18 june 2015
Palestinian student, Lina Khattab
Palestinian student Lina Khattab was released last week from Ofer, an Israeli prison in the West Bank, infamous for torture and injustice.
The 18-year-old journalism student had spent almost seven months in Israeli detention. What was her crime? The simple act of daring to protest, daring to object and daring to speak out against Israel's system of injustice. She participated in protests against the Israeli occupation of Palestine in the West Bank.
This brave young woman was seen as a threat by Israel, the most powerful army in the entire middle east, which holds undeclared unclear weapons and whose military is one of the most well-equipped in the world.
What was she accused of? "Throwing stones" and "attending an illegal demonstration". The "crime" of protesting against Israeli occupation, in other words. Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is illegal under international law. The refusal of Israel to allow Palestinian refugees to return home to Palestine is illegal under international law.
Khattab was given a trial, of sorts. But it was a sham, a show-trial. Israel's racist legal system in the West Bank applies military law to Palestinians only, but civillian law to Jewish settlers (whose colonial presence in the West Bank is illegal in the first place) living in the same area. One law for one ethnic group group, but another for a different ethnic group: this is the very definition of apartheid, under UN conventions intended to combat that crime.
These military trials are a farce, in which Israeli soldiers act as both defence and prosecution lawyers, as well as judges. This is a kangaroo court, by any rational standard.
According to Israel's own figures, 99.7 percent of Palestinians brought before Israel's ridiculous military courts system are convicted. Hence Khattab was sent down and spent months in jail.
It is well worth noting the reason the military judge gave for refusing to release this brave teen, whose only "crime" was protesting Israeli injustice against her people.
According Miriam Barghouti, another young Palestinian activist unjustly imprisoned by Israel, the judge refused to even consider releasing her to house arrest, stating: "looking at her, I can see the characteristics of a leader".
In other words she was punished to set an example. To deter other Palestinians from protesting against Israel.
A Palestinian human rights group confirmed as much earlier this year. "We believe this case is part of increasing attacks on peaceful resistance activities," Addameer director Sahar Francis said, speaking to The Electronic Intifada. "They treated Lina as if she is so dangerous, such a serious security threat — this is what makes us believe that they are using her case in order to frighten students from being involved in activism," she added.
Khattab is by no means alone. Barghouti was interred by Israel last year. The soldiers fabricated an accusation of throwing stones during a demonstration. In fact, Barghouti had been at a demonstration in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh acting as a fixer and translator for journalists. But assaulting Palestinian protesters and then inventing false charges of assault or throwing stones is something Israeli soldiers do as a matter of routine. I have witnessed that myself during my time in the West Bank.
Israel likes to smear the Palestinian prisoners as "terrorists", but the truth is that Israel is opposed to any form of resistance against its occupation whatsoever. When even the simple act of declining to buy Israeli products – the boycott – is declared by Israeli politicians to be "terrorism", it becomes clear that Israel is not so much opposed to Palestinian violence as simply opposed to Palestinian existence.
Israel's cruel and inhumane system of injustice in the West Bank and the rest of Palestine needs to end now. The system of apartheid needs to end now. We in the West need to put more pressure on our governments to stop supporting, rewarding and legitimising this entity.
An associate editor with The Electronic Intifada, Asa Winstanley is an investigative journalist who lives in London.
Palestinian student Lina Khattab was released last week from Ofer, an Israeli prison in the West Bank, infamous for torture and injustice.
The 18-year-old journalism student had spent almost seven months in Israeli detention. What was her crime? The simple act of daring to protest, daring to object and daring to speak out against Israel's system of injustice. She participated in protests against the Israeli occupation of Palestine in the West Bank.
This brave young woman was seen as a threat by Israel, the most powerful army in the entire middle east, which holds undeclared unclear weapons and whose military is one of the most well-equipped in the world.
What was she accused of? "Throwing stones" and "attending an illegal demonstration". The "crime" of protesting against Israeli occupation, in other words. Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is illegal under international law. The refusal of Israel to allow Palestinian refugees to return home to Palestine is illegal under international law.
Khattab was given a trial, of sorts. But it was a sham, a show-trial. Israel's racist legal system in the West Bank applies military law to Palestinians only, but civillian law to Jewish settlers (whose colonial presence in the West Bank is illegal in the first place) living in the same area. One law for one ethnic group group, but another for a different ethnic group: this is the very definition of apartheid, under UN conventions intended to combat that crime.
These military trials are a farce, in which Israeli soldiers act as both defence and prosecution lawyers, as well as judges. This is a kangaroo court, by any rational standard.
According to Israel's own figures, 99.7 percent of Palestinians brought before Israel's ridiculous military courts system are convicted. Hence Khattab was sent down and spent months in jail.
It is well worth noting the reason the military judge gave for refusing to release this brave teen, whose only "crime" was protesting Israeli injustice against her people.
According Miriam Barghouti, another young Palestinian activist unjustly imprisoned by Israel, the judge refused to even consider releasing her to house arrest, stating: "looking at her, I can see the characteristics of a leader".
