11 june 2014
Palestinian prisoners taking part in a hunger strike in Israeli jails in protest against their indefinite detention without charge have said they intend to donate their organs if they die, highlighting the rapid deterioration of their condition.
The hunger strikers, who are now on their 49th day without food, said in a letter that "despite the pains of hunger which have impaired some of our organs, we still have some usable organs despite looming death."
Since April 24 around 125 prisoners have been on hunger strike, while hundreds more have joined in the weeks since. All of th eoriginal hunger-strikers have been since taken to hospitals.
"Looking forward to continue with our sacrifice even after death, we will donate our usable organs to be given to those Palestinians striving (for the cause), and the poor and oppressed people who may need them," adding that they planned to sign a statement of consent when Red Cross Committee members came to visit.
The hunger-strikers also called for increased popular and official support for their cause, urging the Palestinian people to remain "loyal to our blood and to that of the other martyrs who fell before us."
"These are not just words that we say casually, but rather real revolutionary practices which know no hesitation nor weakness."
"The soldiers who have been fighting our fascist enemy with their bodies deserve a show of support to prevent expected bloodshed which won’t stop before we realize our just demands," urging the public to rally behind them.
Around 125 prisoners launched a hunger strike on April 24 in protest against Israel's continued use of detention without trial despite a 2012 promise to limit the use of administrative detention to exceptional cases.
That promise came as a result of a hunger strike involving more than 2,000 Palestinians that brought many to the brink of death.
Palestinians held in administrative detention are often held without charge or trial for months and without access to the evidence leading to their detention, even though international law stipulates this tactic only be used in exceptional circumstances.
Over 800,000 Palestinians have been detained since 1967, with 5,224 currently being held in Israeli prisons, according to the PLO.
The hunger strikers, who are now on their 49th day without food, said in a letter that "despite the pains of hunger which have impaired some of our organs, we still have some usable organs despite looming death."
Since April 24 around 125 prisoners have been on hunger strike, while hundreds more have joined in the weeks since. All of th eoriginal hunger-strikers have been since taken to hospitals.
"Looking forward to continue with our sacrifice even after death, we will donate our usable organs to be given to those Palestinians striving (for the cause), and the poor and oppressed people who may need them," adding that they planned to sign a statement of consent when Red Cross Committee members came to visit.
The hunger-strikers also called for increased popular and official support for their cause, urging the Palestinian people to remain "loyal to our blood and to that of the other martyrs who fell before us."
"These are not just words that we say casually, but rather real revolutionary practices which know no hesitation nor weakness."
"The soldiers who have been fighting our fascist enemy with their bodies deserve a show of support to prevent expected bloodshed which won’t stop before we realize our just demands," urging the public to rally behind them.
Around 125 prisoners launched a hunger strike on April 24 in protest against Israel's continued use of detention without trial despite a 2012 promise to limit the use of administrative detention to exceptional cases.
That promise came as a result of a hunger strike involving more than 2,000 Palestinians that brought many to the brink of death.
Palestinians held in administrative detention are often held without charge or trial for months and without access to the evidence leading to their detention, even though international law stipulates this tactic only be used in exceptional circumstances.
Over 800,000 Palestinians have been detained since 1967, with 5,224 currently being held in Israeli prisons, according to the PLO.
The Israeli forces arrested five citizens on Wednesday night during the violent clashes that broke out in the village of Esawyeh after the Israeli forces raided houses and commercial stores in the village.
Locals informed Wadi Hilweh Information Center the names of the detainees, they are: 44-year old Lofty Khalil Dari, 38-year old Ali Dirbas, 19-year old Mohammad Rajab Obeid, Yaser Darwish and Mohammad Jibril Darwish.
The residents said that large Israeli forces raided the village and established checkpoints in several neighbourhoods resulting in violent clashes where the forces fired sound grenades and rubber bullets towards the residents.
Locals added that the forces broke into the residential houses and assaulted the residents including men, women and children and arrested some of them.
Locals informed Wadi Hilweh Information Center the names of the detainees, they are: 44-year old Lofty Khalil Dari, 38-year old Ali Dirbas, 19-year old Mohammad Rajab Obeid, Yaser Darwish and Mohammad Jibril Darwish.
The residents said that large Israeli forces raided the village and established checkpoints in several neighbourhoods resulting in violent clashes where the forces fired sound grenades and rubber bullets towards the residents.
Locals added that the forces broke into the residential houses and assaulted the residents including men, women and children and arrested some of them.
The Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of 10 Jerusalemites where most of them were children in order to continue investigating them.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of Anas Darwish, Nadim Obeid and Mahmoud Ramadan Obeid until Thursday, and Ramzi Takkash who was injured with a rubber bullet in his stomach until Friday; note that they were all arrested on Tuesday night from the village of Esawyeh.
The judge also extended the arrest of Mohammad Zuheikeh, Ibrahim Yamani and Salim Tawil until Thursday.
The public prosecution submitted an indictment which included charges of assaulting a settler against Yousef Haleisi from Silwan.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the judge also extended the arrest of Mohammad Issa Al-Qaq until Thursday.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of Anas Darwish, Nadim Obeid and Mahmoud Ramadan Obeid until Thursday, and Ramzi Takkash who was injured with a rubber bullet in his stomach until Friday; note that they were all arrested on Tuesday night from the village of Esawyeh.
The judge also extended the arrest of Mohammad Zuheikeh, Ibrahim Yamani and Salim Tawil until Thursday.
The public prosecution submitted an indictment which included charges of assaulting a settler against Yousef Haleisi from Silwan.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the judge also extended the arrest of Mohammad Issa Al-Qaq until Thursday.
Israeli forces kidnapped nine Palestinians on Wednesday, including four minors from West Bank cities of Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus and Jenin.
Palestinian security sources have reported that the Israeli army raided al-Aroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, where two Palestinian youth were abducted after soldiers broke into their parents’ homes.
The PNN has identified the youth as: Mohammad Jawabreh, 17 years old, and Ibrahim al-Balasi, 19 years old.
Furthermore, several shops in Hebron were raided as soldiers set up checkpoints at the main entrance of the city, where they stopped vehicles and inspected passenger IDs.
In the Bethlehem district, Israeli soldiers kidnapped three children from Taqu’ after breaking into their parents’ homes.
The children were identified as: Ahmad Khaled al-Omour, age 14, (two brothers) Kariem and Mousa, aged 18 and 15 years old, and one Mohammad al-Omour.
In the northern West Bank, Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinian youth from the city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp, located east of of the city.
The youth were identified as: Mahmoud Fathi al-Jbali, 20 years old, Suliman Abu-Asab, 23, and Iyad Subhi al-Wazeer, age 20.
Forces also arrested the former prisoner Jamil Abed el-Latif Nabhan, 25 years old, from Jenin refugee camp, after raiding his parents' home, according to the PNN. Since 1967, Israel has imprisoned over 800,000 Palestinians, including children.
Palestinian security sources have reported that the Israeli army raided al-Aroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, where two Palestinian youth were abducted after soldiers broke into their parents’ homes.
The PNN has identified the youth as: Mohammad Jawabreh, 17 years old, and Ibrahim al-Balasi, 19 years old.
Furthermore, several shops in Hebron were raided as soldiers set up checkpoints at the main entrance of the city, where they stopped vehicles and inspected passenger IDs.
In the Bethlehem district, Israeli soldiers kidnapped three children from Taqu’ after breaking into their parents’ homes.
