25 july 2018
Israel’s war minister Avigdor Lieberman has urged fellow ministers to approve a bill calling for death penalty against convicted anti-occupation Palestinian attackers, claiming there is no reason for Israel to be more enlightened than the US in the war on terror.
Israeli ministers are scheduled to vote on the bill at a meeting of the top-level security cabinet on Wednesday.
At long last, the bill for death sentences for terrorists is to be decided on,” Lieberman tweeted. “I am sure that my ministerial colleagues understand that we need all measures in the fight against terror.”
“There is no reason for us to be more enlightened than the United States or Japan in the war on terror,” continued Lieberman.
The bill, proposed by Lieberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party, won initial backing in a January preliminary reading in the Knesset, despite some coalition lawmakers expressing reservations over the legislation. Its progress since then has been repeatedly delayed.
The bill greenlights capital punishment against anti-occupation protesters involved in deadly attacks against Israelis. Under the new law, the death penalty verdict does not require unanimity in order to be executed.
The current Israeli law okays death penalty only in case a verdict is issued by the military prosecution to that end.
Israeli ministers are scheduled to vote on the bill at a meeting of the top-level security cabinet on Wednesday.
At long last, the bill for death sentences for terrorists is to be decided on,” Lieberman tweeted. “I am sure that my ministerial colleagues understand that we need all measures in the fight against terror.”
“There is no reason for us to be more enlightened than the United States or Japan in the war on terror,” continued Lieberman.
The bill, proposed by Lieberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party, won initial backing in a January preliminary reading in the Knesset, despite some coalition lawmakers expressing reservations over the legislation. Its progress since then has been repeatedly delayed.
The bill greenlights capital punishment against anti-occupation protesters involved in deadly attacks against Israelis. Under the new law, the death penalty verdict does not require unanimity in order to be executed.
The current Israeli law okays death penalty only in case a verdict is issued by the military prosecution to that end.
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, Wednesday, the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and abducted a teenage boy from his home.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said a few army jeeps invaded the town from several directions.
He added that the soldiers stormed and violently searched the home of Khader Abu Ammouss, near Solomon Pools area in al-Khader, and abducted his son Mohammad, 17.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said a few army jeeps invaded the town from several directions.
He added that the soldiers stormed and violently searched the home of Khader Abu Ammouss, near Solomon Pools area in al-Khader, and abducted his son Mohammad, 17.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, at least thirteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Nablus, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted Moath Thouqan, the son of imprisoned university lecturer Ghassan Thouqan, from the city, and Hasan Bakheet, from Balata refugee camp, in addition to Sameh Hammad Mansour, from Kafr Qalil village.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ali Taiseer Zakarna, 20, from Qabatia town, south of the city.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed many roadblocks around villages and towns in Jenin governorate, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The soldiers also invaded Birzeit town, north of Ramallah in central West Bank, searched homes and abducted Issa Eyad Shalalda.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers searched several homes and abducted Farouq Abu Aker.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ziad Banat, in addition to Omar Mohammad al-Heeh, from Surif town, north of the city, and Ziad Nawaj’a, from Surif town, north of Hebron.
The PPS office in Nablus, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted Moath Thouqan, the son of imprisoned university lecturer Ghassan Thouqan, from the city, and Hasan Bakheet, from Balata refugee camp, in addition to Sameh Hammad Mansour, from Kafr Qalil village.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ali Taiseer Zakarna, 20, from Qabatia town, south of the city.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed many roadblocks around villages and towns in Jenin governorate, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The soldiers also invaded Birzeit town, north of Ramallah in central West Bank, searched homes and abducted Issa Eyad Shalalda.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers searched several homes and abducted Farouq Abu Aker.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ziad Banat, in addition to Omar Mohammad al-Heeh, from Surif town, north of the city, and Ziad Nawaj’a, from Surif town, north of Hebron.
An Israeli military court remanded on Wednesday until August 8 and for the 24th time Khader Adnan, from the town of Arrabeh, in the northern occupied West Bank province of Jenin.
Adnan was brought to the court from the Rimon desert jail in an exhaustive three day-trip, during which he had been chained hand and foot.
Adnan, 40, a leading member of the Islamic Jihad is married with six children.
He was detained 11 times in his lifetime and spent over eight years in administrative detention.
Adnan had spent 66 days on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, which made him the first to start this struggle against administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial.
Adnan was brought to the court from the Rimon desert jail in an exhaustive three day-trip, during which he had been chained hand and foot.
