25 july 2019
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) calls on the international legal and human rights organizations to put pressure on the Israeli occupation government to stop its attempts to deport the Palestinian photographer Mustafa Al-Kharouf outside the Palestinian territories and release him as he has been arrested for more than six months, not to mention giving him the right to reside him his wife, two children and family staying with them in Jerusalem since he was a child.
Eddy Lustigman, the lawyer of the photographer Mustafa Al-Kharouf, Said to MADA, the Israeli authorities tried at about 9:00PM on Sunday (22 July 2019) to deport the photographer Mustafa Al-Kharouf, but the Jordanian authorities refused and prevented his entry into their territories as he does not have any documents enabling him to enter Jordan, specifically the visa.
After spending many hours (approximately 19 hours) on the Jordanian borders, the Israeli authorities returned him to where he was detained at Ramle Prison, and he is still being detained there.
The lawyer Eddy Lustigman stated that in the coming days she will request his release through Hamoked Organization.
The Israeli Occupation authorities, and for “security reasons”, refused to grant the journalist Mustafa Al-Kharouf a resident in Jerusalem even though he lives and resides there ever since he was a little child, with his family, wife and children. Al-Kharouf does not hold any other nationality and he has never been arrested or convicted of any offence or felony.
On 21st Jan 2019, Al-Kharouf filed an appeal to the Israeli court against the decision of the Israeli Ministry of Interior refusing his requests pertaining to residence.
On the following day 22nd Jan 2019, he was arrested by the Israeli Police and transferred to Jafun Prison in Ramle, a prison dedicated for deporting “illegal” foreigners even though Mustafa Al-Kharouf was born in Algeria on 21st Sep. 1987 and in 1999 he moved with his family to Jerusalem.
He is married to the Jerusalemite citizen Tmam Nofal Al-Kharouf, and they have one child. All of his family members, including his wife and daughter hold the blue (Jerusalemite) identity card, while Mustafa does not hold any other nationality or residence other than where he lives, including the West Bank.
The Israeli authorities continue to treat him as an illegal resident and strive to deport him from Jerusalem as they have attempted to do so on last Sunday and Monday.
Eddy Lustigman, the lawyer of the photographer Mustafa Al-Kharouf, Said to MADA, the Israeli authorities tried at about 9:00PM on Sunday (22 July 2019) to deport the photographer Mustafa Al-Kharouf, but the Jordanian authorities refused and prevented his entry into their territories as he does not have any documents enabling him to enter Jordan, specifically the visa.
After spending many hours (approximately 19 hours) on the Jordanian borders, the Israeli authorities returned him to where he was detained at Ramle Prison, and he is still being detained there.
The lawyer Eddy Lustigman stated that in the coming days she will request his release through Hamoked Organization.
The Israeli Occupation authorities, and for “security reasons”, refused to grant the journalist Mustafa Al-Kharouf a resident in Jerusalem even though he lives and resides there ever since he was a little child, with his family, wife and children. Al-Kharouf does not hold any other nationality and he has never been arrested or convicted of any offence or felony.
On 21st Jan 2019, Al-Kharouf filed an appeal to the Israeli court against the decision of the Israeli Ministry of Interior refusing his requests pertaining to residence.
On the following day 22nd Jan 2019, he was arrested by the Israeli Police and transferred to Jafun Prison in Ramle, a prison dedicated for deporting “illegal” foreigners even though Mustafa Al-Kharouf was born in Algeria on 21st Sep. 1987 and in 1999 he moved with his family to Jerusalem.
He is married to the Jerusalemite citizen Tmam Nofal Al-Kharouf, and they have one child. All of his family members, including his wife and daughter hold the blue (Jerusalemite) identity card, while Mustafa does not hold any other nationality or residence other than where he lives, including the West Bank.