The children were identified as: Ahmad Khaled al-Omour, age 14, (two brothers) Kariem and Mousa, aged 18 and 15 years old, and one Mohammad al-Omour.
In the northern West Bank, Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinian youth from the city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp, located east of of the city.
The youth were identified as: Mahmoud Fathi al-Jbali, 20 years old, Suliman Abu-Asab, 23, and Iyad Subhi al-Wazeer, age 20.
Forces also arrested the former prisoner Jamil Abed el-Latif Nabhan, 25 years old, from Jenin refugee camp, after raiding his parents' home, according to the PNN. Since 1967, Israel has imprisoned over 800,000 Palestinians, including children.
A protester wears tape on his mouth reading “water and salt” during a rally in solidarity with hunger striking prisoners at al-Aroub refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, 31 July
On Wednesday afternoon, IPS unit "Massada" stormed Ward No. 6 of the Negev prison where a number of Palestinian hunger strikers are being held.
Local media reported the storming force searched the section and tampered with its contents, according to Al Ray.
There are currently 183 Palestinians under administrative detention, 9 of them members of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
In response, a mass hunger strike among Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails continues for the 49th day in a row, as detainees demand the end of Israel's policy of administrative detention, in which Palestinians are abducted and detained under harsh conditions without charge or trial.
Some hunger strikers, mainly the elders and those suffering illnesses, were recently transferred to Tal HaShomer Hospital, after their health conditions deteriorated.
See related article: Striking Detainees: “We Live In Graves, Isolated And Denied Basic Rights”
On Wednesday afternoon, IPS unit "Massada" stormed Ward No. 6 of the Negev prison where a number of Palestinian hunger strikers are being held.
Local media reported the storming force searched the section and tampered with its contents, according to Al Ray.
There are currently 183 Palestinians under administrative detention, 9 of them members of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
In response, a mass hunger strike among Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails continues for the 49th day in a row, as detainees demand the end of Israel's policy of administrative detention, in which Palestinians are abducted and detained under harsh conditions without charge or trial.
Some hunger strikers, mainly the elders and those suffering illnesses, were recently transferred to Tal HaShomer Hospital, after their health conditions deteriorated.
See related article: Striking Detainees: “We Live In Graves, Isolated And Denied Basic Rights”
The Israeli Health Ministry has turned down appeals to allow doctors’ access into Israeli jails, where the Palestinian hunger-striking detainees have been starving for 49 days in a row, the Haaretz newspaper said on Wednesday. The Israeli Ministry of Health is taking on board the standpoints of the Shabak security apparatuses and those of Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu in running prisoners’ affairs, Haaretz further stated.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has repeatedly turned down the appeals of the Doctors for Human Rights organization along with the prisoners’ lawyers and families to allow doctors’ access into the Israeli detention centers, the newspaper added.
According to the same source, the visit-bans stand in sharp contrast to the laws issued by the Israeli health ministry, declaring such bars illegal.
The IPS has been endowed with all prerogatives to manipulate the visit-bans or passes in the way it sees fit, even when it comes to hospitalized prisoner cases.
“Several affidavits by the prisoner patients bear witness to the atrocious mistreatments the latter have been subject to at Israeli hospitals. Scores among them are chained, hand and feet, to their beds,” members of the Doctors for Human Rights association reported.
Israeli Doctors Banned from Visiting Hunger Strikers
PLO seeks UN intervention
The Israeli Ministry of Health has placed severe restrictions on visits to hospitalized detainees by private doctors, according to Hebrew newspaper Haaretz.
Prompted by Shin Bet Israeli security service and PM Netanyahu, the Ministry is now “rejecting dozens of requests from Doctors for Human Rights, the strikers’ lawyers and members of their families that independent doctors be allowed to visit and assess the hunger strikers’ condition.”
According to Al Ray, the Prisoner's Club Society has recently stated that the 13 hospitalized “hunger strikers suffer stomach bleeding” and are being “compromised by the IPS to halt their strike in exchange for medical treatment.”
The hunger strike by Palestinian detainees, in mass protest of Israel's ongoing Administrative Detention policy, continues for the 49th day in a row.
Palestinian leadership is now urgently requesting the UN to intervene on behalf of the 130 prisoners who are on continuous hunger strike in Israeli jails.
According to Ma'an News Agency, the PLO's chief negotiator called on members of the UN Security Council, in an official letter "to pressure Israel into annulling its policy of administrative detention and to condition deepening bi-lateral ties with Israel on its fulfillment of obligations as an occupying power".
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has repeatedly turned down the appeals of the Doctors for Human Rights organization along with the prisoners’ lawyers and families to allow doctors’ access into the Israeli detention centers, the newspaper added.
According to the same source, the visit-bans stand in sharp contrast to the laws issued by the Israeli health ministry, declaring such bars illegal.
The IPS has been endowed with all prerogatives to manipulate the visit-bans or passes in the way it sees fit, even when it comes to hospitalized prisoner cases.
“Several affidavits by the prisoner patients bear witness to the atrocious mistreatments the latter have been subject to at Israeli hospitals. Scores among them are chained, hand and feet, to their beds,” members of the Doctors for Human Rights association reported.
Israeli Doctors Banned from Visiting Hunger Strikers
PLO seeks UN intervention
The Israeli Ministry of Health has placed severe restrictions on visits to hospitalized detainees by private doctors, according to Hebrew newspaper Haaretz.
Prompted by Shin Bet Israeli security service and PM Netanyahu, the Ministry is now “rejecting dozens of requests from Doctors for Human Rights, the strikers’ lawyers and members of their families that independent doctors be allowed to visit and assess the hunger strikers’ condition.”
According to Al Ray, the Prisoner's Club Society has recently stated that the 13 hospitalized “hunger strikers suffer stomach bleeding” and are being “compromised by the IPS to halt their strike in exchange for medical treatment.”
The hunger strike by Palestinian detainees, in mass protest of Israel's ongoing Administrative Detention policy, continues for the 49th day in a row.
Palestinian leadership is now urgently requesting the UN to intervene on behalf of the 130 prisoners who are on continuous hunger strike in Israeli jails.
According to Ma'an News Agency, the PLO's chief negotiator called on members of the UN Security Council, in an official letter "to pressure Israel into annulling its policy of administrative detention and to condition deepening bi-lateral ties with Israel on its fulfillment of obligations as an occupying power".
Palestinian administrative detainees continued their hunger strike for 49 days in a row demanding an end to their illegal administrative detention. The Israeli Prison Service has taken punitive measures against several hunger strikers to force them to end their strike, and isolated many of them in special cells and hospital rooms.
Hunger strikers' families have called for intensifying popular events and sit-ins in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners' protest steps.
Meanwhile, human rights sources confirmed that 5000 Palestinian detainees are expected to join the hunger strike in solidarity with their fellows.
Following his visit to Gilboa prison on Tuesday, head of Palestinian Prisoner Society Jawad Boulos said that the Palestinian prisoners threatened to declare a collective hunger strike in all Israeli prisons and detention centers in case the IPS continued to refuse meeting their demands.
Despite Israeli escalated sanctions imposed against hunger strikers, Palestinian prisoners confirmed their determination to continue their protest steps, Boulos.
Boulos pointed out that 5 prisoners were transferred to different prisons after joining the open-ended hunger strike.
Administrative detention is the detention of an individual for a long period of time without trial or charge as a preventive action "to assure security."
