14 june 2015
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released Sunday the member of Palestinian Legislative Council Hosni Borini after serving one-year sentence behind Israeli bars.
MP Borini was received by his family and a number of Hamas-affiliated MPs at Dahriya checkpoint south of al-Khalil after being released from Negev prison, Hamas official web site said.
MP Borini, 59, was supposed to be released before 20 days.
He was kidnapped on June 15, 2014 during an Israeli large-scale campaign carried out throughout occupied West Bank following the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil.
Along the same line, the leader in Hamas movement Adnan Hosari is expected to be released from Israeli jails on Sunday after spending two years and half a year in administrative detention according to which he is detained without charge or trial.
Hosari , whose son is also held in Israeli jails, was detained more than once by Israeli forces. He also spent several months in PA jails.
MP Borini was received by his family and a number of Hamas-affiliated MPs at Dahriya checkpoint south of al-Khalil after being released from Negev prison, Hamas official web site said.
MP Borini, 59, was supposed to be released before 20 days.
He was kidnapped on June 15, 2014 during an Israeli large-scale campaign carried out throughout occupied West Bank following the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil.
Along the same line, the leader in Hamas movement Adnan Hosari is expected to be released from Israeli jails on Sunday after spending two years and half a year in administrative detention according to which he is detained without charge or trial.
Hosari , whose son is also held in Israeli jails, was detained more than once by Israeli forces. He also spent several months in PA jails.
The father of the youngest Jordanian prisoner in Israeli jails on Sunday declared a hunger strike and staged a sit-in outside the Jordanian Foreign Ministry headquarters.
His protest step came after the Foreign Ministry did not meet promises it made before two weeks to intervene for his son's release or at least to facilitate family visits to his detained 18-year-old son within ten days.
Mahdi Suleiman, whose son, Mohammad, was arrested in March 2013 at the age of 16, charged that Jordanian officials are not doing enough to secure his release.
"I met Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on several occasions, the last of which was nearly a month ago, and I gave him a file that proves my son was being tortured, in addition to being held in solitary confinement," he added.
"Mohammad was allegedly arrested for stoning an Israeli jeep, however Israeli prosecution charged him with attempted murder and injuring seven Israeli soldiers," the father clarified.
The teenager was in the West Bank visiting his relatives at the time of his detention.
His protest step came after the Foreign Ministry did not meet promises it made before two weeks to intervene for his son's release or at least to facilitate family visits to his detained 18-year-old son within ten days.
Mahdi Suleiman, whose son, Mohammad, was arrested in March 2013 at the age of 16, charged that Jordanian officials are not doing enough to secure his release.
"I met Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on several occasions, the last of which was nearly a month ago, and I gave him a file that proves my son was being tortured, in addition to being held in solitary confinement," he added.
"Mohammad was allegedly arrested for stoning an Israeli jeep, however Israeli prosecution charged him with attempted murder and injuring seven Israeli soldiers," the father clarified.
The teenager was in the West Bank visiting his relatives at the time of his detention.
The father of the sick prisoner Mari Qabaha, from Jenin, held the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) along with the Israeli government fully responsible for the life of his sick son due to future health complications may result from inhuman detention conditions.
The father appealed to the international institutions to pressure the Israeli government to release his son so that his family can offer him appropriate treatment outside jail.
He said, on Sunday, that his detained son is sentenced to 15 years and has already spent over 11 years.
Captive Qabaha is suffering from complete loss of vision in one eye whereas complaining about 40% loss of vision in the other, the father pointed out.
He opined that the inhuman detention conditions in Israeli jails have directly contributed to the loss of vision in his son’s eye. Unless he is released as soon as possible, there is a real risk to lose vision completely in both eyes, the father underlined.
The father appealed to the international institutions to pressure the Israeli government to release his son so that his family can offer him appropriate treatment outside jail.
He said, on Sunday, that his detained son is sentenced to 15 years and has already spent over 11 years.
Captive Qabaha is suffering from complete loss of vision in one eye whereas complaining about 40% loss of vision in the other, the father pointed out.
He opined that the inhuman detention conditions in Israeli jails have directly contributed to the loss of vision in his son’s eye. Unless he is released as soon as possible, there is a real risk to lose vision completely in both eyes, the father underlined.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up three Palestinians and summoned a fourth in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources revealed that the IOF stormed al-Khalil city and Yatta town, broke into Palestinians’ houses and arrested two Palestinians. They were taken to an unknown destination.
In Nablus, local sources stated that the IOF arrested on Sunday morning a 19-year-old university student. He was identified as Ridha Hasouneh. His family said the IOF soldiers arrested their son on his way to university.
In the same context, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society disclosed that the Israeli forces stormed at dawn on Sunday the house of the sick detainee Salah al-Titi who is sentenced to three years.
