24 jan 2018
Israeli Minister of Defense, Avigdor Lieberman has reportedly instructed the state-run “Army Radio” to halt any future broadcasts of Israeli poet and songwriter Yehonatan Geffen, calling the poet’s work ‘sickening and outrageous’.
On Monday night, Geffen released a short poem to his Instagram account in which he compared imprisoned Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi to famed Jewish holocaust victim Anne Frank, David of the Biblical David and Goliath, and historic war hero and Catholic Saint, Joan of Arc.
“A pretty girl 17 years old did a terrible thing,” Geffen’s poem reads. “…on the day that the story of the struggle will be told – you, Ahed Tamimi… You will be in the same ranks as Joan of Arc, Chana Senesh and Anne Frank.”
In a fiery Facebook post, Liebermann condemned the poem and called on Israeli media to boycott the 70-year-old poet, according to the PNN.
“The State of Israel will not give a stage to a drunk comparing a girl who perished in the Holocaust and a heroine fighter who fought against the Nazi regime to Ahad Tamimi,” said Liebermann.
Liebermann was quickly rebuffed by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, however, who refuted Liebermann’s legal authority to interfere with the Army Radio broadcast.
“The legal authority to determine the content of the station’s broadcasts is only in the hands of its professional officials,” said Mandelbit.
The position of Army Radio Commander is appointed by the Ministry of Defense, and whose current commander, Commander Shimon Elkabetz, Lieberman called on directly, to see Geffen banned, according to his Facebook post.
Born in Moldova, Avigdor Lieberman is one of the only foreign ministers in the world who does not live in territory officially recognized as his own country. Originally under suspicion over charges of money-laundering and bribery, Lieberman was formally indicted in December of 2012, on lesser charges of fraud and breach of trust.
His party was recently the focus of a corruption probe within the Israeli political spectrum, and, more recently, Lieberman’s life was threatened with an assassination attempt.
This is not the first time Geffen has been embroiled in controversy. In 2015, Geffen was the victim of a home invasion after a series of posts likened the re-election of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Nakba.
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On Monday night, Geffen released a short poem to his Instagram account in which he compared imprisoned Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi to famed Jewish holocaust victim Anne Frank, David of the Biblical David and Goliath, and historic war hero and Catholic Saint, Joan of Arc.
“A pretty girl 17 years old did a terrible thing,” Geffen’s poem reads. “…on the day that the story of the struggle will be told – you, Ahed Tamimi… You will be in the same ranks as Joan of Arc, Chana Senesh and Anne Frank.”
In a fiery Facebook post, Liebermann condemned the poem and called on Israeli media to boycott the 70-year-old poet, according to the PNN.
“The State of Israel will not give a stage to a drunk comparing a girl who perished in the Holocaust and a heroine fighter who fought against the Nazi regime to Ahad Tamimi,” said Liebermann.
Liebermann was quickly rebuffed by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, however, who refuted Liebermann’s legal authority to interfere with the Army Radio broadcast.
“The legal authority to determine the content of the station’s broadcasts is only in the hands of its professional officials,” said Mandelbit.
The position of Army Radio Commander is appointed by the Ministry of Defense, and whose current commander, Commander Shimon Elkabetz, Lieberman called on directly, to see Geffen banned, according to his Facebook post.
Born in Moldova, Avigdor Lieberman is one of the only foreign ministers in the world who does not live in territory officially recognized as his own country. Originally under suspicion over charges of money-laundering and bribery, Lieberman was formally indicted in December of 2012, on lesser charges of fraud and breach of trust.
His party was recently the focus of a corruption probe within the Israeli political spectrum, and, more recently, Lieberman’s life was threatened with an assassination attempt.
This is not the first time Geffen has been embroiled in controversy. In 2015, Geffen was the victim of a home invasion after a series of posts likened the re-election of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Nakba.
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Israeli police forces arrested Wednesday afternoon a number of Palestinian workers after car chase in Issawiya town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
According to the PIC reporter, Isaeli police chased a car driving into the town while a helicopter was hovering over the scene.
The passengers, who were later identified as Palestinian workers, were detained after they barricaded themselves in a local kindergarten.
