20 july 2020
The Israeli occupation police on Monday morning stormed Shu’afat refugee camp, northeast of Jerusalem, wreaked havoc on businesses and detained a Palestinian young man after physically assaulting him.
According to local sources, police forces savagely beat a young man called Mustafa al-Bayaa before arresting him in Shu’afat camp. video
The police forces also broke into and ransacked stores and fined many citizens in the camp for not wearing protective masks. video
According to local sources, police forces savagely beat a young man called Mustafa al-Bayaa before arresting him in Shu’afat camp. video
The police forces also broke into and ransacked stores and fined many citizens in the camp for not wearing protective masks. video
Abdulla Sharaka
A Palestinian prisoner behind Israeli bars has tested positive for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission confirmed on Monday.
The Commission said in a statement that Abdulla Sharaka, a resident of the refugee camp of al-Jalazon, north of Ramallah, was detained during an Israeli military raid into the camp last Saturday.
Soldiers transferred Sharaka to an interrogation center, where he underwent a coronavirus test, and his result came positive.
Shakara is the second Palestinian prisoner in Israeli detention to have tested positive for the highly contagious virus, following Kamal Abu Wa'ar, a cancer-stricken prisoner.
A Palestinian prisoner behind Israeli bars has tested positive for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission confirmed on Monday.
The Commission said in a statement that Abdulla Sharaka, a resident of the refugee camp of al-Jalazon, north of Ramallah, was detained during an Israeli military raid into the camp last Saturday.
Soldiers transferred Sharaka to an interrogation center, where he underwent a coronavirus test, and his result came positive.
Shakara is the second Palestinian prisoner in Israeli detention to have tested positive for the highly contagious virus, following Kamal Abu Wa'ar, a cancer-stricken prisoner.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and on Monday stormed different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem and kidnaped several Palestinian citizens. video
According to local sources, one young man suffered a bullet injury and three others were arrested during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Jenin refugee camp.
The IOF also stormed Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya town and al-Jalazon refugee camp in Ramallah and kidnaped five citizens.
Another young man identified as Mohamed Abu Ahour was kidnaped by the IOF from his home in Abu Anjim village, southeast of Bethlehem.
Last night, the IOF kidnaped Jihad al-Faqih, director of the Palestinian Authority intelligence apparatus in Jerusalem, from his home in Qatanna town.
The IOF also kidnaped two young men after raiding their homes in al-Thawri neighborhood and Qalandiya refugee camp in Jerusalem.
According to local sources, one young man suffered a bullet injury and three others were arrested during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Jenin refugee camp.
The IOF also stormed Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya town and al-Jalazon refugee camp in Ramallah and kidnaped five citizens.
Another young man identified as Mohamed Abu Ahour was kidnaped by the IOF from his home in Abu Anjim village, southeast of Bethlehem.
Last night, the IOF kidnaped Jihad al-Faqih, director of the Palestinian Authority intelligence apparatus in Jerusalem, from his home in Qatanna town.
The IOF also kidnaped two young men after raiding their homes in al-Thawri neighborhood and Qalandiya refugee camp in Jerusalem.
19 july 2020
Three Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails are currently on hunger strike, two of them in protest against their administrative detention without charge or trial, today said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
Odi Shehadeh, from Deheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, and Fadi Ghneimat, from the town of Surif in the south of the West Bank, have been on hunger strike for 27 and 26 days in a row respectively at Ofer military camp near Ramallah, protesting their illegal detention with no charge or trial.
A third prisoner, Mohammad Abul-Rob, has also started in a hunger strike in solidarity with cancer-patient and prisoner in Israeli detention, Kamal Abu Waar, who last week was diagnosed with coronavirus at the Israeli prison of Gilboa. Abul-Rob has been in jail since 2003, and is serving a 30-year-sentence.
Shehadeh's family said an Israeli court had renewed their son's detention by four renewable months despite his hunger strike, the third such administrative order he receives since his arrest in February 2019.
Ghneimat had also his administrative detention renewed for the third time, although an Israeli court had ruled his administrative detention as final the second time he received the order. He is a father of four children, and is the son of Ibrahim Abdullah Ghneimat, a Palestinian political prisoner serving a life sentence in Israeli detention.
There are about 4,500 Palestinian and Arab political prisoners serving sentences in Israeli detention for resisting the prolonged Israeli occupation of their homeland. Of those, there are some 350 detainees held in prison as administrative detainees, without a charge or trial including minors and elderly.
