21 july 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday kidnaped four Palestinian citizens from their homes during campaigns in different West Bank areas.
The Israeli army claimed in a statement that its forces arrested four Palestinians in the West Bank.
Among the detainees are Fuaad Taqateqa from Umm Salamuna village in Bethlehem and Ali Dar Attiya from Wadi Fukin village in Bethlehem.
The other detainees are Osamah al-Barghouthi and Kanaan al-Hazmawi. They were also kidnaped from their homes in Kobar town, northwest of Ramallah.
Another citizen called Mahmoud Rasem received a summons from the Shin Bet after the IOF stormed Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah.
The Israeli army claimed in a statement that its forces arrested four Palestinians in the West Bank.
Among the detainees are Fuaad Taqateqa from Umm Salamuna village in Bethlehem and Ali Dar Attiya from Wadi Fukin village in Bethlehem.
The other detainees are Osamah al-Barghouthi and Kanaan al-Hazmawi. They were also kidnaped from their homes in Kobar town, northwest of Ramallah.
Another citizen called Mahmoud Rasem received a summons from the Shin Bet after the IOF stormed Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah.
Seven Palestinian prisoners have been on open hunger strike in protest at their administrative detention in Israeli jails.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies said most of the hunger strikers are suffering from serious health problems, especially Ja'far Ezz el-Din, 48, who has been on hunger strike for 35 days.
In addition to Ezz el-Din, Ahmad Zahran, Mohammed Abu Akar, Mustafa al-Hasanat, Huthaifa Halabiya, Hasan al-Zaghari, and Mohammed al-Zaghari have been on hunger strike for 10-20 days in protest at their detention administratively without charge or trial.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies held Israel responsible for the life of the hunger-striking detainees and called on human rights organizations to intervene immediately to save their lives.
According to official statistics, there are 5,700 Palestinians in Israeli lock-ups, including 48 women, 230 children, 500 administrative detainees, and 700 prisoners with health issues.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies said most of the hunger strikers are suffering from serious health problems, especially Ja'far Ezz el-Din, 48, who has been on hunger strike for 35 days.
In addition to Ezz el-Din, Ahmad Zahran, Mohammed Abu Akar, Mustafa al-Hasanat, Huthaifa Halabiya, Hasan al-Zaghari, and Mohammed al-Zaghari have been on hunger strike for 10-20 days in protest at their detention administratively without charge or trial.
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies held Israel responsible for the life of the hunger-striking detainees and called on human rights organizations to intervene immediately to save their lives.
According to official statistics, there are 5,700 Palestinians in Israeli lock-ups, including 48 women, 230 children, 500 administrative detainees, and 700 prisoners with health issues.
20 july 2019
A spokesperson for the Israeli occupation army said that soldiers arrested on Friday night a Palestinian near the border fence in the south of the Gaza Strip.
In a brief statement on Saturday morning, the army spokesperson claimed that the Palestinian was found in possession of a knife.
The IOF had already arrested many Palestinian citizens during similar attempts to infiltrate into Israel through the border fence. Human rights reports said that many of those attempts were made by young men who wanted to look for jobs in Israel.
In some incidents, the IOF opened fire at such citizens, leading them to suffer injuries or get killed.
In a brief statement on Saturday morning, the army spokesperson claimed that the Palestinian was found in possession of a knife.
The IOF had already arrested many Palestinian citizens during similar attempts to infiltrate into Israel through the border fence. Human rights reports said that many of those attempts were made by young men who wanted to look for jobs in Israel.
In some incidents, the IOF opened fire at such citizens, leading them to suffer injuries or get killed.
18 july 2019
Since 1967, 220 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons. The latest victim is Nasser Taqatqa, detained in June from his home in Beit Fajjar, accused of purportedly having ties to Hamas. Taqatqa, age 31, was interrogated by Shin Bet, tortured and placed in solitary confinement.
