29 june 2014
Al-Aqsa Foundation for the Maintenance of Holy Sites revealed in a recent report the verbal abuses and physical assaults on Palestinian detainees held in the Israeli detention centers in the occupied city of Jerusalem. The report pointed out that the recent period had witnessed a serious escalation in the Israeli attacks against women, elderly people and children detained, without charge, on the background of their daily presence in al-Aqsa Mosque.
52-year-old Haj Mohammad Shaukat Khatib said the occupation forces arrested him on the 10th of June during a raid on al-Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext of obstructing the police work and attacking a settler, and claimed they possess videos that prove the accusation.
He was taken to a police station where the investigator accused him of rioting and attacking a citizen in "public squares", and ordered him to take his clothes off on suspicion of drug possession.
Aida Seedawi, aged 53 from the city of Jerusalem, said that she has been also severely attacked by the Israeli policemen at Bab Hetta during her arrest.
When she arrived to the police station, the investigator accused her of beating the extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick, who has been organizing regular tours in al-Aqsa Mosque accompanied by settler groups, and of threatening to "blow up" al-Aqsa Mosque, a charge that was met with indignation on the part of Seedawi.
Seedawi also said that she was insulted by the Israeli investigator when he asked her to work with them and offered her a sum of money in return.
The old woman was detained under harsh conditions. She was held with criminal prisoners in a small room with four dirty beds, internal dirty toilets, and a surveillance camera.
Seedawi was freed after more than seventeen hours on bail. The court ruled that she will be deprived of entering al-Aqsa Mosque for thirty days, despite it was proven that she did not commit any criminal act.
The Mizan center for human rights recently issued a booklet entitled "Human rights violations in the oasis of democracy", revealing the Israeli occupation’s violations in Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Hebrew Passover feast based on testimonies of some worshipers who were detained by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Al-Aqsa Foundation, for its part, quoted in its report the worshipers' statements in which they described the different kinds of torture they were subjected to in the Israeli detention centers.
Mohamed Jumuaa, aged 30 from Taybeh city, said he was arrested with two other young men Wessam Yassin and Abdullah al-Tiby by the Israeli police before dawn prayer from the bathrooms inside al-Aqsa Mosque and were beaten during their arrest.
"The Israeli policemen took us to Bab Hetta, where they tied our hands with plastic cuffs and started to beat me and the other men. Then they took us in the car to a police station next to the Buraq Wall while we had no idea about our charges."
“Upon my arrival to the police station”, Jumuaa added, “I was beaten by the policemen for four hours, and then I was taken to a small bathroom where I was attacked again”.
Wessam Yassin said: "They want to humiliate us. I was severely beaten in different parts of my body, and I was seriously injured in my right eye and head. I was bleeding but the soldiers continued to hit me."
Lawyer Omar Khamaisi, from the Mizan center, said the center will file a complaint on behalf of those who have been abused to the competent committees in the Human Rights Council in Geneva to expose the Israeli violations and crimes against Al-Aqsa Mosque and the worshipers.
For his part, Dr. Hikmat Naamna, director of Al-Aqsa Foundation, said that the Israeli occupation’s repressive policies aim to terrorize the Palestinians to push them give up their rights, and to gradually impose a fait accompli and divide the Aqsa Mosque, through encouraging settlers’ incursions into it while imposing severe restrictions on the entry of Muslims.
He also pointed out that 30 students in Al-Aqsa have been arrested since the beginning of this year for flimsy reasons.
Dr. Naamna stressed that despite these violations, the worshipers and students will never leave Al-Aqsa Mosque.
52-year-old Haj Mohammad Shaukat Khatib said the occupation forces arrested him on the 10th of June during a raid on al-Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext of obstructing the police work and attacking a settler, and claimed they possess videos that prove the accusation.
He was taken to a police station where the investigator accused him of rioting and attacking a citizen in "public squares", and ordered him to take his clothes off on suspicion of drug possession.
Aida Seedawi, aged 53 from the city of Jerusalem, said that she has been also severely attacked by the Israeli policemen at Bab Hetta during her arrest.
When she arrived to the police station, the investigator accused her of beating the extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick, who has been organizing regular tours in al-Aqsa Mosque accompanied by settler groups, and of threatening to "blow up" al-Aqsa Mosque, a charge that was met with indignation on the part of Seedawi.
Seedawi also said that she was insulted by the Israeli investigator when he asked her to work with them and offered her a sum of money in return.
The old woman was detained under harsh conditions. She was held with criminal prisoners in a small room with four dirty beds, internal dirty toilets, and a surveillance camera.
Seedawi was freed after more than seventeen hours on bail. The court ruled that she will be deprived of entering al-Aqsa Mosque for thirty days, despite it was proven that she did not commit any criminal act.
The Mizan center for human rights recently issued a booklet entitled "Human rights violations in the oasis of democracy", revealing the Israeli occupation’s violations in Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Hebrew Passover feast based on testimonies of some worshipers who were detained by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Al-Aqsa Foundation, for its part, quoted in its report the worshipers' statements in which they described the different kinds of torture they were subjected to in the Israeli detention centers.
Mohamed Jumuaa, aged 30 from Taybeh city, said he was arrested with two other young men Wessam Yassin and Abdullah al-Tiby by the Israeli police before dawn prayer from the bathrooms inside al-Aqsa Mosque and were beaten during their arrest.
