15 jan 2016
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Friday evening two Palestinians including a 13-year-old child from Yabad town south of Jenin.
The child Islam Atatreh, 13, was kidnapped while in the company of his family in their nearby agricultural land. Israeli forces stormed the field and took him by force to an unknown detention center, local sources said.
The sources also said that Firas Amarneh, 36, was arrested at a makeshift checkpoint near Yabad town.
The child Islam Atatreh, 13, was kidnapped while in the company of his family in their nearby agricultural land. Israeli forces stormed the field and took him by force to an unknown detention center, local sources said.
The sources also said that Firas Amarneh, 36, was arrested at a makeshift checkpoint near Yabad town.
A number of Palestinian prisoners held in Megiddo prison launched on Thursday an open hunger strike after being brutally attacked and moved to solitary confinement by Israeli Special Forces.
The newly released Majed Shtayyeh told Quds Press that Israeli Special Forces brutally attacked a number of prisoners held in Mabar section in Megiddo prison and brought them out by force.
The attack came after the prisoners refused to enter their rooms in rejection of the prison administration's maltreatment, he explained.
Punitive measures, Shtayyeh continued, were taken against the prisoners who declared a number of protest steps in solidarity with their colleagues.
Nearly 70 prisoners are held in Mabar section which includes four rooms amid very poor and unbearable detention conditions. They are denied winter clothing, blankets, and sufficient quantities of food.
The newly released Majed Shtayyeh told Quds Press that Israeli Special Forces brutally attacked a number of prisoners held in Mabar section in Megiddo prison and brought them out by force.
The attack came after the prisoners refused to enter their rooms in rejection of the prison administration's maltreatment, he explained.
Punitive measures, Shtayyeh continued, were taken against the prisoners who declared a number of protest steps in solidarity with their colleagues.
Nearly 70 prisoners are held in Mabar section which includes four rooms amid very poor and unbearable detention conditions. They are denied winter clothing, blankets, and sufficient quantities of food.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) detained on Friday an elderly woman, from Gaza Strip, at the Israeli-controlled Erez crossing after her return from occupied Jerusalem.
Mazyouna al-Shaer, 64, was detained at Erez (Beit Hanoun) crossing after Israeli forces stopped a Palestinian bus carrying Gazans while on their way back from occupied Jerusalem where they performed Friday prayers in al-Aqsa Mosque.
Family sources said that al-Shaer was taken for investigation immediately after her arrest although she got an Israeli permit to visit the occupied city of Jerusalem on Friday along with hundreds of Gazans.
Mazyouna al-Shaer, 64, was detained at Erez (Beit Hanoun) crossing after Israeli forces stopped a Palestinian bus carrying Gazans while on their way back from occupied Jerusalem where they performed Friday prayers in al-Aqsa Mosque.
Family sources said that al-Shaer was taken for investigation immediately after her arrest although she got an Israeli permit to visit the occupied city of Jerusalem on Friday along with hundreds of Gazans.
At least 350 Israeli, Palestinian and international activists joined a nonviolent protest on Friday near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Combatants for Peace Movement, in collaboration with a number of Palestinian and Israeli NGOs organized “The Freedom March the Last Day of Occupation is the First Day of Peace” against the occupation and the violence it creates. Members of Israeli Kemeset Dove Hanin and Abedullah Abu Ma’rouf also joined the protest.
The march started from the Batteer village roundabout adjacent to road 60 at 1:30 pm. protesters tried to close the settlers’ road using poppets representing the wall and the famous Handala Palestinian cartoon. Troops then kidnapped Badier Al Hriyine, a member of Combatants for Peace Movement.
The protesters continued along the road 60 until they reached the Israeli checkpoint known to locals as the tunnel checkpoint, that separates the town of Beit Jala from Jerusalem. There troops surrounded the protest and did not allow it to move forward.
Addressing protesters, MK Abedullah Abu Ma’rouf said “ this protest aims to demand an end to the occupation that is suffocating the Palestinian people, the occupation government of Netanyahu is a shot way to death and we want peace and an end to the occupation.”
From his part, Suliman Al Khateeb, from Combatants for Peace Movement said “ we are standing here Palestinians, Israelis and internationals together united against the occupation and the violence it creates, we will organize a similar protest every month to assure that ending the occupation is vital foundation to achieve peace.”
Combatants for Peace Movement is a group of Palestinians and Israelis who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence in the region: Israeli soldiers serving in the army and Palestinians as combatants fighting to free their country, Palestine, from the Israeli occupation.
CFP believes that the conflict cannot be resolved, through military means, by either of the parties, but only through joint action, can we break the cycle of violence and put an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
The movement calls for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem, based on the border of June 4, 1967, alongside Israel. CFP uses nonviolent means and call on both nations to join us to achieve peace and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis.
The march started from the Batteer village roundabout adjacent to road 60 at 1:30 pm. protesters tried to close the settlers’ road using poppets representing the wall and the famous Handala Palestinian cartoon. Troops then kidnapped Badier Al Hriyine, a member of Combatants for Peace Movement.
