17 june 2013
Eight Palestinian prisoners held in solitary confinement in Ramon jail have gone on hunger strike as of today Monday.
The Palestinian prisoners’ society said that the eight prisoners demand their transfer to northern jails in order to be closer to their families’ places of residence.
The Palestinian prisoners’ society said that the eight prisoners demand their transfer to northern jails in order to be closer to their families’ places of residence.
A Gazan family in Abasan village to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, survived an Israeli army shelling on Monday morning. An Israeli army shell exploded a few meters away from the family in Abasan Al-Kabira, eyewitnesses said, adding that no casualties were suffered.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested four Palestinians from Qarara, north of Khan Younis, on Sunday night, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
They said that IOF soldiers detained the four while trying to infiltrate into 1948 occupied Palestine.
He said that the four are in the age category 17 – 20, quoting inhabitants in their village as saying that they were trying to look for jobs in 1948 occupied Palestine.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested four Palestinians from Qarara, north of Khan Younis, on Sunday night, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
They said that IOF soldiers detained the four while trying to infiltrate into 1948 occupied Palestine.
He said that the four are in the age category 17 – 20, quoting inhabitants in their village as saying that they were trying to look for jobs in 1948 occupied Palestine.
Detainee Ghassan Ulayan has gone on hunger strike for a week now protesting the Israeli occupation authority’s decision to re-arrest him. Ulayan, from Bethlehem, was liberated in the prisoners' exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, the Palestinian prisoner’s society said in a statement on Sunday.
It said that the IOA was seeking legal means to compel Ulayan to complete his previous 5-year term sentence.
Fuad Ulayan, Ghassan’s father, said that his son told him in a recent visit that he would go on hunger strike to protest his re-arrest and the IOA attempt to put him on trial in a new case.
It said that the IOA was seeking legal means to compel Ulayan to complete his previous 5-year term sentence.
Fuad Ulayan, Ghassan’s father, said that his son told him in a recent visit that he would go on hunger strike to protest his re-arrest and the IOA attempt to put him on trial in a new case.
Mohamed Qawariq
Tadamun (solidarity) foundation for human rights said the Israeli administration of Petah Tikva interrogation center still refuses to provide the injured detainee Mohamed Qawariq, 22, with medications. Spokesman for the foundation Ahmed Betawi said that Petah Tikva administration claims that the medicines which Qawariq takes are not available, affirming that such excuses are unjustifiable because they could bring him a specialized doctor to prescribe him alternative medications.
Betawi added that the jailers also refused to allow his family to send him medicines through his lawyer.
The spokesman explained that Qawariq has been in detention for about four days and still suffers from serious injuries he sustained when an unknown explosion happened as he was grazing cattle on heights near Awarta village, Nablus, three months ago.
He stated that the explosion led to the amputation of his right hand, made him unable to use his right eye completely, caused 50-percent damage to his left eye, and impaired his eardrums as well as his taste and smell senses.
The detainee also suffered broken facial bones and cheeks, and burns to his right leg as result of the incident, the spokesman for the human rights group added.
For his part, Louay, the brother of the victimized prisoner, said that Mohamed was receiving intensive medical care and medication before his detention, and now he needs to undergo several prosthetic surgeries.
He appealed to human rights groups to intervene to have his brother released immediately because of his difficult medical condition.
Tadamun (solidarity) foundation for human rights said the Israeli administration of Petah Tikva interrogation center still refuses to provide the injured detainee Mohamed Qawariq, 22, with medications. Spokesman for the foundation Ahmed Betawi said that Petah Tikva administration claims that the medicines which Qawariq takes are not available, affirming that such excuses are unjustifiable because they could bring him a specialized doctor to prescribe him alternative medications.
Betawi added that the jailers also refused to allow his family to send him medicines through his lawyer.
The spokesman explained that Qawariq has been in detention for about four days and still suffers from serious injuries he sustained when an unknown explosion happened as he was grazing cattle on heights near Awarta village, Nablus, three months ago.
He stated that the explosion led to the amputation of his right hand, made him unable to use his right eye completely, caused 50-percent damage to his left eye, and impaired his eardrums as well as his taste and smell senses.
The detainee also suffered broken facial bones and cheeks, and burns to his right leg as result of the incident, the spokesman for the human rights group added.
For his part, Louay, the brother of the victimized prisoner, said that Mohamed was receiving intensive medical care and medication before his detention, and now he needs to undergo several prosthetic surgeries.
He appealed to human rights groups to intervene to have his brother released immediately because of his difficult medical condition.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a number of suburbs in Nablus city and Balata refugee camp to the east of Nablus at dawn Monday. Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers roamed Rafidiya, Khilat Al-Amud and other suburbs in Nablus before breaking into Balata refugee camp.
They said that the soldiers burst into various suburbs in the camp and rounded up four young men including a teenager.
They said that the soldiers burst into various suburbs in the camp and rounded up four young men including a teenager.
Gaza residents left the coastal enclave on Monday to visit relatives held in the Nafha Prison, the International Committee for the Red Cross announced.
Ninety five relatives, including 20 children, left via the Erez crossing in northern Gaza, said Nasser al-Najjar, an ICRC media official.
Israel recently reactivated the Gaza family visit program, after suspending it since 2007.
Ninety five relatives, including 20 children, left via the Erez crossing in northern Gaza, said Nasser al-Najjar, an ICRC media official.
Israel recently reactivated the Gaza family visit program, after suspending it since 2007.
Israeli forces detained four Palestinians late Sunday night after they tried to enter Israel.
The four were detained near Kissufim, an Israeli community in the Negev located near the border, east of Khan Younis in Gaza, a source told Ma'an.
Three of those detained are from the Abu Muhareb family and the fourth is from the Abu Sawawin family, the source said.
All were taken to an unknown location, the source added.
A number of Palestinians have recently attempted to breach the border looking for work in Israel, the source said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the four were taken for questioning.