"The Israeli policemen took us to Bab Hetta, where they tied our hands with plastic cuffs and started to beat me and the other men. Then they took us in the car to a police station next to the Buraq Wall while we had no idea about our charges."
“Upon my arrival to the police station”, Jumuaa added, “I was beaten by the policemen for four hours, and then I was taken to a small bathroom where I was attacked again”.
Wessam Yassin said: "They want to humiliate us. I was severely beaten in different parts of my body, and I was seriously injured in my right eye and head. I was bleeding but the soldiers continued to hit me."
Lawyer Omar Khamaisi, from the Mizan center, said the center will file a complaint on behalf of those who have been abused to the competent committees in the Human Rights Council in Geneva to expose the Israeli violations and crimes against Al-Aqsa Mosque and the worshipers.
For his part, Dr. Hikmat Naamna, director of Al-Aqsa Foundation, said that the Israeli occupation’s repressive policies aim to terrorize the Palestinians to push them give up their rights, and to gradually impose a fait accompli and divide the Aqsa Mosque, through encouraging settlers’ incursions into it while imposing severe restrictions on the entry of Muslims.
He also pointed out that 30 students in Al-Aqsa have been arrested since the beginning of this year for flimsy reasons.
Dr. Naamna stressed that despite these violations, the worshipers and students will never leave Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Palestinian administrative detainee Ayman Atabish, from Dura in al-Khalil, has been without food for 122 uninterrupted days in protest at being locked up in Israeli jails with no indictment or trial.
Alarm bells have been raised over Atabish’s critical health status, which has remarkably gone down ever since the detainee initiated his open-ended hunger-strike on February 28.
Hunger-striking Atabish has been diagnosed with cardiovascular disorders, breathing problems and numbness in his limbs, among many other diseases affecting his kidney and stomach.
Concerns over Atabish’s life have been on the rise, especially that the prisoner had been starving for 105 days last year so as to voice his disapproval over the random administrative prison-term issued against him without charges.
Atabish had been on another hunger-strike in 2012 in solidarity with Sheikh Khedr Adnan.
Alarm bells have been raised over Atabish’s critical health status, which has remarkably gone down ever since the detainee initiated his open-ended hunger-strike on February 28.
Hunger-striking Atabish has been diagnosed with cardiovascular disorders, breathing problems and numbness in his limbs, among many other diseases affecting his kidney and stomach.
Concerns over Atabish’s life have been on the rise, especially that the prisoner had been starving for 105 days last year so as to voice his disapproval over the random administrative prison-term issued against him without charges.
Atabish had been on another hunger-strike in 2012 in solidarity with Sheikh Khedr Adnan.
Israeli occupation forces detained Sunday 25 Palestinians from several districts in the occupied West Bank, raising the number of detainees to 413 during the ongoing military operation since three settlers' missing . In Nablus, Israeli forces stormed after midnight in Madma village, to the south of Nablus, and arrested a college student after raiding and ransacking his home.
In Hebron, the forces detained Sunday at dawn the father of one of suspects behind the kidnapping of three settlers in Hebron. Meanwhile, clashes erupted between the forces and Palestinians in Al-Ourob refugee camp while arresting a number of children in the camp.
In AlFijjar village, south of Bethlehem, clashes erupted between the Israeli forces and Palestinians after an Israeli military force carried out raids in several neighbourhoods in the district .
Chief of Staff of the Israeli army, "Benny Gantz" approved yesterday on extending raiding and arrest operations during Ramadan month, claiming that his army is making a progress in the ongoing search operation.
25 Palestinians kidnapped by IOF at dawn in W. Bank
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday abducted 25 Palestinian citizens from different areas of the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of Palestinian captives detained in the Israeli arrest campaign to 600 citizens.
The military operation has been launched under pretext of the alleged kidnapping of three Israeli soldiers.
A Palestinian student was arrested from his own home following an overnight Israeli raid on Madama village, south of Nablus.
The IOF stormed the house of Palestinian student Muhammad Na’im Faraj, enrolled at An-Najah University, and ransacked it using sniffer dogs.
The local SAFA News Agency quoted eye-witnesses as saying the IOF turned one of the house rooms into a site for on-the-spot investigations, where Muhammad Na’im Faraj and his brother Udai were interrogated.
Another 55-year-old Palestinian citizen, identified as Omar Abu Isha, was arrested by the Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil after the IOF claimed he is the father of a suspect involved in the alleged kidnap of three soldiers in al-Khalil, SAFA said, quoting local sources.
A large Israeli military force cordoned off Abu Isha’s home in Bir al-Mahjar, north of al-Khalil, before taking the hostage to an unidentified destination.
Violent clashes broke out after the IOF invaded al-Aroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, and abducted scores of Palestinian refugee children.
According to sources in the camp, the abduction of al-Aroub children took place following a series of abrupt break-ins into Palestinian homes, using tear gas canisters and acoustic bombs all the way through the raid.
The Israeli attacks culminated in a spate of raids on Beit Fujjar, south of Bethlehem. The IOF raked through the area and combed its neighborhoods under the same pretext.
In an earlier incident Saturday, Chief of Staff of the Israeli occupation army, Benny Gantz, issued orders for the escalation of the West Bank military operations during the holy month of Ramadan, claiming his army is making many leaps forward in their search for the missing soldiers since two uninterrupted weeks.
