13 july 2015
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Monday, that administrative detainee Odai Steity, 24 years of age, is ongoing with his strike for the 26th consecutive day, and is facing constant violations and pressures by the prison authority, in an attempt to force him to quit his strike.
The detainee, from Jenin, told a PPS lawyer that, before he was moved to solitary confinement in Eshil prison, he was placed in solitary confinement for 22 consecutive days in the Negev Detention camp.
Steity said the prison administration confiscated his electrical equipment from his cell, and even denied him the right to shower for twelve consecutive days.
The PPS stated that the detainee faces constant harassment by the soldiers who refused to give him cold water to drink, and even barbequed meat near his cell.
Steity was taken prisoner on November 16, 2014, and remained under Administrative Detention, without trial.
He is currently in a small cell that does not even have a toilet, and lacks basic components of human use.
Steity is denied the right to receive clothes from his family, and the Red Cross, and suffers various health issues in his bones, joints and his abdomen, in addition to being unable to walk without assistance, but remains denied the right to a wheelchair.
Despite his health condition, and ongoing violations, the detainee told the PPS he is determined to continue his hunger strike until Israel ends his arbitrary, illegal, administrative detention.
The detainee, from Jenin, told a PPS lawyer that, before he was moved to solitary confinement in Eshil prison, he was placed in solitary confinement for 22 consecutive days in the Negev Detention camp.
Steity said the prison administration confiscated his electrical equipment from his cell, and even denied him the right to shower for twelve consecutive days.
The PPS stated that the detainee faces constant harassment by the soldiers who refused to give him cold water to drink, and even barbequed meat near his cell.
Steity was taken prisoner on November 16, 2014, and remained under Administrative Detention, without trial.
He is currently in a small cell that does not even have a toilet, and lacks basic components of human use.
Steity is denied the right to receive clothes from his family, and the Red Cross, and suffers various health issues in his bones, joints and his abdomen, in addition to being unable to walk without assistance, but remains denied the right to a wheelchair.
Despite his health condition, and ongoing violations, the detainee told the PPS he is determined to continue his hunger strike until Israel ends his arbitrary, illegal, administrative detention.
Israeli military courts renewed, Monday, Administrative Detention orders, without charges, against 15 Palestinian political prisoners for periods varying between 3 and 6 months.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the fifteen detainees have previously received similar detention orders, two or three consecutive times, and that some of them have been held by Israel for several years, under the same orders.
Administrative Detention orders are based on what Israel calls “secret files” against the detainees, files that neither the detainees, nor their lawyers, can access.
More than 6000 held are held in 18 Israeli prisons, detention and interrogation centers, including 284 Administrative Detainees, 250 children, and 9 elected legislators.
Thirty detainees have been imprisoned since more than twenty years, while 480 detainees are serving at least one life term.
1500 detainees are sick and largely denied access to urgently needed professional medical attention; they suffer from various conditions, including cancer, liver diseases and other serious issues.
The detainees, who received renewed Administrative Detention orders, are:
1. Yahia Hasan Ladadwa from Ramallah; 4 months.
2. Ayyoub al-‘Awawda from Hebron, 4 months.
3. Zakariyya Abdul-Hamid ‘Oweidat, Hebron, 3 months.
4. Noureddin Jihad al-Qawasma, Hebron, 4 months.
5. Rami Hisham Abu Safiyya, Hebron, 3 months.
6. Mahmoud Bader Ekhlayyel, Hebron, 6 months.
7. Mustafa Omar Bodeir, Tulkarem, 3 months.
8. Omar Ahmad Qaraqra, Bethlehem, 3 months.
9. Husam Mohammad Batami, Nablus, 3 months.
10. Mohammad Qassem Obeid, Jenin, 6 months.
11. Rami Na’im al-Khatib, Hebron, 4 months.
12. Khaled Aziz Barad’eyya, Hebron, 4 months.
13. Kayed Fawzi Abu ar-Reesh, Nablus, 6 months.
14. Bilal Salim Salhab, Hebron, 6 months.
15. Omar Atallah Issa, Nablus, 3 months.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the fifteen detainees have previously received similar detention orders, two or three consecutive times, and that some of them have been held by Israel for several years, under the same orders.
Administrative Detention orders are based on what Israel calls “secret files” against the detainees, files that neither the detainees, nor their lawyers, can access.
More than 6000 held are held in 18 Israeli prisons, detention and interrogation centers, including 284 Administrative Detainees, 250 children, and 9 elected legislators.
Thirty detainees have been imprisoned since more than twenty years, while 480 detainees are serving at least one life term.
1500 detainees are sick and largely denied access to urgently needed professional medical attention; they suffer from various conditions, including cancer, liver diseases and other serious issues.
The detainees, who received renewed Administrative Detention orders, are:
1. Yahia Hasan Ladadwa from Ramallah; 4 months.
2. Ayyoub al-‘Awawda from Hebron, 4 months.
3. Zakariyya Abdul-Hamid ‘Oweidat, Hebron, 3 months.
4. Noureddin Jihad al-Qawasma, Hebron, 4 months.
5. Rami Hisham Abu Safiyya, Hebron, 3 months.
6. Mahmoud Bader Ekhlayyel, Hebron, 6 months.
7. Mustafa Omar Bodeir, Tulkarem, 3 months.
8. Omar Ahmad Qaraqra, Bethlehem, 3 months.
9. Husam Mohammad Batami, Nablus, 3 months.
10. Mohammad Qassem Obeid, Jenin, 6 months.
11. Rami Na’im al-Khatib, Hebron, 4 months.
12. Khaled Aziz Barad’eyya, Hebron, 4 months.
13. Kayed Fawzi Abu ar-Reesh, Nablus, 6 months.
14. Bilal Salim Salhab, Hebron, 6 months.
15. Omar Atallah Issa, Nablus, 3 months.
Lawyer Hanan al-Khatib of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that detained lawyer, Shireen al-‘Eesawy faced very difficult conditions in solitary confinement for more than two months.
Al-Khatib managed to visit al-‘Eesawy who told her that she was moved into solitary confinement two months ago after an argument erupted between a number of Palestinian detainees and prison guards in the Ha-Sharon prison for women.
The imprisoned layer said she went on hunger strike between June 15 and June 22, and that she was also placed in solitary confinement in her cell, when she was held in the Ramla Israeli prison.
“The cell was too small; its door sealed shut. They even sealed the door with plastic,” she stated, “I couldn’t breathe and fell unconscious before they removed the plastic to allow some air through.”
“I had no sheets or covers. I had to sleep on the ground; they even confiscated all of my belongings,” the detained lawyer said, “The cell has no sink and is completely unfit for human use. Whenever they took me to see my lawyer, or whenever I was shortly allowed into the prison yard, the soldiers always cuffed me, and chained my legs.”
She also said that,every time the soldiers move the detainees to court, they start the transfer around three at dawn, and return them back to prison around one after midnight the next day.
