21 june 2013
Palestinians held in Israel's Ashkelon jail will boycott the prison clinic in protest over medical neglect, the PA detainee affairs ministry said Friday.
A ministry lawyer said in a statement that detainees had made 11 complaints against the doctor in Ashkelon prison clinic.
The prison doctor refused proper treatment to sick detainees, mocked them and mistreated them, detainees informed the lawyer in a letter.
Tension is high in the prison due to frequent, intensive searches and cell raids by prison guards.
The detainees called on human rights organizations to intervene to help prisoners, particularly those who are sick, the lawyer added.
A ministry lawyer said in a statement that detainees had made 11 complaints against the doctor in Ashkelon prison clinic.
The prison doctor refused proper treatment to sick detainees, mocked them and mistreated them, detainees informed the lawyer in a letter.
Tension is high in the prison due to frequent, intensive searches and cell raids by prison guards.
The detainees called on human rights organizations to intervene to help prisoners, particularly those who are sick, the lawyer added.
Dozens of Jordanian prisoners' relatives on Thursday organized a sit-in outside the European Commission offices in Amman in light of the official neglect of their sons' issue. The European Commission delegation met with the prisoners' families and promised them to organize a meeting in the coming days between them and the Ambassador of the European Commission.
The participants chanted slogans demanding the European Commission to intervene to save their sons' lives and to put an end to the Israeli violations and crimes against the prisoners in total violation of the international conventions and laws.
The Jordanian prisoners' families expressed disappointment over the Jordanian official silence towards the Jordanian prisoners' hunger strike in Israeli jails.
Five Jordanian prisoners have declared hunger strike since early May demanding to be transferred to Jordanian jails.
Meanwhile, human rights parties warned of the serious health deterioration of the Jordanian hunger strikers who have been transferred to hospital due to their serious health conditions.
The prisoners' representative called for an urgent intervention to deal with the Jordanian prisoners' issue before it is too late especially in light the Israeli pressures and arbitrary practices and medical negligence.
The participants chanted slogans demanding the European Commission to intervene to save their sons' lives and to put an end to the Israeli violations and crimes against the prisoners in total violation of the international conventions and laws.
The Jordanian prisoners' families expressed disappointment over the Jordanian official silence towards the Jordanian prisoners' hunger strike in Israeli jails.
Five Jordanian prisoners have declared hunger strike since early May demanding to be transferred to Jordanian jails.
Meanwhile, human rights parties warned of the serious health deterioration of the Jordanian hunger strikers who have been transferred to hospital due to their serious health conditions.
The prisoners' representative called for an urgent intervention to deal with the Jordanian prisoners' issue before it is too late especially in light the Israeli pressures and arbitrary practices and medical negligence.
Israeli Occupation Forces arrested at dawn, a university student after raiding his house in Jenin, north of the West Bank.
Security sources said that Israeli forces arrested Firas Mohammed Abu Zaineh, 22, after raiding his house in Wad Izz Din neighborhood in Jenin city
Security sources said that Israeli forces arrested Firas Mohammed Abu Zaineh, 22, after raiding his house in Wad Izz Din neighborhood in Jenin city
20 june 2013
Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights reported that a mother of a Palestinian prisoner passed away Thursday without seeing her son for 10 years.
Local sources said that Basima Hashash, 67, passed away in the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, just two weeks before her son Atallah was scheduled for release.
"She died wishing to see her son," sources added.
Local sources said that Basima Hashash, 67, passed away in the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, just two weeks before her son Atallah was scheduled for release.
"She died wishing to see her son," sources added.
A UN human rights watchdog on Thursday accused Israel's police and military of abuses against Palestinian children ranging from torture to solitary confinement and threats of death and sexual assault in prisons.
In a report on Israel's record, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said it expressed its "deepest concern about the reported practice of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children arrested, prosecuted and detained by the military and the police".
The committee said soldiers arrested Palestinian youngsters regularly during night-time sweeps, tying the kids' hands painfully and blindfolding them, and often transferring them to detention centers without informing their parents.
It also said that arrested Palestinian children were subjected systematically to physical and verbal abuse, threatened with death, physical violence, and sexual assault against themselves or members of their family, as well as having access restricted to toilets, food and water.
"These crimes are perpetrated from the time of arrest, during transfer and interrogation, to obtain a confession but also on an arbitrary basis as testified by several Israeli soldiers as well as during pre-trial detention," said the committee.
It had obtained its information from other UN rights bodies, military sources and Israeli and Palestinian rights groups. Israel did not cooperate with requests for information on the issue, it said.
Besides spotlighting abuses in Palestinian territories, it also expressed grave concern at the number of Palestinian youngsters who have been held in Israeli jails.
It said that an estimated 7,000 kids aged from 12 to 17 years, but sometimes as young as nine, have been arrested, interrogated and detained since 2002 -- an average of two per day.
Most were taken in after being accused of throwing stones at Israeli forces and settlers, an offence which can carry a 20-year penalty.
In April this year, 236 children were in military detention centers, with dozens aged between 12 and 15, the report said, drawing on data from UNICEF and Israeli rights group B'tselem.
The committee expressed its "deepest concern that children on both sides of the conflict continue to be killed and injured", but underlined that kids in the Palestinian territories were "disproportionately represented among the victims".
In addition, it said, while Palestinian children suffer discrimination in "all aspects" of their life, those from the Israeli Arab, Bedouin and Ethiopian-origin communities also face it.
In a report on Israel's record, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said it expressed its "deepest concern about the reported practice of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children arrested, prosecuted and detained by the military and the police".
The committee said soldiers arrested Palestinian youngsters regularly during night-time sweeps, tying the kids' hands painfully and blindfolding them, and often transferring them to detention centers without informing their parents.
It also said that arrested Palestinian children were subjected systematically to physical and verbal abuse, threatened with death, physical violence, and sexual assault against themselves or members of their family, as well as having access restricted to toilets, food and water.
"These crimes are perpetrated from the time of arrest, during transfer and interrogation, to obtain a confession but also on an arbitrary basis as testified by several Israeli soldiers as well as during pre-trial detention," said the committee.
It had obtained its information from other UN rights bodies, military sources and Israeli and Palestinian rights groups. Israel did not cooperate with requests for information on the issue, it said.
Besides spotlighting abuses in Palestinian territories, it also expressed grave concern at the number of Palestinian youngsters who have been held in Israeli jails.
It said that an estimated 7,000 kids aged from 12 to 17 years, but sometimes as young as nine, have been arrested, interrogated and detained since 2002 -- an average of two per day.
Most were taken in after being accused of throwing stones at Israeli forces and settlers, an offence which can carry a 20-year penalty.
In April this year, 236 children were in military detention centers, with dozens aged between 12 and 15, the report said, drawing on data from UNICEF and Israeli rights group B'tselem.
The committee expressed its "deepest concern that children on both sides of the conflict continue to be killed and injured", but underlined that kids in the Palestinian territories were "disproportionately represented among the victims".
In addition, it said, while Palestinian children suffer discrimination in "all aspects" of their life, those from the Israeli Arab, Bedouin and Ethiopian-origin communities also face it.
An Israeli military court ordered the imprisonment of a Jerusalemite child from Alezariya, to the south east of Jerusalem. Local sources said on Thursday that the 14-year-old child Mohammed Al-Mikahal was also fined 2000 shekels for throwing firebombs at Israeli targets.
Meanwhile, Jawad Siyam, the director of Wadi Hilwa information center, charged the Israeli occupation authority with trying to recruit Jerusalemite children as informants.
Describing the attempts as a rising phenomenon, Siyam said that even families of the victims try to cover up for their sons fearing social retribution.