The car was also confiscated.
Meanwhile, violent clashes broke out when Israeli police attacked local students with teargas bombs while leaving their schools in the town.
Two students were detained during the clashes. Video
According to the PIC reporter, Isaeli police chased a car driving into the town while a helicopter was hovering over the scene.
The passengers, who were later identified as Palestinian workers, were detained after they barricaded themselves in a local kindergarten.
The car was also confiscated.
Meanwhile, violent clashes broke out when Israeli police attacked local students with teargas bombs while leaving their schools in the town.
Two students were detained during the clashes. Video
At least 34 Palestinian female detainees have been subjected to abject conditions of captivity in the Iraeli HaSharon lock-up.
According to the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission, the list of detainees includes Shatila Abu Eyada and Shourouq Dweiyat, both sentenced to 16 years. Also figuring on the list area Maysoun al-Jebali, serving 15 years in prison; Nourhen Awad, serving 13 years and a half; Israa Ja’abis, serving 11 years; Rawan Dar Abu Matar, serving nine years; and Marah Bakir, sentenced to eight years and a half.
Also among the detainees are eight minors, including Malak Salman, sentenced to ten years; Manar Shweiki, sentenced to six years; Lamia al-Burki, sentenced to three years and three months; and Hadiya Areinat, serving three years.
According to the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission, the list of detainees includes Shatila Abu Eyada and Shourouq Dweiyat, both sentenced to 16 years. Also figuring on the list area Maysoun al-Jebali, serving 15 years in prison; Nourhen Awad, serving 13 years and a half; Israa Ja’abis, serving 11 years; Rawan Dar Abu Matar, serving nine years; and Marah Bakir, sentenced to eight years and a half.
Also among the detainees are eight minors, including Malak Salman, sentenced to ten years; Manar Shweiki, sentenced to six years; Lamia al-Burki, sentenced to three years and three months; and Hadiya Areinat, serving three years.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday arrested 20 Palestinians during raids into different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation army claimed in a statement that its forces arrested "wanted" Palestinians in the West Bank and took them to the competent security authorities for interrogation.
Eyewitnesses from al-Khalil said that the IOF broke into the house of the Palestinian citizen Khalil Abu Sneineh and wreaked havoc on it before arresting Abu Sneineh along with his wife and brother and transferring them to an unknown destination.
Other two Palestinians were arrested in al-Arroub refugee camp and Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil province.
The IOF also conducted raids into the provinces of Ramallah, Salfit and Bethlehem, arrested a number of Palestinian citizens, including an ex-prisoner, and summoned an activist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine for interrogation.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, the PIC reporter said that the Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians in al-Eizariya town east of Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation army claimed in a statement that its forces arrested "wanted" Palestinians in the West Bank and took them to the competent security authorities for interrogation.
Eyewitnesses from al-Khalil said that the IOF broke into the house of the Palestinian citizen Khalil Abu Sneineh and wreaked havoc on it before arresting Abu Sneineh along with his wife and brother and transferring them to an unknown destination.
Other two Palestinians were arrested in al-Arroub refugee camp and Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil province.
The IOF also conducted raids into the provinces of Ramallah, Salfit and Bethlehem, arrested a number of Palestinian citizens, including an ex-prisoner, and summoned an activist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine for interrogation.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, the PIC reporter said that the Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians in al-Eizariya town east of Jerusalem.
Palestinian prisoner Ayoub al-Asa has entered the 14th day of his hunger strike in an Israeli jail in protest at extending his detention administratively, with no indictment or trial.
According to Muhjat al-Quds Foundation, Asa affirmed in a leaked letter from the jail, that he would continue his hunger strike unless Israeli jailers responded to his demand and ended his administrative detention.
According to his letter, he is now locked up in a very cold isolation cell and deprived of having clothes and other important personal belongings as part of punitive measures taken against him after he started his hunger strike a few days ago on January 10.
Prisoner Asa, 33, is married with three kids, and was taken prisoner on June 21, 2017 before the Shin Bet decided to administratively detention him, with no trial, due to his affiliation with the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.
