30 july 2018
Salem military court on Monday sentenced the Palestinian student Ola Marshoud, 21, to 7 months in jail.
Ahmad Marshoud, Ola's brother, told the PIC reporter that the Israeli court sentenced his sister to 7 months in prison plus a fine of 3,000 NIS over her student activism in al-Najah University.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Ola Marshoud on 11th March after she was summoned for interrogation at Huwara military camp south of Nablus. She had her detention renewed several times.
Marshoud is a freelance journalist and student at al-Najah University in Nablus. Her family lives in Saudi Arabia. A few years ago, she came with her brother and sister to the West Bank to study at al-Najah University.
Ahmad Marshoud, Ola's brother, told the PIC reporter that the Israeli court sentenced his sister to 7 months in prison plus a fine of 3,000 NIS over her student activism in al-Najah University.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Ola Marshoud on 11th March after she was summoned for interrogation at Huwara military camp south of Nablus. She had her detention renewed several times.
Marshoud is a freelance journalist and student at al-Najah University in Nablus. Her family lives in Saudi Arabia. A few years ago, she came with her brother and sister to the West Bank to study at al-Najah University.
Palestinian Prisoners Society on Monday said that five Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails are on open-ended hunger strike in protest at the illegal administrative detention brought against them based on no charges or trials.
The Society elaborated that the first hunger striker is Hassan Shokeh, 30, from Bethlehem. He has been striking for 58 days. His health condition has deteriorated in the Ramleh prison clinic, where he is being held in isolation.
The second hunger striker prisoner is Anas Shadid, 21, from al-Khalil. He has been on hunger strike for 12 days and was transferred from Ofer prison to Hadarim jail on Tuesday evening. It is the third hunger strike waged by captive Shadid in two years. One of which lasted for 90 days in 2016.
Basem Ebaido, 47 from al-Khalil, has also been going on an open hunger strike for 12 days. As an ex-detainee, he served over 7 years in Israeli jails during previous arrests.
Detainee Dirar Abu Minshar, 40 from al-Khalil, joined the open hunger strike last Thursday, while captive Mohammad al-Rimawi, 27 from Ramallah, joined the hunger strike 11 days ago. He served 3 years in Israeli jails in former detentions.
The Society elaborated that the first hunger striker is Hassan Shokeh, 30, from Bethlehem. He has been striking for 58 days. His health condition has deteriorated in the Ramleh prison clinic, where he is being held in isolation.
The second hunger striker prisoner is Anas Shadid, 21, from al-Khalil. He has been on hunger strike for 12 days and was transferred from Ofer prison to Hadarim jail on Tuesday evening. It is the third hunger strike waged by captive Shadid in two years. One of which lasted for 90 days in 2016.
Basem Ebaido, 47 from al-Khalil, has also been going on an open hunger strike for 12 days. As an ex-detainee, he served over 7 years in Israeli jails during previous arrests.
Detainee Dirar Abu Minshar, 40 from al-Khalil, joined the open hunger strike last Thursday, while captive Mohammad al-Rimawi, 27 from Ramallah, joined the hunger strike 11 days ago. He served 3 years in Israeli jails in former detentions.
Palestinian Information Ministry condemned the Israeli arresting of four journalists at dawn in Ramallah, announcing that it has brought the number of Palestinian imprisoned journalists in Israeli jails to 32 including 5 women.
In a statement on Monday, the Ministry stated that detaining journalists Alaa al-Rimawi, Mohamed Ulwan, Quteibah Hamdan, and Husni Najas forms a good example for Israeli policy of silencing Palestinian pressmen in order to cover up for the Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
The Ministry asked the International Federation of Journalists and Reporters without Borders as well as all competent authorities to take urgent actions to release the imprisoned journalists.
The Ministry also appealed to President of the UN Security Council and Swedish delegate Olof Skog to implement Resolution 2222 which stipulates the protection of journalists.
