19 jan 2019
Israeli forces detained five Palestinian minors, during clashes in the village of Tuqu, in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem, on Friday evening.
Head of the Tuqu Municipality, Taysir Abu Mifreh, said that clashes erupted between locals and Israeli soldiers deployed at the entrance of the village.
Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas bombs to suppress protesters before arresting five minors.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,500 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 230 are child prisoners and 41 are under the age of 16 years.
Head of the Tuqu Municipality, Taysir Abu Mifreh, said that clashes erupted between locals and Israeli soldiers deployed at the entrance of the village.
Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas bombs to suppress protesters before arresting five minors.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,500 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 230 are child prisoners and 41 are under the age of 16 years.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday arrested a number of Palestinians during West Bank sweeps.
Local sources said that the IOF raided different neighborhoods in al-Khalil, fired sound bombs at Palestinian homes, and arrested Hasan al-Najjar, 21.
The IOF launched a similar campaign in Nahalin and Tuqu' towns in Bethlehem, arrested the Palestinian youths Mohammed Murad and Khalil Sha'aban, and transferred them to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, the Israeli police arrested a Palestinian and injured four during a raid on Silwan town.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that a group of Israeli settlers insulted and verbally attacked Palestinian youths on al-Ain street before the Israeli police intervened and attacked the Palestinians.
Four Palestinians were injured as the police heavily fired sound bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets in the area.
Wadi Hilweh added that the Israeli police arrested Eyad Ghaith in Silwan and took him to a nearby detention center.
The police further detained a Jerusalemite child, insulted him, and beat him before he was released hours later.
Local sources said that the IOF raided different neighborhoods in al-Khalil, fired sound bombs at Palestinian homes, and arrested Hasan al-Najjar, 21.
The IOF launched a similar campaign in Nahalin and Tuqu' towns in Bethlehem, arrested the Palestinian youths Mohammed Murad and Khalil Sha'aban, and transferred them to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, the Israeli police arrested a Palestinian and injured four during a raid on Silwan town.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that a group of Israeli settlers insulted and verbally attacked Palestinian youths on al-Ain street before the Israeli police intervened and attacked the Palestinians.
Four Palestinians were injured as the police heavily fired sound bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets in the area.
Wadi Hilweh added that the Israeli police arrested Eyad Ghaith in Silwan and took him to a nearby detention center.
The police further detained a Jerusalemite child, insulted him, and beat him before he was released hours later.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from his home in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqua Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the al-Ein neighborhood in Silwan, abducted a young man, identified as Eyad Ala’ Gheith, and took him to an interrogation facility.
The soldiers searched the young man’s home, and interrogated him along with his family, before abducting him.
In related news, an Israeli court in Jerusalem ordered a young man from Silwan, identified as Mohammad Odah, under further interrogation until this coming Monday. The Palestinian was taken prisoner last Tuesday.
Furthermore, several army jeeps invaded, on Saturday at dawn, ‘Arraba town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and violently searched a home, owned by Ahmad Abdul-Qader al-‘Aarda, causing property damage.
The army also increased its deployment and military roadblocks in areas east of Jenin city, especially the bypass road, Jenin-Nazareth Road, Dahiat Sabah al-Kheir and al-Jalama village, before conducting extensive searches.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the al-Ein neighborhood in Silwan, abducted a young man, identified as Eyad Ala’ Gheith, and took him to an interrogation facility.
The soldiers searched the young man’s home, and interrogated him along with his family, before abducting him.
In related news, an Israeli court in Jerusalem ordered a young man from Silwan, identified as Mohammad Odah, under further interrogation until this coming Monday. The Palestinian was taken prisoner last Tuesday.
Furthermore, several army jeeps invaded, on Saturday at dawn, ‘Arraba town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and violently searched a home, owned by Ahmad Abdul-Qader al-‘Aarda, causing property damage.
The army also increased its deployment and military roadblocks in areas east of Jenin city, especially the bypass road, Jenin-Nazareth Road, Dahiat Sabah al-Kheir and al-Jalama village, before conducting extensive searches.
A soccer match between two local teams was suspended on Friday, after Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters into Al-Khader Stadium, to the south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Sa’di Hmeidan, a local sports official, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters inside the stadium, during a match between the soccer teams of Al-Abidia and Doha villages, as part of a youth football league.
He said that some of the players suffocated from the teargas, causing the match to be suspended. The match was resumed in about an hour.
Israeli occupation forces, on Friday, also detained five Palestinian teenagers during clashes in the village of Taqou, to the southeast of Bethlehem, local sources said.
Tayseer Abu Mfarreh, director of Taqou municipality, said that confrontations erupted between protesters and Israeli forces, at the entrance to the village, adding that the soldiers attacked the protesters with rubber-coated steel bullets and teargas before abducting five of them.
Israeli settlers, on Friday, uprooted and chopped 20 Palestinian-owned olive trees near the village of al-Mughayer, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, a local activist reported.
Faraj Na’san, former head of al-Mughayer village council, said that Jewish settlers from neighboring illegal settlements uprooted and chopped the olive trees belonging to the Na’san family, noting that the trees were there for over 30 years.
