock on Jenin-Nablus road near the junction of Arraba town and intercepted passing vehicles.
In east Jerusalem, two Palestinian teenagers were physically assaulted and then arrested in the morning by Israeli policemen near Bab al-Amud area.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, five young men were taken prisoners during an IOF campaign at dawn in Bethlehem. Two others were kidnapped from their homes in Arraba town in Jenin and Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
They were identified as Wa'el al-Sha'er, 22, and Jalal al-Ra'ei, 40. The IOF also raided different areas of Qalqiliya, al-Aroub refugee camp and Silwad town, and handed an ex-detainee called Bara Hamed a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
Last night, the IOF kidnapped Bilal Abu Hammad, 45, and Ibrahim Jamal, 20, in Eizariya town near east Jerusalem. Local sources said that Abu Hammad and Jamal, from Akraba town in Nablus, were both aboard a car when Israeli soldiers opened fire at them following a road accident.
In Jenin, the IOF stormed at an early hour on Sunday morning Arraba town, south of the city, assaulted citizens and kidnapped one of them. The IOF also set up a roadblock on Jenin-Nablus road near the junction of Arraba town and intercepted passing vehicles.
In east Jerusalem, two Palestinian teenagers were physically assaulted and then arrested in the morning by Israeli policemen near Bab al-Amud area.
Stroke symptoms have appeared on the body of hunger-striking journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq and his health condition has become extremely critical, the Palestinian commission of detainees and ex-detainees quoted doctors in HaEmek hospital as saying.
In a press release on Saturday evening, lawyer of the commission Hiba Masalha, who was in HaEmek, stated that the hospital put its doctors on high alert due to the seriousness of Qeiq's health condition. Masalha asserted that doctors in the hospital started to talk openly about serious complications happening to the prisoner, "who is fighting for his life." The lawyer warned that the weak and fatigued body of prisoner Qeiq cannot resist any stroke regardless of its nature.
The hunger-striker has not been able to sleep for more than 48 hours because of the acute pains he suffers from, according to lawyer Yamen Zaidan, who was also sent by the commission of detainees to the hospital. "Mohamed has become a skeleton, suffering from severe chest pains and sharp heart twinges, and his temperature is very high.
He constantly screams in pain, while doctors talk that he might die with each passing second," lawyer Zaidan said. For his part, head of the commission Issa Qaraqea has accused Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu of being personally determined to kill journalist Qeiq, who is jailed with no trial or indictment.
Qaraqea condemned the passivity of the international community towards the issue of the journalist and called for immediate pressure on Israel to release him. "It is inconceivable that the world does not possess a mechanism to force Israel to release a prisoner languishing in its jails with no guilt," he said.
In a press release on Saturday evening, lawyer of the commission Hiba Masalha, who was in HaEmek, stated that the hospital put its doctors on high alert due to the seriousness of Qeiq's health condition. Masalha asserted that doctors in the hospital started to talk openly about serious complications happening to the prisoner, "who is fighting for his life." The lawyer warned that the weak and fatigued body of prisoner Qeiq cannot resist any stroke regardless of its nature.
The hunger-striker has not been able to sleep for more than 48 hours because of the acute pains he suffers from, according to lawyer Yamen Zaidan, who was also sent by the commission of detainees to the hospital. "Mohamed has become a skeleton, suffering from severe chest pains and sharp heart twinges, and his temperature is very high.
He constantly screams in pain, while doctors talk that he might die with each passing second," lawyer Zaidan said. For his part, head of the commission Issa Qaraqea has accused Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu of being personally determined to kill journalist Qeiq, who is jailed with no trial or indictment.
Qaraqea condemned the passivity of the international community towards the issue of the journalist and called for immediate pressure on Israel to release him. "It is inconceivable that the world does not possess a mechanism to force Israel to release a prisoner languishing in its jails with no guilt," he said.
Hamas detainees in Israeli jails have announced their decision to go on an open-ended hunger strike on Sunday in solidarity with Palestinian hunger-striker Muhammad al-Qeiq.
The prisoners’ media office said the solidarity hunger strike is to be initiated by such Hamas leaders as Hassan Salama and Jamal Abu al-Heija, along with writer Thamer Saba’na, among other detainees.
Al-Qeiq has gone through a sharp health deterioration as his hunger strike has entered its third month in protest at his arbitrary detention in Israeli lock-ups.
