14 jan 2020
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians, including siblings, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Jenin, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in several parts of the governorate, and abducted six Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Yousef Atatra, Jasser Eyad Atatra, Mo’tasem Fawwaz Issa, and his brother Mohammad, from ‘Aneen village, in addition to Mahmoud Eid Hanaisha and Yasser Ahmad Abu ar-Rob, from Qabatia town.
In Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Anas Yacoub Mahfouth, Ahmad Harbi Abu Rmeila, Nidal Abdul-Fattah Badawi and his brother Jihad, after invading and searching their homes.
Another Palestinian, identified as Bassam Abu Aisha, from Hebron, was abducted while on his way to welcome Hasan al-‘Oweiwi, a political prisoner who was on his way back home after being released from an Israeli prison.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers invaded the home of Ali Salhab, a political prisoner who was taken prisoner eighteen years ago, and is scheduled to be released next week, and assaulted his mother, causing cuts and bruises. video
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, searched many homes, before abducting Mahmoud Ibrahim Taqatqa, 17, Mohammad Hatem Deeriyya, 17, and Ayham Ghassan Thawabta, 17.
In Jericho, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, identified as Haitham Awwad Jaraheed, Abdul-Mon’em Jaraheed, and Hamza Abu Rmeila.
In Tubas, in northeastern west Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Anwar Daraghma, 27, from his home.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Mahmoud Rayyan, 26, from Beit Doggo town, in addition to Ismael Affana, who was taken prisoner minutes after his release from prison, after he was held captive for 18 years.
The PPS office in Jenin, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in several parts of the governorate, and abducted six Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Yousef Atatra, Jasser Eyad Atatra, Mo’tasem Fawwaz Issa, and his brother Mohammad, from ‘Aneen village, in addition to Mahmoud Eid Hanaisha and Yasser Ahmad Abu ar-Rob, from Qabatia town.
In Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Anas Yacoub Mahfouth, Ahmad Harbi Abu Rmeila, Nidal Abdul-Fattah Badawi and his brother Jihad, after invading and searching their homes.
Another Palestinian, identified as Bassam Abu Aisha, from Hebron, was abducted while on his way to welcome Hasan al-‘Oweiwi, a political prisoner who was on his way back home after being released from an Israeli prison.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers invaded the home of Ali Salhab, a political prisoner who was taken prisoner eighteen years ago, and is scheduled to be released next week, and assaulted his mother, causing cuts and bruises. video
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, searched many homes, before abducting Mahmoud Ibrahim Taqatqa, 17, Mohammad Hatem Deeriyya, 17, and Ayham Ghassan Thawabta, 17.
In Jericho, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, identified as Haitham Awwad Jaraheed, Abdul-Mon’em Jaraheed, and Hamza Abu Rmeila.
In Tubas, in northeastern west Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Anwar Daraghma, 27, from his home.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Mahmoud Rayyan, 26, from Beit Doggo town, in addition to Ismael Affana, who was taken prisoner minutes after his release from prison, after he was held captive for 18 years.
The Israeli authorities today extended the detention of Alaa Abu Jazar, whose 17-year-long sentence was supposed to end today, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
It said that the Israeli authorities informed the Abu Jazar family to remove the homecoming tent set up to celebrate his release because Alaa will not be freed today but that he will remain in detention for at least two more days to undergo interrogation.
The decision to extend the detention of Abu Jazar came after the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) raided Remon prison and relocated as a result some of the prisoners who are members of the organizing committee, said the PPS.
Abu Jazar, 43, is from the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip and has been in prison since 2003 for resisting the Israeli occupation.
It said that the Israeli authorities informed the Abu Jazar family to remove the homecoming tent set up to celebrate his release because Alaa will not be freed today but that he will remain in detention for at least two more days to undergo interrogation.
The decision to extend the detention of Abu Jazar came after the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) raided Remon prison and relocated as a result some of the prisoners who are members of the organizing committee, said the PPS.
Abu Jazar, 43, is from the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip and has been in prison since 2003 for resisting the Israeli occupation.