According to Muhjat al-Quds Foundation, Asa affirmed in a leaked letter from the jail, that he would continue his hunger strike unless Israeli jailers responded to his demand and ended his administrative detention.
According to his letter, he is now locked up in a very cold isolation cell and deprived of having clothes and other important personal belongings as part of punitive measures taken against him after he started his hunger strike a few days ago on January 10.
Prisoner Asa, 33, is married with three kids, and was taken prisoner on June 21, 2017 before the Shin Bet decided to administratively detention him, with no trial, due to his affiliation with the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday raided more Palestinian houses belonging to the Jarrar family in Wad Burqin area to the west of Jenin city. The area has been repeatedly subjected to overnight raids since last week's armed clash.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers arrested two Palestinian young men and broke into a number of houses owned by relatives of Ahmad Nasr Jarrar whom the Israeli occupation accuses of being involved in Nablus shooting attack.
They added that the IOF soldiers were deployed in large numbers in the area, searched the houses and heavily fired sound bombs and live bullets during the raids.
Over the past week, the Israeli forces have launched daily raid and harassment campaigns against the Jarrar family in Jenin in pursuit of Ahmad Jarrar.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers arrested two Palestinian young men and broke into a number of houses owned by relatives of Ahmad Nasr Jarrar whom the Israeli occupation accuses of being involved in Nablus shooting attack.
They added that the IOF soldiers were deployed in large numbers in the area, searched the houses and heavily fired sound bombs and live bullets during the raids.
Over the past week, the Israeli forces have launched daily raid and harassment campaigns against the Jarrar family in Jenin in pursuit of Ahmad Jarrar.
The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal intelligence, has extended the administrative detention of senior Hamas official Khaled al-Hajj, with no indictment or trial.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Hajj, aged 50 from Jalqamus village in Jenin, was supposed to be released on Monday, January 22, before the Shin Bet informed him of its decision to extend his decision.
Khaled al-Hajj is one of the prominent Hamas figures in Jenin and already spent more than 15 years in Israeli jails, mostly in administrative detention.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Hajj, aged 50 from Jalqamus village in Jenin, was supposed to be released on Monday, January 22, before the Shin Bet informed him of its decision to extend his decision.
Khaled al-Hajj is one of the prominent Hamas figures in Jenin and already spent more than 15 years in Israeli jails, mostly in administrative detention.
23 jan 2018
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, three Palestinians, including two children, at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and near Husan village, west of Bethlehem.
Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers abducted two children, identified as Mohammad Adel Mahmoud, 14, and Ahmad Khader Shamali, from the al-Azzam refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
The two were abducted after the soldiers used excessive force against dozens of protesters and fired many gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at them.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Malek Daoud Abu Arab, 19, from Battir town, west of Bethlehem, while working at a gas station on the main road leading Husan nearby village.
Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers abducted two children, identified as Mohammad Adel Mahmoud, 14, and Ahmad Khader Shamali, from the al-Azzam refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
The two were abducted after the soldiers used excessive force against dozens of protesters and fired many gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at them.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Malek Daoud Abu Arab, 19, from Battir town, west of Bethlehem, while working at a gas station on the main road leading Husan nearby village.
Israeli soldiers shot, Tuesday, two Palestinians near Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after they reportedly attempted to stab them, and refused to allow Red Crescent medics to provide them with the needed medical attention.
Update: The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the two injured Palestinians are children, identified as Mohammad Farhan Mohammad, 14, and Ahmad Sa’id Zazouq, 14, from the al-Jadeeda village, south of Jenin.
Both were shot with live rounds in their legs and remained bleeding on the ground after the soldiers prevented Palestinian Red Crescent medics from approaching them.
The soldiers later called for an Israeli ambulance, and moved them to a hospital, while the extent of their injuries remained unknown.
Media sources in Nablus said the two Palestinians were shot in the lower extremities, and remained bleeding on the ground until an Israeli ambulance was called to the scene, even though Palestinian medics were there, but the soldiers refused to allow them to approach the wounded.
Israeli sources claimed that the two Palestinians attempted to stab the soldiers at the military roadblock but were shot before reaching them.
