2 june 2019
For the past five months, Mustafa al-Kharouf has been languishing inside Israel’s Givon prison, away from his wife Tamam and their one-and-a-half-year-old daughter Asia. But, now, he faces deportation to Jordan.
The 32-year-old photojournalist, son to an Algerian mother and a Palestinian father, has been living in Jerusalem since 1999, when his family returned.
Despite repeated attempts, over the past decade, he has been denied permanent residency status, which he is entitled to, thus rendering him stateless.
By the time Kharouf’s family met the conditions set by the policy, to get residency, Mustafa was 18 years old and his family was not able to submit an application for either reunification or child registration, on his behalf.
In January, Mustafa, who worked with Anadolu Agency, was detained after his lawyer challenged the Israeli interior ministry’s decision to reject his request for legal status.
His fate is now in the hands of an Israeli high court, which will decide if he will be deported to Jordan, a country he has no ties to.
In order to attain their “legal” status as Palestinians in the city, Kharouf’s family applied for family reunification, Al Jazeera/Al Ray further reports.
But, at the core of Israel’s complicated laws for Palestinian residents of Jerusalem – who are granted residency rights but not Israeli citizenship – is the “center of life” policy, which has been described as a legalized ethnic cleansing.
The policy, which requires Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem to prove they keep a center of life in the city, to uphold their legal status, has been criticized by rights groups as discriminatory, and as a precursor to forcible transfers – a serious violation of international law.
Legal status rejected by Israeli interior ministry.
Adi Lustigman, Kharouf’s lawyer from the Israeli rights organization HaMoked, told Al Jazeera that Kharouf tried to regulate his status in Jerusalem for years, but to no avail.
“He had an interim order during some periods, but, the rest of the times, he has just managed, like many other stateless and status-less Jerusalemites do,” Lustigman said.
“It is, of course, enormously difficult to be a person with no rights, no work permit, and nowhere to go, in order to be legal.”
From October 2014 to 2015, Kharouf was granted an Israeli B/1 work visa, on a “humanitarian basis”. Yet, requests for a visa extension were eventually rejected by the ministry of interior for “security reasons”.
Lustigman believes that the ministry’s rejections are related to his work as a photojournalist documenting human rights abuses committed by the Israeli authorities, in occupied East Jerusalem.
After Kharouf was married, in 2016, to his wife Tamam, a Palestinian Jerusalemite, he filled out another family reunification application, but it was again rejected in December of 2018, by the interior ministry.
According to Lustigman, the decision was based on unfounded accusations that Kharouf was a member of Hamas, which is banned by Israel.
The lawyer appealed the decision on January 21, 2019, but, the next day, Israeli forces raided Kharouf’s home and abducted him, and he has since been placed under administrative detention – indefinite imprisonment without trial or charge.
“My husband is the most optimistic person I know. But, now, he is beyond miserable,” Kharouf’s wife Tamam told Al Jazeera.
Tamam is permitted to visit her husband once a week, for a maximum of 20 minutes, behind a glass window.
“His spirits have deteriorated so much since his arrest,” the 27-year-old school counselor said. “He has lost 10 kilograms, and is very depressed.”
A few months later, in April, the Israeli District Court rejected Kharouf’s appeal and gave an interim order not to deport him, so he is able to take his case to Israel’s High Court, with May 5 given as the deadline. The appeal has already been filed, but the High Court has yet to make a decision. Kharouf remains at imminent risk of being forcibly deported to Jordan.
Deportation order ‘illegal’
Saleh Hijazi, the head of Amnesty International’s Jerusalem office, described the Israeli decision to refuse Kharouf’s residency application and deport him as “cruel and unlawful”.
“[Kharouf] must be released immediately and granted permanent residency in East Jerusalem, so he can resume his normal life with his wife and child,” Hijazi said.
“The arbitrary detention and planned deportation of Mustafa al-Kharouf reflect Israel’s long-term policy to reduce the number of Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, while denying them their human rights,” he continued.
Following Israel’s illegal annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967, at least 14,600 Palestinians have had their residency permits revoked.
Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, the deportation of protected people from an occupied territory is illegal. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court stipulates that “the deportation or transfer [by the occupying power] of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory” constitutes a war crime.
“A person cannot be left stateless”, Jessica Montell, Executive Director of HaMoked, said in an April press release. ” On the practical level, there is no sense holding Mustafa ‘pending deportation’ when there is no country to which Israel can deport him.
“The High Court of Justice has recognized East Jerusalemites as an indigenous population with a unique status. Israel must therefore release Mustafa without delay and give him the legal status to which he is entitled, as a Jerusalemite.”
Tamam has been busy consulting with lawyers, to see what can be done. But, she said that most of them say her husband’s case is too complicated, and refuse to take it on.
“I haven’t thought about an alternative plan for us,” Tamam said. “If Mustafa gets deported to Jordan, he will not receive residency, let alone citizenship.
“In fact he’ll get detained by Jordanian authorities as soon as he crosses the border, for as long as it will take them to review his files and come to a decision on what to do with him,” she continued.
“If he gets deported, it won’t be just one family that will be fragmented. He’ll be ripped away from me and my daughter, from his parents, and from his in-laws.”
Lustigman says that the importance of highlighting Kharouf’s case can make the difference in not uprooting the photojournalist’s life.
“We hope that public opinion, press interests, and NGO actions would have a certain weight and be of help,” the lawyer said.
The 32-year-old photojournalist, son to an Algerian mother and a Palestinian father, has been living in Jerusalem since 1999, when his family returned.
Despite repeated attempts, over the past decade, he has been denied permanent residency status, which he is entitled to, thus rendering him stateless.
By the time Kharouf’s family met the conditions set by the policy, to get residency, Mustafa was 18 years old and his family was not able to submit an application for either reunification or child registration, on his behalf.
In January, Mustafa, who worked with Anadolu Agency, was detained after his lawyer challenged the Israeli interior ministry’s decision to reject his request for legal status.
His fate is now in the hands of an Israeli high court, which will decide if he will be deported to Jordan, a country he has no ties to.
In order to attain their “legal” status as Palestinians in the city, Kharouf’s family applied for family reunification, Al Jazeera/Al Ray further reports.
But, at the core of Israel’s complicated laws for Palestinian residents of Jerusalem – who are granted residency rights but not Israeli citizenship – is the “center of life” policy, which has been described as a legalized ethnic cleansing.
The policy, which requires Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem to prove they keep a center of life in the city, to uphold their legal status, has been criticized by rights groups as discriminatory, and as a precursor to forcible transfers – a serious violation of international law.
Legal status rejected by Israeli interior ministry.
Adi Lustigman, Kharouf’s lawyer from the Israeli rights organization HaMoked, told Al Jazeera that Kharouf tried to regulate his status in Jerusalem for years, but to no avail.
“He had an interim order during some periods, but, the rest of the times, he has just managed, like many other stateless and status-less Jerusalemites do,” Lustigman said.
“It is, of course, enormously difficult to be a person with no rights, no work permit, and nowhere to go, in order to be legal.”
From October 2014 to 2015, Kharouf was granted an Israeli B/1 work visa, on a “humanitarian basis”. Yet, requests for a visa extension were eventually rejected by the ministry of interior for “security reasons”.
Lustigman believes that the ministry’s rejections are related to his work as a photojournalist documenting human rights abuses committed by the Israeli authorities, in occupied East Jerusalem.
After Kharouf was married, in 2016, to his wife Tamam, a Palestinian Jerusalemite, he filled out another family reunification application, but it was again rejected in December of 2018, by the interior ministry.
According to Lustigman, the decision was based on unfounded accusations that Kharouf was a member of Hamas, which is banned by Israel.
The lawyer appealed the decision on January 21, 2019, but, the next day, Israeli forces raided Kharouf’s home and abducted him, and he has since been placed under administrative detention – indefinite imprisonment without trial or charge.
“My husband is the most optimistic person I know. But, now, he is beyond miserable,” Kharouf’s wife Tamam told Al Jazeera.