In other words she was punished to set an example. To deter other Palestinians from protesting against Israel.
A Palestinian human rights group confirmed as much earlier this year. "We believe this case is part of increasing attacks on peaceful resistance activities," Addameer director Sahar Francis said, speaking to The Electronic Intifada. "They treated Lina as if she is so dangerous, such a serious security threat — this is what makes us believe that they are using her case in order to frighten students from being involved in activism," she added.
Khattab is by no means alone. Barghouti was interred by Israel last year. The soldiers fabricated an accusation of throwing stones during a demonstration. In fact, Barghouti had been at a demonstration in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh acting as a fixer and translator for journalists. But assaulting Palestinian protesters and then inventing false charges of assault or throwing stones is something Israeli soldiers do as a matter of routine. I have witnessed that myself during my time in the West Bank.
Israel likes to smear the Palestinian prisoners as "terrorists", but the truth is that Israel is opposed to any form of resistance against its occupation whatsoever. When even the simple act of declining to buy Israeli products – the boycott – is declared by Israeli politicians to be "terrorism", it becomes clear that Israel is not so much opposed to Palestinian violence as simply opposed to Palestinian existence.
Israel's cruel and inhumane system of injustice in the West Bank and the rest of Palestine needs to end now. The system of apartheid needs to end now. We in the West need to put more pressure on our governments to stop supporting, rewarding and legitimising this entity.
An associate editor with The Electronic Intifada, Asa Winstanley is an investigative journalist who lives in London.
Refuses to undergo medical tests while chained
The family of 37-year-old detainee Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for the 45 days in a row, recently stated that Adnan refused to undergo medical tests by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) delegation, because of administrative restrictions that Adnan’s hands and feet are chained to his bed for 24 hours, during the tests.
According to the PNN, the family statement said that Khader refused to undergo the examinations in chains, since it contradicts the international law which guarantees the ease and freedom such associations must obtain during similar activities.
The message from Adnan’s refusal, read the statement, was that if Israel strips associations such as PHR and the Red Cross from their powers, any delegation will have no function but being a “make up layer” on the face of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS).
The family demanded international human rights organizations, including PHR, Red Cross and Amnesty to play their role in retaining the rights of prisoners and pressuring Israeli authorities to treat them humanely and remove the chains from his hands and feet.
They added that no visits from any firms will be accepted unless it was fully legal and binding to human rights conventions.
After Adnan’s hunger strike entered its 2nd month, two weeks ago, his condition became critical and he began experiencing intermittent comas, a sharp decrease in his weight and a drop in his heart rate.
Sheikh Adnan was kidnapped on July 8, 2014, and has since been held under Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial. He went on hunger strike for a week in January of this year after Israel renewed his administrative detention orders for the third consecutive time.
The strike comes in protest of this administrative detention, under which detainees are held indefinitely without charge or trial, as Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians over the years, by this procedure and 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.
Two years ago, Adnan held a 66-day hunger strike, also protesting his administrative detention, and only ended his strike after Israel agreed to release him in 2012.
During the second Intifada and in April of 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.
The family of 37-year-old detainee Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for the 45 days in a row, recently stated that Adnan refused to undergo medical tests by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) delegation, because of administrative restrictions that Adnan’s hands and feet are chained to his bed for 24 hours, during the tests.
According to the PNN, the family statement said that Khader refused to undergo the examinations in chains, since it contradicts the international law which guarantees the ease and freedom such associations must obtain during similar activities.
The message from Adnan’s refusal, read the statement, was that if Israel strips associations such as PHR and the Red Cross from their powers, any delegation will have no function but being a “make up layer” on the face of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS).
The family demanded international human rights organizations, including PHR, Red Cross and Amnesty to play their role in retaining the rights of prisoners and pressuring Israeli authorities to treat them humanely and remove the chains from his hands and feet.
They added that no visits from any firms will be accepted unless it was fully legal and binding to human rights conventions.
After Adnan’s hunger strike entered its 2nd month, two weeks ago, his condition became critical and he began experiencing intermittent comas, a sharp decrease in his weight and a drop in his heart rate.
Sheikh Adnan was kidnapped on July 8, 2014, and has since been held under Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial. He went on hunger strike for a week in January of this year after Israel renewed his administrative detention orders for the third consecutive time.
The strike comes in protest of this administrative detention, under which detainees are held indefinitely without charge or trial, as Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians over the years, by this procedure and 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.
Two years ago, Adnan held a 66-day hunger strike, also protesting his administrative detention, and only ended his strike after Israel agreed to release him in 2012.
During the second Intifada and in April of 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.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Thursday five Palestinians and shot and injured two others as they broke into Nablus on the first day of Ramadan.
Local sources said that Israeli forces stormed the eastern areas of the city accompanied with a group of settlers who performed Talmudic rituals in Yussouf Tomb, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes in the area.
Two local youths were shot and injured when IOF soldiers opened fire during the clashes. The two injured were taken to Rafidia Hospital where their wounds were described as "moderate".
Israeli media sources said that five Palestinians were detained Thursday during an Israeli raid campaign throughout the West Bank for being allegedly involved in resistance operations against the occupation.
