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Te head of Fateh Youth in Jerusalem, Ahmad Al-Ghoul, suffered severe bruises and pain in his arm and burns in his face after he was assaulted and sprayed with pepper gas while being arrested.
Al-Dameer organization lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud, explained that the occupation forces assaulted Ahmad Al-Ghoul with beating and pepper gas during arresting and detaining him. Later on, Ahmad suffered severe pain in his arm which was also swollen and also suffered burns in his face; he was transferred to the hospital for treatment while being handcuffed. The occupation police extended on Wednesday night the arrest of three young men for 24 hours. they are: Ahmad Al-Ghoul, Samer Abu Eisheh and Tarek Zidani. |
The Palestinian female prisoners’ number rose to reach 25 detainees after the arrest of three other women over the past month, rights group said.
23 Palestinian female prisoners are currently held in Hasharon prison, while the detainee Shirin Issawi is isolated in Nevi Tirza prison since the beginning of May. Another female detainee is held in Ashkelon prison.
23 Palestinian female prisoners are currently held in Hasharon prison, while the detainee Shirin Issawi is isolated in Nevi Tirza prison since the beginning of May. Another female detainee is held in Ashkelon prison.
The Israeli Internal Security Service (Shin Bet) and the Police in Jerusalem have officially announced, Thursday, the identity of the Palestinian who allegedly stabbed, on May 24, two Israelis near the Damascus Gate.
The Jerusalem Post stated that the Police released, Thursday, previously sealed details on the attack.
The Shin Bet said the attacker, identified as John Kakish, 19 years of age, is a Palestinian Christian from the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and that he confessed during interrogation that he wanted “to take revenge on the Jews,” according to the report.
The incident in question came during the Shavuot Jewish holiday; the Shin Bet said John was arrested several times before allegedly for “other assaults on Israelis.”
Following the stabbing, Israeli paramedics of Magen David Adom said the two Israelis, 17 years of age, suffered moderate injuries and were moved to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital.
Israeli sources said the attack took place around 2:30 a.m. on May 24, “as the two were likely towards the Western Wall.”
The sources added that Kakish was identified as he appeared on a security camera footage reportedly trying to escape after stabbing the two Israelis, and that the police located, near the stabbing site, a knife and other items that tie Kakish to the attack.
According to the Shin Bet, Kakish told the interrogators that he carried the attack out after being subject to a number of assaults, and racist slogans by Israeli fanatics.
Video of latest Jerusalem stabbing released
Israeli press afternoon Thursday released previously sealed details about the May 24 stabbing of two Israeli settlers in Jerusalem’s Old City while they were en route to all-night study sessions.
According to the Shin Bet, the suspect, John Kakish, a 19-year-old Christian living in the Old City, confessed to carrying out the overnight attack to “take revenge on Israeli settlers.”
In a statement, the security agency said that during questioning Kakish admitted the attack was retaliation for violence and racism carried out in the Old City by Israeli settlers.
Following the attack, the two extremist settlers were treated at the scene by Israeli paramedics for light wounds to their upper backs and transferred to Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem in satisfactory condition.
At the time, the two Israeli settlers were among thousands of fanatic Jews residing in illegal settlements across the Occupied Palestinian territories and heading to all-night study sessions.
Kakish was apprehended in his home after occupation police reviewed closed-circuit security footage taken at the scene shortly after the attack.
Some 14 stabbing and run over attacks have been recorded in Occupied Jerusalem city over the past six months in response to racism and violence perpetrated by Israeli vandals.
Radical Jewish attacks against Palestinian Christians have been on the rise. The attacks range from verbal abuse to serious property damage.
The Jerusalem Post stated that the Police released, Thursday, previously sealed details on the attack.
The Shin Bet said the attacker, identified as John Kakish, 19 years of age, is a Palestinian Christian from the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and that he confessed during interrogation that he wanted “to take revenge on the Jews,” according to the report.
The incident in question came during the Shavuot Jewish holiday; the Shin Bet said John was arrested several times before allegedly for “other assaults on Israelis.”
Following the stabbing, Israeli paramedics of Magen David Adom said the two Israelis, 17 years of age, suffered moderate injuries and were moved to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital.
Israeli sources said the attack took place around 2:30 a.m. on May 24, “as the two were likely towards the Western Wall.”
The sources added that Kakish was identified as he appeared on a security camera footage reportedly trying to escape after stabbing the two Israelis, and that the police located, near the stabbing site, a knife and other items that tie Kakish to the attack.
According to the Shin Bet, Kakish told the interrogators that he carried the attack out after being subject to a number of assaults, and racist slogans by Israeli fanatics.
Video of latest Jerusalem stabbing released
Israeli press afternoon Thursday released previously sealed details about the May 24 stabbing of two Israeli settlers in Jerusalem’s Old City while they were en route to all-night study sessions.
According to the Shin Bet, the suspect, John Kakish, a 19-year-old Christian living in the Old City, confessed to carrying out the overnight attack to “take revenge on Israeli settlers.”
In a statement, the security agency said that during questioning Kakish admitted the attack was retaliation for violence and racism carried out in the Old City by Israeli settlers.
Following the attack, the two extremist settlers were treated at the scene by Israeli paramedics for light wounds to their upper backs and transferred to Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem in satisfactory condition.