In a statement on Monday, the Ministry stated that detaining journalists Alaa al-Rimawi, Mohamed Ulwan, Quteibah Hamdan, and Husni Najas forms a good example for Israeli policy of silencing Palestinian pressmen in order to cover up for the Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
The Ministry asked the International Federation of Journalists and Reporters without Borders as well as all competent authorities to take urgent actions to release the imprisoned journalists.
The Ministry also appealed to President of the UN Security Council and Swedish delegate Olof Skog to implement Resolution 2222 which stipulates the protection of journalists.
Yahiya leaving court after being prevented from seeing his mother
The Israeli authorities prevented a two-year-old Palestinian boy, Yahiya Khater, from seeing his imprisoned mother, Lama, 42, during her court session on Saturday.
Yahiya was prevented from seeing his mother completely, not only from visiting her.
The Israeli court of Ofer rejected on Monday an appeal presented by Khater's lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS), Firas al-Sabbah, against extending her detention deciding to continue holding her.
Al-Sabbah said that, since her detention, the Israeli authorities have been interrogating Khater about her writings and posts on social media.
Khater, a Palestinian writer and a mother of five from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, was detained from her home during a predawn raid by Israeli forces on July 24th.
Khater had told al-Sabbah one day following her that she was subjected to harsh and intensive interrogation as she was held at the Ashkelon jail; she was handcuffed to a chair, cursed and deprived of sleep.
The Israeli authorities prevented a two-year-old Palestinian boy, Yahiya Khater, from seeing his imprisoned mother, Lama, 42, during her court session on Saturday.
Yahiya was prevented from seeing his mother completely, not only from visiting her.
The Israeli court of Ofer rejected on Monday an appeal presented by Khater's lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS), Firas al-Sabbah, against extending her detention deciding to continue holding her.
Al-Sabbah said that, since her detention, the Israeli authorities have been interrogating Khater about her writings and posts on social media.
Khater, a Palestinian writer and a mother of five from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, was detained from her home during a predawn raid by Israeli forces on July 24th.
Khater had told al-Sabbah one day following her that she was subjected to harsh and intensive interrogation as she was held at the Ashkelon jail; she was handcuffed to a chair, cursed and deprived of sleep.
International Committee for Breaking the Siege on Gaza on Monday announced that Israeli naval forces are still holding 20 international activists, that were aboard Freedom Flotilla ships, in detention, while two Israeli activists were released on bail.
Zaher Birawi, head of the committee, said in a press statement that the Freedom Flotilla Coalition's lawyer met on Monday with the detained activists in Givon prison.
Mass demonstrations have been launched in several countries that have nationals among the detained activists to call for the release of Freedom Flotilla activists and show solidarity with besieged Gaza.
Israeli naval forces attacked Freedom Flotilla ships on Sunday as they were approaching the shores of besieged Gaza and arrested all international activists aboard.
Zaher Birawi, head of the committee, said in a press statement that the Freedom Flotilla Coalition's lawyer met on Monday with the detained activists in Givon prison.
Mass demonstrations have been launched in several countries that have nationals among the detained activists to call for the release of Freedom Flotilla activists and show solidarity with besieged Gaza.
Israeli naval forces attacked Freedom Flotilla ships on Sunday as they were approaching the shores of besieged Gaza and arrested all international activists aboard.
The Israel Prison Service (IPS) is exploring the possibility of limiting Palestinian prisoners' time in the shower, claiming that they are wasting water on purpose.
According to Israel Hayom daily, Palestinian prisoners are wasting hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of water on purpose to undercut Israel's water supply.
IPS alleged that Palestinian prisoners' wards use up far more water than the Israeli wards.
In an attempt to curb this phenomenon, the Israel Prison Service has begun plumbing work in various facilities, to separate the pipes feeding showers from those feeding sinks and lavatories. The move seeks to limit prisoner's time in the shower.
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"The Israel Prison Service is aware of this disconcerting situation and has been working to reduce it, in part by separating the lavatories' plumbing system from that of the showers and limiting shower hours in order to diminish water use," an IPS statement said.
