7 june 2015
Palestinian Prisoner's Society revealed on Sunday that six Israeli courts extended the detention of 53 Palestinian captives under the pretext of the continuation of investigation and judicial procedures.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society disclosed that Ofer military camp extended the imprisonment of 15 Palestinian detainees. Meanwhile, Salem military court extended the detention of 17 others.
The Israeli court of Petah Tikva extended the detention of 9 prisoners, while al-Jalama court extended the detention of 6 others, the Society pointed out.
The Society also revealed that the Israeli court of the Russian Compound extended the detention of 3 Palestinian captives while the imprisonment periods of 2 others were extended by Ashkelon Israeli court.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society disclosed that Ofer military camp extended the imprisonment of 15 Palestinian detainees. Meanwhile, Salem military court extended the detention of 17 others.
The Israeli court of Petah Tikva extended the detention of 9 prisoners, while al-Jalama court extended the detention of 6 others, the Society pointed out.
The Society also revealed that the Israeli court of the Russian Compound extended the detention of 3 Palestinian captives while the imprisonment periods of 2 others were extended by Ashkelon Israeli court.
The Palestinian Authority’s Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs (CPA) said, in a statement Sunday, that 93 Palestinian minors are currently incarcerated in the Israeli Ofer prison near Ramallah.
According to WAFA correspondence, it said while eight of them are serving prison sentence, the other 85 are detained on remand.
Since the beginning of this year, the report said, some 161 Palestinian minors under the age of 18 were brought to jail by the Israeli authorities, a rate of one minor every day. This includes 30 children under the age of 15 arrested in May alone.
Recently, a number of Palestinian minor prisoners arrested by Israel told the CPA they had experienced a surge of flagrant violations against them during and after detention by the Israeli authorities, including physical assault and strip searches.
Heba Masalha, an attorney with the Detainees and ex-Detainees Affairs Committee, who was allowed to visit minor prisoners in Israeli jails, gained the testimony of four minor prisoners, who indicated a relentless disregard of their basic human rights.
In the prisoners’ testimonies, the violations included physical assault, eye-folding, hand-cuffing, strip-searches, beating among others.
A previous report which was also published on January 19, also indicated that Palestinian minor prisoners incarcerated in Israeli jails were routinely subjected to physical torture during their arrest and interrogation as well as in detention.
“By the end of January 2014, it was reported that a total of 183 Palestinian children were prosecuted and detained in the Israeli court system, a rise of 18.8% over the month. The figure includes twenty children between the ages of 14 and 15,” reported the Middle East Monitor in a story.
“Around 500 - 700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12, are arrested, detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military detention system each year. The majority of Palestinian child detainees are charged with throwing stones. No Israeli children come into contact with the military court system,” said Defense for Children International (DCI).
With more than 200 minor prisoners currently incarcerated in Israeli jails, Israel is the only state to automatically and systematically prosecute children in military courts that lack basic standards of due process.
According to WAFA correspondence, it said while eight of them are serving prison sentence, the other 85 are detained on remand.
Since the beginning of this year, the report said, some 161 Palestinian minors under the age of 18 were brought to jail by the Israeli authorities, a rate of one minor every day. This includes 30 children under the age of 15 arrested in May alone.
Recently, a number of Palestinian minor prisoners arrested by Israel told the CPA they had experienced a surge of flagrant violations against them during and after detention by the Israeli authorities, including physical assault and strip searches.
Heba Masalha, an attorney with the Detainees and ex-Detainees Affairs Committee, who was allowed to visit minor prisoners in Israeli jails, gained the testimony of four minor prisoners, who indicated a relentless disregard of their basic human rights.
In the prisoners’ testimonies, the violations included physical assault, eye-folding, hand-cuffing, strip-searches, beating among others.
A previous report which was also published on January 19, also indicated that Palestinian minor prisoners incarcerated in Israeli jails were routinely subjected to physical torture during their arrest and interrogation as well as in detention.
“By the end of January 2014, it was reported that a total of 183 Palestinian children were prosecuted and detained in the Israeli court system, a rise of 18.8% over the month. The figure includes twenty children between the ages of 14 and 15,” reported the Middle East Monitor in a story.
“Around 500 - 700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12, are arrested, detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military detention system each year. The majority of Palestinian child detainees are charged with throwing stones. No Israeli children come into contact with the military court system,” said Defense for Children International (DCI).