On Tuesday he was found dead, prompting another wave of anger among Palestinians and much needed focus on the plight of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
According to Haaretz, Taqaqta was discovered dead in the prison’s mental health centre where was taken for medical supervision. Palestinian media states that he was transferred to different interrogation facilities and constantly placed in solitary confinement. Taqatqa was last seen in Nitzan prison, where it has been said he died in solitary confinement.
Israel has claimed Taqatqa died as a result of a stroke. Meanwhile the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society declared that autopsy results revealed extreme torture and abuse, leading to Taqatqa’s death.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying: “The martyrdom of Taqatqa in the interrogation cells demand an immediate action by the International Criminal Court and the opening of an official investigation into the crimes of the occupying power in order to pursue and prosecute Israeli war criminals.”
Needless to say, this statement fell on deaf ears. No call for justice has emanated from the international community. If the UN fails to take up the call of Palestinian prisoners while they are still alive, a tortured and dead prisoner will present no significance to the organisation.
Likewise, the Palestinian Authority’s continuous exploitation of Palestinian prisoners does not help to further its cause. On the contrary, it has facilitated the transfer of many Palestinians to Israeli jails, while the PA security services act like Israel’s extension in the occupied West Bank. The PA has no foundation whatsoever to speak about the rights of Palestinian prisoners. It is only a step ahead of the international community in terms of speaking out, due to perfunctory obligation which the UN can conveniently sidestep.
Meanwhile, the growing rift between the PA and the Palestinian people will continue to displace attention away from the Palestinian prisoners’ plight. Political authority is the determining factor which singles out the people as perpetual victims without protection from their leaders which is, of course, a favourable scenario for Israel.
Away from the cloistered arena of human rights jargon, there has yet to be a single instance where such rights can claim a single, irreversible victory. The media reports reactions – prisoners banging on doors and refusing meals at the news of a Palestinian prisoner’s death – but what do such reports tell us about the prisoners in Israeli jails? Nothing.
The collective efforts at stifling their voices, even to the point of murder through torture and medical negligence, is provoking an oblivion which is tantamount to a loss of identity, at least when it comes to perception from the outside. With the exception of Palestinians in close proximity with Israeli forces, who spares a thought for Palestinian prisoners before they are turned into temporary headlines by Israel’s colonial violence?
On Tuesday he was found dead, prompting another wave of anger among Palestinians and much needed focus on the plight of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
According to Haaretz, Taqaqta was discovered dead in the prison’s mental health centre where was taken for medical supervision. Palestinian media states that he was transferred to different interrogation facilities and constantly placed in solitary confinement. Taqatqa was last seen in Nitzan prison, where it has been said he died in solitary confinement.
Israel has claimed Taqatqa died as a result of a stroke. Meanwhile the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society declared that autopsy results revealed extreme torture and abuse, leading to Taqatqa’s death.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying: “The martyrdom of Taqatqa in the interrogation cells demand an immediate action by the International Criminal Court and the opening of an official investigation into the crimes of the occupying power in order to pursue and prosecute Israeli war criminals.”
Needless to say, this statement fell on deaf ears. No call for justice has emanated from the international community. If the UN fails to take up the call of Palestinian prisoners while they are still alive, a tortured and dead prisoner will present no significance to the organisation.
Likewise, the Palestinian Authority’s continuous exploitation of Palestinian prisoners does not help to further its cause. On the contrary, it has facilitated the transfer of many Palestinians to Israeli jails, while the PA security services act like Israel’s extension in the occupied West Bank. The PA has no foundation whatsoever to speak about the rights of Palestinian prisoners. It is only a step ahead of the international community in terms of speaking out, due to perfunctory obligation which the UN can conveniently sidestep.
Meanwhile, the growing rift between the PA and the Palestinian people will continue to displace attention away from the Palestinian prisoners’ plight. Political authority is the determining factor which singles out the people as perpetual victims without protection from their leaders which is, of course, a favourable scenario for Israel.