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Sunday: "The fact that security prisoners use about 50% more water is unacceptable. We cannot allow such waste. I have instructed the Israel Prison Service to explore, without delay, additional ways to save water in wards housing security prisoners.
According to Israel Hayom daily, Palestinian prisoners are wasting hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of water on purpose to undercut Israel's water supply.
IPS alleged that Palestinian prisoners' wards use up far more water than the Israeli wards.
In an attempt to curb this phenomenon, the Israel Prison Service has begun plumbing work in various facilities, to separate the pipes feeding showers from those feeding sinks and lavatories. The move seeks to limit prisoner's time in the shower.
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"The Israel Prison Service is aware of this disconcerting situation and has been working to reduce it, in part by separating the lavatories' plumbing system from that of the showers and limiting shower hours in order to diminish water use," an IPS statement said.
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Sunday: "The fact that security prisoners use about 50% more water is unacceptable. We cannot allow such waste. I have instructed the Israel Prison Service to explore, without delay, additional ways to save water in wards housing security prisoners.
Following the detention of two Italian graffiti artists, who painted a giant 4-meter mural of Ahed al-Tamimi on the separation wall between Israel and the occupied West Bank, Israel has expelled them on predawn Monday.
According to lawyer of the two Italian artists, Azmi Masalha, since their detention on Saturday, the two have been questioned and then transferred to the Ministry of Interior, which decided to revoke their tourist visas and ordered them to depart Israel within 72 hours.
Masalha added that Israel also barred the two Italian artists from entering Israel for the next 10 years.
The lawyer confirmed the departure of the two Italian artists on Monday morning.
One of the artists was identified as Agostino Chirwin, he is also known as Jorit Agoch, who has a reputation for hyper realistic murals of activists, politicians and other campaigners.
A Palestinian artist who was also detained along with the two Italians was later released.
Prior to their detention, the three artists had painted a giant mural of 17-year-old Palestinian popular resistance icon Ahed al-Tamimi, a day before she was released after eight months of imprisonment.
Ahed's story has received worldwide media coverage and has become the image of dozens of solidarity campaigns across the world demanding her release from Israeli prison, and an end to Israeli detention of Palestinian children.
According to lawyer of the two Italian artists, Azmi Masalha, since their detention on Saturday, the two have been questioned and then transferred to the Ministry of Interior, which decided to revoke their tourist visas and ordered them to depart Israel within 72 hours.
Masalha added that Israel also barred the two Italian artists from entering Israel for the next 10 years.
The lawyer confirmed the departure of the two Italian artists on Monday morning.
One of the artists was identified as Agostino Chirwin, he is also known as Jorit Agoch, who has a reputation for hyper realistic murals of activists, politicians and other campaigners.
A Palestinian artist who was also detained along with the two Italians was later released.
Prior to their detention, the three artists had painted a giant mural of 17-year-old Palestinian popular resistance icon Ahed al-Tamimi, a day before she was released after eight months of imprisonment.
Ahed's story has received worldwide media coverage and has become the image of dozens of solidarity campaigns across the world demanding her release from Israeli prison, and an end to Israeli detention of Palestinian children.
Scores of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces at daybreak Monday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank.
The list of arrestees included four journalists: Alaa al-Rimawi, Mohamed Ulwan, Quteibah Hamdan, and Husni Najas. They were all kidnapped by the IOF from Ramallah province.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers seized the car of journalist Husni Najas and the journalists’ equipment.
Eight ex-prisoners were also kidnapped by the occupation forces from Qalqilya and two from Bethlehem.
At the same time, Israeli patrols wreaked havoc on the home of Nidaa Dweik, the daughter of the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Aziz Dweik.
The IOF further ravaged the homes of ex-prisoners Mohamed al-Qawasmi and Bilal al-Natsha, before they handed them over interrogation writs.