With more than 200 minor prisoners currently incarcerated in Israeli jails, Israel is the only state to automatically and systematically prosecute children in military courts that lack basic standards of due process.
Al Ray Palestinian media network organized, on Sunday morning, a solidarity protest with political detainees on hunger strike in Israeli jails, with special note to Khader Adnan and Abdullah Barghouti..
Participants raised slogans demanding the release of detainees, after which many of them wore prisoners’ clothing to reflect their suffering.
Director of Al Ray Ismail Althawabtah said, during the protest, that, "We in Al Ray Palestinian network stand by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, especially those on hunger strike."
He held the Israeli occupation fully responsibile for the lives of prisoners on hunger strike and the lives of Khader Adnan, Abdullah Barghouti, and all other prisoners, as well, and the condemned ongoing repression and racist Israeli policies against the prisoners.
He called on the Arab League to take serious actions against the Israeli occupation and to work very hard in order to internationalize this humanitarian issue.
Since 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel. This represents approximately 20% of the total population in the Occupied Palestinian Territories , and 40% of all males.
Despite prohibition by international law, Israel detains Palestinians in prisons throughout Israel, often without charge or trial, and far from their families, who almost never obtain the necessary permits to leave the Occupied Palestinian Territories to visit them.
There are an estimated 6,800 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel, of which 10 are members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC).
Participants raised slogans demanding the release of detainees, after which many of them wore prisoners’ clothing to reflect their suffering.
Director of Al Ray Ismail Althawabtah said, during the protest, that, "We in Al Ray Palestinian network stand by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, especially those on hunger strike."
He held the Israeli occupation fully responsibile for the lives of prisoners on hunger strike and the lives of Khader Adnan, Abdullah Barghouti, and all other prisoners, as well, and the condemned ongoing repression and racist Israeli policies against the prisoners.
He called on the Arab League to take serious actions against the Israeli occupation and to work very hard in order to internationalize this humanitarian issue.
Since 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel. This represents approximately 20% of the total population in the Occupied Palestinian Territories , and 40% of all males.
Despite prohibition by international law, Israel detains Palestinians in prisons throughout Israel, often without charge or trial, and far from their families, who almost never obtain the necessary permits to leave the Occupied Palestinian Territories to visit them.
There are an estimated 6,800 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel, of which 10 are members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC).
At least 10 Palestinian civilians were apprehended by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) Saturday evening while a child was left injured in a round of abrupt assaults launched across Occupied Jerusalem and West Bank provinces.
Sources based in Occupied Jerusalem said two Palestinian youngsters, identified as Amir al-Baseti and Mu’awiya al-Ajlouni, were kidnapped by the IOF in the clashes that rocked Bab Hitta neighborhood.
A Palestinian child sustained wounds as the IOF attacked the young protesters with randomly-discharged spates of stun grenades.
Some 135 Palestinians were reportedly captured by the IOF across Occupied Jerusalem during the past month of May.
Saturday’s campaign cropped up just a few hours before the IOF abducted eight Palestinian civilians in a predawn campaign launched across cities of the West Bank.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of eight Palestinians on allegations they are wanted due to their potential involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The detainees were dragged to Israeli investigation centers pending further interrogation.
Several Kidnapped by Israeli Forces Across West Bank & Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday, the Israeli army said. On Sunday morning, at the entrance of occupied East Jerusalem, forces detained a young man and a child from Al Issawiya, in the Old City.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that one had been arrested in Qalqiliya, one in Ramallah, one in Bethlehem, and five from Hebron, all for "involved in terror" or "violence against Israeli civilians or military".
Witnesses told Ma'an News Agency that five Israeli vehicles entered Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqiliya,firing tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets before they detained 17-year-old Majid Mahmoud Jumaa, who was out on the street.
In Hebron, locals said Israeli troops had detained Zeid Akram al-Qawasmi after ransacking and damaging his house.
A statement from the Palestinian prisoner's society in Hebron also said that Israeli forces had detained a 25-year-old woman, Sabrin Khalil Abu Sharar, from her house in Dora near Hebron.
The woman's father said Israeli troops ransacked their home at dawn hours before taking Sabrin to an unknown location.
The other five Palestinians detained remain unidentified.
Al Ray further reports that Israeli forces had deployed heavily on Sunday morning, at the entrance of occupied Jerusalem, where they detained a young man and a child from Al Issawiya, in the Old City.