The protesters continued along the road 60 until they reached the Israeli checkpoint known to locals as the tunnel checkpoint, that separates the town of Beit Jala from Jerusalem. There troops surrounded the protest and did not allow it to move forward.
Addressing protesters, MK Abedullah Abu Ma’rouf said “ this protest aims to demand an end to the occupation that is suffocating the Palestinian people, the occupation government of Netanyahu is a shot way to death and we want peace and an end to the occupation.”
From his part, Suliman Al Khateeb, from Combatants for Peace Movement said “ we are standing here Palestinians, Israelis and internationals together united against the occupation and the violence it creates, we will organize a similar protest every month to assure that ending the occupation is vital foundation to achieve peace.”
Combatants for Peace Movement is a group of Palestinians and Israelis who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence in the region: Israeli soldiers serving in the army and Palestinians as combatants fighting to free their country, Palestine, from the Israeli occupation.
CFP believes that the conflict cannot be resolved, through military means, by either of the parties, but only through joint action, can we break the cycle of violence and put an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
The movement calls for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem, based on the border of June 4, 1967, alongside Israel. CFP uses nonviolent means and call on both nations to join us to achieve peace and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday morning, a Palestinian police officer on a sudden roadblock installed by the soldiers on the main entrance of Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The Palestinian has been identified as Firas Hatem Amarna, 36; eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped a Taxi, and forced Amarna out before cuffing and blindfolding him and took him to an unknown destination. He was heading back home from work.
Amarna’s brother was kidnapped, a few days ago, on sudden military roadblock, also at the town’s main road.
In related news, the soldiers summoned Ibrahim Mohammad Zoheir Reemawi, 32, for interrogation, after invading his home at dawn, in Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah.
Clashes took place in the town between the invading soldiers, and dozens of local youngsters. The army fired live rounds and gas bombs; no injuries were reported.
In related news, several military vehicles invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, searched homes and summoned Atallah Mohammad al-‘Amour, 21, for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base, south of Bethlehem.
The Palestinian has been identified as Firas Hatem Amarna, 36; eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped a Taxi, and forced Amarna out before cuffing and blindfolding him and took him to an unknown destination. He was heading back home from work.
Amarna’s brother was kidnapped, a few days ago, on sudden military roadblock, also at the town’s main road.
In related news, the soldiers summoned Ibrahim Mohammad Zoheir Reemawi, 32, for interrogation, after invading his home at dawn, in Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah.
Clashes took place in the town between the invading soldiers, and dozens of local youngsters. The army fired live rounds and gas bombs; no injuries were reported.
In related news, several military vehicles invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, searched homes and summoned Atallah Mohammad al-‘Amour, 21, for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base, south of Bethlehem.
The Israeli occupation navy on Friday morning opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the beleaguered Gaza Strip.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli gunboats opened fire at fishing boats working off the shore of al-Sudaniya neighborhood in northern Gaza.
The intensity of the gunfire attack forced the fishermen to return ashore, with no reported casualties.
In another incident, the Israeli navy released two fishermen, who had been detained last Wednesday, but refused to give them back their boats.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli gunboats opened fire at fishing boats working off the shore of al-Sudaniya neighborhood in northern Gaza.
The intensity of the gunfire attack forced the fishermen to return ashore, with no reported casualties.
In another incident, the Israeli navy released two fishermen, who had been detained last Wednesday, but refused to give them back their boats.
Israeli authorities banned late Thursday the travel of Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement within the Green Line, and his deputy Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib.
Israeli radio said that Interior Minister Aryeh Deri issued Thursday an order banning the travel of Sheikh Salah and his deputy, in addition to a number of leaders in the Movement for a whole month starting from the next few days.
Speaking to Anatolia News Agency, Sheikh al-Khatib affirmed that Israel’s Interior Ministry extended its ban on his travel for a whole month for the third time in a row.
The travel ban order could also be extended for six months, he pointed out.
“Over the past year, Israeli authorities had twice banned my travel along with Sheikh Salah and Yousef Awawdeh, head of the Movement's public relations office.”
Israel’s unjust policies will not succeed to prevent our ongoing efforts and activities against its Judaization schemes in al-Aqsa Mosque, al-Khatib said.
On Nov. 16, 2015, the Israeli security cabinet outlawed the Islamic Movement in Israel headed by Sheikh Raed Salah, accusing it of inciting violence. The Islamic Movement rejects this claim and challenged the government to prove its claim.
The ban was an arbitrary, unjust and oppressive measure that affects every one of the 1.8 million Palestinians living in the areas occupied in 1948 and Jerusalem. This includes not only the members of the movement, its leaders and employees, but also those benefiting from its services, supporting its approach, or partners in its political struggle and national aspirations.
Israeli radio said that Interior Minister Aryeh Deri issued Thursday an order banning the travel of Sheikh Salah and his deputy, in addition to a number of leaders in the Movement for a whole month starting from the next few days.
Speaking to Anatolia News Agency, Sheikh al-Khatib affirmed that Israel’s Interior Ministry extended its ban on his travel for a whole month for the third time in a row.
The travel ban order could also be extended for six months, he pointed out.
