7 june 2016
Revered Archbishop Desmond Tutu, himself a Nobel Prize recipient, has joined a growing number of people who have nominated Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouthi for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Barghouthi is a founder of the armed wing of the Fateh party, known as the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades – named after the al-Aqsa mosque and the Israeli military assault on the mosque in 2000 that sparked the second Palestinian intifada (uprising). He has been imprisoned by Israeli authorities since 2002 – there is no evidence linking him directly to any attacks, but as a leader who called for resistance to the Israeli military occupation, Israeli authorities decided to levy dozens of charges against him.
He is a leader who is generally respected by all Palestinian parties and factions, and was the author of a ‘prisoner letter’ in 2007 which formed the basis of the Mecca Agreement to end the political infighting between Palestinian political parties and form a unity government. He also ran in the last election for Palestinian President, in 2005, and was leading in the polls when he decided to withdraw in the interest of Palestinian unity.
In his nomination letter, Archbishop Tutu wrote, “The nomination of Marwan Barghouti, a symbol of the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, constitutes a clear signal of support for the realization of the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights, including to self-determination.” He added, “I call on the members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to seize this occasion to bring attention back to the question of Palestine and to the calls for a just and lasting peace, a prospect Marwan Barghouti continues advocating and acting for, despite years of imprisonment and isolation.”
Tutu joins at least five other people who have also nominated Barghouthi for the prestigious award. In May, five Belgian Parliament members filed the official nomination with the Nobel Prize committee. The signatories were Gwenaëlle Grovonius, President of the bilateral section Belgium-Palestine of the Belgian group to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Dirk Vandermaelen, President of the External Relations Committee, Vincent Van Quickenborne, President of the Social Affairs Committee, Jean-Marc Delizée, President of the Economy Committee, Benoit Hellings, Vice-President of the National Defence Committee, and Senators Piet De Bruyn and Nadia El Yousfi.
In their letter of nomination, the Belgian MPs (Members of Parliament) stated, “Marwan is an elected representative of the Palestinian nation, and was the first parliamentarian to be arrested…He is a democrat defending Human rights, notably women rights. He was actively engaged in the promotion of political and religious pluralism, and as such he is an important actor for the future of a region more fragmented than ever…Peace requires the freedom of Marwan Barghouthi and of the political prisoners, and more generally the freedom of the Palestinian people living for decades under occupation.
By granting the Nobel Peace Prize to the one who embodies the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, but also their aspiration to achieve peace, a leader that can unite Palestinians around a political project that clearly includes a two-state solution on 1967 borders, more threatened than ever by colonisation and the absence of a political horizon, the Committee for the Nobel Prize would help resurrect the indispensable hope to go out of the current impasse.”
In April, a group of British Parliament members representing all political parties issued a parliamentary motion calling on the Israeli government to release Barghouthi, saying that his release, after 14 years in prison, would “play a part in the process of reconciliation, unification and negotiation that will be needed before Palestine achieves its independence”.
The international campaign to free Marwan Barghouthi was launched in 2013 from the former cell of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, by a prominent anti-apartheid activist who spent 26 years in prison for his effort to end the racist policies of the South African government. South African anti-apartheid activists have been at the forefront of the movement to free Marwan Barghouthi, with some comparing him to Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned for decades for organizing to resist the racist apartheid system.
Barghouthi is a founder of the armed wing of the Fateh party, known as the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades – named after the al-Aqsa mosque and the Israeli military assault on the mosque in 2000 that sparked the second Palestinian intifada (uprising). He has been imprisoned by Israeli authorities since 2002 – there is no evidence linking him directly to any attacks, but as a leader who called for resistance to the Israeli military occupation, Israeli authorities decided to levy dozens of charges against him.
He is a leader who is generally respected by all Palestinian parties and factions, and was the author of a ‘prisoner letter’ in 2007 which formed the basis of the Mecca Agreement to end the political infighting between Palestinian political parties and form a unity government. He also ran in the last election for Palestinian President, in 2005, and was leading in the polls when he decided to withdraw in the interest of Palestinian unity.