Israel maintains a blockade of the Gaza Strip and strictly controls the exit of Palestinians from the sole passenger crossing with Israel in the north of Gaza, Erez.
The four were detained near Kissufim, an Israeli community in the Negev located near the border, east of Khan Younis in Gaza, a source told Ma'an.
Three of those detained are from the Abu Muhareb family and the fourth is from the Abu Sawawin family, the source said.
All were taken to an unknown location, the source added.
A number of Palestinians have recently attempted to breach the border looking for work in Israel, the source said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the four were taken for questioning.
Israel maintains a blockade of the Gaza Strip and strictly controls the exit of Palestinians from the sole passenger crossing with Israel in the north of Gaza, Erez.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped an elderly Palestinian man, after a group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked shepherds in a Palestinian village, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources have reported that a number of settlers of Karmiel settlement, assaulted several Palestinian shepherds from Um Al-Kheir village, before the army invaded it.
The sources added that an elderly man, identified a Suleiman Eid Al-Hathaleen, 75, was kidnapped by the invading soldiers.
Furthermore, a number of settlers attacked dozens of local shepherds, and prevented them from entering grazing lands that belong to the village.
The settlers have escalated their attacks against the villagers in Um Al-Kheir as they are trying to expand their settlement on nearly 500 Dunams (123.5 Acres) of Palestinian lands in the area.
The sources added that an elderly man, identified a Suleiman Eid Al-Hathaleen, 75, was kidnapped by the invading soldiers.
Furthermore, a number of settlers attacked dozens of local shepherds, and prevented them from entering grazing lands that belong to the village.
The settlers have escalated their attacks against the villagers in Um Al-Kheir as they are trying to expand their settlement on nearly 500 Dunams (123.5 Acres) of Palestinian lands in the area.
16 june 2013
The family of Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Fuqaha appealed to the Red Cross to pressure the Israeli prison service into allowing them to visit him. Ghufran Fuqaha, his sister, told the Palestinian prisoner’s society on Sunday that she was the only one of their family to live in Palestine and the rest live outside. She added that she and her family members were not allowed to visit him since his detention in 2001.
She pointed out that her brother was transferred from one prison to another over the past 12 years and no visits were allowed all that period.
Around one third of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are deprived of family visits due to various security pretexts imposed by the Israeli intelligence.
She pointed out that her brother was transferred from one prison to another over the past 12 years and no visits were allowed all that period.
Around one third of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are deprived of family visits due to various security pretexts imposed by the Israeli intelligence.
The health condition of a number of Palestinian prisoners in Ramon jail has been worsening with no appropriate medical care accorded to them. The Palestinian prisoner’s society said in a statement on Sunday that the sick detainee Mohammed Al-Sharha from Al-Khalil was threatening to go on hunger strike if the prison authority did not divulge the kind of tumor he was suffering.
Sharha, who is serving a 22-year sentence, told his lawyer that he gave the prison authority till 1st of July to transfer him to hospital for proper treatment or else he would go on hunger strike.
Meanwhile, another lawyer for the association visited each of Jawad Abu Qare and Ali Balu. She said that Abu Qare was suffering severe dental inflammation that cost him almost all of his teeth in addition to repeated fainting.
She said that Balu was suffering acute stomach pain since 2004 that increased due to medical neglect and led to seizures as a result of the severe pain.
Sharha, who is serving a 22-year sentence, told his lawyer that he gave the prison authority till 1st of July to transfer him to hospital for proper treatment or else he would go on hunger strike.
Meanwhile, another lawyer for the association visited each of Jawad Abu Qare and Ali Balu. She said that Abu Qare was suffering severe dental inflammation that cost him almost all of his teeth in addition to repeated fainting.
She said that Balu was suffering acute stomach pain since 2004 that increased due to medical neglect and led to seizures as a result of the severe pain.
The Ukrainian wife of Palestinian detainee Dirar Abu Sisi has charged the Israeli prison service with deliberately moving her husband from one jail to another over the past two years. She told the Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights on Sunday that her husband was transferred from Askalan to Ohli Kedar then to Eshel, always in isolation cells, with no consideration for his health condition.
The wife said that her husband’s health condition was seriously deteriorating because of the incarceration conditions, adding that he suffers from problems in his heart, eyesight, and weight loss in addition to asthma.
For his part, Fuad Al-Khuffash, director of Ahrar, said that Israel was persisting in its revengeful policy against Gaza prisoners including Abu Sisi.
He recalled that Abu Sisi was kidnapped from the Ukraine at the hands of Israeli Mossad (intelligence) agents on 19/2/2011 and held in Israeli detention.
Abu Sisi a holder of a doctorate in electric engineering is married with six children, who are living with their mother in Gaza.
The wife said that her husband’s health condition was seriously deteriorating because of the incarceration conditions, adding that he suffers from problems in his heart, eyesight, and weight loss in addition to asthma.
For his part, Fuad Al-Khuffash, director of Ahrar, said that Israel was persisting in its revengeful policy against Gaza prisoners including Abu Sisi.
He recalled that Abu Sisi was kidnapped from the Ukraine at the hands of Israeli Mossad (intelligence) agents on 19/2/2011 and held in Israeli detention.
Abu Sisi a holder of a doctorate in electric engineering is married with six children, who are living with their mother in Gaza.
Family of detainee Thaer Halahle appealed to all human rights organizations to intervene and save the life of their seriously ill son. The family told Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights on Sunday that Halahle, from Al-Khalil, recently discovered that he was suffering from liver disease but was not given any treatment in Israeli captivity.
Fuad Al-Khuffash, the director of the Ahrar center, said that Halahle, 34, was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces in Ramallah only a few months after his release from administrative detention.
He said that his disease was the result of dental treatment while in jail where the dentist in Askalan jail used contaminated tools in his treatment.
The director warned that medical neglect of his case would gravely exacerbate his condition especially when this illness is very serious if left untreated.
Khuffash charge the Israeli occupation authorities with deliberately neglecting the treatment of Palestinian sick prisoners in its jails.