Rallies in solidarity with al-Qeiq after 81 days of hunger strike
The Iranian Journalists Organization called, on Saturday, for immediately releasing the Palestinian detainee Muhammad al-Qeiq, whose hunger strike has entered its 81st day, and for prosecuting the Israeli occupation for its crimes against Palestinian journalists.
The Iranian organization hailed al-Qeiq’s “legendary steadfastness,” urging the international institutions to take up their responsibility as regards al-Qeiq’s case and Israel’s violations of Palestinians’ human rights.
A series of rallies and marches was also staged across the occupied West Bank and 1948 Occupied Palestine in solidarity with al-Qeiq. A march was organized outside the Doheisheh refugee camp, in southern Bethlehem, where protesters called for immediately releasing the hunger-striker.
Dozens of Palestinians also gathered in Tamra town, in northern 1948 Occupied Palestine, to voice their support for al-Qeiq and condemn Israeli administrative detention. Another group of activists rallied outside the Afula hospital to push for transferring al-Qeiq to a Palestinian hospital for urgent treatment.
Lawyer Abu Maria said the rallies will keep going until al-Qeiq is released from the Afula hospital and transferred to the Ramallah hospital. Al-Qeiq’s family sounded the alarm over the detainee’s exacerbated health status, saying he suffers from severe pains in his chest and critical cardiovascular disorders.
Al-Qeiq was arrested by the Israeli occupation soldiers on November 21, 2015 and sentenced to six months in administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial, which made him declare his ongoing hunger strike on November 25.
The prisoners’ media office said the solidarity hunger strike is to be initiated by such Hamas leaders as Hassan Salama and Jamal Abu al-Heija, along with writer Thamer Saba’na, among other detainees.
Al-Qeiq has gone through a sharp health deterioration as his hunger strike has entered its third month in protest at his arbitrary detention in Israeli lock-ups.
Rallies in solidarity with al-Qeiq after 81 days of hunger strike
The Iranian Journalists Organization called, on Saturday, for immediately releasing the Palestinian detainee Muhammad al-Qeiq, whose hunger strike has entered its 81st day, and for prosecuting the Israeli occupation for its crimes against Palestinian journalists.
The Iranian organization hailed al-Qeiq’s “legendary steadfastness,” urging the international institutions to take up their responsibility as regards al-Qeiq’s case and Israel’s violations of Palestinians’ human rights.
A series of rallies and marches was also staged across the occupied West Bank and 1948 Occupied Palestine in solidarity with al-Qeiq. A march was organized outside the Doheisheh refugee camp, in southern Bethlehem, where protesters called for immediately releasing the hunger-striker.
Dozens of Palestinians also gathered in Tamra town, in northern 1948 Occupied Palestine, to voice their support for al-Qeiq and condemn Israeli administrative detention. Another group of activists rallied outside the Afula hospital to push for transferring al-Qeiq to a Palestinian hospital for urgent treatment.
Lawyer Abu Maria said the rallies will keep going until al-Qeiq is released from the Afula hospital and transferred to the Ramallah hospital. Al-Qeiq’s family sounded the alarm over the detainee’s exacerbated health status, saying he suffers from severe pains in his chest and critical cardiovascular disorders.
Al-Qeiq was arrested by the Israeli occupation soldiers on November 21, 2015 and sentenced to six months in administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial, which made him declare his ongoing hunger strike on November 25.
Three Israeli soldiers along with three Palestinians were injured Saturday evening in a car-ramming incident near Ma'aleh Adomim settlement to the east of Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli Channel Ten revealed that Israeli troops opened their gunfire at three Palestinian youths moderately injuring them.
The spokeswoman of the Israeli police, Luba al-Sumri, affirmed the injury of three soldiers in the incident and said large numbers of Israeli security forces rushed to the scene and started investigation into the incident. She described the injury of the three troops as minor and affirmed the news on the injury and arrest of the three Palestinians.
Later on, the Israeli Channel Ten said that the injuries of the soldiers resulted from a car accident as the driver of the Palestinian car did not stop leading to collision with an Israeli military jeep after which the soldiers opened fire at the Palestinian car.
Israeli Channel Ten revealed that Israeli troops opened their gunfire at three Palestinian youths moderately injuring them.