Ahmad Zahran, 42, from the Ramallah-area village of Deir Abu Mishaal, ended last night his hunger strike after 113 days of fast following an agreement with the Israeli authorities in which he will undergo security interrogation after which his demand for an end to his administrative detention will be determined, according to Jawad Boulus, attorney for the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission.
Zahran, a father of four children, went on hunger strike to demand an end to his long administrative detention without charge or trial and based on secret evidence.
Zahran had earlier observed 39 days of hunger strike which he ended after he was promised to be released from administrative detention. However, he resumed his hunger strike after the Israeli authorities reneged on that promise.
During his second hunger strike, Zahran’s health deteriorated seriously and had to be admitted to hospital. He was reported to be suffering from low heart beats, pain throughout his body, critical drop in saline level and loss of over 35 kilograms of his weight.
He has served a total of 15 years in Israeli prisons for resisting the occupation.
Zahran, a father of four children, went on hunger strike to demand an end to his long administrative detention without charge or trial and based on secret evidence.
Zahran had earlier observed 39 days of hunger strike which he ended after he was promised to be released from administrative detention. However, he resumed his hunger strike after the Israeli authorities reneged on that promise.
During his second hunger strike, Zahran’s health deteriorated seriously and had to be admitted to hospital. He was reported to be suffering from low heart beats, pain throughout his body, critical drop in saline level and loss of over 35 kilograms of his weight.
He has served a total of 15 years in Israeli prisons for resisting the occupation.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Palestinian man just minutes after his release from prison, after he was held captive for 18 years.
The PPS said the Palestinian political prisoner, Ismael Affana, from occupied East Jerusalem, was released from the Negev Detention Camp, after spending 18 years in several prisoners, but was abducted a few minutes later.
It added that the Palestinian was transferred to the al-Maskobiyya Detention and Interrogation facility in Jerusalem.
It is worth mentioning that Israel frequently rearrests Palestinian detainees just minutes or a few hours after their release, and usually places them under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial.
Some of the detainees are released hours after their abduction, but face severe restrictions; this sometimes includes barring them from returning to their homes and towns, or preventing them from heading to other parts of the West Bank, in addition to being denied the right to travel abroad.
The PPS said the Palestinian political prisoner, Ismael Affana, from occupied East Jerusalem, was released from the Negev Detention Camp, after spending 18 years in several prisoners, but was abducted a few minutes later.
It added that the Palestinian was transferred to the al-Maskobiyya Detention and Interrogation facility in Jerusalem.
It is worth mentioning that Israel frequently rearrests Palestinian detainees just minutes or a few hours after their release, and usually places them under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial.
Some of the detainees are released hours after their abduction, but face severe restrictions; this sometimes includes barring them from returning to their homes and towns, or preventing them from heading to other parts of the West Bank, in addition to being denied the right to travel abroad.
Israeli prison forces at dawn Monday raided cells in section 2 of the Ramon jail and brutalized Palestinian prisoners.
According to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees, the prisoners in this section were assaulted, maltreated and transferred to other sections of the jail.
The prison forces also ransacked the cells and tampered with the prisoners’ personal belongings.
In recent months, the same section has been exposed to several arbitrary raids by Israeli forces.
According to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees, the prisoners in this section were assaulted, maltreated and transferred to other sections of the jail.
The prison forces also ransacked the cells and tampered with the prisoners’ personal belongings.
In recent months, the same section has been exposed to several arbitrary raids by Israeli forces.
Israeli war minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that 66,500 shekels (about $19,000) were confiscated from the family of Palestinian prisoner Maher Younis — the second longest-serving detainee in Israeli jails.
In Twitter remarks, Bennett claimed the family received this amount of money from the Palestinian Authority.
He said that this measure was taken in accordance with a previous official decision to seize PA-paid money of prisoners who carried out what he called attacks (resistance operations) and hold an Israeli ID.
A Hebrew website said that it was the first time Israel confiscated money from a Palestinian prisoner’s family in such way.
The family of prisoner Younis lives in Ara village in the Haifa District in northern Israel (the 1948 occupied lands). The prisoner is serving 40 years on a charge of killing an Israeli soldier.