Witness reported that Israeli forces intensified their presence on the entrances of Jerusalem neighborhoods and villages, centering near Ras Al Amood area, where they randomly issued tickets for vehicles.
Head of Jerusalemite prisoners committee, Amjad Abu Asab, stated that soldiers detained the minor, Amir Basti, 17, while he was participating in decorating Bab Hetta lane in the old city in preparations for Ramadan month.
Abu Asab explained that a group of Mista'arvim attacked the young men in Bab Hetta lane, and kidnapped the minor Basti without clear charges. Basti will stand trial in front of the Israeli magistrate court to consider extending his detention.
Forces had also detained, Mohamed Elian, 21, from Al Issawiya village, and he was taken to Al Maskobia interrogation center.
Clashes erupted later, in Bab Hettan and Al Siwan neighborhood, where soldiers fired sound and gas bombs.
Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and the West bank are routinely detained by Israeli forces, with prisoners' rights group Addameer estimating that around 40 percent of the Palestinian male population has spent time in Israeli jails.
Sources based in Occupied Jerusalem said two Palestinian youngsters, identified as Amir al-Baseti and Mu’awiya al-Ajlouni, were kidnapped by the IOF in the clashes that rocked Bab Hitta neighborhood.
A Palestinian child sustained wounds as the IOF attacked the young protesters with randomly-discharged spates of stun grenades.
Some 135 Palestinians were reportedly captured by the IOF across Occupied Jerusalem during the past month of May.
Saturday’s campaign cropped up just a few hours before the IOF abducted eight Palestinian civilians in a predawn campaign launched across cities of the West Bank.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of eight Palestinians on allegations they are wanted due to their potential involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The detainees were dragged to Israeli investigation centers pending further interrogation.
Several Kidnapped by Israeli Forces Across West Bank & Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday, the Israeli army said. On Sunday morning, at the entrance of occupied East Jerusalem, forces detained a young man and a child from Al Issawiya, in the Old City.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that one had been arrested in Qalqiliya, one in Ramallah, one in Bethlehem, and five from Hebron, all for "involved in terror" or "violence against Israeli civilians or military".
Witnesses told Ma'an News Agency that five Israeli vehicles entered Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqiliya,firing tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets before they detained 17-year-old Majid Mahmoud Jumaa, who was out on the street.
In Hebron, locals said Israeli troops had detained Zeid Akram al-Qawasmi after ransacking and damaging his house.
A statement from the Palestinian prisoner's society in Hebron also said that Israeli forces had detained a 25-year-old woman, Sabrin Khalil Abu Sharar, from her house in Dora near Hebron.
The woman's father said Israeli troops ransacked their home at dawn hours before taking Sabrin to an unknown location.
The other five Palestinians detained remain unidentified.
Al Ray further reports that Israeli forces had deployed heavily on Sunday morning, at the entrance of occupied Jerusalem, where they detained a young man and a child from Al Issawiya, in the Old City.
Witness reported that Israeli forces intensified their presence on the entrances of Jerusalem neighborhoods and villages, centering near Ras Al Amood area, where they randomly issued tickets for vehicles.
Head of Jerusalemite prisoners committee, Amjad Abu Asab, stated that soldiers detained the minor, Amir Basti, 17, while he was participating in decorating Bab Hetta lane in the old city in preparations for Ramadan month.
Abu Asab explained that a group of Mista'arvim attacked the young men in Bab Hetta lane, and kidnapped the minor Basti without clear charges. Basti will stand trial in front of the Israeli magistrate court to consider extending his detention.
Forces had also detained, Mohamed Elian, 21, from Al Issawiya village, and he was taken to Al Maskobia interrogation center.
Clashes erupted later, in Bab Hettan and Al Siwan neighborhood, where soldiers fired sound and gas bombs.
Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and the West bank are routinely detained by Israeli forces, with prisoners' rights group Addameer estimating that around 40 percent of the Palestinian male population has spent time in Israeli jails.
6 june 2015
Chief of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraq’e today said that the health of prisoner Khader Adnan had become increasingly bad after he reached the 35th day in his hunger strike protesting his administrative detention orders.
After Adnan’s hunger strike entered its 2nd month, said Qaraq’e, his condition became critical and he began experiencing intermittent comas, a sharp decrease in his weight and a drop in his heart rate.