The five detainees were sent to investigation, the sources added.
Along the same line, local sources reported that IOF soldiers arrested Issam Fanoun, 43, at Karama border crossing on his return from Jordan.
The 23-year-old Firas Abu Khalaf was also arrested at a make-shift checkpoint near Azariya town.
Local sources said that Israeli forces stormed the eastern areas of the city accompanied with a group of settlers who performed Talmudic rituals in Yussouf Tomb, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes in the area.
Two local youths were shot and injured when IOF soldiers opened fire during the clashes. The two injured were taken to Rafidia Hospital where their wounds were described as "moderate".
Israeli media sources said that five Palestinians were detained Thursday during an Israeli raid campaign throughout the West Bank for being allegedly involved in resistance operations against the occupation.
The five detainees were sent to investigation, the sources added.
Along the same line, local sources reported that IOF soldiers arrested Issam Fanoun, 43, at Karama border crossing on his return from Jordan.
The 23-year-old Firas Abu Khalaf was also arrested at a make-shift checkpoint near Azariya town.
The Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies called on international human rights institutions and the Red Cross to exert pressures on the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) to stop its punitive measures against Palestinian prisoners in Ramadan.
Spokesman of the center Riyad al-Ashqar said that IPS deliberately increases its sanctions and restrictions during the holy month of Ramadan including carrying out night raids under flimsy pretexts.
Some prisoners are sent to solitary confinement to prevent them from performing Ramadan prayers with their colleagues.
Ramadan sanctions are to be added to the IPS punitive measures imposed over the past few months, al-Ashqar pointed out.
The increased restrictions will certainly worsen the prisoners’ detention conditions, he added.
The Center stressed the urgent need to pressure the IPS to halt its tight and provocative restrictions during the holy month of Ramadan and to meet the prisoners’ needs during the holy month.
The center also called on Palestinian national factions to take good care of the prisoners’ families and to organize visits to their homes during Ramadan.
Spokesman of the center Riyad al-Ashqar said that IPS deliberately increases its sanctions and restrictions during the holy month of Ramadan including carrying out night raids under flimsy pretexts.
Some prisoners are sent to solitary confinement to prevent them from performing Ramadan prayers with their colleagues.
Ramadan sanctions are to be added to the IPS punitive measures imposed over the past few months, al-Ashqar pointed out.
The increased restrictions will certainly worsen the prisoners’ detention conditions, he added.
The Center stressed the urgent need to pressure the IPS to halt its tight and provocative restrictions during the holy month of Ramadan and to meet the prisoners’ needs during the holy month.
The center also called on Palestinian national factions to take good care of the prisoners’ families and to organize visits to their homes during Ramadan.
Kayed Yahya ar-Rajabi 17
Undercover Israeli Soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian teenager in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped Kayed Yahya ar-Rajabi, 17 years of age, in the Central Neighborhood in Silwan, and took him to an interrogation center in the Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the undercover soldiers attacked a group of teenagers, before violently assaulting ar-Rajabi.
Silwanic said clashes took place near illegal Israeli settlement outposts in the Central Neighborhood, and that the soldiers fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition.
In related news, soldiers stopped a car, belonging to the Ministry of Education, while heading to the Northern Plains area of the West Bank, to deliver the official governmental final examination papers to High Schools in Kardala and Bardala towns.
The Palestinian District Coordination Office contacted the Israeli side, and eventually managed to get its Israeli counterpart to contact the soldiers, and instruct them allow the vehicle to pass.
Israeli undercover unit kidnaps Jerusalemite boy
Israeli undercover unit kidnapped late Wednesday a Jerusalemite minor after brutally attacking him in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem. Clashes erupted.
The 17-year-old Kayd Ragby was severely beaten before his arrest at the hands of Israeli forces dressed like Arabs, Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center affirmed.
The Israeli undercover unit stormed the town under Israeli military protection and suddenly attacked the boy before his arrest amid heavy fire of live ammunition, the sources added.
Without warning, Israeli soldiers opened fire, shooting at random, eyewitnesses said.
Clashes broke out in the area where local youths stoned Israeli forces who heavily fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs.
Undercover Israeli Soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian teenager in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped Kayed Yahya ar-Rajabi, 17 years of age, in the Central Neighborhood in Silwan, and took him to an interrogation center in the Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the undercover soldiers attacked a group of teenagers, before violently assaulting ar-Rajabi.
Silwanic said clashes took place near illegal Israeli settlement outposts in the Central Neighborhood, and that the soldiers fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition.
In related news, soldiers stopped a car, belonging to the Ministry of Education, while heading to the Northern Plains area of the West Bank, to deliver the official governmental final examination papers to High Schools in Kardala and Bardala towns.
The Palestinian District Coordination Office contacted the Israeli side, and eventually managed to get its Israeli counterpart to contact the soldiers, and instruct them allow the vehicle to pass.
Israeli undercover unit kidnaps Jerusalemite boy
Israeli undercover unit kidnapped late Wednesday a Jerusalemite minor after brutally attacking him in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem. Clashes erupted.