Halahle is held in Ofer jail and has threatened to go on hunger strike if he was not accorded proper treatment for his illness.
Fuad Al-Khuffash, the director of the Ahrar center, said that Halahle, 34, was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces in Ramallah only a few months after his release from administrative detention.
He said that his disease was the result of dental treatment while in jail where the dentist in Askalan jail used contaminated tools in his treatment.
The director warned that medical neglect of his case would gravely exacerbate his condition especially when this illness is very serious if left untreated.
Khuffash charge the Israeli occupation authorities with deliberately neglecting the treatment of Palestinian sick prisoners in its jails.
Halahle is held in Ofer jail and has threatened to go on hunger strike if he was not accorded proper treatment for his illness.
The Palestinian prisoner’s society said on Sunday that the Israeli occupation authority was still holding 15 Palestinian young women in custody.
The society said in a statement that the oldest serving captive is Leena Al-Jarboni from 1948 occupied Palestine.
It said that the other prisoners are from Al-Khalil, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus, Tobas, and Tulkarem.
The society said in a statement that the oldest serving captive is Leena Al-Jarboni from 1948 occupied Palestine.
It said that the other prisoners are from Al-Khalil, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus, Tobas, and Tulkarem.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday detonated a commercial store in Wadi Abu Katila area in Al-Khalil city, detained its owner and occupied the roofs of some houses belonging to Annajjar family. Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center that a large number of Israeli soldiers raided Wadi Abu Katila area and blew up a commercial store near Omar Bin Abdul Aziz Mosque.
The IOF also stormed the house of the store owner, Rami Haimoni, and destroyed all its furniture before they kidnapped him and took him to an unknown place.
In Al-Arroub refugee camp, a young man named Khaled Al-Jendi suffered wounds when Israeli soldiers physically assaulted him during a raid on the camp.
They also severely beat a workmen named Mohamed Ruzaikat, from Tafoh town in Al-Khalil, after they prevented him from going to his workplace in the 1948 occupied lands.
In separate incidents, the IOF stormed on the same day different neighborhoods in the towns of Dura and Idna, intercepted cars for search and raided some homes.
They also kidnapped a Palestinian citizen named Abdul-Moez Jarewi during a campaign in Al-Fahes area, southeast of Al-Khalil.
In Bethlehem, the IOF invaded Beit Jala town and Abu Najim village and handed two young men summonses for interrogation from the Israeli intelligence.
The IOF also stormed the house of the store owner, Rami Haimoni, and destroyed all its furniture before they kidnapped him and took him to an unknown place.
In Al-Arroub refugee camp, a young man named Khaled Al-Jendi suffered wounds when Israeli soldiers physically assaulted him during a raid on the camp.
They also severely beat a workmen named Mohamed Ruzaikat, from Tafoh town in Al-Khalil, after they prevented him from going to his workplace in the 1948 occupied lands.
In separate incidents, the IOF stormed on the same day different neighborhoods in the towns of Dura and Idna, intercepted cars for search and raided some homes.
They also kidnapped a Palestinian citizen named Abdul-Moez Jarewi during a campaign in Al-Fahes area, southeast of Al-Khalil.
In Bethlehem, the IOF invaded Beit Jala town and Abu Najim village and handed two young men summonses for interrogation from the Israeli intelligence.
Activists in prisoners' affairs called on Saturday on the Arab and Muslim nations, and the world's free peoples to support the cause of the Jordanian hunger strikers in Israeli jails. They said that the Jordanian prisoners have been on hunger strike for more than 45 days and all of them are in the infirmary of Ramla jail after a sharp decline in their health conditions.
They called for enforcing the Wadi Araba treaty and release the Jordanian prisoners from Israeli jails.
The Jordanian hunger strikers demand their transfer to Jordanian prisons to spend the rest of their terms there according to the agreements between Jordan and Israel and to allow their families to visit them regularly in jail.
They also demand the Israeli regime to disclose the fate of 20 other Jordanian prisoners who were classified as missing and repatriate the bodies of the Jordanian martyrs buried in the graveyard of "Numbers."
In a separate incident, a group of Palestinian prisoners in Ramon jail decided to go on hunger strike as of next Monday to demand an end to their solitary confinement.
Prisoner Jihad Dweikat said he and seven other detainees would start an open-ended hunger strike to protest their detention for about three months in isolation cells and to demand their transfer to prisons close to the areas where their families live.
Dweikat added that the Israeli prison administration had promised them several months ago to meet their demands, but none of its pledges have been fulfilled.
The prisoners, who intend to go on this group hunger strike, are Sa'eid Maslama, Abdullah Barham, Mousa Jumu'ah, Ali Hassan, Jihad Dweikat and Mohamed Al-Bulbul, and all of them are from different West Bank areas save the last one, who are from the Gaza Strip.
They called for enforcing the Wadi Araba treaty and release the Jordanian prisoners from Israeli jails.
The Jordanian hunger strikers demand their transfer to Jordanian prisons to spend the rest of their terms there according to the agreements between Jordan and Israel and to allow their families to visit them regularly in jail.
They also demand the Israeli regime to disclose the fate of 20 other Jordanian prisoners who were classified as missing and repatriate the bodies of the Jordanian martyrs buried in the graveyard of "Numbers."
In a separate incident, a group of Palestinian prisoners in Ramon jail decided to go on hunger strike as of next Monday to demand an end to their solitary confinement.
Prisoner Jihad Dweikat said he and seven other detainees would start an open-ended hunger strike to protest their detention for about three months in isolation cells and to demand their transfer to prisons close to the areas where their families live.
Dweikat added that the Israeli prison administration had promised them several months ago to meet their demands, but none of its pledges have been fulfilled.
The prisoners, who intend to go on this group hunger strike, are Sa'eid Maslama, Abdullah Barham, Mousa Jumu'ah, Ali Hassan, Jihad Dweikat and Mohamed Al-Bulbul, and all of them are from different West Bank areas save the last one, who are from the Gaza Strip.