Siyam told the PIC that the IOA was exploiting the economic conditions to recruit the children and even the adults.
Meanwhile, Jawad Siyam, the director of Wadi Hilwa information center, charged the Israeli occupation authority with trying to recruit Jerusalemite children as informants.
Describing the attempts as a rising phenomenon, Siyam said that even families of the victims try to cover up for their sons fearing social retribution.
Siyam told the PIC that the IOA was exploiting the economic conditions to recruit the children and even the adults.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Nablus city and nearby Balata refugee in a pre-dawn raid on Thursday, local sources said. They said that the soldiers broke into the homes of a number of liberated prisoners and an MP before taking away at least one young man.
The sources said that soldiers burst into the home of liberated MP Jamal Al-Tirawi in Nablus city and told him he was under constant surveillance and that he would be re-arrested if he launches any activity.
The same message was conveyed to liberated prisoner Mohammed Al-Sheikh Khalil in the refugee camp, the sources said, noting that the soldiers detained Haithem Abul Raghib after ransacking his home.
The sources said that soldiers burst into the home of liberated MP Jamal Al-Tirawi in Nablus city and told him he was under constant surveillance and that he would be re-arrested if he launches any activity.
The same message was conveyed to liberated prisoner Mohammed Al-Sheikh Khalil in the refugee camp, the sources said, noting that the soldiers detained Haithem Abul Raghib after ransacking his home.
Israeli authorities has continued to exert pressure on the Palestinian and Jordanian hunger striking prisoners, in an attempt to force them halt their strike. Captive Ayman Issa Hamdan from Bethlehem, who has been on hunger strike since 28th April, stated that "the Israeli prison administration exercises great pressure on him and the other hunger striking prisoners," stressing that he will continue his strike until the achievement of his freedom and the end of the administrative detention.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) quoted Hamdan, held in Ramle prison clinic, as saying that he suffers from a difficult health condition and severe pain all over his body.
PPS said that prisoner Ayman Etbish from al-Khalil, on hunger strike since the 23rd May, is determined to continue his hunger strike despite his deteriorated health status.
Captive Etbish added that his brother has also refrained from eating since the 12th June in solidarity with him; after he was attacked by one of the officers and transferred to Megiddo Prison.
The two prisoners Hamdan and Etbish also confirmed that the hunger striking prisoner Adel Harbiyat, held in the same room with them in Ramle prison clinic, suffers from a deteriorated health condition and lost ability to walk.
They called on all the human rights organizations to support them in their battle for dignity and freedom.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) quoted Hamdan, held in Ramle prison clinic, as saying that he suffers from a difficult health condition and severe pain all over his body.
PPS said that prisoner Ayman Etbish from al-Khalil, on hunger strike since the 23rd May, is determined to continue his hunger strike despite his deteriorated health status.
Captive Etbish added that his brother has also refrained from eating since the 12th June in solidarity with him; after he was attacked by one of the officers and transferred to Megiddo Prison.
The two prisoners Hamdan and Etbish also confirmed that the hunger striking prisoner Adel Harbiyat, held in the same room with them in Ramle prison clinic, suffers from a deteriorated health condition and lost ability to walk.
They called on all the human rights organizations to support them in their battle for dignity and freedom.
Sheikh Bkirat
The Israeli Central Court has extended the arrest of Dr. Najeh Bkirat the director of the Aqsa Mosque and 6 other Jerusalemites for further interrogation. Wadi Hilweh Information Center stated that the Israeli court renewed the arrest of Sheikh Bkirat until next Friday to complete his interrogation. The center noted that he was arrested in Lod Airport on Wednesday without charge.
The Israeli Magistrate Court also extended the arrest of Iyad Omar Shalabi, 21, and Amir Alqdmana, 18, till Sunday on charges of assaulting an Israeli settler in Sawwanah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
The arrest of Abdullah Abu Sabih, 19, and Thaer Abu Sabih, 20, was also extended to Thursday for assaulting settlers in occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli Central Court has extended the arrest of Dr. Najeh Bkirat the director of the Aqsa Mosque and 6 other Jerusalemites for further interrogation. Wadi Hilweh Information Center stated that the Israeli court renewed the arrest of Sheikh Bkirat until next Friday to complete his interrogation. The center noted that he was arrested in Lod Airport on Wednesday without charge.
The Israeli Magistrate Court also extended the arrest of Iyad Omar Shalabi, 21, and Amir Alqdmana, 18, till Sunday on charges of assaulting an Israeli settler in Sawwanah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
The arrest of Abdullah Abu Sabih, 19, and Thaer Abu Sabih, 20, was also extended to Thursday for assaulting settlers in occupied Jerusalem.
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The Israeli court extended yesterday the arrest of the two brothers Adli and Mohamed Najib on Thursday, on charges of attacking settlers.
In a related context, Muhammad Alqdmana, 22, was released on bail of 500 shekels and house arrest for four days. Alqdmana was arrested on Wednesday after being brutally beaten and attacked by the occupation forces who violently stormed his house. After severely beating him, Mohamed Alqdmana is released on condition of house arrest The Magistrate court judge released on Wednesday Mohamed Alqdmana 22, with a 500 NIS bail and house arrest for four days. |
Alqdmana was arrested on Wednesday after the Israeli police forces raided his home in Al-Sowaneh neighbourhood, and was attacked and beaten by the Israeli forces who were wearing masks; note that they raided his home to arrest his brother Amir.
Alqdmana explained that the forces tried to breach into his mother’s and sister’s room and when he intervened to prevent them, they surrounded him and started beating him with their hands, legs and rifle butts; he was then taken in the police car where he was attacked again.
Alqdmana was injured with several wounds and bruises in his face, head, back and leg and the police charged him with the attempt to attack and hit a policeman during the arrest.
Alqdmana explained that the forces tried to breach into his mother’s and sister’s room and when he intervened to prevent them, they surrounded him and started beating him with their hands, legs and rifle butts; he was then taken in the police car where he was attacked again.
Alqdmana was injured with several wounds and bruises in his face, head, back and leg and the police charged him with the attempt to attack and hit a policeman during the arrest.
The Israeli Occupation Forces arrested at down today two Palestinian students from Aroub refugee camp north of al-Khalil. Local sources said that Israeli military vehicles stormed the camp and started searching the houses where they arrested two 18-year-old-students.
The sources said that the students' arrest is part of the Israeli policy to spread illiteracy among young Palestinians.
Meanwhile, the occupation forces stormed Jenin city and Ya'bad village, where they arrested 2 citizens after storming and searching their houses.
Nearly 8 military vehicles stormed the city and conducted search operations at dawn today where the Israeli forces were deployed in the main street in the city and the industrial zone, local sources said.
The sources added that the industrial zone was subjected to Israeli break-ins and attacks.
The sources said that the students' arrest is part of the Israeli policy to spread illiteracy among young Palestinians.
Meanwhile, the occupation forces stormed Jenin city and Ya'bad village, where they arrested 2 citizens after storming and searching their houses.
Nearly 8 military vehicles stormed the city and conducted search operations at dawn today where the Israeli forces were deployed in the main street in the city and the industrial zone, local sources said.
The sources added that the industrial zone was subjected to Israeli break-ins and attacks.
Prisoners' families have organized a sit-in in Tulkarem in solidarity with the cancer patient prisoner in Israeli jails Mutassim Radad. The participants stressed the need to save Radad's life especially that his conditions has noticeably worsened, adding that his medical condition is the most difficult health condition in Israeli jails.
The prisoner's mother stated that her son suffers slow death, calling for his immediate release and his treatment.
The protesters chanted slogans demanding the release of the patient prisoners, warning of the Israeli medical negligence.