The 17-year-old Kayd Ragby was severely beaten before his arrest at the hands of Israeli forces dressed like Arabs, Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center affirmed.
The Israeli undercover unit stormed the town under Israeli military protection and suddenly attacked the boy before his arrest amid heavy fire of live ammunition, the sources added.
Without warning, Israeli soldiers opened fire, shooting at random, eyewitnesses said.
Clashes broke out in the area where local youths stoned Israeli forces who heavily fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs.
17 june 2015
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The 32-year old Nadia Abu Jamal, wife of the Martyr Ghassan Abu Jamal, is living in permanent anxiety and fear for her fate as well as her three children after the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the request of the “Defense of the Individual Center- Hamoked” not to deport her from the city of Jerusalem.
The 32-year old Ghassan Abu Jamal passed away on 18/11/2015 after carrying out an attack in a Jewish synagogue in West Jerusalem and the occupation authorities have been punishing his family since then with unjust decisions. Banning her from staying in Jerusalem |
Abu Jamal family explained to Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the court responded to the request of “Hamoked” organization and did not agree to the presence of Nadia in the city of Jerusalem. On 13/7/2015, a session will be held at the Supreme Court to discuss the request of “Hamoked” and during this period Nadia is banned from staying in Jerusalem.
Immediate sanctions by withdrawing “residency”
Nadia pointed out that she was informed by the interrogators that her “residency application” was cancelled after she was interrogated at Al-Maskobyeh in West Jerusalem immediately after the Martyrdom of her husband. Accordingly, “Hamoked” organization followed-up with the matter and sent a letter to the Minister of Interior who issued the decision, and to the Ministry of Interior and the Supreme Court; note that their response was negative every time.
Nadia is from the Eastern Sawahreh and had an ID from the West Bank. In 2002, she got married to the Martyr Ghassan Abu Jamal and filed a “residency (reunion)” application. She was initially rejected but got the approval in 2009 which allows her to stay in Jerusalem and move freely in between Jerusalem and the West Bank through the Israeli checkpoints; note that she had to renew her residency permit every year.
The last time she renewed her residency was in May 2014 and expired in May 2015. Even though she had the permit in the last few months, but the Israeli authorities had cancelled the permit in the systems of all Israeli Departments. She was able to stay in Jerusalem through correspondence and legal follow-ups until a decision was issued two weeks ago to deport her from the city of Jerusalem.
Collective punishment to the family of the Martyr Ghassan Abu Jamal
The occupation authorities did not stop at withdrawing the residency from the Martyr’s wife but also prevented his three children from being treated in the Israeli hospitals and medical centers; note that his 6-year old son Walid has heart problems and the 3-year old suffers from a nerve disease. They also deprived them from receiving benefits and allowance from the National Insurance.
At the end of last year, the Israeli court issued an order to demolish the family’s house and the family was forced to immediately evacuate the house.
Appeal…
Abu Jamal family appealed to international human rights organizations to immediately intervene to overturn the unjust Israeli decision against Ms. Nadia Abu Jamal, which would deprive the children of their mother and their rights and entitlements.
The family also expressed their surprise when the so-called “Committee for Humanitarian Affairs of the Ministry of Interior” approved the decision of deporting Nadia from Jerusalem and depriving her from her children.
Immediate sanctions by withdrawing “residency”
Nadia pointed out that she was informed by the interrogators that her “residency application” was cancelled after she was interrogated at Al-Maskobyeh in West Jerusalem immediately after the Martyrdom of her husband. Accordingly, “Hamoked” organization followed-up with the matter and sent a letter to the Minister of Interior who issued the decision, and to the Ministry of Interior and the Supreme Court; note that their response was negative every time.
Nadia is from the Eastern Sawahreh and had an ID from the West Bank. In 2002, she got married to the Martyr Ghassan Abu Jamal and filed a “residency (reunion)” application. She was initially rejected but got the approval in 2009 which allows her to stay in Jerusalem and move freely in between Jerusalem and the West Bank through the Israeli checkpoints; note that she had to renew her residency permit every year.
The last time she renewed her residency was in May 2014 and expired in May 2015. Even though she had the permit in the last few months, but the Israeli authorities had cancelled the permit in the systems of all Israeli Departments. She was able to stay in Jerusalem through correspondence and legal follow-ups until a decision was issued two weeks ago to deport her from the city of Jerusalem.
Collective punishment to the family of the Martyr Ghassan Abu Jamal
The occupation authorities did not stop at withdrawing the residency from the Martyr’s wife but also prevented his three children from being treated in the Israeli hospitals and medical centers; note that his 6-year old son Walid has heart problems and the 3-year old suffers from a nerve disease. They also deprived them from receiving benefits and allowance from the National Insurance.
At the end of last year, the Israeli court issued an order to demolish the family’s house and the family was forced to immediately evacuate the house.
Appeal…
Abu Jamal family appealed to international human rights organizations to immediately intervene to overturn the unjust Israeli decision against Ms. Nadia Abu Jamal, which would deprive the children of their mother and their rights and entitlements.