15 june 2013
A state of tension has prevailed in Ashkelon prison due to the Israeli special units' repeated break-ins and search operations in the prison sections throughout the past week, Karim Ajwa, a lawyer for the prisoners ministry, said. For his part, Nasser Abu Hamid, the prisoners' representative, said that Itmar Israeli Unit stormed sections 11 and 12 in the prison and conducted search operations for long hours.
Abu Hamid pointed out that the ongoing break-ins resulted in a state of tension in the prison where 60 prisoners out of 120 suffer health problems.
Furthermore, eight Palestinian isolated prisoners in Raymond prison threatened to declare hunger strike starting from Monday in protest against their continued isolation for the past three months.
The isolated prisoner Jihad Dweikat stated that the eight prisoners refused to be jailed in Raymond prison demanding to be transferred to the northern jails close to their homes. The Israeli prison administration refused to transfer them after promising them to achieve their demand in 3 months, Dweikat added.
Abu Hamid pointed out that the ongoing break-ins resulted in a state of tension in the prison where 60 prisoners out of 120 suffer health problems.
Furthermore, eight Palestinian isolated prisoners in Raymond prison threatened to declare hunger strike starting from Monday in protest against their continued isolation for the past three months.
The isolated prisoner Jihad Dweikat stated that the eight prisoners refused to be jailed in Raymond prison demanding to be transferred to the northern jails close to their homes. The Israeli prison administration refused to transfer them after promising them to achieve their demand in 3 months, Dweikat added.
Four Palestinian prisoners suspended their hunger strike after reaching an agreement with Israeli jailers to end their administrative detention, according to their families. The prisoners are Anas Jawdalla, Muayad Sharab, Basel Dweikat and Samir Bahis. Their hunger strike lasted for three days before they decided to suspend it.
The families told Ahrar center for prisoners' studies that the Israeli prison authority pledged not to extend their administrative detention if they ended their hunger strike.
For his part, director of the center Fouad Al-Khafsh said the four prisoners have fears that the prison authority may not fulfil its promises, especially since it had already deceived them with regard to the terms they had to spend in jail.
He added that the prisoners threatened to resume their open-ended hunger strike if the prison authority did not end their administrative detention as it promised.
The families told Ahrar center for prisoners' studies that the Israeli prison authority pledged not to extend their administrative detention if they ended their hunger strike.
For his part, director of the center Fouad Al-Khafsh said the four prisoners have fears that the prison authority may not fulfil its promises, especially since it had already deceived them with regard to the terms they had to spend in jail.
He added that the prisoners threatened to resume their open-ended hunger strike if the prison authority did not end their administrative detention as it promised.
The Magistrate Court in Jerusalem ordered the release of 13-year-old Jerusalemite child Ismail Muhaisen on bail. The father, Tawfik Muhaisen, said on Friday that the court ordered the release of his son on Thursday after paying a one thousand shekels bail in addition to another 5000 shekels bail to paid by a third party.
He said that the court also put the conditions that Ismail should not approach the mountain area near his hometown of Issawiye and should not talk with his friends, who are accused of starting fire in that area, for three months.
The father said that one of the Israeli interrogators threatened his son that he would bring a Sudanese man to rape him in order to force him to confess. He added that the judge ordered an investigation into the incident.
Israeli police forces arrested six children in Issawiye last week on the charge of starting fire in the town’s nearby hills. They were released a few days later with the same conditions imposed on Ismail.
He said that the court also put the conditions that Ismail should not approach the mountain area near his hometown of Issawiye and should not talk with his friends, who are accused of starting fire in that area, for three months.
The father said that one of the Israeli interrogators threatened his son that he would bring a Sudanese man to rape him in order to force him to confess. He added that the judge ordered an investigation into the incident.
Israeli police forces arrested six children in Issawiye last week on the charge of starting fire in the town’s nearby hills. They were released a few days later with the same conditions imposed on Ismail.
14 june 2013
Israeli Occupation Forces shot on Thursday night, a Palestinian at Qalandiya military checkpoint, north of Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces, stationed behind the military checkpoint, opened fire toward the Palestinian, injuring him with a bullet in his foot.
The witnesses added that the Palestinian, whose identity was not revealed yet, was arrested and transferred by an Israeli ambulance to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem after Israeli soldiers banned the Palestinian ambulance from transferring him.
Israeli media outlets claimed that the Israeli soldiers shot the Palestinian because he didn't obey the soldiers to stop and that he was holding a knife while heading toward them.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces, stationed behind the military checkpoint, opened fire toward the Palestinian, injuring him with a bullet in his foot.
The witnesses added that the Palestinian, whose identity was not revealed yet, was arrested and transferred by an Israeli ambulance to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem after Israeli soldiers banned the Palestinian ambulance from transferring him.
Israeli media outlets claimed that the Israeli soldiers shot the Palestinian because he didn't obey the soldiers to stop and that he was holding a knife while heading toward them.
An Israeli court sentenced on Thursday a Palestinian student at Abu Dis University in occupied Jerusalem to 10 years imprisonment, and a fine of 2,000 Jordanian dinars. The student Alaa Jamal Hanaisha, affiliated with Islamic Student Bloc, was arrested for allegedly trying to stab an Israeli soldier near Ma'ale Adumim settlement in occupied Jerusalem.
The Islamic Student Bloc has condemned the Israeli court's decision, considering it an unfair decision that aims to liquidate the bloc from the West Bank universities.
In the same context, Ofer Military Court has extended the detention of student Mohamed Saqr for 12 more days to complete interrogation at al-Maskoubiya detention center.
Israeli occupation forces have also transferred the student Islam Rifai from Jalama interrogation center to Ofer prison.
The Islamic Student Bloc has condemned the Israeli court's decision, considering it an unfair decision that aims to liquidate the bloc from the West Bank universities.
In the same context, Ofer Military Court has extended the detention of student Mohamed Saqr for 12 more days to complete interrogation at al-Maskoubiya detention center.