The spokeswoman of the Israeli police, Luba al-Sumri, affirmed the injury of three soldiers in the incident and said large numbers of Israeli security forces rushed to the scene and started investigation into the incident. She described the injury of the three troops as minor and affirmed the news on the injury and arrest of the three Palestinians.
Later on, the Israeli Channel Ten said that the injuries of the soldiers resulted from a car accident as the driver of the Palestinian car did not stop leading to collision with an Israeli military jeep after which the soldiers opened fire at the Palestinian car.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday a dawn, a number of Palestinian communities in different part of the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped five Palestinians. The army also kidnapped two Palestinians from Jenin and Hebron.
Local sources in Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, said several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded it, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Saleh Qassem al-Masri, 22, and Ammar Sami Jahajra, 35.
Clashes took place in the refugee camp after the soldiers invaded it; the army fired several concussion grenades and gas bombs; no injuries were reported.
The soldiers also invaded the al-‘Obeyyat area, east of Bethlehem, searched homes, and kidnapped Saddam Hussein al-'Obeyyat.
Two other Palestinians, identified as Ezzeddin Samih Thawabta, and Rezeq Waleed Thawabta, were kidnapped after the soldiers invaded their home in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Arraba town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched a few homes and kidnapped a young man, identified as Wael Salman Sha’er, 19.
Also, the soldiers kidnapped Jalal Qassem ar-Ra’ey, 40, while crossing the “Container” roadblock, southeast of Jerusalem, and took him to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian, from Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, is a former political prisoner who was imprisoned by Israel to 14 years.
Several military vehicles also invaded Beit Ummar and summoned, Ahmad Yousef Ekhlayyel, 30, for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base.
On Saturday at night, the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Hosni Bani Odeh, from Tammoun town, near Jenin, after stopping him on the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The soldiers also blockaded with sand mounds the main road, leading to Aqraba nearby town, southeast of Nablus, only five days after the soldiers opened the road by removing the sand hills.
Local sources in Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, said several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded it, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Saleh Qassem al-Masri, 22, and Ammar Sami Jahajra, 35.
Clashes took place in the refugee camp after the soldiers invaded it; the army fired several concussion grenades and gas bombs; no injuries were reported.
The soldiers also invaded the al-‘Obeyyat area, east of Bethlehem, searched homes, and kidnapped Saddam Hussein al-'Obeyyat.
Two other Palestinians, identified as Ezzeddin Samih Thawabta, and Rezeq Waleed Thawabta, were kidnapped after the soldiers invaded their home in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Arraba town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched a few homes and kidnapped a young man, identified as Wael Salman Sha’er, 19.
Also, the soldiers kidnapped Jalal Qassem ar-Ra’ey, 40, while crossing the “Container” roadblock, southeast of Jerusalem, and took him to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian, from Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, is a former political prisoner who was imprisoned by Israel to 14 years.
Several military vehicles also invaded Beit Ummar and summoned, Ahmad Yousef Ekhlayyel, 30, for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base.
On Saturday at night, the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Hosni Bani Odeh, from Tammoun town, near Jenin, after stopping him on the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The soldiers also blockaded with sand mounds the main road, leading to Aqraba nearby town, southeast of Nablus, only five days after the soldiers opened the road by removing the sand hills.
13 feb 2016
The Palestinian commission of detainees has warned that hunger-striking journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq may die any moment after he has suffered a serious health setback.
Lawyer of the commission Hiba Masalha stated on Friday that prisoner Qeiq became suffering from incessant convulsions, strong twinges of pain in his chest, a rising temperature and severe pains in his joints and limbs. He is also suffering from serious vertigo, has lost most of his sight and hearing, and can barely speak, according to Masalha.
The lawyer also warned that there are great fears that Qeiq could suffer a stroke and die any moment. "There is no guarantee that he will stay alive in the coming hours," she said, calling for pressuring the Israeli occupation strongly to release him.
33-year-old Mohamed al-Qeiq, married with two children, is a Palestinian news reporter working for the Saudi satellite channel al-Majd. He was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers on November 21, 2015 from his home in Abu Qash town in Ramallah and taken to interrogation. Almost a month later, an administrative detention order was issued against him.