Israeli forces detain 20 Palestinians, including 4 journalists
Israeli forces carried out search and detention campaigns across the occupied West Bank on predawn Monday detaining at least 28 Palestinians, including four journalists.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS), Israeli forces raided the West Bank districts of Bethlehem, Ramallah and Qalqiliya.
PPS confirmed the detention of one Palestinian from the southern West Bank district of Hebron identifying him as Shadi Riad al-Hroub.
In the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, three Palestinians were detained; they were identified as Muhammad Ali al-Muti, Atta al-Hreimi and Fahed Asaad.
In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, eight Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Alaa al-Ajlouni, Muhammad al-Salaima, Adam al-Rasheq, Adham al-Rasheq, Hussam Daana, and Yazan Muhammad al-Faroukh.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, PPS confirmed the detention of seven Palestinians, including four journalists.
The four journalists were identified as Alaa al-Rimawi, Muhammad Ulwan, Qutaiba Hamdan, and Husni Abed al-Jalil Injas.
The other detainees were identified as Wassim Jadallah, Mutaz Abu Rahmeh and Nimer Muhammad al-Rimawi, 54, the father of Palestinian prisoner, Muhammad al-Rimawi, who is currently carrying out a hunger strike.
In the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya, seven Palestinians were detained, most of whom are former prisoners; they were identified as Muhsen Shreim, 55, Bilal Miskawi, 32, Nidal Nofal, 39, Fadi Hurani, 33, Noor al-Din Daoud, 27, Khalid Wajih Sabri and his brother Muhammad Sabri.
In the northern West Bank district of Tubas, another two Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces; PPS identified them as Khalid Sidqi Daraghmeh and Nasr Muhammad Nasrallah Daraghmeh.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,900 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons.
The list of arrestees included four journalists: Alaa al-Rimawi, Mohamed Ulwan, Quteibah Hamdan, and Husni Najas. They were all kidnapped by the IOF from Ramallah province.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers seized the car of journalist Husni Najas and the journalists’ equipment.
Eight ex-prisoners were also kidnapped by the occupation forces from Qalqilya and two from Bethlehem.
At the same time, Israeli patrols wreaked havoc on the home of Nidaa Dweik, the daughter of the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Aziz Dweik.
The IOF further ravaged the homes of ex-prisoners Mohamed al-Qawasmi and Bilal al-Natsha, before they handed them over interrogation writs.
Israeli forces detain 20 Palestinians, including 4 journalists
Israeli forces carried out search and detention campaigns across the occupied West Bank on predawn Monday detaining at least 28 Palestinians, including four journalists.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS), Israeli forces raided the West Bank districts of Bethlehem, Ramallah and Qalqiliya.
PPS confirmed the detention of one Palestinian from the southern West Bank district of Hebron identifying him as Shadi Riad al-Hroub.
In the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, three Palestinians were detained; they were identified as Muhammad Ali al-Muti, Atta al-Hreimi and Fahed Asaad.
In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, eight Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Alaa al-Ajlouni, Muhammad al-Salaima, Adam al-Rasheq, Adham al-Rasheq, Hussam Daana, and Yazan Muhammad al-Faroukh.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, PPS confirmed the detention of seven Palestinians, including four journalists.
The four journalists were identified as Alaa al-Rimawi, Muhammad Ulwan, Qutaiba Hamdan, and Husni Abed al-Jalil Injas.
The other detainees were identified as Wassim Jadallah, Mutaz Abu Rahmeh and Nimer Muhammad al-Rimawi, 54, the father of Palestinian prisoner, Muhammad al-Rimawi, who is currently carrying out a hunger strike.
In the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya, seven Palestinians were detained, most of whom are former prisoners; they were identified as Muhsen Shreim, 55, Bilal Miskawi, 32, Nidal Nofal, 39, Fadi Hurani, 33, Noor al-Din Daoud, 27, Khalid Wajih Sabri and his brother Muhammad Sabri.