In Twitter remarks, Bennett claimed the family received this amount of money from the Palestinian Authority.
He said that this measure was taken in accordance with a previous official decision to seize PA-paid money of prisoners who carried out what he called attacks (resistance operations) and hold an Israeli ID.
A Hebrew website said that it was the first time Israel confiscated money from a Palestinian prisoner’s family in such way.
The family of prisoner Younis lives in Ara village in the Haifa District in northern Israel (the 1948 occupied lands). The prisoner is serving 40 years on a charge of killing an Israeli soldier.
The Israeli occupation government has approved a plan to build more detention facilities to accommodate thousands of new Palestinian prisoners.
According to Israel’s Channel 7, four prisons will be built to accommodate about 4,000 Palestinians as part of a long-term plan to be finished in 2040.
The project will also include other detention centers, police stations and courts.
The Israeli prison service has 30 prisons and detention centers, the Channel said.
There are about 5,700 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, including 47 women and girls, 250 children, six lawmakers, 500 administrative detainees and 700 patients.
Israel Approves Construction of Four New Prison Complexes
Israeli ‘housing council’ has approved a plan to build four new prisons in the occupied territories as the occupation accelerates its arrest campaign against Palestinians, the Palestine News Network reported.
Israeli media sources announced, on Tuesday, that the council authorized construction of the prison complexes, south of the Israeli city of Haifa, each of which would be comprised of a detention center, a police station and a court.
Israel’s Channel 7 said the new prison complexes would fit 4,000 political, criminal, and minor detainees, and is expected to be completed in 2040.
Palestinians complain that they are subjected to assault and torture at Israeli prisons, and some detainees resort to open-ended hunger strikes to voice their outrage at dire prison conditions.
According to Israel’s Channel 7, four prisons will be built to accommodate about 4,000 Palestinians as part of a long-term plan to be finished in 2040.
The project will also include other detention centers, police stations and courts.
The Israeli prison service has 30 prisons and detention centers, the Channel said.
There are about 5,700 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, including 47 women and girls, 250 children, six lawmakers, 500 administrative detainees and 700 patients.
Israel Approves Construction of Four New Prison Complexes
Israeli ‘housing council’ has approved a plan to build four new prisons in the occupied territories as the occupation accelerates its arrest campaign against Palestinians, the Palestine News Network reported.
Israeli media sources announced, on Tuesday, that the council authorized construction of the prison complexes, south of the Israeli city of Haifa, each of which would be comprised of a detention center, a police station and a court.
Israel’s Channel 7 said the new prison complexes would fit 4,000 political, criminal, and minor detainees, and is expected to be completed in 2040.
Palestinians complain that they are subjected to assault and torture at Israeli prisons, and some detainees resort to open-ended hunger strikes to voice their outrage at dire prison conditions.
13 jan 2020
Israel Prison Services (IPS) today relocated 34 Palestinian minor prisoners held at Ofer military camp and prison, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, to Damoun prison in Israel without any of their adult overseers, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) in a statement.
The statement warned of the danger of such move as it undermines one of the prisoner’s achievements to provide caretaker rights for minors, adding that this could make the minors targets of abusive measures by the IPS.
The decision has prompted strong protests by the prisoners who look after the minors as the relocation may undermine the rights of the minor prisoners who could be abused by the prison guards in the absence of their adult overseers.
Some 200 minors are currently held in Israeli prisons out of nearly 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners incarcerated for resisting the Israeli occupation of their land.
The adult prisoners usually take care of the minors and help them adjust to their new situation as well as represent them in any dispute with the IPS.
Related: Palestinian prisoners strongly object to moving 60 minors without their adult overseers
The statement warned of the danger of such move as it undermines one of the prisoner’s achievements to provide caretaker rights for minors, adding that this could make the minors targets of abusive measures by the IPS.
The decision has prompted strong protests by the prisoners who look after the minors as the relocation may undermine the rights of the minor prisoners who could be abused by the prison guards in the absence of their adult overseers.
Some 200 minors are currently held in Israeli prisons out of nearly 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners incarcerated for resisting the Israeli occupation of their land.