The family also expressed their surprise when the so-called “Committee for Humanitarian Affairs of the Ministry of Interior” approved the decision of deporting Nadia from Jerusalem and depriving her from her children.
Minister of detainees and ex-detainees affairs committee, Issa Qaraqe, says that the Israeli prison administration has decided to stop providing Palestinian prisoners with medication, under the pretext of an allegedly insufficient budget.
Qaraqe told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that prison service informed detainees that they have to buy their medicine from their private funds.
Israel’s Manual on the Laws of War (1998) provides that, “Prisoners must be administered proper medical care, at the expense of the detaining State and a monthly follow-up examination must be made of each detainee’s state of health. It is incumbent on the detaining State to provide the prisoners with sufficient food, drink and clothing,” reported the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Article 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) requires treating “All persons deprived of their liberty (with) humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.”
Geneva’s Common Article 3 requires “humane treatment for all persons in enemy hands, specifically prohibit(ing) murder, mutilation, torture, cruel, humiliating and degrading treatment (and) unfair trial(s).”
To be noted, Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails are subjected to a systematic policy of medical negligence by the prisons administration, further worsening their already precarious health conditions.
According to Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, “Israeli authorities are responsible for prisoners regularly neglect their duties to provide medical support for Palestinian prisoners in their care, as required by the Geneva Conventions.”
According to the Global Research website, “Treatment is often inadequate and is delivered after substantial delays. Often medication is limited to over-the-counter pain killers.”
It said, since 1967, dozens of Palestinian prisoners died from medical neglect, many of whom painfully over a prolonged period, which is a crime against humanity by all standard.
The number of sick prisoners detained in Israeli jails has reached 1500, of whom 80 prisoners are suffering from serious health problems and do not receive the necessary treatment; they suffer from malignant diseases, paralysis, and disabilities, in addition to cases of mental illness and neurological disorder.
Qaraqe told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that prison service informed detainees that they have to buy their medicine from their private funds.
Israel’s Manual on the Laws of War (1998) provides that, “Prisoners must be administered proper medical care, at the expense of the detaining State and a monthly follow-up examination must be made of each detainee’s state of health. It is incumbent on the detaining State to provide the prisoners with sufficient food, drink and clothing,” reported the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Article 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) requires treating “All persons deprived of their liberty (with) humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.”
Geneva’s Common Article 3 requires “humane treatment for all persons in enemy hands, specifically prohibit(ing) murder, mutilation, torture, cruel, humiliating and degrading treatment (and) unfair trial(s).”
To be noted, Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails are subjected to a systematic policy of medical negligence by the prisons administration, further worsening their already precarious health conditions.
According to Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, “Israeli authorities are responsible for prisoners regularly neglect their duties to provide medical support for Palestinian prisoners in their care, as required by the Geneva Conventions.”
According to the Global Research website, “Treatment is often inadequate and is delivered after substantial delays. Often medication is limited to over-the-counter pain killers.”
It said, since 1967, dozens of Palestinian prisoners died from medical neglect, many of whom painfully over a prolonged period, which is a crime against humanity by all standard.
The number of sick prisoners detained in Israeli jails has reached 1500, of whom 80 prisoners are suffering from serious health problems and do not receive the necessary treatment; they suffer from malignant diseases, paralysis, and disabilities, in addition to cases of mental illness and neurological disorder.
Several Israeli military vehicles kidnapped, on Tuesday at night, one Palestinian from the ‘Askar refugee camp, and another in Beta nearby town, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Palestinian security sources said soldiers, stationed on the Za’tara military roadblock, south of Nablus, stopped and searched several Palestinian cars, investigated the ID cards of many residents, and kidnapped Mahmoud Ata Warrad.
In addition, soldiers invaded Beta town, south of Nablus, searched several homes and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Firas Abdul-karim Farhat, 22 years of age.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers invaded Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, clashed with dozens of local youths, wounding five, and kidnapped one child. The army also fired gas bombs at home and cars.
Palestinian security sources said soldiers, stationed on the Za’tara military roadblock, south of Nablus, stopped and searched several Palestinian cars, investigated the ID cards of many residents, and kidnapped Mahmoud Ata Warrad.
In addition, soldiers invaded Beta town, south of Nablus, searched several homes and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Firas Abdul-karim Farhat, 22 years of age.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers invaded Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, clashed with dozens of local youths, wounding five, and kidnapped one child. The army also fired gas bombs at home and cars.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, clashed with dozens of local youths, wounding five, and kidnapped one child. Soldiers also fired gas bombs at home and cars.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets, mildly wounding five Palestinians.
Soldiers also fired gas bombs at a number of homes, and cars, causing scores of residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, in addition to property damage to the targeted homes and vehicles.
Silwanic said the clashes took place after the soldiers invaded the town, through its main road, after closing it for more than thirty minutes, denying the Palestinians the right to exit or enter their own town.
The soldiers also broke several homes, and searched them, before kidnapping a Palestinian child, identified as Rami Tamimi.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets, mildly wounding five Palestinians.