Administrative detention is a procedure that allows the Israeli military prosecutor to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial. Administrative detention is mainly used to detain Palestinians from the West Bank, Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, and Palestinians holding the Israeli nationality.
Odi Shehadeh, from Deheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, and Fadi Ghneimat, from the town of Surif in the south of the West Bank, have been on hunger strike for 27 and 26 days in a row respectively at Ofer military camp near Ramallah, protesting their illegal detention with no charge or trial.
A third prisoner, Mohammad Abul-Rob, has also started in a hunger strike in solidarity with cancer-patient and prisoner in Israeli detention, Kamal Abu Waar, who last week was diagnosed with coronavirus at the Israeli prison of Gilboa. Abul-Rob has been in jail since 2003, and is serving a 30-year-sentence.
Shehadeh's family said an Israeli court had renewed their son's detention by four renewable months despite his hunger strike, the third such administrative order he receives since his arrest in February 2019.
Ghneimat had also his administrative detention renewed for the third time, although an Israeli court had ruled his administrative detention as final the second time he received the order. He is a father of four children, and is the son of Ibrahim Abdullah Ghneimat, a Palestinian political prisoner serving a life sentence in Israeli detention.
There are about 4,500 Palestinian and Arab political prisoners serving sentences in Israeli detention for resisting the prolonged Israeli occupation of their homeland. Of those, there are some 350 detainees held in prison as administrative detainees, without a charge or trial including minors and elderly.
Administrative detention is a procedure that allows the Israeli military prosecutor to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial. Administrative detention is mainly used to detain Palestinians from the West Bank, Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, and Palestinians holding the Israeli nationality.
Israeli occupation forces today detained Adnan Gheith, the Palestinian Authority's Governor of Jerusalem, after raiding his home in the city. video
Israeli police raided and searched the house of Gheith in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, before detaining him.
The Palestinian Authority official was arrested by Israel at least 17 times since he assumed his current office as Governor of Jerusalem in August 2018.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed it in a move never recognized by the international community.
The Palestinians consider East Jerusalem as the de jure capital of the State of Palestine, although the city remains under Israeli occupation until today.
Israeli police raided and searched the house of Gheith in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, before detaining him.
The Palestinian Authority official was arrested by Israel at least 17 times since he assumed his current office as Governor of Jerusalem in August 2018.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed it in a move never recognized by the international community.
The Palestinians consider East Jerusalem as the de jure capital of the State of Palestine, although the city remains under Israeli occupation until today.
At least five Palestinians were detained and two others injured by Israeli occupation forces during raids last night and today across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).
Clashes erupted today after the occupation forces raided Balata refugee camp, near Nablus city, during which the latter fired live bullets at the protesters to disperse them, injuring two in the pelvis and knee respectively.
At least one Palestinian, 22 years old, was detained by the forces during the raid.
Earlier, the occupation forces detained two Palestinians in Tulkarm governorate, north of the West Bank, and two others in Hebron governorate, south of the territory.
Almost on a daily basis and typically at nighttime, Israeli occupation forces raid towns and villages in the occupied West Bank to carry out arrests or summon civilians for questioning. This has been part of the daily life under Israeli military regime for decades.
Clashes erupted today after the occupation forces raided Balata refugee camp, near Nablus city, during which the latter fired live bullets at the protesters to disperse them, injuring two in the pelvis and knee respectively.
At least one Palestinian, 22 years old, was detained by the forces during the raid.
Earlier, the occupation forces detained two Palestinians in Tulkarm governorate, north of the West Bank, and two others in Hebron governorate, south of the territory.
Almost on a daily basis and typically at nighttime, Israeli occupation forces raid towns and villages in the occupied West Bank to carry out arrests or summon civilians for questioning. This has been part of the daily life under Israeli military regime for decades.
18 july 2020
Dozens of Palestinian citizens were injured by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in al-Khalil, while three others were arrested in Jerusalem on Saturday afternoon.
Local sources said that the IOF violently quelled a peaceful demonstration in al-Khalil City against the West Bank annexation.
The Palestinian protesters were met with rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas canisters. A number of them suffered minor injuries and were treated in the field.
Meanwhile, the IOF kidnapped three Palestinian boys during a raid on al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem City.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF stormed the town and clashed with local youths before arresting three boys identified as Mohammed Obeid, Yazan Amjad, and Haitham Mahmoud. video
Local sources said that the IOF violently quelled a peaceful demonstration in al-Khalil City against the West Bank annexation.
The Palestinian protesters were met with rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas canisters. A number of them suffered minor injuries and were treated in the field.