In the northern West Bank district of Tubas, another two Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces; PPS identified them as Khalid Sidqi Daraghmeh and Nasr Muhammad Nasrallah Daraghmeh.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,900 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) cancelled on Monday family visits of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza Strip for “technical reasons.”
Suhair Zaqout, spokeswoman of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told PIC reporter that Israel's ban on family visits to prisoners from Gaza Strip came for “technical reasons.”
We will try to do our best to facilitate the travel of those who were prevented today from meeting their relatives in Israeli jails as soon as possible, she said.
Approximately 6,500 Palestinians are locked up in Israeli jails under difficult detention conditions including 400 Gazans.
Gazan prisoners receive visits on Mondays and Tuesdays, based on a rotation system between the prisons. The visits are short, lasting 45 to 60 minutes.
A glass partition separates the inmate from his visitors, and they communicate by phone. Only children under the age of ten are allowed to hug their fathers.
Suhair Zaqout, spokeswoman of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told PIC reporter that Israel's ban on family visits to prisoners from Gaza Strip came for “technical reasons.”
We will try to do our best to facilitate the travel of those who were prevented today from meeting their relatives in Israeli jails as soon as possible, she said.
Approximately 6,500 Palestinians are locked up in Israeli jails under difficult detention conditions including 400 Gazans.
Gazan prisoners receive visits on Mondays and Tuesdays, based on a rotation system between the prisons. The visits are short, lasting 45 to 60 minutes.
A glass partition separates the inmate from his visitors, and they communicate by phone. Only children under the age of ten are allowed to hug their fathers.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the health condition of Palestinian prisoner Walid Musalma, aged 45, has taken a turn for the worse in the Israel’s Soroka Hospital.
In a Sunday statement, PPS said prisoner Musalma sustained a severe inflammation in his tongue and throat. He was transferred from the Israeli Nafha jail to Soroka Hospital, in Beer Sheba.
PPS said it has been keeping tabs on the prisoner’s health status.
The detainee, a father of five children, has been serving a life-sentence in Israeli dungeons, where he has been kept since 2002. He got isolated for over ten months in solitary confinement.
Musalma reportedly underwent a 37-day hunger strike in Israeli jails to protest mistreatment and arbitrary detention.
In a Sunday statement, PPS said prisoner Musalma sustained a severe inflammation in his tongue and throat. He was transferred from the Israeli Nafha jail to Soroka Hospital, in Beer Sheba.
PPS said it has been keeping tabs on the prisoner’s health status.
The detainee, a father of five children, has been serving a life-sentence in Israeli dungeons, where he has been kept since 2002. He got isolated for over ten months in solitary confinement.
Musalma reportedly underwent a 37-day hunger strike in Israeli jails to protest mistreatment and arbitrary detention.
29 july 2018
The Israeli occupation forces banned two Palestinian women from Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—for a couple of weeks.
Israeli forces ruled that Nafiseh Khweis and Ayedah Saidawi do not enter al-Aqsa Mosque for a period of two weeks.
A few days earlier, Israeli officers seized Khweis’s identity documents. When the lady showed up at an Israeli detention center to retrieve her documents she was updated on the ban.
Last week, Khweis appeared in a footage calling for speaking up for al-Aqsa Mosque against Israeli assaults.
The other woman, Saidawi, received similar bans on previous occasions.
Israeli forces ruled that Nafiseh Khweis and Ayedah Saidawi do not enter al-Aqsa Mosque for a period of two weeks.
A few days earlier, Israeli officers seized Khweis’s identity documents. When the lady showed up at an Israeli detention center to retrieve her documents she was updated on the ban.
Last week, Khweis appeared in a footage calling for speaking up for al-Aqsa Mosque against Israeli assaults.
The other woman, Saidawi, received similar bans on previous occasions.
The Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners said the Israeli prison authorities at Ashkelon jail has slapped penal measures against Palestinians locked up in section 3.
The commission’s lawyer Karim Ajwa said following a field visit to Ashkelon lock-up that section 3 has been closed off by Israeli jailers, blocking the detainees access to open areas in the prison.