“They make sure the entire process is very exhausting to us,” al-‘Eesawy stated, “They deliberately deny us right to sleep, or even to rest.”
The detained lawyer was kidnapped on June 3, 2014, and the Israeli High Court repeatedly refused to release her on bail.
Al-‘Eesawy has been repeatedly kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel, and was one of more than a thousand detainees who were released, in October 2011, under the Shalit prisoners swap agreement, that also secured the release of capture soldier Gilad Shalit.
On March 6, 2014, both Shireen and her brother Medhat al-‘Eesawy, who is also a lawyer, were kidnapped along with many lawyers in occupied Jerusalem.
The lawyers were released on bail, while the Israeli Internal Security demanded keeping Shireen in prison for what they called “smuggling letters to Palestinian detainees,” from their families in the Gaza Strip.
Following her abduction, al-‘Eesawy was moved to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation center in Jerusalem, and was forced into solitary confinement, in addition to intense interrogation for thirty days, each day from 10 in the morning until after midnight.
On Tuesday, June 16 2015, Shireen declared a hunger strike. She was then remanded for six months, for further interrogation, as Israel claimed she “provided services to organizations and groups that present a threat to Israel’s security.”
Shireen is the sister detainee Samer al-‘Eesawy, who was sent to court on May 10 2015, where the judge reinstated his original 30-year imprisonment term for “violating the terms of his release.”
He spent ten years of his 30-year term before his was released under the Shalit deal, and the new ruling against him reinstated the twenty remaining years of his sentence.
On Monday December 23 2013, Samer was released after being held for 17 months; the agreement for his release came after his historic 277-day hunger strike.
In June 0f 2014, Israel recaptured at least 50 ex-detainees that were released in the 2011 prisoners exchange agreement, al-‘Eesawy was among the kidnapped.
Most of them remain either held under administrative detention - without indictment or trial - or are still awaiting military court ruling.
Al-Khatib managed to visit al-‘Eesawy who told her that she was moved into solitary confinement two months ago after an argument erupted between a number of Palestinian detainees and prison guards in the Ha-Sharon prison for women.
The imprisoned layer said she went on hunger strike between June 15 and June 22, and that she was also placed in solitary confinement in her cell, when she was held in the Ramla Israeli prison.
“The cell was too small; its door sealed shut. They even sealed the door with plastic,” she stated, “I couldn’t breathe and fell unconscious before they removed the plastic to allow some air through.”
“I had no sheets or covers. I had to sleep on the ground; they even confiscated all of my belongings,” the detained lawyer said, “The cell has no sink and is completely unfit for human use. Whenever they took me to see my lawyer, or whenever I was shortly allowed into the prison yard, the soldiers always cuffed me, and chained my legs.”
She also said that,every time the soldiers move the detainees to court, they start the transfer around three at dawn, and return them back to prison around one after midnight the next day.
“They make sure the entire process is very exhausting to us,” al-‘Eesawy stated, “They deliberately deny us right to sleep, or even to rest.”
The detained lawyer was kidnapped on June 3, 2014, and the Israeli High Court repeatedly refused to release her on bail.
Al-‘Eesawy has been repeatedly kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel, and was one of more than a thousand detainees who were released, in October 2011, under the Shalit prisoners swap agreement, that also secured the release of capture soldier Gilad Shalit.
On March 6, 2014, both Shireen and her brother Medhat al-‘Eesawy, who is also a lawyer, were kidnapped along with many lawyers in occupied Jerusalem.
The lawyers were released on bail, while the Israeli Internal Security demanded keeping Shireen in prison for what they called “smuggling letters to Palestinian detainees,” from their families in the Gaza Strip.
Following her abduction, al-‘Eesawy was moved to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation center in Jerusalem, and was forced into solitary confinement, in addition to intense interrogation for thirty days, each day from 10 in the morning until after midnight.
On Tuesday, June 16 2015, Shireen declared a hunger strike. She was then remanded for six months, for further interrogation, as Israel claimed she “provided services to organizations and groups that present a threat to Israel’s security.”
Shireen is the sister detainee Samer al-‘Eesawy, who was sent to court on May 10 2015, where the judge reinstated his original 30-year imprisonment term for “violating the terms of his release.”
He spent ten years of his 30-year term before his was released under the Shalit deal, and the new ruling against him reinstated the twenty remaining years of his sentence.
On Monday December 23 2013, Samer was released after being held for 17 months; the agreement for his release came after his historic 277-day hunger strike.
In June 0f 2014, Israel recaptured at least 50 ex-detainees that were released in the 2011 prisoners exchange agreement, al-‘Eesawy was among the kidnapped.
Most of them remain either held under administrative detention - without indictment or trial - or are still awaiting military court ruling.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Bethlehem and the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped six Palestinians in Hebron, and one in Bethlehem. The soldiers also summoned a Palestinian for interrogation.
Media sources in Bethlehem said dozens of soldiers invaded Wadi Maaly area, in the center of the city, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Mohammad Abdul-Nasser Shoman, 24 years of age.
Soldiers also invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and handed Fares al-Hasanat, 35 years of age, a military warrant for interrogation in the Gush Etzion military and security base.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers, and scores of local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on them.
In Hebron city, Soldiers invaded several homes, and violently searched them, before kidnapping three Palestinians, identified as Islam al-Atrash, 18, Mohammad Ghaleb ar-Rajabi, 18, and Mohammad Sa’id al-Karaki, 20 years of age.
The army also invaded Ethna town, west of the city, and kidnapped one Palestinian, after breaking into his home and violently searching it, causing property damage.
The kidnapped Palestinian, identified as Ismael Talab an-Nattah, 38 years of age, lives in the al-Qarna’a area, in the center of Ethna.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded Doura town, south of Hebron, before the soldiers searched homes, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Yousef Nassar ‘Aser.
The army also invaded Shiokh town, northeast of Hebron, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Majd Mousa Mohammad al-Halayqa.
Media sources in Bethlehem said dozens of soldiers invaded Wadi Maaly area, in the center of the city, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Mohammad Abdul-Nasser Shoman, 24 years of age.
Soldiers also invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and handed Fares al-Hasanat, 35 years of age, a military warrant for interrogation in the Gush Etzion military and security base.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers, and scores of local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on them.
In Hebron city, Soldiers invaded several homes, and violently searched them, before kidnapping three Palestinians, identified as Islam al-Atrash, 18, Mohammad Ghaleb ar-Rajabi, 18, and Mohammad Sa’id al-Karaki, 20 years of age.
The army also invaded Ethna town, west of the city, and kidnapped one Palestinian, after breaking into his home and violently searching it, causing property damage.
The kidnapped Palestinian, identified as Ismael Talab an-Nattah, 38 years of age, lives in the al-Qarna’a area, in the center of Ethna.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded Doura town, south of Hebron, before the soldiers searched homes, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Yousef Nassar ‘Aser.