In a statement, the Society said the Israeli soldiers wreaked havoc in Titi’s house for search purposes and handed a summons to his father in order to be questioned by the Israeli intelligence.
Captive Salah is one of the sick prisoners who are held in Ramleh prison clinic permanently. He is disabled and has congenital malformation in the bowel.
Local sources revealed that the IOF stormed al-Khalil city and Yatta town, broke into Palestinians’ houses and arrested two Palestinians. They were taken to an unknown destination.
In Nablus, local sources stated that the IOF arrested on Sunday morning a 19-year-old university student. He was identified as Ridha Hasouneh. His family said the IOF soldiers arrested their son on his way to university.
In the same context, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society disclosed that the Israeli forces stormed at dawn on Sunday the house of the sick detainee Salah al-Titi who is sentenced to three years.
In a statement, the Society said the Israeli soldiers wreaked havoc in Titi’s house for search purposes and handed a summons to his father in order to be questioned by the Israeli intelligence.
Captive Salah is one of the sick prisoners who are held in Ramleh prison clinic permanently. He is disabled and has congenital malformation in the bowel.
Members of the Israeli Special Unit for suppression called “Nahshon” attacked the Palestinian captive Mohammad Abedrabbu by severe beating on the way to Soroka Hospital.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society revealed, in a statement on Sunday, that the 20 members of Nahshon units beat Abedrabbu after cuffing his hands and feet.
They pushed him to the ground and transferred him to isolation cells instead of hospital in order to conduct medical examinations, the Society added.
Detainee Abedrabbu, 29, from Nablus, is sentenced to 16 years and has been suffering from unbearable stomach-ache and semi-permanent vomiting.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society revealed, in a statement on Sunday, that the 20 members of Nahshon units beat Abedrabbu after cuffing his hands and feet.
They pushed him to the ground and transferred him to isolation cells instead of hospital in order to conduct medical examinations, the Society added.
Detainee Abedrabbu, 29, from Nablus, is sentenced to 16 years and has been suffering from unbearable stomach-ache and semi-permanent vomiting.
The Italian pro-Palestine activist Samantha Comizzoli, who has been detained in an Israeli jail since Friday, threatened to start hunger strike protesting Israel's decision to deport her outside of Palestine.
Ahrar Center for Prisoners and Human Rights revealed that Samantha Comizzoli was arrested on Friday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Nablus while she was taking part in a peaceful march in Kafr Qadoum in Qalqilya on a makeshift barrier.
She was questioned in the field for six hours then, on Sunday, brought to Tel Aviv airport where she is now detained, the center added.
Samantha was working as an activist in the field of journalism and documenting the Israeli violations against Palestinians especially the children. She is an activist at Solidarity for Free Palestine (SFP) and has been in Palestine for over a year.
The center also condemned the arrest of Samantha and called the Palestinian highest official organizations to intervene in order to release her and to pressure Israel not to deport her out of Palestine.
Ahrar Center for Prisoners and Human Rights revealed that Samantha Comizzoli was arrested on Friday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Nablus while she was taking part in a peaceful march in Kafr Qadoum in Qalqilya on a makeshift barrier.
She was questioned in the field for six hours then, on Sunday, brought to Tel Aviv airport where she is now detained, the center added.
Samantha was working as an activist in the field of journalism and documenting the Israeli violations against Palestinians especially the children. She is an activist at Solidarity for Free Palestine (SFP) and has been in Palestine for over a year.
The center also condemned the arrest of Samantha and called the Palestinian highest official organizations to intervene in order to release her and to pressure Israel not to deport her out of Palestine.
Image of forcefeeding of prisoner (archived photo from popularresistance.org)
Israel's Medical Association opposes measure, saying it is a form of torture and medically risky, urging doctors not to abide by such a law, if it passes.
The government approved on Sunday a proposed bill that would enable authorities to force-feed Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike, a practice opposed by the country's medical association.
Israel has long been concerned that hunger strikes by Palestinians in its jails could end in death and trigger waves of protests in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. But Israel's Medical Association (IMA), which considers force-feeding a form of torture and medically risky, has urged Israeli doctors not to abide by the law if it is passed.
Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who sponsored the bill, said the cabinet's support for the legislation would allow him to re-submit it to the Knesset for two final votes in the near future. It already passed a preliminary vote in the legislature before Israel's parliamentary election in March.
"Hunger strikes by imprisoned terrorists have become a weapon with which they are trying to threaten the State of Israel," Erdan wrote on Facebook. "The cabinet's decision today sends a clear message: we will not blink in the face of any threat."
Qadoura Fares, chairman of the Palestinian Prisoners Club that advocates on behalf of Palestinians in Israeli jails, called the legislation racist and a violation of international law. Under existing Israeli law, patients cannot be treated against their will, although an ethics committee can be asked to intervene.
