19 july 2013
Families of Palestinian prisoners organized, with participation of several national and Islamic factions and liberated prisoners, a sit-in on Thursday in the center of Ramallah city in solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners in the Israeli jails. The protestors demanded the Palestinian and Jordanian official authorities and all the humanitarian and human rights bodies to intervene immediately to save the lives of hunger striking prisoners before it is too late, and called for continuing the activities in support of detainees in the occupation jails.
Amin Shuman, coordinator of the High follow up Commission on the prisoners affairs in the occupation prisons, announced that the commission, in collaboration with other institutions and national and Islamic forces, will organize a series of events to activate the prisoners' cause.
He noted that the events and activities in solidarity with prisoners in occupation jails staged in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the West Bank will be moved to the city centers, "especially in light of the Jordanian and Palestinian captives' ongoing hunger strike."
For his part, liberated captive Fakhri Barghouti, who served dozens of years in the occupation prisons, called for taking serious steps to support the prisoners until they achieve their fair and legitimate demands.
Amin Shuman, coordinator of the High follow up Commission on the prisoners affairs in the occupation prisons, announced that the commission, in collaboration with other institutions and national and Islamic forces, will organize a series of events to activate the prisoners' cause.
He noted that the events and activities in solidarity with prisoners in occupation jails staged in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the West Bank will be moved to the city centers, "especially in light of the Jordanian and Palestinian captives' ongoing hunger strike."
For his part, liberated captive Fakhri Barghouti, who served dozens of years in the occupation prisons, called for taking serious steps to support the prisoners until they achieve their fair and legitimate demands.
Indictment filed against Wael Abu Rida for security offenses he committed as commander of terrorist cells in Fatah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas military wings
An indictment was filed on Friday against Waal Abu Rida, a 34-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, for security offenses, including attempted murder.
The Bani Suheila resident was arrested by security forces last month and a gag order on the arrest was lifted last week.
According to the charges, Abu Ridah served as a commander in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and then moved to the Islamic Jihad and later to a Hamas shadow group.
He has been engaged in extensive anti-Israel activity since 2003. As part of his activities in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, he fired at IDF tanks with the aim of killing soldiers. He also laid explosives on the Gaza border fence and took part in military training of 40 operatives near the Khan Younis hospital in 2005.
He trained them to assemble bombs, engage in sniper fire, plan the abduction of soldiers, as well as fighting the IDF.
Abu Rida is accused of planning to carry out attacks against IDF soldiers with the intention of killing them. Along with others, he tried to plant explosives against military patrols, and was involved in a shooting incident in which one of the terrorists fired at IDF forces. Abu Rida filmed the attempted attack. One of the soldiers fell to the ground from the shooting, but was not injured.
In 2006, Abu Rida used a 14-year-old boy as a human shield: According to the indictment, he planned to carry out a shooting attack or plant explosives in an orchard, thus he carried a cargo of 10 kg into the area. The defendant noticed a boy and asked him to accompany him, in order not to not arouse suspicion. He hid the explosives and later blew them up, but no one was injured.
Additionally, Abu Rida is accused of conspiracy to excavate a tunnel from the Gaza Strip into Israel, for the purpose of carrying out an attack; he was also involved in an attempt to launch a rocket into Israel.
In 2008, Abu Rida was appointed commander of the Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades. During Operation Cast Lead, four of the organization’s cells were put under his command, and their members were given instructions for laying explosives against IDF soldiers.
2011: Moves over to Hamas
In 2011, he was approached by a senior member of a Hamas shadow group, and was asked to join the organization. Abu Rida agreed on condition that he could establish a squad which would serve under his command. The organization’s leaders gave their approval, and Abu Rida and his squad members performed armed guard duty against IDF soldiers.
That same year, Abu Rida also received a 200 kg barrel of TNT and was asked to place it in an area where IDF tanks passed, but in the end, the IDF forces did not cross that point. He was also charged of attempting and failing to launch rockets against Israel.
Abu Rida's attorney, Mohammed Jabarin, said that the statement provided by his client throughout the investigation was false. "He was active in the Islamic Jihad, but gave a false version, and there's a reason for this. Ninety-nine percent of the indictment is inflated,” Jabarin said.
The state has withheld details of the indictment, even as Ynet has applied to allow publication of the circumstances under which Abu Rida arrived in Israel.
A decision in the case was supposed to be made on Friday at the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court, but the prosecution filed its indictment early, and the court decided not to rule on the request for permission to publish. The prosecution had argued that the case’s details could harm national security, even though the details have all already been published in the foreign media.
IOA extends detention of captive who was seriously injured during interrogation
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Thursday extended the detention of prisoner Mohammed Ahmed Zakarna, aged 37 from town of Qabatiya south of Jenin, who suffers from skull fracture sustained during interrogation about a month ago. Local sources said that the Salem Military Court extended the detention of Zakarna for the tenth time respectively, until the trial, although he suffers from difficult health conditions due to fractures in the ribs and skull sustained during the interrogation.
Israeli special units kidnapped Zakarna on April 8 while he was returning from work.
An indictment was filed on Friday against Waal Abu Rida, a 34-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, for security offenses, including attempted murder.
The Bani Suheila resident was arrested by security forces last month and a gag order on the arrest was lifted last week.
According to the charges, Abu Ridah served as a commander in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and then moved to the Islamic Jihad and later to a Hamas shadow group.
He has been engaged in extensive anti-Israel activity since 2003. As part of his activities in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, he fired at IDF tanks with the aim of killing soldiers. He also laid explosives on the Gaza border fence and took part in military training of 40 operatives near the Khan Younis hospital in 2005.
He trained them to assemble bombs, engage in sniper fire, plan the abduction of soldiers, as well as fighting the IDF.
Abu Rida is accused of planning to carry out attacks against IDF soldiers with the intention of killing them. Along with others, he tried to plant explosives against military patrols, and was involved in a shooting incident in which one of the terrorists fired at IDF forces. Abu Rida filmed the attempted attack. One of the soldiers fell to the ground from the shooting, but was not injured.
In 2006, Abu Rida used a 14-year-old boy as a human shield: According to the indictment, he planned to carry out a shooting attack or plant explosives in an orchard, thus he carried a cargo of 10 kg into the area. The defendant noticed a boy and asked him to accompany him, in order not to not arouse suspicion. He hid the explosives and later blew them up, but no one was injured.
Additionally, Abu Rida is accused of conspiracy to excavate a tunnel from the Gaza Strip into Israel, for the purpose of carrying out an attack; he was also involved in an attempt to launch a rocket into Israel.
In 2008, Abu Rida was appointed commander of the Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades. During Operation Cast Lead, four of the organization’s cells were put under his command, and their members were given instructions for laying explosives against IDF soldiers.
2011: Moves over to Hamas
In 2011, he was approached by a senior member of a Hamas shadow group, and was asked to join the organization. Abu Rida agreed on condition that he could establish a squad which would serve under his command. The organization’s leaders gave their approval, and Abu Rida and his squad members performed armed guard duty against IDF soldiers.
That same year, Abu Rida also received a 200 kg barrel of TNT and was asked to place it in an area where IDF tanks passed, but in the end, the IDF forces did not cross that point. He was also charged of attempting and failing to launch rockets against Israel.
Abu Rida's attorney, Mohammed Jabarin, said that the statement provided by his client throughout the investigation was false. "He was active in the Islamic Jihad, but gave a false version, and there's a reason for this. Ninety-nine percent of the indictment is inflated,” Jabarin said.
The state has withheld details of the indictment, even as Ynet has applied to allow publication of the circumstances under which Abu Rida arrived in Israel.
A decision in the case was supposed to be made on Friday at the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court, but the prosecution filed its indictment early, and the court decided not to rule on the request for permission to publish. The prosecution had argued that the case’s details could harm national security, even though the details have all already been published in the foreign media.
IOA extends detention of captive who was seriously injured during interrogation
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Thursday extended the detention of prisoner Mohammed Ahmed Zakarna, aged 37 from town of Qabatiya south of Jenin, who suffers from skull fracture sustained during interrogation about a month ago. Local sources said that the Salem Military Court extended the detention of Zakarna for the tenth time respectively, until the trial, although he suffers from difficult health conditions due to fractures in the ribs and skull sustained during the interrogation.