Shortly after that, Qeiq launched an open-ended hunger strike. He has now been on hunger strike for 81 days. In a related context, the wife of prisoner Qeiq has appealed to all Palestinian masses to continue holding massive marches in all Palestinian areas in solidarity with her hunger-striking husband.
The wife, Faiha Shalash, also called on members of the Palestinian Legislative Council to convene a meeting on Saturday evening to raise the issue of her husband. Shalash told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the family were living in a state of fear and anxiety for the life of Qeiq after his health worsened more seriously than before.
Lawyer of the commission Hiba Masalha stated on Friday that prisoner Qeiq became suffering from incessant convulsions, strong twinges of pain in his chest, a rising temperature and severe pains in his joints and limbs. He is also suffering from serious vertigo, has lost most of his sight and hearing, and can barely speak, according to Masalha.
The lawyer also warned that there are great fears that Qeiq could suffer a stroke and die any moment. "There is no guarantee that he will stay alive in the coming hours," she said, calling for pressuring the Israeli occupation strongly to release him.
33-year-old Mohamed al-Qeiq, married with two children, is a Palestinian news reporter working for the Saudi satellite channel al-Majd. He was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers on November 21, 2015 from his home in Abu Qash town in Ramallah and taken to interrogation. Almost a month later, an administrative detention order was issued against him.
Shortly after that, Qeiq launched an open-ended hunger strike. He has now been on hunger strike for 81 days. In a related context, the wife of prisoner Qeiq has appealed to all Palestinian masses to continue holding massive marches in all Palestinian areas in solidarity with her hunger-striking husband.
The wife, Faiha Shalash, also called on members of the Palestinian Legislative Council to convene a meeting on Saturday evening to raise the issue of her husband. Shalash told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the family were living in a state of fear and anxiety for the life of Qeiq after his health worsened more seriously than before.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) called on the international community to provide protection for the children of Palestine vis-à-vis the crimes the Israeli occupation commits against them namely murder, torture and detention.
These calls are based on the provisions of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, issued in 1959, as well as on the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 and on the Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict, issued in 1974.
Riyad Al-Ashqar, a researcher at the PPS, pointed out that the Israeli occupation crimes against children have escalated during recent months; the Israeli crimes included: summonses, arrests, torture, shooting without justification, house arrest, removing the child from the family for months, imposing heavy fines along with high sentences, and the detention of children under the age of ten. These crimes are war crimes and a clear and flagrant violation of the provisions of international conventions governing the rights of children, he added.
Ashqar stressed the importance of establishing a team of specialized lawyers in cooperation with the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) in order to activate this file, monitor all Israeli occupation violations of the provisions on the protection and safety of children in the international conventions, submit the detected violations to international institutions to create public awareness of the Israeli occupation practices and violations of the Palestinian children rights, and securing condemnation for the Israeli occupation on its crimes against minors, especially the extrajudicial executions.
Ashqar noted that some of the provisions of the international law addressed the rights of children, but the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) flagrantly ignore them. Among the most prominent of these provisions are: Article 5 of the Universal Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict, which regard all forms of repression and cruel and inhuman treatment of women and children, including imprisonment, torture, mass arrests and collective punishment as criminal acts, the PPS researcher said.
Furthermore, Articles 37 and 38 of the Convention on the rights of the Child in 1989 stipulate that no child should be subjected to torture or any other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, they also state that no child should be deprived of his freedom unlawfully or arbitrarily, Ashqar underlined. Regarding children detention, he said that Articles 37 and 38 stipulate that a child should be arrested, detained or imprisoned only in accordance with the law, and children's detention should be used only as a last procedure and for the shortest appropriate period of time.
Ashqar believes that the international community's silence on these clear violations of the international humanitarian law encourages the occupation to continue its crimes against the children of Palestine. Therefore, the international community must review its positions and change its policy and urgently intervene to bridle the Israeli occupation's repressive practices, he concluded.
These calls are based on the provisions of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, issued in 1959, as well as on the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 and on the Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict, issued in 1974.
Riyad Al-Ashqar, a researcher at the PPS, pointed out that the Israeli occupation crimes against children have escalated during recent months; the Israeli crimes included: summonses, arrests, torture, shooting without justification, house arrest, removing the child from the family for months, imposing heavy fines along with high sentences, and the detention of children under the age of ten. These crimes are war crimes and a clear and flagrant violation of the provisions of international conventions governing the rights of children, he added.