Away from the cloistered arena of human rights jargon, there has yet to be a single instance where such rights can claim a single, irreversible victory. The media reports reactions – prisoners banging on doors and refusing meals at the news of a Palestinian prisoner’s death – but what do such reports tell us about the prisoners in Israeli jails? Nothing.
The collective efforts at stifling their voices, even to the point of murder through torture and medical negligence, is provoking an oblivion which is tantamount to a loss of identity, at least when it comes to perception from the outside. With the exception of Palestinians in close proximity with Israeli forces, who spares a thought for Palestinian prisoners before they are turned into temporary headlines by Israel’s colonial violence?
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, fifteen young Palestinian men in occupied Jerusalem, who were celebrating their high-school graduation using fireworks, after illegal Israeli colonists complained that the Palestinians are “firing live rounds.”
Palestinian sources said dozens of Palestinians, including the graduating students, were celebrating the graduations, and using fireworks.
They added that illegal Israeli colonialist settlers, living on Palestinian lands in and around the area, complained to the army and the police, and alleged that the Palestinians were also firing rounds of live ammunition.
The colonists also alleged that “some of the bullets reached their homes and cars and endangered their lives.”
The Israeli army and the police then invaded many Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and abducted fifteen young men, in addition to initiating searches trying to abduct more of them.
IOF detain 8 Palestinian teens celebrating exam results in Jerusalem
Israeli Occupation Forces have detained eight Palestinians from Jerusalem today, raising the total number of detainees to 17.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center has confirmed that Israeli police detained eight Palestinian teens, from the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, during celebrations throughout the occupied Palestinian territories following the announcement of the official results of Palestine’s secondary school examination.
Palestinian sources said dozens of Palestinians, including the graduating students, were celebrating the graduations, and using fireworks.
They added that illegal Israeli colonialist settlers, living on Palestinian lands in and around the area, complained to the army and the police, and alleged that the Palestinians were also firing rounds of live ammunition.
The colonists also alleged that “some of the bullets reached their homes and cars and endangered their lives.”
The Israeli army and the police then invaded many Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and abducted fifteen young men, in addition to initiating searches trying to abduct more of them.
IOF detain 8 Palestinian teens celebrating exam results in Jerusalem
Israeli Occupation Forces have detained eight Palestinians from Jerusalem today, raising the total number of detainees to 17.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center has confirmed that Israeli police detained eight Palestinian teens, from the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, during celebrations throughout the occupied Palestinian territories following the announcement of the official results of Palestine’s secondary school examination.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian from his home, in Doura town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and searched the family home of a young man, identified as Mo’tasem Samir az-Zeer, and abducted him.
The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the young man, and placed him in their jeep before moving him to an unknown destination.
In addition, the soldiers invaded many areas in Hebron city, especially Abu Sneina neighborhood and Wad al-Harya, in addition to the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and searched the family home of a young man, identified as Mo’tasem Samir az-Zeer, and abducted him.
The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the young man, and placed him in their jeep before moving him to an unknown destination.
In addition, the soldiers invaded many areas in Hebron city, especially Abu Sneina neighborhood and Wad al-Harya, in addition to the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, a young Palestinian man allegedly after he breached the perimeter fence, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army said the young Palestinian man breached the fence and was instantly taken prisoner by the soldiers.
It added that the young man “carried a knife,” and was moved to an interrogation facility.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army frequently abducts Palestinians who approach the fence, without even crossing it, in addition to its constant assaults and violations targeting farmers, workers and shepherds on Palestinian lands near the fence.
The violations also include constantly targeting Palestinian fishermen and their boats.
These violations have led to dozens of casualties, including many fatalities among the farmers, workers and fishermen, in addition to scores of abductions, and the destruction and confiscation of many Palestinian fishing boats.
The Israeli army said the young Palestinian man breached the fence and was instantly taken prisoner by the soldiers.
It added that the young man “carried a knife,” and was moved to an interrogation facility.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army frequently abducts Palestinians who approach the fence, without even crossing it, in addition to its constant assaults and violations targeting farmers, workers and shepherds on Palestinian lands near the fence.