At the time, the two Israeli settlers were among thousands of fanatic Jews residing in illegal settlements across the Occupied Palestinian territories and heading to all-night study sessions.
Kakish was apprehended in his home after occupation police reviewed closed-circuit security footage taken at the scene shortly after the attack.
Some 14 stabbing and run over attacks have been recorded in Occupied Jerusalem city over the past six months in response to racism and violence perpetrated by Israeli vandals.
Radical Jewish attacks against Palestinian Christians have been on the rise. The attacks range from verbal abuse to serious property damage.
Israel's navy, on Thursday, detained five Palestinian fishermen off the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses told Ma'an New Agency.
Israeli naval forces stopped a fishing boat belonging to the Bakr family near al-Sudaniyya and abducted five people.
The detainees were taken to an unknown location and their boat was confiscated.
A day earlier, four fishermen were detained off the coast of Gaza City and their two fishing boats confiscated. In a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas last summer, Israel agreed to expand the fishing zone off Gaza's coast, allowing fishermen to sail as far as six nautical miles from shore and to continue to expand the area gradually, however fishermen are routinely stopped within the zone.
Three Palestinian fishermen have been shot dead by Israeli forces since September.
Risk of death or detention by Israeli forces is compounded by ongoing harassment and interference with their work from Israeli naval forces who frequently confiscate boats and fishing materials.
IOF rounds up five fishermen of one family in Gaza
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Thursday morning five Palestinian fishermen of one family in Gaza sea.
Nizar Ayyash, the chairman of Palestinian fishermen syndicate said, in an exclusive statement for the PIC, that the IOF arrested five fishermen of Baker family off al-Sudaniya coast to the north of Gaza Strip.
He pointed out that the IOF soldiers carry out arrest operations against Gazan fishermen on a semi-daily basis.
All of the fishermen are residents of al-Shati refugee camp in western Gaza city. They are 16-39-year-old fishermen, he added.
The chairman of the syndicate appealed to the international community to intervene for protecting fishermen in Gaza from Israeli soldiers. He also stressed the necessity to oblige the Israeli occupation to abide by the provisions of agreements signed on the allowed fishing zone of 20 miles.
The attack is another episode in the series of Israeli daily violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed in the wake of last summer’s offensive on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians.
Israeli naval forces stopped a fishing boat belonging to the Bakr family near al-Sudaniyya and abducted five people.
The detainees were taken to an unknown location and their boat was confiscated.
A day earlier, four fishermen were detained off the coast of Gaza City and their two fishing boats confiscated. In a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas last summer, Israel agreed to expand the fishing zone off Gaza's coast, allowing fishermen to sail as far as six nautical miles from shore and to continue to expand the area gradually, however fishermen are routinely stopped within the zone.
Three Palestinian fishermen have been shot dead by Israeli forces since September.
Risk of death or detention by Israeli forces is compounded by ongoing harassment and interference with their work from Israeli naval forces who frequently confiscate boats and fishing materials.
IOF rounds up five fishermen of one family in Gaza
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Thursday morning five Palestinian fishermen of one family in Gaza sea.
Nizar Ayyash, the chairman of Palestinian fishermen syndicate said, in an exclusive statement for the PIC, that the IOF arrested five fishermen of Baker family off al-Sudaniya coast to the north of Gaza Strip.
He pointed out that the IOF soldiers carry out arrest operations against Gazan fishermen on a semi-daily basis.
All of the fishermen are residents of al-Shati refugee camp in western Gaza city. They are 16-39-year-old fishermen, he added.
The chairman of the syndicate appealed to the international community to intervene for protecting fishermen in Gaza from Israeli soldiers. He also stressed the necessity to oblige the Israeli occupation to abide by the provisions of agreements signed on the allowed fishing zone of 20 miles.
The attack is another episode in the series of Israeli daily violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed in the wake of last summer’s offensive on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians.
The military court in Ofer has extended the administrative detention of Palestinian prisoner Ay'id al-Haymouni, 22, for four more months.
This was the third detention extension issued with no indictment by the court against the prisoner.
Haymouni, who is held at the Negev jail, had been kidnapped on August 14, 2014 from his home and received then a six-month administrative order, which was extended later for the same period.
The prisoner is a law student at the University of Jerusalem in Abu Dis and he is the son of Islamic Jihad official Sheikh Hazem al-Haymouni, 50, who is administratively detained in Ofer jail.
This was the third detention extension issued with no indictment by the court against the prisoner.
Haymouni, who is held at the Negev jail, had been kidnapped on August 14, 2014 from his home and received then a six-month administrative order, which was extended later for the same period.
The prisoner is a law student at the University of Jerusalem in Abu Dis and he is the son of Islamic Jihad official Sheikh Hazem al-Haymouni, 50, who is administratively detained in Ofer jail.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, stormed and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped at least twelve Palestinians. Soldiers also demolished wells and a wall in a town, near Hebron.
Media sources in occupied Jerusalem said the soldiers invaded homes in the Schools Street, in Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Ahmad ‘Aziz “Oweisat, 23, and ‘Ata Mohammad ‘Oweisat, 43.