Ashqar stressed the importance of establishing a team of specialized lawyers in cooperation with the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) in order to activate this file, monitor all Israeli occupation violations of the provisions on the protection and safety of children in the international conventions, submit the detected violations to international institutions to create public awareness of the Israeli occupation practices and violations of the Palestinian children rights, and securing condemnation for the Israeli occupation on its crimes against minors, especially the extrajudicial executions.
Ashqar noted that some of the provisions of the international law addressed the rights of children, but the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) flagrantly ignore them. Among the most prominent of these provisions are: Article 5 of the Universal Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict, which regard all forms of repression and cruel and inhuman treatment of women and children, including imprisonment, torture, mass arrests and collective punishment as criminal acts, the PPS researcher said.
Furthermore, Articles 37 and 38 of the Convention on the rights of the Child in 1989 stipulate that no child should be subjected to torture or any other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, they also state that no child should be deprived of his freedom unlawfully or arbitrarily, Ashqar underlined. Regarding children detention, he said that Articles 37 and 38 stipulate that a child should be arrested, detained or imprisoned only in accordance with the law, and children's detention should be used only as a last procedure and for the shortest appropriate period of time.
Ashqar believes that the international community's silence on these clear violations of the international humanitarian law encourages the occupation to continue its crimes against the children of Palestine. Therefore, the international community must review its positions and change its policy and urgently intervene to bridle the Israeli occupation's repressive practices, he concluded.
The Palestinian imprisoned journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq is on brink of death as he enters his 81st day of hunger strike, the PLO Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said.
His wife Fayha Shalash renewed her calls to the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian factions to work urgently for her husband’s release “before he is pronounced dead as his health condition has reached an unprecedented critical stage.”
"I will not accept any contacts from the PA or any Palestinian faction after my husband’s death", she said. “He is on the brink of death, and we might hear news of his martyrdom at any moment, especially due to fears that he might suffer from a stroke," the Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs warned.
It also added that al-Qeiq is suffering from acute chest and heart pains, fever, severe pain in the knees, recurrent convulsions. His health condition will not be restored to normal even if he ends his hunger strike, the committee pointed out.
The Palestinian journalist has been on hunger strike for 81 days in protest against his arbitrary administrative detention by the Israeli occupation authorities. Similar to several hundreds of Palestinian civilians, Al-Qeiq is a victim of the arbitrary punishment of administrative detention and is being held by Israel without charge or trial by administrative order and not by judicial decree.
As the occupying power, Israel is responsible for the safety and well-being of Al-Qeiq and must be compelled to respect its obligations under international humanitarian law without exception.
Sheikh Salah: Journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq is a hostage
Hundreds of Palestinians preformed the Friday prayer outside HaEmek medical center in Afula town, where hunger-striking journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq has been held for many days as a result of his deteriorating health condition.
In his Friday khutba (sermon) outside the hospital, Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, called for continuing to organize solidarity events with journalist Qeiq, whom he described as a "hostage."
"Prisoner Qeiq, who is fighting for his life, is a hostage confronting a fateful stage, so we have to stand by him until he is liberated," Sheikh Salah stated. He condemned the Israeli occupation for keeping Qeiq in detention despite a court order freezing his imprisonment, and for using the language of terrorism, injustice and racism to suppress the Palestinians.
He also held the Israeli government fully responsible for the life of Qeiq and accused its premier Benjamin Netanyahu of seeking to muzzle the Palestinians. Journalist Qeiq was kidnapped on November 21, 2005 from his home and then transferred to administrative detention, without any guilt or indictment.
His wife Fayha Shalash renewed her calls to the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian factions to work urgently for her husband’s release “before he is pronounced dead as his health condition has reached an unprecedented critical stage.”
"I will not accept any contacts from the PA or any Palestinian faction after my husband’s death", she said. “He is on the brink of death, and we might hear news of his martyrdom at any moment, especially due to fears that he might suffer from a stroke," the Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs warned.
It also added that al-Qeiq is suffering from acute chest and heart pains, fever, severe pain in the knees, recurrent convulsions. His health condition will not be restored to normal even if he ends his hunger strike, the committee pointed out.