Demanding an end to his detention without trial, a Palestinian prisoner, Khader Adnan of the Islamic Jihad militant group, has been on a hunger strike in jail for the past 41 days, refusing solid food and drinking only water.
Adnan went on hunger strike for 66 days during a previous detention period in 2012, the longest such Palestinian protest. It ended when Israeli authorities promised to release him. He was jailed again in July 2014 under so-called "administrative detention".
Hamas and Islamic Jihad demanded Adnan's release on Sunday.
Israel's use of a decades-old policy of detaining some Palestinians without formal charge has drawn international criticism. Israel says the procedure is necessary to avoid exposing confidential information in trials.
Strict approval process
According to the bill proposal, only a doctor who treated the prisoner and is familiar with his medical history could determine whether to take the recourse of force-feeding.
In addition, the Prisons Service can only submit a request the court to approve the procedure only if there is "a danger to the prisoner's life or a risk of severe and irreversible disability" caused to the prisoner as a result of his continuous hunger strike.
A request for force-feeding will only done with the approval of the attorney-general or someone else authorized to approve such a request.
Before taking the recourse of force feeding, the Prisons Service will try to obtain the prisoner's consent, and the legal procedure will be explained to him. The court, meanwhile, will have to be convinced that the prisoner was given all of the medical information patients are entitled to receive according to the law.
The legislation also includes an amendment allowing the prisoner to explain to the court the reasons and objective to his hunger strike in order to prevent the approval of force-feeding.
The bill also stipulates that the attending physician will not have to force-feed the prisoner, even if the court approves the measure, so the doctor will not have to act against his conscience.
Israeli Cabinet passes bill authorizing force-feeding of prisoners
As numerous Palestinian prisoners are engaged in hunger strikes right now, vowing to continue until death, the Israeli cabinet decided on Sunday to allow prison officials to forcefeed the prisoners.
The practice of forcefeeding is considered torture under international law, but is practiced by the United States in its POW camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and by several other despotic regimes around the world.
The Israeli Medical Association, however, came out against the bill, stating that they will advise their doctors not to enforce the bill if it is passed through the Knesset. The Head of the Association wrote a letter stating that this law "contradicts and is in opposition to the standards of medical ethics accepted in Israel and by the entire world, and could almost certainly place doctors in the near-future in difficult and dangerous dilemmas."
The law, known as the "Law to Prevent Harm Caused by Hunger Strikes", will now pass to the Knesset (Parliament) for approval - but is expected to pass, given the current makeup of the Israeli Knesset.
Some amendments to the bill, which were meant to lessen its impact, were not included in the final version.
The bill will authorize prison authorities to tie down hunger-striking prisoners, force tubes down their throats and inject fluids. This practice frequently results in vomiting and asphyxiation, and can take several hours to complete.
The minister who introduced the law, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, called the new wave of Palestinian hunger strikes "a new type of suicide terrorist attack through which [the hunger-striking prisoners] will threaten the State of Israel. "
There are dozens of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prison camps right now, with several of them near death. Islam Hamed has reached more than 60 days of hunger striking, while Khader Adnan has been on hunger strike for 41 days.
They are demanding that Israel stop the practice of holding Palestinians without charges, often for years on end. These so-called 'administrative detentions' offer no chance for a trial, and no chance for the imprisoned Palestinian to know why they are being held.
Israel's Medical Association opposes measure, saying it is a form of torture and medically risky, urging doctors not to abide by such a law, if it passes.
The government approved on Sunday a proposed bill that would enable authorities to force-feed Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike, a practice opposed by the country's medical association.
Israel has long been concerned that hunger strikes by Palestinians in its jails could end in death and trigger waves of protests in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. But Israel's Medical Association (IMA), which considers force-feeding a form of torture and medically risky, has urged Israeli doctors not to abide by the law if it is passed.
Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who sponsored the bill, said the cabinet's support for the legislation would allow him to re-submit it to the Knesset for two final votes in the near future. It already passed a preliminary vote in the legislature before Israel's parliamentary election in March.
"Hunger strikes by imprisoned terrorists have become a weapon with which they are trying to threaten the State of Israel," Erdan wrote on Facebook. "The cabinet's decision today sends a clear message: we will not blink in the face of any threat."
Qadoura Fares, chairman of the Palestinian Prisoners Club that advocates on behalf of Palestinians in Israeli jails, called the legislation racist and a violation of international law. Under existing Israeli law, patients cannot be treated against their will, although an ethics committee can be asked to intervene.
Demanding an end to his detention without trial, a Palestinian prisoner, Khader Adnan of the Islamic Jihad militant group, has been on a hunger strike in jail for the past 41 days, refusing solid food and drinking only water.
Adnan went on hunger strike for 66 days during a previous detention period in 2012, the longest such Palestinian protest. It ended when Israeli authorities promised to release him. He was jailed again in July 2014 under so-called "administrative detention".