The Israeli Channel 7 said the occupation troops have stormed 2200 targets so far, escorted by more than 15 thousand soldiers stationing across the Occupied West Bank.
In Hebron, the forces detained Sunday at dawn the father of one of suspects behind the kidnapping of three settlers in Hebron. Meanwhile, clashes erupted between the forces and Palestinians in Al-Ourob refugee camp while arresting a number of children in the camp.
In AlFijjar village, south of Bethlehem, clashes erupted between the Israeli forces and Palestinians after an Israeli military force carried out raids in several neighbourhoods in the district .
Chief of Staff of the Israeli army, "Benny Gantz" approved yesterday on extending raiding and arrest operations during Ramadan month, claiming that his army is making a progress in the ongoing search operation.
25 Palestinians kidnapped by IOF at dawn in W. Bank
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday abducted 25 Palestinian citizens from different areas of the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of Palestinian captives detained in the Israeli arrest campaign to 600 citizens.
The military operation has been launched under pretext of the alleged kidnapping of three Israeli soldiers.
A Palestinian student was arrested from his own home following an overnight Israeli raid on Madama village, south of Nablus.
The IOF stormed the house of Palestinian student Muhammad Na’im Faraj, enrolled at An-Najah University, and ransacked it using sniffer dogs.
The local SAFA News Agency quoted eye-witnesses as saying the IOF turned one of the house rooms into a site for on-the-spot investigations, where Muhammad Na’im Faraj and his brother Udai were interrogated.
Another 55-year-old Palestinian citizen, identified as Omar Abu Isha, was arrested by the Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil after the IOF claimed he is the father of a suspect involved in the alleged kidnap of three soldiers in al-Khalil, SAFA said, quoting local sources.
A large Israeli military force cordoned off Abu Isha’s home in Bir al-Mahjar, north of al-Khalil, before taking the hostage to an unidentified destination.
Violent clashes broke out after the IOF invaded al-Aroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, and abducted scores of Palestinian refugee children.
According to sources in the camp, the abduction of al-Aroub children took place following a series of abrupt break-ins into Palestinian homes, using tear gas canisters and acoustic bombs all the way through the raid.
The Israeli attacks culminated in a spate of raids on Beit Fujjar, south of Bethlehem. The IOF raked through the area and combed its neighborhoods under the same pretext.
In an earlier incident Saturday, Chief of Staff of the Israeli occupation army, Benny Gantz, issued orders for the escalation of the West Bank military operations during the holy month of Ramadan, claiming his army is making many leaps forward in their search for the missing soldiers since two uninterrupted weeks.
The Israeli Channel 7 said the occupation troops have stormed 2200 targets so far, escorted by more than 15 thousand soldiers stationing across the Occupied West Bank.
An Israeli military court extended the detention of prisoner Samir Issawi until July 1, a lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoner's Society told Ma'an Sunday.
Jawad Bolous said the Israeli prosecution requested that the Israeli court send Issawi to jail to serve the remainder of the punishment he was sentenced to before being released as a part of the Shalit deal.
The Israeli court accepted the request, but neither Issawi nor his lawyer were present for the hearing, so they will be allowed to appeal the decision, Bolous said.
Israeli forces on June 23 re-arrested Issawi from his house in al-Issawiya village in East Jerusalem.
Issawi was released from Israeli jail last December as part of an agreement in which he ended a 266-day hunger strike, during which time he became an international cause célèbre who focused attention on the plight of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Israeli court to sentence ex-prisoner Sunday
Israeli Magistrate Court in occupied Jerusalem is to issue on Sunday a sentence against ex-prisoner Samer al-Issawi from al-Issawiya village in East Jerusalem. Al-Isawwi was released in last December following a record nine-month hunger strike.
The judge of the court last week extended the detention of al-Issawi until Sunday for more interrogation.
Israeli police filed al-Issawi of several charges, including committing terrorist acts and penetrating the terms of Shalit prisoner exchange deal.
Jawad Bolous said the Israeli prosecution requested that the Israeli court send Issawi to jail to serve the remainder of the punishment he was sentenced to before being released as a part of the Shalit deal.
The Israeli court accepted the request, but neither Issawi nor his lawyer were present for the hearing, so they will be allowed to appeal the decision, Bolous said.
Israeli forces on June 23 re-arrested Issawi from his house in al-Issawiya village in East Jerusalem.
Issawi was released from Israeli jail last December as part of an agreement in which he ended a 266-day hunger strike, during which time he became an international cause célèbre who focused attention on the plight of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Israeli court to sentence ex-prisoner Sunday
Israeli Magistrate Court in occupied Jerusalem is to issue on Sunday a sentence against ex-prisoner Samer al-Issawi from al-Issawiya village in East Jerusalem. Al-Isawwi was released in last December following a record nine-month hunger strike.
The judge of the court last week extended the detention of al-Issawi until Sunday for more interrogation.
Israeli police filed al-Issawi of several charges, including committing terrorist acts and penetrating the terms of Shalit prisoner exchange deal.
28 june 2014
New Yorkers and New Jerseyans protested outside the Israeli consulate in New York City against Israel's West Bank mass raids and arrests. 'Samidoun Network', a group of activists from North America working to build solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in their struggle for freedom, said the protest was called by Jewish Voice for Peace and called for freedom for Palestinian prisoners.
Members of Al-Awda New York, American Muslims for Palestine, the US Palestinian Community Network and a number of activists from student and other solidarity organizations joined the protest.