The army also invaded Shiokh town, northeast of Hebron, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Majd Mousa Mohammad al-Halayqa.
Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan held for questioning over his travel to Jerusalem without entry permit.
The Israel Police detained a Palestinian militant leader on Monday for questioning over his travel to Jerusalem, a police spokeswoman said, a day after he was freed from prison in a deal ending an almost two-month-long hunger strike.
Khader Adnan of the Islamic Jihad faction was taken into custody near al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City in East Jerusalem. A police spokeswoman said he lacked an Israeli entry permit. "He has been detained, not arrested," she said. "Whether he will be formally arrested or released will be decided when his questioning is completed."
On Sunday, Adnan was released from an Israeli prison after staging a 56-day hunger strike in protest at being held without trial under so-called administrative detention, a method Israel says it employs as a security measure to prevent violence. Israel arrested Adnan, 37, last July for the 10th time.
Both sides had feared that his death from starvation would hurt a shaky Gaza truce or spur further violence.
Adnan is a known Islamic Jihad figure in the West Bank, territory that Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and which Palestinians seek for a future independent state. Like Islamist Hamas, Islamic Jihad opposes peace deals between the Palestinians and Israel and advocates the destruction of Israel.
The Israel Police detained a Palestinian militant leader on Monday for questioning over his travel to Jerusalem, a police spokeswoman said, a day after he was freed from prison in a deal ending an almost two-month-long hunger strike.
Khader Adnan of the Islamic Jihad faction was taken into custody near al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City in East Jerusalem. A police spokeswoman said he lacked an Israeli entry permit. "He has been detained, not arrested," she said. "Whether he will be formally arrested or released will be decided when his questioning is completed."
On Sunday, Adnan was released from an Israeli prison after staging a 56-day hunger strike in protest at being held without trial under so-called administrative detention, a method Israel says it employs as a security measure to prevent violence. Israel arrested Adnan, 37, last July for the 10th time.
Both sides had feared that his death from starvation would hurt a shaky Gaza truce or spur further violence.
Adnan is a known Islamic Jihad figure in the West Bank, territory that Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and which Palestinians seek for a future independent state. Like Islamist Hamas, Islamic Jihad opposes peace deals between the Palestinians and Israel and advocates the destruction of Israel.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday kidnapped three Palestinian civilians, including a Hamas leader, following raids across the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
A PIC news reporter said IOF soldiers in army jeeps rolled into al-Khalil’s western town of Idna and kidnapped the leading Hamas activist and ex-prisoner Ismail al-Natah.
Al-Natah, an ex-political prisoner, had gone on a two-week hunger strike and released from the PA jail in Jericho some 10 days ago.
Meanwhile, six Israeli army jeeps rolled into al-Zaraka town and scoured the family home of prisoner Mohamed al-Halayka, sentenced to 22 years in jail. The break-in culminated in the abduction of al-Halayka’s 23-year-old son, Majd.
The heavily-armed troops showered a group of Palestinian unarmed youths with randomly-shot spates of live ammunition and tear gas canisters.
The young protesters reacted by hurling stones at the invading IOF troops.
A number of Palestinian young men have been nabbed by the IOF in the area over the past five days.
The IOF soldiers further stormed Hadb al-Fawar village, to the east of Dura, and arrested the citizen Hasan Tabeish after they broke into his family home.
A PIC news reporter said IOF soldiers in army jeeps rolled into al-Khalil’s western town of Idna and kidnapped the leading Hamas activist and ex-prisoner Ismail al-Natah.
Al-Natah, an ex-political prisoner, had gone on a two-week hunger strike and released from the PA jail in Jericho some 10 days ago.
Meanwhile, six Israeli army jeeps rolled into al-Zaraka town and scoured the family home of prisoner Mohamed al-Halayka, sentenced to 22 years in jail. The break-in culminated in the abduction of al-Halayka’s 23-year-old son, Majd.
The heavily-armed troops showered a group of Palestinian unarmed youths with randomly-shot spates of live ammunition and tear gas canisters.
The young protesters reacted by hurling stones at the invading IOF troops.
A number of Palestinian young men have been nabbed by the IOF in the area over the past five days.
The IOF soldiers further stormed Hadb al-Fawar village, to the east of Dura, and arrested the citizen Hasan Tabeish after they broke into his family home.
An Israeli military court has extended the administrative detention of Palestinian journalist Amin Abu Warda for six months.
The family of Abu Warda said there were no indictment filed against him, affirming that the extension order was issued immediately after he completed his previous three-month administrative detention.
Abu Warda had been taken prisoner several months ago during an Israeli mass arrest campaign in the West Bank.
The family of Abu Warda said there were no indictment filed against him, affirming that the extension order was issued immediately after he completed his previous three-month administrative detention.
Abu Warda had been taken prisoner several months ago during an Israeli mass arrest campaign in the West Bank.
Israeli soldiers raided Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem, early Monday, and threatened locals, witnesses said.
Soldiers raided the house of former prisoner Faris Hasanat and notified him that his brother, Karim Hasanat, was to turn himself into Israeli forces or "be killed," locals told Ma'an News Agency.
Clashes broke out, with local youth throwing rocks at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with live fire, tear gas, and stun grenades.
No injuries were reported.
Witnesses said that Israeli forces positioned snipers on rooftops inside the camp and entered it from all sides. A number of other houses were reportedly ransacked during the raid.
An Israeli spokesperson did not immediately respond for comment.
Soldiers raided the house of former prisoner Faris Hasanat and notified him that his brother, Karim Hasanat, was to turn himself into Israeli forces or "be killed," locals told Ma'an News Agency.
Clashes broke out, with local youth throwing rocks at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with live fire, tear gas, and stun grenades.
No injuries were reported.
Witnesses said that Israeli forces positioned snipers on rooftops inside the camp and entered it from all sides. A number of other houses were reportedly ransacked during the raid.
An Israeli spokesperson did not immediately respond for comment.
Israeli military court of Ofer extended on Sunday the detention order of captive Siham al-Battat, 53, from al-Thahiriya town in southern al-Khalil.
Local sources said the court extended the detention of Battat to eight days for the continuation of investigation. She is held in Ashkelon prison.
Al-Battat is a mother to a detainee of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement. Haitham al-Battat serves several life imprisonments. Al-Battat is a mother to a martyr, Eyad Al-Battat.
The Israeli forces summoned her detained son, Haitham, to investigation after she had been arrested on June 22, 2015.
Local sources said the court extended the detention of Battat to eight days for the continuation of investigation. She is held in Ashkelon prison.
Al-Battat is a mother to a detainee of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement. Haitham al-Battat serves several life imprisonments. Al-Battat is a mother to a martyr, Eyad Al-Battat.
The Israeli forces summoned her detained son, Haitham, to investigation after she had been arrested on June 22, 2015.