Soldiers also kidnapped ‘Ai Sabri Abu Diab, 18 years of age, after invading his home in ‘Ein al-Louza neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
In addition, soldiers invaded several homes in Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped Ali Bassem Hamed, 19, and Tareq Naim Hamed, 21. They also searched homes in the town, after surrounding them.
Silwad has been subject to frequent invasions, and arrests that led to the abduction of 18 Palestinians in less than two months, while dozens of residents, including more than ten children, were detained for several hours.
Also in Ramallah, soldiers invaded Deir Ghassana village, northwest of the city, stormed and searched several homes, and handed one resident a military order for interrogation in the ‘Ofer military base.
In addition, a large military force invaded Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem, and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Abdul-Karim Mohammad Shakarna, Ismael Osama Shakarna and ‘Ammar Khalil Shakarna.
Soldiers also kidnapped three Palestinians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and took them to the Etzion military base.
The three have been identified as Nasr Hussein Abu Hadeed, Mohammad Saleh Mahmoud Abu Turki and his brother Amjad.
Another Palestinian, a college student identified as Yousef Sweity, was kidnapped from his home in Beit ‘Awwa town, west of Hebron.
The army bulldozers also demolished three water wells, and several walls, in addition to uprooting olive and almond trees, in Surif town, northwest of Hebron.
Head of the Surif Local Council Mohammad Lafi said the the demolished wells are vital for agriculture, and that the soldiers also bulldozed dozens of Dunams of farmlands belonging to Ghneimat family, in Sha’ab Seif and Qornet Hadid, west of the town.
On Wednesday at night, soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Ghaleb Hamed, 15, after stopping him on a roadblock installed on the western entrance of the Silwad. Hamed also holds a U.S. citizenship.
Media sources in occupied Jerusalem said the soldiers invaded homes in the Schools Street, in Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Ahmad ‘Aziz “Oweisat, 23, and ‘Ata Mohammad ‘Oweisat, 43.
Soldiers also kidnapped ‘Ai Sabri Abu Diab, 18 years of age, after invading his home in ‘Ein al-Louza neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
In addition, soldiers invaded several homes in Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped Ali Bassem Hamed, 19, and Tareq Naim Hamed, 21. They also searched homes in the town, after surrounding them.
Silwad has been subject to frequent invasions, and arrests that led to the abduction of 18 Palestinians in less than two months, while dozens of residents, including more than ten children, were detained for several hours.
Also in Ramallah, soldiers invaded Deir Ghassana village, northwest of the city, stormed and searched several homes, and handed one resident a military order for interrogation in the ‘Ofer military base.
In addition, a large military force invaded Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem, and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Abdul-Karim Mohammad Shakarna, Ismael Osama Shakarna and ‘Ammar Khalil Shakarna.
Soldiers also kidnapped three Palestinians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and took them to the Etzion military base.
The three have been identified as Nasr Hussein Abu Hadeed, Mohammad Saleh Mahmoud Abu Turki and his brother Amjad.
Another Palestinian, a college student identified as Yousef Sweity, was kidnapped from his home in Beit ‘Awwa town, west of Hebron.
The army bulldozers also demolished three water wells, and several walls, in addition to uprooting olive and almond trees, in Surif town, northwest of Hebron.
Head of the Surif Local Council Mohammad Lafi said the the demolished wells are vital for agriculture, and that the soldiers also bulldozed dozens of Dunams of farmlands belonging to Ghneimat family, in Sha’ab Seif and Qornet Hadid, west of the town.
On Wednesday at night, soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Ghaleb Hamed, 15, after stopping him on a roadblock installed on the western entrance of the Silwad. Hamed also holds a U.S. citizenship.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Thursday five Palestinians during a large-scale raid campaign throughout occupied West Bank.
PIC reporter quoted local sources as stating that IOF arrested two brothers after violently breaking into their homes in Kafar Qalil town in Nablus. The homes’ entrances were destroyed during the raid for allegedly looking for weapons.
The two detainees, affiliated to the PFLP, had earlier served time in Israeli jails.
IOF also broke into al-Khalil city and carried out an arrest campaign mainly targeting Hamas’ affiliates.
A university student and two brothers were among the reported detainees in the city, the sources pointed out. Several homes were stormed and searched during the raid.
Along the same line, a Palestinian woman suffered different injuries and bruises after being subjected to a brutal attack at hands of Israeli forces who stormed into their home to the south of al-Khalil.
IOF have deliberately destroyed the family belonging during the raid.
The woman was transferred to a local hospital for treatment.
PIC reporter quoted local sources as stating that IOF arrested two brothers after violently breaking into their homes in Kafar Qalil town in Nablus. The homes’ entrances were destroyed during the raid for allegedly looking for weapons.
The two detainees, affiliated to the PFLP, had earlier served time in Israeli jails.
IOF also broke into al-Khalil city and carried out an arrest campaign mainly targeting Hamas’ affiliates.
A university student and two brothers were among the reported detainees in the city, the sources pointed out. Several homes were stormed and searched during the raid.
Along the same line, a Palestinian woman suffered different injuries and bruises after being subjected to a brutal attack at hands of Israeli forces who stormed into their home to the south of al-Khalil.
IOF have deliberately destroyed the family belonging during the raid.
The woman was transferred to a local hospital for treatment.