“Over the past year, Israeli authorities had twice banned my travel along with Sheikh Salah and Yousef Awawdeh, head of the Movement's public relations office.”
Israel’s unjust policies will not succeed to prevent our ongoing efforts and activities against its Judaization schemes in al-Aqsa Mosque, al-Khatib said.
On Nov. 16, 2015, the Israeli security cabinet outlawed the Islamic Movement in Israel headed by Sheikh Raed Salah, accusing it of inciting violence. The Islamic Movement rejects this claim and challenged the government to prove its claim.
The ban was an arbitrary, unjust and oppressive measure that affects every one of the 1.8 million Palestinians living in the areas occupied in 1948 and Jerusalem. This includes not only the members of the movement, its leaders and employees, but also those benefiting from its services, supporting its approach, or partners in its political struggle and national aspirations.
At least five Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in a series of raids rocking provinces of the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem at dawn Friday.
Israeli news outlets said the occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of four allegedly wanted Palestinian civilians from al-Khalil’s town of al-Dhahriya and the Abu Dis town, in Occupied Jerusalem.
The IOF further rolled into eastern Jenin city and pitched a series of makeshift checkpoints at several crossroads before they kidnapped a Palestinian citizen and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
The Israeli occupation troops also sealed off the northern entrance to Azzoun town, in eastern Qalqilya city, and cordoned off its neighborhoods, sparking further tension across the area.
The main access roads to Azzoun town have been sealed off by the IOF for years, blocking Palestinians’ free access out of and into an area itself surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements from all corners.
Israeli news outlets said the occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of four allegedly wanted Palestinian civilians from al-Khalil’s town of al-Dhahriya and the Abu Dis town, in Occupied Jerusalem.
The IOF further rolled into eastern Jenin city and pitched a series of makeshift checkpoints at several crossroads before they kidnapped a Palestinian citizen and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
The Israeli occupation troops also sealed off the northern entrance to Azzoun town, in eastern Qalqilya city, and cordoned off its neighborhoods, sparking further tension across the area.
The main access roads to Azzoun town have been sealed off by the IOF for years, blocking Palestinians’ free access out of and into an area itself surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements from all corners.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Thursday extended the detention of a Palestinian journalist for eight days and slapped a travel ban on the Second Deputy-Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC).
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the Israeli court at the Jalama lock-up, in 1948 Occupied Palestine, extended the remand of journalist Mujahed al-Saadi for eight days pending further investigation.
Al-Saadi, working as a reporter and photojournalist for the Palestine Today TV Channel, was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation soldiers a couple of days ago from his own family home in the occupied West Bank province of Jenin.
Meanwhile, the IOA banned the PLC Second Deputy-Speaker, Hassan Khreisheh, from travelling to Turkey via the al-Karama border crossing.
Khreisheh was quoted by the Quds Press as saying that the IOA informed him of the ban after he had been detained for four hours at the al-Karama crossing and without specifying the reasons for the ban.
MP Khreisheh was on his way to Turkey to take part in a pro-Palestine event.
He said the IOA has renewed a travel ban to which he had been subjected to over the past seven years.
The MP said such arbitrary bans make part of Israeli attempts to quell anti-occupation voices overseas.
Khreisheh slammed the silence maintained by the Palestinian Authority (PA), chaired by Mahmoud Abbas, over Israeli bans on Palestinian MPs.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the Israeli court at the Jalama lock-up, in 1948 Occupied Palestine, extended the remand of journalist Mujahed al-Saadi for eight days pending further investigation.
Al-Saadi, working as a reporter and photojournalist for the Palestine Today TV Channel, was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation soldiers a couple of days ago from his own family home in the occupied West Bank province of Jenin.
Meanwhile, the IOA banned the PLC Second Deputy-Speaker, Hassan Khreisheh, from travelling to Turkey via the al-Karama border crossing.
Khreisheh was quoted by the Quds Press as saying that the IOA informed him of the ban after he had been detained for four hours at the al-Karama crossing and without specifying the reasons for the ban.
MP Khreisheh was on his way to Turkey to take part in a pro-Palestine event.
He said the IOA has renewed a travel ban to which he had been subjected to over the past seven years.
The MP said such arbitrary bans make part of Israeli attempts to quell anti-occupation voices overseas.
Khreisheh slammed the silence maintained by the Palestinian Authority (PA), chaired by Mahmoud Abbas, over Israeli bans on Palestinian MPs.
Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Qeiq rejected taking vitamins on Thursday as he entered the 51st day of a hunger strike he began to protest his incarceration in Israeli occupation jails without charge or trial.
Al-Qeiq’s family told a PIC news reporter: “We’ve been officially informed by lawyer Abu Esneineh that our son removed the vitamin pipes that were forcibly tied to his arm and voiced his firm rebuff of being force-fed.”
According to the lawyer, al-Qeiq kept shouting and expressing his rejection of any form of medical intervention by Israeli medics, no matter how critical his health status might be.
Earlier on Tuesday, in a serious contravention to international laws, the IOA applied the force-feeding law on the detained Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qeiq in an attempt to suspend his hunger-strike against his will.