Hamas and Islamic Jihad demanded Adnan's release on Sunday.
Israel's use of a decades-old policy of detaining some Palestinians without formal charge has drawn international criticism. Israel says the procedure is necessary to avoid exposing confidential information in trials.
Strict approval process
According to the bill proposal, only a doctor who treated the prisoner and is familiar with his medical history could determine whether to take the recourse of force-feeding.
In addition, the Prisons Service can only submit a request the court to approve the procedure only if there is "a danger to the prisoner's life or a risk of severe and irreversible disability" caused to the prisoner as a result of his continuous hunger strike.
A request for force-feeding will only done with the approval of the attorney-general or someone else authorized to approve such a request.
Before taking the recourse of force feeding, the Prisons Service will try to obtain the prisoner's consent, and the legal procedure will be explained to him. The court, meanwhile, will have to be convinced that the prisoner was given all of the medical information patients are entitled to receive according to the law.
The legislation also includes an amendment allowing the prisoner to explain to the court the reasons and objective to his hunger strike in order to prevent the approval of force-feeding.
The bill also stipulates that the attending physician will not have to force-feed the prisoner, even if the court approves the measure, so the doctor will not have to act against his conscience.
Israeli Cabinet passes bill authorizing force-feeding of prisoners
As numerous Palestinian prisoners are engaged in hunger strikes right now, vowing to continue until death, the Israeli cabinet decided on Sunday to allow prison officials to forcefeed the prisoners.
The practice of forcefeeding is considered torture under international law, but is practiced by the United States in its POW camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and by several other despotic regimes around the world.
The Israeli Medical Association, however, came out against the bill, stating that they will advise their doctors not to enforce the bill if it is passed through the Knesset. The Head of the Association wrote a letter stating that this law "contradicts and is in opposition to the standards of medical ethics accepted in Israel and by the entire world, and could almost certainly place doctors in the near-future in difficult and dangerous dilemmas."
The law, known as the "Law to Prevent Harm Caused by Hunger Strikes", will now pass to the Knesset (Parliament) for approval - but is expected to pass, given the current makeup of the Israeli Knesset.
Some amendments to the bill, which were meant to lessen its impact, were not included in the final version.
The bill will authorize prison authorities to tie down hunger-striking prisoners, force tubes down their throats and inject fluids. This practice frequently results in vomiting and asphyxiation, and can take several hours to complete.
The minister who introduced the law, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, called the new wave of Palestinian hunger strikes "a new type of suicide terrorist attack through which [the hunger-striking prisoners] will threaten the State of Israel. "
There are dozens of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prison camps right now, with several of them near death. Islam Hamed has reached more than 60 days of hunger striking, while Khader Adnan has been on hunger strike for 41 days.
They are demanding that Israel stop the practice of holding Palestinians without charges, often for years on end. These so-called 'administrative detentions' offer no chance for a trial, and no chance for the imprisoned Palestinian to know why they are being held.
The health of the Palestinian administrative detainee Khader Adnan has reached critical condition as he entered his 41st day of hunger strike, Adnan’s defense committee warned Sunday.
Adnan, who staged one of the longest hunger strikes in history in 2012, is showing sharp weight loss, low heart rate, hypotension, and hypoglycemia as a result of his ongoing protest at being held in Israeli jails under administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial, the committee added.
Hunger-striking Adnan has also become unable to stand on his feet on his own, the same source further reported.
The committee urged the human rights and civil institutions to mobilize mass support, nationwide and overseas, for Adnan’s cause without further delay.
They further pushed for internationalizing the cause of some 500 Palestinian administrative detainees held in Israeli lock-ups without trials and for saving their life before it is too late.
“Adnan has been standing up for and fighting on behalf of human rights violated by the Israeli occupation forces under the so-called emergency law,” the committee said.
Prisoner Adnan, a father of six children, was detained by the Israeli occupation forces on July 8, 2014 and sentenced to administrative detention for the 10th time in his life.
Palestinians held in administrative detention can be incarcerated without charge or trial for months or years, and are denied access to the evidence that led to their detention.
Observers said the policy has been enacted excessively by the Israeli occupation authorities, in contravention to international and humanitarian laws which stipulate the practice be used only in extenuating circumstances.
Adnan, who staged one of the longest hunger strikes in history in 2012, is showing sharp weight loss, low heart rate, hypotension, and hypoglycemia as a result of his ongoing protest at being held in Israeli jails under administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial, the committee added.
Hunger-striking Adnan has also become unable to stand on his feet on his own, the same source further reported.
The committee urged the human rights and civil institutions to mobilize mass support, nationwide and overseas, for Adnan’s cause without further delay.
They further pushed for internationalizing the cause of some 500 Palestinian administrative detainees held in Israeli lock-ups without trials and for saving their life before it is too late.