Israeli special units kidnapped Zakarna on April 8 while he was returning from work.
Israeli forces detained five Palestinians in raids across the West Bank early Friday, the army said.
Soldiers detained two people in Jenin, two in Nablus and another in Abu Dis in East Jerusalem, an Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an.
She said they were taken for security questioning.
In Nablus, witnesses said troops surrounded a building in Asira Street and detained Mohammad Abu Saleh and Orabi al-Shakhshir.
Palestinians threw stones at the Israeli troops, who fired sound grenades and tear gas.
Clashes also erupted after Israeli forces detained Aws al-Fayed and Anas Abu Batikh in raids on their parents' homes in Jenin, locals said.
Soldiers detained two people in Jenin, two in Nablus and another in Abu Dis in East Jerusalem, an Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an.
She said they were taken for security questioning.
In Nablus, witnesses said troops surrounded a building in Asira Street and detained Mohammad Abu Saleh and Orabi al-Shakhshir.
Palestinians threw stones at the Israeli troops, who fired sound grenades and tear gas.
Clashes also erupted after Israeli forces detained Aws al-Fayed and Anas Abu Batikh in raids on their parents' homes in Jenin, locals said.
Israeli forces arrested Thursday evening, three Palestinians during clashes erupted near Bab al-Sahera gate in Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said, the Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians from Bab al-Sahera gate area during the confrontations. No injuries were reported.
They added, that confrontations erupted in the area following the arrest of a boy who was working in a garage.
Israeli police 'detain 3 Palestinians' in Jerusalem's Old City
Israeli police detained three Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City early Friday, witnesses said.
Police assaulted and detained a Palestinian on Nablus Street at around 1 a.m., leading to clashes which spread to al-Sahira Street and Sultan Suliman Street, witnesses told Ma'an.
Palestinians protesting the arrest threw stones at Israeli police cars, and police detained two people, they added.
An Israeli police spokesman could not be reached for comment.
Eyewitnesses said, the Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians from Bab al-Sahera gate area during the confrontations. No injuries were reported.
They added, that confrontations erupted in the area following the arrest of a boy who was working in a garage.
Israeli police 'detain 3 Palestinians' in Jerusalem's Old City
Israeli police detained three Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City early Friday, witnesses said.
Police assaulted and detained a Palestinian on Nablus Street at around 1 a.m., leading to clashes which spread to al-Sahira Street and Sultan Suliman Street, witnesses told Ma'an.
Palestinians protesting the arrest threw stones at Israeli police cars, and police detained two people, they added.
An Israeli police spokesman could not be reached for comment.
Salem Israeli Military Court extended on Thursday, the arrest of the prisoner Mohammed Ahmed Zakarneh, 37, from the village of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, for the 10th time in a row.
Kamel Zakarneh, brother of the prisoner, said that the Israeli court extended the detention of his brother for the 10th time, assuring that his brother suffers from a bad health condition due to fractures in his skull and body parts sustained during the interrogation.
It's worth noting that Israeli Special Units "Arabists" abducted Zakarneh while returning from his work on the 8th April 2013.
Kamel Zakarneh, brother of the prisoner, said that the Israeli court extended the detention of his brother for the 10th time, assuring that his brother suffers from a bad health condition due to fractures in his skull and body parts sustained during the interrogation.
It's worth noting that Israeli Special Units "Arabists" abducted Zakarneh while returning from his work on the 8th April 2013.
Israeli forces arrested Thursday, two Palestinians after raiding a building in Asirah Street, west of Nablus in the West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said that confrontations erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces who stormed the city overnight with more than 20 military vehicles.
Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs, while the young Palestinians threw stones in return.
The forces withdrew from the area after arresting Arabi al-Shakhsheer and Mohammed Abu Saleh, while several other Palestinians suffered suffocation in the confrontations.
Eyewitnesses said that confrontations erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces who stormed the city overnight with more than 20 military vehicles.
Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs, while the young Palestinians threw stones in return.
The forces withdrew from the area after arresting Arabi al-Shakhsheer and Mohammed Abu Saleh, while several other Palestinians suffered suffocation in the confrontations.
Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, the head of the IOF Central Command, issued a decision on Wednesday, clarifying to the Israeli forces the protocol for detaining children. The legal age for responsibility is considered 12.
This decision has been issued following the release of a video by the B'Tselem human rights organization last week.
The video showed the Israeli soldiers arresting a 5-year-old boy identified as Wadi' Maswadeh. B'Tselem said the soldiers took him home, where they met his father and took them both to an army base, where the father was handcuffed and blindfolded.
The video also showed the child crying and visibly distressed as he is put into an Israeli army jeep.
Alon said that Israeli forces erred in detaining a 5-year-old Palestinian boy for throwing stones at soldiers at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
"We made a mistake during the event, both in detaining the boy and detaining his father," Alon told commanders during an operational assessment of the incident. "This incident caused more harm than good."
This decision has been issued following the release of a video by the B'Tselem human rights organization last week.
The video showed the Israeli soldiers arresting a 5-year-old boy identified as Wadi' Maswadeh. B'Tselem said the soldiers took him home, where they met his father and took them both to an army base, where the father was handcuffed and blindfolded.
The video also showed the child crying and visibly distressed as he is put into an Israeli army jeep.
Alon said that Israeli forces erred in detaining a 5-year-old Palestinian boy for throwing stones at soldiers at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
"We made a mistake during the event, both in detaining the boy and detaining his father," Alon told commanders during an operational assessment of the incident. "This incident caused more harm than good."
18 july 2013
Israel released prisoner Jalal Rommaneh, 44, from Al-Amari refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after 14 years imprisonment, Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights reported Thursday.
Director of Ahrar Center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, said that Rummaneh was abducted while he was driving bomb car in 19/7/1998. His face was burned and his fingers were amputated.
During his detention, Rummaneh had the bachelor degree and the master from the Hebrew University.
He is a father of two sons and was arrested previously in the first Intifada for more than four years.
Director of Ahrar Center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, said that Rummaneh was abducted while he was driving bomb car in 19/7/1998. His face was burned and his fingers were amputated.
During his detention, Rummaneh had the bachelor degree and the master from the Hebrew University.
He is a father of two sons and was arrested previously in the first Intifada for more than four years.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed two towns to the south east of occupied Jerusalem at dawn Thursday and rounded up dozens of Jerusalemites. Palestinian sources said that IOF soldiers in 20 army vehicles burst into Abu Dis and Alezariye and broke into a number of houses and searched them.
They said that the soldiers attacked both towns in groups and rounded up 50 citizens and ten youngsters and minors.
The sources said that the soldiers fired teargas, rubber bullets, and stun grenades at young men in Abu Dis.
In a related development, IOF soldiers nabbed two Palestinians in Bethlehem at dawn Thursday.
They said that the soldiers attacked both towns in groups and rounded up 50 citizens and ten youngsters and minors.
The sources said that the soldiers fired teargas, rubber bullets, and stun grenades at young men in Abu Dis.
In a related development, IOF soldiers nabbed two Palestinians in Bethlehem at dawn Thursday.
Tadamun foundation for human rights said on Wednesday that the number of Palestinian women in Israeli jails dropped to 13 after the release of a prisoner from Tubas city. In a press release, Tadamun stated that the Israeli jailers released on Tuesday prisoner Serin Sawafta, 25, after two months in detention.
The foundation affirmed that the Israeli regime are still holding 13 Palestinian women in its jails, including a prisoner from the 1948 occupied lands named Lina Jabouni, who have been serving a 17-year sentence since 2002.
The foundation affirmed that the Israeli regime are still holding 13 Palestinian women in its jails, including a prisoner from the 1948 occupied lands named Lina Jabouni, who have been serving a 17-year sentence since 2002.
Israeli repression units stormed the Eichel prison in Beersheba in the south of occupied Palestine on Wednesday evening and clashed with the prisoners, injuring a number of them. Sources from inside the jail told PIC's correspondent that the repression units stormed the prison under the pretext of carrying out searches, which led to provoking the prisoners and the eruption of confrontations between them and the Israeli soldiers.