Soldiers also fired gas bombs at a number of homes, and cars, causing scores of residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, in addition to property damage to the targeted homes and vehicles.
Silwanic said the clashes took place after the soldiers invaded the town, through its main road, after closing it for more than thirty minutes, denying the Palestinians the right to exit or enter their own town.
The soldiers also broke several homes, and searched them, before kidnapping a Palestinian child, identified as Rami Tamimi.
Photo - Khanfar Family YouTube Video
The Israeli Central Court in Beersheba (Be’er As-Sabe’) sentenced, Tuesday, an elderly ailing Palestinian woman to eleven months imprisonment.
Head of the Jenin Office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Ragheb Abu Diak, said the Palestinian women, Fathiyya Khanfar, 60 years of age, is from Sielet ath-Thaher, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin.
Abu Diak said the ruling is “shocking,” especially since the women suffers from various health conditions.
Khanfar was kidnapped on February 3 2013, while visiting her detained son, Rami, in the Negev Detention Camp, and was held for eighteen days.
An Israeli court then ordered her to pay 50.000 NIS bail, and forced her under house arrest, in the home of a relative in Rahat, in Beersheba (Be’er As-Sabe’). She was never allowed to return to Jenin.
Abu Diak stated that the detained woman has been sent to court 21 times since her abduction in 2013.
Israel claims she was attempting to smuggle a mobile phone to her son while visiting with him.
It is worth mentioning that her son, Rami, was taken prisoner on November 30 2005, and was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
The Israeli Central Court in Beersheba (Be’er As-Sabe’) sentenced, Tuesday, an elderly ailing Palestinian woman to eleven months imprisonment.
Head of the Jenin Office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Ragheb Abu Diak, said the Palestinian women, Fathiyya Khanfar, 60 years of age, is from Sielet ath-Thaher, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin.
Abu Diak said the ruling is “shocking,” especially since the women suffers from various health conditions.
Khanfar was kidnapped on February 3 2013, while visiting her detained son, Rami, in the Negev Detention Camp, and was held for eighteen days.
An Israeli court then ordered her to pay 50.000 NIS bail, and forced her under house arrest, in the home of a relative in Rahat, in Beersheba (Be’er As-Sabe’). She was never allowed to return to Jenin.
Abu Diak stated that the detained woman has been sent to court 21 times since her abduction in 2013.
Israel claims she was attempting to smuggle a mobile phone to her son while visiting with him.
It is worth mentioning that her son, Rami, was taken prisoner on November 30 2005, and was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
The Israeli prison authorities at the Raymond lock-up have reportedly stepped up psycho-physical torture against Palestinian inmates, a human rights group reported Wednesday.
According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society the Israeli prison administration issued a decision to stop providing the detainees with hot water under the pretext of lack of funds.
The Israeli prison administration has also ceased the distribution of given types of medicines urgently needed by the Palestinian sick detainees.
A round of search-campaigns has also been launched across Section 6 in the Raymond prison, the Prisoner’s Society further reported.
Israeli Forces Storm Ramon Prison, Assault Detainees
The commission of Detainees Affairs has stated that Nahshon special units broke into Ramon prison, assaulted the detainees and moved eight of them to other cells.
In a report issued on Wednesday, the commission explained that special units broke into section 6 of Ramon prison and beat the prisoners, rummaged through their personal items and ransacked their cells.
According to Al Ray, the detainees who were moved to another cells were identified by the commission as: Mohammed Manasrah, Abdullah Khaddour, Ahmad Salman, Abdullah Abu Qbeita, Iyad Fatafta, Ahmed Abu Madi, Mahmoud Rabeea', and Basem Jaber.
According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society the Israeli prison administration issued a decision to stop providing the detainees with hot water under the pretext of lack of funds.
The Israeli prison administration has also ceased the distribution of given types of medicines urgently needed by the Palestinian sick detainees.
A round of search-campaigns has also been launched across Section 6 in the Raymond prison, the Prisoner’s Society further reported.
Israeli Forces Storm Ramon Prison, Assault Detainees
The commission of Detainees Affairs has stated that Nahshon special units broke into Ramon prison, assaulted the detainees and moved eight of them to other cells.
In a report issued on Wednesday, the commission explained that special units broke into section 6 of Ramon prison and beat the prisoners, rummaged through their personal items and ransacked their cells.
According to Al Ray, the detainees who were moved to another cells were identified by the commission as: Mohammed Manasrah, Abdullah Khaddour, Ahmad Salman, Abdullah Abu Qbeita, Iyad Fatafta, Ahmed Abu Madi, Mahmoud Rabeea', and Basem Jaber.
A number of Palestinian civilians were rounded up by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in an arbitrary mass-abduction campaign launched across the West Bank at dawn Wednesday.
Sources based in al-Khalil city said the IOF kidnapped the ex-prisoner Zayd al-Juneidi and the youngster Ahmad Fawzi Al-Hasasna after having broken into their family homes and scoured them.