The soldiers then closed Za’tara roadblock, while dozens of units were deployed in the area and around it.
After the alleged stabbing attempt, the head of the so-called Regional Council of Settlements in northern West Bank, Yossi Dagan, said that “terrorism will not deter Israel – we will be and continue to expand,” and demanded Israel to respond to this incident by “boosting settlement constructions” in the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.
Update: The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the two injured Palestinians are children, identified as Mohammad Farhan Mohammad, 14, and Ahmad Sa’id Zazouq, 14, from the al-Jadeeda village, south of Jenin.
Both were shot with live rounds in their legs and remained bleeding on the ground after the soldiers prevented Palestinian Red Crescent medics from approaching them.
The soldiers later called for an Israeli ambulance, and moved them to a hospital, while the extent of their injuries remained unknown.
Media sources in Nablus said the two Palestinians were shot in the lower extremities, and remained bleeding on the ground until an Israeli ambulance was called to the scene, even though Palestinian medics were there, but the soldiers refused to allow them to approach the wounded.
Israeli sources claimed that the two Palestinians attempted to stab the soldiers at the military roadblock but were shot before reaching them.
The soldiers then closed Za’tara roadblock, while dozens of units were deployed in the area and around it.
After the alleged stabbing attempt, the head of the so-called Regional Council of Settlements in northern West Bank, Yossi Dagan, said that “terrorism will not deter Israel – we will be and continue to expand,” and demanded Israel to respond to this incident by “boosting settlement constructions” in the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, six Palestinian children, and a young man, from their homes, in occupied East Jerusalem, and moved them to interrogation centers in the city.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud of Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in at-Tour neighborhood, overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, and abducted four children.
He said that the abducted children have been identified as Amir Hazem Sayyad, 16, Mohammad Mahmoud Abu al-Hawa, 14, Mohammad Tareq Abu Ghannam, 14, and Yazan Salfiti, 14.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and abducted Mohammad Fayez Rajabi, 15, and Harbi Nidal Rajabi, 15.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Shamasna, from his home in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of Jerusalem.
On Monday, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian woman, identified as Ghada Zghayyar, from Bab al-‘Amoud area, in Jerusalem, after the army attacked many women who protested the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud of Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in at-Tour neighborhood, overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, and abducted four children.
He said that the abducted children have been identified as Amir Hazem Sayyad, 16, Mohammad Mahmoud Abu al-Hawa, 14, Mohammad Tareq Abu Ghannam, 14, and Yazan Salfiti, 14.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and abducted Mohammad Fayez Rajabi, 15, and Harbi Nidal Rajabi, 15.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also abducted a young man, identified as Mohammad Shamasna, from his home in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of Jerusalem.
On Monday, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian woman, identified as Ghada Zghayyar, from Bab al-‘Amoud area, in Jerusalem, after the army attacked many women who protested the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Tuesday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of eight Palestinians on allegations of their involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The arrestees were dragged to Israeli detention centers pending exhaustive questioning.
24-year-old Sadam Hanani was kidnapped by the Israeli military from his family home in Nablus’s eastern town of Beit Furik.
The IOF wreaked havoc on civilian homes in the area.
The occupation forces further stormed Qalqilya province, in the northern West Bank, and kidnapped two ex-prisoners—Lotfi al-Ja’idi, released last month after he had served 13 years in Israeli jails; and Qasam Abdul Hafedh. Another young man was kidnapped by the IOF from the city.
In the meantime, the IOF kidnapped the brother of the Palestinian protester Ahmed Jarrar, chased down by the Israeli military after he had allegedly carried out an anti-occupation shooting attack a couple of weeks earlier, which left an extremist Israeli rabbi dead.
Another relative of Ahmed, Wesam, was also kidnapped in the manhunt, carried out in Jenin’s western town of Wadi Berkin.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of three Palestinian youths following a round of home break-ins in Jerusalem’s Qalandiya refugee camp.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of eight Palestinians on allegations of their involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The arrestees were dragged to Israeli detention centers pending exhaustive questioning.
24-year-old Sadam Hanani was kidnapped by the Israeli military from his family home in Nablus’s eastern town of Beit Furik.
