5 jan 2017
Israeli military court of Ofer refused to release the Palestinian captive Nael Barghouthi pending the issuance of the appeals committee’s decision.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society revealed on Wednesday that the court’s judge issued the order based on fears of the escape of detainee Barghouthi who is likely to be sentenced with the same previous verdict for a life sentence and 18 additional years.
The Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi was released among other detainees in Wafaa al-Ahrar swap deal. He was rearrested in July, 2014 and sentenced to 30 months which he had finished on December 17, 2016. However, Israeli authorities kept him jailed pending the response of the military objection committee to the attorney general’s appeal calling for applying the same old sentence against him.
Detainee Barghouthi, 59, from Koper town in Ramallah, served the longest imprisonment period in Israeli jails which was estimated at 36 years with 34 years being spent continuously.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society revealed on Wednesday that the court’s judge issued the order based on fears of the escape of detainee Barghouthi who is likely to be sentenced with the same previous verdict for a life sentence and 18 additional years.
The Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi was released among other detainees in Wafaa al-Ahrar swap deal. He was rearrested in July, 2014 and sentenced to 30 months which he had finished on December 17, 2016. However, Israeli authorities kept him jailed pending the response of the military objection committee to the attorney general’s appeal calling for applying the same old sentence against him.
Detainee Barghouthi, 59, from Koper town in Ramallah, served the longest imprisonment period in Israeli jails which was estimated at 36 years with 34 years being spent continuously.
The Israeli district court in Occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday sentenced two Palestinian children to two years in jail on allegations of their attempt to carry out a stabbing attack.
The children are Shadi Farrah and Ahmed Zaatari, both aged 13 and residents of Kafr Aqab neighborhood in Jerusalem.
According to the court verdict, their prison sentence already started on November 29, 2016.
Farrah and Zaatari have been in jail since December 30, 2015, which means that the total period of their detention will be three years.
The children are Shadi Farrah and Ahmed Zaatari, both aged 13 and residents of Kafr Aqab neighborhood in Jerusalem.
According to the court verdict, their prison sentence already started on November 29, 2016.
Farrah and Zaatari have been in jail since December 30, 2015, which means that the total period of their detention will be three years.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) moved the Palestinian injured prisoner Azmi Nafa’a, from Jenin, to Ramla prison hospital as he is still suffering gunshot injuries for more than a year.
Family sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that the IPS informed them last night of its intention to transfer Nafa’a to Ramla prison clinic for medical treatment.
Nafa’a is still suffering from gunshot injuries after being shot and injured in his face before his arrest at Zaatara checkpoint for an alleged hit-and-run attack more than a year ago.
Since then, he underwent a number of medical surgeries.
Nafa’a was sentenced to 20 years for injuring four Israeli soldiers at Zaatara checkpoint on November 2015.
Family sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that the IPS informed them last night of its intention to transfer Nafa’a to Ramla prison clinic for medical treatment.
Nafa’a is still suffering from gunshot injuries after being shot and injured in his face before his arrest at Zaatara checkpoint for an alleged hit-and-run attack more than a year ago.
Since then, he underwent a number of medical surgeries.
Nafa’a was sentenced to 20 years for injuring four Israeli soldiers at Zaatara checkpoint on November 2015.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, six Palestinians, including two former political prisoners, in different parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS said the soldiers have abducted at least 100 Palestinians in the first five days of this year.
The PPS said many army vehicles invaded Tubas district, before storming and searching many homes, and abducted three Palestinians, including two former political prisoners.
It identified the abducted Palestinians as former political prisoner Mos’ab Siyaj and Bilal Sawafta, in addition to Rami Sharayda.
In the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and abducted two Palestinians; one of them identified as Nahed Anati, while the second, who remained unidentified until the time of this report, was taken prisoner from his home in Doura city.
The PPS office in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers also searched homes and abducted Osama Abdul-Razeq Amer, from Kufur Qaddoum town.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers searched several homes and abducted a young man, identified as Aref Mohammad Saleh, 22.
The PPS stated that the soldiers have abducted at least 100 Palestinians, including three women and eighteen children, in different parts of the West Bank, in the first five days of this year.
IOF arrests 5 Palestinians in pre-dawn raids
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Thursday five Palestinians during a violent raid and search campaign throughout West Bank.