Although international law restricts the use of administrative detention, Israeli occupation authorities regularly use the administrative detention policy under which thousands of Palestinians are detained without charge or trial in total violation of international laws and conventions.
The Israeli authorities use ‘administrative detention’ to suppress Palestinian people. The administrative detainee's detention is completely illegal with both his lawyers and family members are denied permission to visit him.
The occupation authorities started using administrative detention since the occupation of Palestine in 1948.
Hunger strikers' families have called for intensifying popular events and sit-ins in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners' protest steps.
Meanwhile, human rights sources confirmed that 5000 Palestinian detainees are expected to join the hunger strike in solidarity with their fellows.
Following his visit to Gilboa prison on Tuesday, head of Palestinian Prisoner Society Jawad Boulos said that the Palestinian prisoners threatened to declare a collective hunger strike in all Israeli prisons and detention centers in case the IPS continued to refuse meeting their demands.
Despite Israeli escalated sanctions imposed against hunger strikers, Palestinian prisoners confirmed their determination to continue their protest steps, Boulos.
Boulos pointed out that 5 prisoners were transferred to different prisons after joining the open-ended hunger strike.
Administrative detention is the detention of an individual for a long period of time without trial or charge as a preventive action "to assure security."
Although international law restricts the use of administrative detention, Israeli occupation authorities regularly use the administrative detention policy under which thousands of Palestinians are detained without charge or trial in total violation of international laws and conventions.
The Israeli authorities use ‘administrative detention’ to suppress Palestinian people. The administrative detainee's detention is completely illegal with both his lawyers and family members are denied permission to visit him.
The occupation authorities started using administrative detention since the occupation of Palestine in 1948.
The Palestinian detainee Ayman Atabish, sentenced administratively to 6 months with neither charge nor trial, has been without food for 104 days. Meanwhile, the European Network for Human Rights has slammed the quasi-official unresponsiveness of Palestinian officials. Prisoner Atabish vowed to keep going until all of his fair demands are met at a time when his family has revealed serious concerns over their son’s health status due to the critical cardiovascular disorders the latter has gone through.
Prisoner Atabish, an al-Khalil native, was arrested by the Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) 5 times, during which he initiated three hunger strikes.
Atabish is hospitalized at Assaf HaRofeh medical center, where he has been diagnosed with critical health problems including stomachaches, renal diseases, and breathing difficulties, media sources reported.
Atabish had already been, a year ago, on hunger strike for 105 days, that ended with IOA’s promises to set him free. However, the detainee renewed his strike as the IOA reneged on its release promises and extended his administrative detention period.
In a related context, the European Network for Human Rights denounced the remarkable lack of commitment revealed by the Palestinian Authority regarding the administrative hunger strikers, without food for 49 days in a row. No considerable official reaction has been staged so far, nationally or overseas.
“The Israeli retaliatory measures, which have been on the rise in such a systematically regular basis, aim at dashing the prisoners’ hopes. The Israeli occupation opted for force-feeding for fear of projected casualties among the hunger strikers and the international uproar that they might trigger throughout,” the European Network said in a statement.
The European Network called on the Palestinian Authority to take on their responsibilities, which have not been up to the prisoners’ sacrifices so far, and urged the international community to intervene so as to save the lives of hundreds of hunger-striking prisoners.
The Human Rights Network spoke against the unsatisfactory position of the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, who called on the IOA to set the prisoners free or else let the world see what charges have they been held for, describing his position as "not enough".
The Palestinian administrative detainees locked up in Israeli jails have initiated the “Battle of the Empty Stomachs” for 49 days in a row to protest Israeli arbitrary detention and torture policies. Solitary confinement, coercion, misappropriation of their rights to education, and visit-bans are among the Israeli torture-means targeting the Palestinian captives on a permanent basis.
Prisoner Atabish, an al-Khalil native, was arrested by the Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) 5 times, during which he initiated three hunger strikes.
Atabish is hospitalized at Assaf HaRofeh medical center, where he has been diagnosed with critical health problems including stomachaches, renal diseases, and breathing difficulties, media sources reported.
Atabish had already been, a year ago, on hunger strike for 105 days, that ended with IOA’s promises to set him free. However, the detainee renewed his strike as the IOA reneged on its release promises and extended his administrative detention period.
In a related context, the European Network for Human Rights denounced the remarkable lack of commitment revealed by the Palestinian Authority regarding the administrative hunger strikers, without food for 49 days in a row. No considerable official reaction has been staged so far, nationally or overseas.
“The Israeli retaliatory measures, which have been on the rise in such a systematically regular basis, aim at dashing the prisoners’ hopes. The Israeli occupation opted for force-feeding for fear of projected casualties among the hunger strikers and the international uproar that they might trigger throughout,” the European Network said in a statement.
The European Network called on the Palestinian Authority to take on their responsibilities, which have not been up to the prisoners’ sacrifices so far, and urged the international community to intervene so as to save the lives of hundreds of hunger-striking prisoners.
The Human Rights Network spoke against the unsatisfactory position of the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, who called on the IOA to set the prisoners free or else let the world see what charges have they been held for, describing his position as "not enough".
The Palestinian administrative detainees locked up in Israeli jails have initiated the “Battle of the Empty Stomachs” for 49 days in a row to protest Israeli arbitrary detention and torture policies. Solitary confinement, coercion, misappropriation of their rights to education, and visit-bans are among the Israeli torture-means targeting the Palestinian captives on a permanent basis.
Israeli policemen forcibly suppressed on Tuesday a peaceful march in occupied Jerusalem in solidarity with administrative detainees who declared hunger strike 49 days ago. Dozens of prisoners' families participated in the solidarity march outside the Red Cross headquarters in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood downtown occupied Jerusalem, holding up their detained sons' pictures, local sources said.
Large Israeli forces surrounded the protesters and suppressed the march after firing tear gas and sound bombs. Children, elderly men and women were brutally attacked and assaulted, head of the Jerusalemite prisoners' families committee Amjed Abu Assab said.
He added that occupation forces arrested member of the committee Ala al-Haddad after brutally beating him.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces continued to impose tight restrictions on Jerusalemite worshipers and Islamic students' entry to al-Aqsa Mosque and confiscated their identity cards.
Israeli forces callously attacked the worshipers while trying to have access to the mosque. As a result, children and women suffered breathing difficulties after inhaling tear gas.
The Foundation for maintaining al-Aqsa and holy shrines said that students of Islamic schools in al-Aqsa Mosque have staged a sit-in protesting the confiscation of their identity cards and the attack on children and women.
In a related context, 300 Jerusalemite students gathered at Magareba gate protesting Israeli settlers' attempts to storm al-Aqsa Mosque, the foundation added.
The Israeli police arrested Monday morning three students for protesting the brutal attack on children and worshipers, one of the detainees was later released.
Israeli restrictions came following Israeli settlers' break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday headed by extremist Rabbi Yehuda Glick where they deliberately provoked Palestinian worshipers inside the mosque who gathered and forced the settlers to leave al-Aqsa squares.
On the other hand, Aida Sidawi, 53, was released Sunday after being beaten and arrested on Saturday. She was released on bail in addition to being denied from having access to al-Aqsa Mosque for 30 days.
The foundation called for supporting Islamic students' steadfastness in al-Aqsa Mosque.
Large Israeli forces surrounded the protesters and suppressed the march after firing tear gas and sound bombs. Children, elderly men and women were brutally attacked and assaulted, head of the Jerusalemite prisoners' families committee Amjed Abu Assab said.