In a statement made to PNN, Qaraq’e held the Israeli government responsible for the life and health of Khader Adnan, and demanded that they end his administrative detention, which violates international law and goes against human rights.
Qaraq’e noted that prisoners around the world do not spend more than 10 years in jail without trial, but that Israel’s policy of administrative detention singled it out as memorable in its violations of prisoners’ rights.
He said that Israel has administratively detained thousands of Palestinians over the years for periods ranging from several months to several years. The highest number of administrative detainees was during the first Intifada in 1989, when the number reached 2,000 prisoners.
During the second Intifada and in April 2002, the number of detainees under administrative detention orders decreased gradually until 2014, when Israel stepped up its administrative arrests. The number of detainees under these orders now totals 480.
According to Qaraq’e, 23,000 administrative detention orders were issued against Palestinians since 2000.
Qaraq’e’s statement came during his visit to the prisoner Bajes Thekhla, held in Jalazoun prison, who spent 10 years in administrative detention out of a total 17 years in prison.
The administrative detention order violates the rights of prisoners. It allows Israel to hold Palestinians in jail without trial or charges. The orders can be renewed an indefinite number of times.
After Adnan’s hunger strike entered its 2nd month, said Qaraq’e, his condition became critical and he began experiencing intermittent comas, a sharp decrease in his weight and a drop in his heart rate.
In a statement made to PNN, Qaraq’e held the Israeli government responsible for the life and health of Khader Adnan, and demanded that they end his administrative detention, which violates international law and goes against human rights.
Qaraq’e noted that prisoners around the world do not spend more than 10 years in jail without trial, but that Israel’s policy of administrative detention singled it out as memorable in its violations of prisoners’ rights.
He said that Israel has administratively detained thousands of Palestinians over the years for periods ranging from several months to several years. The highest number of administrative detainees was during the first Intifada in 1989, when the number reached 2,000 prisoners.
During the second Intifada and in April 2002, the number of detainees under administrative detention orders decreased gradually until 2014, when Israel stepped up its administrative arrests. The number of detainees under these orders now totals 480.
According to Qaraq’e, 23,000 administrative detention orders were issued against Palestinians since 2000.
Qaraq’e’s statement came during his visit to the prisoner Bajes Thekhla, held in Jalazoun prison, who spent 10 years in administrative detention out of a total 17 years in prison.
The administrative detention order violates the rights of prisoners. It allows Israel to hold Palestinians in jail without trial or charges. The orders can be renewed an indefinite number of times.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday morning, a young Palestinian man from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after stopping him on the Tunnel Roadblock; soldiers also handed a resident of Hebron a military order for interrogation, and installed roadblocks.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar Mohammad Awad said the soldiers kidnapped Ahmad Mahmoud al-‘Alami, 24, while trying to cross the Tunnel Roadblock, south of Jerusalem, and took him to an unknown destination.
In addition, soldiers invaded Hebron city, searched and ransacked several homes, and handed Samer Yosri a military order for interrogation in the Gush Etzion base.
The army also installed roadblocks on Hebron’s northern entrances, and the main road leading to Sa’ir town, northeast of the city, stopped and searched several cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
In related news, soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and handed Mos’ab Ahmad Deeriyya, 17 years of age, a military warrant for interrogation in the Etzion base, after searching his family home.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar Mohammad Awad said the soldiers kidnapped Ahmad Mahmoud al-‘Alami, 24, while trying to cross the Tunnel Roadblock, south of Jerusalem, and took him to an unknown destination.
In addition, soldiers invaded Hebron city, searched and ransacked several homes, and handed Samer Yosri a military order for interrogation in the Gush Etzion base.
The army also installed roadblocks on Hebron’s northern entrances, and the main road leading to Sa’ir town, northeast of the city, stopped and searched several cars, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
In related news, soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and handed Mos’ab Ahmad Deeriyya, 17 years of age, a military warrant for interrogation in the Etzion base, after searching his family home.
The Israeli occupation navy on Thursday evening released five Gazan fishermen after detaining them for several hours.
The fishermen were taken prisoners in the morning as they were fishing off the coast of al-Sudaniya area, northwest of Gaza city.
The Israeli navy harasses and attacks Palestinian fishermen almost on a daily basis even if they work within the permitted fishing zone.