Israeli occupation forces have also transferred the student Islam Rifai from Jalama interrogation center to Ofer prison.
The prisoner Yasser Walid Khozeimeh's family warned of the serious health condition of her son, stressing that he suffers a serious and rare illness. The family said on Thursday that Yasser, 24, suffers the rare “Behcet's disease” that causes ulceration in the stomach, and rash and tumors all over the body.
The family called on the Red Cross to pressure the Israeli authorities for Yasser's release in order to provide him with the necessary treatment.
The prisoner's rare illness can result in the rupturing of blood vessels, vision loss, muscular degeneration, as well as affecting the nervous system, and respiratory problem which could lead to sudden death.
The family called on the Red Cross to pressure the Israeli authorities for Yasser's release in order to provide him with the necessary treatment.
The prisoner's rare illness can result in the rupturing of blood vessels, vision loss, muscular degeneration, as well as affecting the nervous system, and respiratory problem which could lead to sudden death.
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Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Thursday [June 13 2013] the Palestinian climber who managed to reach the summit of the Everest, and raised the Palestinian flag.
Abbas met Raed Zidan, 35, in Amman – Jordan, congratulated him for this achievement and stated that this is a source of pride to all Palestinians. The Palestinian-American reached the summit in May, and stated that his climb is dedicated to the Palestinian people struggling against the Israeli occupation of their land, especially Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel. |
He climbed the Everest along with 35 internationals and 29 Nepalese guides; they said that they wanted to reach the summit to raise a million dollars for promoting education in Nepal.
They call themselves “Arabs With Altitude”, they were also joined by Raha Mubarak, 25, a Saudi woman living in Dubai, who became the first Saudi woman to reach the highest peak in the world.
Zeidan lives in Dubai and in Indianapolis in the United States. He climbed the world’s highest summits and raised the Palestinian flags on them. He is married, a father of three children [Lydia, Lilian and Khaled].
They call themselves “Arabs With Altitude”, they were also joined by Raha Mubarak, 25, a Saudi woman living in Dubai, who became the first Saudi woman to reach the highest peak in the world.
Zeidan lives in Dubai and in Indianapolis in the United States. He climbed the world’s highest summits and raised the Palestinian flags on them. He is married, a father of three children [Lydia, Lilian and Khaled].
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Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn [June 14 2013] various districts in the occupied West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped seven Palestinians in Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus and Jenin.
Local sources in Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the town, broke into and searched a number of homes and kidnapped one resident, identified as Raed Ahmad ‘Aady, 40. Soldiers also invaded the town of Doura, south of Hebron, and kidnaped one Palestinian identified as Mustafa Amro, in his sixties. Several Israeli military jeeps also invaded Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one resident identified as Ismael Mousa Ash-Sheikh, 23. |
The soldiers also violently searched his home.
Local sources in Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, have reported that the army kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Mohammad Fawwaz Awwad, Waleed Lu’ay Qawareeq, and Mohammad Waleed Qawareeq.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident identified as Bilal Mustafa Kamil, 24, after breaking into his home and violently searched it.
Soldiers also detained a young man, identified as Imad Ed-Deen Kamil, and interrogated him for several hours before releasing him later on.
Local sources in Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, have reported that the army kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Mohammad Fawwaz Awwad, Waleed Lu’ay Qawareeq, and Mohammad Waleed Qawareeq.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident identified as Bilal Mustafa Kamil, 24, after breaking into his home and violently searched it.
Soldiers also detained a young man, identified as Imad Ed-Deen Kamil, and interrogated him for several hours before releasing him later on.
13 june 2013
The Israeli authorities banned the Jerusalemite lawyer Shirin Issawi, the sister of prisoner Samer Issawi, from practicing her work under "security reasons." The decision was issued by the Israeli prosecutor, where she was banned over the 3 previous years from practicing her work as a lawyer since her arrest in 2010, she clarified.
Shirin stated in a press release that she was due to resume her work yesterday but she was surprised by an Israeli decision that renews the ban for two more years.
Shirin was held for a whole year in Israeli jails. Her brother Samer Issawi went on hunger strike for more than 8 months protesting his re-arrest after being liberated in Wafa al-Ahrar deal.
Shirin stated in a press release that she was due to resume her work yesterday but she was surprised by an Israeli decision that renews the ban for two more years.
Shirin was held for a whole year in Israeli jails. Her brother Samer Issawi went on hunger strike for more than 8 months protesting his re-arrest after being liberated in Wafa al-Ahrar deal.
Detainee Iyad Abu Khudair has returned to hunger strike after the Israeli prison service (IPS) backtracked on its promise to deport him to the Gaza Strip. Khudair’s family said that he ended his hunger strike three days ago after the IPS promised to let him go to Gaza after he completed his prison sentence.
Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights, said that Khudair, 37, went on hunger strike on 6/6/2013 after the Israeli occupation authority decided to deport him outside Gaza.
He said that the detainee had ended his eight-year prison term and broke his strike after promises by the IPS to deport him to Gaza.
However, Khafsh said Khudair’s family was surprised at the IPS decision last Monday that he would be deported outside Gaza, which made him return to his hunger strike.
Khafsh asked all concerned organizations to intervene and demand the immediate release of Khudair, who has been in Israeli custody since 2005 and who ended his prison term on 12/4/2013.
He said that Khudair suffers kidney diseases after he stopped drinking water during his hunger strike.
Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights, said that Khudair, 37, went on hunger strike on 6/6/2013 after the Israeli occupation authority decided to deport him outside Gaza.
He said that the detainee had ended his eight-year prison term and broke his strike after promises by the IPS to deport him to Gaza.
However, Khafsh said Khudair’s family was surprised at the IPS decision last Monday that he would be deported outside Gaza, which made him return to his hunger strike.
Khafsh asked all concerned organizations to intervene and demand the immediate release of Khudair, who has been in Israeli custody since 2005 and who ended his prison term on 12/4/2013.