He added that occupation forces arrested member of the committee Ala al-Haddad after brutally beating him.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces continued to impose tight restrictions on Jerusalemite worshipers and Islamic students' entry to al-Aqsa Mosque and confiscated their identity cards.
Israeli forces callously attacked the worshipers while trying to have access to the mosque. As a result, children and women suffered breathing difficulties after inhaling tear gas.
The Foundation for maintaining al-Aqsa and holy shrines said that students of Islamic schools in al-Aqsa Mosque have staged a sit-in protesting the confiscation of their identity cards and the attack on children and women.
In a related context, 300 Jerusalemite students gathered at Magareba gate protesting Israeli settlers' attempts to storm al-Aqsa Mosque, the foundation added.
The Israeli police arrested Monday morning three students for protesting the brutal attack on children and worshipers, one of the detainees was later released.
Israeli restrictions came following Israeli settlers' break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday headed by extremist Rabbi Yehuda Glick where they deliberately provoked Palestinian worshipers inside the mosque who gathered and forced the settlers to leave al-Aqsa squares.
On the other hand, Aida Sidawi, 53, was released Sunday after being beaten and arrested on Saturday. She was released on bail in addition to being denied from having access to al-Aqsa Mosque for 30 days.
The foundation called for supporting Islamic students' steadfastness in al-Aqsa Mosque.
A series of home-attacks and arrest-campaigns was launched by the Israeli Occupation forces (IOF) at night Tuesday and earlu Wednesday following invasions into different areas of the West Bank. Scores of Palestinian civilians were left wounded or rounded up in the process. According to local sources, dozens of Israeli well-equipped patrols moved into al-Qaryoun neighborhood in Nablus city and rounded up the Palestinian civilian Mahmoud al-Jebali, before dragging him to an unidentified destination.
The Israeli patrols raked through Ras al-Ain area with no reports of arrests, other sources reported.
In a related context, the IOF broke into the Balata camp, to the east of Nablus, at dawn Wednesday and arrested the Palestinian ex-detainee Iyad Hamada, 24, after having rummaged through his home and reduced much of his property to rubble.
Iyad had already spent two years in Israeli jails and is a brother to a Palestinian detainee sentenced to 15 years in prison, Iyad’s family told a PIC correspondent.
The Palestinian young man Thaer Awda, a Hawara native, was also arrested at the Yitzhar crossroad.
In Jenin, the IOF arrested ex-detainee Jamil Abdul Latif Nabhan, 25, after having ransacked his home late on Tuesday night. Nabhan had spent 5 years behind Israeli bars, local sources reported.
In another event, scores of Palestinian youths were left severely wounded while 5 more youngsters, at least, were rounded up following IOF attacks on the al-Aroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, on Tuesday evening.
The Israeli attacks came as a response to a peaceful protest rally staged in solidarity with the Palestinian administrative hunger strikers, without food for 48 uninterrupted days.
The IOF fired rubber bullets, tear gas canisters, and sound bombs on the Palestinian non-violent demonstrators, local sources confirmed to a PIC reporter at the scene.
Severe injuries among many Palestinian civilians were documented throughout. Another Palestinian youth, at his twenties, was rushed to hospital after having been shot in his head, the sources further stated.
The five detained Palestinian young men were caught in an Israeli ambush set in the alleys of al-Aroub refugee camp.
The Israeli patrols raked through Ras al-Ain area with no reports of arrests, other sources reported.
In a related context, the IOF broke into the Balata camp, to the east of Nablus, at dawn Wednesday and arrested the Palestinian ex-detainee Iyad Hamada, 24, after having rummaged through his home and reduced much of his property to rubble.
Iyad had already spent two years in Israeli jails and is a brother to a Palestinian detainee sentenced to 15 years in prison, Iyad’s family told a PIC correspondent.
The Palestinian young man Thaer Awda, a Hawara native, was also arrested at the Yitzhar crossroad.
In Jenin, the IOF arrested ex-detainee Jamil Abdul Latif Nabhan, 25, after having ransacked his home late on Tuesday night. Nabhan had spent 5 years behind Israeli bars, local sources reported.
In another event, scores of Palestinian youths were left severely wounded while 5 more youngsters, at least, were rounded up following IOF attacks on the al-Aroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, on Tuesday evening.
The Israeli attacks came as a response to a peaceful protest rally staged in solidarity with the Palestinian administrative hunger strikers, without food for 48 uninterrupted days.
The IOF fired rubber bullets, tear gas canisters, and sound bombs on the Palestinian non-violent demonstrators, local sources confirmed to a PIC reporter at the scene.
Severe injuries among many Palestinian civilians were documented throughout. Another Palestinian youth, at his twenties, was rushed to hospital after having been shot in his head, the sources further stated.
The five detained Palestinian young men were caught in an Israeli ambush set in the alleys of al-Aroub refugee camp.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) on Tuesday pushed back the trial session of the Jordanian minor captive, Muhammad Mahdi, to July 7 and extended the detention period of the Palestinian female prisoner Mouna Qa’dan. “The Israeli courthouse has called off my son’s trial to the 7th of July,” Mahdi’s father said as he raised alarm bells over his son’s psychological disorders due to the continued Israeli deferment of hearing dates.
Mahdi’s father appealed to King Abdullah II of Jordan to ensure his son’s immediate release.
The Jordanian child Muhammad was rounded up on March 15, 2013 under unproven charges of having thrown stones at an Israeli patrol and is held without a hearing up to now.
In a related event, the Salem Court ruled on Tuesday for the extension of the detention period of the Palestinian female prisoner Mona Qa’dan, 42, for the 15th time in a row.
Mona, a Jenin native, has been diagnosed with psychological traumas and severe stomachaches due to the repeated adjournment of her trial, local sources reported.
Mrs. Qa’dan, a Palestinian activist, has been held in custody since December 13, 2012, after having already spent three years and a half in Israeli jails.
Mona is the wife of the Palestinian prisoner Ibrahim Ighbariya, from Umm al-Faham, sentenced to three life sentences
Mahdi’s father appealed to King Abdullah II of Jordan to ensure his son’s immediate release.
The Jordanian child Muhammad was rounded up on March 15, 2013 under unproven charges of having thrown stones at an Israeli patrol and is held without a hearing up to now.
In a related event, the Salem Court ruled on Tuesday for the extension of the detention period of the Palestinian female prisoner Mona Qa’dan, 42, for the 15th time in a row.
Mona, a Jenin native, has been diagnosed with psychological traumas and severe stomachaches due to the repeated adjournment of her trial, local sources reported.
Mrs. Qa’dan, a Palestinian activist, has been held in custody since December 13, 2012, after having already spent three years and a half in Israeli jails.
Mona is the wife of the Palestinian prisoner Ibrahim Ighbariya, from Umm al-Faham, sentenced to three life sentences
Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in overnight raids, security sources and an army spokesperson said.
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that several Israeli military vehicles entered the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank and that soldiers detained Mahmoud al-Jabali after ransacking his home.
Soldiers also raided Balata refugee camp in Nablus, arresting 25-year-old Iyad Subhi Abu Hamadah and 23-year-old Suleiman Abu Asab, the sources said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an three Palestinians were arrested in the West Bank overnight -- two in Nablus and one in Ramallah.
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that several Israeli military vehicles entered the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank and that soldiers detained Mahmoud al-Jabali after ransacking his home.