In his nomination letter, Archbishop Tutu wrote, “The nomination of Marwan Barghouti, a symbol of the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, constitutes a clear signal of support for the realization of the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights, including to self-determination.” He added, “I call on the members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to seize this occasion to bring attention back to the question of Palestine and to the calls for a just and lasting peace, a prospect Marwan Barghouti continues advocating and acting for, despite years of imprisonment and isolation.”
Tutu joins at least five other people who have also nominated Barghouthi for the prestigious award. In May, five Belgian Parliament members filed the official nomination with the Nobel Prize committee. The signatories were Gwenaëlle Grovonius, President of the bilateral section Belgium-Palestine of the Belgian group to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Dirk Vandermaelen, President of the External Relations Committee, Vincent Van Quickenborne, President of the Social Affairs Committee, Jean-Marc Delizée, President of the Economy Committee, Benoit Hellings, Vice-President of the National Defence Committee, and Senators Piet De Bruyn and Nadia El Yousfi.
In their letter of nomination, the Belgian MPs (Members of Parliament) stated, “Marwan is an elected representative of the Palestinian nation, and was the first parliamentarian to be arrested…He is a democrat defending Human rights, notably women rights. He was actively engaged in the promotion of political and religious pluralism, and as such he is an important actor for the future of a region more fragmented than ever…Peace requires the freedom of Marwan Barghouthi and of the political prisoners, and more generally the freedom of the Palestinian people living for decades under occupation.
By granting the Nobel Peace Prize to the one who embodies the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, but also their aspiration to achieve peace, a leader that can unite Palestinians around a political project that clearly includes a two-state solution on 1967 borders, more threatened than ever by colonisation and the absence of a political horizon, the Committee for the Nobel Prize would help resurrect the indispensable hope to go out of the current impasse.”
In April, a group of British Parliament members representing all political parties issued a parliamentary motion calling on the Israeli government to release Barghouthi, saying that his release, after 14 years in prison, would “play a part in the process of reconciliation, unification and negotiation that will be needed before Palestine achieves its independence”.
The international campaign to free Marwan Barghouthi was launched in 2013 from the former cell of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, by a prominent anti-apartheid activist who spent 26 years in prison for his effort to end the racist policies of the South African government. South African anti-apartheid activists have been at the forefront of the movement to free Marwan Barghouthi, with some comparing him to Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned for decades for organizing to resist the racist apartheid system.
The Balad Israeli-Arab political party, has denounced the Israeli occupation police campaign against the members of the party, explaining that the aim of the camping is to undermine the political role of the party on the field.
The National Democratic Assembly of Balad stated in a press release, on Tuesday, that Israeli police waged a summons campaining against hundreds of the party’s members. Israeli police subsequently interrogated them about the fundraising campaigns.
The statement noted that, although it is not the first time that Israeli police attack the party for its activities, the number of summoned members and the way of interrogation followed by Israeli police, was unprecedented.
The statement explained, according to Al Ray, that the party’s fundraising campaign is carried out according to the Party Financing Law, and it was never fined for violating that law. The party also noted that it has submitted its financial report regularly to the Israeli monitor.
The party also noted that dangerous aims are behind the Israeli attacks, and that they have been on the increase after the party became an influential political force.
The National Democratic Assembly of Balad stated in a press release, on Tuesday, that Israeli police waged a summons campaining against hundreds of the party’s members. Israeli police subsequently interrogated them about the fundraising campaigns.
The statement noted that, although it is not the first time that Israeli police attack the party for its activities, the number of summoned members and the way of interrogation followed by Israeli police, was unprecedented.
The statement explained, according to Al Ray, that the party’s fundraising campaign is carried out according to the Party Financing Law, and it was never fined for violating that law. The party also noted that it has submitted its financial report regularly to the Israeli monitor.
The party also noted that dangerous aims are behind the Israeli attacks, and that they have been on the increase after the party became an influential political force.
Alarms have been sounded over the 27-year-old Palestinian doctor Sabreen Waleed Abu Sharar, who is spending the holy month of Ramadan in an isolated cell in Israeli jails for the second year.
The Israeli occupation courts have extended her remand for the 10th time running pending her trial on July 15.