The fishermen were taken prisoners in the morning as they were fishing off the coast of al-Sudaniya area, northwest of Gaza city.
The Israeli navy harasses and attacks Palestinian fishermen almost on a daily basis even if they work within the permitted fishing zone.
5 june 2015
Al-Dameer organization lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud, explained that the District court judge sentenced the 20-year old Mufeed Mohammad Obeid for 57 months (5 years) of actual imprisonment and a suspended probation of 10 months for three years on charges of throwing stones and Molotov Cocktails.
The lawyer described the sentence made by a settler judge as “unjust” and ensured that he will appeal it at the Israeli Supreme Court.
Lawyer Mahmoud added that the judge also sentenced Mohammad Tayseer Abulhawa for 24 months of actual imprisonment, a suspended probation of 6 months for three years and an 1800-NIS fine.
Ayoub Abulhawa was also sentenced for 30 months of actual imprisonment and a suspended probation of 9 months for three years, and Mohammad Mughrabi sentenced for 7 months of actual imprisonment, a suspended probation of 4 months for three years and a 2400-NIS fine.
Extensions of arrest…
Lawyer Mahmoud added that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Mohammad Jaber Abbasi until 10/6/2015 and transferred him to the so-called “conduct officer”; an indictment was submitted against him during Thursday’s session.
The District judge extended the arrest of Ahmad Gheith, Mohammad Rweidi, Mohammad Abu Nab and Rateb Haymooni until 8/6/2015; indictments were also submitted against them.
The judge also extended the arrest of Amjad Qawwas until 6/7/2015, Mohammad Qneibi until 16/9/2015, Joudeh Abu Jom’a until 16/6/2015 and Mohammad Za’atra until 9/9/2015 for sentencing.
In a related matter, the Magistrate judge decided to release the minors Nadim Obeid and Ala’ Obeid on condition of house-arrest for 5 day and a third-party bail but the prosecution appealed the decision.
Prison sentences…
The head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, Amjad Abu Asab, said that the District judge sentenced the 19-year old Jerusalemite prisoner Mohammad Nimer Yousef Mousa Qneibi from the neighborhood of Al-Thori for 36 months. Qneibi was arrested on 20/11/2014 during a series of arrests that targeted the locals of Al-Thori after the Martyrdom of Mutaz Hijazi.
The judge also sentenced the 22-year old Jerusalemite prisoner Ayoub Ali Mohammad Abulhawa for 30 months and the 19-year old Majdi Khaled Khader Hadreh for 18 months of actual imprisonment.
The Magistrate judge also sentenced Ahmad Rabee’ Al-Razem for 11 months and a 6-thousand NIS fine, and Hamzeh Naser Malhas for 8 months.
On the other hand, the occupation forces arrested the 19-year old Ali Sabri Abu Diab after raiding his house in the neighborhood of Ein Al-Lozeh in Silwan. During the arrest, the forces fired sound grenades and rubber bullets towards the young men who responded with stones and firecrackers.
The lawyer described the sentence made by a settler judge as “unjust” and ensured that he will appeal it at the Israeli Supreme Court.
Lawyer Mahmoud added that the judge also sentenced Mohammad Tayseer Abulhawa for 24 months of actual imprisonment, a suspended probation of 6 months for three years and an 1800-NIS fine.
Ayoub Abulhawa was also sentenced for 30 months of actual imprisonment and a suspended probation of 9 months for three years, and Mohammad Mughrabi sentenced for 7 months of actual imprisonment, a suspended probation of 4 months for three years and a 2400-NIS fine.
Extensions of arrest…
Lawyer Mahmoud added that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Mohammad Jaber Abbasi until 10/6/2015 and transferred him to the so-called “conduct officer”; an indictment was submitted against him during Thursday’s session.
The District judge extended the arrest of Ahmad Gheith, Mohammad Rweidi, Mohammad Abu Nab and Rateb Haymooni until 8/6/2015; indictments were also submitted against them.
The judge also extended the arrest of Amjad Qawwas until 6/7/2015, Mohammad Qneibi until 16/9/2015, Joudeh Abu Jom’a until 16/6/2015 and Mohammad Za’atra until 9/9/2015 for sentencing.
In a related matter, the Magistrate judge decided to release the minors Nadim Obeid and Ala’ Obeid on condition of house-arrest for 5 day and a third-party bail but the prosecution appealed the decision.