Adnan, 40, a leading member of the Islamic Jihad is married with six children.
He was detained 11 times in his lifetime and spent over eight years in administrative detention.
Adnan had spent 66 days on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, which made him the first to start this struggle against administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial.
Palestinian writer Lama Khater are reportedly exposed to protracted and harsh interrogation by Israeli officers after detaining her on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
PPS said it would publish further information about Khater soon later after its lawyer Firas al-Sabah managed to visit her in Ashkelon prison.
Israeli soldiers raided the house of Khater at dawn Tuesday in al-Khalil city and took her prisoner in front of her children.
Lama Khater is a noted Palestinian activist and writer and a mother of five children.
PPS said it would publish further information about Khater soon later after its lawyer Firas al-Sabah managed to visit her in Ashkelon prison.
Israeli soldiers raided the house of Khater at dawn Tuesday in al-Khalil city and took her prisoner in front of her children.
Lama Khater is a noted Palestinian activist and writer and a mother of five children.
In a raid on the Wadi Ma’ali neighborhood, at 4:30 a.m., near Bethlehem’s Old City, Israeli soldiers raided the homes of Palestinian prisoner Ayyad al-Hreimi’s family, resulting in two hospitalizations from dog bites, and the arrest of al-Hreimi’s 19-year-old cousin, Mohannad.
Two of al-Hreimi’s brothers were already imprisoned when al-Hreimi’s cousin was arrested last night.
The soldiers destroyed property belonging to the prisoners’ family and neighbors before leaving, even though the purpose of the raid remains unknown, according to the PNN.
The mother and sister of the Mohannad Hreimi, the youth who was arrested, arrived late in the morning, from the hospital, with gauze covering their hands, showing the damage that Israeli canine unit, called the “Oketz” Unit, can inflict upon the Palestinian people.
Two of al-Hreimi’s brothers were already imprisoned when al-Hreimi’s cousin was arrested last night.
The soldiers destroyed property belonging to the prisoners’ family and neighbors before leaving, even though the purpose of the raid remains unknown, according to the PNN.
The mother and sister of the Mohannad Hreimi, the youth who was arrested, arrived late in the morning, from the hospital, with gauze covering their hands, showing the damage that Israeli canine unit, called the “Oketz” Unit, can inflict upon the Palestinian people.
The Oketz unit uses the Belgian Shepard, or the Malinois, because of the breed’s large size.
The father also showed cuts from the dogs on his legs, going from his knee to his ankle.
Ayyad al-Hreimi gained prominence when his 52-day hunger strike was reported, while he was in prison. Hunger strikes are a common form of protest against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and against the conditions for Palestinians in Israeli prisons.
Ayyad al-Hreimi has been imprisoned without an open trial since December 7, 2018. Reason for a detention is often kept secret under the pretext of national security.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem reports that the purpose of these “administrative” detentions is said to be for the purpose of preventing actions that Israeli authorities believe would be carried out by detained Palestinians, had they not been imprisoned.
This is problematic, because the charges for such arrests are, more often than not, kept secret, and regularly do not involve any crime committed. This makes a forming a defense, in court, nearly impossible.
Night Raids are a common way of carrying out such arrests. Al Jazeera reports that most Palestinians understand night raids as merely a form of intimidation. Communities where a high profile arrest has happened often find an increase in night raids and Israeli patrol.
Night raids can have an intense psychological effect on the people who experience them. Ranging from difficulty sleeping to symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the repeated exposure to this type of campaign can create intense distress for the people in occupied Palestine.
The father also showed cuts from the dogs on his legs, going from his knee to his ankle.
Ayyad al-Hreimi gained prominence when his 52-day hunger strike was reported, while he was in prison. Hunger strikes are a common form of protest against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and against the conditions for Palestinians in Israeli prisons.
Ayyad al-Hreimi has been imprisoned without an open trial since December 7, 2018. Reason for a detention is often kept secret under the pretext of national security.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem reports that the purpose of these “administrative” detentions is said to be for the purpose of preventing actions that Israeli authorities believe would be carried out by detained Palestinians, had they not been imprisoned.
This is problematic, because the charges for such arrests are, more often than not, kept secret, and regularly do not involve any crime committed. This makes a forming a defense, in court, nearly impossible.
Night Raids are a common way of carrying out such arrests. Al Jazeera reports that most Palestinians understand night raids as merely a form of intimidation. Communities where a high profile arrest has happened often find an increase in night raids and Israeli patrol.