Figures at the end of March this year showed there are 1,200 patient prisoners in need of treatment; 85 suffering from various disabilities and 25 with cancer. The number of martyrs, who have died in prison, including recently Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh who died of cancer.
The prisoner's mother stated that her son suffers slow death, calling for his immediate release and his treatment.
The protesters chanted slogans demanding the release of the patient prisoners, warning of the Israeli medical negligence.
Figures at the end of March this year showed there are 1,200 patient prisoners in need of treatment; 85 suffering from various disabilities and 25 with cancer. The number of martyrs, who have died in prison, including recently Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh who died of cancer.
The Israeli occupation authority is to deport liberated prisoner Iyad Abu Fanoon, from Battir village in Bethlehem, to Gaza Strip. Ahlam Haddad, the prisoner’s lawyer, told the PIC reporter that the Israeli military prosecution in Ofer court on Thursday asked Abu Fanoon to choose between deportation to Gaza for ten years or completing his former sentence.
She said that the prosecution made the offer after Abu Fanoon threatened to go on hunger strike.
Haddad said that the court ruling would be implemented one month from today after Abu Fanoon, 35, agreed to be exiled.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Abu Fanoon on 20/4/2012 after releasing him in the prisoners’ exchange deal in late 2011. He had served nine years of his 29-year sentence.
She said that the prosecution made the offer after Abu Fanoon threatened to go on hunger strike.
Haddad said that the court ruling would be implemented one month from today after Abu Fanoon, 35, agreed to be exiled.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Abu Fanoon on 20/4/2012 after releasing him in the prisoners’ exchange deal in late 2011. He had served nine years of his 29-year sentence.
Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped at least six Palestinians.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the village of Ya’bod, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
Local sources in Ya’bod have reported that the army kidnapped Khalil Haidar Amarna, 55, and Bassam Sharif Qabha.
Army also invaded the Balata refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Haitham Teerawy.
Several soldiers also invaded the homes of Legislator Jamal Teerawy, and resident Mohammad Ash-Sheikh, and searched them causing property damage. Both are former political prisoners.
The Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded the Al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one resident.
WAFA said that the army kidnapped Hussein Eid Abed Rabbo, 25, after violently breaking into his home and searching it.
In related news, one Palestinian identified as Mike Khalil Sokkar, 35, from Beit Jala city near Bethlehem, was violently attacked and beaten by a number of soldiers and was moved to the Beit Jala governmental hospital suffering fractures in his fingers. He was attacked by the soldiers in Jerusalem.
Furthermore, two Palestinians have been kidnapped in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, stated that the army invaded various neighborhoods and searched several homes in Al-Bayada neighborhood before kidnapping Odai Mahmoud Awad, 24.
Awad is a former political prisoner who spent three years in Israeli prisons, and the brother of Mohammad who was shot, injured and kidnapped by the army eight months ago.
Soldiers also kidnapped Montaser Ali Ikhlayyil, 22, and handed his brother Jihad, 22, a warrant ordering him to head to the Gush Etzion military base for interrogation.
Furthermore, several soldiers invaded the home of Issa Sleiby, and ordered him to accompany them to the bakery of his brother Mohammad near the Big Mosque in Beit Ummar.
Mohammad was not at his bakery, and the soldiers told his brother that he needs to head to the military base in the illegal settlement of Karmie Tzur for interrogation.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the village of Ya’bod, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
Local sources in Ya’bod have reported that the army kidnapped Khalil Haidar Amarna, 55, and Bassam Sharif Qabha.
Army also invaded the Balata refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Haitham Teerawy.
Several soldiers also invaded the homes of Legislator Jamal Teerawy, and resident Mohammad Ash-Sheikh, and searched them causing property damage. Both are former political prisoners.
The Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded the Al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one resident.
WAFA said that the army kidnapped Hussein Eid Abed Rabbo, 25, after violently breaking into his home and searching it.
In related news, one Palestinian identified as Mike Khalil Sokkar, 35, from Beit Jala city near Bethlehem, was violently attacked and beaten by a number of soldiers and was moved to the Beit Jala governmental hospital suffering fractures in his fingers. He was attacked by the soldiers in Jerusalem.
Furthermore, two Palestinians have been kidnapped in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, stated that the army invaded various neighborhoods and searched several homes in Al-Bayada neighborhood before kidnapping Odai Mahmoud Awad, 24.
Awad is a former political prisoner who spent three years in Israeli prisons, and the brother of Mohammad who was shot, injured and kidnapped by the army eight months ago.
Soldiers also kidnapped Montaser Ali Ikhlayyil, 22, and handed his brother Jihad, 22, a warrant ordering him to head to the Gush Etzion military base for interrogation.
Furthermore, several soldiers invaded the home of Issa Sleiby, and ordered him to accompany them to the bakery of his brother Mohammad near the Big Mosque in Beit Ummar.
Mohammad was not at his bakery, and the soldiers told his brother that he needs to head to the military base in the illegal settlement of Karmie Tzur for interrogation.
19 june 2013
Emad Al-Batran
The Israeli Ofer court adjourned the trial hearing into the case of two Palestinian hunger strikers from Al-Khalil. The Palestinian prisoner’s society said in a statement on Wednesday that the court adjourned the trial of Ayman Etbaish from Doura in Al-Khalil till 24/6/2013.
It said that the trial hearing of Emad Al-Batran from Edhna in Al-Khalil was postponed indefinitely due to his absence from the rial hearing as his condition could not allow his movement to court.
Both detainees had gone on hunger strike last month protesting their administrative detention, without trial or charge. They served eight years in administrative custody at separate intervals.
The Israeli Ofer court adjourned the trial hearing into the case of two Palestinian hunger strikers from Al-Khalil. The Palestinian prisoner’s society said in a statement on Wednesday that the court adjourned the trial of Ayman Etbaish from Doura in Al-Khalil till 24/6/2013.
It said that the trial hearing of Emad Al-Batran from Edhna in Al-Khalil was postponed indefinitely due to his absence from the rial hearing as his condition could not allow his movement to court.
Both detainees had gone on hunger strike last month protesting their administrative detention, without trial or charge. They served eight years in administrative custody at separate intervals.
Adam Abu Ghazi 21 (mentally ill)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday launched a wide arrest campaign in different West Bank areas, clashed with Palestinian citizens and blasted open doors of some homes and commercial stores during the raids. Local sources reported that the IOF kidnapped at dawn three young men from Jenin city and blasted open the doors of 10 commercial stores in the industrial zone.
The IOF fired excessively tear gas and stun grenades during their raids on homes in Jenin.
In Arraba town to the south of Jenin, they also stormed and ransacked the homes of two Palestinian citizens, Kamal Izz Addin and Baker Abu Obeid, and interrogated the residents.
Another Palestinian citizen named Adam Abu Ghazi was also kidnapped and taken to an unknown place during a raid at dawn on Al-Aroub refugee camp to the north of Al-Khalil city.
The IOF raided several neighborhoods in the city and established checkpoints at the entrances to Seir and Halhul towns.
Violent clashes also broke out between Palestinian citizens and Israeli soldiers in Kaplan town southeast of Nablus city after three Palestinians from the town were detained as they were driving their cars.
The IOF also kidnapped at dawn a young man named Ali Mahmoud after storming his house in Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, and took him to an unknown place.
Mahmoud has represented Palestine in a holy Qur'an competition held in Saudi Arabia.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday launched a wide arrest campaign in different West Bank areas, clashed with Palestinian citizens and blasted open doors of some homes and commercial stores during the raids. Local sources reported that the IOF kidnapped at dawn three young men from Jenin city and blasted open the doors of 10 commercial stores in the industrial zone.