He said that Khudair suffers kidney diseases after he stopped drinking water during his hunger strike.
An informed source said that the four Palestinian administrative detainees in Negev jail suspended their hunger strike on Wednesday evening following an Israeli pledge to address the issue of administrative detention. The source told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the repeated rounds of negotiations between the hunger strikers and the Israeli prison authority resulted in understandings under which the Israeli side promised to solve the problem of administrative detention.
According to these understandings, prisoners Samir Bahis, Muayad Sharab, Basel Dweikat and Anas Jawdalla accepted to suspend their hunger strike and thus were able to return to their sections after the Negev jail administration had transferred them to isolated cells.
Earlier, the Palestinian prisoners' center for studies said that the Israeli prison authority started on Wednesday negotiating with the four administrative detainees, who went on hunger strike three days ago, in order to convince them to halt their strike.
The center added that the prison authority sent two detained lawmakers, Mahmoud Al-Ramhi and Mohamed Attoun, in addition to leading prisoner Talal Abu Osba to the cells of the hunger strikers to sea what their demands are.
The four prisoners decided a few days ago to go on hunger strike to pressure the Israeli prison authority to end the policy of administrative detention.
According to these understandings, prisoners Samir Bahis, Muayad Sharab, Basel Dweikat and Anas Jawdalla accepted to suspend their hunger strike and thus were able to return to their sections after the Negev jail administration had transferred them to isolated cells.
Earlier, the Palestinian prisoners' center for studies said that the Israeli prison authority started on Wednesday negotiating with the four administrative detainees, who went on hunger strike three days ago, in order to convince them to halt their strike.
The center added that the prison authority sent two detained lawmakers, Mahmoud Al-Ramhi and Mohamed Attoun, in addition to leading prisoner Talal Abu Osba to the cells of the hunger strikers to sea what their demands are.
The four prisoners decided a few days ago to go on hunger strike to pressure the Israeli prison authority to end the policy of administrative detention.
Israeli forces arrested nine Palestinians from Hebron, Bethlehem, and Nablus Governorates.
Local and security sources said that Israeli forces arrested four Palestinians from Hebron, including a 60-year-old man.
In Bethlehem, Israeli Forces arrested a 23-year-old Palestinian from the village of Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem after raiding his family home.
Israeli forces also arrested four other Palestinians from the village of Awartaa, south of Nablus after raiding and searching a number of homes and rummaging with their contents.
Local and security sources said that Israeli forces arrested four Palestinians from Hebron, including a 60-year-old man.
In Bethlehem, Israeli Forces arrested a 23-year-old Palestinian from the village of Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem after raiding his family home.
Israeli forces also arrested four other Palestinians from the village of Awartaa, south of Nablus after raiding and searching a number of homes and rummaging with their contents.
Ahrar center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights strongly condemned the arrest of the leader in Hamas movement Shaikh Hussein Amro, 65, from Dora town near Al-Khalil, after storming his house.
Director of Ahrar Center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, said that Shaikh Amro is a liberated prisoner who was arrested more than five times and spent more than four years in Israeli jails.
Al-Khuffash stressed that the occupation is still arresting the Palestinians specially the symbols.
Director of Ahrar Center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, said that Shaikh Amro is a liberated prisoner who was arrested more than five times and spent more than four years in Israeli jails.
Al-Khuffash stressed that the occupation is still arresting the Palestinians specially the symbols.
12 june 2013
From Khalid Amayreh in Dura, occupied Palestine
The family of Palestinian political prisoner Mahmoud Abu Saleh has appealed to human rights organizations and the world community at large to pressure Israel to release their son from Israeli jails on humanitarian grounds.
Abu Saleh is suffering from a terminal illness and physicians say he has only a few weeks to live as his health condition is deteriorating rapidly.
"I call on every conscientious human being around the world to do what they can to convince the Israeli authorities to release my son so that he could spend his remaining days or weeks with us," his mother told the Palestinian Information Center .
"This is a purely humanitarian issue; Israel is not going to suffer any negative consequences by allowing a dying man to spend the remaining days of his life with his family."
Israel has turned down all appeals and requests for his release, citing "legal" and security reasons.
However, relatives and friends reject whatever rationales Israel claims to have for keeping him in jail despite his exacerbating terminal illness.
"They (the Israelis) are lying, their only logic is to inflict maximum pain and suffering on his family, otherwise how is it possible that the release of a dying man would undermine Israeli security" asked his cousin Muhammed.
Israel classifies Palestinians into either collaborators or informers, or terrorists. There are thousands of Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails and detention camps. Some of these inmates suffer from serious illnesses due to medical negligence and morbid environmental conditions.
Abu Saleh was born in Dura in 1973 where he obtained his school education. In 2002, he was arrested by the Israeli occupation army on alleged charges that he took part in the Palestinian intifada or uprising.
He was sentenced to 22 years in jail.
He was diagnosed with cancer of the head and neck three years ago. His family says he has been receiving inadequate medical treatment as the Israeli prison authority displayed conspicuous indifference to his condition.
He reportedly lost 25 pounds of his weight. His family has pitched a "solidarity" tent outside the Dura municipal building to receive local and international activists showing solidarity.
The family of Palestinian political prisoner Mahmoud Abu Saleh has appealed to human rights organizations and the world community at large to pressure Israel to release their son from Israeli jails on humanitarian grounds.
Abu Saleh is suffering from a terminal illness and physicians say he has only a few weeks to live as his health condition is deteriorating rapidly.
"I call on every conscientious human being around the world to do what they can to convince the Israeli authorities to release my son so that he could spend his remaining days or weeks with us," his mother told the Palestinian Information Center .
"This is a purely humanitarian issue; Israel is not going to suffer any negative consequences by allowing a dying man to spend the remaining days of his life with his family."
Israel has turned down all appeals and requests for his release, citing "legal" and security reasons.
However, relatives and friends reject whatever rationales Israel claims to have for keeping him in jail despite his exacerbating terminal illness.