The Israeli occupation police started at dawn Thursday an arrest campaign against the Palestinian workmen at the pretext of their illegal entry to the 1948 occupied lands.
The Israeli police, according to a press release, have arrested during the campaign in the morning hours 40 Palestinian workers in the areas of Araba, Deir Hanna and Sakhnin.
The workers have no entry or residence permits, or any official documents allowing them to stay or work in Israel, the police justified the arrests.
The Israeli occupation authority imposes restrictions on the entry of Palestinian workmen to Jerusalem and the 1948 occupied territories, which forces many of them to enter with no permits.
The Israeli police, according to a press release, have arrested during the campaign in the morning hours 40 Palestinian workers in the areas of Araba, Deir Hanna and Sakhnin.
The workers have no entry or residence permits, or any official documents allowing them to stay or work in Israel, the police justified the arrests.
The Israeli occupation authority imposes restrictions on the entry of Palestinian workmen to Jerusalem and the 1948 occupied territories, which forces many of them to enter with no permits.
Tension has been running high across the Israeli occupation jails, most notably Nafha, Rimon, Eshel, Ofer and Negev, due to the random and exhausting inter-prison transfers carried out by the prison authorities against Palestinian detainees.
A PIC news correspondent quoted local media outlets reporting that the Israeli prison authorities recently locked up female detainee Layla Abu Rjeila along with male inmates Hasan Salama, Mu’adh Bilal, and M’amar al-Shahruri in solitary confinement after they voiced their disapproval of the arbitrary inter-prison transfer policy perpetrated by the Israeli occupation wardens on groundless accounts.
Informed sources warned that the situation would blow up soon as tension has hit climactic heights inside of Israeli jails due to the non-humanitarian policies and torture tactics implemented by the prison authorities against Palestinian detainees, mainly those affiliated with Hamas.
A PIC news correspondent quoted local media outlets reporting that the Israeli prison authorities recently locked up female detainee Layla Abu Rjeila along with male inmates Hasan Salama, Mu’adh Bilal, and M’amar al-Shahruri in solitary confinement after they voiced their disapproval of the arbitrary inter-prison transfer policy perpetrated by the Israeli occupation wardens on groundless accounts.
Informed sources warned that the situation would blow up soon as tension has hit climactic heights inside of Israeli jails due to the non-humanitarian policies and torture tactics implemented by the prison authorities against Palestinian detainees, mainly those affiliated with Hamas.
“The battle of empty stomachs is not mine only; it is one fought by all Palestinian detainees who long for freedom and dignity,” a letter dispatched from behind Israeli bars by the Palestinian hunger-striking detainee Khader Adnan, starving for the 30th day, read.
Prisoner Khader Adnan wrote the letter to express gratitude to the people who have backed him up in his fight for freedom, the Mujat al-Quds Foudnation said Wednesday.
Adnan’s note was read out by his father during a press conference held in the West Bank province of Ramallah.
“All praises be to Allah alone. Thank you Allah for the good and bad times. Thank you for all the blessings. Peace Be Upon the Messenger of Islam Mohamed,” the opening address read.
“To my people, my family, and to the world’s free souls. . . I send my greetings, love, gratitude, and honour, which I draw from God, from your prayers for me, and from your sincere love,” prisoner Adnan jotted down.
“From my beloved al-Ramla city and its majestic minarets . . . I salute you again,” he wrote. “I am not engaged in a personal fight for freedom. My battle is that of all Palestinian detainees who have been yearning for freedom and dignity.”
“Administrative detention is just one of the most despicable castigatory policies our people has ever witnessed. It shall forever stand as a scar on Britain’s and Israel’s face,” Adnan’s letter proceeded.
“From the bottom of my heart, I express my gratitude for your support and solidarity. May Allah restore our freedom so that we can rejoin our families soon,” he added.
“They [Israeli jailers] took it upon themselves to dash my hopes; I take it upon myself to win the fight by all means possible, God willing,” prisoner Adnan further wrote, vowing to keep going until his freedom sees the day.
Prisoner Khader Adnan wrote the letter to express gratitude to the people who have backed him up in his fight for freedom, the Mujat al-Quds Foudnation said Wednesday.
Adnan’s note was read out by his father during a press conference held in the West Bank province of Ramallah.
“All praises be to Allah alone. Thank you Allah for the good and bad times. Thank you for all the blessings. Peace Be Upon the Messenger of Islam Mohamed,” the opening address read.
“To my people, my family, and to the world’s free souls. . . I send my greetings, love, gratitude, and honour, which I draw from God, from your prayers for me, and from your sincere love,” prisoner Adnan jotted down.
“From my beloved al-Ramla city and its majestic minarets . . . I salute you again,” he wrote. “I am not engaged in a personal fight for freedom. My battle is that of all Palestinian detainees who have been yearning for freedom and dignity.”
“Administrative detention is just one of the most despicable castigatory policies our people has ever witnessed. It shall forever stand as a scar on Britain’s and Israel’s face,” Adnan’s letter proceeded.
“From the bottom of my heart, I express my gratitude for your support and solidarity. May Allah restore our freedom so that we can rejoin our families soon,” he added.
“They [Israeli jailers] took it upon themselves to dash my hopes; I take it upon myself to win the fight by all means possible, God willing,” prisoner Adnan further wrote, vowing to keep going until his freedom sees the day.