Until now, 576 Palestinians, mostly with links to Hamas, whom Israel accuses of kidnapping three Israelis two week ago without providing evidence, have been affected by an Israeli crackdown across the occupied West Bank.
The crackdown took shape in killings, bombings, home demolitions and invasions.
Members of Al-Awda New York, American Muslims for Palestine, the US Palestinian Community Network and a number of activists from student and other solidarity organizations joined the protest.
Until now, 576 Palestinians, mostly with links to Hamas, whom Israel accuses of kidnapping three Israelis two week ago without providing evidence, have been affected by an Israeli crackdown across the occupied West Bank.
The crackdown took shape in killings, bombings, home demolitions and invasions.
Palestinian prisoner Ayman Itbeish on Saturday entered his fifth month of hunger strike in protest against being held in Israeli jails without charge or trial, the Palestinian Prisoners' Center for Studies said.
The Center warned that the Itbeish's health condition was worsening -- he has low blood pressure, kidney problems, and is unable to stand.
Rafat Hamdunah, the director of the prisoners' rights group, said that Itbeish had been offered a deal that if he ended his strike, he would be released in January 2015, but that he had rejected the deal.
"It makes us more responsible to save his life and to exert more efforts internationally and ... hold Israel responsible for his life," Hamdunah said.
Itbeish went on strike on Feb. 28 against his administrative detention. As his health deteriorated, he was transferred to a hospital in Israel.
Ibteish has been detained by Israeli forces several times and has gone on hunger strikes three times in the past -- twice in protest against his detention with trial -- including for 105 days last year, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society
He ended last year's strike in September when Israeli authorities agreed to end his administrative detention and promised to reach a final decision on his case.
But Ibteish was rearrested soon after he was released from prison.
Around 125 Palestinian prisoners were on hunger strike for more than 60 days in protest against their indefinite detention without charge or trial by Israeli authorities until Tuesday, when 63 agreed to end their strike as part of a deal. The details of the deal remain unclear.
The original group was joined by hundreds of other prisoners, who went on hunger strike in solidarity in the weeks since.
Around 5,700 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli jails, with nearly 300 in administrative detention.
Over 800,000 Palestinians have been detained since 1967, with 5,224 currently being held in Israeli prisons, according to the PLO.
The Center warned that the Itbeish's health condition was worsening -- he has low blood pressure, kidney problems, and is unable to stand.
Rafat Hamdunah, the director of the prisoners' rights group, said that Itbeish had been offered a deal that if he ended his strike, he would be released in January 2015, but that he had rejected the deal.
"It makes us more responsible to save his life and to exert more efforts internationally and ... hold Israel responsible for his life," Hamdunah said.
Itbeish went on strike on Feb. 28 against his administrative detention. As his health deteriorated, he was transferred to a hospital in Israel.
Ibteish has been detained by Israeli forces several times and has gone on hunger strikes three times in the past -- twice in protest against his detention with trial -- including for 105 days last year, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society
He ended last year's strike in September when Israeli authorities agreed to end his administrative detention and promised to reach a final decision on his case.
But Ibteish was rearrested soon after he was released from prison.
Around 125 Palestinian prisoners were on hunger strike for more than 60 days in protest against their indefinite detention without charge or trial by Israeli authorities until Tuesday, when 63 agreed to end their strike as part of a deal. The details of the deal remain unclear.
The original group was joined by hundreds of other prisoners, who went on hunger strike in solidarity in the weeks since.
Around 5,700 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli jails, with nearly 300 in administrative detention.
Over 800,000 Palestinians have been detained since 1967, with 5,224 currently being held in Israeli prisons, according to the PLO.
A teenage Palestinian boy was injured during clashes south of Bethlehem late Friday between local young men and Israeli troops who raided a refugee camp and detained two men.
Palestinian security sources told Ma’an that a 15-year-old boy in in Duheisha refugee camp was injured by shrapnel and evacuated to the public hospital in Beit Jala.
The sources highlighted that local young men clashed with the soldiers during a predawn detention raid. The soldiers fired live ammunition as well as rubber-coated bullets and tear-gas canisters. Many residents chocked on tear gas which Israeli troops fired heavily in the alleys of the very densely populated camp.
The soldiers eventually detained 47-year-old Nidal Naim Abu Akar and 38-year-old Shadi Issa Maali.
Separately, Israeli troops raided the al-Saff neighborhood of Bethlehem and detained 40-year-old Walid Muhammad al-Bustanji from his home.
Israeli forces also stormed the Bethlehem-area village of Marah Rabah and detained 40-year-old Ahmad Qasim al-Sheikh.
In Ramallah district in the central West Bank, Israeli forces detained chief clerk of the Ramallah court Yahya Salah Ata from his home in the village of Deir Abu Mashal.
In addition, Israeli troops detained 22-year-old Muhammad Jamal Nasser, a student of French language at Al-Najah National University in Nablus.
Israeli forces also raided the al-Bathan area north of Nablus and detained a former Palestinian prisoner, according to Palestinian security sources.
The sources told Ma'an that former Hamas-affiliated prisoner Jaafar Ahmad Dababsa was detained from his home.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said 18 Palestinians were detained overnight.
She said 12 of them were "Hamas operatives."
Palestinian security sources told Ma’an that a 15-year-old boy in in Duheisha refugee camp was injured by shrapnel and evacuated to the public hospital in Beit Jala.