Night raids can have an intense psychological effect on the people who experience them. Ranging from difficulty sleeping to symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the repeated exposure to this type of campaign can create intense distress for the people in occupied Palestine.
24 july 2018
Israeli forces detained a Palestinian woman and her husband after raiding their home in al-Issawiya neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, on Tuesday.
Muhammad Abu al-Hummos, a member of a local follow-up committee in al-Issawiya, said that Israeli forces raided the neighborhood after midnight on Tuesday.
Abu al-Hummos added that Israeli forces surrounded the home of Wasim Nayif Obeid and ambushed him; Israeli forces broke into his home and detained Obeid and his wife.
According to Obeid, Israeli forces raided his home and detained him and his wife, Ibtisam, 35, and transferred them to the Salah al-Din police station, interrogated Obeid about his wife's illegal presence in East Jerusalem as she is a holder of a Palestinian ID card.
Obeid added that he was released after several hours of interrogation, while his wife was transferred to the Ofer Israeli prison, on charges of "illegally entering and living in Jerusalem."
Israeli forces had previously removed Ibtisam Obeid from her East Jerusalem home in March 2017, after being held for several hours at a detention center and later released at a checkpoint outside the borders of Jerusalem.
Obeid mentioned that he and his wife have been married for 16 years and have three children.
He continued to point out that Ibtisam had attempted to obtain an Israeli citizenship or at least a temporary permit, which has to be renewed every 6-12 months, to be allowed residency in Jerusalem, but her request was rejected under the pretext of "security purposes."
Many Palestinians in East Jerusalem, who hold a Palestinian citizenship, have been applying for Israeli citizenship in hopes of easing travel and residency rights.
Muhammad Abu al-Hummos, a member of a local follow-up committee in al-Issawiya, said that Israeli forces raided the neighborhood after midnight on Tuesday.
Abu al-Hummos added that Israeli forces surrounded the home of Wasim Nayif Obeid and ambushed him; Israeli forces broke into his home and detained Obeid and his wife.
According to Obeid, Israeli forces raided his home and detained him and his wife, Ibtisam, 35, and transferred them to the Salah al-Din police station, interrogated Obeid about his wife's illegal presence in East Jerusalem as she is a holder of a Palestinian ID card.
Obeid added that he was released after several hours of interrogation, while his wife was transferred to the Ofer Israeli prison, on charges of "illegally entering and living in Jerusalem."
Israeli forces had previously removed Ibtisam Obeid from her East Jerusalem home in March 2017, after being held for several hours at a detention center and later released at a checkpoint outside the borders of Jerusalem.
Obeid mentioned that he and his wife have been married for 16 years and have three children.
He continued to point out that Ibtisam had attempted to obtain an Israeli citizenship or at least a temporary permit, which has to be renewed every 6-12 months, to be allowed residency in Jerusalem, but her request was rejected under the pretext of "security purposes."
Many Palestinians in East Jerusalem, who hold a Palestinian citizenship, have been applying for Israeli citizenship in hopes of easing travel and residency rights.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday kidnapped 14 Palestinian citizens, including a woman, during campaigns in different West Bank areas.
According to local sources, the IOF raided the house of Hazem al-Fakhouri and arrested his wife Lama Khater, a noted Palestinian writer.
The IOF also raided other homes in al-Khalil city and kidnapped senior Hamas official Nazar Shahada.
Meanwhile, the IOF set up several makeshift checkpoints at the northern and southern entrances to al-Khalil and at the main entrances to the towns of Sa’ir, Yatta and Halhul, where soldiers obstructed the movement of Palestinian citizens and vehicles.
In Bethlehem city, four Palestinian young men were reportedly kidnapped by the IOF from their homes. They were identified as Majd Ayyad, Mohamed Ayyad, Mahmoud al-Jawarish and Muhanad al-Huraimi.
Another one was taken prisoner during an IOF campaign in al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
In Ramallah, the IOF failed to arrest two university students, including chief of the Birzeit student council Yahya Rabie, after storming an apartment build in Abu Qash town.
A local source told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops aboard 15 military vehicles stormed Abu Qash town at dawn to arrest the students, which provoked violent clashes with scores of local young men.
Later, the Israeli military force withdrew from the town without making arrests.
In Tulkarem, two university students identified as Mohamed Laymoun and Omar Lafdawi were kidnapped from their homes by Israeli soldiers in Jayyous town.
The IOF also ransacked homes in Nur Shams, east of Tulkarem, with no reported arrests.