He said that the act of uprooting olive trees has been frequent in that area, as part of a plan to make life difficult for Palestinians, in order to get them to leave and expand their settlements, built illegally on Palestinian lands.
Settler violence, against Palestinians and their property, is routine in the West Bank, and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
Sa’di Hmeidan, a local sports official, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters inside the stadium, during a match between the soccer teams of Al-Abidia and Doha villages, as part of a youth football league.
He said that some of the players suffocated from the teargas, causing the match to be suspended. The match was resumed in about an hour.
Israeli occupation forces, on Friday, also detained five Palestinian teenagers during clashes in the village of Taqou, to the southeast of Bethlehem, local sources said.
Tayseer Abu Mfarreh, director of Taqou municipality, said that confrontations erupted between protesters and Israeli forces, at the entrance to the village, adding that the soldiers attacked the protesters with rubber-coated steel bullets and teargas before abducting five of them.
Israeli settlers, on Friday, uprooted and chopped 20 Palestinian-owned olive trees near the village of al-Mughayer, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, a local activist reported.
Faraj Na’san, former head of al-Mughayer village council, said that Jewish settlers from neighboring illegal settlements uprooted and chopped the olive trees belonging to the Na’san family, noting that the trees were there for over 30 years.
He said that the act of uprooting olive trees has been frequent in that area, as part of a plan to make life difficult for Palestinians, in order to get them to leave and expand their settlements, built illegally on Palestinian lands.
Settler violence, against Palestinians and their property, is routine in the West Bank, and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
18 jan 2019
Palestinian detainee and cancer victim Sami Abu-Diak has lost a great amount of weight and is no longer able to eat or drink, the Detainees Affairs Commission said on Thursday.
Karim Ajwa, the Commission’s attorney, said Abu-Diak has also lost the ability to sleep and can no longer walk. He is also suffering severe stomach pain as a result of the advanced stage of cancer he is suffering.
Abu-Diak, who comes from the town of Silat al-Dahr in the West Bank, is serving a life sentence, and so far served 18 years in jail, according to WAFA.
He underwent surgery in September of 2015, at the Soroka Hospital in Israel, during which 80 cm of his intestine was removed. He suffered a medical error during the surgery, resulting in kidney and lung failure, along with other serious health complications.
Karim Ajwa, the Commission’s attorney, said Abu-Diak has also lost the ability to sleep and can no longer walk. He is also suffering severe stomach pain as a result of the advanced stage of cancer he is suffering.
Abu-Diak, who comes from the town of Silat al-Dahr in the West Bank, is serving a life sentence, and so far served 18 years in jail, according to WAFA.
He underwent surgery in September of 2015, at the Soroka Hospital in Israel, during which 80 cm of his intestine was removed. He suffered a medical error during the surgery, resulting in kidney and lung failure, along with other serious health complications.
Two Palestinians were injured, while a minor was detained by Israeli forces, and several others suffered tear-gas suffocation Israeli forces suppressed the weekly Kafr Qaddum march in the northern occupied West Bank, on Friday.
Coordinator of a local popular committee of Kafr Qaddum, Murad Ishteiwi, said that Israeli soldiers opened live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas bombs to suppress protesters, injuring two Palestinians.
One Palestinians was injured in the chest and another in the leg; both were transferred to a hospital for treatment.
Israeli forces raided a Palestinian home, belonging to Nusfat Ishteiwi, after opening live fire at its front door; Israeli soldiers also opened fire inside the house, damaging property and windows of the house.
Israeli forces reportedly assaulted women and children before detaining 14-year-old Tareq Hikmat Ishteiwi. video
Residents of Kafr Qaddum began staging weekly protests in 2011 against Israeli land confiscations, as well as the closure of the village's southern road by Israeli forces. The road, which has been closed for 14 years, is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
The Israeli army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
Coordinator of a local popular committee of Kafr Qaddum, Murad Ishteiwi, said that Israeli soldiers opened live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas bombs to suppress protesters, injuring two Palestinians.
One Palestinians was injured in the chest and another in the leg; both were transferred to a hospital for treatment.
Israeli forces raided a Palestinian home, belonging to Nusfat Ishteiwi, after opening live fire at its front door; Israeli soldiers also opened fire inside the house, damaging property and windows of the house.
Israeli forces reportedly assaulted women and children before detaining 14-year-old Tareq Hikmat Ishteiwi. video
Residents of Kafr Qaddum began staging weekly protests in 2011 against Israeli land confiscations, as well as the closure of the village's southern road by Israeli forces. The road, which has been closed for 14 years, is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
The Israeli army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
The Israeli occupation army on Friday announced that it had arrested a Gazan young man who attempted to sneak into the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
A spokesman for the army said that an unarmed Palestinian was arrested north of the Gaza Strip and taken for interrogation.
The Israeli army every now and then kidnaps Palestinian youths from the Gaza Strip allegedly caught while attempting to enter the Palestinian territories occupied since 1948.
A spokesman for the army said that an unarmed Palestinian was arrested north of the Gaza Strip and taken for interrogation.