The sources highlighted that local young men clashed with the soldiers during a predawn detention raid. The soldiers fired live ammunition as well as rubber-coated bullets and tear-gas canisters. Many residents chocked on tear gas which Israeli troops fired heavily in the alleys of the very densely populated camp.
The soldiers eventually detained 47-year-old Nidal Naim Abu Akar and 38-year-old Shadi Issa Maali.
Separately, Israeli troops raided the al-Saff neighborhood of Bethlehem and detained 40-year-old Walid Muhammad al-Bustanji from his home.
Israeli forces also stormed the Bethlehem-area village of Marah Rabah and detained 40-year-old Ahmad Qasim al-Sheikh.
In Ramallah district in the central West Bank, Israeli forces detained chief clerk of the Ramallah court Yahya Salah Ata from his home in the village of Deir Abu Mashal.
In addition, Israeli troops detained 22-year-old Muhammad Jamal Nasser, a student of French language at Al-Najah National University in Nablus.
Israeli forces also raided the al-Bathan area north of Nablus and detained a former Palestinian prisoner, according to Palestinian security sources.
The sources told Ma'an that former Hamas-affiliated prisoner Jaafar Ahmad Dababsa was detained from his home.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said 18 Palestinians were detained overnight.
She said 12 of them were "Hamas operatives."
27 june 2014
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After asking for explanations to soldiers, a Palestinian member of the Popular Struggle Committee released the hands of the shepherd cutting the handcuffs and allowing him to pray.
Palestinians and internationals reiterated to the soldiers the duty to show them the evidences and to consider the shepherd's declaration of innocence and not only the settlers' unfounded accusations. At 3pm the Palestinian detained was free to back home. VIDEO: Shepherd Detained by Israeli Soldiers On June 27th, Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian shepherd from the South Hebron Hills village of Saddith Thala. |
He was accused of throwing stones towards a setter’s car, passing on the Bypass road 317. He was released, as there was no evidence to support the charges.
A Palestinian shepherd and a group of children were drawing water from a Palestinian owned well nearby the illegal settlement of Carmel. While they were crossing the bypass road 317, settlers saw them and immediately called the Israeli soldiers. When the army arrived, they stopped and detained the only adult in the group of shepherds, and accused him of throwing stones in the direction of the road.
At about 2pm, when Palestinians from the South Hebron Hills Popular Resistance Committee and international volunteers arrived, the shepherd was handcuffed by a plastic band and had been waiting an hour in the sun for the police to arrive.
After asking for explanations from the soldiers, a Palestinian member of the Popular Struggle Committee released the hands of the shepherd, cutting the handcuffs to allow him to pray. Palestinians and internationals reiterated to the soldiers their duty to show evidence and to consider the shepherd’s declaration of innocence and not only the settlers’ unfounded accusations. At 3pm the detained Palestinian was release and free to go back home.
The well from which the children were drawing water, lies between the illegal settlement of Carmel and Ma’on, This an area where the Palestinian population are constantly subjected to harassment, acts which prevent them from accessing their own land.
The coordinator of the Committee said: “The South Hebron Hills Popular Struggle Committee watches all violations of the human rights in the area, and we respond with non-violent direct actions.”
Operation Dove has maintained an international presence in At-Tuwani and the South Hebron Hills since 2004. Related
A Palestinian shepherd and a group of children were drawing water from a Palestinian owned well nearby the illegal settlement of Carmel. While they were crossing the bypass road 317, settlers saw them and immediately called the Israeli soldiers. When the army arrived, they stopped and detained the only adult in the group of shepherds, and accused him of throwing stones in the direction of the road.
At about 2pm, when Palestinians from the South Hebron Hills Popular Resistance Committee and international volunteers arrived, the shepherd was handcuffed by a plastic band and had been waiting an hour in the sun for the police to arrive.
After asking for explanations from the soldiers, a Palestinian member of the Popular Struggle Committee released the hands of the shepherd, cutting the handcuffs to allow him to pray. Palestinians and internationals reiterated to the soldiers their duty to show evidence and to consider the shepherd’s declaration of innocence and not only the settlers’ unfounded accusations. At 3pm the detained Palestinian was release and free to go back home.
The well from which the children were drawing water, lies between the illegal settlement of Carmel and Ma’on, This an area where the Palestinian population are constantly subjected to harassment, acts which prevent them from accessing their own land.
The coordinator of the Committee said: “The South Hebron Hills Popular Struggle Committee watches all violations of the human rights in the area, and we respond with non-violent direct actions.”
Operation Dove has maintained an international presence in At-Tuwani and the South Hebron Hills since 2004. Related
Israeli forces detained a 17-year-old Palestinian after assaulting and injuring him in his head, face and hands, a Palestinian Prisoner’s Society lawyer said.
PPS lawyer Anan Khader, who visited the detainee, Taher Ziad Taher Aqraa, at Huwwara detention center, said that Israeli forces fired tear-gas canisters at Aqraa while he was watering his family’s plants in Qalqiliya, assaulted him with the butts of their rifles and boots, and hit him in the head, face and body.
The lawyer added that Aqraa was moved near a settlement for treatment and would later be taken for interrogation.
The director of the PPS highlighted that these assaults against Palestinians and especially minors are “barbarian” and that Israel does not respect laws or the rights of children.