Tamam is permitted to visit her husband once a week, for a maximum of 20 minutes, behind a glass window.
“His spirits have deteriorated so much since his arrest,” the 27-year-old school counselor said. “He has lost 10 kilograms, and is very depressed.”
A few months later, in April, the Israeli District Court rejected Kharouf’s appeal and gave an interim order not to deport him, so he is able to take his case to Israel’s High Court, with May 5 given as the deadline. The appeal has already been filed, but the High Court has yet to make a decision. Kharouf remains at imminent risk of being forcibly deported to Jordan.
Deportation order ‘illegal’
Saleh Hijazi, the head of Amnesty International’s Jerusalem office, described the Israeli decision to refuse Kharouf’s residency application and deport him as “cruel and unlawful”.
“[Kharouf] must be released immediately and granted permanent residency in East Jerusalem, so he can resume his normal life with his wife and child,” Hijazi said.
“The arbitrary detention and planned deportation of Mustafa al-Kharouf reflect Israel’s long-term policy to reduce the number of Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, while denying them their human rights,” he continued.
Following Israel’s illegal annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967, at least 14,600 Palestinians have had their residency permits revoked.
Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, the deportation of protected people from an occupied territory is illegal. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court stipulates that “the deportation or transfer [by the occupying power] of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory” constitutes a war crime.
“A person cannot be left stateless”, Jessica Montell, Executive Director of HaMoked, said in an April press release. ” On the practical level, there is no sense holding Mustafa ‘pending deportation’ when there is no country to which Israel can deport him.
“The High Court of Justice has recognized East Jerusalemites as an indigenous population with a unique status. Israel must therefore release Mustafa without delay and give him the legal status to which he is entitled, as a Jerusalemite.”
Tamam has been busy consulting with lawyers, to see what can be done. But, she said that most of them say her husband’s case is too complicated, and refuse to take it on.
“I haven’t thought about an alternative plan for us,” Tamam said. “If Mustafa gets deported to Jordan, he will not receive residency, let alone citizenship.
“In fact he’ll get detained by Jordanian authorities as soon as he crosses the border, for as long as it will take them to review his files and come to a decision on what to do with him,” she continued.
“If he gets deported, it won’t be just one family that will be fragmented. He’ll be ripped away from me and my daughter, from his parents, and from his in-laws.”
Lustigman says that the importance of highlighting Kharouf’s case can make the difference in not uprooting the photojournalist’s life.
“We hope that public opinion, press interests, and NGO actions would have a certain weight and be of help,” the lawyer said.
A number of Palestinian Muslim worshippers were injured today, by Israeli police officers who were escorting dozens of Israeli extremists performing a provocative tour of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem. video
Some 400 Israeli settlers, led by American-born rabbi and MK Yehuda Glick, entered the flashpoint compound, one of Islam’s holiest places, early Sunday morning, before police officers scuffled with worshippers who chanted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest), to express their anger at the entry of illegal settlers.
Israeli police physically attacked many of the worshippers, arrested some and chased others through the compound and went as far as the entrance to the southern sealed building, where the worshippers were barricaded, before attacking them with teargas and stun grenades. video video video video video
Israeli police rarely allow Jewish prayers, in Al-Aqsa Mosque, during the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, when tens of thousands of Muslims converge on the holy site for worship.
Yesterday, according to the PNN, hardcore Israeli organizations called upon supporters to organize provocative visits to the mosque, in the city, the third holiest place in Islam, to mark what Israelis claim as the reunification of Jerusalem.
Some 400 Israeli settlers, led by American-born rabbi and MK Yehuda Glick, entered the flashpoint compound, one of Islam’s holiest places, early Sunday morning, before police officers scuffled with worshippers who chanted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest), to express their anger at the entry of illegal settlers.
Israeli police physically attacked many of the worshippers, arrested some and chased others through the compound and went as far as the entrance to the southern sealed building, where the worshippers were barricaded, before attacking them with teargas and stun grenades. video video video video video
Israeli police rarely allow Jewish prayers, in Al-Aqsa Mosque, during the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, when tens of thousands of Muslims converge on the holy site for worship.