Soldiers also raided Balata refugee camp in Nablus, arresting 25-year-old Iyad Subhi Abu Hamadah and 23-year-old Suleiman Abu Asab, the sources said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an three Palestinians were arrested in the West Bank overnight -- two in Nablus and one in Ramallah.
Moussa Halayqeh 45
Lawyer Mahmoud Jabarin said that the hunger striker Moussa Halayqeh, 45, was transferred to Soroka hospital in Beersheba for treatment after his health deterioration. Halayqeh declared hunger strike 35 days ago in solidarity with administrative detainees including his son Qassam.
Jabarin managed to visit Qassam, 21, in Poriya hospital in Tiberias on Monday, where he suffers irregular heartbeat. He told him that his father was transferred to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba.
80 Palestinian hunger-striking detainees have been transferred to hospitals by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) ever since the hunger strike was initiated 48 days ago.
Halayqeh's wife, in her turn, expressed deep concern over her husband's health conditions especially that he suffers different health problems.
Halayqeh had spent 9 years in Israeli jails out of his 22-year sentence, while his son Qassam's administrative detention was extended a week ago for the fourth time in a row. He was arrested in April 2013.
Lawyer Mahmoud Jabarin said that the hunger striker Moussa Halayqeh, 45, was transferred to Soroka hospital in Beersheba for treatment after his health deterioration. Halayqeh declared hunger strike 35 days ago in solidarity with administrative detainees including his son Qassam.
Jabarin managed to visit Qassam, 21, in Poriya hospital in Tiberias on Monday, where he suffers irregular heartbeat. He told him that his father was transferred to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba.
80 Palestinian hunger-striking detainees have been transferred to hospitals by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) ever since the hunger strike was initiated 48 days ago.
Halayqeh's wife, in her turn, expressed deep concern over her husband's health conditions especially that he suffers different health problems.
Halayqeh had spent 9 years in Israeli jails out of his 22-year sentence, while his son Qassam's administrative detention was extended a week ago for the fourth time in a row. He was arrested in April 2013.
The Israeli Occupation authorities (IOA) blackmailed the Palestinian hunger-striking detainee Mahmoud Hassan al-Wardiyan, 37, to suspend his hunger strike in return for an emergency eye surgery, lawyer Ashraf Abu Snina reported following a visit to Tel HaShomer hospital. According to Abu Snina, the prisoner has turned down such an Israeli chantage and vowed to hold out despite risks to go blind.
Abu Snina’s declaration came following a visit to Tel HaShomer medical center, to which scores of Palestinian hunger-striking detainees have been rushed after having been without food for 47 days in a row.
A new hearing session between the leadership of the hunger strike and Israeli intelligence personnel is to be held at around 7 p.m. Tuesday, Abu Snina further revealed.
The hunger strikers vowed to keep going until they are set free and declared they will never throw in the towel, no matter the perils and upshots of the Israeli shake-downs, the Lawyer concluded, quoting prisoner Mahmoud Shabana, another prisoners in the hospital.
Abu Snina’s declaration came following a visit to Tel HaShomer medical center, to which scores of Palestinian hunger-striking detainees have been rushed after having been without food for 47 days in a row.
A new hearing session between the leadership of the hunger strike and Israeli intelligence personnel is to be held at around 7 p.m. Tuesday, Abu Snina further revealed.
The hunger strikers vowed to keep going until they are set free and declared they will never throw in the towel, no matter the perils and upshots of the Israeli shake-downs, the Lawyer concluded, quoting prisoner Mahmoud Shabana, another prisoners in the hospital.
Palestinian administrative detainees continued their hunger strike for 48 days amidst Israeli continued attempts to break their strike most recently was Israeli Knesset decision to approve a force-feeding bill. As part of Palestinian solidarity events and activities, hundreds of Palestinian children in Gaza Strip participated in a human chain in support of hunger strikers on Tuesday.
Under the scorching sun, Palestinian children remained holding prisoners' pictures and banners calling for the release of administrative detainees for long hours, chanting slogans in support of their hunger strike.
The event's organizers stressed the importance of bringing up children amid resistance culture.
“We will liberate our prisoners through resistance option and not via negotiations”, one of the organizers identified as Mohamed Ahel said.
The child Ameer Halees, 13, said that capturing Israeli soldiers is the effective solution to liberate Palestinian prisoners.
“I came here to participate in the human chain in solidarity with hunger strikers who made sacrifices for our sake and for the sake of Palestine. We will stay behind them till their freedom”, he said.
For his part, the 14-year-child Hassan al-Hajin said that Palestinian national unity is the most important tool to work on the liberation of prisoners.
The child Ossama Hawari, in his turn, said, “we will defend our prisoners by all means and we will pray for their sake and this is the least thing we can do for them”.
The child Mohamed Dalul, 15, hailed the prisoners' steadfastness and strong determination in Israeli jails.
Under the scorching sun, Palestinian children remained holding prisoners' pictures and banners calling for the release of administrative detainees for long hours, chanting slogans in support of their hunger strike.
The event's organizers stressed the importance of bringing up children amid resistance culture.
“We will liberate our prisoners through resistance option and not via negotiations”, one of the organizers identified as Mohamed Ahel said.
The child Ameer Halees, 13, said that capturing Israeli soldiers is the effective solution to liberate Palestinian prisoners.
“I came here to participate in the human chain in solidarity with hunger strikers who made sacrifices for our sake and for the sake of Palestine. We will stay behind them till their freedom”, he said.
For his part, the 14-year-child Hassan al-Hajin said that Palestinian national unity is the most important tool to work on the liberation of prisoners.
The child Ossama Hawari, in his turn, said, “we will defend our prisoners by all means and we will pray for their sake and this is the least thing we can do for them”.
The child Mohamed Dalul, 15, hailed the prisoners' steadfastness and strong determination in Israeli jails.
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The Israeli forces suppressed on Tuesday a peaceful march that was organized by the Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee and the Prisoner’s Club in solidarity with the prisoner undergoing the hunger strike, and then arrested the activist Ala’ Haddad.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the police and Calvary unit attacked the peaceful march that initiated from the headquarters of the Red Cross in Sheikh Jarrah towards the main street. The forces also chased the participants and prevented them from moving forward and fired a sound grenade towards them, and then arrested Ala’ Haddad after assaulting and severely beating him. |
The Israeli police extended the arrest of 47-year old Hasan Firawi to present him to court on Wednesday after he was called for investigation at Al-Maskobyeh.
Firawi family said that the Israeli Intelligence called Hasan and his wife to interrogate them at Al-Maskobyeh where their son Mohammad is detained since last Sunday. Hasan’s wife was interrogated for three hours regarding her son Mohammad, and Hasan was interrogated for two hours. After the interrogation was over, the police extended the arrest of Hasan without declaring the reason.
The 17-year old Mohammad Firawi is a senior student (Tawjihi) and was arrested last Sunday after finishing the Islamic Education exam as he was studying for his next exam (Arabic language) but the occupation deprived him from taking the exam and extended his arrest until Thursday.
Firawi family said that the Israeli Intelligence called Hasan and his wife to interrogate them at Al-Maskobyeh where their son Mohammad is detained since last Sunday. Hasan’s wife was interrogated for three hours regarding her son Mohammad, and Hasan was interrogated for two hours. After the interrogation was over, the police extended the arrest of Hasan without declaring the reason.