The IOF wreaked havoc on civilian homes in the area.
The occupation forces further stormed Qalqilya province, in the northern West Bank, and kidnapped two ex-prisoners—Lotfi al-Ja’idi, released last month after he had served 13 years in Israeli jails; and Qasam Abdul Hafedh. Another young man was kidnapped by the IOF from the city.
In the meantime, the IOF kidnapped the brother of the Palestinian protester Ahmed Jarrar, chased down by the Israeli military after he had allegedly carried out an anti-occupation shooting attack a couple of weeks earlier, which left an extremist Israeli rabbi dead.
Another relative of Ahmed, Wesam, was also kidnapped in the manhunt, carried out in Jenin’s western town of Wadi Berkin.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of three Palestinian youths following a round of home break-ins in Jerusalem’s Qalandiya refugee camp.
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said that Israeli special forces last Sunday night maltreated Palestinian prisoners during a violent raid on their rooms in Ashkelon jail.
In a statement on Monday, the commission explained that soldiers from the Dror prison unit and police officers stormed section 3 of the jail and ransacked its rooms, adding that 12 prisoners were brutalized and herded together to the main yard, where they stayed there in the cold weather for long hours.
The raid started at about eight o’clock on Sunday evening and continued until two o’clock after midnight, according to the commission.
Later, Israeli jailers threatened to take several punitive measures against them, without stating the reason for searching their rooms.
In a statement on Monday, the commission explained that soldiers from the Dror prison unit and police officers stormed section 3 of the jail and ransacked its rooms, adding that 12 prisoners were brutalized and herded together to the main yard, where they stayed there in the cold weather for long hours.
The raid started at about eight o’clock on Sunday evening and continued until two o’clock after midnight, according to the commission.
Later, Israeli jailers threatened to take several punitive measures against them, without stating the reason for searching their rooms.
22 jan 2018
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released on Monday evening a Palestinian prisoner after spending 20 years behind Israeli bars.
Local sources told PIC reporter that the prisoner Abdul Hakim Mussa, 39, was released at Tarkomiya checkpoint after completing his 20-year prison sentence.
He was warmly received by his relatives, the sources added.
Mussa was arrested for his affiliation to Hamas’ armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades.
Local sources told PIC reporter that the prisoner Abdul Hakim Mussa, 39, was released at Tarkomiya checkpoint after completing his 20-year prison sentence.
He was warmly received by his relatives, the sources added.
Mussa was arrested for his affiliation to Hamas’ armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades.
Amnesty International called on Israeli authorities to release the 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi who could face up to 10 years in prison over an altercation with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank last month.
Ahed Tamimi will go before Ofer military court in the occupied West Bank accused of aggravated assault and 11 other charges after a video showing her shoving, slapping and kicking two Israeli soldiers in her home village of Nabi Saleh on 15 December went viral on Facebook.
“Nothing that Ahed Tamimi has done can justify the continuing detention of a 16-year-old girl. The Israeli authorities must release her without delay. In capturing an unarmed teenage girl’s assault on two armed soldiers wearing protective gear, the footage of this incident shows that she posed no actual threat and that her punishment is blatantly disproportionate,” said Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.
“Ahed Tamimi’s ensuing arrest and military trial exposes the Israeli authorities’ discriminatory treatment of Palestinian children who dare to stand up to ongoing, often brutal, repression by occupying forces.”
Ahed Tamimi was arrested on 19 December along with her mother, Nariman Tamimi, and cousin Nour Tamimi after Nariman, also a prominent activist, posted the footage online. Ahed confronted the soldiers amid a demonstration in Nabi Saleh against US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
On 1 January, Ahed and Nariman were both charged with aggravated assault of soldiers and preventing soldiers from carrying out their duties.
Ahed now faces a total of 12 charges, also including incitement on social media and offences related to five other altercations with Israeli soldiers she is alleged to have taken part in over the past two years.
Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Israel is a state party, the arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child must be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time.
“Israel is clearly, brazenly flouting its obligations under international law to protect children from overly harsh criminal punishments,” said Magdalena Mughrabi.