“Adnan has been standing up for and fighting on behalf of human rights violated by the Israeli occupation forces under the so-called emergency law,” the committee said.
Prisoner Adnan, a father of six children, was detained by the Israeli occupation forces on July 8, 2014 and sentenced to administrative detention for the 10th time in his life.
Palestinians held in administrative detention can be incarcerated without charge or trial for months or years, and are denied access to the evidence that led to their detention.
Observers said the policy has been enacted excessively by the Israeli occupation authorities, in contravention to international and humanitarian laws which stipulate the practice be used only in extenuating circumstances.
The Commission of Detainees' and Ex-detainees' Affairs has called on all signatories to the Geneva Conventions to hold an urgent meeting to explore avenues of compelling Israel to respect its obligations towards the Palestinians prisoners.
This came in a speech delivered by director of the commission Issa Qaraqea at the European legal forum for the defense of the rights of the Palestinian people, which was held on Saturday in the Italian capital Rome.
Qaraqea stated that Israel did not abide by the international standards of dealing with the prisoners, affirming that its jailers enforce racist military laws against them in violation of their human rights.
The Palestinian official warned of a catastrophe to happen in Israeli jails if any hunger striker died, especially prisoner Khader Adnan and Ayman al-Sharbati whose health conditions reached a life-threatening stage.
He called for delegating an international inquiry commission to probe Israel's detention of children and its violation of their rights as well as other violations committed against the Palestinian prisoners in general.
He demanded the European Union to clearly declare that the Palestinian prisoners are protected under the four Geneva Conventions and its supplements.
This came in a speech delivered by director of the commission Issa Qaraqea at the European legal forum for the defense of the rights of the Palestinian people, which was held on Saturday in the Italian capital Rome.
Qaraqea stated that Israel did not abide by the international standards of dealing with the prisoners, affirming that its jailers enforce racist military laws against them in violation of their human rights.
The Palestinian official warned of a catastrophe to happen in Israeli jails if any hunger striker died, especially prisoner Khader Adnan and Ayman al-Sharbati whose health conditions reached a life-threatening stage.
He called for delegating an international inquiry commission to probe Israel's detention of children and its violation of their rights as well as other violations committed against the Palestinian prisoners in general.
He demanded the European Union to clearly declare that the Palestinian prisoners are protected under the four Geneva Conventions and its supplements.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday broke into the family home of the sick Palestinian detainee Salah al-Titi in al-Khalil while another army patrol moved into Nablus and inflamed clashes with locals.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said in a statement the IOF troops wreaked havoc in al-Titi’s family home moments before they summoned his father, Ahmad Mohamed, for interrogation.
Wheelchaired al-Titi has been permanently hospitalized in al-Ramla prison clinic and is diagnosed with Intestinal atresia. He is currently serving a three-year sentence in Israeli lock-ups.
Meanwhile, limited clashes flared up in Nablus city between the heavily-armed IOF troops and a group of Palestinian unarmed protestors.
The IOF soldiers sealed off the central local market in Beita town, in southern Nablus, under the pretext they were hurled with stones.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said in a statement the IOF troops wreaked havoc in al-Titi’s family home moments before they summoned his father, Ahmad Mohamed, for interrogation.
Wheelchaired al-Titi has been permanently hospitalized in al-Ramla prison clinic and is diagnosed with Intestinal atresia. He is currently serving a three-year sentence in Israeli lock-ups.
Meanwhile, limited clashes flared up in Nablus city between the heavily-armed IOF troops and a group of Palestinian unarmed protestors.
The IOF soldiers sealed off the central local market in Beita town, in southern Nablus, under the pretext they were hurled with stones.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday morning, a young Palestinian man, from Beit Omren village, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses said Rida Mohammad Hassouna, 19 years of age, was heading to his college, the Najah National University in Nablus, when the soldiers stopped him on a sudden roadblock, near Zawata village, and took him to an unknown destination.
The kidnapped Palestinian is a political science student.
Also on Sunday at dawn, soldiers killed a Palestinian in Kafr Malek village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said Rida Mohammad Hassouna, 19 years of age, was heading to his college, the Najah National University in Nablus, when the soldiers stopped him on a sudden roadblock, near Zawata village, and took him to an unknown destination.
The kidnapped Palestinian is a political science student.
Also on Sunday at dawn, soldiers killed a Palestinian in Kafr Malek village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, two Palestinians in Hebron and Yatta, and shut down the Central Fruits and Vegetables Market, near Nablus.
Several military vehicles invaded Hebron city, and Yatta nearby town, in the southern part of the West Bank, searched a few homes, and kidnapped two Palestinian.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Firas Jamal Dweik, and Khaled Shaher al-Adra.
In addition, soldiers invaded Beta town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and forced shut the Central Fruits and Vegetable Market.