Yesterday, according to the PNN, hardcore Israeli organizations called upon supporters to organize provocative visits to the mosque, in the city, the third holiest place in Islam, to mark what Israelis claim as the reunification of Jerusalem.
Undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated, Sunday, the city of Tubas, in northeastern West Bank, and kidnapped a young man.
Mahmoud Sawafta, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in Tubas, said the undercover soldiers were driving a truck with Palestinian license plates.
He added that the soldiers drove to the house of Mahmoud Sawafta, and broke into it before kidnapping him, and drove to an unknown destination.
Mahmoud Sawafta, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in Tubas, said the undercover soldiers were driving a truck with Palestinian license plates.
He added that the soldiers drove to the house of Mahmoud Sawafta, and broke into it before kidnapping him, and drove to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted 50 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including 40 in occupied East Jerusalem, in less than 24 hours.
The PPS stated that the 50 abducted Palestinians, including the Secretary of Fateh Movement in Jerusalem Shadi al-Mitwer, and several children, were taken prisoner starting on Saturday at noon until morning hours, Sunday.
It added that the soldiers assaulted and injured many Palestinians, and detained some of them, in the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, especially after the army and the police accompanied dozens of illegal colonists into the courtyards of the holy site, and conducted provocative tours.
Many of the abducted Palestinians were trying to enter Jerusalem, to head to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for prayers in the holy site.
Earlier Sunday, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including a teenage boy, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and Jenin, in northern West Bank.
The PPS stated that the 50 abducted Palestinians, including the Secretary of Fateh Movement in Jerusalem Shadi al-Mitwer, and several children, were taken prisoner starting on Saturday at noon until morning hours, Sunday.
It added that the soldiers assaulted and injured many Palestinians, and detained some of them, in the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, especially after the army and the police accompanied dozens of illegal colonists into the courtyards of the holy site, and conducted provocative tours.
Many of the abducted Palestinians were trying to enter Jerusalem, to head to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for prayers in the holy site.
Earlier Sunday, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including a teenage boy, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and Jenin, in northern West Bank.
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, two Palestinians, including a teenage boy, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and one near Jenin, in northern West Bank.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the army abducted Ya’coub Yahia Rajabi, 20, from his home in the city, after the soldiers invaded and violently searched it.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Firas Emad Hdeib, 17, from his home in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, after ransacking the property.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Kharsa town, south of Hebron, before storming and violently searching homes, including the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Abdul-Majid Shadeed, and property of the imprisoned Anas Shadeed.
In Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Osama Ibrahim al-Husseini, 30, from Faqqu’a village, east of Jenin city, while heading back home after prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the army abducted Ya’coub Yahia Rajabi, 20, from his home in the city, after the soldiers invaded and violently searched it.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Firas Emad Hdeib, 17, from his home in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, after ransacking the property.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Kharsa town, south of Hebron, before storming and violently searching homes, including the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Abdul-Majid Shadeed, and property of the imprisoned Anas Shadeed.
In Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Osama Ibrahim al-Husseini, 30, from Faqqu’a village, east of Jenin city, while heading back home after prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Sunday morning, the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked the Muslim worshipers, wounding dozens, including one of the civilian guards of the holy site, and detained another.
The soldiers and police were accompanying large groups of illegal colonialist settlers, who were conducting provocative tours in the courtyards of the holy site. video video video video video
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers and the police stormed the al-Qibli Mosque in Al-Aqsa, desecrating the site with their full military gear, and assaulted many Palestinians while trying to remove them from the holy site. video
The police then left the mosque, and the worshipers closed it gates, before dozens gathered in front of it, while chanting and condemning the provocative invasions.
Shortly afterwards, the police attacked and clubbed dozens of worshippers, and tried to remove them to allow more groups of colonists to conduct their tours. video video video video
The soldiers also closed Bab al-Asbat and Bab Hotta gates, leading to the holy site, and prevented the Palestinian worshipers from crossing.