12 july 2015
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday gave instructions to his ministers to vote against the bill which allows execution of Palestinian prisoners, saying that he opposed it. The order came during Netanyahu’s meeting with the Likud party ministers. According to the Hebrew broadcast, the bill might be discussed three months later, to find a “solution.”
MK Sharon Gal from the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, was scheduled to present the new bill to the Knesset on Sunday. The law would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners and assailants in Israeli jails charged with “crimes over national backgrounds.”
The law was predicted to gain support of the Likud party, since 5 out of 10 members in its committee have showed support to it, alongside the Jewish home party.
In order to pass, the bill needs to gain vote of the majority of MKs, and will be passed in the government and go through three readings before the Knesset.
A similar bill was previously presented, but was immediately slaughtered due to protests by human-rights organizations and fears of “distorting the image of Israel.”
According to a report broadcast on the second Hebrew channel Thursday, the proposed law raises many disagreements in the Israeli political arena.
Israeli forces in the past three months have killed 12, injured 317 and arrested approximately 1118 Palestinians. The soldiers often shoot dead any Palestinian assailant on the spot, in case they attempt to attack any Israeli settler or soldier.
Last week, 17 year-old Mohammed Al-Kasaba was shot dead by soldiers as he attempted to climb the apartheid wall near Qalandia and attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Despite the decision to open an investigation into the shooting, the Israeli officer who killed Al-Kasaba enjoys the support of the IOF on a political level. This was confirmed by a senior official in the region who visited the site of al-Kasaba’s shooting and expressed his support for the Israeli officer involved.
Before Al-Kasaba, Ayoub Abu Rumaila (21), was shot and wounded by occupation forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint, in the road between Ramallah and East Jerusalem.
Other than the direct killings by Israeli soldiers, Israel often demolishes the homes of Palestinian assailants, withdraws residency papers and IDs from their families who are threatened with administrative detention at any moment.
MK Sharon Gal from the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, was scheduled to present the new bill to the Knesset on Sunday. The law would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners and assailants in Israeli jails charged with “crimes over national backgrounds.”
The law was predicted to gain support of the Likud party, since 5 out of 10 members in its committee have showed support to it, alongside the Jewish home party.
In order to pass, the bill needs to gain vote of the majority of MKs, and will be passed in the government and go through three readings before the Knesset.
A similar bill was previously presented, but was immediately slaughtered due to protests by human-rights organizations and fears of “distorting the image of Israel.”
According to a report broadcast on the second Hebrew channel Thursday, the proposed law raises many disagreements in the Israeli political arena.
Israeli forces in the past three months have killed 12, injured 317 and arrested approximately 1118 Palestinians. The soldiers often shoot dead any Palestinian assailant on the spot, in case they attempt to attack any Israeli settler or soldier.
Last week, 17 year-old Mohammed Al-Kasaba was shot dead by soldiers as he attempted to climb the apartheid wall near Qalandia and attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Despite the decision to open an investigation into the shooting, the Israeli officer who killed Al-Kasaba enjoys the support of the IOF on a political level. This was confirmed by a senior official in the region who visited the site of al-Kasaba’s shooting and expressed his support for the Israeli officer involved.
Before Al-Kasaba, Ayoub Abu Rumaila (21), was shot and wounded by occupation forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint, in the road between Ramallah and East Jerusalem.
Other than the direct killings by Israeli soldiers, Israel often demolishes the homes of Palestinian assailants, withdraws residency papers and IDs from their families who are threatened with administrative detention at any moment.
Severe clashes erupted on Sunday afternoon in Shufat refugee camp in Occupied Jerusalem. One man was arrested and two others were injured.
The spokesman of Fatah movement in Shufat camp, Thaer Fasfous, revealed that severe clashes broke out inside the camp after one young man was arrested by Jewish Arabist unit from inside a shop.
The Special Forces broke into the camp to secure the going out of settlers and threw gas bombs, rubber bullets at Palestinians, he added.
Fasfous said that one of the youth was injured with a rubber bullet in his eye and he was transferred to hospital. Another man got injured with a rubber bullet in his abdomen.
Shufat Refugee camp: A young man was injured in his eye by a rubber bullet and another was arrested
Violent clashes broke out today afternoon in Shufat Refugee Camp, the occupying forces arrested a young man and wounded two others with rubber bullets.
Thaer Fasfoos Fateh movement spokesman in Shufat Refugee Camp stated that violent clashes broke out in the Refugee Camp after the Arabists unit (undercover forces) arrested a young man from inside a commercial building in clothes shop.
Fasfoos added that the undercover forces arrested the young man after a group of special occupying forces broke into the refugee camp to secure the exit of the undercover forces, during the process gas bombs and rubber bullets were fired heavily in the direction of the citizens.
Fasfoos added that one of the young men was injured in his eye by a rubber bullet and was rushed to hospital, in addition another was injured in his stomach by a rubber bullet.
The spokesman of Fatah movement in Shufat camp, Thaer Fasfous, revealed that severe clashes broke out inside the camp after one young man was arrested by Jewish Arabist unit from inside a shop.
The Special Forces broke into the camp to secure the going out of settlers and threw gas bombs, rubber bullets at Palestinians, he added.
Fasfous said that one of the youth was injured with a rubber bullet in his eye and he was transferred to hospital. Another man got injured with a rubber bullet in his abdomen.
Shufat Refugee camp: A young man was injured in his eye by a rubber bullet and another was arrested
Violent clashes broke out today afternoon in Shufat Refugee Camp, the occupying forces arrested a young man and wounded two others with rubber bullets.
Thaer Fasfoos Fateh movement spokesman in Shufat Refugee Camp stated that violent clashes broke out in the Refugee Camp after the Arabists unit (undercover forces) arrested a young man from inside a commercial building in clothes shop.
Fasfoos added that the undercover forces arrested the young man after a group of special occupying forces broke into the refugee camp to secure the exit of the undercover forces, during the process gas bombs and rubber bullets were fired heavily in the direction of the citizens.
Fasfoos added that one of the young men was injured in his eye by a rubber bullet and was rushed to hospital, in addition another was injured in his stomach by a rubber bullet.
Israeli Central Court in Occupied Jerusalem issued a sentence of life imprisonment against a Jerusalemite man in addition to a fine estimated at 260,000 shekels.
The Israeli radio station revealed on Sunday that the Jerusalemite detainee is called Mohammad Salaymah, 22, from Ras al-Amoud neighborhood. He was charged of five attempts of murder.
The Israeli court sentenced him to 25 years for a hit-and-run of Jewish settlements, four months ago. Four settlers and a cyclist were injured.
The Israeli radio station revealed on Sunday that the Jerusalemite detainee is called Mohammad Salaymah, 22, from Ras al-Amoud neighborhood. He was charged of five attempts of murder.