The violations also include constantly targeting Palestinian fishermen and their boats.
These violations have led to dozens of casualties, including many fatalities among the farmers, workers and fishermen, in addition to scores of abductions, and the destruction and confiscation of many Palestinian fishing boats.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 11 Palestinian citizens in the West Bank on Thursday morning.
According to local sources, the IOF arrested citizens during a raid in the town of Zawia, west of the city of Salfit. They said that a large military force stormed the town and launched raids on several houses.
Clashes broke out today after the IOF stormed Jenin camp and arrested two youths.
Local sources said that the confrontations were concentrated in the center of the camp and on Haifa Street and were punctuated by heavy firing by the IOF. Two young men were arrested.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians in Qalqilia, Jenin And Salfit
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, seven Palestinians in the West Bank governorates of Qalqilia, Jenin and Salfit, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded the city, before storming and ransacking a local shop, and abducted its owner, Saed Jamal al-‘Arabi, 35.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in Jenin refugee camp, and abducted two young men, identified as Amin Hasan Bani Gharra and Kassoum Sa’adi.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian protesters in the refugee camp.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the az-Zawiya village, west of Salfit in central West Bank, and abducted four young men, identified as Nahel Ahmad Shqeir, Laith Ibrahim Shqeir, Rafat Yousef Shqeir and his son Arqam Shqeir.
During the invasion, the soldiers detained Rifat Shqeir and his son Amro, in addition to Najeeb Mustafa Moqadi and his son Karam, but released them a few hours later.
The soldiers also invaded the home of the mayor of az-Zawiya, Na’im Hammouda, before searching the property, and summoned him for interrogation.
The soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasions, and installed many roadblocks in and around the town, in addition to various villages and towns in Salfit governorate.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli military surveillance drones have been constantly flying over the area for the third consecutive day.
According to local sources, the IOF arrested citizens during a raid in the town of Zawia, west of the city of Salfit. They said that a large military force stormed the town and launched raids on several houses.
Clashes broke out today after the IOF stormed Jenin camp and arrested two youths.
Local sources said that the confrontations were concentrated in the center of the camp and on Haifa Street and were punctuated by heavy firing by the IOF. Two young men were arrested.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians in Qalqilia, Jenin And Salfit
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, seven Palestinians in the West Bank governorates of Qalqilia, Jenin and Salfit, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded the city, before storming and ransacking a local shop, and abducted its owner, Saed Jamal al-‘Arabi, 35.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in Jenin refugee camp, and abducted two young men, identified as Amin Hasan Bani Gharra and Kassoum Sa’adi.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian protesters in the refugee camp.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the az-Zawiya village, west of Salfit in central West Bank, and abducted four young men, identified as Nahel Ahmad Shqeir, Laith Ibrahim Shqeir, Rafat Yousef Shqeir and his son Arqam Shqeir.
During the invasion, the soldiers detained Rifat Shqeir and his son Amro, in addition to Najeeb Mustafa Moqadi and his son Karam, but released them a few hours later.
The soldiers also invaded the home of the mayor of az-Zawiya, Na’im Hammouda, before searching the property, and summoned him for interrogation.
The soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasions, and installed many roadblocks in and around the town, in addition to various villages and towns in Salfit governorate.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli military surveillance drones have been constantly flying over the area for the third consecutive day.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot a young man and arrested two others early on Thursday during clashes in the Deheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
According to local sources, the IOF stormed Dheisheh camp amid intensive security reinforcements.
They arrested two men, aged 19 and 35, after raiding and searching their homes.
A 25 year old man was shot in the thigh and taken to a hospital in Bethlehem for treatment.
According to local sources, the IOF stormed Dheisheh camp amid intensive security reinforcements.
They arrested two men, aged 19 and 35, after raiding and searching their homes.
A 25 year old man was shot in the thigh and taken to a hospital in Bethlehem for treatment.