The army claimed local youths hurled stones on their vehicles, in a nearby area.
The soldiers prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving the market area, and questioned many residents.
Several military vehicles invaded Hebron city, and Yatta nearby town, in the southern part of the West Bank, searched a few homes, and kidnapped two Palestinian.
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Firas Jamal Dweik, and Khaled Shaher al-Adra.
In addition, soldiers invaded Beta town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and forced shut the Central Fruits and Vegetable Market.
The army claimed local youths hurled stones on their vehicles, in a nearby area.
The soldiers prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving the market area, and questioned many residents.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that many residents have been injured, and one was kidnapped, late on Saturday at night, as Israeli soldiers invaded different neighborhoods, Silwan town, and the Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem, leading to clashes with local youths.
Clashes took place close to the military roadblock leading to the Shu’fat refugee camp, and the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Many gas bombs also struck homes, causing scores of residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Israeli army claimed some locals hurled Molotov cocktails, and empty bottles, at the military roadblock.
Clashes also took place in various neighborhoods in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially in Batn al-Hawa, and the Central Neighborhood; the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs.
Israeli military sources said local youths tried to burn structures in two settlement outposts in Silwan.
In addition, soldiers invaded a home in Sur Baher village, southeast of Jerusalem, kidnapped a young man identified as Nour Hamada, and handed several members of his family military orders for interrogation.
Soldiers also invaded the Suwwana neighborhood, in Jerusalem, and clashed with scores of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at the army, and the Beit Orit illegal outpost.
Clashes took place close to the military roadblock leading to the Shu’fat refugee camp, and the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Many gas bombs also struck homes, causing scores of residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Israeli army claimed some locals hurled Molotov cocktails, and empty bottles, at the military roadblock.
Clashes also took place in various neighborhoods in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially in Batn al-Hawa, and the Central Neighborhood; the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs.
Israeli military sources said local youths tried to burn structures in two settlement outposts in Silwan.
In addition, soldiers invaded a home in Sur Baher village, southeast of Jerusalem, kidnapped a young man identified as Nour Hamada, and handed several members of his family military orders for interrogation.
Soldiers also invaded the Suwwana neighborhood, in Jerusalem, and clashed with scores of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at the army, and the Beit Orit illegal outpost.
13 june 2015
Salem Military Court postponed the hearing session of the prisoner Jehad Shahada, 46, till next Wednesday for the third time in a row for further investigation, family sources said.
The prisoner’s wife said that her husband was earlier transferred from Jalama investigation center to Megiddo prison.
I was only allowed to speak with him for no more than one minute, she added.
Shahada was detained after brutally storming his home on April 30, 2015 although he suffers many health problems.
Along the same line, the court sentenced the prisoner Yahya Shadid to 26 months imprisonment and imposed on him a fine of 5,000 shekels.
Shadid, who is currently held in Megiddo prison, was arrested from his home in Tulkarem on May 21, 2014.
The female Gazan prisoner Sana al-Hafi’s detention was again extended for the fourth consecutive time.
Al-Hafi was detained at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing two weeks ago while on her way back home as she was receiving in treatment in West Bank.
She was transferred to Ashkelon to be then moved to Hasharon prison on charges of allegedly transferring money.
Her family expressed deep concerns over her health situation especially that she suffers many diseases, calling for her immediate release.
The prisoner’s wife said that her husband was earlier transferred from Jalama investigation center to Megiddo prison.
I was only allowed to speak with him for no more than one minute, she added.
Shahada was detained after brutally storming his home on April 30, 2015 although he suffers many health problems.
Along the same line, the court sentenced the prisoner Yahya Shadid to 26 months imprisonment and imposed on him a fine of 5,000 shekels.
Shadid, who is currently held in Megiddo prison, was arrested from his home in Tulkarem on May 21, 2014.
The female Gazan prisoner Sana al-Hafi’s detention was again extended for the fourth consecutive time.
Al-Hafi was detained at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing two weeks ago while on her way back home as she was receiving in treatment in West Bank.
She was transferred to Ashkelon to be then moved to Hasharon prison on charges of allegedly transferring money.
Her family expressed deep concerns over her health situation especially that she suffers many diseases, calling for her immediate release.
The hunger striker Khader Adnan’s family criticized Friday the Palestinian Authority’s passive position towards their son’s issue, calling for saving the Palestinian prisoners’ life.
During solidarity vigil with Khader Adnan organized in Jenin, hunger striker’s father called on Arab leaders to intervene urgently to save prisoners’ lives especially those who launched hunger strike.
Adnan’s father strongly slammed the PA’s continued silence and passive position towards the hunger strikers in Israeli jails, calling on Mahmoud Abbas to prosecute the occupation in international courts for committing war crimes against Palestinian prisoners.