The Israeli court sentenced him to 25 years for a hit-and-run of Jewish settlements, four months ago. Four settlers and a cyclist were injured.
“The Israeli occupation authority has done it all to mar the joy my family and myself felt the day of my release,” freed Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan said, vowing that none of such “sadistic Israeli schemes” shall ever see the day.
“The Israeli occupation made a mistake not only in arresting me the first time and the second but also in releasing me at such an early hour in an attempt to spoil my joy and that of my people,” he said.
“Today Israel will not only witness its failure to do so but also the support provided by my own people from every corner of the occupied Palestinian territories,” Adnan added.
“I am in good health. All praises be to Allah,” he further stated despite the remarkable weight loss and exhaustion showing on his face and body.
Prisoner Adnan, a father of six, returned from the brink of death and was received at the main entrance to his home town Arraba, in Jenin, by dozens of activists and family members at six a.m.
Israel has released activist Khader Adnan from jail following a deal last month in which he agreed to end a 55-day hunger strike he initiated in protest at arbitrary administrative detention.
His strike had galvanized Palestinians behind a "battle of empty stomachs" campaign against Israeli administrative detention, which holds Palestinian citizens in jail with neither charge nor trial.
“The Israeli occupation made a mistake not only in arresting me the first time and the second but also in releasing me at such an early hour in an attempt to spoil my joy and that of my people,” he said.
“Today Israel will not only witness its failure to do so but also the support provided by my own people from every corner of the occupied Palestinian territories,” Adnan added.
“I am in good health. All praises be to Allah,” he further stated despite the remarkable weight loss and exhaustion showing on his face and body.
Prisoner Adnan, a father of six, returned from the brink of death and was received at the main entrance to his home town Arraba, in Jenin, by dozens of activists and family members at six a.m.
Israel has released activist Khader Adnan from jail following a deal last month in which he agreed to end a 55-day hunger strike he initiated in protest at arbitrary administrative detention.
His strike had galvanized Palestinians behind a "battle of empty stomachs" campaign against Israeli administrative detention, which holds Palestinian citizens in jail with neither charge nor trial.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday kidnapped six Palestinian civilians in a West Bank raid.
The Israeli radio quoted army sources as saying that the abductions took place in Nablus and Ramallah.
Two among the arrestees were detained on allegations of affiliation with Hamas.
The captives were transferred to an Israeli investigation center pending further interrogation.
West Bankers have been permanently targeted by the arbitrary abduction campaigns launched by the Israeli occupation army under the pretext they are wanted for involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The Israeli radio quoted army sources as saying that the abductions took place in Nablus and Ramallah.
Two among the arrestees were detained on allegations of affiliation with Hamas.
The captives were transferred to an Israeli investigation center pending further interrogation.
West Bankers have been permanently targeted by the arbitrary abduction campaigns launched by the Israeli occupation army under the pretext they are wanted for involvement in anti-occupation activities.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Sunday, four Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and two others near the northern West Bank district of Nablus.
Local sources in Hebron said the soldiers kidnapped a college student, identified as Laith Asafra, from Beit Kahel town, after violently breaking into his home and searching it.
Soldiers also kidnapped ‘Awni Abu Shamsiyya, 16 years of age, from his home in the Shuhada Street, in the center of Hebron city.
Mohammad Awad, media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, has reported that several army vehicles also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped ‘Allam Yousef Bader Za’aqeeq, 20, and Jamal Mahmoud Alqam, 17.
The soldiers searched and ransacked the homes of the kidnapped Palestinians before cuffing them, took them to an unknown destination, and installed a roadblock on its northern entrance, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and inspected the ID cards of the passengers.
In addition, soldiers invaded Awarta village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Ezzat Jamal Qawareeq and Raed Nassar Qawareeq.
Local sources in Hebron said the soldiers kidnapped a college student, identified as Laith Asafra, from Beit Kahel town, after violently breaking into his home and searching it.
Soldiers also kidnapped ‘Awni Abu Shamsiyya, 16 years of age, from his home in the Shuhada Street, in the center of Hebron city.
Mohammad Awad, media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, has reported that several army vehicles also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped ‘Allam Yousef Bader Za’aqeeq, 20, and Jamal Mahmoud Alqam, 17.
The soldiers searched and ransacked the homes of the kidnapped Palestinians before cuffing them, took them to an unknown destination, and installed a roadblock on its northern entrance, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and inspected the ID cards of the passengers.
In addition, soldiers invaded Awarta village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Ezzat Jamal Qawareeq and Raed Nassar Qawareeq.
MK Sharon Gal from the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, is scheduled to present a new bill to the Knesset on Sunday that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.The bill is predicted to gain support of the Likud party, since 5 out of 10 members in its committee have showed support to it, alongside the Jewish home party.
The bill allows the execution of Palestinian prisoners or assailants charged with “crimes over national backgrounds.”
In order to pass, the bill needs to gain vote of the majority of MKs, and will be passed in the government and go through three readings before the Knesset.
A similar bill was previously presented, but was immediately slaughtered due to protests by human-rights organizations and fears of “distorting the image of Israel.”
According to a report broadcasted on the second Hebrew channel Thursday, the proposed law raises many disagreements in the Israeli political arena.
Israeli forces in the past three months have killed 12, injured 317 and arrested approximately 1118 Palestinians. The soldiers often shoot dead any Palestinian assailant on the spot, in case they attempt to attack any Israeli settler or soldier.
Last week, 17 year-old Mohammed Al-Kasaba was shot dead by soldiers as he attempted to climb the apartheid wall near Qalandia and attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Despite the decision to open an investigation into the shooting, the Israeli officer who killed Al-Kasaba enjoys the support of the IOF on a political level. This was confirmed by a senior official in the region who visited the site of al-Kasaba’s shooting and expressed his support for the Israeli officer involved.
Before Al-Kasaba, Ayoub Abu Rumaila (21), was shot and wounded by occupation forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint, in the road between Ramallah and East Jerusalem.
Other than the direct killings by Israeli soldiers, Israel often demolishes the homes of Palestinian assailants, withdraws residency papers and IDs from their families who are threatened with administrative detention at any moment.
The bill allows the execution of Palestinian prisoners or assailants charged with “crimes over national backgrounds.”
In order to pass, the bill needs to gain vote of the majority of MKs, and will be passed in the government and go through three readings before the Knesset.
A similar bill was previously presented, but was immediately slaughtered due to protests by human-rights organizations and fears of “distorting the image of Israel.”
According to a report broadcasted on the second Hebrew channel Thursday, the proposed law raises many disagreements in the Israeli political arena.
Israeli forces in the past three months have killed 12, injured 317 and arrested approximately 1118 Palestinians. The soldiers often shoot dead any Palestinian assailant on the spot, in case they attempt to attack any Israeli settler or soldier.