The 17-year old Mohammad Firawi is a senior student (Tawjihi) and was arrested last Sunday after finishing the Islamic Education exam as he was studying for his next exam (Arabic language) but the occupation deprived him from taking the exam and extended his arrest until Thursday.
The Magistrate court judge extended on Tuesday the arrest of two children from the neighborhood of Wadi Hilweh in Silwan until Wednesday to continue interrogating them.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of 17-year old Ibrahim Mohammad Yamani and 15-year old Mohammad Issa Al-Qaq until Wednesday.
Ibrahim’s father said that a force including police and intelligence personnel raided his house on Monday afternoon and searched his Ibrahim’s room and confiscated one of his shirts. Since Ibrahim was not home, the forces handed his family a document and requested to bring him to Al-Maskobyeh detention center. Upon arrival to Al-Maskobyeh, they immediately arrested Ibrahim and extended his arrest and prevented his father from attending the interrogation; the interrogator threatened to arrest Ibrahim’s father if he stays at Al-Maskobyeh.
The Information Center was also informed that the forces arrested on Monday the child Mohammad Al-Qaq and then released him an hour later, and then arrested him once again and presented him to the court.
The forces also arrested on Tuesday Salim Tawil and 16-year old Mohammad Mousa Jamil Zuheikeh after raiding his house in Silwan. Zuheikeh’s father said that the forces raided his house and arrested his son in addition to confiscating some of his clothes after searching his room; Zuheikeh was transferred to Al-Maskobyeh which extended his arrest until Wednesday.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of 17-year old Ibrahim Mohammad Yamani and 15-year old Mohammad Issa Al-Qaq until Wednesday.
Ibrahim’s father said that a force including police and intelligence personnel raided his house on Monday afternoon and searched his Ibrahim’s room and confiscated one of his shirts. Since Ibrahim was not home, the forces handed his family a document and requested to bring him to Al-Maskobyeh detention center. Upon arrival to Al-Maskobyeh, they immediately arrested Ibrahim and extended his arrest and prevented his father from attending the interrogation; the interrogator threatened to arrest Ibrahim’s father if he stays at Al-Maskobyeh.
The Information Center was also informed that the forces arrested on Monday the child Mohammad Al-Qaq and then released him an hour later, and then arrested him once again and presented him to the court.
The forces also arrested on Tuesday Salim Tawil and 16-year old Mohammad Mousa Jamil Zuheikeh after raiding his house in Silwan. Zuheikeh’s father said that the forces raided his house and arrested his son in addition to confiscating some of his clothes after searching his room; Zuheikeh was transferred to Al-Maskobyeh which extended his arrest until Wednesday.
Osama Qabaha
Palestinian administrative detainees on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, entered the 48th day of their open-ended hunger strike demanding an end to their illegal administrative detention.
The Israeli Prison Service has taken punitive measures against several hunger strikers to force them to end their strike and isolated many of them in special cells and hospital rooms.
Hunger strikers' families have called for intensifying popular events and sit-ins in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners' protest steps.
Meanwhile, Palestinian protesters organized in al-Khalil on Monday a sit-in outside Red Cross headquarters in solidarity with hunger strikers who risk death in Israeli jails particularly Ayman Atabish who declared hunger strike 103 days ago.
Prisoners' families, liberated detainees, and representatives of national forces and human rights institutions participated in the sit-in organized by Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).
For his part, director of PPS Amjad al-Najjar said that hunger strikers are in real danger in Israeli jails where they may face death at any moment.
Al-Najjar called on human right institutions to pressure Israeli authorities to halt the inhuman practices and violations against Palestinian prisoners.
In his turn, director of Palestinian Prisoners Ministry Ibrahim Najajreh called for intensifying official and popular support for the prisoners' issue in light of Israeli rejection to meet their demands.
Liberated prisoner Muammar Banat, a former hunger striker, stressed the importance of solidarity events and activities to support the prisoners' steadfastness.
The administrative detainees have launched their hunger strike in Israeli jails 48 days ago, while 1400 prisoners joined the strike in solidarity with their follows.
Meanwhile, Israeli court in Jalama detention center has extended the detention of Osama Qabaha, the leader in Hamas movement Wasfi Qubah's son, for eight days pending investigation.
Wasfi Qubaha said that his son's detention was extended for eight days, noting that he is prevented from meeting his lawyer since his detention.
Osama was arrested last week along with number of Palestinian youths including the Hamas leader Jamal Abul Haija's son.
Palestinian administrative detainees on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, entered the 48th day of their open-ended hunger strike demanding an end to their illegal administrative detention.
The Israeli Prison Service has taken punitive measures against several hunger strikers to force them to end their strike and isolated many of them in special cells and hospital rooms.
Hunger strikers' families have called for intensifying popular events and sit-ins in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners' protest steps.
Meanwhile, Palestinian protesters organized in al-Khalil on Monday a sit-in outside Red Cross headquarters in solidarity with hunger strikers who risk death in Israeli jails particularly Ayman Atabish who declared hunger strike 103 days ago.
Prisoners' families, liberated detainees, and representatives of national forces and human rights institutions participated in the sit-in organized by Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).
For his part, director of PPS Amjad al-Najjar said that hunger strikers are in real danger in Israeli jails where they may face death at any moment.
Al-Najjar called on human right institutions to pressure Israeli authorities to halt the inhuman practices and violations against Palestinian prisoners.
In his turn, director of Palestinian Prisoners Ministry Ibrahim Najajreh called for intensifying official and popular support for the prisoners' issue in light of Israeli rejection to meet their demands.
Liberated prisoner Muammar Banat, a former hunger striker, stressed the importance of solidarity events and activities to support the prisoners' steadfastness.
The administrative detainees have launched their hunger strike in Israeli jails 48 days ago, while 1400 prisoners joined the strike in solidarity with their follows.
Meanwhile, Israeli court in Jalama detention center has extended the detention of Osama Qabaha, the leader in Hamas movement Wasfi Qubah's son, for eight days pending investigation.
Wasfi Qubaha said that his son's detention was extended for eight days, noting that he is prevented from meeting his lawyer since his detention.
Osama was arrested last week along with number of Palestinian youths including the Hamas leader Jamal Abul Haija's son.
A series of raid-campaigns was launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday in different areas of the West Bank, where scores of Palestinian civilians and homes were attacked throughout. More than 30 Israeli armored vehicles invaded Jenin refugee camp on Monday night and carried out break-and-search operations till dawn Tuesday. Palestinian young man Najib Muhamad Nasr, 25, was rounded up by the IOF in the process after the soldiers attacked his family home and rummaged through it, local sources told a PIC correspondent.
The IOF stormed Ibrahim Quraini and Naji Beghish’s houses following random combing operations into the area, the sources added.
In a related context, a Jenin native, student Naji Ka’ki, 22, was rounded up by the Israeli soldiers at Shafi Shamron military checkpoint, where three more students, enrolled at al-Najah University, were already arrested.
IOF raids in Jenin city culminated in a series of brutal attacks launched on Palestinians’ lands in Marj Ibn Amr (The Jerzeel Valley), to the west, and the confiscation of agricultural trucks.
According to local sources, the IOF attacks on Marj Ibn Amr have been targeting the cucumber season, the only source of revenue to thousands of Palestinian natives.
In another event, the IOF rounded up the Palestinian civilian Saad Abu Hussein, 28, at dawn Tuesday in al-Khalil after having broken into his house in an unjustifiably provocative manner. The detainee was carried to an unidentified destination, Hussein’s brother reported.