According to local sources, the IOF raided the house of Hazem al-Fakhouri and arrested his wife Lama Khater, a noted Palestinian writer.
The IOF also raided other homes in al-Khalil city and kidnapped senior Hamas official Nazar Shahada.
Meanwhile, the IOF set up several makeshift checkpoints at the northern and southern entrances to al-Khalil and at the main entrances to the towns of Sa’ir, Yatta and Halhul, where soldiers obstructed the movement of Palestinian citizens and vehicles.
In Bethlehem city, four Palestinian young men were reportedly kidnapped by the IOF from their homes. They were identified as Majd Ayyad, Mohamed Ayyad, Mahmoud al-Jawarish and Muhanad al-Huraimi.
Another one was taken prisoner during an IOF campaign in al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
In Ramallah, the IOF failed to arrest two university students, including chief of the Birzeit student council Yahya Rabie, after storming an apartment build in Abu Qash town.
A local source told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops aboard 15 military vehicles stormed Abu Qash town at dawn to arrest the students, which provoked violent clashes with scores of local young men.
Later, the Israeli military force withdrew from the town without making arrests.
In Tulkarem, two university students identified as Mohamed Laymoun and Omar Lafdawi were kidnapped from their homes by Israeli soldiers in Jayyous town.
The IOF also ransacked homes in Nur Shams, east of Tulkarem, with no reported arrests.
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Mohamed Jamal al-Natshah is expected to be released from an Israeli prison, following a 22-month detention with neither charge nor trial.
Al-Natshah’s wife, Umm Hamam, said the Israeli prison administrative in Negev jail ruled for releasing her husband on Tuesday after he had served 22 months in administrative detention.
Al-Natshah is slated to be received at the Dhahriya checkpoint, south of al-Khalil, his wife added.
Palestinian MP Natshah was elected as a PLC member in 2006 while in Israeli custody. Since 2003, he had only been released for eight months from Israeli dungeons, where he has been held for over 20 years. He was last arrested on September 24, 2016.
Al-Natshah’s wife, Umm Hamam, said the Israeli prison administrative in Negev jail ruled for releasing her husband on Tuesday after he had served 22 months in administrative detention.
Al-Natshah is slated to be received at the Dhahriya checkpoint, south of al-Khalil, his wife added.
Palestinian MP Natshah was elected as a PLC member in 2006 while in Israeli custody. Since 2003, he had only been released for eight months from Israeli dungeons, where he has been held for over 20 years. He was last arrested on September 24, 2016.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, two young Palestinian men from their homes in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank.
The PPS said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Jamal Abu Lemon, 22, from Shweika area, north of Tulkarem, and Omar Saleh Lifdawi, 21, from the city.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked many homes in Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem, causing damage, and interrogated several Palestinians.
The PPS said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Jamal Abu Lemon, 22, from Shweika area, north of Tulkarem, and Omar Saleh Lifdawi, 21, from the city.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked many homes in Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem, causing damage, and interrogated several Palestinians.
Hasan Shouka
The “Detainees’ Media Office” has reported, Monday, that six Palestinian detainees, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, are ongoing with hunger strike, rejecting their illegal detention.
The detainees are demanding the Prison Authority to stop holding them under such orders, by either releasing them, or file charges against them, instead of repeatedly renewing the detention orders against them.
The Detainees’ Media center said the striking detainees are Islam Jawareesh, Issa Awad, Mahmoud Ayyad, Omar Abu Shkheidim, Anas Shadeed and Hasan Shouka.
It said that Hasan Shouka, from Bethlehem, started his strike 51 days earlier, protesting being held without charges since October 01, 2017, especially since the prison authority has renewed the Administrative Detention orders against them three consecutive times, an issue that forced him to declare an open-ended hunger strike.
The detainee was repeatedly abducted and imprisoned by Israel, and spent nearly 13 years in prison as a result of these arrests.
The Detainee’s Media Center stated that detainee Islam Jawareesh, 29, from ‘Aida refugee camp, Anas Mahmoud Ayyad, 33, from Deheishe refugee camp, in Bethlehem, and Issa Awad, 30, from Hebron, are also ongoing with the hunger strike, protesting their Administrative Detention orders.
The three detainees declared hunger strike nearly three weeks ago, after each of them spent 18 months under Administrative Detention orders, while detainees Omar Diab Abu Shkheidim, 32, and Anas Ibrahim Shadeed, 22, from Hebron, started their strikes five days ago, protesting renewed Administrative Detention orders against them.