3 june 2015
Head of the Legal Unit at Palestinian Prisoner Society lawyer Jawad Boulos disclosed that the health condition of prisoner Khader Adnan who has been on hunger strike for 29 days has become at risk.
Boulos revealed that prisoner Adnan, who is held under administrative detention with no charge or trial, is suffering from severe weakness as he only takes water with no salt or any other supplements. He has also been refusing to do medical checkups since he started hunger strike as well as refusing to attend any kind of trials in Israeli military courts or being defended by lawyers.
Boulos quoted captive Adnan as saying that officers of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) informed him that they are going to transfer him to a civil hospital, by force if necessary.
Khader Adnan, in a thanking letter on Wednesday, hailed all free men in the world and those who support him in his hunger strike, calling for continuing solidarity campaigns.
He said, in the letter, “I wage my hunger strike battle not for me only, but also for all prisoners of Palestine who are defending their home and the most sacred cause in history for decades”.
Captive Adnan also declared that he will go on hunger strike until his freedom and dignity.
IPS holds captive Khader Adnan, 37 from Jenin, in solitary confinement and he has nothing in his cell but water.
Boulos revealed that prisoner Adnan, who is held under administrative detention with no charge or trial, is suffering from severe weakness as he only takes water with no salt or any other supplements. He has also been refusing to do medical checkups since he started hunger strike as well as refusing to attend any kind of trials in Israeli military courts or being defended by lawyers.
Boulos quoted captive Adnan as saying that officers of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) informed him that they are going to transfer him to a civil hospital, by force if necessary.
Khader Adnan, in a thanking letter on Wednesday, hailed all free men in the world and those who support him in his hunger strike, calling for continuing solidarity campaigns.
He said, in the letter, “I wage my hunger strike battle not for me only, but also for all prisoners of Palestine who are defending their home and the most sacred cause in history for decades”.
Captive Adnan also declared that he will go on hunger strike until his freedom and dignity.
IPS holds captive Khader Adnan, 37 from Jenin, in solitary confinement and he has nothing in his cell but water.
Israeli soldiers installed, Wednesday, a sudden roadblock at the main entrance of Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped one child, who also holds an American citizenship. The soldiers also detained a young man for a few hours.
The child’s mother said the soldiers stopped a car transporting her child, Taleb Ghaleb Hamed, 15 years of age, and another young man, around 22 years of age, who was released a few hours later, the WAFA News Agency said.
She added that the soldiers took her child to the Mikhmas interrogation center, before moving him to the Ofer Israeli prison.
The child is scheduled to appear in the Jerusalem District Court Thursday; his family was not granted any further information, and were not allowed to see him.
On April 17 2015, The Palestinian Prisoners Day, the Census Committee of the Palestinian Committee of Detainees issued a report revealing that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 1545 Palestinians, including 258 children and 77 women, since the beginning of the year.
The child’s mother said the soldiers stopped a car transporting her child, Taleb Ghaleb Hamed, 15 years of age, and another young man, around 22 years of age, who was released a few hours later, the WAFA News Agency said.
She added that the soldiers took her child to the Mikhmas interrogation center, before moving him to the Ofer Israeli prison.
The child is scheduled to appear in the Jerusalem District Court Thursday; his family was not granted any further information, and were not allowed to see him.
On April 17 2015, The Palestinian Prisoners Day, the Census Committee of the Palestinian Committee of Detainees issued a report revealing that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 1545 Palestinians, including 258 children and 77 women, since the beginning of the year.
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Palestinians, on Wednesday afternoon, protested the start of the Lights in Jerusalem festival, in the Damascus Gate area of the Old City, onlookers said.
A Ma'an reporter said that activists organized the event in response to the Israeli "Judization festival," which starts on Wednesday and ends on Saturday, June 11.
Israeli forces surrounded the activists in the Palestinian event and tried to stop all cultural and sport activities they were holding by threatening them and confiscating the speakers they used.
Israeli forces detained several participants and assaulted others.
Israeli forces also fired stun grenades and chased down participants including women and children in an attempt to clear out the area and allow the light festival to begin.
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians Protesting “Jerusalem Light Festival”
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, at least three Palestinians, participating in procession against the provocative Israeli march, on the sidelines of the so-called “Jerusalem Lights Festival,” that was organized by several Israeli government facilities and settlers’ groups.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers fired concussion grenades at the Palestinians, and violently assaulted several young men, women and children, before kidnapping at least three.
Two of the kidnapped have been identified as the head of the Fateh Youth Group in Jerusalem Ahmad al-Ghoul, and Samer Abu ‘Aisha.
The Palestinians marched in the “Jerusalem Is Ours” possession carrying flags, and chanting slogans for the liberation of Palestine, and Jerusalem, while one protester managed to raise the Palestinian flag on the wall of Bab al-‘Amoud before the soldiers assaulted him, causing carious cuts and bruises.
The protesters also played the Palestinian national anthem and revolutionary songs, to counter the provocative Israeli procession in the occupied city.
Soldiers also fired gas bombs at the protesters causing scores to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, while many suffered cuts and bruises after being chased, and assaulted, by the army.