Al-Qeiq has been on hunger strike since November 25, 2015 in protest at being sentenced administratively, with neither charge nor trial, for six months.
The hunger-striker’s health has sharply gone down. He has been transferred to the Afula hospital, in 1948 Occupied Palestine, where he has been diagnosed with chronic headaches, stomachaches, and ceaseless vomiting. He has also lost 13 kilograms of his overall weight.
Journalist al-Qeiq was kidnapped from his family home in Ramallah on November 21, 2015 and had been subjected to exhausting investigation and torture rounds.
Vidar calls for supporting the hunger striker al-Qeiq
Vidar, the Turkish Assembly of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, expressed its total support with the Palestinian journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq who has been on hunger strike for 51 days.
Vidar called on international human rights institutions and the free world to stand with al-Qeiq’s demand for freedom.
The Turkish organization considered the Israeli practices against Palestinian prisoners as a war crime that violates the international law.
Vidar hailed the strong determination of the hunger striker al-Qeiq, expressing its solidarity with his family.
Meanwhile, the international Tadamun (solidarity) society for human rights organized on Thursday a sit-in outside the Red Cross Headquarters in Beirut in coordination with the National Commission for the Defense of the prisoners in Israeli jails, and the Arab Organization to protect and support journalists and prisoners of conscience.
Representatives of Palestinian factions and Lebanese officials and journalists have participated in the event, stressing their total support for al-Qeiq’s protest steps.
Mohammed al-Qeiq, 33, Correspondent at al-Majd Saudi Channel, was arrested from his house in Ramallah. He was then subjected to tough interrogation, during which he was exposed to torture, including shackling (Shabeh), before being placed under administrative detention. He started his protest hunger strike since 24 November against his detention.
The Israeli human rights organization, B’Tselem, said international law stipulates that administrative detention may be exercised only in very exceptional cases. Nevertheless, Israeli authorities routinely employ administrative detention on thousands of Palestinians.
Al-Qeiq’s family told a PIC news reporter: “We’ve been officially informed by lawyer Abu Esneineh that our son removed the vitamin pipes that were forcibly tied to his arm and voiced his firm rebuff of being force-fed.”
According to the lawyer, al-Qeiq kept shouting and expressing his rejection of any form of medical intervention by Israeli medics, no matter how critical his health status might be.
Earlier on Tuesday, in a serious contravention to international laws, the IOA applied the force-feeding law on the detained Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qeiq in an attempt to suspend his hunger-strike against his will.
Al-Qeiq has been on hunger strike since November 25, 2015 in protest at being sentenced administratively, with neither charge nor trial, for six months.
The hunger-striker’s health has sharply gone down. He has been transferred to the Afula hospital, in 1948 Occupied Palestine, where he has been diagnosed with chronic headaches, stomachaches, and ceaseless vomiting. He has also lost 13 kilograms of his overall weight.
Journalist al-Qeiq was kidnapped from his family home in Ramallah on November 21, 2015 and had been subjected to exhausting investigation and torture rounds.
Vidar calls for supporting the hunger striker al-Qeiq
Vidar, the Turkish Assembly of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, expressed its total support with the Palestinian journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq who has been on hunger strike for 51 days.
Vidar called on international human rights institutions and the free world to stand with al-Qeiq’s demand for freedom.
The Turkish organization considered the Israeli practices against Palestinian prisoners as a war crime that violates the international law.
Vidar hailed the strong determination of the hunger striker al-Qeiq, expressing its solidarity with his family.
Meanwhile, the international Tadamun (solidarity) society for human rights organized on Thursday a sit-in outside the Red Cross Headquarters in Beirut in coordination with the National Commission for the Defense of the prisoners in Israeli jails, and the Arab Organization to protect and support journalists and prisoners of conscience.
Representatives of Palestinian factions and Lebanese officials and journalists have participated in the event, stressing their total support for al-Qeiq’s protest steps.
Mohammed al-Qeiq, 33, Correspondent at al-Majd Saudi Channel, was arrested from his house in Ramallah. He was then subjected to tough interrogation, during which he was exposed to torture, including shackling (Shabeh), before being placed under administrative detention. He started his protest hunger strike since 24 November against his detention.
The Israeli human rights organization, B’Tselem, said international law stipulates that administrative detention may be exercised only in very exceptional cases. Nevertheless, Israeli authorities routinely employ administrative detention on thousands of Palestinians.
14 jan 2016
Israeli navy forces arrested on Thursday two Palestinian fishermen and confiscated their fishing boat off the northern Gaza coast.
Head of the fishermen syndicate in Gaza, Nizar Ayyash, told the PIC reporter that Israeli navy forces kidnapped both fishermen after chasing them within the allowed fishing zone in Gaza sea off the shores of al-Sudaniya area.
He affirmed that Israeli forces confiscated his boat along with fishing equipment and took them to the Israeli-controlled port of Ashdod.
The attack is another episode in the series of Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed on August 26, 2014 in the wake of the Israeli aggression on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians. The truce agreement stipulated for permitting Palestinian fishermen to sail within six nautical miles, but Israeli navy forces have not allowed that since then.