The IOF also rolled into Jenin at dawn time and kidnapped 24-year-old Ahmad Nasr Jarar from his family home in Berkin town, moments before they dragged him to an unidentified destination.
The IOF soldiers nabbed two more Palestinian citizens from the town and sealed off the area with makeshift roadblocks, where Palestinians’ IDs were provocatively inspected.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of the 21-year-old Saad Mohamed al-Amour from his home in Bethlehem’s eastern town of Takoua.
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier Wednesday, at least seven Palestinians in various parts of the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem, in numerous invasions targeting different communities.
Media sources in Bethlehem have reported that several army vehicles invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Sa’ad Mohammad al-’Amour, 21 years of age, after invading his home and searching it.
Soldiers also invaded Wad Burqin, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, searched homes, and kidnapped Ahmad Nassr Jarrar, 24 years of age.
Several homes were also invaded and searched, in Jenin city, after a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded it.
In addition, soldiers stormed homes in Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped three Palestinians, including a child, after searching their homes.
The kidnapped have been identified as Abdul-Rahman Jibreel Hammad, 15, Emad Issa Hammad, 18, and Motea’ Dahes Hammad, 19.
The families of the kidnapped Palestinians said the soldiers also took pictures of their properties.
The mother of Motea’ Hammad said she has another son, who is currently serving a 12-year term in an Israeli detention center, while nearly two months ago, the soldiers detained Motea’, and interrogated him.
In Jerusalem, soldiers invaded the al-‘Ezariyya town, southeast of the city, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Mohammad Nidal Abu Roomy, after searching his home.
Shortly after midnight, soldiers invaded Bil’in town, near Ramallah, and kidnaped Mohammad Fares Ash’al, 20, after searching his home.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, in Bil’in, said dozens of soldiers invaded the village, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades during clashes with local youths.
Earlier on Wednesday at dawn, soldiers invaded Beit Ummar and Yatta towns, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped a child, and handed several residents military orders for interrogation.
On Tuesday at night, one Palestinian from the ‘Askar refugee camp, and another in Beta nearby town, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers invaded Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, clashed with dozens of local youths, wounding five, and kidnapped one child. The army also fired gas bombs at home and cars.
Sources based in al-Khalil city said the IOF kidnapped the ex-prisoner Zayd al-Juneidi and the youngster Ahmad Fawzi Al-Hasasna after having broken into their family homes and scoured them.
The IOF also rolled into Jenin at dawn time and kidnapped 24-year-old Ahmad Nasr Jarar from his family home in Berkin town, moments before they dragged him to an unidentified destination.
The IOF soldiers nabbed two more Palestinian citizens from the town and sealed off the area with makeshift roadblocks, where Palestinians’ IDs were provocatively inspected.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of the 21-year-old Saad Mohamed al-Amour from his home in Bethlehem’s eastern town of Takoua.
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier Wednesday, at least seven Palestinians in various parts of the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem, in numerous invasions targeting different communities.
Media sources in Bethlehem have reported that several army vehicles invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Sa’ad Mohammad al-’Amour, 21 years of age, after invading his home and searching it.
Soldiers also invaded Wad Burqin, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, searched homes, and kidnapped Ahmad Nassr Jarrar, 24 years of age.
Several homes were also invaded and searched, in Jenin city, after a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded it.
In addition, soldiers stormed homes in Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped three Palestinians, including a child, after searching their homes.
The kidnapped have been identified as Abdul-Rahman Jibreel Hammad, 15, Emad Issa Hammad, 18, and Motea’ Dahes Hammad, 19.
The families of the kidnapped Palestinians said the soldiers also took pictures of their properties.
The mother of Motea’ Hammad said she has another son, who is currently serving a 12-year term in an Israeli detention center, while nearly two months ago, the soldiers detained Motea’, and interrogated him.
In Jerusalem, soldiers invaded the al-‘Ezariyya town, southeast of the city, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Mohammad Nidal Abu Roomy, after searching his home.
Shortly after midnight, soldiers invaded Bil’in town, near Ramallah, and kidnaped Mohammad Fares Ash’al, 20, after searching his home.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, in Bil’in, said dozens of soldiers invaded the village, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades during clashes with local youths.
Earlier on Wednesday at dawn, soldiers invaded Beit Ummar and Yatta towns, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped a child, and handed several residents military orders for interrogation.
On Tuesday at night, one Palestinian from the ‘Askar refugee camp, and another in Beta nearby town, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
On Tuesday evening, soldiers invaded Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, clashed with dozens of local youths, wounding five, and kidnapped one child. The army also fired gas bombs at home and cars.
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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Beit Ummar and Yatta towns, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped a child, and handed several residents military orders for interrogation.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Wahid Saqr Abu Mariya, 15 years of age, after breaking into his family home, and searching it.
Awad added that the soldiers handed the child’s father a military order for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base.
Soldiers also invaded the home of Fathi Fakhri Ekhlayyel, and handed his son, Nassr, 25, a military order for interrogation. A similar order was handed to resident Sharif Hasan Abu Hashem, 25.