For his part, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society Ragheb Abu Dik said that Adnan’s health condition is very critical as he suffers severe weight loss, frequent vomiting, and sharp pains all over his body.
In his turn, former minister Wasfi Qubaha stressed the need for forming a Palestinian national committee to activate prisoners’ issue at local, regional, and international levels.
Following Friday prayers, dozens of Palestinians marched in Araba town in Jenin carrying Khader Adnan’s photos and chanting slogans demanding his release.
Adnan has been on hunger strike for more than a month protesting against being inside Israeli prisons under the term of administrative detention.
He staged one of the longest hunger strikes in history in 2012. A father of six children, Adnan was arrested on July 8, 2014 and sentenced to administrative detention for the 10th time in his life.
Palestinians under administrative detention inside Israeli prisons are being held without charge or trial for months or years, and are denied access to the evidence that led to their detention.
Khader Adnan on hunger strike amid limited official and popular support (report)
"We won't accept any condolences from any official if, God forbid, something bad happens to Sheikh Khader Adnan as a result of his open hunger strike, this is what we've told everybody." Um Abdul Rahman, the wife of captive Khader Adnan, told the PIC reporter to express her disappointment over the official and popular passive position towards the issue of her husband who has been on an open hunger strike for almost 40 days.
Um Abdul Rahman also said that everybody is negligent including the factions, and clarified that if they really wanted to act, all they have to do is issue a circular to their members to organize demonstrations and events; but they haven't done anything and since the beginning of the hunger strike no official has communicated with us until lately and through the head of the legal unit in the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) Jawad Boulos.
In spite of all that, Um Abdul Rahaman said that she is confident that her husband's hunger strike will succeed in spite of the fact that many persons said that Sheikh Adnan went on the hunger strike at the wrong time. She stressed that her husband decided to fight this battle and put his life at risk, and all what his family ask for is mobilizing mass support so as to be part of the victory when it is achieved.
Um Abdul Rahaman emphasized that the longer the hunger strike lasts, the more support it gains.
Call for action
Pro-prisoners parties and the family of Sheikh Adnan condemned the Palestinian Authority (PA), the factions, the civil society, and the local and international human rights organizations for neglecting Sheikh Adnan's strike in spite of the fact that his strike is a symbol of the administrative detainees' issue.
The hunger striker’s father called on the PA to take concrete steps like submitting the detainees' file, and particularly the administrative detainees' issue to the International Criminal Court (ICC). He highlighted that in his strike Adnan is not only representing himself but he is representing a just cause which everyone should stand up for.
For their part, pro-prisoners sources and activists told the PIC reporter that some officials hate to hear the name of Sheikh Adnan as they are afraid that he will become a public figure in absolute disregard of the major national goals that his strike represents.
MP Ibrahim Dahbour held the official level partially responsible for the limited support for Sheikh Adnan's hunger strike.
He added that the PA is to be blamed; because it doesn't sponsor the pro-prisoners events and sometimes it even hinders such events.
Dahbour said that there has been a public lack of trust in hunger strikes after the 50-day-long hunger strike, which was staged last year, failed to achieve its goals.
"We appreciate all the solidarity events held in the streets and through the social media and everywhere else but that is still not enough," Dahbour said.
Psychological warfare
Head of the Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies Fuad al-Khuffash pointed out that the Israeli intelligence carefully monitors the events in solidarity with the prisoners and use them as a psychological pressure.
He added that the Israeli occupation deals differently with the events if they gained public support and solidarity, and affirmed that Sheikh Adnan staged his hunger strike while the Captive Movement is facing difficult circumstances.
Al-Khuffash called on all Palestinian forces to use this strike for the benefit of the national cause and the prisoners' issue.
During solidarity vigil with Khader Adnan organized in Jenin, hunger striker’s father called on Arab leaders to intervene urgently to save prisoners’ lives especially those who launched hunger strike.
Adnan’s father strongly slammed the PA’s continued silence and passive position towards the hunger strikers in Israeli jails, calling on Mahmoud Abbas to prosecute the occupation in international courts for committing war crimes against Palestinian prisoners.
For his part, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society Ragheb Abu Dik said that Adnan’s health condition is very critical as he suffers severe weight loss, frequent vomiting, and sharp pains all over his body.
In his turn, former minister Wasfi Qubaha stressed the need for forming a Palestinian national committee to activate prisoners’ issue at local, regional, and international levels.
Following Friday prayers, dozens of Palestinians marched in Araba town in Jenin carrying Khader Adnan’s photos and chanting slogans demanding his release.
Adnan has been on hunger strike for more than a month protesting against being inside Israeli prisons under the term of administrative detention.
He staged one of the longest hunger strikes in history in 2012. A father of six children, Adnan was arrested on July 8, 2014 and sentenced to administrative detention for the 10th time in his life.