The sources added that the soldiers attacked the prisoners, wounding five of them and that the repression units have also isolated a number of prisoners under the pretext of being involved in the clashes.
The state of tension still prevails in the Eichel jail where the detainees demand the release of their oppressed colleagues from the solitary confinement.
Meanwhile; Ahrar Center for prisoners’ Studies and human rights warned that there are 31 patient prisoners in Eichel jail who suffer from serious deterioration in their health conditions.
The Palestinian human rights Center said in a press statement on Thursday that "the Israeli prison administration has recently moved the sick prisoners from southern the prisons to the Eichel detention center because of its closeness to the Israeli hospitals”, adding that 25 per cent of the detainees in Eichel suffer from serious health issues.
It pointed out that the patients prisoners in Eichel are also exposed to a policy of medical neglect that has aggravated their health status.
Ahrar called on concerned official institutions and international bodies to intervene for the release of the sick captives and provide them with the appropriate treatment.
The sources added that the soldiers attacked the prisoners, wounding five of them and that the repression units have also isolated a number of prisoners under the pretext of being involved in the clashes.
The state of tension still prevails in the Eichel jail where the detainees demand the release of their oppressed colleagues from the solitary confinement.
Meanwhile; Ahrar Center for prisoners’ Studies and human rights warned that there are 31 patient prisoners in Eichel jail who suffer from serious deterioration in their health conditions.
The Palestinian human rights Center said in a press statement on Thursday that "the Israeli prison administration has recently moved the sick prisoners from southern the prisons to the Eichel detention center because of its closeness to the Israeli hospitals”, adding that 25 per cent of the detainees in Eichel suffer from serious health issues.
It pointed out that the patients prisoners in Eichel are also exposed to a policy of medical neglect that has aggravated their health status.
Ahrar called on concerned official institutions and international bodies to intervene for the release of the sick captives and provide them with the appropriate treatment.
Lawyer Hanan Al-Khatib said that the hunger striking prisoner and Qassam leader Abdullah Barghouti has been suffering from serious deterioration in his health condition as a result of atrophy of the liver due to his ongoing hunger strike. Khatib, who visited the prisoner in Afula Hospital, stated that Barghouthi has started to suffer severe problems with heart rate and that over the past week he was given an anti-inflammatory injection and other injections for his heart and liver.
She noted that prisoner Barghouthi is suffering from fainting spells caused by hypoglycemia, adding that his status begun to stabilize after he started to take sugar with water.
The prison administration's medical committee threatened to intervene and force feed him, under the pretext of preserving his life.
The Qassam leader stressed that he is determined to continue his hunger strike, and demanded the release of all Jordanian prisoners to Jordan, adding that they have been waiting for an official intervention to find a quick solution to their cause.
She noted that prisoner Barghouthi is suffering from fainting spells caused by hypoglycemia, adding that his status begun to stabilize after he started to take sugar with water.
The prison administration's medical committee threatened to intervene and force feed him, under the pretext of preserving his life.
The Qassam leader stressed that he is determined to continue his hunger strike, and demanded the release of all Jordanian prisoners to Jordan, adding that they have been waiting for an official intervention to find a quick solution to their cause.
Palestinian gets 9 years for attack on Rishon Lezion girl
The Lod District Court has sentenced a Palestinian man to nine years and three months in prison for indecent assault and sodomy committed on an 18-year-old girl in Rishon Lezion. Muhammad Halis, 25, from the village of Yatta near Hebron, was convicted of attacking the girl one year ago, as she left her job at a Rishon Lezion mall.
The Lod District Court has sentenced a Palestinian man to nine years and three months in prison for indecent assault and sodomy committed on an 18-year-old girl in Rishon Lezion. Muhammad Halis, 25, from the village of Yatta near Hebron, was convicted of attacking the girl one year ago, as she left her job at a Rishon Lezion mall.
Activists protested outside a police station in southern Israel on Wednesday night, demanding the release of four protesters.
On Wednesday, an Israeli court ordered the release of four protesters who were among 15 arrested Monday at a demonstration in Beersheba against a government plan to resettle Bedouin.
Activists gathered outside the Negev police station demanding the protesters' release. A police official told Ma'an they would be released to house arrest after paying bail.
Israeli police organized a Ramadan breakfast, the pre-dawn meal taken before the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The activists boycotted the meal, and criticized others who took part, leading to heated arguments.
"After we asked them not to join the breakfast and to boycott it, they left and some of the officials were ashamed to join but some joined without any shame and moreover called us names," one activist told Ma'an.
Those who participated in the breakfast urged the head of southern Israeli police to release protesters detained in the Beersheba protest. The police official said he would look into the matter on Thursday.
Israeli police arrested 15 people at the protest march in Beersheba on Monday.
Jamal Zahalka, a Palestinian member of the Knesset, said police used force at the protest.
"We called for a peaceful protest in which more than 1,000 people took part but the police used force. They tried to beat a girl with clubs but when I tried to protect her they beat me up as well," Zahalka told AFP.
The resettlement plan was approved by the government in January and by the parliament in a first reading in June. Two more votes are expected.
The plan calls for the relocation of 30,000-40,000 Bedouin, the demolition of about 40 villages and the confiscation of more than 700,000 dunams (70,000 hectares) of land in the Negev.
The government has said it would "as much as possible" grant legal status to Negev villages that are currently unrecognized by the authorities if they met a minimum population criteria.
But those criteria have never been stated.
A cabinet statement has said "most" residents -- who do not currently receive government or municipal services -- would be able to continue living in their homes after the villages are granted legal status.
There are about 260,000 Bedouin in Israel, mostly living in and around the Negev in the arid south.
More than half live in unrecognized villages without utilities and many also live in extreme poverty.
On Wednesday, an Israeli court ordered the release of four protesters who were among 15 arrested Monday at a demonstration in Beersheba against a government plan to resettle Bedouin.
Activists gathered outside the Negev police station demanding the protesters' release. A police official told Ma'an they would be released to house arrest after paying bail.
Israeli police organized a Ramadan breakfast, the pre-dawn meal taken before the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The activists boycotted the meal, and criticized others who took part, leading to heated arguments.
"After we asked them not to join the breakfast and to boycott it, they left and some of the officials were ashamed to join but some joined without any shame and moreover called us names," one activist told Ma'an.
Those who participated in the breakfast urged the head of southern Israeli police to release protesters detained in the Beersheba protest. The police official said he would look into the matter on Thursday.
Israeli police arrested 15 people at the protest march in Beersheba on Monday.
Jamal Zahalka, a Palestinian member of the Knesset, said police used force at the protest.
"We called for a peaceful protest in which more than 1,000 people took part but the police used force. They tried to beat a girl with clubs but when I tried to protect her they beat me up as well," Zahalka told AFP.
The resettlement plan was approved by the government in January and by the parliament in a first reading in June. Two more votes are expected.
The plan calls for the relocation of 30,000-40,000 Bedouin, the demolition of about 40 villages and the confiscation of more than 700,000 dunams (70,000 hectares) of land in the Negev.
The government has said it would "as much as possible" grant legal status to Negev villages that are currently unrecognized by the authorities if they met a minimum population criteria.
But those criteria have never been stated.
A cabinet statement has said "most" residents -- who do not currently receive government or municipal services -- would be able to continue living in their homes after the villages are granted legal status.
There are about 260,000 Bedouin in Israel, mostly living in and around the Negev in the arid south.
More than half live in unrecognized villages without utilities and many also live in extreme poverty.
Israeli soldiers detained five Palestinians in raids across the West Bank early Thursday, an army spokesman said.
Forces detained two Palestinians in Azzun, one in Rujeib, one in Bethlehem and one in Nablus, a military spokesman told Ma'an.
Locals said 18-year-old Jihad Hasoneh was detained in Nablus while working in his father's shop.
Israeli forces also raided Tal and Beit Wazan villages near Nablus and inspected homes, residents told Ma'an.
Forces detained two Palestinians in Azzun, one in Rujeib, one in Bethlehem and one in Nablus, a military spokesman told Ma'an.
Locals said 18-year-old Jihad Hasoneh was detained in Nablus while working in his father's shop.
Israeli forces also raided Tal and Beit Wazan villages near Nablus and inspected homes, residents told Ma'an.