The IOF fired excessively tear gas and stun grenades during their raids on homes in Jenin.
In Arraba town to the south of Jenin, they also stormed and ransacked the homes of two Palestinian citizens, Kamal Izz Addin and Baker Abu Obeid, and interrogated the residents.
Another Palestinian citizen named Adam Abu Ghazi was also kidnapped and taken to an unknown place during a raid at dawn on Al-Aroub refugee camp to the north of Al-Khalil city.
The IOF raided several neighborhoods in the city and established checkpoints at the entrances to Seir and Halhul towns.
Violent clashes also broke out between Palestinian citizens and Israeli soldiers in Kaplan town southeast of Nablus city after three Palestinians from the town were detained as they were driving their cars.
The IOF also kidnapped at dawn a young man named Ali Mahmoud after storming his house in Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, and took him to an unknown place.
Mahmoud has represented Palestine in a holy Qur'an competition held in Saudi Arabia.
Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday at night [June 18 2013] Qabalan town, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped three Palestinians. Local sources have reported that the soldiers were heavily deployed in the village, and on its entrances.
The sources added that the army stopped and searched several cars in the village, and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Khaled Qasem Al-Az’ar, Ziad Abu-Aziz Aqra’ and Shaher Issa Aqra’.
Clashes have also been reported between the invading soldiers and local youths; dozens of residents were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers invaded Azzoun village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and clashes with local residents. Several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
The sources added that the army stopped and searched several cars in the village, and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Khaled Qasem Al-Az’ar, Ziad Abu-Aziz Aqra’ and Shaher Issa Aqra’.
Clashes have also been reported between the invading soldiers and local youths; dozens of residents were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers invaded Azzoun village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and clashes with local residents. Several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
Palestinian sources have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a total of 18 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
The army invaded the West Bank districts of Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, and occupied East Jerusalem, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 18 Palestinians.
Three Palestinians were kidnapped from Qabalan village, near the northern West bank city of Nablus, three more were kidnapped in Jenin, six in the Al-Arroub refugee camp north of Hebron, Ath-Thaheriyya and Doura, south of Hebron, and five in occupied Jerusalem.
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Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Jenin, Hebron
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:07:03
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn [June 19 2013] the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and two nearby villages, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped four Palestinians. One resident was kidnapped in the Al-Arroub refugee camp, in Hebron.
Local sources in Jenin have reported that the army kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mo’taz Awni Abu Alia, 20, and Mohammad Akram As-Sabe’, 21, after breaking into their homes and violently searching them.
Soldiers also invaded the home of resident Fawzi Ahmad As-Sa’dy, and searched it.
A number of soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters leading to several injuries.
The sources added that the soldiers destroyed doors of 10 stores at the Industrial Zone in Jenin, and violently searched them.
The army also invaded ‘Aneen village, west of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident, identified as Ali Yassin, 20, after breaking into his home.
Furthermore, several armored military jeeps invaded the nearby town of Arraba town, and kidnapped one resident identified as Kamal Mazin Ezzeddeen, 33, after violently breaking into and searching his home.
The soldiers also broke into the homes of two residents identified as Kamal Mazin Ezeddeen and Baker Mohammad Abu Obeid, and searched them.
Also on Wednesday at dawn, dozens of soldiers invaded the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped one resident identified as Adam Abu Ghazi before taking him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also invaded the nearby towns of Sa’ir and Halhoul, stopped and searched several vehicles, and inspected the ID cards of dozens of residents.
On Tuesday at night, soldiers invaded Teqoua’ village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones at them.
The army also installed a roadblock close to the Al-Khader town, near Bethlehem, and searched dozens of vehicles while interrogating the residents.
Also on Tuesday at night, a number of military vehicles invaded Qabalan town, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The army invaded the West Bank districts of Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, and occupied East Jerusalem, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 18 Palestinians.
Three Palestinians were kidnapped from Qabalan village, near the northern West bank city of Nablus, three more were kidnapped in Jenin, six in the Al-Arroub refugee camp north of Hebron, Ath-Thaheriyya and Doura, south of Hebron, and five in occupied Jerusalem.
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Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Jenin, Hebron
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:07:03
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn [June 19 2013] the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and two nearby villages, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped four Palestinians. One resident was kidnapped in the Al-Arroub refugee camp, in Hebron.
Local sources in Jenin have reported that the army kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mo’taz Awni Abu Alia, 20, and Mohammad Akram As-Sabe’, 21, after breaking into their homes and violently searching them.
Soldiers also invaded the home of resident Fawzi Ahmad As-Sa’dy, and searched it.
A number of soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters leading to several injuries.
The sources added that the soldiers destroyed doors of 10 stores at the Industrial Zone in Jenin, and violently searched them.
The army also invaded ‘Aneen village, west of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident, identified as Ali Yassin, 20, after breaking into his home.
Furthermore, several armored military jeeps invaded the nearby town of Arraba town, and kidnapped one resident identified as Kamal Mazin Ezzeddeen, 33, after violently breaking into and searching his home.
The soldiers also broke into the homes of two residents identified as Kamal Mazin Ezeddeen and Baker Mohammad Abu Obeid, and searched them.
Also on Wednesday at dawn, dozens of soldiers invaded the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped one resident identified as Adam Abu Ghazi before taking him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also invaded the nearby towns of Sa’ir and Halhoul, stopped and searched several vehicles, and inspected the ID cards of dozens of residents.
On Tuesday at night, soldiers invaded Teqoua’ village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones at them.
The army also installed a roadblock close to the Al-Khader town, near Bethlehem, and searched dozens of vehicles while interrogating the residents.
Also on Tuesday at night, a number of military vehicles invaded Qabalan town, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahleh was moved to Hadassah hospital following further deterioration in his health, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed. After his re-arrest in April 2013, he contracted Hepatitis C. Halahleh was not ill before being imprisoned, the PPS pointed.
The center stressed the need for an urgent interference for the release of Halahleh in light of the Israeli violations against Palestinian sick prisoners particularly.
Halahleh, who was released last June after a 77-day hunger strike conducted with fellow administrative detainee Bilal Diab, was re-arrested in April. Once again he has not been charged; Halahleh has been arrested eight times and served six and a half years in Israeli prisons.
In the same context, PPS pointed that the prisoner Aaron Ibrahim Abu Mhamid, 30, from Bethlehem in is detained in Hadassah hospital after he has been injured and arrested a few days ago.
Abu Mhamid, who suffers mental disorder, was receiving treatment in a mental hospital. Once he got out of the hospital, he was arrested while passing through Qalandiya checkpoint on Thursday.
He was arrested by the Israeli forces after he was brutally assaulted and shot in his feet, the PPS confirmed.
The center stressed the need for an urgent interference for the release of Halahleh in light of the Israeli violations against Palestinian sick prisoners particularly.
Halahleh, who was released last June after a 77-day hunger strike conducted with fellow administrative detainee Bilal Diab, was re-arrested in April. Once again he has not been charged; Halahleh has been arrested eight times and served six and a half years in Israeli prisons.
In the same context, PPS pointed that the prisoner Aaron Ibrahim Abu Mhamid, 30, from Bethlehem in is detained in Hadassah hospital after he has been injured and arrested a few days ago.
Abu Mhamid, who suffers mental disorder, was receiving treatment in a mental hospital. Once he got out of the hospital, he was arrested while passing through Qalandiya checkpoint on Thursday.
He was arrested by the Israeli forces after he was brutally assaulted and shot in his feet, the PPS confirmed.