IOF claimed in a statement issued early today that five “wanted” Palestinians were detained for being allegedly involved in anti-occupation attacks.
The statement claimed that the detainees include two activists in Hamas Movement, from Jenin, and three others from Tubas.
The PIC reporter affirmed that three youths were kidnapped from their houses in Tubas and the nearby Tamun town.
Violent search campaign was carried out during the raid while a military checkpoint was erected at the entrance to Tamun town, the sources added.
The Israeli sources claimed that large amount of money were found after breaking into different homes in al-Khalil.
Similar raids were also carried out near Bethlehem, while no arrests were reported.
Meanwhile, several Israeli patrols stormed Madama town south of Nablus and erected a number of checkpoints throughout it.
The Israeli army frequently carries out sweeping arrest campaigns in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem that ostensibly target "wanted" Palestinians.
Over 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in Israeli prisons, according to the Palestinian rights groups.
The PPS said many army vehicles invaded Tubas district, before storming and searching many homes, and abducted three Palestinians, including two former political prisoners.
It identified the abducted Palestinians as former political prisoner Mos’ab Siyaj and Bilal Sawafta, in addition to Rami Sharayda.
In the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and abducted two Palestinians; one of them identified as Nahed Anati, while the second, who remained unidentified until the time of this report, was taken prisoner from his home in Doura city.
The PPS office in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers also searched homes and abducted Osama Abdul-Razeq Amer, from Kufur Qaddoum town.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers searched several homes and abducted a young man, identified as Aref Mohammad Saleh, 22.
The PPS stated that the soldiers have abducted at least 100 Palestinians, including three women and eighteen children, in different parts of the West Bank, in the first five days of this year.
IOF arrests 5 Palestinians in pre-dawn raids
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Thursday five Palestinians during a violent raid and search campaign throughout West Bank.
IOF claimed in a statement issued early today that five “wanted” Palestinians were detained for being allegedly involved in anti-occupation attacks.
The statement claimed that the detainees include two activists in Hamas Movement, from Jenin, and three others from Tubas.
The PIC reporter affirmed that three youths were kidnapped from their houses in Tubas and the nearby Tamun town.
Violent search campaign was carried out during the raid while a military checkpoint was erected at the entrance to Tamun town, the sources added.
The Israeli sources claimed that large amount of money were found after breaking into different homes in al-Khalil.
Similar raids were also carried out near Bethlehem, while no arrests were reported.
Meanwhile, several Israeli patrols stormed Madama town south of Nablus and erected a number of checkpoints throughout it.
The Israeli army frequently carries out sweeping arrest campaigns in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem that ostensibly target "wanted" Palestinians.
Over 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in Israeli prisons, according to the Palestinian rights groups.
4 jan 2017
Clashes broke out in the Shufat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon after Jerusalem municipality crews and inspectors stormed the camp under heavy armed protection.
Thaer al-Fasfous, spokesman for the Fatah movement in the camp, told Ma'an that dozens of armed Israeli police officers escorted Jerusalem municipality crews into the camp who began breaking into shops for “inspection.”
During the raid, local youths clashed with Israeli forces in attempts to prevent the soldiers from advancing through the camp. Israeli forces and municipality crews then withdrew to the military checkpoint at the entrance to Shufat, firing tear gas heavily in the streets.
Al-Fasfous highlighted that before clashes broke out, municipality inspectors delivered fines to a number of stores claiming that they operated "illegally".
He added that Israeli forces detained some 25 young Palestinian men who were holders of West Bank ID cards.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ma’an he had “no confirmation” of the reports.
A spokesperson from the Jerusalem municipality was not immediately available for comment.
Shufat refugee camp is located in northeastern Jerusalem within Israel's municipal boundaries of the city, but is encircled on three sides by Israel’s separation wall, forcing residents to pass through a congested military checkpoint to access the rest of Jerusalem where most claim residency status.
In September, the camp experienced at least seven consecutive days of violent raids in the weeks following a fatal shooting of a camp resident by Israeli forces while he was driving home. Meanwhile, the camp is routinely the site of violent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian youth.
Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps are a daily occurrence in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Due to the typically aggressive nature of the raids, clashes often erupt between local Palestinian youth who throw stones and are met in response with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, and tear gas, often resulting in serious, sometimes fatal injuries.