Sabreen has reportedly spent the two first days of Ramadan in an isolated cell in the Israeli Ashkelon jail, where she has been subjected to harsh psycho-physical torture.
Isolated in time and space, Sabreen cannot hear the call for prayers to break her fast. “Sabreen cannot differentiate between the day and the night due to the dim darkness she has been made to endure in the isolated cell.
She has been praying Allah with tears in her eyes and pain in her heart to be released at the soonest time possible,” her family said, adding that they have been prevented from visiting Sabreen since June 7, 2015.
According to the Prisoners’ Media Center, Sabreen was subjected to exhaustive interrogation at her home in Dura the day of the arrest. “Echoes of the soldiers’ voices while threatening Sabreen with arrest and torture were heard overnight before she was transferred to an unknown destination without prior notification,” the center added.
Since her arrest, Sabreen attended trial hearings. The occupation authorities have renewed her detention with every hearing on claims of incomplete judicial procedures,” said her father.
Sabreen returned to the occupied Palestinian territories after she had spent six years in Egypt, where she pursued her studies in medicine. She joined the Alya public hospital in al-Khalil as an intern. She was arrested five months later.
The Israeli occupation courts have extended her remand for the 10th time running pending her trial on July 15.
Sabreen has reportedly spent the two first days of Ramadan in an isolated cell in the Israeli Ashkelon jail, where she has been subjected to harsh psycho-physical torture.
Isolated in time and space, Sabreen cannot hear the call for prayers to break her fast. “Sabreen cannot differentiate between the day and the night due to the dim darkness she has been made to endure in the isolated cell.
She has been praying Allah with tears in her eyes and pain in her heart to be released at the soonest time possible,” her family said, adding that they have been prevented from visiting Sabreen since June 7, 2015.
According to the Prisoners’ Media Center, Sabreen was subjected to exhaustive interrogation at her home in Dura the day of the arrest. “Echoes of the soldiers’ voices while threatening Sabreen with arrest and torture were heard overnight before she was transferred to an unknown destination without prior notification,” the center added.
Since her arrest, Sabreen attended trial hearings. The occupation authorities have renewed her detention with every hearing on claims of incomplete judicial procedures,” said her father.
Sabreen returned to the occupied Palestinian territories after she had spent six years in Egypt, where she pursued her studies in medicine. She joined the Alya public hospital in al-Khalil as an intern. She was arrested five months later.
The Israeli prison and security authorities deprive 28 Palestinian children in Ofer jail of receiving family visits, according to a report released on Monday by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
14 of those children have been denied family visits since their detention and the families of 14 others were divested of their visit permits at the checkpoint leading to the prison.
The mother of a 17-year-old prisoner, from al-Khalil, told the PPS that she had not been allowed to visit her son in jail since he was arrested on October 23, 2015, pointing out that she only saw her son during court hearings.
The Israeli authorities also bar the family of 16-year-old Osama Badawi, from al-Khalil, from visiting him in jail since his detention on January 22, 2016. Badawi's father and three of his brothers, who are in Israeli prisons, are also deprived of family visits.
14 of those children have been denied family visits since their detention and the families of 14 others were divested of their visit permits at the checkpoint leading to the prison.
The mother of a 17-year-old prisoner, from al-Khalil, told the PPS that she had not been allowed to visit her son in jail since he was arrested on October 23, 2015, pointing out that she only saw her son during court hearings.
The Israeli authorities also bar the family of 16-year-old Osama Badawi, from al-Khalil, from visiting him in jail since his detention on January 22, 2016. Badawi's father and three of his brothers, who are in Israeli prisons, are also deprived of family visits.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Tuesday, nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including four who were taken prisoner on a military roadblock.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded Beit Surif town, northeast of Hebron, and kidnapped four Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud Mohammad al-Heeh, 31, Aseed Abu Khdeir, Rafe’ Jibreel Abu Fara, 30, and his brother Ala’, 22.
In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, the soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians while crossing a military roadblock.
They have been identified as Yousef Hilmi Khalil, 36, Nasrallah Ofa, 24, Bassem Ahmad Ofa, 24, and Fadi Jarrar.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Deir Nitham village, northwest of the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and confiscated surveillance tapes, and equipment, from two homes belonging to residents Ibrahim al-A’raj and Yousef Tamimi.