"They (the Israelis) are lying, their only logic is to inflict maximum pain and suffering on his family, otherwise how is it possible that the release of a dying man would undermine Israeli security" asked his cousin Muhammed.
Israel classifies Palestinians into either collaborators or informers, or terrorists. There are thousands of Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails and detention camps. Some of these inmates suffer from serious illnesses due to medical negligence and morbid environmental conditions.
Abu Saleh was born in Dura in 1973 where he obtained his school education. In 2002, he was arrested by the Israeli occupation army on alleged charges that he took part in the Palestinian intifada or uprising.
He was sentenced to 22 years in jail.
He was diagnosed with cancer of the head and neck three years ago. His family says he has been receiving inadequate medical treatment as the Israeli prison authority displayed conspicuous indifference to his condition.
He reportedly lost 25 pounds of his weight. His family has pitched a "solidarity" tent outside the Dura municipal building to receive local and international activists showing solidarity.
The heath condition of the prisoner of Abdullah al-Barghouthi, held at Afula hospital under harsh conditions, has seriously deteriorated where he refused to have medical tests or to take vitamins, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reveled. Al-Barghouthi, who declared a hunger strike since early May, is held handcuffed and shackled to his bed in the hospital suffering frequent lightheadedness and pains all over his body, the PPS lawyer confirmed following his visit to the hunger striker.
The hunger striker told the lawyer that the Israeli jailers prevented him from wearing the hospital cloths or to take shower, holding him shackled to the bed.
Five Jordanian prisoners, led by Abdullah al-Barghouthi, have been on hunger strike since May 2013 to demand transfer to a Jordanian prison to serve out their sentences. They are also demanding that Israel reveals the whereabouts of 20 Jordanian prisoners who have disappeared whilst in Israeli custody, and the return of the remains of others killed during fighting with Israel who have been thrown into numbered graves.
The hunger striker told the lawyer that the Israeli jailers prevented him from wearing the hospital cloths or to take shower, holding him shackled to the bed.
Five Jordanian prisoners, led by Abdullah al-Barghouthi, have been on hunger strike since May 2013 to demand transfer to a Jordanian prison to serve out their sentences. They are also demanding that Israel reveals the whereabouts of 20 Jordanian prisoners who have disappeared whilst in Israeli custody, and the return of the remains of others killed during fighting with Israel who have been thrown into numbered graves.
Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights said in a press release that Israel released a Palestinian on Wednesday after a 10-year imprisonment for his affiliation with Qassam brigades.
Moheye Al-Deen Odeh, is from Kofor Tholloth in Qalqilia in the occupied West Bank, was arrested on 16/6/2003.
Odeh was first sentenced to 20 years and later decreased to 10 years by an appeal. He spent long time under investigation in harsh conditions and had a surgery due to that.
Director of Ahrar center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, said Odeh is one of the prisoner movement's leaders who participated in the Karama mass hunger strike in April last year, which lasted 28 days.
Moheye Al-Deen Odeh, is from Kofor Tholloth in Qalqilia in the occupied West Bank, was arrested on 16/6/2003.
Odeh was first sentenced to 20 years and later decreased to 10 years by an appeal. He spent long time under investigation in harsh conditions and had a surgery due to that.
Director of Ahrar center, Fuad Al-Khuffash, said Odeh is one of the prisoner movement's leaders who participated in the Karama mass hunger strike in April last year, which lasted 28 days.
an Israeli military court decided to imprison elected Palestinian Legislator, Abdul-Jabbar Foqaha, under arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges, for six months.
The army kidnapped the legislator on Wednesday [June 6] after dozens of soldiers invaded his home in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Foqaha was moved to the Ofer Israeli prison along with several kidnapped Palestinians.
It is worth mentioning that, in October of last year, the legislator was released from an Israeli prison after being detained for 10 months.
He was repeatedly kidnapped and imprisoned by the Israeli army, and spent a total of 77 months in prisons, mainly held under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders.
Last On Thursday [6 June 2013], Israel released former Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Wasfi Kabaha (50 years of age) after holding him under Administrative Detention for two years without charges or trial.
The army kidnapped the legislator on Wednesday [June 6] after dozens of soldiers invaded his home in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Foqaha was moved to the Ofer Israeli prison along with several kidnapped Palestinians.
It is worth mentioning that, in October of last year, the legislator was released from an Israeli prison after being detained for 10 months.
He was repeatedly kidnapped and imprisoned by the Israeli army, and spent a total of 77 months in prisons, mainly held under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders.
Last On Thursday [6 June 2013], Israel released former Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Wasfi Kabaha (50 years of age) after holding him under Administrative Detention for two years without charges or trial.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up four Palestinian citizens in Al-Khalil and Bethlehem at dawn Wednesday. Local sources said that IOF soldiers stormed Doura town, south of Al-Khalil, and detained three citizens after searching and ransacking their homes.
IOF soldiers had rounded up four other citizens in the same village a few days ago.
Other IOF patrols roamed the streets of Beit Uwa village, south west of Al-Khalil, and searched a number of houses but no arrests were reported.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers arrested a young man in Bethlehem after searching his family home.
In a related development, dozens of IOF soldiers broke into the Arub refugee camp and the mountain opposite it to the north of Al-Khalil on Wednesday morning.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that more than 50 IOF soldiers in armored vehicles stormed the refugee camp in the company of a number of intelligence officers.
They said that the intelligence officers carried with them maps and took shots of homes and entrances to alleys.
IOF soldiers had rounded up four other citizens in the same village a few days ago.
Other IOF patrols roamed the streets of Beit Uwa village, south west of Al-Khalil, and searched a number of houses but no arrests were reported.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers arrested a young man in Bethlehem after searching his family home.
In a related development, dozens of IOF soldiers broke into the Arub refugee camp and the mountain opposite it to the north of Al-Khalil on Wednesday morning.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that more than 50 IOF soldiers in armored vehicles stormed the refugee camp in the company of a number of intelligence officers.