The Israeli authorities continue to treat him as an illegal resident and strive to deport him from Jerusalem as they have attempted to do so on last Sunday and Monday.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Jenin refugee camp, in addition to the towns of al-Yamoun, Wad Burqin, Anza and Sielet al-Harithiyya, shot one Palestinian and abducted six others.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers invaded Jenin refugee camp, and shot a young man, identified as Ehab Sharif Abu Bakr, with a gas bomb in his face, causing moderate wounds, before he was rushed to a hospital in Jenin city.
They added that dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment by local medics.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Jenin city, and abducted three former political prisoners, identified as Abdul-Rahman Abu Khader, Ghassan Al-Atrash Miqdad and Ghassan Adnan al-Atrash.
The soldiers also abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Yahia Turkman, from his home in Wad Burqin town, in addition to Mohammad Awni Obeid, from Anza town, and Mohammad Mahmoud Azzam, from Sielet al-Harithiya, after invading their homes and ransacking them.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers invaded Jenin refugee camp, and shot a young man, identified as Ehab Sharif Abu Bakr, with a gas bomb in his face, causing moderate wounds, before he was rushed to a hospital in Jenin city.
They added that dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment by local medics.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Jenin city, and abducted three former political prisoners, identified as Abdul-Rahman Abu Khader, Ghassan Al-Atrash Miqdad and Ghassan Adnan al-Atrash.
The soldiers also abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Yahia Turkman, from his home in Wad Burqin town, in addition to Mohammad Awni Obeid, from Anza town, and Mohammad Mahmoud Azzam, from Sielet al-Harithiya, after invading their homes and ransacking them.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least nineteen Palestinians, mostly former political detainees who spent years in prison, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes, causing property damage, and assaulted several Palestinians.
The PPS office in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted six Palestinians, including four former political prisoners.
It identified them as Abdul-Rahman Abu Khader, Ghassan Adnan al-Atrash, Miqdad Ahmad Nawahda, Yahia Turkman, Mohammad ‘Awni ‘Obeid and Mohammad Mahmoud Azzam.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted seven Palestinians, including a father and two of his sons.
They have been identified as Tha’er Abed Mahmoud, his sons Mohammad and Abdul-Rahman, in addition to Adham Sabta, Mohammad Amin Khallaf, Mohammad Abed Atiyya and Nassim Amjad Mohsin.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Omar Wadea’ Qar’an, ‘Atef Abu Thabet and Ahmad Mahmoud Qatrawi.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ekrima Abu Elba.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as former legislator Azzam Salhab, and Mohammad Mahmoud Ghneimat.
16 West Bankers kidnaped in overnight IOF campaigns
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and at dawn Thursday kidnaped 16 Palestinian citizens during campaigns in different West Bank areas.
A statement released by the IOF said that 16 Palestinians were arrested overnight in the West Bank.
The IOF claimed it found and confiscated an M16 rifle, a handgun and three homemade explosive devices during campaigns in Nablus and Qalqilya.
The IOF also confiscated equipment from two turneries in Nablus on allegations they were used in the production of weapons.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped Palestinian lawmaker Azzam Salhab from his home in al-Khalil city.
The IOF also stormed Deir Sammit village, southwest of al-Khalil, and ransacked the house of ex-detainee Ismail al-Harroub, with no reported arrests.
Three citizens were also taken prisoners during IOF campaigns in Surif town (al-Khalil) and Balata refugee camp in Nablus, amid clashes in the latter.
The IOF also raided the house of ex-detainee Qutaiba Azem in Sebastia town, northwest of Nablus, and confiscated metalwork equipment belonging to ex-detainees Mohamed Sharai’ah during a raid on his home near Salem junction in the east of Nablus.
In Jenin, four citizens were reportedly kidnaped from their homes in different areas.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes, causing property damage, and assaulted several Palestinians.
The PPS office in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted six Palestinians, including four former political prisoners.