The IOF stormed Ibrahim Quraini and Naji Beghish’s houses following random combing operations into the area, the sources added.
In a related context, a Jenin native, student Naji Ka’ki, 22, was rounded up by the Israeli soldiers at Shafi Shamron military checkpoint, where three more students, enrolled at al-Najah University, were already arrested.
IOF raids in Jenin city culminated in a series of brutal attacks launched on Palestinians’ lands in Marj Ibn Amr (The Jerzeel Valley), to the west, and the confiscation of agricultural trucks.
According to local sources, the IOF attacks on Marj Ibn Amr have been targeting the cucumber season, the only source of revenue to thousands of Palestinian natives.
In another event, the IOF rounded up the Palestinian civilian Saad Abu Hussein, 28, at dawn Tuesday in al-Khalil after having broken into his house in an unjustifiably provocative manner. The detainee was carried to an unidentified destination, Hussein’s brother reported.
Israeli forces detained four Palestinians in overnight arrest raids, security sources and an army spokesman said Tuesday.
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers detained 25-year-old Najib Muhammad Abd al-Izz in Jenin refugee camp.
An Israeli military spokesman said four Palestinians were arrested overnight -- two in Jenin and two in Hebron.
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers detained 25-year-old Najib Muhammad Abd al-Izz in Jenin refugee camp.
An Israeli military spokesman said four Palestinians were arrested overnight -- two in Jenin and two in Hebron.
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Jailed Palestinians who have been refusing meals since April 24 are taking part in the longest collective hunger strike in Palestinian history, a prisoner rights group said Monday.
"This is the longest mass hunger strike among prisoners in Palestinian history since a 45-day strike in 1976," Addameer said in a report on its website as the current strike neared its 48th day. "The hunger strikers remain steadfast in their demand to end the policy of administrative detention." Some 125 prisoners in Israeli jails began a hunger strike on April 24 against |
Israel's policy of holding Palestinians in custody indefinitely without charge or trial.
Hundreds have joined the strike since then, and others have taken part in one-day solidarity strikes.
The report said that nearly 80 prisoners are being held in civilian hospitals in Israel.
Additionally, it quoted lawyers as saying doctors have been threatening to force-feed prisoners if they lost consciousness.
Doctors in Kaplan Hospital threatened to "introduce food to the body through the nose into the stomach without taking consent, after shackling (them)," the report said.
The alleged threats of force-feeding come as Israeli lawmakers are debating a bill that would allow the prison service to treat prisoners medically without their consent, in addition to force-feeding them.
"This is a dangerous step towards institutionalizing torture of Palestinian hunger strikers, which force-feeding is considered under international law and by the World Medical Association."
Meanwhile, the prisoners' conditions are worsening, the report said.
"The hunger striking detainees were warned of the danger to their lives, as their core muscles are now deteriorating and the body fat has disappeared from their bodies. Some of them were told by the doctors that they can suffer from a heart attack or stroke at any moment. Some are suffering from intestinal bleeding, vomiting blood and fainting in addition to significant loss of weight and decrease in heart rate and decrease in blood sugar."
Addameer called on the international community to intervene for the strikers.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on Israel to immediately release or charge the Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike.
Hundreds have joined the strike since then, and others have taken part in one-day solidarity strikes.
The report said that nearly 80 prisoners are being held in civilian hospitals in Israel.
Additionally, it quoted lawyers as saying doctors have been threatening to force-feed prisoners if they lost consciousness.
Doctors in Kaplan Hospital threatened to "introduce food to the body through the nose into the stomach without taking consent, after shackling (them)," the report said.
The alleged threats of force-feeding come as Israeli lawmakers are debating a bill that would allow the prison service to treat prisoners medically without their consent, in addition to force-feeding them.
"This is a dangerous step towards institutionalizing torture of Palestinian hunger strikers, which force-feeding is considered under international law and by the World Medical Association."
Meanwhile, the prisoners' conditions are worsening, the report said.
"The hunger striking detainees were warned of the danger to their lives, as their core muscles are now deteriorating and the body fat has disappeared from their bodies. Some of them were told by the doctors that they can suffer from a heart attack or stroke at any moment. Some are suffering from intestinal bleeding, vomiting blood and fainting in addition to significant loss of weight and decrease in heart rate and decrease in blood sugar."
Addameer called on the international community to intervene for the strikers.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on Israel to immediately release or charge the Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike.
Aida Sidawi
Israeli police officers detained a Palestinian woman from Jerusalem on Monday afternoon when she attempted to enter the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, witnesses said.
Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that after Israeli officers denied Ayda Saydawi entry to the al-Aqsa compound, an officer attacked her brutally “and tore her clothes.”
Heated arguments broke out between Israeli officers and Palestinian residents before Saydawi was taken to a police station.
Saydawi has been detained several times and has been banned from entering the al-Aqsa mosque for months.
Israeli police officers detained a Palestinian woman from Jerusalem on Monday afternoon when she attempted to enter the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, witnesses said.
Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that after Israeli officers denied Ayda Saydawi entry to the al-Aqsa compound, an officer attacked her brutally “and tore her clothes.”
Heated arguments broke out between Israeli officers and Palestinian residents before Saydawi was taken to a police station.
Saydawi has been detained several times and has been banned from entering the al-Aqsa mosque for months.
Israeli soldiers, heavily deployed in occupied East Jerusalem, especially near the al-Aqsa Mosque, attacked dozens of Palestinians, including children, near Bab al-Majlis Gate (The Council Gate), and prevented them from entering the mosque.
Sheikh Omar al-Kiswany, head of the al-Aqsa Mosque, said that the soldiers attacked and detained Palestinian residents, and summer camp children, trying to enter the mosque, and demanded the residents to leave their ID cards with the army before entering the mosque area.
Al-Kiswany stated that the soldiers used pepper-spray against employees and workers of the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department, in addition to attacking several men, women, children and teachers.
In related news, Israeli military bulldozers uprooted large areas of Palestinian lands in Wadi Al-Joz neighborhood, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the area before army bulldozers uprooted the lands.
The army and police also towed several Palestinian cars, mainly belonging to residents who live in the area, causing significant damage to the vehicles.
IOF denies peaceful Muslim congregation access into al-Aqsa Mosque
A state of anxiety has overwhelmed the yards of holy al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday following a series of random attacks launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on dozens of non-violent Muslim worshippers at the al-Majlis Gate. The IOF heavily stationed at al-Aqsa gates and denied the peaceful sit-inners, along with a group of summer campers, access into their holy mosque. Tough control measures have been issued all along, Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, Director General of Holy al-Aqsa Mosque, said in a press release.
The IOF sprayed pepper gas on the Awqaf personnel and the unarmed sit-inners, including women, counselors, and a group of children who have just come to camp out around al-Aqsa, Sheikh al-Kiswani added.
Sheikh Omar al-Kiswany, head of the al-Aqsa Mosque, said that the soldiers attacked and detained Palestinian residents, and summer camp children, trying to enter the mosque, and demanded the residents to leave their ID cards with the army before entering the mosque area.
Al-Kiswany stated that the soldiers used pepper-spray against employees and workers of the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department, in addition to attacking several men, women, children and teachers.
In related news, Israeli military bulldozers uprooted large areas of Palestinian lands in Wadi Al-Joz neighborhood, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the area before army bulldozers uprooted the lands.