Other crackdowns included delays in meal delivery, medical neglect, and denial of medical referrals, among other measures.
Ajwa added that tension has been running high in Ashkelon as a result of such castigatory tactics.
Prisoner Mohamed Naji Abu Hamid appealed to the international human rights institutions to take urgent action so as to pressurize Israel to cease such arbitrary measures against Palestinians held behind Israeli prison bars.
Abu Hamid held the Israeli prison authorities responsible for the repercussions of such crackdowns on the health condition of sick detainees.
The commission’s lawyer Karim Ajwa said following a field visit to Ashkelon lock-up that section 3 has been closed off by Israeli jailers, blocking the detainees access to open areas in the prison.
Other crackdowns included delays in meal delivery, medical neglect, and denial of medical referrals, among other measures.
Ajwa added that tension has been running high in Ashkelon as a result of such castigatory tactics.
Prisoner Mohamed Naji Abu Hamid appealed to the international human rights institutions to take urgent action so as to pressurize Israel to cease such arbitrary measures against Palestinians held behind Israeli prison bars.
Abu Hamid held the Israeli prison authorities responsible for the repercussions of such crackdowns on the health condition of sick detainees.
Two Palestinian prisoners from al-Khalil province have been on open-ended hunger strike to protest Israel’s administrative detention policy (imprisonment with neither charge nor trial).
Prisoner Basem Abdiou, 45, started his ongoing hunger striker some nine days ago.
His bother said his health condition has exacerbated due to diseases infecting his vulnerable body.
Prisoner Dirar Abu Menshar, 52, has been on a hunger strike for the third consecutive day.
Both Abidou and Abu Menshar were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces a couple of months ago.
Prisoner Basem Abdiou, 45, started his ongoing hunger striker some nine days ago.
His bother said his health condition has exacerbated due to diseases infecting his vulnerable body.
Prisoner Dirar Abu Menshar, 52, has been on a hunger strike for the third consecutive day.
Both Abidou and Abu Menshar were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces a couple of months ago.
Israeli forces attacked one of the Freedom Flotilla ships on Sunday as it was approaching the shores of the besieged Gaza Strip and redirected its sail toward the southern Israeli seaport of Ashdod.
The Freedom Flotilla is a new flotilla made up of four ships, which intend on breaking Israel’s nearly 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Gaza’s National Committee for Breaking the Siege called upon the residents of Gaza to participate in the official welcoming reception of the Freedom Flotilla ship, which was to take place at noon at the fishermen’s port in Gaza City.
Adham Abu Salima, a spokesperson for the National Committee, confirmed the attack of Israeli forces on the Freedom Flotilla ship and that the committee has lost contact with the flotilla members.
Abu Salima added that 36 solidarity activists, including Israelis and Palestinians, from 15 various countries are onboard of the attacked ship.
Abu Salima also mentioned that before the attack, the flotilla members did not face any obstacles on their way.
One of the Freedom Flotilla ships was previously attacked by Israeli forces in international waters in 2010. The ship, which was carrying aid to Gaza, was attacked while being unarmed, killing 10 pro-Palestinian activists and injuring dozens of other peaceful activists.
Additionally, many attempts have been made throughout the years to draw the public’s attention to the on-going siege of Gaza. From 2008 through 2016, international activists have sailed 31 ships to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.
MP Jamal al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, condemned Israeli forces for preventing the Freedom Flotilla from reaching Gaza, seizing the ship in international waters, and redirecting it to the Ashdod seaport.
He pointed out in a statement that the solidarity activists aboard the ship sailed towards Gaza peacefully and legally. He added that the ship’s planned arrival in Gaza is aimed at breaking the unjust siege and is a right guaranteed by international law.
The Freedom Flotilla is a new flotilla made up of four ships, which intend on breaking Israel’s nearly 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Gaza’s National Committee for Breaking the Siege called upon the residents of Gaza to participate in the official welcoming reception of the Freedom Flotilla ship, which was to take place at noon at the fishermen’s port in Gaza City.