The soldiers allowed Israeli groups and settlement organizations to march provocatively in Jerusalem, as part of the Lights Festival, carrying dozens of Israeli flags and chanting provocative slogans, especially in the occupied Old Jerusalem.
Palestinians, on Wednesday afternoon, protested the start of the Lights in Jerusalem festival, in the Damascus Gate area of the Old City, onlookers said.
A Ma'an reporter said that activists organized the event in response to the Israeli "Judization festival," which starts on Wednesday and ends on Saturday, June 11.
Israeli forces surrounded the activists in the Palestinian event and tried to stop all cultural and sport activities they were holding by threatening them and confiscating the speakers they used.
Israeli forces detained several participants and assaulted others.
Israeli forces also fired stun grenades and chased down participants including women and children in an attempt to clear out the area and allow the light festival to begin.
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians Protesting “Jerusalem Light Festival”
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, at least three Palestinians, participating in procession against the provocative Israeli march, on the sidelines of the so-called “Jerusalem Lights Festival,” that was organized by several Israeli government facilities and settlers’ groups.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers fired concussion grenades at the Palestinians, and violently assaulted several young men, women and children, before kidnapping at least three.
Two of the kidnapped have been identified as the head of the Fateh Youth Group in Jerusalem Ahmad al-Ghoul, and Samer Abu ‘Aisha.
The Palestinians marched in the “Jerusalem Is Ours” possession carrying flags, and chanting slogans for the liberation of Palestine, and Jerusalem, while one protester managed to raise the Palestinian flag on the wall of Bab al-‘Amoud before the soldiers assaulted him, causing carious cuts and bruises.
The protesters also played the Palestinian national anthem and revolutionary songs, to counter the provocative Israeli procession in the occupied city.
Soldiers also fired gas bombs at the protesters causing scores to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, while many suffered cuts and bruises after being chased, and assaulted, by the army.
The soldiers allowed Israeli groups and settlement organizations to march provocatively in Jerusalem, as part of the Lights Festival, carrying dozens of Israeli flags and chanting provocative slogans, especially in the occupied Old Jerusalem.
A number of Palestinian activists, ex-detainees, and institutions working on prisoners’ issue have declared on Tuesday intention to form a local, Arab, and international committee to defend the prisoner Khader Adnan.
Khader Adnan has been on hunger strike for 29 days protesting against his renewed administrative detention for the third time in a row.
The organizers called on human rights institutions and Palestinian and Arab communities abroad to act immediately for the release of Khader Adnan especially after his serious health deterioration.
They also called for putting an end to Israeli administrative detention policy according to which nearly 500 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli jails without charge or trial in total violation to international laws and conventions.
Adnan Enters 2nd Month of Hunger Strike, Health Deteriorates
The family of Khader Adnan, leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, who was rearrested and incarcerated in Israeli jails, has confirmed to media the physical weariness which has appeared on him as he enters the second month of hunger strike.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, the prisoner’s wife, Umm Abdel-Rahman, said to Safa, Wednesday, that “Adnan could no longer move and he is beginning to lose hair, in addition to other manifestations of fatigue cause concern." the prisoner’s wife, She pointed out that "the Israeli Prison Service used ruse in dealing with him in order to break his strike, such as handing him a list of faulty instructions for the hunger striker."
She is confident that Adnan has the ability to continue his strike, referring to his previous hunger strike which led to his release. She stressed that Adnan has a just cause which deserves his struggle.
She explained that the IPS does not provide them with sufficient information about his health conditions, raising concerns about his health.
Khader Adnan is a former Palestinian detainee of the Israeli state. Authorities had not laid any formal charges against him, but said he was arrested for "activities that threaten regional security". He was released on 18 April, 2012, after being on hunger strike for 66 days. Adnan, 37 years old, was arrested for the 10th time on July 8, 2014. He has been on hunger strike since May 5 in protest of the prison authorities’ decision to renew his administrative detention for the third time in a row. Israel had initially referred Adnan to administrative detention for a period of six months. At the end of that period, his detention was renewed for another six months (which was later shortened to four months), followed by a third four-month extension.
Khader Adnan has been on hunger strike for 29 days protesting against his renewed administrative detention for the third time in a row.
The organizers called on human rights institutions and Palestinian and Arab communities abroad to act immediately for the release of Khader Adnan especially after his serious health deterioration.
They also called for putting an end to Israeli administrative detention policy according to which nearly 500 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli jails without charge or trial in total violation to international laws and conventions.
Adnan Enters 2nd Month of Hunger Strike, Health Deteriorates
The family of Khader Adnan, leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, who was rearrested and incarcerated in Israeli jails, has confirmed to media the physical weariness which has appeared on him as he enters the second month of hunger strike.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, the prisoner’s wife, Umm Abdel-Rahman, said to Safa, Wednesday, that “Adnan could no longer move and he is beginning to lose hair, in addition to other manifestations of fatigue cause concern." the prisoner’s wife, She pointed out that "the Israeli Prison Service used ruse in dealing with him in order to break his strike, such as handing him a list of faulty instructions for the hunger striker."
She is confident that Adnan has the ability to continue his strike, referring to his previous hunger strike which led to his release. She stressed that Adnan has a just cause which deserves his struggle.
She explained that the IPS does not provide them with sufficient information about his health conditions, raising concerns about his health.