Furthermore, the soldiers assaulted and injured one of the guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Khalil Tarhouni, causing many cuts and bruises, especially to the head, and prevented the medics from approaching him for more than an hour. video video
The soldiers also attacked another guard, identified as Essam Najeeb, and summoned him for interrogation at Al-Qashla nearby detention center.
Tension is still mounting due to the extensive military and police presence in the holy site’s compound, especially as more groups of colonists are preparing to invade and tour it, marking the so-called “Jerusalem Day.”
The soldiers and police were accompanying large groups of illegal colonialist settlers, who were conducting provocative tours in the courtyards of the holy site. video video video video video
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers and the police stormed the al-Qibli Mosque in Al-Aqsa, desecrating the site with their full military gear, and assaulted many Palestinians while trying to remove them from the holy site. video
The police then left the mosque, and the worshipers closed it gates, before dozens gathered in front of it, while chanting and condemning the provocative invasions.
Shortly afterwards, the police attacked and clubbed dozens of worshippers, and tried to remove them to allow more groups of colonists to conduct their tours. video video video video
The soldiers also closed Bab al-Asbat and Bab Hotta gates, leading to the holy site, and prevented the Palestinian worshipers from crossing.
Furthermore, the soldiers assaulted and injured one of the guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Khalil Tarhouni, causing many cuts and bruises, especially to the head, and prevented the medics from approaching him for more than an hour. video video
The soldiers also attacked another guard, identified as Essam Najeeb, and summoned him for interrogation at Al-Qashla nearby detention center.
Tension is still mounting due to the extensive military and police presence in the holy site’s compound, especially as more groups of colonists are preparing to invade and tour it, marking the so-called “Jerusalem Day.”
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, twenty-six Palestinians, including the secretary of Fateh movement, in occupied Jerusalem, and moved them to several detention and interrogation facilities in the city.
The soldiers abducted Shadi Mitwer, the Secretary of Fateh Movement in Jerusalem, before cuffing and blindfolding him, and took him to an interrogation facility. video video
It is worth mentioning that Mitwer is a former political prisoner, who was repeatedly detained and imprisoned by Israel for his political and social activities in the occupied city.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted 25 former political prisoners from many parts of Jerusalem, and took them to several interrogation centers.
The attacks and abductions took place while more than 400 illegal colonialist settlers, started provocative tours in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, to celebrate the occupation and the so-called unification of the city.
The Israeli army and police also closed the gates of al-Qibli Mosque, in the Al-Aqsa Compound, locking dozens of worshipers inside.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also abducted eight Palestinians from Nablus governorate, in northern West Bank, while heading back to their homes from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and took them to Ofer prison, near Ramallah, in central West Bank.
The soldiers abducted Shadi Mitwer, the Secretary of Fateh Movement in Jerusalem, before cuffing and blindfolding him, and took him to an interrogation facility. video video
It is worth mentioning that Mitwer is a former political prisoner, who was repeatedly detained and imprisoned by Israel for his political and social activities in the occupied city.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted 25 former political prisoners from many parts of Jerusalem, and took them to several interrogation centers.
The attacks and abductions took place while more than 400 illegal colonialist settlers, started provocative tours in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, to celebrate the occupation and the so-called unification of the city.
The Israeli army and police also closed the gates of al-Qibli Mosque, in the Al-Aqsa Compound, locking dozens of worshipers inside.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also abducted eight Palestinians from Nablus governorate, in northern West Bank, while heading back to their homes from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and took them to Ofer prison, near Ramallah, in central West Bank.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy, and injured five residents in the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committee in Kufur Qaddoum, said under cover Israeli soldiers infiltrated into the town, and kidnapped Mahmoud Abdul-Qader Eshteiwi, after ambushing him and several other protesters.
He added that the undercover soldiers were hiding in an abandoned building, before ambushing and attacking several protesters.
Many Palestinian youngsters then started throwing stones at the soldiers.
The soldiers also fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, mildly wounding five Palestinians, who received the needed treatment by local medics without the need for hospitalization. video video
On Friday, the soldiers injured four Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum after the army attacked the protests in the town.