Last week, 17 year-old Mohammed Al-Kasaba was shot dead by soldiers as he attempted to climb the apartheid wall near Qalandia and attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Despite the decision to open an investigation into the shooting, the Israeli officer who killed Al-Kasaba enjoys the support of the IOF on a political level. This was confirmed by a senior official in the region who visited the site of al-Kasaba’s shooting and expressed his support for the Israeli officer involved.
Before Al-Kasaba, Ayoub Abu Rumaila (21), was shot and wounded by occupation forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint, in the road between Ramallah and East Jerusalem.
Other than the direct killings by Israeli soldiers, Israel often demolishes the homes of Palestinian assailants, withdraws residency papers and IDs from their families who are threatened with administrative detention at any moment.
Israeli policemen arrested a Palestinian minor in al-Issawiya neighborhood to the east of Occupied Jerusalem on the charge of throwing stones at a nearby Jewish settlement.
The Israeli police spokeswoman, Luba Simari, said in a statement, that the Israeli policemen rounded up a 17-year-old boy, claiming that he threw stones at the gate of a military camp in the French Hill settlement. No injuries were reported.
She also claimed that Palestinians threw a Molotov cocktail at a house occupied by Jewish settlers in Ras al-Amoud in Jerusalem with no casualties or material damage reported.
The Israeli police spokeswoman, Luba Simari, said in a statement, that the Israeli policemen rounded up a 17-year-old boy, claiming that he threw stones at the gate of a military camp in the French Hill settlement. No injuries were reported.
She also claimed that Palestinians threw a Molotov cocktail at a house occupied by Jewish settlers in Ras al-Amoud in Jerusalem with no casualties or material damage reported.
Israeli released, on Sunday at dawn, long time hunger striker, Palestinian Administrative Detainee Khader Adnan, and handed him to the Palestinian Military District Coordination office, before he was moved to hospital for a medical checkup.
The Israeli army transferred Adnan to the Arraba junction, twelve kilometers southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, where he was handed to the Palestinian side.
The Mean News Agency said the release of Adnan, 34 years of age, was carried out under strict Israeli security measures, without prior notice, to avoid public festivities celebrating his release.
Maan said that even Adnan’s family did know not the exact hour of his release.
Adnan held a 55-day hunger strike demanding Israel to end his arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges or trial.
Head of the Palestinian District Coordination Office in Jenin and Tubas, Lieutenant Mojahed Abu Dayya, personally welcomed Adnan, and said the detainee refused to talk to the media, apparently due to Israeli preconditions barring him from making statements in the first few hours of his release.
Adnan is a married father of two children; he was kidnapped on July 8 2014, and was held under Administrative Detention for six months.
Just before his scheduled release, the Israeli Prosecution filed an appeal against his release.
It is the second time Adnan has gone on hunger strike against the practice, following a 66-day long hunger strike he undertook in 2012 -- the longest carried out by a Palestinian in Israeli detention.
Back then, Adnan agreed to end his hunger strike, along with 2000 Palestinian detainees who joined the strike, after Israel vowed to lessen the use of Administrative Detention, and improve prison conditions.
Israel unilaterally backed down, and continued its violations.
In total, the detainee was held under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders ten times in his life.
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Israeli jailers release hunger striker Khader Adnan
The Israeli army transferred Adnan to the Arraba junction, twelve kilometers southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, where he was handed to the Palestinian side.
The Mean News Agency said the release of Adnan, 34 years of age, was carried out under strict Israeli security measures, without prior notice, to avoid public festivities celebrating his release.
Maan said that even Adnan’s family did know not the exact hour of his release.
Adnan held a 55-day hunger strike demanding Israel to end his arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges or trial.
Head of the Palestinian District Coordination Office in Jenin and Tubas, Lieutenant Mojahed Abu Dayya, personally welcomed Adnan, and said the detainee refused to talk to the media, apparently due to Israeli preconditions barring him from making statements in the first few hours of his release.
Adnan is a married father of two children; he was kidnapped on July 8 2014, and was held under Administrative Detention for six months.
Just before his scheduled release, the Israeli Prosecution filed an appeal against his release.
It is the second time Adnan has gone on hunger strike against the practice, following a 66-day long hunger strike he undertook in 2012 -- the longest carried out by a Palestinian in Israeli detention.
Back then, Adnan agreed to end his hunger strike, along with 2000 Palestinian detainees who joined the strike, after Israel vowed to lessen the use of Administrative Detention, and improve prison conditions.
Israel unilaterally backed down, and continued its violations.
In total, the detainee was held under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders ten times in his life.
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Israeli jailers release hunger striker Khader Adnan
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, a prominent Islamic Jihad official, extracted his freedom at dawn Sunday after 55 days of hunger strike in protest at his administrative detention.
Adnan told his family over the phone at an early hour today that he would be released within a few hours.
The prisoner had gone on hunger strike for 55 consecutive days before he suspended it on June 29 following an Israeli pledge to release him before the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
In 2012, his heroic hunger strike for 67 days forced his jailers to release him following a deal with his lawyer.
However, Adnan was later arrested again in 2014 at an Israeli military checkpoint in Jenin city before he started his recent hunger strike last May to protest an extension of his administrative detention.
Adnan told his family over the phone at an early hour today that he would be released within a few hours.
The prisoner had gone on hunger strike for 55 consecutive days before he suspended it on June 29 following an Israeli pledge to release him before the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
In 2012, his heroic hunger strike for 67 days forced his jailers to release him following a deal with his lawyer.
However, Adnan was later arrested again in 2014 at an Israeli military checkpoint in Jenin city before he started his recent hunger strike last May to protest an extension of his administrative detention.
11 july 2015
Mohammad Al Mughrabi a 17 year old Jerusalemite was exposed to assault, psychological pressure and intimidated during his detention period at Al Maskubiye detention center for interrogation in west Jerusalem.
Wadi Al Hilweh Information center stated that the Jerusalemite youth Mohammad Al Mughrabi -and despite his young age- was interrogated in ” Cells 20″, in addition to moving him for further interrogation in Bir Sheva Prison for 18 days in an attempt to force him and extort confessions of throwing Molotov cocktails on the settlement outpost of “Bait Orot” in al Suwaneh neighborhood east of Jerusalem’s old city walls, in addition he was accused of participating in the clashes that took place in the city of Jerusalem after the young Mohammad Abu Khudeir was Martyred last July.
The Mughrabi youth said that he was arrested on the 22nd of June 2015 while walking in Al Suwaneh neighborhood by a unit called The Arabists “a police unit dressed in civilian clothes” along with two of his friends, hence they were attacked and live bullets were shot in the air.
Al Mughrabi also said: “we were surprised when attacked by a group of people and it became later clear to us that they are from a police unit the arabists as soon as the Special Forces unit arrived, we were arrested and live shots were fired in the air, in addition to that we were beaten up and cursed at then they moved us to the settlement and blind folded us then from there they put us in an open area for two hours during which they assaulted us and photographed us”.