“It would be an unconscionable travesty of justice if Ahed Tamini’s act of defiance in the face of relentless oppression earns her a long prison sentence after a trial in a military court that does not ensure basic fair trial standards.”
According to Defense for Children Palestine (DCI), approximately 500-700 Palestinian children from the occupied West Bank are prosecuted every year through Israeli juvenile military courts under Israeli military orders.
Ahed Tamimi will go before Ofer military court in the occupied West Bank accused of aggravated assault and 11 other charges after a video showing her shoving, slapping and kicking two Israeli soldiers in her home village of Nabi Saleh on 15 December went viral on Facebook.
“Nothing that Ahed Tamimi has done can justify the continuing detention of a 16-year-old girl. The Israeli authorities must release her without delay. In capturing an unarmed teenage girl’s assault on two armed soldiers wearing protective gear, the footage of this incident shows that she posed no actual threat and that her punishment is blatantly disproportionate,” said Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.
“Ahed Tamimi’s ensuing arrest and military trial exposes the Israeli authorities’ discriminatory treatment of Palestinian children who dare to stand up to ongoing, often brutal, repression by occupying forces.”
Ahed Tamimi was arrested on 19 December along with her mother, Nariman Tamimi, and cousin Nour Tamimi after Nariman, also a prominent activist, posted the footage online. Ahed confronted the soldiers amid a demonstration in Nabi Saleh against US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
On 1 January, Ahed and Nariman were both charged with aggravated assault of soldiers and preventing soldiers from carrying out their duties.
Ahed now faces a total of 12 charges, also including incitement on social media and offences related to five other altercations with Israeli soldiers she is alleged to have taken part in over the past two years.
Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Israel is a state party, the arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child must be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time.
“Israel is clearly, brazenly flouting its obligations under international law to protect children from overly harsh criminal punishments,” said Magdalena Mughrabi.
“It would be an unconscionable travesty of justice if Ahed Tamini’s act of defiance in the face of relentless oppression earns her a long prison sentence after a trial in a military court that does not ensure basic fair trial standards.”
According to Defense for Children Palestine (DCI), approximately 500-700 Palestinian children from the occupied West Bank are prosecuted every year through Israeli juvenile military courts under Israeli military orders.
A group of undercover Israeli soldiers attacked, Monday, three schoolchildren in Kafr Malek village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and briefly detained them.
Media sources said the undercover soldiers attacked the three children, identified as Ali Khalil Ka’abna, 10, Anas Younis Abu Ein, 7, and Salem Khaled Abu Ghorra, and tried to abduct them.
They added that the soldiers claimed that the children hurled stones at army vehicles driving on a nearby bypass road.
The three children are from a nearby Bedouin area, and attend school in Kafr Malek; the undercover soldiers attacked them while waiting for the bus to go back home.
Many women from the village managed to convince the soldiers to release the children. Video
Media sources said the undercover soldiers attacked the three children, identified as Ali Khalil Ka’abna, 10, Anas Younis Abu Ein, 7, and Salem Khaled Abu Ghorra, and tried to abduct them.
They added that the soldiers claimed that the children hurled stones at army vehicles driving on a nearby bypass road.
The three children are from a nearby Bedouin area, and attend school in Kafr Malek; the undercover soldiers attacked them while waiting for the bus to go back home.
Many women from the village managed to convince the soldiers to release the children. Video
Updated: The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians, including a legislator, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers searched homes in Kafr Malek and Kharbatha al-Misbah towns, and abducted Mohammad Ahmad Farraj, Yousef Khaled al-Habal and Hotheifa Issa al-Habal.
The Jenin office of the PPS, in northern West Bank, said dozens of soldiers invaded and searched homes in the governorate, and abducted Mo’men Touqan, 24, from his home in Jenin city.
It added that the soldiers also invaded many communities in the governorate, and installed many roadblocks around villages and towns, in addition to launching a surveillance balloon near the al-Jalama village.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Saida town, north of Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, searched a few homes, and abducted Mohammad Rabeh al-Ashqar, 31.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded Battir town, west of Bethlehem, and abducted Rashid No’man Moammar, 28, and his brother, Abdul-Hadi, 21.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, and abducted Nafeth Shehada Omar, 30, from his home.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Salfit city, in central West Bank, and abducted a legislator, identified as Omar Abdul-Razeq, less than two months after his release from Israeli prisons.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and abducted a young man, identified as Noureddin ‘Obeid, from al-‘Isawiya town.