Since 2011, villagers from Kufur Qaddoum and surrounding villages have organized a nonviolent demonstration on Fridays, to object to the illegal Israeli colonies, and to call on the Israeli occupation authorities to reopen the village’s main road, which has been closed by the army since 2002.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committee in Kufur Qaddoum, said under cover Israeli soldiers infiltrated into the town, and kidnapped Mahmoud Abdul-Qader Eshteiwi, after ambushing him and several other protesters.
He added that the undercover soldiers were hiding in an abandoned building, before ambushing and attacking several protesters.
Many Palestinian youngsters then started throwing stones at the soldiers.
The soldiers also fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, mildly wounding five Palestinians, who received the needed treatment by local medics without the need for hospitalization. video video
On Friday, the soldiers injured four Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum after the army attacked the protests in the town.
Since 2011, villagers from Kufur Qaddoum and surrounding villages have organized a nonviolent demonstration on Fridays, to object to the illegal Israeli colonies, and to call on the Israeli occupation authorities to reopen the village’s main road, which has been closed by the army since 2002.
1 june 2019
Israeli soldiers invaded, Saturday, the village of Abwein, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted the father of the young Palestinian man, who was killed a day earlier in occupied Jerusalem, after he reportedly stabbed and injured two Israelis.
Media sources in Ramallah said dozens of soldiers invaded the village, before storming and ransacking the home of Wajeeh Sohweil, the father of Yousef, 18, who was killed in Jerusalem, and abducted him.
The Israeli army apparently intends to demolish the home in an act of illegal collective punishment, similar to previous incidents where homes of Palestinians who attacked or believed to have attacked Israelis, including soldiers, were destroyed.
The army also constantly abducts and imprisons family members, and in some cases friends, of Palestinians who are believed to be behind attacks against the military or Israelis in general.
The sources added that the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at dozens of Palestinian youngsters, who protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the invading army jeeps.
Media sources in Ramallah said dozens of soldiers invaded the village, before storming and ransacking the home of Wajeeh Sohweil, the father of Yousef, 18, who was killed in Jerusalem, and abducted him.
The Israeli army apparently intends to demolish the home in an act of illegal collective punishment, similar to previous incidents where homes of Palestinians who attacked or believed to have attacked Israelis, including soldiers, were destroyed.
The army also constantly abducts and imprisons family members, and in some cases friends, of Palestinians who are believed to be behind attacks against the military or Israelis in general.
The sources added that the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at dozens of Palestinian youngsters, who protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the invading army jeeps.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday evening, two young Palestinian men, including a former political prisoner, from Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Morad Tawalba, while heading to Jerusalem to pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
It added that the abducted former political prisoner is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Popular Services Commission in Jenin refugee camp.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Abdullah al-Jar, also while trying to enter Jerusalem, on his way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Morad Tawalba, while heading to Jerusalem to pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
It added that the abducted former political prisoner is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Popular Services Commission in Jenin refugee camp.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Abdullah al-Jar, also while trying to enter Jerusalem, on his way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
At least four Palestinian youths were injured on Friday by rubber-coated metal bullets when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled an anti-settlement demonstration in Kafr Qaddum village in Qalqilya.
Activist Murad Shtewi said that the IOF heavily opened fire at the demonstrators and assaulted journalists.
Dozens of Palestinians choked on tear gas fired by the IOF at peaceful protesters in Ni'lin village in Ramallah following Friday prayer.
Meanwhile, the IOF detained three Palestinian youths at a checkpoint east of Jenin city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF stopped a car at the checkpoint, forced three Palestinian youths out of the vehicle, and interrogated them for hours before releasing them.
Activist Murad Shtewi said that the IOF heavily opened fire at the demonstrators and assaulted journalists.
Dozens of Palestinians choked on tear gas fired by the IOF at peaceful protesters in Ni'lin village in Ramallah following Friday prayer.
Meanwhile, the IOF detained three Palestinian youths at a checkpoint east of Jenin city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF stopped a car at the checkpoint, forced three Palestinian youths out of the vehicle, and interrogated them for hours before releasing them.
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