It identified them as Abdul-Rahman Abu Khader, Ghassan Adnan al-Atrash, Miqdad Ahmad Nawahda, Yahia Turkman, Mohammad ‘Awni ‘Obeid and Mohammad Mahmoud Azzam.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded and ransacked homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted seven Palestinians, including a father and two of his sons.
They have been identified as Tha’er Abed Mahmoud, his sons Mohammad and Abdul-Rahman, in addition to Adham Sabta, Mohammad Amin Khallaf, Mohammad Abed Atiyya and Nassim Amjad Mohsin.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Omar Wadea’ Qar’an, ‘Atef Abu Thabet and Ahmad Mahmoud Qatrawi.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ekrima Abu Elba.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as former legislator Azzam Salhab, and Mohammad Mahmoud Ghneimat.
16 West Bankers kidnaped in overnight IOF campaigns
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and at dawn Thursday kidnaped 16 Palestinian citizens during campaigns in different West Bank areas.
A statement released by the IOF said that 16 Palestinians were arrested overnight in the West Bank.
The IOF claimed it found and confiscated an M16 rifle, a handgun and three homemade explosive devices during campaigns in Nablus and Qalqilya.
The IOF also confiscated equipment from two turneries in Nablus on allegations they were used in the production of weapons.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped Palestinian lawmaker Azzam Salhab from his home in al-Khalil city.
The IOF also stormed Deir Sammit village, southwest of al-Khalil, and ransacked the house of ex-detainee Ismail al-Harroub, with no reported arrests.
Three citizens were also taken prisoners during IOF campaigns in Surif town (al-Khalil) and Balata refugee camp in Nablus, amid clashes in the latter.
The IOF also raided the house of ex-detainee Qutaiba Azem in Sebastia town, northwest of Nablus, and confiscated metalwork equipment belonging to ex-detainees Mohamed Sharai’ah during a raid on his home near Salem junction in the east of Nablus.
In Jenin, four citizens were reportedly kidnaped from their homes in different areas.
Two days after her release from a Palestinian Authority (PA) jail, the Israeli intelligence apparatus arrested Palestinian teacher Alaa Basheer after summoning her for interrogation on Thursday.
Her detention was seen as part of the security cooperation between the PA and Israel.
The PA preventive security apparatus last Sunday released Basheer on bail after illegally detaining her for 40 days.
The PA preventive security rearrested Alaa al-Basheer, a holy Qur’an teacher from Qalqilya, two days after releasing her on June 13. She had spent over one month in her first detention.
The preventive security has fabricated accusations against Basheer in order to justify her detention. She was accused of inciting sectarian strife, one of the claims usually used by the PA security agencies against political detainees.
Her detention was seen as part of the security cooperation between the PA and Israel.
The PA preventive security apparatus last Sunday released Basheer on bail after illegally detaining her for 40 days.
The PA preventive security rearrested Alaa al-Basheer, a holy Qur’an teacher from Qalqilya, two days after releasing her on June 13. She had spent over one month in her first detention.
The preventive security has fabricated accusations against Basheer in order to justify her detention. She was accused of inciting sectarian strife, one of the claims usually used by the PA security agencies against political detainees.
24 july 2019
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The Palestinian township of Ar’ara, located on the Israeli side of the Green Line (1967 Armistice Line), and an area targeted for Israeli colonial expansion, on Wednesday became the latest site of Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes.
Early Wednesday morning, Israeli forces invaded the village of Khor Saqr, located in the Ar’ara township in the northern part of Israel, in the ‘Triangle’ region near Umm al-Fahm. The soldiers brought with them armored vehicles and Caterpillar-brand armored D9 bulldozers, which they used to destroy the family home of Ibrahim Marzouk. Marzouk had been issued a demolition order by Israeli forces just days earlier. |
According to local sources, the Israeli military forces invaded the area with Israeli police and special units, as well as numerous armored vehicles.
During the invasion of the village, they were confronted by local village youth, who threw stones at the soldiers and shouted at them to leave their town.
The Israeli soldiers abducted three youth and wounded several others during the confrontation.