Masked Israeli security forces nabbed three Jerusalemites in Suwana suburb, east of the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, at dawn Wednesday. The Wadi Hilwa information center said in a statement that the three young Jerusalemites included a teenager.
It quoted eyewitnesses as saying that masked forces encircled the homes of the detainees before taking them away, adding that they pointed their guns at neighbors who tried to inquire about the reason for storming the suburb.
The center explained that one of the detainees was under house arrest after his release from custody in mid last April. He was recently allowed to go out of his home to sit for his final university exams but was denied one of them today after he was arrested.
Israeli occupation forces also rounded up two other Jerusalemites from Wad street and took them for interrogation.
It quoted eyewitnesses as saying that masked forces encircled the homes of the detainees before taking them away, adding that they pointed their guns at neighbors who tried to inquire about the reason for storming the suburb.
The center explained that one of the detainees was under house arrest after his release from custody in mid last April. He was recently allowed to go out of his home to sit for his final university exams but was denied one of them today after he was arrested.
Israeli occupation forces also rounded up two other Jerusalemites from Wad street and took them for interrogation.
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Israeli occupation forces (IOF) served a summons to Yehya Saleh, an activist in prisoners’ rights, after intercepting a car passing a roadblock in Al-Khalil city. An eyewitness told the PIC that IOF soldiers set up a roadblock near Iman mosque in the city and stopped a taxicab and scrutinized IDs of all those riding it.
He said that the soldiers then delivered the summons to Saleh, from Yatta town, for intelligence interrogation at Tarqumia.
Saleh, a liberated prisoner, had been twice detained in Israeli occupation jails. He is studying political science at Al-Khalil university.
IOF soldiers have recently escalated detention of activists and researchers into prisoners’ issue. Three of them were recently held in Israeli custody.
He said that the soldiers then delivered the summons to Saleh, from Yatta town, for intelligence interrogation at Tarqumia.
Saleh, a liberated prisoner, had been twice detained in Israeli occupation jails. He is studying political science at Al-Khalil university.
IOF soldiers have recently escalated detention of activists and researchers into prisoners’ issue. Three of them were recently held in Israeli custody.
The Israeli Hasharon prison administration arrested the mother of 16-year-old Jerusalemite detainee Shaddad Al-Awar while visiting her son. Amjad Abu Asab, the head of the committee of relatives of Jerusalemite detainees, told Wadi Hilwa information center on Tuesday, that the jailors held the mother in the waiting room for two hours for forgetting her mobile phone in her pocket.
He said that the phone was found at the first inspection round, adding that she affirmed to the prison administration that she unwittingly forgot it with her.
However, the administration refused to listen to her and insisted on taking her to Kfar Saba police station without allowing her husband or her five-month-old infant to be taken with her, Abu Asab said.
He said that the prison administration deprived the mother from visiting her son for two months as a punishment and refused to allow the father to visit his son on that day, adding that it was the first visit to her son since his detention on 5/5/2013.
He said that the mother was extremely exhausted especially when she did not sleep the night before visiting her son except for three hours.
The central court had extended the remand of the boy until “completion of legal investigations” and the prosecution refused to release him on bail and house arrest.
The release of prisoner Shidad Al-A’war’s mother
The Israeli police released on Tuesday Shidad’s mother after investigating her for three hours in “Kfar Saba” police station.
Shidad’s mother was arrested while being in “Hasharon” prison visiting her son. A female soldier found a cell phone in her pocket and she was then taken to the police station. Basem Al-Hatou, lawyer of Youssef Al-Sideeq’s organization, headed to the police station where he confirmed and proved to the police that she did not intentionally leave the cell phone in her pocket and she was not trying to sneak it in, and that it was unintentionally done since this is the first time she visits her son and she was tired from the long way she had to come while having a 5-month baby.
After the release of Shidad’s mother, she explained that this is the first time she visits anybody in a prison and said: “while the female soldier was searching me, I heard the sound of some coins in my pocket, and so I put my hand and found some coins along with my cell phone. I immediately informed her, but was surprised when I was taken out of the search room and got sent to the waiting room where I was detained for more than two hours and then they took me to “Kfar Saba” police station.”
She also said that she has been prevented from visiting her son for two months, and that her oldest son Shadi is under house arrest at his aunt’s house in Jabal Al-Mukabber.
He said that the phone was found at the first inspection round, adding that she affirmed to the prison administration that she unwittingly forgot it with her.
However, the administration refused to listen to her and insisted on taking her to Kfar Saba police station without allowing her husband or her five-month-old infant to be taken with her, Abu Asab said.
He said that the prison administration deprived the mother from visiting her son for two months as a punishment and refused to allow the father to visit his son on that day, adding that it was the first visit to her son since his detention on 5/5/2013.
He said that the mother was extremely exhausted especially when she did not sleep the night before visiting her son except for three hours.
The central court had extended the remand of the boy until “completion of legal investigations” and the prosecution refused to release him on bail and house arrest.
The release of prisoner Shidad Al-A’war’s mother
The Israeli police released on Tuesday Shidad’s mother after investigating her for three hours in “Kfar Saba” police station.
Shidad’s mother was arrested while being in “Hasharon” prison visiting her son. A female soldier found a cell phone in her pocket and she was then taken to the police station. Basem Al-Hatou, lawyer of Youssef Al-Sideeq’s organization, headed to the police station where he confirmed and proved to the police that she did not intentionally leave the cell phone in her pocket and she was not trying to sneak it in, and that it was unintentionally done since this is the first time she visits her son and she was tired from the long way she had to come while having a 5-month baby.
After the release of Shidad’s mother, she explained that this is the first time she visits anybody in a prison and said: “while the female soldier was searching me, I heard the sound of some coins in my pocket, and so I put my hand and found some coins along with my cell phone. I immediately informed her, but was surprised when I was taken out of the search room and got sent to the waiting room where I was detained for more than two hours and then they took me to “Kfar Saba” police station.”
She also said that she has been prevented from visiting her son for two months, and that her oldest son Shadi is under house arrest at his aunt’s house in Jabal Al-Mukabber.
Three detained Palestinians from Jenin have appealed for urgent medical intervention to deal with their difficult conditions in Israeli captivity. A report by the Palestinian prisoner’s society in Jenin said on Tuesday that Sami Aridi, 33, is held in Megiddo jail and is suffering from high blood pressure, breathing difficulty, and weakness in the heart.
It added that Aridi has been in Israeli jails for over 14 years and is serving a 19-year sentence.
The society said that prisoner Mohammed Mirdawi, 34, is suffering from problems in his lungs and blood clotting. It added that he has served 14 years of his 28-year sentence.
It said that Nabil Mughir, 31, is serving a 24-year sentence and has been detained for 12 years and was also suffering difficult health conditions. It added that the last two were held in Eshel prison.
Ahmed Mirdawi, Mohammed’s brother, said that Mohammed’s health was declining due to the delay in his medical treatment and in providing him with medication.
He said that Mohammed underwent a surgery before his arrest and part of his lung was removed, adding that inflammation following the surgery worsened his condition that has been daily deteriorating.
Rami Aridi, Sami’s brother, said that Sami was suffering from fatigue and irregular heartbeat as a result of his condition, adding that despite all appeals no necessary examination was made.
Tarek Mughir, Nabil’s brother, expressed concern over fate of his brother and of all sick detainees in light of the Israeli deliberate medical neglect of their conditions.
He said that his brother was suffering from ulcer, breathing difficulty, sinus inflammation, disc in his neck, swelling in his hands, and movement difficulty due to the bad incarceration conditions.
It added that Aridi has been in Israeli jails for over 14 years and is serving a 19-year sentence.