Israeli Occupation Forces arrested on Thursday, two Palestinians from the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank.
Witnesses said that Israeli forces arrested Theeb Mohammed al-Amour, 45, from the village of Tkqou', east of Bethlehem after raiding ans searching his house.
They also said that Israeli Special Unit "Arabists" nabbed Jihad Awad Obaiat, 18, from al-Saf Street area while driving a private car.
Witnesses said that Israeli forces arrested Theeb Mohammed al-Amour, 45, from the village of Tkqou', east of Bethlehem after raiding ans searching his house.
They also said that Israeli Special Unit "Arabists" nabbed Jihad Awad Obaiat, 18, from al-Saf Street area while driving a private car.
Israeli Occupation Forces arrested Wednesday, eight Palestinian children in Abu Dis village near Ramallah, and accused them of throwing stones at Israeli vehicles and soldiers.
Witnesses said that Israeli forces raided the village overnight, and arrested Mohammed Adwan, Anas badr, Amin Rabe' until his son summons himself to the Israeli Intelligence. The forces also arrested Amer Ayad, Mohammed al-Muhtasib, 15, Mohammed Na'im al-Sinawi, Mufeed al-Rashq, 16, and Mahmoud Bassa.
The village residents said that Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters during the storming of the village, causing several suffocation cases to children from Emtair family and were transferred to hospital for treatment.
Forces also handed the Palestinian Musa Jabr and his son Ragheb, notices to meet with the Israeli Intelligence.
Israeli forces detain Palestinians in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained at least eight Palestinians in raids on Abu Dis and al-Eizariya villages in East Jerusalem early Thursday, witnesses said.
Locals said Mahmud Bassa, Mohammad al-Sanawi, Khalil al-Rishq, Mohammad al-Muhtasib, Mohammad Odwan, Anas Bader, Amer Ayyad and Amin Rabe were among those detained.
An Israeli police spokesman could not be reached for comment.
Witnesses said that Israeli forces raided the village overnight, and arrested Mohammed Adwan, Anas badr, Amin Rabe' until his son summons himself to the Israeli Intelligence. The forces also arrested Amer Ayad, Mohammed al-Muhtasib, 15, Mohammed Na'im al-Sinawi, Mufeed al-Rashq, 16, and Mahmoud Bassa.
The village residents said that Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters during the storming of the village, causing several suffocation cases to children from Emtair family and were transferred to hospital for treatment.
Forces also handed the Palestinian Musa Jabr and his son Ragheb, notices to meet with the Israeli Intelligence.
Israeli forces detain Palestinians in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained at least eight Palestinians in raids on Abu Dis and al-Eizariya villages in East Jerusalem early Thursday, witnesses said.
Locals said Mahmud Bassa, Mohammad al-Sanawi, Khalil al-Rishq, Mohammad al-Muhtasib, Mohammad Odwan, Anas Bader, Amer Ayyad and Amin Rabe were among those detained.
An Israeli police spokesman could not be reached for comment.
17 july 2013
Rami Fakhoury
The Magistrate court judge sentenced Rami Saleh Fakhouri and Mahmoud Abdellatif for nine months of actual imprisonment, and a suspended probation of eight months for three years.
Fakhouri and Abdellatif were accused of participating in “Acts of incitement and rioting” in Al-Aqsa Mosque, and practicing “riots” against the occupation.
The Israeli forces arrested the two young men on the 26th of February 2013, and they are currently imprisoned in “Nafha” and “Shatta” prisons.
Rami Fakhouri was injured in the year 2009 with a “dum-dum” bullet in his eye while being at Al-Aqsa Mosque and he lost his eye; he was arrested several times and was ordered to stay away from his house; he was also subject to house arrest for several months. He was also forced to work for 200 hours “serving the state of Israel” which forced him to stop his college education for a few semesters.
The Magistrate court judge sentenced Rami Saleh Fakhouri and Mahmoud Abdellatif for nine months of actual imprisonment, and a suspended probation of eight months for three years.
Fakhouri and Abdellatif were accused of participating in “Acts of incitement and rioting” in Al-Aqsa Mosque, and practicing “riots” against the occupation.
The Israeli forces arrested the two young men on the 26th of February 2013, and they are currently imprisoned in “Nafha” and “Shatta” prisons.
Rami Fakhouri was injured in the year 2009 with a “dum-dum” bullet in his eye while being at Al-Aqsa Mosque and he lost his eye; he was arrested several times and was ordered to stay away from his house; he was also subject to house arrest for several months. He was also forced to work for 200 hours “serving the state of Israel” which forced him to stop his college education for a few semesters.
The Israeli Magistrate court extended on Wednesday the arrest of six Palestinians.
Mufeed Al-Hajj, lawyer from the Palestinian prisoner’s club, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of Khaled Omar Khashan 18 and Mousa Omar Amayreh 20 until tomorrow to submit an indictment against them; a result to their participation in an illegal demonstration in Jerusalem and throwing stones.
Mufeed added that the judge decided to release two young men and a child on conditions but the general prosecution called to freeze his decision until tomorrow to submit an appeal to the District court; the judge wanted to release Mohammad Maher Muna on condition of house arrest and deportation from his house in the old city to the village of Esawyeh, and Zaher Hamati on condition of house arrest in his house in Nazareth as well as releasing the minor Ahmad Qawasmi.
It is noteworthy that the occupation forces arrested 8 people in the last two days from the city of Jerusalem, as they arrested three people after Tuesday’s midnight after a settler was stabbed in Sultan Suleiman Street near Damascus gate and assaulted and severely beat them.
Mufeed Al-Hajj, lawyer from the Palestinian prisoner’s club, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of Khaled Omar Khashan 18 and Mousa Omar Amayreh 20 until tomorrow to submit an indictment against them; a result to their participation in an illegal demonstration in Jerusalem and throwing stones.
Mufeed added that the judge decided to release two young men and a child on conditions but the general prosecution called to freeze his decision until tomorrow to submit an appeal to the District court; the judge wanted to release Mohammad Maher Muna on condition of house arrest and deportation from his house in the old city to the village of Esawyeh, and Zaher Hamati on condition of house arrest in his house in Nazareth as well as releasing the minor Ahmad Qawasmi.
It is noteworthy that the occupation forces arrested 8 people in the last two days from the city of Jerusalem, as they arrested three people after Tuesday’s midnight after a settler was stabbed in Sultan Suleiman Street near Damascus gate and assaulted and severely beat them.
An Israeli court on Wednesday ordered the release of four protesters who were arrested Monday at a demonstration against a government plan to resettle Bedouin.
Israeli police arrested 15 protesters at the demonstration in Beersheba, as protests were held around Israel to denounce the Prawer Plan.
A court in Beersheba ordered the release of Mufeed Abu Sweilim, Roaya al-Hzayyil, Kareem Shahadeh and Ibrahim al-Sane on Wednesday.
Hundreds of tribesmen and women joined the march in Beersheba. Jamal Zahalka, a Palestinian member of the Knesset, said police used force at the protest.
"We called for a peaceful protest in which more than 1,000 people took part but the police used force. They tried to beat a girl with clubs but when I tried to protect her they beat me up as well," Zahalka told AFP.
Organizers said the overall number of protesters who took to the streets in Beersheba, the southern Negev desert region, Galilee in the north and Jaffa near Tel Aviv could have been in the thousands.
The resettlement plan was approved by the government in January and by the parliament in a first reading in June. Two more votes are expected.
The plan call for the relocation of 30,000-40,000 Bedouin, the demolition of about 40 villages and the confiscation of more than 700,000 dunams (70,000 hectares) of land in the Negev.
The government has said it would "as much as possible" grant legal status to Negev villages that are currently unrecognized by the authorities if they met a minimum population criteria.
But those criteria have never been stated.
A cabinet statement has said "most" residents -- who do not currently receive government or municipal services -- would be able to continue living in their homes after the villages are granted legal status.
There are about 260,000 Bedouin in Israel, mostly living in and around the Negev in the arid south.
More than half live in unrecognized villages without utilities and many also live in extreme poverty.
Israeli police arrested 15 protesters at the demonstration in Beersheba, as protests were held around Israel to denounce the Prawer Plan.