Prison sentences…
The head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, Amjad Abu Asab, said that the District judge sentenced the 19-year old Jerusalemite prisoner Mohammad Nimer Yousef Mousa Qneibi from the neighborhood of Al-Thori for 36 months. Qneibi was arrested on 20/11/2014 during a series of arrests that targeted the locals of Al-Thori after the Martyrdom of Mutaz Hijazi.
The judge also sentenced the 22-year old Jerusalemite prisoner Ayoub Ali Mohammad Abulhawa for 30 months and the 19-year old Majdi Khaled Khader Hadreh for 18 months of actual imprisonment.
The Magistrate judge also sentenced Ahmad Rabee’ Al-Razem for 11 months and a 6-thousand NIS fine, and Hamzeh Naser Malhas for 8 months.
On the other hand, the occupation forces arrested the 19-year old Ali Sabri Abu Diab after raiding his house in the neighborhood of Ein Al-Lozeh in Silwan. During the arrest, the forces fired sound grenades and rubber bullets towards the young men who responded with stones and firecrackers.
Data from the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-detainees show that Israel has arrested more than 850 thousand Palestinians since 1967, consisting 20 percent of the Palestinian people.
The commission expressed deep concerns over “the escalated Israeli daily arrests and violations that mainly target the Palestinian society.”
Daily arrest policy is a main feature of Israeli occupation, the statement said, pointing out that more than ten arrests are daily reported in occupied Palestine.
Since 1967, 206 Palestinians have died in Israeli jails, including 71 prisoners were tortured to death, while 45 others died as result of denial of health treatment, in addition 74 were deliberately killed shortly after being detained. Seven other prisoners were shot and killed while in custody.
The statement said that 6,500 Palestinians are currently held in 22 Israeli prisons and detention center including 25 women, 200 children, 480 administrative detainees (held without trial or charge), 12 free-elected MPs, and 30 pre-Oslo prisoners.
More than 1600 Palestinian prisoners suffer different health problems including chronic diseases.
The commission expressed deep concerns over “the escalated Israeli daily arrests and violations that mainly target the Palestinian society.”
Daily arrest policy is a main feature of Israeli occupation, the statement said, pointing out that more than ten arrests are daily reported in occupied Palestine.
Since 1967, 206 Palestinians have died in Israeli jails, including 71 prisoners were tortured to death, while 45 others died as result of denial of health treatment, in addition 74 were deliberately killed shortly after being detained. Seven other prisoners were shot and killed while in custody.
The statement said that 6,500 Palestinians are currently held in 22 Israeli prisons and detention center including 25 women, 200 children, 480 administrative detainees (held without trial or charge), 12 free-elected MPs, and 30 pre-Oslo prisoners.
More than 1600 Palestinian prisoners suffer different health problems including chronic diseases.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested 60 Palestinian fishermen and
seized or destroyed 30 fishing boats since the announcement of the
ceasefire deal on August 26, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade
Unions in Gaza said Thursday.
The general director of the union Sami al-Asami said in a statement that the Israeli occupation seized 77 boats over the last four years, returned 14 of them and destroyed five.
The Palestinian fisherman Tawfiq Said Abu Riyala was also murdered by the Israeli forces while he was working last March.
He added that among the 60 arrested fishermen three remain in Israeli custody on allegations of possessing fiberglass.
Al-Asami urged the human rights institutions to take a tougher line against Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen and farmers in the blockaded Gaza Strip and to urge the Israeli occupation to cease its flagrant violations of the ceasefire accord.
An Egyptian-brokered truce deal was struck between Palestinian resistance factions and the Israeli occupation in the wake of last summer’s Israeli offensive on the besieged coastal enclave. The aggression took away the lives of some 2,300 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
The general director of the union Sami al-Asami said in a statement that the Israeli occupation seized 77 boats over the last four years, returned 14 of them and destroyed five.
The Palestinian fisherman Tawfiq Said Abu Riyala was also murdered by the Israeli forces while he was working last March.
He added that among the 60 arrested fishermen three remain in Israeli custody on allegations of possessing fiberglass.
Al-Asami urged the human rights institutions to take a tougher line against Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen and farmers in the blockaded Gaza Strip and to urge the Israeli occupation to cease its flagrant violations of the ceasefire accord.