Numerous Palestinian homeowners in the neighborhood of Khor Saqr have recently received demolition notices over the past year – totaling more than 50 homes and shops.
The demolition notices are part of an overall Israeli plan to displace Palestinians from their ancestral homes in Ar’ara and Ara townships, located in what is now Israel, and force the residents into the already-crowded West Bank – thus creating more internally displaced refugees in an area that already houses one of the largest refugee populations on earth.
In 2017, columnist Ali Abunimah wrote about Netanyahu’s ‘Prawer Plan’, which would force the transfer of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship into the West Bank. The Palestinian residents of the Ar’ara township are among those targeted by the Israeli government for forced relocation.
“Netanyahu’s plan would take Palestinians in Israel, who currently possess rights as citizens – albeit limited by law and inferior to Jews – and move them to a situation where like the rest of the Palestinians under perpetual Israeli military occupation they would have no rights at all”, wrote Abunimah.
During the invasion of the village, they were confronted by local village youth, who threw stones at the soldiers and shouted at them to leave their town.
The Israeli soldiers abducted three youth and wounded several others during the confrontation.
Numerous Palestinian homeowners in the neighborhood of Khor Saqr have recently received demolition notices over the past year – totaling more than 50 homes and shops.
The demolition notices are part of an overall Israeli plan to displace Palestinians from their ancestral homes in Ar’ara and Ara townships, located in what is now Israel, and force the residents into the already-crowded West Bank – thus creating more internally displaced refugees in an area that already houses one of the largest refugee populations on earth.
In 2017, columnist Ali Abunimah wrote about Netanyahu’s ‘Prawer Plan’, which would force the transfer of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship into the West Bank. The Palestinian residents of the Ar’ara township are among those targeted by the Israeli government for forced relocation.
“Netanyahu’s plan would take Palestinians in Israel, who currently possess rights as citizens – albeit limited by law and inferior to Jews – and move them to a situation where like the rest of the Palestinians under perpetual Israeli military occupation they would have no rights at all”, wrote Abunimah.
The Israeli occupation forces at dawn Wednesday kidnapped 23 Palestinian citizens during raid campaigns that targeted different areas in the West Bank.
The Israeli forces claimed that most of the detainees are involved in popular resistance activists.
Local sources reported that the Israeli forces raided scores of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, wreaked havoc on them, and installed makeshift barriers in many areas.
Twelve Palestinians detained from West Bank
Israeli forces today detained at least 12 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, said witnesses and security sources.Witnesses confirmed that Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians during multiple overnight raids across the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem.
Four Palestinians were rounded up from Kafr al-Labad village, another from Anabta town, another from al-Ras village, another from Kafr Abbush village and another from Nur Shams refugee camp.
In Nablus district, local sources confirmed that Israeli military vehicles raided Beita town, south of Nablus, where soldiers rounded up a former prisoner.
In the southern West Bank, security sources confirmed an Israeli military raid in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem city, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians.
In Hebron district, a Palestinian was rounded up from the vicinity of Bab Az-Zawiya in Hebron city.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
The Israeli forces claimed that most of the detainees are involved in popular resistance activists.
Local sources reported that the Israeli forces raided scores of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, wreaked havoc on them, and installed makeshift barriers in many areas.
Twelve Palestinians detained from West Bank
Israeli forces today detained at least 12 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, said witnesses and security sources.Witnesses confirmed that Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians during multiple overnight raids across the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem.
Four Palestinians were rounded up from Kafr al-Labad village, another from Anabta town, another from al-Ras village, another from Kafr Abbush village and another from Nur Shams refugee camp.
In Nablus district, local sources confirmed that Israeli military vehicles raided Beita town, south of Nablus, where soldiers rounded up a former prisoner.
In the southern West Bank, security sources confirmed an Israeli military raid in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem city, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians.
In Hebron district, a Palestinian was rounded up from the vicinity of Bab Az-Zawiya in Hebron city.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