The Israeli army every now and then kidnaps Palestinian youths from the Gaza Strip allegedly caught while attempting to enter the Palestinian territories occupied since 1948.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday kidnapped a Palestinian citizen during from his home in Tulkarem refugee camp and clashed with local young men.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) violent clashes broke out in Marba’at Hanoun area of the camp between local youths and Israel soldiers.
Several citizens inside their homes suffered from inhaling tear gas which was intensively used by the IOF during the clashes, according to the sources.
The IOF also rounded up a young man called Mousa Ridwani after ransacking his home in the camp during the events.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) violent clashes broke out in Marba’at Hanoun area of the camp between local youths and Israel soldiers.
Several citizens inside their homes suffered from inhaling tear gas which was intensively used by the IOF during the clashes, according to the sources.
The IOF also rounded up a young man called Mousa Ridwani after ransacking his home in the camp during the events.
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The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) demolished at dawn Friday the family home of the Palestinian injured teenager Khalil Youssef Jabarin in the West Bank village of Yatta near al-Khalil, local sources affirmed.
According to the reports, a large military force stormed Jabarin's and blew up the third floor of the two-story building after evacuating it. video 12 family members were left homeless as a result. video video In September, 16-year-old Khalil Jabarin was arrested by Israeli forces after being shot and injured in his leg and hand for allegedly stabbing two Israeli settlers. Earlier Thursday, Israeli forces released 15-year-old Ihab Jabarin, Khalil’s brother, after spending several months in Israeli jails. |
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said Thursday that the Israeli administration of Ashkelon jail announced its intention to impose new restrictions on the Palestinian prisoners in the facility, describing the measures as “arbitrary.”
According to PPS, the Ashkelon administration decided to use a special chair when searching the prisoners and to dispatch a jailer to the prison yard to be there with the prisoners during their daily walk.
The new measures are part of the decision issued recently by Israeli security minister Gilad Erdan to diminish the rights given to the prisoners and impose restrictions on them in all jails.
According to PPS, the Ashkelon administration decided to use a special chair when searching the prisoners and to dispatch a jailer to the prison yard to be there with the prisoners during their daily walk.
The new measures are part of the decision issued recently by Israeli security minister Gilad Erdan to diminish the rights given to the prisoners and impose restrictions on them in all jails.
17 jan 2019
Just hours before his scheduled release, Thursday, a Palestinian political prisoner, held by Israel, received an arbitrary Administrative Detention order for six months, without charges or trial.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the detainee has been identified as Sameh Mohammad Kamil, from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The PPS added that Kamil, who is currently held at Majeddo Israeli prison, was supposed to be released today, Thursday, after serving a prison sentence of three months. He was taken prisoner in October of last year.
Many detainees spend months, while others even spend years, due to being held under repeatedly renewed Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, due to what the military claims to have a “secret file” against them, requiring their continued imprisonment.
Neither the detainees held under Administrative Detention, nor their lawyer, have access to the alleged secret files.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the detainee has been identified as Sameh Mohammad Kamil, from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The PPS added that Kamil, who is currently held at Majeddo Israeli prison, was supposed to be released today, Thursday, after serving a prison sentence of three months. He was taken prisoner in October of last year.
Many detainees spend months, while others even spend years, due to being held under repeatedly renewed Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, due to what the military claims to have a “secret file” against them, requiring their continued imprisonment.
Neither the detainees held under Administrative Detention, nor their lawyer, have access to the alleged secret files.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) extended on Thursday the detention of injured prisoner Ziad al-Shalaldeh, 45, and his 21-year-old son for eight days.
The lawyer, Maamoun al-Hashim, said the prisoner Ziad al-Shalaldeh has been undergoing rigorous investigation despite his difficult health condition as he was severely attacked along with his son during their detention.
Al-Shalaldeh was detained after Israeli forces violently stormed his house near Ramallah. The father and his son were transferred to hospital after being both attacked at the hands of Israeli forces.
Four Palestinian prisoners’ detention was also extended for different periods.
The lawyer, Maamoun al-Hashim, said the prisoner Ziad al-Shalaldeh has been undergoing rigorous investigation despite his difficult health condition as he was severely attacked along with his son during their detention.
Al-Shalaldeh was detained after Israeli forces violently stormed his house near Ramallah. The father and his son were transferred to hospital after being both attacked at the hands of Israeli forces.
Four Palestinian prisoners’ detention was also extended for different periods.
The Israeli occupation authorities sentenced on Thursday Assef Barghouthi, the brother of slain anti-occupation attacker Saleh, to a three-month administrative detention term, with neither charge nor trial.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) the sentence makes part of the collective punishment policies pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities against the family of Saleh Barghouthi.
The Israeli army killed Saleh on December 12 and arrested his brother Assef and father Omar. The latter have been subjected to exhaustive questioning at the Mascoubiya detention center.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) the sentence makes part of the collective punishment policies pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities against the family of Saleh Barghouthi.
The Israeli army killed Saleh on December 12 and arrested his brother Assef and father Omar. The latter have been subjected to exhaustive questioning at the Mascoubiya detention center.