An Egyptian-brokered truce deal was struck between Palestinian resistance factions and the Israeli occupation in the wake of last summer’s Israeli offensive on the besieged coastal enclave. The aggression took away the lives of some 2,300 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
Palestinian rights groups and prisoners’ families have expressed Thursday deep concern over the Palestinian minors’ escalated arrest at hands of Israeli forces in Jenin city.
Palestinian minors’ families have held Thursday a sit-in outside Red Cross headquarters in Jenin protesting against the Israeli continued arrest of the two children Amer Bajawi, 14, and Sanad Masharqeh, 16.
The two children are schoolboys from Jenin. They were detained on May 24, 2015 while playing outside their homes near an Israeli military tower.
The families handed the Red Cross administration a petition calling for an urgent intervention to save the two detained children’s lives.
The protesters also called on the international human rights institutions to exert pressures on Israel to stop its children arrest policy.
The local activist Ragheb Abu Diak said during the event that more than 300 Palestinian children are currently held in Israeli jails.
In 2014, international rights group Defense for Children reported that 93 percent of children detained by Israeli forces were denied access to legal counsel, while others endured prolonged periods of solitary confinement for interrogation purposes, a practice that also amounts to torture under international law.
Palestinian minors’ families have held Thursday a sit-in outside Red Cross headquarters in Jenin protesting against the Israeli continued arrest of the two children Amer Bajawi, 14, and Sanad Masharqeh, 16.
The two children are schoolboys from Jenin. They were detained on May 24, 2015 while playing outside their homes near an Israeli military tower.
The families handed the Red Cross administration a petition calling for an urgent intervention to save the two detained children’s lives.
The protesters also called on the international human rights institutions to exert pressures on Israel to stop its children arrest policy.
The local activist Ragheb Abu Diak said during the event that more than 300 Palestinian children are currently held in Israeli jails.
In 2014, international rights group Defense for Children reported that 93 percent of children detained by Israeli forces were denied access to legal counsel, while others endured prolonged periods of solitary confinement for interrogation purposes, a practice that also amounts to torture under international law.
The Israeli prison authorities on Thursday transferred the hunger-striking prisoner Khader Adnan to the emergency department at the Assaf Harofeh hospital in the occupied Lod city after his health status has remarkably gone down.
A PIC news correspondent quoted Adnan’s wife, Umm Abdul Rahman, as stating: “Adnan was forcibly transferred by the Israeli occupation authorities in al-Ramla jail to the emergency department at the Assaf Harofeh medical center to follow up on his exacerbated health after he has been starving for 31 uninterrupted days.
Adnan’s wife said her hunger-striking husband has been turning down orders to undergo medical check-ups in Israeli hospitals, where, in Adnan’s words, “the circumstances are much worse than those endured by the inmates in the prison cells.”
Prisoner Adnan, just like any other Palestinian sick detainee, has usually been hospitalized while shackled, hand and feet, to the hospital bed, the wife added.
She said the four soldiers watching over the prisoner patient have done it all to foil his hunger strike, provocatively consuming food in front of him to thwart the strike.
“Had the Israeli occupation been concerned over Adnan’s health they would have released him rather than dragged him to hospital against his will,” the wife further stated.
Prisoner Khader Adnan has been on a hunger-strike for 31 days in protest at being held administratively, with neither charge nor trial, at the Israeli occupation lock-ups.
A PIC news correspondent quoted Adnan’s wife, Umm Abdul Rahman, as stating: “Adnan was forcibly transferred by the Israeli occupation authorities in al-Ramla jail to the emergency department at the Assaf Harofeh medical center to follow up on his exacerbated health after he has been starving for 31 uninterrupted days.
Adnan’s wife said her hunger-striking husband has been turning down orders to undergo medical check-ups in Israeli hospitals, where, in Adnan’s words, “the circumstances are much worse than those endured by the inmates in the prison cells.”
Prisoner Adnan, just like any other Palestinian sick detainee, has usually been hospitalized while shackled, hand and feet, to the hospital bed, the wife added.
She said the four soldiers watching over the prisoner patient have done it all to foil his hunger strike, provocatively consuming food in front of him to thwart the strike.
“Had the Israeli occupation been concerned over Adnan’s health they would have released him rather than dragged him to hospital against his will,” the wife further stated.
Prisoner Khader Adnan has been on a hunger-strike for 31 days in protest at being held administratively, with neither charge nor trial, at the Israeli occupation lock-ups.