The Mughrabi youth added: we were moved to Al Maskobyeh detention center and were allowed to sit with a lawyer, then the interrogation started individually and we were accused of throwing Molotov cocktails in the direction of the settlement (Bait Orot), my arrest period was extended even though I denied these accusations and informed them that I was going to Al Aqsa mosque to pray Al Taraweeh Prayer, I was sent to court the next day with a pretext of gasoline smell existing on my hands”.
Al Mughrabi stated that in the beginning the police interrogation took place in “Room 4″ at Al Maskobyeh, then after four days “the detective informed me that I am accused of throwing Molotov cocktails with sufficient evidence to submit an indictment against me and that I will be moved to prison until the court”.
He added that he was moved to Bir Sheva prison with two detainees, and detained in a room opposite a room that had almost 17 young men in it noting that it was allowed for them to move between the rooms and the outside area with freedom without any restrictions, the young men tried to get closer to him stating that they were from “the organization” and in charge of the detainees inside the prisons and that they will provide him with his needs since he is “a new prisoner”, they added that there aim is his comfort and his protection and that they are Palestinian freedom fighter prisoners.
“Spy Cells”
Al Mughrabi also said: “it became clear to me later on that the young men are ‘the spies’ – occupation agents inside prisons- that try to extort confessions from the detainees, they tried to get closer to me and one of them even lead us as an Imam in the five Prayers and Al Taraweeh, they talked to me about religion, noting that when he was moved from Al Maskobyeh detention center to Bir Sheva prison a guy climbed onto the truck and told him that a group of young men are waiting for you in Bir Sheva prison to protect you.
Al Mughrabi stated that after 3 days from being around these spies he was called to the interrogation room at Bir Sheva, the detective claimed that he had confessed to ‘The spies’ in participating in the clashes and throwing rocks, fireworks and Molotov cocktails in Jerusalem, but he denied this and confirmed that everything that was said was not correct.
“20 Cells”…
Subsequently the youth Al Mughrabi was moved to Al Maskobyeh detention center and was surprised to be moved to the “20 Cells” Intelligence interrogation, he remained in this cell for 14 days, he was exposed to continuous interrogation by 6 detectives from 9 to 12 hours daily while deprived from resting or sleeping.
Al Mughrabi Said: “all through the interrogation I was sitting on a chair with my hands handcuffed behind me, I was prevented from moving and was provoked by directing abusive words about me and my family members, I was threatened that they would arrest them specifically my father and mother, in addition they threatened that they would demolish our house in Al-Tur and confiscate our car and get hassled by the Israeli departments, in addition to the assault by beating me”.
He pointed out that he was detained in a solitary cell that had an area of 6m2, with a bad smell, water cutouts for a few days, the temperature is raised or lowered suddenly, we don’t know the time or day we are completely isolated from our surroundings, we cannot sleep or rest and the food was bad, most of the days I had my Iftar meal in the interrogation room with a guy “a spy” whom tried to convince him to confess to the charges.
He also added that during the interrogation the detective informed him that his friends had confessed against him, and one day he was moved in a police vehicle to the area around “Beit Orot” Settlement and during this he saw one of his friends and the police officer told him that your friend is conducting an act of how you threw the Molotov cocktails and he is confessing to the charges and there is no way you can deny them.
In an attempt to intimidate the youth the detective informed him that his father had confessed against him, and during this he saw his father in one of the interrogation rooms through a small window isolated from the interrogation room that his father was in.
The lawyer from Wadi Al Hilweh Information center – that followed up on the young Mughrabi case – stated that the Judge at the Magistrate Court decided before two days on Thursday (9 – 7 – 2015) to release his client for lack of evidence to submit an indictment against him, with a financial bail of 1500 Shekels and a house arrest for one week.
The center pointed out that there are a lot of violations taking place when it comes to arresting minors, it is not allowed to interrogate them until the a social worker is informed and after receiving a legal advice from a lawyer, in addition to having a specialized inspector to interrogate a youth and photograph and record the interrogation.
The center also said that according to the Israeli law “”Juvenile Law Item 9″ each minor below the age of 14 years, interrogation times are between 7 Am until 8 Pm, and each minor between the age 14 – 18 interrogation times are between 7 Am until 10 Pm.
The same item 9 stated that any minor suspected in committing any violation should be called in for interrogation with one of his parents present; in addition to that item 9 and 3 indicate that any minor an officer decides to arrest should be reported immediately to the behavior officer “Social worker”.
Wadi Al Hilweh Information center stated that the Jerusalemite youth Mohammad Al Mughrabi -and despite his young age- was interrogated in ” Cells 20″, in addition to moving him for further interrogation in Bir Sheva Prison for 18 days in an attempt to force him and extort confessions of throwing Molotov cocktails on the settlement outpost of “Bait Orot” in al Suwaneh neighborhood east of Jerusalem’s old city walls, in addition he was accused of participating in the clashes that took place in the city of Jerusalem after the young Mohammad Abu Khudeir was Martyred last July.
The Mughrabi youth said that he was arrested on the 22nd of June 2015 while walking in Al Suwaneh neighborhood by a unit called The Arabists “a police unit dressed in civilian clothes” along with two of his friends, hence they were attacked and live bullets were shot in the air.
Al Mughrabi also said: “we were surprised when attacked by a group of people and it became later clear to us that they are from a police unit the arabists as soon as the Special Forces unit arrived, we were arrested and live shots were fired in the air, in addition to that we were beaten up and cursed at then they moved us to the settlement and blind folded us then from there they put us in an open area for two hours during which they assaulted us and photographed us”.
The Mughrabi youth added: we were moved to Al Maskobyeh detention center and were allowed to sit with a lawyer, then the interrogation started individually and we were accused of throwing Molotov cocktails in the direction of the settlement (Bait Orot), my arrest period was extended even though I denied these accusations and informed them that I was going to Al Aqsa mosque to pray Al Taraweeh Prayer, I was sent to court the next day with a pretext of gasoline smell existing on my hands”.
Al Mughrabi stated that in the beginning the police interrogation took place in “Room 4″ at Al Maskobyeh, then after four days “the detective informed me that I am accused of throwing Molotov cocktails with sufficient evidence to submit an indictment against me and that I will be moved to prison until the court”.
He added that he was moved to Bir Sheva prison with two detainees, and detained in a room opposite a room that had almost 17 young men in it noting that it was allowed for them to move between the rooms and the outside area with freedom without any restrictions, the young men tried to get closer to him stating that they were from “the organization” and in charge of the detainees inside the prisons and that they will provide him with his needs since he is “a new prisoner”, they added that there aim is his comfort and his protection and that they are Palestinian freedom fighter prisoners.