In related news, an armed extremist Israeli colonist chased, Sunday, several Palestinian shepherds in the al-Farisiyya area, in the West Bank’s northern plains, and forced them out of grazing lands.
The assailant came from Rotem illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands; the attack is part of daily violations against the shepherds and farmers.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers searched homes in Kafr Malek and Kharbatha al-Misbah towns, and abducted Mohammad Ahmad Farraj, Yousef Khaled al-Habal and Hotheifa Issa al-Habal.
The Jenin office of the PPS, in northern West Bank, said dozens of soldiers invaded and searched homes in the governorate, and abducted Mo’men Touqan, 24, from his home in Jenin city.
It added that the soldiers also invaded many communities in the governorate, and installed many roadblocks around villages and towns, in addition to launching a surveillance balloon near the al-Jalama village.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Saida town, north of Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, searched a few homes, and abducted Mohammad Rabeh al-Ashqar, 31.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded Battir town, west of Bethlehem, and abducted Rashid No’man Moammar, 28, and his brother, Abdul-Hadi, 21.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, and abducted Nafeth Shehada Omar, 30, from his home.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Salfit city, in central West Bank, and abducted a legislator, identified as Omar Abdul-Razeq, less than two months after his release from Israeli prisons.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and abducted a young man, identified as Noureddin ‘Obeid, from al-‘Isawiya town.
In related news, an armed extremist Israeli colonist chased, Sunday, several Palestinian shepherds in the al-Farisiyya area, in the West Bank’s northern plains, and forced them out of grazing lands.
The assailant came from Rotem illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands; the attack is part of daily violations against the shepherds and farmers.
A new batch of Gaza’s families were allowed to pass through the Israeli-run Beit Hanoun (Erez) border-crossing at daybreak Monday to visit their relatives in Israeli jails.
Spokeswoman for the International Red Cross Committee, Suheir Zaqout, said 18 Palestinians from the blockaded Gaza Strip, among them five children, headed to Ramon lock-up to visit 11 Palestinian detainees.
Over 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are locked up in Israeli penitentiaries, including 380 Gazans.
Spokeswoman for the International Red Cross Committee, Suheir Zaqout, said 18 Palestinians from the blockaded Gaza Strip, among them five children, headed to Ramon lock-up to visit 11 Palestinian detainees.
Over 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are locked up in Israeli penitentiaries, including 380 Gazans.
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has accused the Israeli prison service of persisting in medically neglecting Palestinian prisoners in its jails, pointing to the presence of 16 patients in the infirmary of the Ramla prison.
In a report released on Sunday, the commission cited as an example the medical case of Gazan prisoner Yusri al-Mesri, who was sentenced to 20 years, saying he suffer from serious health problems, including a liver tumor and prostatitis.
Mesri is not provided with proper medical treatment and the only medication given to him is painkillers.
Another prisoner called Shaher Asha, from Nablus, is also medically neglected despite his suffering from serious fractures in his spine and pelvis as well as kidney stones. He is now in Eshel prison serving 19 and a half years.
There are about 16 prisoners in the Ramla prison infirmary, suffering from overcrowding and poor health care. Some of them have been in the infirmary for more than 10 years, according to the report.
In a report released on Sunday, the commission cited as an example the medical case of Gazan prisoner Yusri al-Mesri, who was sentenced to 20 years, saying he suffer from serious health problems, including a liver tumor and prostatitis.
Mesri is not provided with proper medical treatment and the only medication given to him is painkillers.
Another prisoner called Shaher Asha, from Nablus, is also medically neglected despite his suffering from serious fractures in his spine and pelvis as well as kidney stones. He is now in Eshel prison serving 19 and a half years.
There are about 16 prisoners in the Ramla prison infirmary, suffering from overcrowding and poor health care. Some of them have been in the infirmary for more than 10 years, according to the report.