The invasion also led to clashes between the invading forces and several local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the army vehicles.
The soldiers claimed that a settler’s car came under fire, late at night, near the village, leading to no damage or injuries. The army closed the entire area until morning hours.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded Beit Surif town, northeast of Hebron, and kidnapped four Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud Mohammad al-Heeh, 31, Aseed Abu Khdeir, Rafe’ Jibreel Abu Fara, 30, and his brother Ala’, 22.
In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, the soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians while crossing a military roadblock.
They have been identified as Yousef Hilmi Khalil, 36, Nasrallah Ofa, 24, Bassem Ahmad Ofa, 24, and Fadi Jarrar.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Deir Nitham village, northwest of the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and confiscated surveillance tapes, and equipment, from two homes belonging to residents Ibrahim al-A’raj and Yousef Tamimi.
The invasion also led to clashes between the invading forces and several local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the army vehicles.
The soldiers claimed that a settler’s car came under fire, late at night, near the village, leading to no damage or injuries. The army closed the entire area until morning hours.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one Palestinian. The soldiers also invaded Rashayda village, east of Bethlehem, and handed demolition orders targeting two barns.
The soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar, before breaking into and searching a few homes, and kidnapped Mohammad Ja’far Taqatqa, 25.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones on the military vehicles, while the army fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Rashayda village, east of Bethlehem, and handed demolition orders targeting two barns, allegedly for being built near a “military zone.”
Local sources said the orders were handed to Ali Odah and Farhan Ali Rashayda, and that the two residents use the sheds to for their sheep in this grazing area.
Fawwaz Rashayda, the head of the Rashayda Village Council, said the soldiers have been targeting the shepherds in this area, known as Rajm an-Naqa, and that the barns are located in Palestinian lands that were declared by the army as a closed military zone.
In The Gaza Strip, several israeli military bulldozers and tanks invaded Palestinian lands, east of Gaza City, and fired several live rounds.
The soldiers also installed several sand hills, in the area that faces the border fence, and a military base.
The soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar, before breaking into and searching a few homes, and kidnapped Mohammad Ja’far Taqatqa, 25.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones on the military vehicles, while the army fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Rashayda village, east of Bethlehem, and handed demolition orders targeting two barns, allegedly for being built near a “military zone.”
Local sources said the orders were handed to Ali Odah and Farhan Ali Rashayda, and that the two residents use the sheds to for their sheep in this grazing area.
Fawwaz Rashayda, the head of the Rashayda Village Council, said the soldiers have been targeting the shepherds in this area, known as Rajm an-Naqa, and that the barns are located in Palestinian lands that were declared by the army as a closed military zone.
In The Gaza Strip, several israeli military bulldozers and tanks invaded Palestinian lands, east of Gaza City, and fired several live rounds.
The soldiers also installed several sand hills, in the area that faces the border fence, and a military base.
Hemaya Center for Human Rights has said that the lives of more than 1,700 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have become vulnerable and at risk as a result of their exposure to medical neglect.
The center stated that more than 700 prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails suffer from chronic diseases, especially heart problems and cancer.
In a news conference held on Monday outside the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza, legal researcher of the center Wasim al-Shanti accused the Israeli prison authority of pursuing a systematic medical neglect policy against the prisoners.
Shanti stated that the administrations of Israeli prisons refuse to hospitalize dozens of sick prisoners who were prescribed urgent surgeries and only provide them with pain killers.
He added that many prisoners were taken to prison infirmaries to receive treatment for minor ailments, but they ended up with serious disabilities and diseases and some of them died later.
He described such Israeli practices towards the prisoners as a "war crime" and a violation of the fourth Geneva convention, which stipulates the protection of prisoners' health.
The center stated that more than 700 prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails suffer from chronic diseases, especially heart problems and cancer.
In a news conference held on Monday outside the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza, legal researcher of the center Wasim al-Shanti accused the Israeli prison authority of pursuing a systematic medical neglect policy against the prisoners.
Shanti stated that the administrations of Israeli prisons refuse to hospitalize dozens of sick prisoners who were prescribed urgent surgeries and only provide them with pain killers.