Khader Adnan is a former Palestinian detainee of the Israeli state. Authorities had not laid any formal charges against him, but said he was arrested for "activities that threaten regional security". He was released on 18 April, 2012, after being on hunger strike for 66 days. Adnan, 37 years old, was arrested for the 10th time on July 8, 2014. He has been on hunger strike since May 5 in protest of the prison authorities’ decision to renew his administrative detention for the third time in a row. Israel had initially referred Adnan to administrative detention for a period of six months. At the end of that period, his detention was renewed for another six months (which was later shortened to four months), followed by a third four-month extension.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) continued to delay releasing the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Speaker Aziz Dweik despite serving his one-year sentence.
PLC Speaker is supposed to be released on May 25, 2015 as he was arrested on June 16, 2014, where according to the Israeli law 23 days have to be reduced per year from each prisoner’s sentence.
Dweik was sentenced to one year and fined 6,000 shekels.
His family expressed surprise over the international human rights organizations and Parliamentary institutions’ continued silence towards Israeli violations against him despite he represents the highest Palestinian legislative body.
The family called on official and non-official human rights institutions to bear their responsibilities and to work for Dweik’s release.
PLC Speaker is supposed to be released on May 25, 2015 as he was arrested on June 16, 2014, where according to the Israeli law 23 days have to be reduced per year from each prisoner’s sentence.
Dweik was sentenced to one year and fined 6,000 shekels.
His family expressed surprise over the international human rights organizations and Parliamentary institutions’ continued silence towards Israeli violations against him despite he represents the highest Palestinian legislative body.
The family called on official and non-official human rights institutions to bear their responsibilities and to work for Dweik’s release.
The Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) the prisoner Ahmed Saadat threatened to declare an open hunger strike in protest against “Israeli unjustified ban on his family visits,” Palestinian sources said Wednesday.
The Palestinian Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs affirmed that Saadat, who is currently held in Jarboa jail, is subjected to an Israeli systematic policy to completely isolate him from the external world.
He has been routinely transferred from jail to another amid a continued ban on his family visits, the sources clarified.
Saadat has been prevented from family visits according to an order issued by the Israeli Intelligence Services (Shin Bet).
PFLP Secretary General was kidnapped in 2006 from PA Jericho prison after being brutally stormed by Israeli forces. He was then sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for being allegedly involved in killing of the Israeli minister Rehavam Zeevi in 2001.
The Palestinian Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs affirmed that Saadat, who is currently held in Jarboa jail, is subjected to an Israeli systematic policy to completely isolate him from the external world.
He has been routinely transferred from jail to another amid a continued ban on his family visits, the sources clarified.
Saadat has been prevented from family visits according to an order issued by the Israeli Intelligence Services (Shin Bet).
PFLP Secretary General was kidnapped in 2006 from PA Jericho prison after being brutally stormed by Israeli forces. He was then sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for being allegedly involved in killing of the Israeli minister Rehavam Zeevi in 2001.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, dozens of Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped at least thirteen Palestinians.
Media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, Mohammad Awad, said several Israeli military vehicles invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped two Palestinians, after violently searching their homes.
The two, Bilal Mahmoud Awad, 19, and Mohammad Hussein Za’aqeeq, 21, are former political prisoners; the soldiers also searched several nearby homes, causing property damage.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers and dozens of local youths, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers also fired gas bombs at a number of homes in the town, causing families to suffer effects of tear gas inhalation.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded the home of Taiseer an-Nastsha, and violently searched it, causing property damage, and confiscated some amounts of cash. Taiseer is the father of Ma’moun an-Nastsha, who was killed by the army in 2010.
Similar invasions targeted Yatta town, south of Hebron, in addition to Tarqoumia and Beit Awwa towns, southwest of the city, leading to the abduction of two Palestinians, identified as Yousef Omar Sweity and Walid Ahmad Abu Turki.
In addition, the army invaded various communities in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The three have been identified as Mahmoud Abdul-Qader Jouda, from Iraq al-Tayeh village, ‘Ala Husam Daoud Samara, from Beit Omreen village, and Mo’tasem Ghassan Ahmad ‘Antari, 20, from Deir Sharaf village. ‘Antari is a student of the Najah National University in Nablus.
Soldiers also invaded Beit Rameen village, north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped Jamal Jamil Barham, 54, the head of the Arabic Studies Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and a senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
His wife, Amira Barham, said a large military force stormed their home after surrounding it, conducted extensive and violent searches, and smashed a computer belonging to her college student son.
She added that the soldiers detained her in one room, guarded by two soldiers, and interrogated her husband and children in another room.
It is worth mentioning that the army also said it arrested two Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and two in Abu Dis town, in occupied East Jerusalem.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers kidnapped Ahmad Jamal al-Hour, from Hebron; he was kidnapped in the Etzion military base after receiving an order for interrogation, just a few hours after the soldiers abducted his brother Taqieddin.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza waters, kidnapped five fishers, while the soldiers carried out a limited invasion into southern Gaza, and opened fire on local farmers, moderately wounding one Palestinian.
Media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, Mohammad Awad, said several Israeli military vehicles invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped two Palestinians, after violently searching their homes.