Abu Shkheidim was taken prisoner on December 26, 2017, and received two consecutive administrative detention orders, each for six months, while Shadeed was abducted on June 14, 2017, and received three consecutive administrative detention orders, each for six months.
It is worth mentioning that Shadeed previously went on hunger strike for more than 90 days, before Israel agreed not to renew his detention orders, but he was abducted, once again, after his release, and was received the same orders.
The “Detainees’ Media Office” has reported, Monday, that six Palestinian detainees, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, are ongoing with hunger strike, rejecting their illegal detention.
The detainees are demanding the Prison Authority to stop holding them under such orders, by either releasing them, or file charges against them, instead of repeatedly renewing the detention orders against them.
The Detainees’ Media center said the striking detainees are Islam Jawareesh, Issa Awad, Mahmoud Ayyad, Omar Abu Shkheidim, Anas Shadeed and Hasan Shouka.
It said that Hasan Shouka, from Bethlehem, started his strike 51 days earlier, protesting being held without charges since October 01, 2017, especially since the prison authority has renewed the Administrative Detention orders against them three consecutive times, an issue that forced him to declare an open-ended hunger strike.
The detainee was repeatedly abducted and imprisoned by Israel, and spent nearly 13 years in prison as a result of these arrests.
The Detainee’s Media Center stated that detainee Islam Jawareesh, 29, from ‘Aida refugee camp, Anas Mahmoud Ayyad, 33, from Deheishe refugee camp, in Bethlehem, and Issa Awad, 30, from Hebron, are also ongoing with the hunger strike, protesting their Administrative Detention orders.
The three detainees declared hunger strike nearly three weeks ago, after each of them spent 18 months under Administrative Detention orders, while detainees Omar Diab Abu Shkheidim, 32, and Anas Ibrahim Shadeed, 22, from Hebron, started their strikes five days ago, protesting renewed Administrative Detention orders against them.
Abu Shkheidim was taken prisoner on December 26, 2017, and received two consecutive administrative detention orders, each for six months, while Shadeed was abducted on June 14, 2017, and received three consecutive administrative detention orders, each for six months.
It is worth mentioning that Shadeed previously went on hunger strike for more than 90 days, before Israel agreed not to renew his detention orders, but he was abducted, once again, after his release, and was received the same orders.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, a woman from Hebron, and two young men from Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
The Hebron office of the PPS, in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers searched homes throughout the city, and abducted Palestinian woman, a writer and a mother, identified as Lama Khater.
Activists managed to take a picture of the woman holding her child, and kissing him farewell, before the soldiers took her to an unknown destination.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Hindaza area, east of Bethlehem in the West Bank, before abducting Mahmoud Ibrahim Jawareesh, 42, and Mohammad Nasser Awwad, 22.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded several areas in al-Biereh city in central West Bank, especially in Sateh Marhaba area, and searched homes.
The Israeli army claimed its soldiers located weapons during searched in Ramallah and al-Biereh governorate.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded many homes across the West Bank, and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, in addition to installing roadblocks.
The Hebron office of the PPS, in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers searched homes throughout the city, and abducted Palestinian woman, a writer and a mother, identified as Lama Khater.
Activists managed to take a picture of the woman holding her child, and kissing him farewell, before the soldiers took her to an unknown destination.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Hindaza area, east of Bethlehem in the West Bank, before abducting Mahmoud Ibrahim Jawareesh, 42, and Mohammad Nasser Awwad, 22.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded several areas in al-Biereh city in central West Bank, especially in Sateh Marhaba area, and searched homes.
The Israeli army claimed its soldiers located weapons during searched in Ramallah and al-Biereh governorate.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded many homes across the West Bank, and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, in addition to installing roadblocks.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, two children from Deir Nitham village, west of Ramallah, in central West Bank.
The two children have been identified as Mohammad Saleh and Rami Nimir; they were sitting in front of one of the boy’s homes when the soldiers abducted them.
Media sources in Deir Nitham said many army jeeps invaded the village, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters.
The two children were taken prisoner before the army withdrew, and were not in the area of protests.
Video of the invasion published on Facebook by Deir Nitham Media Network
The two children have been identified as Mohammad Saleh and Rami Nimir; they were sitting in front of one of the boy’s homes when the soldiers abducted them.
Media sources in Deir Nitham said many army jeeps invaded the village, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters.
The two children were taken prisoner before the army withdrew, and were not in the area of protests.
Video of the invasion published on Facebook by Deir Nitham Media Network