Head of the fishermen syndicate in Gaza, Nizar Ayyash, told the PIC reporter that Israeli navy forces kidnapped both fishermen after chasing them within the allowed fishing zone in Gaza sea off the shores of al-Sudaniya area.
He affirmed that Israeli forces confiscated his boat along with fishing equipment and took them to the Israeli-controlled port of Ashdod.
The attack is another episode in the series of Israeli violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed on August 26, 2014 in the wake of the Israeli aggression on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians. The truce agreement stipulated for permitting Palestinian fishermen to sail within six nautical miles, but Israeli navy forces have not allowed that since then.
Israeli forces abducted at least 18 Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank, during predawn raids, on Thursday.
Locals said that 10 were taken from the Hebron district, including five Palestinians from the village of Sair.
Detainees were identified as Zawadi Ibrahim Shalaldah, 54, Hakim Mahmoud Shalaldah, 52, Yasser Hamed Shalaldah, 44, Musab Salah Shalaldah, 20, and Yasser Mustafa Shalaldah, 24.
Fares Kamal al-Rajabi, Imad Naji al-Atrash, Hussam Hassan Abu Sneinah and Ibrahim Muhammad al-Qasrawi were detained from Hebron’s Old City after Israeli forces raided and inspected their homes, locals told Ma’an. In the town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron, local activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma’an that forces detained Murshid Muhammad Zaqeeq and his 19-year-old son Muhammad after raiding their house.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed six arrests made in the Hebron district, all of whom they said were suspected Hamas operatives.
Israeli forces also detained four suspected Hamas operatives in the Jenin district and one south of Nablus, the spokesperson said, adding that seven others were detained from the Ramallah, Qalqilya, and Bethlehem areas for "suspected illegal activity".
Israel was holding at least 6,800 Palestinians in Israeli jails as of last month, according to prisoners’ rights group Addameer.
Locals said that 10 were taken from the Hebron district, including five Palestinians from the village of Sair.
Detainees were identified as Zawadi Ibrahim Shalaldah, 54, Hakim Mahmoud Shalaldah, 52, Yasser Hamed Shalaldah, 44, Musab Salah Shalaldah, 20, and Yasser Mustafa Shalaldah, 24.
Fares Kamal al-Rajabi, Imad Naji al-Atrash, Hussam Hassan Abu Sneinah and Ibrahim Muhammad al-Qasrawi were detained from Hebron’s Old City after Israeli forces raided and inspected their homes, locals told Ma’an. In the town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron, local activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma’an that forces detained Murshid Muhammad Zaqeeq and his 19-year-old son Muhammad after raiding their house.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed six arrests made in the Hebron district, all of whom they said were suspected Hamas operatives.
Israeli forces also detained four suspected Hamas operatives in the Jenin district and one south of Nablus, the spokesperson said, adding that seven others were detained from the Ramallah, Qalqilya, and Bethlehem areas for "suspected illegal activity".
Israel was holding at least 6,800 Palestinians in Israeli jails as of last month, according to prisoners’ rights group Addameer.
The management of Nafha Israeli jail has escalated the search and storming campaigns at night against Palestinian prisoners. Special Forces have been summoned in order to abuse the detainees.
Some captives told the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, during the visitation, that Israeli forces have ruined their properties and banned them of contacting prisoners of other sections. The management also prohibited the entry of winter clothes and blankets into jail.
The Israeli prison administration has been escalating its attacks on prisoners since late October. Over 400 detainees have been transferred to other prisons and some sections were closed after allegedly finding a hole in one of the sections.
Some captives told the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, during the visitation, that Israeli forces have ruined their properties and banned them of contacting prisoners of other sections. The management also prohibited the entry of winter clothes and blankets into jail.
The Israeli prison administration has been escalating its attacks on prisoners since late October. Over 400 detainees have been transferred to other prisons and some sections were closed after allegedly finding a hole in one of the sections.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented Thursday morning holding a press conference which was called for by the High Follow-up Committee of the Arab Citizens in Occupied Jerusalem under the theme “Our Humanity is Stronger than Your Prohibition”.
Israeli forces assaulted the participants and fired sound bombs at them in order to disperse their gathering.
The conference was planned to address the reality of the civil institutions that have recently been banned by Israeli authorities.
QPress center quoted sources as saying that several attendees were injured by Israeli troops who arrested one of them after beating him severely.
Mohammad Barakah, head of the follow-up committee, said that they will continue their struggle against the Israeli aggressive practices and banning orders.
Israeli forces assaulted the participants and fired sound bombs at them in order to disperse their gathering.
The conference was planned to address the reality of the civil institutions that have recently been banned by Israeli authorities.
QPress center quoted sources as saying that several attendees were injured by Israeli troops who arrested one of them after beating him severely.
Mohammad Barakah, head of the follow-up committee, said that they will continue their struggle against the Israeli aggressive practices and banning orders.
Mohjat al-Quds Foundation said that the health condition of prisoner Hassan Hassanein Shoukah, 27, who has been on hunger strike in Israeli jails for 32 days, is deteriorating.