PPS lawyer Anan Khader, who visited the detainee, Taher Ziad Taher Aqraa, at Huwwara detention center, said that Israeli forces fired tear-gas canisters at Aqraa while he was watering his family’s plants in Qalqiliya, assaulted him with the butts of their rifles and boots, and hit him in the head, face and body.
The lawyer added that Aqraa was moved near a settlement for treatment and would later be taken for interrogation.
The director of the PPS highlighted that these assaults against Palestinians and especially minors are “barbarian” and that Israel does not respect laws or the rights of children.
Israel is trying to "cover up" its failure to locate three missing Israeli youths by announcing names of suspects they believe are involved, Hamas said Friday.
Spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that Israel is in a state of "confusion" and is trying to detract from its failure to make progress in finding the youths by naming suspects.
On Thursday, Israel named Marwan al-Qawasmeh, 29, and Amer Abu Eisha, 33, as the two main suspects behind the kidnapping of three Israeli youths on June 12.
Israel's Shin Bet said they had been jailed in the past for taking part in "terrorist activity on behalf of Hamas."
Speaking to Ma'an, Abu Eisha's father denied the allegations and said the family is worried that he has been detained and is being tortured by Israeli security forces.
Spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that Israel is in a state of "confusion" and is trying to detract from its failure to make progress in finding the youths by naming suspects.
On Thursday, Israel named Marwan al-Qawasmeh, 29, and Amer Abu Eisha, 33, as the two main suspects behind the kidnapping of three Israeli youths on June 12.
Israel's Shin Bet said they had been jailed in the past for taking part in "terrorist activity on behalf of Hamas."
Speaking to Ma'an, Abu Eisha's father denied the allegations and said the family is worried that he has been detained and is being tortured by Israeli security forces.
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The father of one of the suspects named by Israel as being behind the disappearance of three Israeli youths has denied that his son was involved in the suspected kidnapping.
Family of kidnap suspect deny Israeli accusations On Thursday, Israel named Marwan al-Qawasmeh, 29, and Amer Abu Eisha, 33, as the two main suspects behind the kidnapping of three Israeli youths on June 12. Israel's Shin Bet said they had been jailed in the past for taking part in "terrorist activity on behalf of Hamas." Speaking to Ma'an, Abu Eisha's father denied the allegations and said the family is worried that that he has been detained and is being tortured by Israeli security forces. |
"The occupation kidnapped my son Amer and I'm afraid they will kill him and say that they killed the terrorist and saved the settlers," Omar Abu Eisha said.
"I have not yet grasped that Amer and Marwan could kidnap three settlers from the most dangerous security square in Etzion. These are Israeli fabrications, whose goal could be is to strike Hamas in the West Bank and strike the national reconciliation," he added.
Omar Abu Eisha said that he was with his son Amer at a social event the night the three Israelis went missing, but said that later on in the night he could not find his son and he has been missing ever since.
"He told his wife that he might be away for two days for work in al-Eizariya, but he has not called and I am certain that Israel has kidnapped and hid him," he said.
Omar Abu Eisha told Ma'an that his son was "working hard and saving money" to build a new house.
The family of Marwan al-Qawasmeh refused to be interviewed or comment on the Israeli accusations.
Eisha was first arrested in Nov. 2005 and was held without trial or charge by Israeli forces until June 2006. He was re-arrested in April 2007 for a short period of time.
Eisha's brother was shot dead by Israeli forces in Nov. 2005 while ostensibly trying to "throw an explosive" at them, and his father had been arrested by Israel multiple times.
After the Israeli teens disappeared while hitchhiking in the West Bank, the army launched a vast hunt for them focusing on the Hebron area.
Israeli forces initially accused Hamas of the kidnapping, which it vigorously denied, and authorities vowed to "crush" the Palestinian political and militant group.
More than 120 Palestinians have been injured in the military operation, which Israel dubbed "Brother's Keeper," and more than 1,350 homes and offices, including numerous universities, have been raided.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said on Thursday that 566 Palestinians have been detained in the campaign, including 12 members of parliament.
"I have not yet grasped that Amer and Marwan could kidnap three settlers from the most dangerous security square in Etzion. These are Israeli fabrications, whose goal could be is to strike Hamas in the West Bank and strike the national reconciliation," he added.
Omar Abu Eisha said that he was with his son Amer at a social event the night the three Israelis went missing, but said that later on in the night he could not find his son and he has been missing ever since.
"He told his wife that he might be away for two days for work in al-Eizariya, but he has not called and I am certain that Israel has kidnapped and hid him," he said.
Omar Abu Eisha told Ma'an that his son was "working hard and saving money" to build a new house.
The family of Marwan al-Qawasmeh refused to be interviewed or comment on the Israeli accusations.
Eisha was first arrested in Nov. 2005 and was held without trial or charge by Israeli forces until June 2006. He was re-arrested in April 2007 for a short period of time.
Eisha's brother was shot dead by Israeli forces in Nov. 2005 while ostensibly trying to "throw an explosive" at them, and his father had been arrested by Israel multiple times.
After the Israeli teens disappeared while hitchhiking in the West Bank, the army launched a vast hunt for them focusing on the Hebron area.
Israeli forces initially accused Hamas of the kidnapping, which it vigorously denied, and authorities vowed to "crush" the Palestinian political and militant group.