“Spy Cells”
Al Mughrabi also said: “it became clear to me later on that the young men are ‘the spies’ – occupation agents inside prisons- that try to extort confessions from the detainees, they tried to get closer to me and one of them even lead us as an Imam in the five Prayers and Al Taraweeh, they talked to me about religion, noting that when he was moved from Al Maskobyeh detention center to Bir Sheva prison a guy climbed onto the truck and told him that a group of young men are waiting for you in Bir Sheva prison to protect you.
Al Mughrabi stated that after 3 days from being around these spies he was called to the interrogation room at Bir Sheva, the detective claimed that he had confessed to ‘The spies’ in participating in the clashes and throwing rocks, fireworks and Molotov cocktails in Jerusalem, but he denied this and confirmed that everything that was said was not correct.
“20 Cells”…
Subsequently the youth Al Mughrabi was moved to Al Maskobyeh detention center and was surprised to be moved to the “20 Cells” Intelligence interrogation, he remained in this cell for 14 days, he was exposed to continuous interrogation by 6 detectives from 9 to 12 hours daily while deprived from resting or sleeping.
Al Mughrabi Said: “all through the interrogation I was sitting on a chair with my hands handcuffed behind me, I was prevented from moving and was provoked by directing abusive words about me and my family members, I was threatened that they would arrest them specifically my father and mother, in addition they threatened that they would demolish our house in Al-Tur and confiscate our car and get hassled by the Israeli departments, in addition to the assault by beating me”.
He pointed out that he was detained in a solitary cell that had an area of 6m2, with a bad smell, water cutouts for a few days, the temperature is raised or lowered suddenly, we don’t know the time or day we are completely isolated from our surroundings, we cannot sleep or rest and the food was bad, most of the days I had my Iftar meal in the interrogation room with a guy “a spy” whom tried to convince him to confess to the charges.
He also added that during the interrogation the detective informed him that his friends had confessed against him, and one day he was moved in a police vehicle to the area around “Beit Orot” Settlement and during this he saw one of his friends and the police officer told him that your friend is conducting an act of how you threw the Molotov cocktails and he is confessing to the charges and there is no way you can deny them.
In an attempt to intimidate the youth the detective informed him that his father had confessed against him, and during this he saw his father in one of the interrogation rooms through a small window isolated from the interrogation room that his father was in.
The lawyer from Wadi Al Hilweh Information center – that followed up on the young Mughrabi case – stated that the Judge at the Magistrate Court decided before two days on Thursday (9 – 7 – 2015) to release his client for lack of evidence to submit an indictment against him, with a financial bail of 1500 Shekels and a house arrest for one week.
The center pointed out that there are a lot of violations taking place when it comes to arresting minors, it is not allowed to interrogate them until the a social worker is informed and after receiving a legal advice from a lawyer, in addition to having a specialized inspector to interrogate a youth and photograph and record the interrogation.
The center also said that according to the Israeli law “”Juvenile Law Item 9″ each minor below the age of 14 years, interrogation times are between 7 Am until 8 Pm, and each minor between the age 14 – 18 interrogation times are between 7 Am until 10 Pm.
The same item 9 stated that any minor suspected in committing any violation should be called in for interrogation with one of his parents present; in addition to that item 9 and 3 indicate that any minor an officer decides to arrest should be reported immediately to the behavior officer “Social worker”.
Mohamed Allan
The health conditions of Palestinian prisoners Mohamed Allan and Oday Stiti have seriously declined as a result of days of hunger strike in protest at their administrative detention, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies.
The center said the two prisoners, who started their hunger strike 24 days ago, are in need for local and international solidarity with their cause in light of their jailers' persistence in ignoring their demands.
The health conditions of Palestinian prisoners Mohamed Allan and Oday Stiti have seriously declined as a result of days of hunger strike in protest at their administrative detention, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies.
The center said the two prisoners, who started their hunger strike 24 days ago, are in need for local and international solidarity with their cause in light of their jailers' persistence in ignoring their demands.
Oday Stiti
The center also urged all active human rights groups working in the Palestinian arena to heed the cause of the Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails and pressure for their release.
The center also urged all active human rights groups working in the Palestinian arena to heed the cause of the Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails and pressure for their release.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday before noon, a Palestinian child in Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, as he was standing in front of his parents’ home.
Eyewitnesses said there were no clashes or confrontations taking place in the city when the soldiers kidnapped Awni Emad Abu Shamsiyya, 16 years of age.
His father, Emad, said he asked soldiers, stationed at a nearby roadblock, about the reason for abducting his son, and they claimed that “he engaged in a dispute with a police officer.”
It is worth mentioning that, two days ago, Abu Shamsiyya suffered mild fractures in his right leg, and bruises to different parts of his body, after the soldiers beat him with their clubs and batons.
Eyewitnesses said there were no clashes or confrontations taking place in the city when the soldiers kidnapped Awni Emad Abu Shamsiyya, 16 years of age.
His father, Emad, said he asked soldiers, stationed at a nearby roadblock, about the reason for abducting his son, and they claimed that “he engaged in a dispute with a police officer.”
It is worth mentioning that, two days ago, Abu Shamsiyya suffered mild fractures in his right leg, and bruises to different parts of his body, after the soldiers beat him with their clubs and batons.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), stationed at the northern Bethlehem checkpoint, beat up Friday afternoon a 16-year-old Palestinian girl before arresting and taking her to an unknown detention center.
Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli soldiers deliberately provoked the girl, Noor Manasra, and did not allow her to cross into occupied Jerusalem to perform Friday prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The IOF soldiers assaulted the girl when she insisted on her right to cross into occupied Jerusalem before arresting her, the sources added.
The IOF soldiers were deployed since the early morning hours of Friday at main checkpoints linking between the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, allowing only women over the age of 30 to cross into Jerusalem, as well as men over 50.
Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli soldiers deliberately provoked the girl, Noor Manasra, and did not allow her to cross into occupied Jerusalem to perform Friday prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The IOF soldiers assaulted the girl when she insisted on her right to cross into occupied Jerusalem before arresting her, the sources added.
The IOF soldiers were deployed since the early morning hours of Friday at main checkpoints linking between the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, allowing only women over the age of 30 to cross into Jerusalem, as well as men over 50.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday morning, two Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and installed roadblocks at its northern entrances, in addition to the main entrance of Sa’ir town.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded several homes in Hebron city, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Ibrahim Abdul-‘Afo Salhab, and Mohammad Jamal al-Mraqtab, and took them to an unknown destination.
In addition, the army installed sudden roadblocks on roads leading to the northern part of Hebron city, and the main entrance of the Sa’ir town, northeast of the city.
Soldiers then stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded several homes in Hebron city, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Ibrahim Abdul-‘Afo Salhab, and Mohammad Jamal al-Mraqtab, and took them to an unknown destination.
In addition, the army installed sudden roadblocks on roads leading to the northern part of Hebron city, and the main entrance of the Sa’ir town, northeast of the city.
Soldiers then stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