The army and police also towed several Palestinian cars, mainly belonging to residents who live in the area, causing significant damage to the vehicles.
IOF denies peaceful Muslim congregation access into al-Aqsa Mosque
A state of anxiety has overwhelmed the yards of holy al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday following a series of random attacks launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on dozens of non-violent Muslim worshippers at the al-Majlis Gate. The IOF heavily stationed at al-Aqsa gates and denied the peaceful sit-inners, along with a group of summer campers, access into their holy mosque. Tough control measures have been issued all along, Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, Director General of Holy al-Aqsa Mosque, said in a press release.
The IOF sprayed pepper gas on the Awqaf personnel and the unarmed sit-inners, including women, counselors, and a group of children who have just come to camp out around al-Aqsa, Sheikh al-Kiswani added.
Chairperson of the Israeli Medical Association (IMA), Dr. Leonid Eidelman, stated that the association refuses the force-feeding of hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners, adding that Israeli physicians respect the wishes of the detainees.
Eidelman stated that Israeli doctors will not force-feed the detainees, holding extended hunger strikes; as such an issue would violate the detainees’ right.
He added that the physician’s duty is to help the striking detainees stay alive, and that force treatment and force-feeding is illegal.
As hundreds of detainees are ongoing with their hunger strike, more than 100 detainees started their strike more than 48 days ago.
At least 70 detainees have been moved to twelve Israeli hospitals, heavily guarded by Israeli soldiers, and shackled in their hospital beds.
Held under arbitrary Administrative Detention policies, without charges or trial, the detainees are demanding to be released or have their day in court.
Approximately two weeks ago, the IMA said that hundreds of detainees are striking, and that dozens have been admitted to a number of Israeli public hospitals.
It said it held a consensus conference on what it described as the complex situation trying to promote professional dialogue and agreement between all parties, in charge of medical treatment to striking Palestinian detainees.
“The consensus conference was attended by the President of the IMA, Chair of the IMA Ethics Bureau, Secretary General of the IMA, Director General of the Ministry of Health, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, Chief Medical Officer of the Israeli Prison Service, representatives of the Ministry of Health, deputy hospital administrators, hospital department heads, chairmen of IMA scientific societies, a representative of the National Council of bioethics, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and other senior doctors”, the IMA said on its website.
On June 4, Russia Today news agency said Israeli doctors stated they do not intend to begin force-feeding the detainees, an issue that put them on the opposite side with the Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.
It stated that, after dozens of detainees have been moved to Israeli hospitals, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly requested his government to move ahead with a bill allowing the force-feeding of striking detainees.
Should the bill pass, Israeli judges would be allowed to issue orders permitting the force-feeding of striking detainees “if the hunger striking detainee is endangering his own life”.
Eidelman stated that Israeli doctors will not force-feed the detainees, holding extended hunger strikes; as such an issue would violate the detainees’ right.
He added that the physician’s duty is to help the striking detainees stay alive, and that force treatment and force-feeding is illegal.
As hundreds of detainees are ongoing with their hunger strike, more than 100 detainees started their strike more than 48 days ago.
At least 70 detainees have been moved to twelve Israeli hospitals, heavily guarded by Israeli soldiers, and shackled in their hospital beds.
Held under arbitrary Administrative Detention policies, without charges or trial, the detainees are demanding to be released or have their day in court.
Approximately two weeks ago, the IMA said that hundreds of detainees are striking, and that dozens have been admitted to a number of Israeli public hospitals.
It said it held a consensus conference on what it described as the complex situation trying to promote professional dialogue and agreement between all parties, in charge of medical treatment to striking Palestinian detainees.
“The consensus conference was attended by the President of the IMA, Chair of the IMA Ethics Bureau, Secretary General of the IMA, Director General of the Ministry of Health, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, Chief Medical Officer of the Israeli Prison Service, representatives of the Ministry of Health, deputy hospital administrators, hospital department heads, chairmen of IMA scientific societies, a representative of the National Council of bioethics, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and other senior doctors”, the IMA said on its website.
On June 4, Russia Today news agency said Israeli doctors stated they do not intend to begin force-feeding the detainees, an issue that put them on the opposite side with the Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.
It stated that, after dozens of detainees have been moved to Israeli hospitals, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly requested his government to move ahead with a bill allowing the force-feeding of striking detainees.
Should the bill pass, Israeli judges would be allowed to issue orders permitting the force-feeding of striking detainees “if the hunger striking detainee is endangering his own life”.
The Palestinian detainee Ayman Atabish, sentenced administratively to 6 months with neither charge nor trial, has been without food for 103 days and vowed to keep going until all of his fair demands are met. Atabish’s family has revealed serious concerns over their son’s health status due to the critical cardiovascular disorders the latter suffers.
Prisoner Atabish, an al-Khalil native, was arrested by the Israeli Occupation authorities (IOA) 5 times, during which Atabish initiated three hunger strikes.
Atabish is hospitalized at Assaf HaRofeh medical center and currently suffers critical health problems including stomachaches, renal diseases, and breathing difficulties, media sources reported.
Atabish had already been on hunger strike for 105 days a year ago that ended with the IOA agreeing on ending his detention. However, he renewed his strike as the IOA reneged on its release promises and extended his administrative detention period.
Prisoner Atabish, an al-Khalil native, was arrested by the Israeli Occupation authorities (IOA) 5 times, during which Atabish initiated three hunger strikes.
Atabish is hospitalized at Assaf HaRofeh medical center and currently suffers critical health problems including stomachaches, renal diseases, and breathing difficulties, media sources reported.
Atabish had already been on hunger strike for 105 days a year ago that ended with the IOA agreeing on ending his detention. However, he renewed his strike as the IOA reneged on its release promises and extended his administrative detention period.
The Israeli minister of interior on Monday decided to ban Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, from leaving the occupied territories until July 9, 2014 and threatened to extend the period for another three months. According to Yousuf Al-Sedeeq foundation for prisoners, Israeli minister of interior Gideon Sa'ar signed a verdict preventing Sheikh Salah from travelling aboard for one month.
Sa'ar claimed that he took his decision after he became convinced that the travel of Sheikh Ra'ed Salah would compromise Israel's national security.
Commenting on his travel ban, Sheikh Salah attributed the decision to the recent moves by Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu to illegalize the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands.
The Islamic Movement official also said that this measure is aimed at barring him from participating in events advocating the Palestinian prisoners to be held outside the occupied territories.
"This measure has taken place a few days before our participation in a popular festival in support of the political prisoners, which will be held next Saturday in the Jordanian capital Amman," the Islamic figure stated.
He noted that the Israeli occupation authority had also prevented him a few days ago from entering the West Bank to deliver a Friday Khutba (sermon) on the Palestinian prisoners in Al-Khalil city.
Sa'ar claimed that he took his decision after he became convinced that the travel of Sheikh Ra'ed Salah would compromise Israel's national security.
Commenting on his travel ban, Sheikh Salah attributed the decision to the recent moves by Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu to illegalize the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands.
The Islamic Movement official also said that this measure is aimed at barring him from participating in events advocating the Palestinian prisoners to be held outside the occupied territories.
"This measure has taken place a few days before our participation in a popular festival in support of the political prisoners, which will be held next Saturday in the Jordanian capital Amman," the Islamic figure stated.
He noted that the Israeli occupation authority had also prevented him a few days ago from entering the West Bank to deliver a Friday Khutba (sermon) on the Palestinian prisoners in Al-Khalil city.