Palestinians under administrative detention inside Israeli prisons are being held without charge or trial for months or years, and are denied access to the evidence that led to their detention.
Khader Adnan on hunger strike amid limited official and popular support (report)
"We won't accept any condolences from any official if, God forbid, something bad happens to Sheikh Khader Adnan as a result of his open hunger strike, this is what we've told everybody." Um Abdul Rahman, the wife of captive Khader Adnan, told the PIC reporter to express her disappointment over the official and popular passive position towards the issue of her husband who has been on an open hunger strike for almost 40 days.
Um Abdul Rahman also said that everybody is negligent including the factions, and clarified that if they really wanted to act, all they have to do is issue a circular to their members to organize demonstrations and events; but they haven't done anything and since the beginning of the hunger strike no official has communicated with us until lately and through the head of the legal unit in the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) Jawad Boulos.
In spite of all that, Um Abdul Rahaman said that she is confident that her husband's hunger strike will succeed in spite of the fact that many persons said that Sheikh Adnan went on the hunger strike at the wrong time. She stressed that her husband decided to fight this battle and put his life at risk, and all what his family ask for is mobilizing mass support so as to be part of the victory when it is achieved.
Um Abdul Rahaman emphasized that the longer the hunger strike lasts, the more support it gains.
Call for action
Pro-prisoners parties and the family of Sheikh Adnan condemned the Palestinian Authority (PA), the factions, the civil society, and the local and international human rights organizations for neglecting Sheikh Adnan's strike in spite of the fact that his strike is a symbol of the administrative detainees' issue.
The hunger striker’s father called on the PA to take concrete steps like submitting the detainees' file, and particularly the administrative detainees' issue to the International Criminal Court (ICC). He highlighted that in his strike Adnan is not only representing himself but he is representing a just cause which everyone should stand up for.
For their part, pro-prisoners sources and activists told the PIC reporter that some officials hate to hear the name of Sheikh Adnan as they are afraid that he will become a public figure in absolute disregard of the major national goals that his strike represents.
MP Ibrahim Dahbour held the official level partially responsible for the limited support for Sheikh Adnan's hunger strike.
He added that the PA is to be blamed; because it doesn't sponsor the pro-prisoners events and sometimes it even hinders such events.
Dahbour said that there has been a public lack of trust in hunger strikes after the 50-day-long hunger strike, which was staged last year, failed to achieve its goals.
"We appreciate all the solidarity events held in the streets and through the social media and everywhere else but that is still not enough," Dahbour said.
Psychological warfare
Head of the Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies Fuad al-Khuffash pointed out that the Israeli intelligence carefully monitors the events in solidarity with the prisoners and use them as a psychological pressure.
He added that the Israeli occupation deals differently with the events if they gained public support and solidarity, and affirmed that Sheikh Adnan staged his hunger strike while the Captive Movement is facing difficult circumstances.
Al-Khuffash called on all Palestinian forces to use this strike for the benefit of the national cause and the prisoners' issue.
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At Least 10 Palestinians Injured During Ensuing Clashes
After the army fired gas bombs at his home, in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, Ramallah, causing the family to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, Shadi al-Ghabbashy tried to stop the soldiers, but they violently and repeatedly attacked him, kicking and beating him, and striking him on the head with their guns, and kidnapped him.
Al-Ghabbashy was heavily bleeding from his head, in addition to several parts of his body, as the soldiers kept beating him for nearly ten minutes, throwing him onto the ground, and striking him repeatedly, before cuffing him, and took him to their base, in Bet El illegal settlement, security and military base, Ali Dar Ali of Palestine TV has reported.
The soldiers also stopped several Palestinian cars, and used them as shields while firing at local protesters, who clashed with them after invading their town.
The soldiers also fired rubber-coated metal bullets at several cars; wounding one man after the bullets smashed the windshield, and struck him in the arm.
At least ten Palestinians were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and many others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, while the army said one soldier was mildly injured.
At Least 10 Palestinians Injured During Ensuing Clashes
After the army fired gas bombs at his home, in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, Ramallah, causing the family to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, Shadi al-Ghabbashy tried to stop the soldiers, but they violently and repeatedly attacked him, kicking and beating him, and striking him on the head with their guns, and kidnapped him.
Al-Ghabbashy was heavily bleeding from his head, in addition to several parts of his body, as the soldiers kept beating him for nearly ten minutes, throwing him onto the ground, and striking him repeatedly, before cuffing him, and took him to their base, in Bet El illegal settlement, security and military base, Ali Dar Ali of Palestine TV has reported.
The soldiers also stopped several Palestinian cars, and used them as shields while firing at local protesters, who clashed with them after invading their town.
The soldiers also fired rubber-coated metal bullets at several cars; wounding one man after the bullets smashed the windshield, and struck him in the arm.
At least ten Palestinians were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and many others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, while the army said one soldier was mildly injured.