The Palestinian journalist has been on hunger strike for 81 days in protest against his arbitrary administrative detention by the Israeli occupation authorities. Similar to several hundreds of Palestinian civilians, Al-Qeiq is a victim of the arbitrary punishment of administrative detention and is being held by Israel without charge or trial by administrative order and not by judicial decree.
As the occupying power, Israel is responsible for the safety and well-being of Al-Qeiq and must be compelled to respect its obligations under international humanitarian law without exception.
Sheikh Salah: Journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq is a hostage
Hundreds of Palestinians preformed the Friday prayer outside HaEmek medical center in Afula town, where hunger-striking journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq has been held for many days as a result of his deteriorating health condition.
In his Friday khutba (sermon) outside the hospital, Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, called for continuing to organize solidarity events with journalist Qeiq, whom he described as a "hostage."
"Prisoner Qeiq, who is fighting for his life, is a hostage confronting a fateful stage, so we have to stand by him until he is liberated," Sheikh Salah stated. He condemned the Israeli occupation for keeping Qeiq in detention despite a court order freezing his imprisonment, and for using the language of terrorism, injustice and racism to suppress the Palestinians.
He also held the Israeli government fully responsible for the life of Qeiq and accused its premier Benjamin Netanyahu of seeking to muzzle the Palestinians. Journalist Qeiq was kidnapped on November 21, 2005 from his home and then transferred to administrative detention, without any guilt or indictment.
12 feb 2016
Israeli police announced the arrest of a Palestinian youth in Beersheba in the Negev on Friday at the pretext he was planning an attack.
Luba al-Sumri, the Israeli police spokeswoman, said that the police received a warning that a Palestinian young man was planning an attack against “Israeli targets” in the central bus station in Beersheba.
She added that police units were sent to the station and arrested the Palestinian, who was not identified.
Luba al-Sumri, the Israeli police spokeswoman, said that the police received a warning that a Palestinian young man was planning an attack against “Israeli targets” in the central bus station in Beersheba.
She added that police units were sent to the station and arrested the Palestinian, who was not identified.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has submitted a petition to the Israeli higher court on behalf of hunger-striking journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq asking for his transfer from Afula hospital to a Palestinian one in order to provide him with proper medical care.
The society stated that it made this request after the health of Qeiq sharply declined and all efforts to have him released failed.
The higher court had issued a verdict in early February suspending the administrative detention of prisoner Qeiq on condition that he should stay in an Israeli hospital or submit a request for his transfer to another one.
Prisoner Qeiq has been refusing to take any medication or undergo medical tests since he started his hunger strike 80 days ago. He was forcibly given treatment twice last January after he lost his consciousness.
The society stated that it made this request after the health of Qeiq sharply declined and all efforts to have him released failed.
The higher court had issued a verdict in early February suspending the administrative detention of prisoner Qeiq on condition that he should stay in an Israeli hospital or submit a request for his transfer to another one.
Prisoner Qeiq has been refusing to take any medication or undergo medical tests since he started his hunger strike 80 days ago. He was forcibly given treatment twice last January after he lost his consciousness.
Several Palestinians have been injured, Friday, after Israeli soldiers used excessive force against the weekly protest in Kafr Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kafr Qaddoum said the Palestinians marched from the center of the village, demanding the army to reopen the main road, that was blockaded more than 13 years ago, before the soldiers assaulted them.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Morad Eshteiwy said the soldiers invaded the town, accompanied by several bulldozers and armored vehicles, and fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Eshteiwy added that the soldiers also sprayed the protesters, and many homes, with waste-water mixed with chemicals, and fired many gas bombs, causing several mild injuries.
The soldiers also detained a cameraman, working for the WAFA Palestinian News Agency, identified as Ayman Noubani, 24, and another cameraman, identified as Mohammad Torabi, and only released them after the protest ended, several hours later.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kafr Qaddoum said the Palestinians marched from the center of the village, demanding the army to reopen the main road, that was blockaded more than 13 years ago, before the soldiers assaulted them.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Morad Eshteiwy said the soldiers invaded the town, accompanied by several bulldozers and armored vehicles, and fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Eshteiwy added that the soldiers also sprayed the protesters, and many homes, with waste-water mixed with chemicals, and fired many gas bombs, causing several mild injuries.
The soldiers also detained a cameraman, working for the WAFA Palestinian News Agency, identified as Ayman Noubani, 24, and another cameraman, identified as Mohammad Torabi, and only released them after the protest ended, several hours later.