They said that the intelligence officers carried with them maps and took shots of homes and entrances to alleys.
Israeli police arrested Tuesday night the director of al- Aqsa Mosque, Najeh Bkairat, at Allenby bridge crossing between the West Bank and Jordan upon his return to Jerusalem, Waqf sources said Wednesday.
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Adnan Husseini and Director of the Islamic Waqf Council Sheikh Abdel Azzim Salhab condemned the arrest, which they described as a violation of international law and conventions.
Bkairat has been banned from entering the Mosque area for seven consecutive times and for six months each time.
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Adnan Husseini and Director of the Islamic Waqf Council Sheikh Abdel Azzim Salhab condemned the arrest, which they described as a violation of international law and conventions.
Bkairat has been banned from entering the Mosque area for seven consecutive times and for six months each time.
The Israeli military court in Salem, north of the West Bank, sentenced two Palestinian children from Burkin village in Jenin to three months in jail without any consideration to their age. Local sources said that the court sentenced 13-year-old Ahmed Khalaf and 14-year-old Osama Subuh to three months in jail and a fine of 2000 shekels on each one of them.
The sources said that the court refused the lawyer’s request for their release in view of their age and insisted that they should stand trial.
Both children were arrested around a month ago near the Jalama checkpoint, north of Jenin.
The sources said that the court refused the lawyer’s request for their release in view of their age and insisted that they should stand trial.
Both children were arrested around a month ago near the Jalama checkpoint, north of Jenin.
The Prison Administration of the Negev Detention Camp forced four hunger striking detainees into solitary confinement in an attempt to force them to quit their strike.
The four detainees, members of the Hamas movement, are held without charges under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders.
Head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, Fuad Al-khoffash, stated that the four detainees started their strike two days ago, demanding Israel to release them, and protesting the cruel treatment, and the extremely difficult conditions they face.
Al-Khoffash added that the four detainees were first moved into a room in section 9 of the detention camp, and were later moved into solitary confinement.
The four are Samir Bheiss, 42, from Yatta near Hebron, Moayyad Sharab from Awarta near Nablus, Anas Jadallah from Nablus, and Basem Dweikat from Beta village, near Nablus.
Al-Khoffash stated that the detainees face extreme hot climate in the Negev desert, are constantly harassed and their rights are repeatedly violated by the soldiers.
He called on human rights groups to intervene and stop the escalating Israeli violations against the Palestinian people, especially the detainees held by Israel in dozens of prisons and detention camp and deprived from their basic, internationally guaranteed rights.
The four detainees, members of the Hamas movement, are held without charges under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders.
Head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, Fuad Al-khoffash, stated that the four detainees started their strike two days ago, demanding Israel to release them, and protesting the cruel treatment, and the extremely difficult conditions they face.
Al-Khoffash added that the four detainees were first moved into a room in section 9 of the detention camp, and were later moved into solitary confinement.
The four are Samir Bheiss, 42, from Yatta near Hebron, Moayyad Sharab from Awarta near Nablus, Anas Jadallah from Nablus, and Basem Dweikat from Beta village, near Nablus.
Al-Khoffash stated that the detainees face extreme hot climate in the Negev desert, are constantly harassed and their rights are repeatedly violated by the soldiers.
He called on human rights groups to intervene and stop the escalating Israeli violations against the Palestinian people, especially the detainees held by Israel in dozens of prisons and detention camp and deprived from their basic, internationally guaranteed rights.
Abu Dayya
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday [June 12 2013] Doura town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses said that a number of Israeli military jeeps invaded the town, broke into and searched several homes causing property damage, interrogated several residents and kidnapped three.
The three kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Zaky Al-Hroub, Mahmoud Ad-Darawish, and Hasan Ad-Darawish. They were cuffed, blindfolded and were taken to unknown destinations.
In related news, soldiers invaded Beit Awwa, southwest of Hebron, and violently searched several homes.
Army also installed roadblocks near Halhoul, north of Hebron, and at the entrance of the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city, searched dozens of vehicles and interrogated the residents.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers manning a military tower installed at the entrance of Beit Ummar town, near Hebron, detained one resident and interrogated him before forcing him to drink a bottle of alcohol until he passed out.
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 have reported that the army detained Mohammad Khalil Abu Dayya, 24, and interrogated him in the tower. They were asking him about names of youths believed to be involved in throwing stones at the army.
Abu Dayya told the army that he does not know any names, or have any information.
Later on, an officer arrived at the scene, pressed the barrel of his rifle against Abu Dayya’s head, and forced him to drink a bottle of alcohol.
The Palestinian passed out for an hour, was left onto the ground, and when he woke up the soldiers dragged him out and left him on the street.
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday [June 12 2013] Doura town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses said that a number of Israeli military jeeps invaded the town, broke into and searched several homes causing property damage, interrogated several residents and kidnapped three.
The three kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Zaky Al-Hroub, Mahmoud Ad-Darawish, and Hasan Ad-Darawish. They were cuffed, blindfolded and were taken to unknown destinations.
In related news, soldiers invaded Beit Awwa, southwest of Hebron, and violently searched several homes.
Army also installed roadblocks near Halhoul, north of Hebron, and at the entrance of the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city, searched dozens of vehicles and interrogated the residents.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers manning a military tower installed at the entrance of Beit Ummar town, near Hebron, detained one resident and interrogated him before forcing him to drink a bottle of alcohol until he passed out.
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 have reported that the army detained Mohammad Khalil Abu Dayya, 24, and interrogated him in the tower. They were asking him about names of youths believed to be involved in throwing stones at the army.
Abu Dayya told the army that he does not know any names, or have any information.
Later on, an officer arrived at the scene, pressed the barrel of his rifle against Abu Dayya’s head, and forced him to drink a bottle of alcohol.
The Palestinian passed out for an hour, was left onto the ground, and when he woke up the soldiers dragged him out and left him on the street.