A court in Beersheba ordered the release of Mufeed Abu Sweilim, Roaya al-Hzayyil, Kareem Shahadeh and Ibrahim al-Sane on Wednesday.
Hundreds of tribesmen and women joined the march in Beersheba. Jamal Zahalka, a Palestinian member of the Knesset, said police used force at the protest.
"We called for a peaceful protest in which more than 1,000 people took part but the police used force. They tried to beat a girl with clubs but when I tried to protect her they beat me up as well," Zahalka told AFP.
Organizers said the overall number of protesters who took to the streets in Beersheba, the southern Negev desert region, Galilee in the north and Jaffa near Tel Aviv could have been in the thousands.
The resettlement plan was approved by the government in January and by the parliament in a first reading in June. Two more votes are expected.
The plan call for the relocation of 30,000-40,000 Bedouin, the demolition of about 40 villages and the confiscation of more than 700,000 dunams (70,000 hectares) of land in the Negev.
The government has said it would "as much as possible" grant legal status to Negev villages that are currently unrecognized by the authorities if they met a minimum population criteria.
But those criteria have never been stated.
A cabinet statement has said "most" residents -- who do not currently receive government or municipal services -- would be able to continue living in their homes after the villages are granted legal status.
There are about 260,000 Bedouin in Israel, mostly living in and around the Negev in the arid south.
More than half live in unrecognized villages without utilities and many also live in extreme poverty.
Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening arrested three Jerusalemites, while dozens were injured during violent clashes in the vicinity of the Damascus Gate. The clashes broke out when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) suppressed a mass protest against the Prawer scheme.
Local sources said that the soldiers surrounded and attacked dozens of citizens from the occupied city of Jerusalem and the 1948 occupied territories, who took part in the vigil staged to protest against Prawer plan.
Medic Bassem Zidani pointed out that there have been dozens of injuries and that the IOF attacked all the citizens; including the women, children and old people, who were present in the vicinity of the Damascus Gate even those who were not involved in the protest.
Meanwhile, Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage warned in a statement on Wednesday of a new Israeli plan to build hotels and tourist and commercial facilities on parts of the land of the Islamic historical cemetery of Ma'man Allah in Jerusalem.
The Foundation considered such procedure a crime and a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the dead, and asserted that it will spare no effort to respond to and thwart this scheme.
Hebrew newspaper Ma'ariv published on Wednesday morning on its website news item stating that the Israeli municipality in Jerusalem began to develop plans and draw blueprints to build hotels and tourist and commercial facilities on parts of the cemetery.
The newspaper pointed out that the Finance Committee in the municipality allocated 200 thousand shekels (about 75 thousand U.S. $) for the planning of the project, in collaboration with the Israeli Eden Company.
Al-Aqsa Foundation pointed out that the Israeli enterprise seized the cemetery and swept away hundreds of graves, then it has established schools and playgrounds for the Israelis.
The Foundation has launched a few months ago a local and international campaign to address all the Israeli plans targeting the Islamic cemetery of Ma'man Allah.
Local sources said that the soldiers surrounded and attacked dozens of citizens from the occupied city of Jerusalem and the 1948 occupied territories, who took part in the vigil staged to protest against Prawer plan.
Medic Bassem Zidani pointed out that there have been dozens of injuries and that the IOF attacked all the citizens; including the women, children and old people, who were present in the vicinity of the Damascus Gate even those who were not involved in the protest.
Meanwhile, Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage warned in a statement on Wednesday of a new Israeli plan to build hotels and tourist and commercial facilities on parts of the land of the Islamic historical cemetery of Ma'man Allah in Jerusalem.
The Foundation considered such procedure a crime and a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the dead, and asserted that it will spare no effort to respond to and thwart this scheme.
Hebrew newspaper Ma'ariv published on Wednesday morning on its website news item stating that the Israeli municipality in Jerusalem began to develop plans and draw blueprints to build hotels and tourist and commercial facilities on parts of the cemetery.
The newspaper pointed out that the Finance Committee in the municipality allocated 200 thousand shekels (about 75 thousand U.S. $) for the planning of the project, in collaboration with the Israeli Eden Company.
Al-Aqsa Foundation pointed out that the Israeli enterprise seized the cemetery and swept away hundreds of graves, then it has established schools and playgrounds for the Israelis.
The Foundation has launched a few months ago a local and international campaign to address all the Israeli plans targeting the Islamic cemetery of Ma'man Allah.
The Prisoners' Center for Studies said that all the lawyers' reports confirm the seriousness of the health problems of the prisoner Abdullah Barghouthi, and called for escalating the of activities in solidarity with him Barghouthi has been suffering from several problems with heart rate, kidney, liver, arteries and vision.
The Center called on Jordan's King Abdullah II, the Jordanian government, the Palestinian Authority and the international institutions; particularly the International Red Cross and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to intervene and save the life of captive Barghouthi.
It has also appealed to the free peoples around the world, the national and Islamic forces and the Palestinian and Arab embassies, to take real steps in the Western countries and friendly States in support of Barghouthi.
The Center called on Jordan's King Abdullah II, the Jordanian government, the Palestinian Authority and the international institutions; particularly the International Red Cross and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to intervene and save the life of captive Barghouthi.
It has also appealed to the free peoples around the world, the national and Islamic forces and the Palestinian and Arab embassies, to take real steps in the Western countries and friendly States in support of Barghouthi.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 20 Palestinian children over the past couple of weeks, an official Palestinian report said on Wednesday. The report by the children information department in the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah said that the IOF targeting of Palestinian children had escalated as of late.
It pointed out that dozens of Palestinian children were treated for gas suffocation as a result of the IOF use of teargas grenades against West Bank marches protesting confiscation of land and settlement activity.
It pointed out that dozens of Palestinian children were treated for gas suffocation as a result of the IOF use of teargas grenades against West Bank marches protesting confiscation of land and settlement activity.
The Palestinian prisoner society held the Israeli prison authority fully responsible for what happened to Palestinian prisoner Mohamed Ghawadreh who lost his eyesight partially after he received wrong medical treatment in the infirmary of Hadarim jail. The society stated on Tuesday that prisoner Ghawadreh was suffering from severe pains in his teeth, but an Israeli doctor in Hadarim jail deliberately injected him with a kind of drug causing him to lose 80 percent of his vision in one eye and 30 percent in the other.
It affirmed that his family is prevented from visiting him in jail and appealed to the Red Cross to pressure the Israeli prison authority in this regard in order for the prisoner to see his family.
The prisoner society also called for forming a neutral medical and human rights committee to investigate the incident that led the prisoner to lose his vision partially.
It affirmed that his family is prevented from visiting him in jail and appealed to the Red Cross to pressure the Israeli prison authority in this regard in order for the prisoner to see his family.
The prisoner society also called for forming a neutral medical and human rights committee to investigate the incident that led the prisoner to lose his vision partially.
Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) in Ramallah said that Israeli forces arrested 97 Palestinians during June and July in Ramallah.
It also said the arrests were carried out in several villages including al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, where 25 Palestinians were arrested, and the village of Ein Yabroud, where 9 Palestinians were arrested, in addition to, 20 Palestinians were arrested in Budrus village.
Prisoners Society added that along with the arrest campaign, Israeli forces destroyed houses and assaulted the detainees and their families.
It also said the arrests were carried out in several villages including al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, where 25 Palestinians were arrested, and the village of Ein Yabroud, where 9 Palestinians were arrested, in addition to, 20 Palestinians were arrested in Budrus village.
Prisoners Society added that along with the arrest campaign, Israeli forces destroyed houses and assaulted the detainees and their families.
IOF forces arrested Tuesday, five Palestinians during confrontations launched at Bab al-Amoud area in east Jerusalem.
Sources in Jerusalem said that five young Palestinians were arrested overnight, during clashes erupted after Israeli police and forces from the Israeli Intelligence raided the Bab al-Amoud area following the stabbing of a settler at the same area.
Sources in Jerusalem said that five young Palestinians were arrested overnight, during clashes erupted after Israeli police and forces from the Israeli Intelligence raided the Bab al-Amoud area following the stabbing of a settler at the same area.