The society said that prisoner Mohammed Mirdawi, 34, is suffering from problems in his lungs and blood clotting. It added that he has served 14 years of his 28-year sentence.
It said that Nabil Mughir, 31, is serving a 24-year sentence and has been detained for 12 years and was also suffering difficult health conditions. It added that the last two were held in Eshel prison.
Ahmed Mirdawi, Mohammed’s brother, said that Mohammed’s health was declining due to the delay in his medical treatment and in providing him with medication.
He said that Mohammed underwent a surgery before his arrest and part of his lung was removed, adding that inflammation following the surgery worsened his condition that has been daily deteriorating.
Rami Aridi, Sami’s brother, said that Sami was suffering from fatigue and irregular heartbeat as a result of his condition, adding that despite all appeals no necessary examination was made.
Tarek Mughir, Nabil’s brother, expressed concern over fate of his brother and of all sick detainees in light of the Israeli deliberate medical neglect of their conditions.
He said that his brother was suffering from ulcer, breathing difficulty, sinus inflammation, disc in his neck, swelling in his hands, and movement difficulty due to the bad incarceration conditions.
Israeli occupation authorities transferred on Tuesday two Jordanian hunger striking prisoners from Ramle prison clinic to an Israeli hospital due to the deterioration of their health condition. The Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails have announced on 2 May an open-ended hunger strike; in protest at the bad prison conditions, the policy of medical neglect and the prevention of family visits.
Abdullah Qandil, spokesman for Wa'ed Society for Prisoners and Ex-prisoners, told Quds Press that the two Jordanian captives Hamza Al-Dabbas and Mohammad Rimawi were moved to Soroka hospital in Beersheva, in an extremely serious condition.
He added that many other Jordanian hunger striking prisoners have been transferred to the same hospital as their health condition deteriorated because of their ongoing hunger strike launched 47 days ago.
Qandil called on the Jordanian government to immediately intervene in order to save its captives in the Israeli jails especially after their health started to deteriorate due to their strike.
Meanwhile; the Qassam commander held in Israeli jails Abdullah Barghouti entered his 48th day of his ongoing hunger strike.
Barghouthi, isolated in a room in Afula hospital, told his lawyer Mohamed Al-Shayeb that the prison officers deliberately offend him in an attempt to pressure him psychologically through holding barbecues outside his room.
He asserted he would continue his hunger strike until his last breath and would never stop until he could return to Jordan, even if as a dead body.
Barghouti said that the Israeli authorities have sent a delegation from the Foreign Ministry to negotiate with him and told him that they will allow his family to visit him once a month and in exchange he would stop the strike. However, he refused and stressed that his only demand is to return to Jordan.
Abdullah Qandil, spokesman for Wa'ed Society for Prisoners and Ex-prisoners, told Quds Press that the two Jordanian captives Hamza Al-Dabbas and Mohammad Rimawi were moved to Soroka hospital in Beersheva, in an extremely serious condition.
He added that many other Jordanian hunger striking prisoners have been transferred to the same hospital as their health condition deteriorated because of their ongoing hunger strike launched 47 days ago.
Qandil called on the Jordanian government to immediately intervene in order to save its captives in the Israeli jails especially after their health started to deteriorate due to their strike.
Meanwhile; the Qassam commander held in Israeli jails Abdullah Barghouti entered his 48th day of his ongoing hunger strike.
Barghouthi, isolated in a room in Afula hospital, told his lawyer Mohamed Al-Shayeb that the prison officers deliberately offend him in an attempt to pressure him psychologically through holding barbecues outside his room.
He asserted he would continue his hunger strike until his last breath and would never stop until he could return to Jordan, even if as a dead body.
Barghouti said that the Israeli authorities have sent a delegation from the Foreign Ministry to negotiate with him and told him that they will allow his family to visit him once a month and in exchange he would stop the strike. However, he refused and stressed that his only demand is to return to Jordan.
The European Network for the defense of Palestinian prisoners' rights (UFree) expressed concern about the “Terrorism Law” that was recently proposed by the Israeli government. UFree considered in a statement that the new law represents an alternative to the state of emergency and contributes, according to many experts, in increasing existing human rights violations by legalizing them, under the pretext of "fighting terrorism".
The network warned of the seriousness of the new law, saying it would harm the Palestinian people in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the 1948-occupied territories, and will target non-governmental organizations and all those working for the Palestinian cause.
"Israeli police and army will have more powers to humiliate and abuse Palestinians on daily basis."
UFree added that “the proposed law permits a suspect to be held for up to 96 hours before being brought before a judge, and revises the period of detention of 'terrorist suspects' without charge up to 30 days. It also enables court hearings to be held in the absence of the suspect and denial of counsel for prolonged periods.”
Concerning the administrative dentition, it said that the new law gives legal cover for the illegal administrative detention of Palestinian people.
The law enables the minister of defense to prohibit the suspect from leaving a place or area and to impose exit bans from the country for a period of up to one year. It also enables police and army extensive powers to search persons and premises or carry out “any reasonable act” for the enforcement of these limitations, says the proposed law.
According to the law, detainees convicted with 'terrorism' will serve 40 years minimum prison sentences, instead of 30, the European network added.
The organization called for exercising pressure on the occupation to deter it from enacting such law, which gives the right to the police and army to arrest any Palestinian for more than 96 hours before appearing before the court, and which violates freedom of movement and prevents "suspects” from leaving the country or even move from one local area to another freely.
UFree also demands the International community to put an end to the Israeli violations committed on a daily basis and to prevent the enactment of the new proposed 'terrorism law'.
The network warned of the seriousness of the new law, saying it would harm the Palestinian people in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the 1948-occupied territories, and will target non-governmental organizations and all those working for the Palestinian cause.
"Israeli police and army will have more powers to humiliate and abuse Palestinians on daily basis."
UFree added that “the proposed law permits a suspect to be held for up to 96 hours before being brought before a judge, and revises the period of detention of 'terrorist suspects' without charge up to 30 days. It also enables court hearings to be held in the absence of the suspect and denial of counsel for prolonged periods.”
Concerning the administrative dentition, it said that the new law gives legal cover for the illegal administrative detention of Palestinian people.
The law enables the minister of defense to prohibit the suspect from leaving a place or area and to impose exit bans from the country for a period of up to one year. It also enables police and army extensive powers to search persons and premises or carry out “any reasonable act” for the enforcement of these limitations, says the proposed law.
According to the law, detainees convicted with 'terrorism' will serve 40 years minimum prison sentences, instead of 30, the European network added.
The organization called for exercising pressure on the occupation to deter it from enacting such law, which gives the right to the police and army to arrest any Palestinian for more than 96 hours before appearing before the court, and which violates freedom of movement and prevents "suspects” from leaving the country or even move from one local area to another freely.
UFree also demands the International community to put an end to the Israeli violations committed on a daily basis and to prevent the enactment of the new proposed 'terrorism law'.
Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) renewed the administrative detention of the leader in Hamas movement Nazih Abu Aoun, who spent 17 years in Israeli jails on aggregate, Palestinian human rights sources revealed. Tadamun Foundation for Human Rights confirmed that the administrative detention of Abu Aoun was renewed for an unidentified period.
Israeli forces arrested Abu Aoun in 2011 after storming his house where he was turned directly to administrative detention. His detention was renewed several times.
The Israeli Prosecution claimed that renewing the prisoner's administrative detention came following the discovery of new secret information about the prisoner, the human rights sources added.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) confirmed that the prisoner Sami Asilh is still isolated in Eichel prison since March 2013 for attacking an Israeli officer in Negev prison according to the Israeli claims.
The Israeli authorities informed the isolated prisoner that he will be released from solitary confinement in May 2013, however he is still isolated in very difficult conditions where he is subjected to brutal Israeli practices and pressures.