More than 120 Palestinians have been injured in the military operation, which Israel dubbed "Brother's Keeper," and more than 1,350 homes and offices, including numerous universities, have been raided.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said on Thursday that 566 Palestinians have been detained in the campaign, including 12 members of parliament.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the number of Palestinians, kidnapped by the Israeli Army in the last two weeks, has arrived to 576.
The PPS stated that the soldiers have kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, ten Palestinians in the southern West bank city of Hebron, while at least ten were injured in the attack.
It stated that Hebron witnessed the largest and most aggressive invasions and arrests, and that the soldiers kidnapped in 211 Palestinians in the district.
The soldiers also kidnapped 90 Palestinians in the Nablus district, 79 in Bethlehem, 56 in Jenin, 52 in Ramallah, 36 in Jerusalem, 24 in Tulkarem, 13 in Qalqilia, 2 in Tubas, 2 in Salfit, and 1 in Jericho.
The army stormed and ransacked hundreds of Palestinian homes, and property causing excessive property damage.
The PPS stated that the soldiers have kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, ten Palestinians in the southern West bank city of Hebron, while at least ten were injured in the attack.
It stated that Hebron witnessed the largest and most aggressive invasions and arrests, and that the soldiers kidnapped in 211 Palestinians in the district.
The soldiers also kidnapped 90 Palestinians in the Nablus district, 79 in Bethlehem, 56 in Jenin, 52 in Ramallah, 36 in Jerusalem, 24 in Tulkarem, 13 in Qalqilia, 2 in Tubas, 2 in Salfit, and 1 in Jericho.
The army stormed and ransacked hundreds of Palestinian homes, and property causing excessive property damage.
The Maan News Agency has reported that two Palestinian detainees are ongoing with their hunger strike despite the understanding reached between representatives of the detainees, and the Israeli Authorities.
Maan said detainee Ayman Tbeish, who started his hunger strike three months ago, and is held at the Ichilov Medical center, is still striking.
He started his strike before Administrative Detainees went on strike.
The second detainee is Mousa Raed; he joined the strike a month ago.
Maan stated the Israeli Prison Authority confirmed to Maariv Israeli paper, that the two detainees are still on hunger strike.
Maan said detainee Ayman Tbeish, who started his hunger strike three months ago, and is held at the Ichilov Medical center, is still striking.
He started his strike before Administrative Detainees went on strike.
The second detainee is Mousa Raed; he joined the strike a month ago.
Maan stated the Israeli Prison Authority confirmed to Maariv Israeli paper, that the two detainees are still on hunger strike.
Hebron Home Ransacked By Israeli Soldiers
A number of fanatic Israeli settlers, and soldiers, stormed late on Thursday at night a number of homes belong to members of the al-Ja’bary family in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, wounding several Palestinians, including children, and kidnapping ten.
Local sources said the invaders stormed homes in the al-Ras neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city, and assaulted the families.
Medical sources said several children were among the wounded, and that all injured Palestinians have been moved to the Hebron Governmental Hospital, suffering mild-to-moderate injuries.
Resident Bassam al-Ja’bary told the Maan News Agency that dozens of settlers, accompanied by a large number of Israeli soldiers, stormed the homes, and assaulted the families.
He added that the soldiers were holding knives, waving them close to the children, and threatened for kill them.
When the family tried to stop them, the army kidnapped approximately ten Palestinians.
Local medics arrived at the scene and moved the following residents to the local Hebron Hospital:
Hoda Bassam al-Ja’bary - suffered a cut in her arm by a soldier carrying an army knife, Noura Fahd al-Ja’bary, Dalal Mohammad al-Ja’bary, Thareefa Mohammad al-Ja’bary, Eid Bassam al-Ja’bary, Morad Mohammad Fahd al-Ja’bary, Nasser Fahd al-Ja’bary, Rami Mohammad Sa’id al-Ja’bary; most of them are children.
Bassam identified some of the kidnapped Palestinians as Fahd Nasser al-Ja’bary, Fares Nasser al-Ja’bary, Tha’er Nasser al-Ja’bary, Makroom Nasser al-Ja’bary, and Radi Bassam al-Ja’bary.
He said the soldiers assaulted the kidnapped family members, taking them prisoner while they were still bleeding.
10 wounded as Israeli settlers, soldiers attack Hebron family
Israeli settlers accompanied by soldiers early Friday raided a Palestinian home in Hebron and assaulted ten members of a family, who were mostly children, before soldiers detained ten other individuals from the house.
Settlers from the Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron attacked houses belonging to the al-Jaabari family in al-Ras neighborhood of central Hebron while they were escorted by a large number of soldiers.
The family told Ma'an that "soldiers tried to kill the innocent children with a dagger, and when the family fought back they detained some of them."
The injured were taken to Hebron Public Hospital in ambulances and private cars. Most of the those wounded in the assault were children.
Among the 10 individuals were: Huda Bassam al-Jaabari, Noura Fahd al-Jaabari, Dalal Muhammad al-Jaabari, Tharifa Muhammad al-Jaabari, Eid Bassam al-Jaabari, Murad Muhammad Fahd al-Jaabari, Nasser Fahd al-Jaabari and Rami Muhammad Said al-Jaabari.
Their injuries were reported as light and moderate.
Israeli forces also detained 10 individuals from the family during the assault, including: Fahd Nasser al-Jaabari, Fares Nasser al-Jaabari, Thair Nasser al-Jaabari, Makroum Nasser al-Jaabari and Radi Bassam al-Jaabari.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that a "clash" had ocurred between the settlers and Palestinians in which "mutual rock-hurling took place."