16 july 2013
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Protestor in Beersheba
Several protesters arrested during Monday's nation-wide demonstrations against the Prawer-bill are still kept in detention. Nine arrested in the Galilee got their remand extended to six more days. Tuesday’s demonstrations were held against the passing of the so-called Prawer-bill that would legalize the expulsion of the Bedouins from over 80,000 hectares of land in the Negev dessert. The bill was described as “the biggest ethnic cleansing since the Nakba of 1948”. It led to massive protests in over 16 communities north of historic Palestine, as well as in the occupied West Bank. The biggest protest was held in Beersheba, where 2 policemen were allegedly injured and 15 protestors were arrested. More arrests have also been carried out Tuesday in several other cities, including in the West Bank, Many of the detained are facing charges related to what was subbed as "violence". The Akko Magistrate Court decided to extend remain of nine suspects arrested in Galilee yesterday, to six more days, Israeli Ynet News has reported on Tuesday afternoon. More Protesters will likely face charges once the Israeli Prosecution files indictments. |
The “Prawer plan” calls for annexing more than 700.000 Dunams (185329 acres) and displacing the residents by demolishing 14 villages in the area.
All unrecognized villages in the Negev are under continuing Israeli attacks and violations, as Tel Aviv does not recognize the residents' right to live on their land -- land they inhabited long before the 1948 creation of the state of Israel in historic Palestine.
Unrecognized villages in the Negev are under continuing Israeli attacks and violations, as Tel Aviv does not recognize the residents' right to live on their land -- land they inhabited long before the 1948 creation of the state of Israel in historic Palestine.
All unrecognized villages in the Negev are under continuing Israeli attacks and violations, as Tel Aviv does not recognize the residents' right to live on their land -- land they inhabited long before the 1948 creation of the state of Israel in historic Palestine.
Unrecognized villages in the Negev are under continuing Israeli attacks and violations, as Tel Aviv does not recognize the residents' right to live on their land -- land they inhabited long before the 1948 creation of the state of Israel in historic Palestine.
The Palestinian prisoner society said that the Jordanian hunger strikers are being held with mental patients in the Ramla jail infirmary in order to pressure them into breaking their hunger strike. The lawyer of the prisoner society stated that the hunger strikers were brought handcuffed and shackled during his visit to the jail on Monday without any consideration to their poor health conditions.
He said that the jail administration told him that no lawyer can visit the hunger strikers as of Monday without a permission form the district officer, noting that this punitive step is aimed at isolating them from the outside world.
The lawyer added that hunger strikers Mohamed Rimawi, Alaa Hammad, Munir Marei and Hamza Addabas are locked up inside an unhealthy cell lacking the minimum basic needs.
He said that the jail administration told him that no lawyer can visit the hunger strikers as of Monday without a permission form the district officer, noting that this punitive step is aimed at isolating them from the outside world.
The lawyer added that hunger strikers Mohamed Rimawi, Alaa Hammad, Munir Marei and Hamza Addabas are locked up inside an unhealthy cell lacking the minimum basic needs.
Jordanian hunger striker Abdullah Barghouthi threatened to stop drinking water if his jailers did not respond to his demands, and stressed his determination to continue his hunger strike whatever the cost. This came in a letter sent on Monday to his wife, daughter and sister, in which he explained his insistence on continuing his hunger strike and called on them to pray for him and have patience.
Barghouthi, who is in Afula hospital, stated that the Irish hunger strike would be an inevitable step if the Israeli regime remained intransigent and refused to respond to his demands, affirming that his death would always be a stigma attached to the occupation state.
In a related event, dozens of Palestinian young men participated on Monday in Dura town of Al-Khalil in a march in solidarity with the Palestinian and Jordanian hunger strikers in Israeli jails.
The march was part of the youth activities that started recently under the slogan "get angry for the prisoners in Israeli jails."
The young men marched across the town carrying pictures of the hunger strikers and rallied outside the building of the municipal council demanding an end to Israel's violations against the prisoners.
In this regard, first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council Ahmed Bahr appealed to the Jordanian king Abdullah Bin Al-Hussein to urgently intervene to save the life of hunger striker Abdullah Al-Barghouthi and the lives of his fellow hunger strikers.
Bahr held, in a press release on Monday, the Israeli occupation regime fully responsible for the life of Barghouthi and warned of dire consequences if any hunger strikers dies.
Barghouthi, who is in Afula hospital, stated that the Irish hunger strike would be an inevitable step if the Israeli regime remained intransigent and refused to respond to his demands, affirming that his death would always be a stigma attached to the occupation state.
In a related event, dozens of Palestinian young men participated on Monday in Dura town of Al-Khalil in a march in solidarity with the Palestinian and Jordanian hunger strikers in Israeli jails.
The march was part of the youth activities that started recently under the slogan "get angry for the prisoners in Israeli jails."
The young men marched across the town carrying pictures of the hunger strikers and rallied outside the building of the municipal council demanding an end to Israel's violations against the prisoners.
In this regard, first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council Ahmed Bahr appealed to the Jordanian king Abdullah Bin Al-Hussein to urgently intervene to save the life of hunger striker Abdullah Al-Barghouthi and the lives of his fellow hunger strikers.
Bahr held, in a press release on Monday, the Israeli occupation regime fully responsible for the life of Barghouthi and warned of dire consequences if any hunger strikers dies.
Israeli occupation authorities arrested on Tuesday, a Palestinian from al-Silet al-Harithyeh village, west of Jenin while traveling to Jordan through al-Karama crossing and took him to an unknown location.
Israeli forces arrested Mohammed Jamal al-Sa'dy while he was heading to Jordan for treatment. They stopped him at al-Karama crossing and detained him without revealing the reasons for his arrest, said Mohammed's father.
He also said that his son is a released prisoner who suffers from several fractures in his foot and that he was scheduled for a surgical operation in Jordan.
Israeli forces arrested Mohammed Jamal al-Sa'dy while he was heading to Jordan for treatment. They stopped him at al-Karama crossing and detained him without revealing the reasons for his arrest, said Mohammed's father.
He also said that his son is a released prisoner who suffers from several fractures in his foot and that he was scheduled for a surgical operation in Jordan.
Israeli Occupation Forces arrested Monday evening, three Palestinians and injured several others during confrontations erupted at Bab al-Amoud area in occupied East Jerusalem, after Israeli forces suppressed a protest against Prawer-Begin Plan.
Israeli forces suppressed the peaceful demonstration against the Israeli plan which aims at evacuating Naqab (Negav) desert in the south of Israel of its Bedouin residents.
Medic Basem Zidani told Palestinian official news agency WAFA that dozens of Palestinians were injured after Israeli forces assaulted men, women and children who were at Bab al-Amoud area and not only the protesters. The forces used batons and horses to suppress the protest.
He added, some of the injuries were treated on field and others were taken to hospitals for treatment.
Israeli forces suppressed the peaceful demonstration against the Israeli plan which aims at evacuating Naqab (Negav) desert in the south of Israel of its Bedouin residents.
Medic Basem Zidani told Palestinian official news agency WAFA that dozens of Palestinians were injured after Israeli forces assaulted men, women and children who were at Bab al-Amoud area and not only the protesters. The forces used batons and horses to suppress the protest.
He added, some of the injuries were treated on field and others were taken to hospitals for treatment.
Israel Prison Service (IPS) transferred the Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), prisoner Ahmed Sa'adat, from Hadarem prison to Shata prison. No reasons for the transfer were revealed.
Sa'adat has been in Jail since 2006 where he serves 30 years imprisonment.
Sa'adat has been in Jail since 2006 where he serves 30 years imprisonment.
15 july 2013
Hamas warned the Hebrew state of dire consequences if any harm is done to Palestinian prisoners and called for immediate international pressures to save those prisoners. Mushir Al-Masri, a Hamas MP, told a rally organized on Monday by the women branch of Hamas that capturing Israeli soldiers was still an option to trade them for Palestinian prisoners.
He held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the life of prisoners especially the Jordanian prisoners who have been on hunger strike for 77 days.
“All hell doors will break loose on the Israeli occupation if those prisoners are harmed in any way,” Masri told the rally organized in front of the Red Cross office in Gaza in solidarity with prisoners.
The MP asked all human rights groups to immediately act and pressure the IOA into releasing the hunger striking prisoners.