PPS lawyer has also visited the isolated prisoner Dhirar Abu Sisi in Eichel prison. The lawyer pointed out to the isolated prisoner's difficult health condition.
Abu Sisi is suffering physical and psychological problems in the solitary confinement due to Israeli torture and inhuman treatment. He suffers from heart problems, kidney failure, asthma, gallbladder, lipids and migraines all of which have worsened due to medical negligence.
Dirar Abu Sisi, aged 43 who was kidnapped by Israeli intelligence from the Ukraine, called on human rights institutions to act immediately for his release.
Israeli forces arrested Abu Aoun in 2011 after storming his house where he was turned directly to administrative detention. His detention was renewed several times.
The Israeli Prosecution claimed that renewing the prisoner's administrative detention came following the discovery of new secret information about the prisoner, the human rights sources added.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) confirmed that the prisoner Sami Asilh is still isolated in Eichel prison since March 2013 for attacking an Israeli officer in Negev prison according to the Israeli claims.
The Israeli authorities informed the isolated prisoner that he will be released from solitary confinement in May 2013, however he is still isolated in very difficult conditions where he is subjected to brutal Israeli practices and pressures.
PPS lawyer has also visited the isolated prisoner Dhirar Abu Sisi in Eichel prison. The lawyer pointed out to the isolated prisoner's difficult health condition.
Abu Sisi is suffering physical and psychological problems in the solitary confinement due to Israeli torture and inhuman treatment. He suffers from heart problems, kidney failure, asthma, gallbladder, lipids and migraines all of which have worsened due to medical negligence.
Dirar Abu Sisi, aged 43 who was kidnapped by Israeli intelligence from the Ukraine, called on human rights institutions to act immediately for his release.
An Israeli large force has stormed Dura town south of al-Khalil this morning where they conducted raid and search operations in number of houses. The Israeli force tightened its military restrictions in Dura and its surrounding villages where they prevented the citizens from performing the Dawn prayer in the mosque.
Three Palestinians were arrested including 2 minors where they were taken to unknown destination in light of Israeli ongoing search operations for the wanted persons who opened fire towards an Israeli military vehicle near Khursa junction 6 days ago.
Meanwhile, the Israeli soldiers raided Durwa area in Halhul north of al-Khalil where they erected military checkpoints. As a result, Palestinian youths stoned the soldiers who, in turn, fired tear gas leading to one injury. No arrests were reported.
Three Palestinians were arrested including 2 minors where they were taken to unknown destination in light of Israeli ongoing search operations for the wanted persons who opened fire towards an Israeli military vehicle near Khursa junction 6 days ago.
Meanwhile, the Israeli soldiers raided Durwa area in Halhul north of al-Khalil where they erected military checkpoints. As a result, Palestinian youths stoned the soldiers who, in turn, fired tear gas leading to one injury. No arrests were reported.
Jerusalem Municipality teams on Monday raided the town of Silwan south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and distributed several administrative demolition orders for residential and commercial installations. Wadi Hilweh Information Center said in a statement that the Israeli municipal teams have distributed three administrative demolition orders against Palestinian buildings, under the pretext of being built without permit.
It said that the municipal teams, accompanied by the occupation police, raided Silwan and handed over an administrative demolition order for a barber shop established on area of 25 square meters and a shop selling meat built on an area of about 25 square meters in the Shaheed Samer Sarhan Street in the town.
The Jerusalemite center added that the municipal teams raided a house belonging to the Abbasi family in Ain Louza neighborhood, and ordered its owner to demolish a residential room he has recently built on an area of about nine meters.
The Information Center also stated that the Israeli police and army arrested in one day 115 Jerusalemite citizens after raiding their homes and their shops.
According to the center, 40 Jerusalemites were arrested from Shuafat refugee camp and Beit Hanina, northeast of Jerusalem, after a raid on their homes and shops.
An eyewitness reported that a large Israeli force raided the Manara building in Tel al-Foul area in Beit Hanina, and arrested 25 civilians and took them to the Mascoubiya detention center west of Jerusalem for interrogation.
The Manara building was built in 2003 and has 25 apartments inhabited by about 250 Palestinians.
The Israeli Municipality imposed on the inhabitants of the building a fine of one million and 400 thousand shekels, and handed them over demolition notices as the Manara was built without license.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center noted that the Israeli occupation forces raided the Shuafat refugee camp and arrested seven Palestinians from their shops.
They also detained eight others from the West Bank and 75 Jerusalemites after raiding their homes, on charges of illegal construction.
Arrests and demolition orders in Jerusalem
The Israeli police and municipal crews have carried out raid campaign at dawn on Monday in Beit Hanina, Salam and Shufat refugee camp near the city of Jerusalem. A number of arrests were reported. The Israeli police broke into a Palestinian building in Tel al-Foul and arrested 25 citizens living in it under the pretext of establishing a building without permit, an eyewitness confirmed.
The sources added that a fine of 800 shekels ($225) was imposed against each one of the detainees, pointing out that 80 other citizens were also arrested for the same charge in Salam and Shufat camps.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces stormed Shuafat refugee camp and arrested a number of shopkeepers for “tax evasion”.
The Jerusalem municipality crews along with the Israeli police raided the village of Silwan on Monday morning, and handed out three administrative demolition orders for commercial facilities.
The Israeli authorities have escalated recently its demolition policy against Palestinian properties and escalated settlement constructions in Palestinian neighborhoods within the so-called "Holy Basin"
It said that the municipal teams, accompanied by the occupation police, raided Silwan and handed over an administrative demolition order for a barber shop established on area of 25 square meters and a shop selling meat built on an area of about 25 square meters in the Shaheed Samer Sarhan Street in the town.
The Jerusalemite center added that the municipal teams raided a house belonging to the Abbasi family in Ain Louza neighborhood, and ordered its owner to demolish a residential room he has recently built on an area of about nine meters.
The Information Center also stated that the Israeli police and army arrested in one day 115 Jerusalemite citizens after raiding their homes and their shops.
According to the center, 40 Jerusalemites were arrested from Shuafat refugee camp and Beit Hanina, northeast of Jerusalem, after a raid on their homes and shops.
An eyewitness reported that a large Israeli force raided the Manara building in Tel al-Foul area in Beit Hanina, and arrested 25 civilians and took them to the Mascoubiya detention center west of Jerusalem for interrogation.
The Manara building was built in 2003 and has 25 apartments inhabited by about 250 Palestinians.
The Israeli Municipality imposed on the inhabitants of the building a fine of one million and 400 thousand shekels, and handed them over demolition notices as the Manara was built without license.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center noted that the Israeli occupation forces raided the Shuafat refugee camp and arrested seven Palestinians from their shops.
They also detained eight others from the West Bank and 75 Jerusalemites after raiding their homes, on charges of illegal construction.
Arrests and demolition orders in Jerusalem
The Israeli police and municipal crews have carried out raid campaign at dawn on Monday in Beit Hanina, Salam and Shufat refugee camp near the city of Jerusalem. A number of arrests were reported. The Israeli police broke into a Palestinian building in Tel al-Foul and arrested 25 citizens living in it under the pretext of establishing a building without permit, an eyewitness confirmed.
The sources added that a fine of 800 shekels ($225) was imposed against each one of the detainees, pointing out that 80 other citizens were also arrested for the same charge in Salam and Shufat camps.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces stormed Shuafat refugee camp and arrested a number of shopkeepers for “tax evasion”.
The Jerusalem municipality crews along with the Israeli police raided the village of Silwan on Monday morning, and handed out three administrative demolition orders for commercial facilities.