The two, Bilal Mahmoud Awad, 19, and Mohammad Hussein Za’aqeeq, 21, are former political prisoners; the soldiers also searched several nearby homes, causing property damage.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers and dozens of local youths, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers also fired gas bombs at a number of homes in the town, causing families to suffer effects of tear gas inhalation.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded the home of Taiseer an-Nastsha, and violently searched it, causing property damage, and confiscated some amounts of cash. Taiseer is the father of Ma’moun an-Nastsha, who was killed by the army in 2010.
Similar invasions targeted Yatta town, south of Hebron, in addition to Tarqoumia and Beit Awwa towns, southwest of the city, leading to the abduction of two Palestinians, identified as Yousef Omar Sweity and Walid Ahmad Abu Turki.
In addition, the army invaded various communities in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The three have been identified as Mahmoud Abdul-Qader Jouda, from Iraq al-Tayeh village, ‘Ala Husam Daoud Samara, from Beit Omreen village, and Mo’tasem Ghassan Ahmad ‘Antari, 20, from Deir Sharaf village. ‘Antari is a student of the Najah National University in Nablus.
Soldiers also invaded Beit Rameen village, north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped Jamal Jamil Barham, 54, the head of the Arabic Studies Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and a senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
His wife, Amira Barham, said a large military force stormed their home after surrounding it, conducted extensive and violent searches, and smashed a computer belonging to her college student son.
She added that the soldiers detained her in one room, guarded by two soldiers, and interrogated her husband and children in another room.
It is worth mentioning that the army also said it arrested two Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and two in Abu Dis town, in occupied East Jerusalem.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers kidnapped Ahmad Jamal al-Hour, from Hebron; he was kidnapped in the Etzion military base after receiving an order for interrogation, just a few hours after the soldiers abducted his brother Taqieddin.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza waters, kidnapped five fishers, while the soldiers carried out a limited invasion into southern Gaza, and opened fire on local farmers, moderately wounding one Palestinian.
Israeli navy ships attacked, Wednesday, several Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, and kidnapped five fishers. Israeli army vehicles carried out a limited invasion into southern Gaza, opened fire moderately wounding one Palestinian.
Eyewitnesses said the navy ships fired rounds of live ammunition on Palestinian fishing boats, and surrounded them before kidnapping five fishers.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Haitham Tareq Abu Bakr, Mohammad Tareq Abu Bakr, Hasan Mahmoud Abu Sam'aan, Hasan Abdul-Rahman Abu Sam'aan and Mohammad Ali Morad.
They were forced into a navy ship, and were taken to an unknown destination.
Also on Wednesday, soldiers opened fire on a number of Palestinian farmers in their own lands, east of Khuza’a town, east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis.
Medical sources said one Palestinian suffered a moderate injury, and was moved to a nearby hospital.
In addition several armored military vehicles carried out a limited invasion into Rafah.
Eyewitnesses said the navy ships fired rounds of live ammunition on Palestinian fishing boats, and surrounded them before kidnapping five fishers.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Haitham Tareq Abu Bakr, Mohammad Tareq Abu Bakr, Hasan Mahmoud Abu Sam'aan, Hasan Abdul-Rahman Abu Sam'aan and Mohammad Ali Morad.
They were forced into a navy ship, and were taken to an unknown destination.
Also on Wednesday, soldiers opened fire on a number of Palestinian farmers in their own lands, east of Khuza’a town, east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis.
Medical sources said one Palestinian suffered a moderate injury, and was moved to a nearby hospital.
In addition several armored military vehicles carried out a limited invasion into Rafah.
Father of the Palestinian administrative detainee Majd Zahi Abdul Karem al-Sa’di, 26, appealed on Tuesday to the national and international human rights institutions to step up pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities to release his sick son before it is too late.
Majd’s father said in a press statement his son should be urgently unshackled from Israeli jails, where he has been locked up administratively, with neither charge nor trial.
He raised concerns over the sharp exacerbation in his son’s health status due to the physical and moral harassment he has been subjected to all the way through such an “oppressive and long” detention period.
He said his son has been diagnosed with critical psychiatric disorders, spinal disc herniation, and pains inflicted by a varicose veins surgery, making his health condition all the more critical.
The father added that Majd should be urgently hospitalized and given a special medical care so as to be able to recover from the excruciating pains hitting his body.
He sounded the alarm over the preplanned medical neglect perpetrated by the Israeli prison authorities, who have been denying his son the right to undergo needed medical check-ups and therapy as part of the psycho-physical torture tactic implemented in Israeli prisons.
Majd’s father said in a press statement his son should be urgently unshackled from Israeli jails, where he has been locked up administratively, with neither charge nor trial.
He raised concerns over the sharp exacerbation in his son’s health status due to the physical and moral harassment he has been subjected to all the way through such an “oppressive and long” detention period.
He said his son has been diagnosed with critical psychiatric disorders, spinal disc herniation, and pains inflicted by a varicose veins surgery, making his health condition all the more critical.
The father added that Majd should be urgently hospitalized and given a special medical care so as to be able to recover from the excruciating pains hitting his body.
He sounded the alarm over the preplanned medical neglect perpetrated by the Israeli prison authorities, who have been denying his son the right to undergo needed medical check-ups and therapy as part of the psycho-physical torture tactic implemented in Israeli prisons.