He held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the life of prisoners especially the Jordanian prisoners who have been on hunger strike for 77 days.
“All hell doors will break loose on the Israeli occupation if those prisoners are harmed in any way,” Masri told the rally organized in front of the Red Cross office in Gaza in solidarity with prisoners.
The MP asked all human rights groups to immediately act and pressure the IOA into releasing the hunger striking prisoners.
Palestinian patient prisoners in Israeli jails suffer deliberate Israeli medical negligence and lack of medical care where they risk death at any moment. Riad al-Ashqar, prisoners’ ministry media director, stated that the number of patient prisoners has escalated in Israeli jails due to the Israeli medical negligence and the bad detention conditions in addition to the continued pressures and repression.
About 1700 prisoners out of 4600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails suffer health problems including 75 prisoners suffer chronic diseases.
The liberated prisoner Omar al-Bardawil (29) who was released recently, stated that the Palestinian patient prisoners' health situation is getting worse as part of the Israeli Prison Administration's policy to liquidated them.
Al-Bardawil, who served 8 years behind Israeli bars, pointed out that the patient prisoners are facing death at any moment due to the Israeli harassments and medical negligence particularly the hunger strikers.
He called for a real and firm position behind the patient prisoners in Israeli jails who suffer shortage of medicines and medical care.
Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails have declared hunger strike since early May protesting their difficult detention condition where their health situation has deteriorated in Ramle prison in light the Israeli deliberate medical negligence.
Meanwhile, Fidaa group to support prisoners in Israeli jails denied Israeli claims that the hunger striker Abdullah Barghouthi is clinically dead.
Anas Abu Khudair, Fidaa group's director, confirmed that Barghouthi is still alive however he suffers sharp health deterioration due to his hunger strike since more than 70 days.
He pointed out that Barghouthi is kept alone in Afula prison, while the 4 other Jordanian prisoners are held in Soroka Hospital.
Jordanian prisoner in Israel Abdullah Barghouthi is serving the longest term in the world as he was sentenced to 67 life terms. He has been in jail for 10 years after he was arrested by Israel when he entered the West Bank to visit relatives there.
On May 2, six Jordanians began their own "battle of empty stomachs" following Palestinian peers who managed to secure their freedom and attracted worldwide attention to their plight over the past months.
About 1700 prisoners out of 4600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails suffer health problems including 75 prisoners suffer chronic diseases.
The liberated prisoner Omar al-Bardawil (29) who was released recently, stated that the Palestinian patient prisoners' health situation is getting worse as part of the Israeli Prison Administration's policy to liquidated them.
Al-Bardawil, who served 8 years behind Israeli bars, pointed out that the patient prisoners are facing death at any moment due to the Israeli harassments and medical negligence particularly the hunger strikers.
He called for a real and firm position behind the patient prisoners in Israeli jails who suffer shortage of medicines and medical care.
Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails have declared hunger strike since early May protesting their difficult detention condition where their health situation has deteriorated in Ramle prison in light the Israeli deliberate medical negligence.
Meanwhile, Fidaa group to support prisoners in Israeli jails denied Israeli claims that the hunger striker Abdullah Barghouthi is clinically dead.
Anas Abu Khudair, Fidaa group's director, confirmed that Barghouthi is still alive however he suffers sharp health deterioration due to his hunger strike since more than 70 days.
He pointed out that Barghouthi is kept alone in Afula prison, while the 4 other Jordanian prisoners are held in Soroka Hospital.
Jordanian prisoner in Israel Abdullah Barghouthi is serving the longest term in the world as he was sentenced to 67 life terms. He has been in jail for 10 years after he was arrested by Israel when he entered the West Bank to visit relatives there.
On May 2, six Jordanians began their own "battle of empty stomachs" following Palestinian peers who managed to secure their freedom and attracted worldwide attention to their plight over the past months.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the city of Nablus at dawn Monday and broke into the home of Shaban family in Ras Al-Ain suburb. Abud Shaban said that IOF soldiers raided his family house and broke into many apartments and violently searched them.
He said that the soldiers detained the entire family members in one room, confiscated their mobile phones and interrogated them.
Shaban said that another IOF unit then stormed the house and searched it anew before arresting his brother Raef and took him to an unknown detention center.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers clashed with young men in the city but no casualties were reported.
He said that the soldiers detained the entire family members in one room, confiscated their mobile phones and interrogated them.
Shaban said that another IOF unit then stormed the house and searched it anew before arresting his brother Raef and took him to an unknown detention center.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers clashed with young men in the city but no casualties were reported.
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Bedouin settlements regularization plan sparks violent protest in Beersheba. Several policemen, protesters injured, 15 activists detained. Former MK Taleb el-Sana claims bill is 'crime against humanity, will lead to intifada'
Banks, local authorities and most businesses in the Arab sector went on strike in protest of the Prawer Bill, which aims to evict illegal Bedouin communities in the Negev. Hundreds rallied in Beersheba on Monday as part of the protest, and chanted slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Several protesters were injured in clashes with local police, 14 were detained and two police officers were injured as well. One protester was arrested after threatening a police officer he would "take care of him and his family." |
Police defined the protest as illegal, even though it was approved by the Negev District Police Chief. Police claimed that the conditions under which the demonstration was permitted were violated. A central Beersheba road was blocked for an hour causing long traffic jams in the city.
Police forces informed the protesters that the demonstration was illegal and protesters must be dispersed and evacuated from the road, causing some to begin using violence towards the policemen.
With the help of horsemen and Central Control Unit fighters, police dispersed the demonstration and cleared the road. Negev District Police Chief Peretz Amar explained: "The police respect the will of the Bedouin people to express their protest, but it will only be allowed within the constraints of the law. Any attempt by extremists to break the law, act with violence, block traffic and harm public servants and property will be dealt with immediate, determined and uncompromising law enforcement measures."
The strike was declared by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, in which all businesses and public services were closed Monday. Fifteen protests are expected throughout Monday in different locations in northern Israel.
Protester Yusuf Al-Atawneh said: "The police are acting with brutality. They are trying to scare the youth, but we have the legitimate right to express protest and object the plan. We will carry on with our fight despite the brutality."
Fellow protester Ibrahim Abu Bader added: "The police are baiting people and trying to scare them from exercising their right, but nothing will stop us from objecting to this plan. The police exercised too much force in this case."
Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi responded to the events: "The government is pushing the Arab minority to a corner of confrontation instead of listening to their needs and equalizing the living conditions. We will keep fighting to cancel the Prawer Bill. Only in Israel there is a different law for the Arabs in the Negev. It is not a regularization plan, but an exclusion plan."
The bill addresses the legal aspects of the issue of Bedouin settlements in the Negev, including the regularization of the land claims in the Negev. The State's position is that the existing law does not allow approving such claims, but due to the special social and economic conditions in the Negev, it is proposed to establish special arrangements to solve the issue. The arrangements include compensation in the form of money or land.
However the strikers and demonstrators are protesting against the plan, which according to them will rob the Bedouins of 800,000 hectares of land. "The land of the Negev belongs to those who reside in it, not to Bibi," Beersheba protesters chanted.
Some criticized the Bedouin public for not fully joining the protest. A public figure told Ynet that many businesses in Arab villages Sakhnin and Kfar Manda did not take part in the strike. "It shows that the strike failed, there is no faith in the follow-up committee's steps. Today some protest, but tomorrow everyone will forget everything."
Ibrahim Hasnat from Rahat is confident that "the protests will help. There's complete harmony between the Arab Palestinians in Israel and us. The protest should be a warning to decision makers in Israel. The prime minister should intervene. The State is turning closer to right-winged extremism, and its leaders should aid and prove us otherwise."
Former MK Taleb el-Sana said: "The Prawer Bill will lead to an intifada in the Negev. I warn the government from promoting apartheid legislation against Arabs. The government's policy will push the Arab public to adopt unlawful means of struggle in order to combat the perpetuation of marginality and inferiority of the Arab public."
El-Sana further added: "The Prawer Bill is the most dangerous plan against the Arab public since 1948. Its true meaning is a transfer of tens of thousands of Bedouins, expropriation of their land and large scale ethnic cleansing, which constitutes a violation of all international accords, and in practice this plan is a crime against humanity."