Adham Abu Salima, a spokesperson for the National Committee, confirmed the attack of Israeli forces on the Freedom Flotilla ship and that the committee has lost contact with the flotilla members.
Abu Salima added that 36 solidarity activists, including Israelis and Palestinians, from 15 various countries are onboard of the attacked ship.
Abu Salima also mentioned that before the attack, the flotilla members did not face any obstacles on their way.
One of the Freedom Flotilla ships was previously attacked by Israeli forces in international waters in 2010. The ship, which was carrying aid to Gaza, was attacked while being unarmed, killing 10 pro-Palestinian activists and injuring dozens of other peaceful activists.
Additionally, many attempts have been made throughout the years to draw the public’s attention to the on-going siege of Gaza. From 2008 through 2016, international activists have sailed 31 ships to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.
MP Jamal al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, condemned Israeli forces for preventing the Freedom Flotilla from reaching Gaza, seizing the ship in international waters, and redirecting it to the Ashdod seaport.
He pointed out in a statement that the solidarity activists aboard the ship sailed towards Gaza peacefully and legally. He added that the ship’s planned arrival in Gaza is aimed at breaking the unjust siege and is a right guaranteed by international law.
Israeli army troops stormed on Sunday a Palestinian market in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil and kidnapped a young man.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers broke into the Dweik market in Bab al-Zawiya and ravaged a clothes shop owned by al-Harroub family.
A state of panic overwhelmed children and women who were at the market.
The assault culminated in the abduction of 32-year-old Hasan Khalil al-Harroub. The latter was dragged to unknown location by the occupation soldiers.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers broke into the Dweik market in Bab al-Zawiya and ravaged a clothes shop owned by al-Harroub family.
A state of panic overwhelmed children and women who were at the market.
The assault culminated in the abduction of 32-year-old Hasan Khalil al-Harroub. The latter was dragged to unknown location by the occupation soldiers.
17-year-old Palestinian civil protest icon Ahed Tamimi, along with her mother Nariman, were released from Israeli prison Sunday, after serving more than seven months in prison. Video video
The two were greeted by hundreds of people in their hometown of Nabi Saleh, in the central part of the West Bank.
Israeli protesters also gathered outside the prison to demand that the 17-year old girl remain imprison detention for slapping an armed Israeli soldier who invaded her home in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah, late last year.
Tamimi was snatched from her bed and home in the middle of a cold winter night, in December, when she was only 16 years old, after a video showed her facing and slapping a fully armed Israeli soldier, at her home.
Her mother, Nariman, was arrested the next day, when she went to visit her at her a detention center, where she was charged with incitement for posting the video on social media.
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Both daughter and mother were sentenced, by an Israeli court, to eight months in prison, almost the same time that an Israeli soldier received for shooting and killing an incapacitated and wounded Palestinian in Hebron, and whose sentence was later reduced.
The soldier received a hero’s welcome after his early release, by fellow extremist Jewish settlers in Hebron, where he committed his crime in front of cameras and soldiers.
The two were greeted by hundreds of people in their hometown of Nabi Saleh, in the central part of the West Bank.
Israeli protesters also gathered outside the prison to demand that the 17-year old girl remain imprison detention for slapping an armed Israeli soldier who invaded her home in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah, late last year.
Tamimi was snatched from her bed and home in the middle of a cold winter night, in December, when she was only 16 years old, after a video showed her facing and slapping a fully armed Israeli soldier, at her home.
Her mother, Nariman, was arrested the next day, when she went to visit her at her a detention center, where she was charged with incitement for posting the video on social media.
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Both daughter and mother were sentenced, by an Israeli court, to eight months in prison, almost the same time that an Israeli soldier received for shooting and killing an incapacitated and wounded Palestinian in Hebron, and whose sentence was later reduced.