The adult prisoners usually take care of the minors and help them adjust to their new situation as well as represent them in any dispute with the IPS.
Related: Palestinian prisoners strongly object to moving 60 minors without their adult overseers
Israeli forces today detained 17 Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS).
It said in a press statement that Israeli forces rounded up five Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem.
One of the five detainees was identified as a resident of Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and another as a resident of al-Doha town, located to the southwest of Bethlehem.
Meanwhile, the PPS statement said that four others were rounded up from Hebron district.
Two of the four detainees were identified as residents of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron city, and another as a resident of Surif town, located to the northwest of Hebron city.
In the meantime, Israeli police detained two Palestinians, including a minor, after ransacking their families’ houses in the Old City of Jerusalem and Issawiya neighborhood.
A similar military raid was conducted in Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem, resulting in the detention of another person.
In Ramallah district, Israeli military raided Deir al-Sudan village, located to the north of Ramallah city, where soldiers nabbed a Palestinian man.
Another predawn military raid was carried out in Bilin village, located to the west of Ramallah city, resulting in the detention of another person.
In the northern West Bank, PPS said a Palestinian man was detained in Nablus district and two others from Tulkarm district.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seventeen Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, seventeen Palestinians, including a father and his son, during violent invasions and searches of homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Hebron, in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in several villages and towns in the governorate, before abducting four Palestinians, identified as Yassin Badruddin al-Hour, Karim Abdul-Rahman Arar, Hammouda Mohammad Za’aqeeq and Monther Nasser Skafi.
In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers searched many homes and abducted Riyad Ahmad Rashayda, and his son Fadi, in addition to Ahmad Aziyya, Ameed al-Azza and Ahmad Khader Masalma.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Abdul-Majid Hasan, 19, and Odai al-Khatib, from their homes in Deir as-Sudan and Bil’in towns.
It is worth mentioning that Abdul-Majid Hasan is the brother of Shatha, a political prisoner who was abducted from her home on December 12, 2019.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Fahed Yassin and Sa’ad Ahmad Qassem, 32.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Emad Khaled Yassin, from his home.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a child, identified as Mustafa Ghazala, from his home in the Old City, in addition to Mohammad Obeidat from Abu Dis town, and Eyad al-Kurd from al-Isawiya.
The soldiers also summoned for interrogation a young man, identified as Wisam Seder, from Jerusalem, and on Sunday evening, the soldiers summoned a woman, identified as Aya Abu Naab.
It said in a press statement that Israeli forces rounded up five Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem.
One of the five detainees was identified as a resident of Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and another as a resident of al-Doha town, located to the southwest of Bethlehem.
Meanwhile, the PPS statement said that four others were rounded up from Hebron district.
Two of the four detainees were identified as residents of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron city, and another as a resident of Surif town, located to the northwest of Hebron city.
In the meantime, Israeli police detained two Palestinians, including a minor, after ransacking their families’ houses in the Old City of Jerusalem and Issawiya neighborhood.
A similar military raid was conducted in Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem, resulting in the detention of another person.
In Ramallah district, Israeli military raided Deir al-Sudan village, located to the north of Ramallah city, where soldiers nabbed a Palestinian man.
Another predawn military raid was carried out in Bilin village, located to the west of Ramallah city, resulting in the detention of another person.
In the northern West Bank, PPS said a Palestinian man was detained in Nablus district and two others from Tulkarm district.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seventeen Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, seventeen Palestinians, including a father and his son, during violent invasions and searches of homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Hebron, in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in several villages and towns in the governorate, before abducting four Palestinians, identified as Yassin Badruddin al-Hour, Karim Abdul-Rahman Arar, Hammouda Mohammad Za’aqeeq and Monther Nasser Skafi.
In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers searched many homes and abducted Riyad Ahmad Rashayda, and his son Fadi, in addition to Ahmad Aziyya, Ameed al-Azza and Ahmad Khader Masalma.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Abdul-Majid Hasan, 19, and Odai al-Khatib, from their homes in Deir as-Sudan and Bil’in towns.