He added that many prisoners were taken to prison infirmaries to receive treatment for minor ailments, but they ended up with serious disabilities and diseases and some of them died later.
He described such Israeli practices towards the prisoners as a "war crime" and a violation of the fourth Geneva convention, which stipulates the protection of prisoners' health.
6 june 2016
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), on Sunday, said that Israeli courts have imposed fines on imprisoned Palestinian children in the realm of 88,000 Shekels ($22,000), during the month of May alone.
Lawyer for PPS, Abdul-Fattah Doula, said that 48 Palestinian children have been detained during May, and that their sentences ranged between 3 and 30 months.
At the moment, there are about 500 Palestinian children in Israeli jails, according to the Palestinian News Network (PNN).
183 of them are reportedly being held in Ofer prison, 81 in Megiddo, 50 are on house arrest, in addition to confinement in Israeli detention centers.
Lawyer for PPS, Abdul-Fattah Doula, said that 48 Palestinian children have been detained during May, and that their sentences ranged between 3 and 30 months.
At the moment, there are about 500 Palestinian children in Israeli jails, according to the Palestinian News Network (PNN).
183 of them are reportedly being held in Ofer prison, 81 in Megiddo, 50 are on house arrest, in addition to confinement in Israeli detention centers.
An Israeli military court in Salem base on Sunday extended the detention of former Palestinian minister Wasfi Qabha at the pretext of allowing further interrogation with him.
Qabha has been subject to interrogation in Jalama prison for 19 days.
The Shin Bet accuses him of inciting violence against Israel. According to his family, the minister suffers from serious health problems as a result of his exposure to repeated arrests.
He had spent a total of 12 years in Israeli jails. Qabha was a minister of detainees' affairs in Palestinian government following the 2006 elections and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Hamas Movement in the West Bank.
Qabha has been subject to interrogation in Jalama prison for 19 days.
The Shin Bet accuses him of inciting violence against Israel. According to his family, the minister suffers from serious health problems as a result of his exposure to repeated arrests.
He had spent a total of 12 years in Israeli jails. Qabha was a minister of detainees' affairs in Palestinian government following the 2006 elections and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Hamas Movement in the West Bank.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday in an abduction sweep launched across the West Bank.
Reporting from al-Khalil province, a PIC journalist said the IOF rolled into al-Zaytoun neighborhood, to the southwest of the city, and kidnapped the Hamas activist Dr. Adnan Younes Abu Tabaneh after they wreaked havoc on his family home.
Abu Tabaneh’s son, Muhammad, was released a few hours earlier from the Palestinian Authority (PA) jails while his other son, Younes, is still held in custody by the PA forces. Other Palestinians were also kidnapped in the raid.
The IOF further stormed Bethlehem and kidnapped the citizen Ibrahim Atiyeh Manasra from Wadi Fukin. 15-year-old Ahmad Hani Dar Saleem was also kidnapped by the IOF from Jaba’ town.
Clashes flared up at predawn time in Nablus city where the occupation troops attacked the Palestinian protesters with stun grenades.
Nine Israeli border police patrols have sealed off the main entrances to Hawara town, in southern Nablus, blocking Palestinians’ movement inside and out on allegations that gunmen opened fire at a settler bus overnight.
Israeli settlers were, meanwhile, caught as wielding weapons in the presence of Israeli army troops.
A few hours earlier, an Israeli settler gang attempted to attack the 58-year-old Palestinian farmer Fawzi Mahmoud al-Haj Muhammad from southern Nablus.
Reporting from al-Khalil province, a PIC journalist said the IOF rolled into al-Zaytoun neighborhood, to the southwest of the city, and kidnapped the Hamas activist Dr. Adnan Younes Abu Tabaneh after they wreaked havoc on his family home.
Abu Tabaneh’s son, Muhammad, was released a few hours earlier from the Palestinian Authority (PA) jails while his other son, Younes, is still held in custody by the PA forces. Other Palestinians were also kidnapped in the raid.
The IOF further stormed Bethlehem and kidnapped the citizen Ibrahim Atiyeh Manasra from Wadi Fukin. 15-year-old Ahmad Hani Dar Saleem was also kidnapped by the IOF from Jaba’ town.