Awad added that the soldiers invaded the home of Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, and violently searched it, causing excessive property damage.
In addition, soldiers invaded the al-Carmel Village, east of Yatta, and searched several homes, including the homes of Mohammad Ali Abu Era, and detainee Fadel ‘Ali Abu E’ram, and handed resident Ayman ‘Ali Abu E’ram a military order for interrogation.
Injuries, arrests reported in al-Khalil clashes with IOF
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday kidnapped a Palestinian minor, summoned a number of citizens for interrogation, and left others wounded in the clashes that rocked al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar.
Mohamed Awad, spokesperson for the popular committee against the wall in Beit Ummar, said the IOF rolled into the town in more than seven military jeeps and wreaked havoc on Palestinian family homes before they kidnapped the 15-year-old minor Wahid Abu Maria and summoned his father Sakr, 45, for interrogation.
The youngsters Nasr Ikhlil and Hasan Abu Hashem were also summoned for interrogation by the IOF in the process.
A number of unarmed protesters choked on tear gas grenades randomly unleashed by the IOF throughout the clashes that flared up in the town.
The IOF also summoned the brother of an ex-prisoner in al-Khalil’s town of Yatta for interrogation after having stormed the family’s home and ravaged it, coordinator for the anti-settlement committee Rateb al-Jabour told the PIC.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Beit Ummar and Yatta towns, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped a child, and handed several residents military orders for interrogation.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Wahid Saqr Abu Mariya, 15 years of age, after breaking into his family home, and searching it.
Awad added that the soldiers handed the child’s father a military order for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base.
Soldiers also invaded the home of Fathi Fakhri Ekhlayyel, and handed his son, Nassr, 25, a military order for interrogation. A similar order was handed to resident Sharif Hasan Abu Hashem, 25.
Awad added that the soldiers invaded the home of Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, and violently searched it, causing excessive property damage.
In addition, soldiers invaded the al-Carmel Village, east of Yatta, and searched several homes, including the homes of Mohammad Ali Abu Era, and detainee Fadel ‘Ali Abu E’ram, and handed resident Ayman ‘Ali Abu E’ram a military order for interrogation.
Injuries, arrests reported in al-Khalil clashes with IOF
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday kidnapped a Palestinian minor, summoned a number of citizens for interrogation, and left others wounded in the clashes that rocked al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar.
Mohamed Awad, spokesperson for the popular committee against the wall in Beit Ummar, said the IOF rolled into the town in more than seven military jeeps and wreaked havoc on Palestinian family homes before they kidnapped the 15-year-old minor Wahid Abu Maria and summoned his father Sakr, 45, for interrogation.
The youngsters Nasr Ikhlil and Hasan Abu Hashem were also summoned for interrogation by the IOF in the process.
A number of unarmed protesters choked on tear gas grenades randomly unleashed by the IOF throughout the clashes that flared up in the town.
The IOF also summoned the brother of an ex-prisoner in al-Khalil’s town of Yatta for interrogation after having stormed the family’s home and ravaged it, coordinator for the anti-settlement committee Rateb al-Jabour told the PIC.
Imprisoned Palestinian lawyer, Shireen al-‘Eesawy, from occupied Jerusalem, and held in solitary confinement in the Ramla Israeli prison, has declared, Tuesday, an open-ended hunger strike.
The Palestinian Detainees’ Radio said al-‘Eesawy is demanding her right to family visits, in addition to being granted access to her clothes and belongings, including a mattress to sleep on, instead of the thin rubber mattress provided to her.
Al-‘Eesawy is also demanding to be allowed certain electrical equipment such as radio, TV and a fan due to excessive heat, in addition to having her Canteen account reopened, as Israel closed it after moving her into solitary confinement.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli Prison Authority transferred the detained lawyer from the HaSharon Prison to solitary confinement in Neve Tirtza Prison, after accusing her of “inciting other detainees against the soldiers in prison.”
The Prison Authority also removed four female detainees from solitary confinement, after holding them for a week, when they intervened after an Israeli prison guard attacked detainee Ehsan Dababsa.
Al-‘Eesawy was kidnapped on June 3 2014; she is the sister of detainees Samer and Midhat al-‘Eesawy.
The Palestinian Detainees’ Radio said al-‘Eesawy is demanding her right to family visits, in addition to being granted access to her clothes and belongings, including a mattress to sleep on, instead of the thin rubber mattress provided to her.
Al-‘Eesawy is also demanding to be allowed certain electrical equipment such as radio, TV and a fan due to excessive heat, in addition to having her Canteen account reopened, as Israel closed it after moving her into solitary confinement.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli Prison Authority transferred the detained lawyer from the HaSharon Prison to solitary confinement in Neve Tirtza Prison, after accusing her of “inciting other detainees against the soldiers in prison.”
The Prison Authority also removed four female detainees from solitary confinement, after holding them for a week, when they intervened after an Israeli prison guard attacked detainee Ehsan Dababsa.
Al-‘Eesawy was kidnapped on June 3 2014; she is the sister of detainees Samer and Midhat al-‘Eesawy.