Police forces informed the protesters that the demonstration was illegal and protesters must be dispersed and evacuated from the road, causing some to begin using violence towards the policemen.
With the help of horsemen and Central Control Unit fighters, police dispersed the demonstration and cleared the road. Negev District Police Chief Peretz Amar explained: "The police respect the will of the Bedouin people to express their protest, but it will only be allowed within the constraints of the law. Any attempt by extremists to break the law, act with violence, block traffic and harm public servants and property will be dealt with immediate, determined and uncompromising law enforcement measures."
The strike was declared by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, in which all businesses and public services were closed Monday. Fifteen protests are expected throughout Monday in different locations in northern Israel.
Protester Yusuf Al-Atawneh said: "The police are acting with brutality. They are trying to scare the youth, but we have the legitimate right to express protest and object the plan. We will carry on with our fight despite the brutality."
Fellow protester Ibrahim Abu Bader added: "The police are baiting people and trying to scare them from exercising their right, but nothing will stop us from objecting to this plan. The police exercised too much force in this case."
Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi responded to the events: "The government is pushing the Arab minority to a corner of confrontation instead of listening to their needs and equalizing the living conditions. We will keep fighting to cancel the Prawer Bill. Only in Israel there is a different law for the Arabs in the Negev. It is not a regularization plan, but an exclusion plan."
The bill addresses the legal aspects of the issue of Bedouin settlements in the Negev, including the regularization of the land claims in the Negev. The State's position is that the existing law does not allow approving such claims, but due to the special social and economic conditions in the Negev, it is proposed to establish special arrangements to solve the issue. The arrangements include compensation in the form of money or land.
However the strikers and demonstrators are protesting against the plan, which according to them will rob the Bedouins of 800,000 hectares of land. "The land of the Negev belongs to those who reside in it, not to Bibi," Beersheba protesters chanted.
Some criticized the Bedouin public for not fully joining the protest. A public figure told Ynet that many businesses in Arab villages Sakhnin and Kfar Manda did not take part in the strike. "It shows that the strike failed, there is no faith in the follow-up committee's steps. Today some protest, but tomorrow everyone will forget everything."
Ibrahim Hasnat from Rahat is confident that "the protests will help. There's complete harmony between the Arab Palestinians in Israel and us. The protest should be a warning to decision makers in Israel. The prime minister should intervene. The State is turning closer to right-winged extremism, and its leaders should aid and prove us otherwise."
Former MK Taleb el-Sana said: "The Prawer Bill will lead to an intifada in the Negev. I warn the government from promoting apartheid legislation against Arabs. The government's policy will push the Arab public to adopt unlawful means of struggle in order to combat the perpetuation of marginality and inferiority of the Arab public."
El-Sana further added: "The Prawer Bill is the most dangerous plan against the Arab public since 1948. Its true meaning is a transfer of tens of thousands of Bedouins, expropriation of their land and large scale ethnic cleansing, which constitutes a violation of all international accords, and in practice this plan is a crime against humanity."
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The Samaria Military Court convicted young Palestinian Salem Zaral of murdering Eviatar Borovsky in Tapuach Junction last April.
Zaral confessed to the charges against him, and his sentencing hearing is scheduled for September.
The Samaria Military Court convicted young Palestinian Salem Zaral of murdering Eviatar Borovsky in Tapuach Junction last April.
Zaral confessed to the charges against him, and his sentencing hearing is scheduled for September.
The Prime Minister's Office has responded to the parents of Moshe Tamam, an IDF soldier who was murdered 19-years-ago by terrorists serving time in an Israeli prison.
Two weeks ago the parents lodged a request with the office with the help of a lawyer not to free their son's murders in a good-will gesture to the Palestinians. In response to their request, the PMO said: "At this point there is no discussion underway regarding the release of terrorists."
Two weeks ago the parents lodged a request with the office with the help of a lawyer not to free their son's murders in a good-will gesture to the Palestinians. In response to their request, the PMO said: "At this point there is no discussion underway regarding the release of terrorists."
Israeli forces Monday held two Palestinian children aged 7 and 10 for several hours near the Ibrahimi mosque in the old city of Hebron, according to security sources. They told WAFA that soldiers held Mohammad Abu Mayaleh, 7, and Ahmad Abed al-Qader, 10, for several hours before releasing them.
Meanwhile, settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Yair, south of Hebron, attacked a Palestinian causing him several bruises throughout his body. He was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Yair, south of Hebron, attacked a Palestinian causing him several bruises throughout his body. He was transferred to hospital for treatment.
An Israeli court said Sunday it has jailed for 30 months two senior Hamas members who took refuge inside Red Cross East Jerusalem offices for a year and a half.
The Jerusalem district court issued the sentence as part of a plea bargain in which former Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs Khaled Abu Arafeh and Hamas MP Mohammed Totah admitted to "membership of a terror organization" and staying in Israel without permits.
The two had barricaded themselves inside the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross on July 1, 2010 and were arrested on January 23, 2012.
The ICRC compound is in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.
According to police, the two men both had their Israeli identity cards revoked 18 months before their arrest, meaning they were not legally entitled to be in the city.
The 30-month jail sentences were issued on Thursday, but the court only distributed news of the decision to the media on Sunday.
Hamas has 74 members in the 132-seat Palestinian Authority Legislative Council, which is based in Ramallah. Twelve of them are now being detained by Israel, including Totah.
The Jerusalem district court issued the sentence as part of a plea bargain in which former Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs Khaled Abu Arafeh and Hamas MP Mohammed Totah admitted to "membership of a terror organization" and staying in Israel without permits.
The two had barricaded themselves inside the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross on July 1, 2010 and were arrested on January 23, 2012.
The ICRC compound is in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.
According to police, the two men both had their Israeli identity cards revoked 18 months before their arrest, meaning they were not legally entitled to be in the city.
The 30-month jail sentences were issued on Thursday, but the court only distributed news of the decision to the media on Sunday.
Hamas has 74 members in the 132-seat Palestinian Authority Legislative Council, which is based in Ramallah. Twelve of them are now being detained by Israel, including Totah.
A group of Gaza residents visited their relatives in Israeli jails on Monday, the International Committee for the Red Cross said.
ICRC spokesman Nasser al-Najjar told Ma'an that 65 family members, including six children, left Gaza via the Beit Hanoun, or Erez, crossing to visit 39 jailed relatives in Israel.
Israel banned visits to all prisoners from Gaza in 2007 to pressure Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was freed in October 2011.
Prison visits were reinstated after a mass hunger strike in Israeli jails.
Under international law, detainees are entitled to receive family visits.
ICRC spokesman Nasser al-Najjar told Ma'an that 65 family members, including six children, left Gaza via the Beit Hanoun, or Erez, crossing to visit 39 jailed relatives in Israel.
Israel banned visits to all prisoners from Gaza in 2007 to pressure Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was freed in October 2011.
Prison visits were reinstated after a mass hunger strike in Israeli jails.
Under international law, detainees are entitled to receive family visits.
Former hunger striker Thaer Halahla was transferred to an Israeli prison hospital on Sunday, a prisoners group said.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society said Halahla's health has deteriorated after contracting Hepatitis C in an Israeli prison.
Halahla, from the Hebron-district town of Kharas, held a 77-day hunger strike last year to protest his detention without charge by Israel.
He was released in June 2012 after reaching a deal with Israeli prison authorities and greeted by crowds of supporters.
Israeli forces rearrested Halahla in April this year, and Israeli doctors in Ofer prison informed him that he had contracted Hepatitis C during a dental operation in Ashkelon jail, probably because non-sterile tools were used, Addameer prisoners group said.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society said Halahla's health has deteriorated after contracting Hepatitis C in an Israeli prison.
Halahla, from the Hebron-district town of Kharas, held a 77-day hunger strike last year to protest his detention without charge by Israel.
He was released in June 2012 after reaching a deal with Israeli prison authorities and greeted by crowds of supporters.
Israeli forces rearrested Halahla in April this year, and Israeli doctors in Ofer prison informed him that he had contracted Hepatitis C during a dental operation in Ashkelon jail, probably because non-sterile tools were used, Addameer prisoners group said.