Meanwhile, the IOF kidnapped three Palestinian boys during a raid on al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem City.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF stormed the town and clashed with local youths before arresting three boys identified as Mohammed Obeid, Yazan Amjad, and Haitham Mahmoud. video
69 Palestinian women and girls were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during the first half of 2020, according to a report released by the Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Studies.
Most of the arrests that targeted Palestinian women during the reporting period happened in Occupied Jerusalem. Some of them were minors like Mayar al-Natsha, 16, Maram al-Natsha, 17, and Aya Muhaisen, 17, and elderlies like Suzan al-Mabyad and Ibtisam Awad.
The report noted that all the Aqsa activists who were arrested and interrogated by the Israeli police were released on condition of not entering the Aqsa Mosque for different periods.
Although most of those women were released after their exposure to arrest and interrogation, there are still 41 women in Israeli jails, mostly in Damon jail.
25 of those female prisoners are serving different prison terms, including eight serving over 10 years.
Another one is being held administratively, with no trail or indictment, while the others are still awaiting trials.
Most of the arrests that targeted Palestinian women during the reporting period happened in Occupied Jerusalem. Some of them were minors like Mayar al-Natsha, 16, Maram al-Natsha, 17, and Aya Muhaisen, 17, and elderlies like Suzan al-Mabyad and Ibtisam Awad.
The report noted that all the Aqsa activists who were arrested and interrogated by the Israeli police were released on condition of not entering the Aqsa Mosque for different periods.
Although most of those women were released after their exposure to arrest and interrogation, there are still 41 women in Israeli jails, mostly in Damon jail.
25 of those female prisoners are serving different prison terms, including eight serving over 10 years.
Another one is being held administratively, with no trail or indictment, while the others are still awaiting trials.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday stormed al-Jalazon refugee camp in the north of Ramallah city and kidnaped three Palestinian young men.
According to Asra Media Office, soldiers from a special military unit kidnaped three teenagers from their homes in Jalazon camp.
The detainees were identified as Ra’ed al-Bayyari, Qusay Barakat and Abdullah Sharaka.
The reason for their detention is still unknown.
According to Asra Media Office, soldiers from a special military unit kidnaped three teenagers from their homes in Jalazon camp.
The detainees were identified as Ra’ed al-Bayyari, Qusay Barakat and Abdullah Sharaka.
The reason for their detention is still unknown.
17 july 2020
Israeli police on Thursday evening arrested seven Palestinian ex-detainees after chasing them in Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the Israeli police chased seven Palestinian citizens in Jerusalem, forced them out of their cars, and arrested them for no apparent reason.
The detainees are Salim al-Ja’ba, Owais Hamada, Hamza Zaghir, Luay Naser ed-Din, Omar Zaghir, Ya’coub Abu Asab, and Amin al-Shweiki.
Israeli arbitrary arrest campaigns have seen a noticeable rise recently in the West Bank and Jerusalem. In June alone, at least 478 Palestinians were detained.
Local sources said that the Israeli police chased seven Palestinian citizens in Jerusalem, forced them out of their cars, and arrested them for no apparent reason.
The detainees are Salim al-Ja’ba, Owais Hamada, Hamza Zaghir, Luay Naser ed-Din, Omar Zaghir, Ya’coub Abu Asab, and Amin al-Shweiki.
Israeli arbitrary arrest campaigns have seen a noticeable rise recently in the West Bank and Jerusalem. In June alone, at least 478 Palestinians were detained.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday evening arrested Palestinian physicist and astronomer Emad al-Barghouti, 53, at a checkpoint near Anata town northeast of Jerusalem.
Al-Barghouti is an ex-prisoner who was arrested by the IOF in December 2015 while he was on his way to take part in an academic conference in the UAE through al-Karama crossing with Jordan.
Al-Barghouti was interrogated and kept in detention for weeks over his participation in demonstrations condemning the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip in 2014.
The Palestinian scientist was re-arrested in 2016 over anti-Israel Facebook posts and released after two months of detention following a solidarity campaign by many international academics.
Al-Barghouti is an ex-prisoner who was arrested by the IOF in December 2015 while he was on his way to take part in an academic conference in the UAE through al-Karama crossing with Jordan.
Al-Barghouti was interrogated and kept in detention for weeks over his participation in demonstrations condemning the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip in 2014.
The Palestinian scientist was re-arrested in 2016 over anti-Israel Facebook posts and released after two months of detention following a solidarity campaign by many international academics.