The foundation said in a statement on Wednesday that the health condition of the prisoner Shoukah has deteriorated dramatically as a result of his hunger strike waged against the Israeli arbitrary administrative detention policy and the Israeli Prison Service’s procrastination in meeting his legitimate demands for freedom.
The foundation, which is concerned with prisoners and martyrs’ affairs, added that the IPS transferred captive Shoukah to Jalama detention center without giving reasons.
The foundation noted that the Israeli jailers treat the captive Shoukah harshly, despite his worsening health status; as he was deliberately transported via "Bosta", an Israeli prison vehicle in which the detainees are transported shackled to iron chairs for long hours, from his isolation in Megiddo prison to Jalama detention center. He was not allowed to wear winter clothes in the bitter cold weather and he was held in one of the Jalama prison cells without providing him with winter blankets, which led to further worsening of his health condition, the foundation added.
Mohjat al-Quds condemned the racist Israeli occupation's policy in dealing with the hunger-striking prisoners and its disregard for their legitimate demands for freedom and human dignity. The foundation appealed to human rights organizations to intervene immediately to put pressure on Israel so as to meet the demands of the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested captive Shoukah, a citizen of the city of Bethlehem, in September last year, and sentenced him to administrative detention without being charged. In response to this arbitrary detention, he declared an open hunger strike in December in protest at being arbitrarily transferred to isolation cells in Megiddo prison and against his administrative detention.
The foundation said in a statement on Wednesday that the health condition of the prisoner Shoukah has deteriorated dramatically as a result of his hunger strike waged against the Israeli arbitrary administrative detention policy and the Israeli Prison Service’s procrastination in meeting his legitimate demands for freedom.
The foundation, which is concerned with prisoners and martyrs’ affairs, added that the IPS transferred captive Shoukah to Jalama detention center without giving reasons.
The foundation noted that the Israeli jailers treat the captive Shoukah harshly, despite his worsening health status; as he was deliberately transported via "Bosta", an Israeli prison vehicle in which the detainees are transported shackled to iron chairs for long hours, from his isolation in Megiddo prison to Jalama detention center. He was not allowed to wear winter clothes in the bitter cold weather and he was held in one of the Jalama prison cells without providing him with winter blankets, which led to further worsening of his health condition, the foundation added.
Mohjat al-Quds condemned the racist Israeli occupation's policy in dealing with the hunger-striking prisoners and its disregard for their legitimate demands for freedom and human dignity. The foundation appealed to human rights organizations to intervene immediately to put pressure on Israel so as to meet the demands of the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested captive Shoukah, a citizen of the city of Bethlehem, in September last year, and sentenced him to administrative detention without being charged. In response to this arbitrary detention, he declared an open hunger strike in December in protest at being arbitrarily transferred to isolation cells in Megiddo prison and against his administrative detention.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in a mass-abduction sweep launched across the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem at dawn Thursday.
Sources based in al-Khalil said that IOF soldiers kidnapped the Hamas affiliates Sheikh Zawadi Sha’ban, teacher Hakeem Shalalda, and activist Yasser Youssef Shalalda.
The IOF stormed Sa’ir town at the crack of dawn and wreaked havoc on the family homes of the three arrestees before they seized their laptops and mobile phones.
The IOF kidnapped two more youngsters from al-Khalil city.
The IOF reportedly sealed off the main entrances to the Arroub refugee camp in an attempt to chase down anti-occupation activists.
Several army jeeps further rolled into Farsh al-Hawa, Wadi Abu Iketeila, Wadi al-Saman and rummaged into civilian homes.
The Israeli occupation troops stormed Jenin’s western town of al-Yamoun and kidnapped two university students, in their twenties and affiliated with the Islamic Bloc at the Quds Open University.
The IOF ravaged the captives’ homes before they attacked the native residents.
The IOF also kidnapped 28-year-old Wadhah Khaled Dweikat, from Nablus’ southern town of Beita, after they broke into his family home.
Ex-prisoner Dweikat was released one year earlier after he had served 15 months in administrative detention. He had gone on a 63-day hunger strike in 2014.
The campaign culminated in an assault on Madama town, in southern Nablus, where the IOF ravaged the home of Amer Nassar. Nassar’s daughter, Fatima, was rushed to the emergency department at the Ibn Sina University hospital after she fell over due to the assault.
The assault into Nassar’s family home has been the fifth of its kind in a couple of months.
In Tulkarem, the IOF abducted the youngster Mohamed al-Fakeih, and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
Youngster Ahmad Rukn was also kidnapped by the occupation troops from Jerusalem’s Ras al-Amoud area.
Meanwhile, sources in Brukin town, in western Salfit, said Israeli undercover troops rolled into a shop in the area on Wednesday night and kidnapped 22-year-old youth Islam Salama.
The captive was reportedly dragged to an unidentified destination outside the town.
Israeli army vehicles re-stormed the shop shortly afterwards and seized surveillance cameras.
The Israeli army troops have been storming the town so frequently in search for alleged stone throwers.