Israeli police arrest 20 Palestinians in Shu'fat
More than 20 Palestinians were arrested during an Israeli police raid in Shu'fat refugee camp to the northeast of occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday evening.
Spokesman of Fatah movement in Shu'fat, Thaer al-Fasfoos, said that dozens of Israeli policemen tried to break into the camp, but the Palestinian youths confronted them leading to the outbreak of clashes between the two sides.
Al-Fasfoos told Quds Press news agency that the Israeli policemen fired gas bombs close to the houses causing suffocation cases among the citizens that were treated at the scene.
He added that the Israeli police officers scrutinized the identity cards of the young men and passersby in the camp before they arrested about 20 citizens and took them to a nearby military checkpoint.
Meanwhile, other clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation police in Hizma town to the northeast of Jerusalem, during which the Israeli forces fired sound bombs and rubber bullets at the youths.
Thaer al-Fasfous, spokesman for the Fatah movement in the camp, told Ma'an that dozens of armed Israeli police officers escorted Jerusalem municipality crews into the camp who began breaking into shops for “inspection.”
During the raid, local youths clashed with Israeli forces in attempts to prevent the soldiers from advancing through the camp. Israeli forces and municipality crews then withdrew to the military checkpoint at the entrance to Shufat, firing tear gas heavily in the streets.
Al-Fasfous highlighted that before clashes broke out, municipality inspectors delivered fines to a number of stores claiming that they operated "illegally".
He added that Israeli forces detained some 25 young Palestinian men who were holders of West Bank ID cards.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ma’an he had “no confirmation” of the reports.
A spokesperson from the Jerusalem municipality was not immediately available for comment.
Shufat refugee camp is located in northeastern Jerusalem within Israel's municipal boundaries of the city, but is encircled on three sides by Israel’s separation wall, forcing residents to pass through a congested military checkpoint to access the rest of Jerusalem where most claim residency status.
In September, the camp experienced at least seven consecutive days of violent raids in the weeks following a fatal shooting of a camp resident by Israeli forces while he was driving home. Meanwhile, the camp is routinely the site of violent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian youth.
Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps are a daily occurrence in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Due to the typically aggressive nature of the raids, clashes often erupt between local Palestinian youth who throw stones and are met in response with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, and tear gas, often resulting in serious, sometimes fatal injuries.
Israeli police arrest 20 Palestinians in Shu'fat
More than 20 Palestinians were arrested during an Israeli police raid in Shu'fat refugee camp to the northeast of occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday evening.
Spokesman of Fatah movement in Shu'fat, Thaer al-Fasfoos, said that dozens of Israeli policemen tried to break into the camp, but the Palestinian youths confronted them leading to the outbreak of clashes between the two sides.
Al-Fasfoos told Quds Press news agency that the Israeli policemen fired gas bombs close to the houses causing suffocation cases among the citizens that were treated at the scene.
He added that the Israeli police officers scrutinized the identity cards of the young men and passersby in the camp before they arrested about 20 citizens and took them to a nearby military checkpoint.
Meanwhile, other clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation police in Hizma town to the northeast of Jerusalem, during which the Israeli forces fired sound bombs and rubber bullets at the youths.
Israeli Magistrate Court sentenced Wednesday morning a wounded Jerusalemite teenager to eight and a half years plus a fine of 10,000 shekels for an alleged stabbing attack.
The 18-year-old Jerusalemite girl Marah Bakir was arrested in Oct. 2015 after being shot and injured by Israeli gunfire shortly after leaving her school.
Marah, who is currently held in HaSharon prison, is still suffering from the gunfire injuries.
Marah was leaving school in occupied Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on 12 October, 2015 when she was shot and injured by Israeli police, her mother affirmed.
They alleged that she was holding a knife and intended to stab an officer, the mother continued.
The mother firmly denied the Israeli story.
The 18-year-old Jerusalemite girl Marah Bakir was arrested in Oct. 2015 after being shot and injured by Israeli gunfire shortly after leaving her school.
Marah, who is currently held in HaSharon prison, is still suffering from the gunfire injuries.
Marah was leaving school in occupied Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on 12 October, 2015 when she was shot and injured by Israeli police, her mother affirmed.
They alleged that she was holding a knife and intended to stab an officer, the mother continued.
The mother firmly denied the Israeli story.