She added that when Israeli soldiers arrived to "disperse the riot, Palestinians started throwing rocks and tried to seize their weapons."
She said that two soldiers were injured by Palestinians, while eight Palestinians were detained by the soldiers in the course of the riot.
No Israeli settlers were detained, however.
The Jaabari family lives on land directly beside the Jewish settlement areas of Kiryat Arba and Givat Haavot.
The family used to live in the area of Givat Haavot, before they were evicted in order to make way for the Jewish-only settlement.
The family is regularly subjected to harassment by local settlers who seek to expand areas under their control, and the army has rarely acted on family complaints about the incidents.
A number of fanatic Israeli settlers, and soldiers, stormed late on Thursday at night a number of homes belong to members of the al-Ja’bary family in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, wounding several Palestinians, including children, and kidnapping ten.
Local sources said the invaders stormed homes in the al-Ras neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city, and assaulted the families.
Medical sources said several children were among the wounded, and that all injured Palestinians have been moved to the Hebron Governmental Hospital, suffering mild-to-moderate injuries.
Resident Bassam al-Ja’bary told the Maan News Agency that dozens of settlers, accompanied by a large number of Israeli soldiers, stormed the homes, and assaulted the families.
He added that the soldiers were holding knives, waving them close to the children, and threatened for kill them.
When the family tried to stop them, the army kidnapped approximately ten Palestinians.
Local medics arrived at the scene and moved the following residents to the local Hebron Hospital:
Hoda Bassam al-Ja’bary - suffered a cut in her arm by a soldier carrying an army knife, Noura Fahd al-Ja’bary, Dalal Mohammad al-Ja’bary, Thareefa Mohammad al-Ja’bary, Eid Bassam al-Ja’bary, Morad Mohammad Fahd al-Ja’bary, Nasser Fahd al-Ja’bary, Rami Mohammad Sa’id al-Ja’bary; most of them are children.
Bassam identified some of the kidnapped Palestinians as Fahd Nasser al-Ja’bary, Fares Nasser al-Ja’bary, Tha’er Nasser al-Ja’bary, Makroom Nasser al-Ja’bary, and Radi Bassam al-Ja’bary.
He said the soldiers assaulted the kidnapped family members, taking them prisoner while they were still bleeding.
10 wounded as Israeli settlers, soldiers attack Hebron family
Israeli settlers accompanied by soldiers early Friday raided a Palestinian home in Hebron and assaulted ten members of a family, who were mostly children, before soldiers detained ten other individuals from the house.
Settlers from the Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron attacked houses belonging to the al-Jaabari family in al-Ras neighborhood of central Hebron while they were escorted by a large number of soldiers.
The family told Ma'an that "soldiers tried to kill the innocent children with a dagger, and when the family fought back they detained some of them."
The injured were taken to Hebron Public Hospital in ambulances and private cars. Most of the those wounded in the assault were children.
Among the 10 individuals were: Huda Bassam al-Jaabari, Noura Fahd al-Jaabari, Dalal Muhammad al-Jaabari, Tharifa Muhammad al-Jaabari, Eid Bassam al-Jaabari, Murad Muhammad Fahd al-Jaabari, Nasser Fahd al-Jaabari and Rami Muhammad Said al-Jaabari.
Their injuries were reported as light and moderate.
Israeli forces also detained 10 individuals from the family during the assault, including: Fahd Nasser al-Jaabari, Fares Nasser al-Jaabari, Thair Nasser al-Jaabari, Makroum Nasser al-Jaabari and Radi Bassam al-Jaabari.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that a "clash" had ocurred between the settlers and Palestinians in which "mutual rock-hurling took place."
She added that when Israeli soldiers arrived to "disperse the riot, Palestinians started throwing rocks and tried to seize their weapons."
She said that two soldiers were injured by Palestinians, while eight Palestinians were detained by the soldiers in the course of the riot.
No Israeli settlers were detained, however.
The Jaabari family lives on land directly beside the Jewish settlement areas of Kiryat Arba and Givat Haavot.
The family used to live in the area of Givat Haavot, before they were evicted in order to make way for the Jewish-only settlement.
The family is regularly subjected to harassment by local settlers who seek to expand areas under their control, and the army has rarely acted on family complaints about the incidents.
Israeli forces raided several Palestinian-owned shops, today, in the village of Bataʻa Ash-Sahrqiya, to the south of Jenin, provoking residents and inciting further violence, according to security sources.
During the raid, forces ransacked several shops and seized the contents of a shoe store, according to WAFA Palestinian News and Info Agency.
Following the assault, clashes erupted in which soldiers fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades toward residents.
Several locals suffered from tear gas inhalation, and two Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces.
The city of Jenin, known in ancient times as "Ein-Jenin", overlooks the Jordan Valley and is part of the internationally recognized Palestinian Territory occupied by Israel since 1967.
During the raid, forces ransacked several shops and seized the contents of a shoe store, according to WAFA Palestinian News and Info Agency.
Following the assault, clashes erupted in which soldiers fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades toward residents.
Several locals suffered from tear gas inhalation, and two Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces.
The city of Jenin, known in ancient times as "Ein-Jenin", overlooks the Jordan Valley and is part of the internationally recognized Palestinian Territory occupied by Israel since 1967.