Sources based in al-Khalil said that IOF soldiers kidnapped the Hamas affiliates Sheikh Zawadi Sha’ban, teacher Hakeem Shalalda, and activist Yasser Youssef Shalalda.
The IOF stormed Sa’ir town at the crack of dawn and wreaked havoc on the family homes of the three arrestees before they seized their laptops and mobile phones.
The IOF kidnapped two more youngsters from al-Khalil city.
The IOF reportedly sealed off the main entrances to the Arroub refugee camp in an attempt to chase down anti-occupation activists.
Several army jeeps further rolled into Farsh al-Hawa, Wadi Abu Iketeila, Wadi al-Saman and rummaged into civilian homes.
The Israeli occupation troops stormed Jenin’s western town of al-Yamoun and kidnapped two university students, in their twenties and affiliated with the Islamic Bloc at the Quds Open University.
The IOF ravaged the captives’ homes before they attacked the native residents.
The IOF also kidnapped 28-year-old Wadhah Khaled Dweikat, from Nablus’ southern town of Beita, after they broke into his family home.
Ex-prisoner Dweikat was released one year earlier after he had served 15 months in administrative detention. He had gone on a 63-day hunger strike in 2014.
The campaign culminated in an assault on Madama town, in southern Nablus, where the IOF ravaged the home of Amer Nassar. Nassar’s daughter, Fatima, was rushed to the emergency department at the Ibn Sina University hospital after she fell over due to the assault.
The assault into Nassar’s family home has been the fifth of its kind in a couple of months.
In Tulkarem, the IOF abducted the youngster Mohamed al-Fakeih, and dragged him to an unidentified destination.
Youngster Ahmad Rukn was also kidnapped by the occupation troops from Jerusalem’s Ras al-Amoud area.
Meanwhile, sources in Brukin town, in western Salfit, said Israeli undercover troops rolled into a shop in the area on Wednesday night and kidnapped 22-year-old youth Islam Salama.
The captive was reportedly dragged to an unidentified destination outside the town.
Israeli army vehicles re-stormed the shop shortly afterwards and seized surveillance cameras.
The Israeli army troops have been storming the town so frequently in search for alleged stone throwers.
Pro-Aqsa activists Hanadi al-Halawani and Khadija Khuwais on Wednesday received orders issued by the Israeli interior ministry extending the ban imposed on their travel abroad for six more months.
Halawani and Khuwais, who both work as teachers at the Aqsa Mosque, were phoned on Tuesday by the Shin Bet and ordered to come to al-Maskubiya police station in Jerusalem to receive the extension papers.
Khuwais described the renewed ban on their travel as part of Israel's repressive measures against all Palestinian women who continue to participate in protest rallies at the Aqsa Mosque's gates.
"Such measure will never discourage us or decrease our determination, because our cause has spread throughout the world," she said.
Halawani and Khuwais, who both work as teachers at the Aqsa Mosque, were phoned on Tuesday by the Shin Bet and ordered to come to al-Maskubiya police station in Jerusalem to receive the extension papers.
Khuwais described the renewed ban on their travel as part of Israel's repressive measures against all Palestinian women who continue to participate in protest rallies at the Aqsa Mosque's gates.
"Such measure will never discourage us or decrease our determination, because our cause has spread throughout the world," she said.
Dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched many homes and kidnapped eight Palestinians.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped four young Palestinian men in Hebron's Old City, after searching and ransacking their homes.
They have been identified as Fares Kamal Rajabi, 25, Emad Naji al-Atrash, Husam Hasan Abu Hussein, and Ibrahim Hashem al-Qasrawi.
The soldiers also invaded Sa’ir town, east of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped Mos’ab Salah Shalalda, 20, Yasser Mustafa Shalalda, 24, and Hakam Yasser Shalalda.
One Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Mirshid Za’aqeeq, 19, was kidnapped from his family home in ‘Asseda area, in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on main roads leading to various towns, and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, in Hebron, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while examining their ID cards.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped four young Palestinian men in Hebron's Old City, after searching and ransacking their homes.
They have been identified as Fares Kamal Rajabi, 25, Emad Naji al-Atrash, Husam Hasan Abu Hussein, and Ibrahim Hashem al-Qasrawi.
The soldiers also invaded Sa’ir town, east of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped Mos’ab Salah Shalalda, 20, Yasser Mustafa Shalalda, 24, and Hakam Yasser Shalalda.
One Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Mirshid Za’aqeeq, 19, was kidnapped from his family home in ‘Asseda area, in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on main roads leading to various towns, and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, in Hebron, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while examining their ID cards.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in the al-Yamoun town, west of the northern West Bank district of Jenin. One Palestinian kidnapped near Hebron, on Wednesday evening.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers stormed and searched many homes in the town, and kidnapped Fadi Faisal Summoudi, 31, and Mohammad Ahmad Freihat, 23, after interrogating them and their families.
The soldiers also summoned Bassel Faisal Abu al-Haija, 19, for interrogation in the Salem military and security base.