The Israeli authorities have extended the detention of a Palestinian child suffering from chronic health problems until next Thursday on allegations that he threw stones at soldiers near Ofer military checkpoint west of Ramallah city.
16-year-old Ahmed Khadour, from Ramallah city, was arrested last Monday by soldiers during his presence near Ofer checkpoint, according to his sister Hanin.
At the time, Hanin said, her mother rushed to the checkpoint after she heard Ahmed was being assaulted by soldiers and tried to free him from their grip, but the soldiers also assaulted her and one of them pointed his gun at her.
She added that a court hearing would be held for her brother next Thursday on a charge of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.
Ahmed, the youngest among his family children, suffers from half paralysis and hardly can walk. He also receives daily medication for epilepsy.
About 34 Palestinian citizens, including children, were reportedly kidnapped by the Israeli military and security forces on the same day at dawn in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
16-year-old Ahmed Khadour, from Ramallah city, was arrested last Monday by soldiers during his presence near Ofer checkpoint, according to his sister Hanin.
At the time, Hanin said, her mother rushed to the checkpoint after she heard Ahmed was being assaulted by soldiers and tried to free him from their grip, but the soldiers also assaulted her and one of them pointed his gun at her.
She added that a court hearing would be held for her brother next Thursday on a charge of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.
Ahmed, the youngest among his family children, suffers from half paralysis and hardly can walk. He also receives daily medication for epilepsy.
About 34 Palestinian citizens, including children, were reportedly kidnapped by the Israeli military and security forces on the same day at dawn in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) slapped a renewed administrative prison term against the Palestinian detainee Musaab Eshtiyeh, paying no heed to his critical health condition.
Musaab’s father said the IOA renewed the administrative sentence of his 24-year-old son for another four months, without charge or trial and for the second time running.
Held in the Israeli Megiddo jail, Musaab was arrested by the occupation soldiers four months ago, just a few months after he had been released from an Israeli prison, where he had served one year and a half.
During his first arrest, Musaab was diagnosed with Thyroiditis and sudden loss of 20 kilograms of his weight. Hypertension rocked his body shortly after due to medical neglect in Israeli jail.
His family appealed to all concerned medical and legal bodies to urgently step in so as to save their son’s life and pressure the Israeli prison authorities to provide him with medical treatment before it is too late.
Musaab’s father said the IOA renewed the administrative sentence of his 24-year-old son for another four months, without charge or trial and for the second time running.
Held in the Israeli Megiddo jail, Musaab was arrested by the occupation soldiers four months ago, just a few months after he had been released from an Israeli prison, where he had served one year and a half.
During his first arrest, Musaab was diagnosed with Thyroiditis and sudden loss of 20 kilograms of his weight. Hypertension rocked his body shortly after due to medical neglect in Israeli jail.
His family appealed to all concerned medical and legal bodies to urgently step in so as to save their son’s life and pressure the Israeli prison authorities to provide him with medical treatment before it is too late.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched at dawn Wednesday a large-scale raid and search campaign throughout West Bank and Jerusalem during which 27 Palestinians were rounded up.
According to the PIC reporter, Israeli forces stormed Tulkarem amid heavy firing of teargas bombs and violently searched a number of local homes.
Four young men were detained during the raid.
Two other youths were arrested as IOF broke into Bethlehem to the south of occupied West Bank, while a female ex-detainee was summoned for investigation.
Similar raids were carried out in al-Khalil where four locals were kidnapped from their houses including two brothers which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Large amounts of money and three guns were allegedly found during the raids reported in al-Khalil and Jenin.
Several checkpoints were also erected in Burin town, south of Nablus, as Israeli forces stormed the town at dawn today.
Two more arrests were carried out near Ramallah.
According to the PIC reporter, Israeli forces stormed Tulkarem amid heavy firing of teargas bombs and violently searched a number of local homes.
Four young men were detained during the raid.
Two other youths were arrested as IOF broke into Bethlehem to the south of occupied West Bank, while a female ex-detainee was summoned for investigation.
Similar raids were carried out in al-Khalil where four locals were kidnapped from their houses including two brothers which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Large amounts of money and three guns were allegedly found during the raids reported in al-Khalil and Jenin.
Several checkpoints were also erected in Burin town, south of Nablus, as Israeli forces stormed the town at dawn today.
Two more arrests were carried out near Ramallah.