The health condition of journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq has reached a life-threatening stage in Afula hospital after he entered on Friday the 80th day of his hunger strike, according to the Palestinian commission of detainees and ex-detainees.
"Prisoner Qeiq has become closer to death and his health has suffered irreversible damage," a press release issued by the commission said on Thursday.
The commission affirmed that it had received a medical report from Afula hospital stating that the prisoner recently suffered persistent pains in his body, especially in his chest, as well as continual convulsions.
In this regard, the family of journalist Qeiq has called on all Palestinians to stage marches and events in all areas of occupied Palestine on Friday in solidarity with him.
"Prisoner Qeiq has become closer to death and his health has suffered irreversible damage," a press release issued by the commission said on Thursday.
The commission affirmed that it had received a medical report from Afula hospital stating that the prisoner recently suffered persistent pains in his body, especially in his chest, as well as continual convulsions.
In this regard, the family of journalist Qeiq has called on all Palestinians to stage marches and events in all areas of occupied Palestine on Friday in solidarity with him.
40 Palestinian children locked up in the Israeli Ofer jail have been suffering from various diseases, a rights group reported Thursday.
The Civil Liberties Defense Center said following a visit paid by lawyer Ibtissam Anati to the Ofer lock-up that 40 Palestinian children have been diagnosed with diseases, including critical health disorders. 276 children are held in the Ofer prison, 17 among whom aged between 14 and 15 years old.
17-year-old Mus’ab Ghneimat, held in the Ofer jail, was injured with three bullets in his right leg. Other detained minors have been diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes, along with stomach and pancreas disorders.
The center raised alarm bells over the critical health condition of prisoner Azam Shalalda, who was kidnapped by an Israeli undercover unit from al-Khalil’s public hospital.
Shalada was hit with 10 bullets in his leg, stomach, and neck. He underwent a surgery of artificial artery transplantation and got part of his stomach removed. The lawyer also sounded the alarm over the various illnesses endured by 20 Palestinian detainees in the Ramla prison clinic.
The Civil Liberties Defense Center said following a visit paid by lawyer Ibtissam Anati to the Ofer lock-up that 40 Palestinian children have been diagnosed with diseases, including critical health disorders. 276 children are held in the Ofer prison, 17 among whom aged between 14 and 15 years old.
17-year-old Mus’ab Ghneimat, held in the Ofer jail, was injured with three bullets in his right leg. Other detained minors have been diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes, along with stomach and pancreas disorders.
The center raised alarm bells over the critical health condition of prisoner Azam Shalalda, who was kidnapped by an Israeli undercover unit from al-Khalil’s public hospital.
Shalada was hit with 10 bullets in his leg, stomach, and neck. He underwent a surgery of artificial artery transplantation and got part of his stomach removed. The lawyer also sounded the alarm over the various illnesses endured by 20 Palestinian detainees in the Ramla prison clinic.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Thursday evening four Palestinian civilians allegedly for trying to infiltrate into the security fence in southeast of Gaza Strip.
According to local sources, four unarmed Palestinians were detained while trying to creep into south of 1948 occupied Palestine.
Israeli forces opened fire towards the four unidentified detainees before their arrest. No casualties were reported. Infiltration from Gaza into 1948 occupied Palestine has decreased since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada, after being on the rise over the past year due to the high unemployment and poverty rates rocking the blockaded coastal enclave.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops opened heavy fire towards Palestinian homes and agricultural lands in Deir al-Balah district and al-Bureij refugee camp. No injuries were reported during the attack. A number of Israeli military vehicles were then seen combing the area, while a military surveillance zeppelin was launched over the area.
According to local sources, four unarmed Palestinians were detained while trying to creep into south of 1948 occupied Palestine.
Israeli forces opened fire towards the four unidentified detainees before their arrest. No casualties were reported. Infiltration from Gaza into 1948 occupied Palestine has decreased since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada, after being on the rise over the past year due to the high unemployment and poverty rates rocking the blockaded coastal enclave.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops opened heavy fire towards Palestinian homes and agricultural lands in Deir al-Balah district and al-Bureij refugee camp. No injuries were reported during the attack. A number of Israeli military vehicles were then seen combing the area, while a military surveillance zeppelin was launched over the area.