On Wednesday evening, the soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian near the Iron Gate, installed by the soldiers on the eastern entrance of Beit Einoun town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and fired several live rounds to prevent other Palestinians from gathering in the area.
The Palestinian has been identified as Kamel Mohammad al-Juneidi, 25; the soldiers repeatedly struck and beat him before cuffing, blind-folding him, and took him to an unknown destination.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers stormed and searched many homes in the town, and kidnapped Fadi Faisal Summoudi, 31, and Mohammad Ahmad Freihat, 23, after interrogating them and their families.
The soldiers also summoned Bassel Faisal Abu al-Haija, 19, for interrogation in the Salem military and security base.
On Wednesday evening, the soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian near the Iron Gate, installed by the soldiers on the eastern entrance of Beit Einoun town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and fired several live rounds to prevent other Palestinians from gathering in the area.
The Palestinian has been identified as Kamel Mohammad al-Juneidi, 25; the soldiers repeatedly struck and beat him before cuffing, blind-folding him, and took him to an unknown destination.
In an unprecedented step on Tuesday, 12 January 2016, Israeli forces applied the force-feeding law against the administrative detainee, journalist Mohammed al-Qeeq, who has been on a hunger strike for about 50 days. Al-Qeeq was handcuffed and then forcibly administrated intravenous fluids.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is gravely concerned over the risks that may result from force-feeding al-Qeeq. Moreover, PCHR calls upon the international community to promptly intervene to save his life and stop force-feeding.
It should be noted that the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) approved on 30 July 2015 in the second and third reading of the amendment to the so-called "Law to Prevent Harm of Hunger Strike", which PCHR warned of its consequences at that time and demanded its immediate annulment.
Many international bodies have also warned of the adoption of such law, which is considered by the United Nations Special Rapporteur against torture as means of torture, and by the Special Rapporteur on the right to health as a serious violation.
Mohammed Usamah al-Qeeq (33) has been on an open hunger strike since 25 November 2015 in protest against placing him under 6-month administrative detention. Al-Qeeq has since refused to eat or undergo medical tests, so his health status deteriorated.
Therefore, Al-Qeeq was taken to al-Afoulah Hospital in Israel and is still there, as his health condition is getting worse. Human rights sources reported that he suffers from permanent headache and pains in the stomach and joints, vomits blood and lost 13 kilograms.
It should be mentioned that on 21 November 2015, Al-Qeeq, Correspondent at al-Majd Saudi Channel, was arrested from his house in Ramallah.
He was then subjected to tough interrogation, during which he was exposed to torture, including shackling (Shabeh), before being placed under administrative detention. Therefore, he started a hunger strike.
PCHR is concerned over the life of Mohammed al-Qeeq, and:
1. Calls upon the international community to pressurize the Israeli forces to stop all attempts to forcibly feed him fearing for his life;
2. Reiterates its call upon the international community to urgently move to stop the Israeli serious and systematic abuses against the Palestinian detainees in the Israeli prisons;
3. Emphasizes that administrative detention is illegal and falls under the category of political arrests, constituting a violation of the detainee’s right to a fair trial, including his right to receive an adequate defense and to be informed of the charges against him; and
4. Stresses that the force-feeding is considered as a form of torture and degrading treatment under the international law.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is gravely concerned over the risks that may result from force-feeding al-Qeeq. Moreover, PCHR calls upon the international community to promptly intervene to save his life and stop force-feeding.
It should be noted that the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) approved on 30 July 2015 in the second and third reading of the amendment to the so-called "Law to Prevent Harm of Hunger Strike", which PCHR warned of its consequences at that time and demanded its immediate annulment.
Many international bodies have also warned of the adoption of such law, which is considered by the United Nations Special Rapporteur against torture as means of torture, and by the Special Rapporteur on the right to health as a serious violation.
Mohammed Usamah al-Qeeq (33) has been on an open hunger strike since 25 November 2015 in protest against placing him under 6-month administrative detention. Al-Qeeq has since refused to eat or undergo medical tests, so his health status deteriorated.
Therefore, Al-Qeeq was taken to al-Afoulah Hospital in Israel and is still there, as his health condition is getting worse. Human rights sources reported that he suffers from permanent headache and pains in the stomach and joints, vomits blood and lost 13 kilograms.
It should be mentioned that on 21 November 2015, Al-Qeeq, Correspondent at al-Majd Saudi Channel, was arrested from his house in Ramallah.
He was then subjected to tough interrogation, during which he was exposed to torture, including shackling (Shabeh), before being placed under administrative detention. Therefore, he started a hunger strike.
PCHR is concerned over the life of Mohammed al-Qeeq, and:
1. Calls upon the international community to pressurize the Israeli forces to stop all attempts to forcibly feed him fearing for his life;
2. Reiterates its call upon the international community to urgently move to stop the Israeli serious and systematic abuses against the Palestinian detainees in the Israeli prisons;
3. Emphasizes that administrative detention is illegal and falls under the category of political arrests, constituting a violation of the detainee’s right to a fair trial, including his right to receive an adequate defense and to be informed of the charges against him; and
4. Stresses that the force-feeding is considered as a form of torture and degrading treatment under the international law.