The Israeli authorities have escalated recently its demolition policy against Palestinian properties and escalated settlement constructions in Palestinian neighborhoods within the so-called "Holy Basin"
Officials from the Israeli prison authority threatened prisoner Abdullah Barghouthi, on hunger strike since early May, to revoke his Jordanian nationality if he refused to end his hunger strike. According to his lawyer Mohamed Al-Shayeb, the Israeli jailers use psychological methods to pressure prisoner Barghouthi, who is isolated in a room in Afula hospital.
The lawyer said that Israeli prison officers threatened Barghouthi that his Jordanian nationality would be revoked if he went on his hunger strike, noting that Barghouthi told him that such threat was a blatant interference in Jordan's sovereignty.
Barghouthi also told the lawyer that the prison officers deliberately offend him in an attempt to pressure him psychologically through holding barbecues outside his room.
He said he would continue his hunger strike until his last breath and would never stop until he could return to Jordan, even if as a dead body.
In a related context, head of the association of detainees and ex-detainees Tawfiq Abu Naim appealed to the Jordanian government to break its silence towards the cause of the Jordanian hunger strikers in Israeli jails and work on ending their suffering.
Abu Naim told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the Jordanian prisoners demands their government not to revoke their national numbers.
He also called on the Jordanian ambassador to the occupied Palestinian territories to visit the Jordanian prisoners and check on their health conditions, which sharply declined as a result of their hunger strike.
The lawyer said that Israeli prison officers threatened Barghouthi that his Jordanian nationality would be revoked if he went on his hunger strike, noting that Barghouthi told him that such threat was a blatant interference in Jordan's sovereignty.
Barghouthi also told the lawyer that the prison officers deliberately offend him in an attempt to pressure him psychologically through holding barbecues outside his room.
He said he would continue his hunger strike until his last breath and would never stop until he could return to Jordan, even if as a dead body.
In a related context, head of the association of detainees and ex-detainees Tawfiq Abu Naim appealed to the Jordanian government to break its silence towards the cause of the Jordanian hunger strikers in Israeli jails and work on ending their suffering.
Abu Naim told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the Jordanian prisoners demands their government not to revoke their national numbers.
He also called on the Jordanian ambassador to the occupied Palestinian territories to visit the Jordanian prisoners and check on their health conditions, which sharply declined as a result of their hunger strike.
The family of a minor detainee from Jerusalem was denied Tuesday the right to visit their son in an Israeli prison and the mother was held at a police station for several hours after a cellular phone was found on the mother, according to the head of the committee of families of prisoner, Amjad Abu Assab. He said that when the parents of Shadad A’war, 16, went to visit him for the first time since his arrest on May 5 at HaSharon Prison in central Israel, the prison police found a cellular phone in the mother’s dress during a routine inspection of the visitors.
The mother said she forgot it with her, but the police arrested her and took her to a nearby police station, where she was held for almost three hours. After that she was told that she will not be allowed to visit her son for two months and her husband was also denied the right to visit his son for that day.
A’war appeared before a court on Monday, which remanded him until legal proceedings against him are completed. It refused to release him on bail or for house arrest.
The mother said she forgot it with her, but the police arrested her and took her to a nearby police station, where she was held for almost three hours. After that she was told that she will not be allowed to visit her son for two months and her husband was also denied the right to visit his son for that day.
A’war appeared before a court on Monday, which remanded him until legal proceedings against him are completed. It refused to release him on bail or for house arrest.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed five Palestinians in Al-Khalil and one in Bethlehem at dawn Tuesday. Palestinian security sources told Quds Press that IOF soldiers rounded up three young Palestinians in Beit Al-Rush Al-Tahta village in Al-Khalil district after breaking into and ransacking their homes.
Other IOF units roamed the streets of Doura town and set up roadblocks at the entrance of Kharsa and Surra villages, all in Al-Khalil province.
Two other young men were arrested in Arub refugee camp in Al-Khalil including a 16-year-old boy and one in Marah Rabah village in Bethlehem after searching his home.
Other IOF units roamed the streets of Doura town and set up roadblocks at the entrance of Kharsa and Surra villages, all in Al-Khalil province.
Two other young men were arrested in Arub refugee camp in Al-Khalil including a 16-year-old boy and one in Marah Rabah village in Bethlehem after searching his home.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped late on [Monday at Night and Tuesday at dawn] five Palestinians, including one child, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Dozens of soldiers invaded Surif and Beit Ummar towns, the Al-Arroub refugee camp, and Beit Ar-Rosh At-Tihta village, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and violently searched several homes.
Local sources have reported that the army kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Saher Amro, 15, and Ahmad Amro, 25, in Beit Ar-Rosh At-Tihta, and took them to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, soldiers installed a number of roadblocks at the Halhoul Bridge north of Hebron, and at the entrance of the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city, stopped and searched dozens of vehicles and interrogated several residents.
Several armored military jeeps also invaded the Marah Rabah village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one resident identified as Ali Mahmoud Sheikh, 29, after invading his home.
Two more Palestinians were kidnapped, late on Monday at night, at the Za’tara roadblock south of the northern West bank city of Nablus.
The two, identified as Moayyad Yousef Omar, and his brother Hasan, were kidnapped while heading back home from work. They are from the Al-Jaroushiyya village, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
Dozens of soldiers invaded Surif and Beit Ummar towns, the Al-Arroub refugee camp, and Beit Ar-Rosh At-Tihta village, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and violently searched several homes.
Local sources have reported that the army kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Saher Amro, 15, and Ahmad Amro, 25, in Beit Ar-Rosh At-Tihta, and took them to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, soldiers installed a number of roadblocks at the Halhoul Bridge north of Hebron, and at the entrance of the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city, stopped and searched dozens of vehicles and interrogated several residents.
Several armored military jeeps also invaded the Marah Rabah village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one resident identified as Ali Mahmoud Sheikh, 29, after invading his home.
Two more Palestinians were kidnapped, late on Monday at night, at the Za’tara roadblock south of the northern West bank city of Nablus.
The two, identified as Moayyad Yousef Omar, and his brother Hasan, were kidnapped while heading back home from work. They are from the Al-Jaroushiyya village, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) manning the crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan detained a Palestinian youth from Qabatiya village, south of Jenin. Sources in his village said that Ibrahim Sabana, 23, was returning home from a Jordan visit across the Karama bridge Monday night when Israeli intelligence agents detained and interrogated him.
They said that the intelligence then told him that he was under arrest, adding that Sabana is the fourth young man to be detained from the same village at the Karama crossing on returning from Jordan over the past few months.
They said that the intelligence then told him that he was under arrest, adding that Sabana is the fourth young man to be detained from the same village at the Karama crossing on returning from Jordan over the past few months.
Amena Al-Saadi, the mother of detainee Nahar Al-Saadi, appealed to human rights groups to intervene and save his life in Israeli captivity. Prisoner Saadi has so far served ten years of his life sentence and his health condition is worsening due to deliberate medical neglect and repeated isolation punishments.
Saadi, 31, is currently held in solitary confinement in Shatta prison and suffers from ulcer, curved spine, and dental problems.
The mother voiced fears for the life of her son since no treatment is being accorded to him, charging that holding her son in isolation ran contrary to human values and ethics.
She said that her son was in need of help of his fellow internees in view of his health condition.
Saadi, 31, is currently held in solitary confinement in Shatta prison and suffers from ulcer, curved spine, and dental problems.
The mother voiced fears for the life of her son since no treatment is being accorded to him, charging that holding her son in isolation ran contrary to human values and ethics.
She said that her son was in need of help of his fellow internees in view of his health condition.