The soldier received a hero’s welcome after his early release, by fellow extremist Jewish settlers in Hebron, where he committed his crime in front of cameras and soldiers.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, eight Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the West Bank.
The PPS said the army continued its invasions and violent searched of homes in Kobar village, north of Ramallah, abducted four Palestinians and confiscated a motorcycle.
It added that the soldiers also searched and ransacked many homes across the West Bank before abducting seven Palestinians identified as:
The PPS said the army continued its invasions and violent searched of homes in Kobar village, north of Ramallah, abducted four Palestinians and confiscated a motorcycle.
It added that the soldiers also searched and ransacked many homes across the West Bank before abducting seven Palestinians identified as:
- Yahia Mahmoud Amriyya – Kobar, Ramallah.
- Qais Mohammad Barghouthi – Kobar, Ramallah.
- Milad Barghouthi – Kobar, Ramallah.
- Mahmoud al-Qattawi – Kobar, Ramallah.
- Mohammad Tawafsha, Sinjil, Ramallah.
- Mohammad Ibrahim Salah – al-Khader, Bethlehem.
- Ahmad Mohammad Salah – al-Khader, Bethlehem.
- Mohammad Mamdouh Salah – al-Khader, Bethlehem.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three Palestinians from their homes in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers stormed and searched homes, and interrogated several Palestinians.
He added that the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ahmad Mohammad Salah, 25, in addition to Mohammad Ibrahim Salah, 17, and Mohammad Mamdouh Salah, 17.
The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the abducted Palestinians, and took them to Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers stormed and searched homes, and interrogated several Palestinians.
He added that the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ahmad Mohammad Salah, 25, in addition to Mohammad Ibrahim Salah, 17, and Mohammad Mamdouh Salah, 17.
The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the abducted Palestinians, and took them to Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
Israeli soldiers released, on Saturday at night, 19 Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem, after issuing orders barring them from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the city, for one week, and kept five others under interrogation.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the 19 released Palestinians were each ordered to pay 5000 Israeli shekels fine, and received warrants barring them from entering the holy site for one week.
It added that the police and army are refusing to release five detained children, who are still held under interrogation in the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility, in Jerusalem.
The five have been identified as Bassam Shokri Qonbar, 17, Assem Yazid Halayla, 15, from Jabal al-Mokabber town, south of Jerusalem, Mo’men Maher al-Karaki, 16, from the at-Tour neighborhood, in addition to Omran Mustafa Mala’ba, from Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem, and Mohammad Emad Ma’touq, 16, from Shu’fat, north of the city.
They were all abducted by the army and the police, on Friday, after dozens of soldiers invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and assaulted the Palestinian worshipers, wounding forty of them, in addition to abducting at least twenty others.
Medical sources said at least 40 Palestinians suffered various cuts and bruises, in addition to the severe effects of teargas inhalation, the soldiers, accompanied by groups of extremist colonialist settlers, stormed the courtyards of the holy site, and started their assault by attacking its guards.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the 19 released Palestinians were each ordered to pay 5000 Israeli shekels fine, and received warrants barring them from entering the holy site for one week.
It added that the police and army are refusing to release five detained children, who are still held under interrogation in the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility, in Jerusalem.
The five have been identified as Bassam Shokri Qonbar, 17, Assem Yazid Halayla, 15, from Jabal al-Mokabber town, south of Jerusalem, Mo’men Maher al-Karaki, 16, from the at-Tour neighborhood, in addition to Omran Mustafa Mala’ba, from Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem, and Mohammad Emad Ma’touq, 16, from Shu’fat, north of the city.
They were all abducted by the army and the police, on Friday, after dozens of soldiers invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and assaulted the Palestinian worshipers, wounding forty of them, in addition to abducting at least twenty others.
Medical sources said at least 40 Palestinians suffered various cuts and bruises, in addition to the severe effects of teargas inhalation, the soldiers, accompanied by groups of extremist colonialist settlers, stormed the courtyards of the holy site, and started their assault by attacking its guards.