Clashes flared up at predawn time in Nablus city where the occupation troops attacked the Palestinian protesters with stun grenades.
Nine Israeli border police patrols have sealed off the main entrances to Hawara town, in southern Nablus, blocking Palestinians’ movement inside and out on allegations that gunmen opened fire at a settler bus overnight.
Israeli settlers were, meanwhile, caught as wielding weapons in the presence of Israeli army troops.
A few hours earlier, an Israeli settler gang attempted to attack the 58-year-old Palestinian farmer Fawzi Mahmoud al-Haj Muhammad from southern Nablus.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched many homes and kidnapped at least four Palestinians. One Palestinian was kidnapped on Sunday evening.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Sheikh Jawad al-Ja’bari, Dr. Adnan Abu Tabbana and Hatem Dofash, from their homes in Hebron city.
It added that the soldiers also kidnapped Raed Hisham al-Metwer, from his home in Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron city.
On Sunday evening, the soldiers kidnapped a young, identified as Mohammad Nofal, from the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, as he was returning home from Jordan, through the al-Karama border terminal.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Sheikh Jawad al-Ja’bari, Dr. Adnan Abu Tabbana and Hatem Dofash, from their homes in Hebron city.
It added that the soldiers also kidnapped Raed Hisham al-Metwer, from his home in Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron city.
On Sunday evening, the soldiers kidnapped a young, identified as Mohammad Nofal, from the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, as he was returning home from Jordan, through the al-Karama border terminal.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and abducted a child in occupied East Jerusalem, on Sunday at night.
The soldiers invaded Wadi Fukin village, west of Bethlehem, searched and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Ibrahim Ateyya Manasra, 19.
The soldiers also summoned Karam Ibrahim Manasra, 19, for interrogation in the Gush Etzion military and security base, south of Bethlehem, after invading his family’s home and searching it.
In Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, the soldiers installed a sudden roadblock on its main road, and searched all cars leaving it, in addition to assaulting a young man, causing various cuts and bruises.
On Sunday at night, the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Hani Ahmad Hamayel, 13, while he was in Jaba’ town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and took him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers invaded Wadi Fukin village, west of Bethlehem, searched and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Ibrahim Ateyya Manasra, 19.
The soldiers also summoned Karam Ibrahim Manasra, 19, for interrogation in the Gush Etzion military and security base, south of Bethlehem, after invading his family’s home and searching it.
In Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, the soldiers installed a sudden roadblock on its main road, and searched all cars leaving it, in addition to assaulting a young man, causing various cuts and bruises.
On Sunday at night, the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Hani Ahmad Hamayel, 13, while he was in Jaba’ town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and took him to an unknown destination.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening, the head of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Nasser Qous.
PPS Lawyer Mofeed al-Haj said the soldiers kidnapped Nasser Qous and moved him to an interrogation facility in the city.
The Israeli military is accusing Qous of “incitement,” for statements defending the Palestinian detainees, facing ongoing violations, and many holding hunger strikes demanding an end to their arbitrary Administrative detention, without charges.
Also on Sunday, the army detained two young women, Afnan and her sister Anhar Yousef al-Baz, and released them after issuing an order preventing them from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for 15 consecutive days.
The two are from Lod city, and were kidnapped just as they were leaving the mosque through Bab al-Majles (Council Gate). There were interrogated for several hours in the al-Qashla police station in Jerusalem’s Old City.
PPS Lawyer Mofeed al-Haj said the soldiers kidnapped Nasser Qous and moved him to an interrogation facility in the city.
The Israeli military is accusing Qous of “incitement,” for statements defending the Palestinian detainees, facing ongoing violations, and many holding hunger strikes demanding an end to their arbitrary Administrative detention, without charges.
Also on Sunday, the army detained two young women, Afnan and her sister Anhar Yousef al-Baz, and released them after issuing an order preventing them from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for 15 consecutive days.
The two are from Lod city, and were kidnapped just as they were leaving the mosque through Bab al-Majles (Council Gate). There were interrogated for several hours in the al-Qashla police station in Jerusalem’s Old City.