It is worth mentioning that Abdul-Majid Hasan is the brother of Shatha, a political prisoner who was abducted from her home on December 12, 2019.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Fahed Yassin and Sa’ad Ahmad Qassem, 32.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Emad Khaled Yassin, from his home.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a child, identified as Mustafa Ghazala, from his home in the Old City, in addition to Mohammad Obeidat from Abu Dis town, and Eyad al-Kurd from al-Isawiya.
The soldiers also summoned for interrogation a young man, identified as Wisam Seder, from Jerusalem, and on Sunday evening, the soldiers summoned a woman, identified as Aya Abu Naab.
The Israeli military government renewed the administrative detention of Shorouq al-Badan, 25, for six more months only two days before her scheduled release, today said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
Badan, from Bethlehem, was about to conclude tomorrow six months in administrative detention and be freed before she was slammed with another period behind bars. She was arrested on July 15 of last year.
Three other Palestinian women are also held in administrative detention without charge or trial and based on secret evidence not available for their lawyers and for various periods of time.
They include Alaa Bashir, 23, from Qalqilya, arrested on July 24, 2019, Bushra Tawil, 26, from Ramallah, arrested on December 11, 2019 and Shatha Hasan, 20, from Ramallah, arrested on December 12, 2019.
The PPS said Israel currently has 40 Palestinian women behind bars for their resistance of the Israeli occupation.
Administrative detention is illegal under international law.
Badan, from Bethlehem, was about to conclude tomorrow six months in administrative detention and be freed before she was slammed with another period behind bars. She was arrested on July 15 of last year.
Three other Palestinian women are also held in administrative detention without charge or trial and based on secret evidence not available for their lawyers and for various periods of time.
They include Alaa Bashir, 23, from Qalqilya, arrested on July 24, 2019, Bushra Tawil, 26, from Ramallah, arrested on December 11, 2019 and Shatha Hasan, 20, from Ramallah, arrested on December 12, 2019.
The PPS said Israel currently has 40 Palestinian women behind bars for their resistance of the Israeli occupation.
Administrative detention is illegal under international law.
One Palestinian young man was reportedly kidnaped and a girl was summoned for interrogation by the Israeli occupation police in Jerusalem on Sunday evening.
According to local sources, police forces stormed Jebel al-Mukaber neighborhood in east Jerusalem and rounded up a young man identified as Jameel Shuqairat.
Later, the police decided to extend the detention of Shuqairat as a prelude to bringing him before a court.
In a separate incident, a young girl identified as Aya Abu Nab from the Jerusalemite neighborhood of Ras al-Amud was handed a summons by the police for questioning at the Qishla detention center in the Old City.
Meanwhile, a heavy build-up of traffic happened on both sides of the road leading to Palestinian towns and villages in the west of Jerusalem, specifically near Qalandiya village, after Israeli soldiers set up a security checkpoint.
According to local sources, police forces stormed Jebel al-Mukaber neighborhood in east Jerusalem and rounded up a young man identified as Jameel Shuqairat.
Later, the police decided to extend the detention of Shuqairat as a prelude to bringing him before a court.
In a separate incident, a young girl identified as Aya Abu Nab from the Jerusalemite neighborhood of Ras al-Amud was handed a summons by the police for questioning at the Qishla detention center in the Old City.
Meanwhile, a heavy build-up of traffic happened on both sides of the road leading to Palestinian towns and villages in the west of Jerusalem, specifically near Qalandiya village, after Israeli soldiers set up a security checkpoint.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday kidnaped four Palestinian citizens during their presence in border areas in the Gaza Strip.
According to the Hebrew media, the IOF kidnaped three young men after their attempt to infiltrate into Israel through the border fence in the north of Gaza.
Another young man was also arrested separately in a similar incident.
No weapons were found in their possessions. All the four detainees were taken in for interrogation.
According to the Hebrew media, the IOF kidnaped three young men after their attempt to infiltrate into Israel through the border fence in the north of Gaza.
Another young man was also arrested separately in a similar incident.
No weapons were found in their possessions. All the four detainees were taken in for interrogation.
