9 june 2019
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday afternoon, a Palestinian teenage boy in occupied East Jerusalem, reportedly for carrying a knife.
Media sources said the abducted teen, Osama Shaher Abu Za’nouna, 17, is from Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
They added that his family reported him missing, on Sunday morning, after he failed to show up for a final exam for school.
The teen was taken prisoner after Israeli police officers stopped and searched him when they received a report about a “suspicious person.” He was moved to an interrogation facility in Jerusalem.
Media sources said the abducted teen, Osama Shaher Abu Za’nouna, 17, is from Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
They added that his family reported him missing, on Sunday morning, after he failed to show up for a final exam for school.
The teen was taken prisoner after Israeli police officers stopped and searched him when they received a report about a “suspicious person.” He was moved to an interrogation facility in Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted 37 Palestinians, including three women, during the Al-Adha Muslim Feast. The abductions took place within three days, including Sunday at dawn.
The PPS said that eleven of the abducted Palestinians were taken prisoner from their homes in several parts of Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, and added that two of them are women.
It stated that the soldiers also abducted six Palestinians, including a young woman, from several parts of occupied East Jerusalem.
Five other Palestinians were abducted from Qalqilia governorate, five in Bethlehem, four in Ramallah, three in Tubas, one in Tulkarem, in addition to two, including a child, from Hebron.
The PPS said that eleven of the abducted Palestinians were taken prisoner from their homes in several parts of Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, and added that two of them are women.
It stated that the soldiers also abducted six Palestinians, including a young woman, from several parts of occupied East Jerusalem.
Five other Palestinians were abducted from Qalqilia governorate, five in Bethlehem, four in Ramallah, three in Tubas, one in Tulkarem, in addition to two, including a child, from Hebron.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday kidnaped several Palestinian young men in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to local sources, the IOF launched campaigns in different areas of the West Bank and confiscated a number of Palestinian cars in al-Khalil.
Last night, a young man reportedly suffered a bullet injury in his back during clashes between local youths and Israeli soldiers in Shuyukh al-Arrub village, north of al-Khalil.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police forces stormed Jabel Mukaber and Ein Hilweh areas, clashed with local youths and kidnaped five Palestinians, including a girl.
The IOF also raided homes in the West Bank town of Immatain, east of Qalqilya, and kidnaped a Palestinian citizen.
In an earlier incident, the IOF rounded up on Saturday a Palestinian girl at Qalandiya checkpoint after finding a knife in her possession.
According to local sources, the IOF launched campaigns in different areas of the West Bank and confiscated a number of Palestinian cars in al-Khalil.
Last night, a young man reportedly suffered a bullet injury in his back during clashes between local youths and Israeli soldiers in Shuyukh al-Arrub village, north of al-Khalil.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police forces stormed Jabel Mukaber and Ein Hilweh areas, clashed with local youths and kidnaped five Palestinians, including a girl.
The IOF also raided homes in the West Bank town of Immatain, east of Qalqilya, and kidnaped a Palestinian citizen.
In an earlier incident, the IOF rounded up on Saturday a Palestinian girl at Qalandiya checkpoint after finding a knife in her possession.
Palestinian prisoner Hassan al-Aweiwi is on his 68th day of hunger strike, protesting his imprisonment without charge or trial under Israeli administrative detention.
On Thursday, 6 June, Aweiwi was transferred to a civilian hospital, Barzilai, after the severe deterioration of his health after over two months without food. He is currently being held in Ramle prison clinic.
Hassan Abed Rabbo of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Commission said that Aweiwi, 35, had lost over 20 kilograms since he launched his hunger strike. The married father of three from al-Khalil was seized by Israeli occupation forces on 15 January 2019 and transferred to administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial.
There are currently approximately 500 Palestinians, out of a total of 5,400 Palestinian prisoners, held under administrative detention. Detention orders can be issued for up to six months at a time and are indefinitely renewable; Palestinians have been jailed for years at a time under administrative detention.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said that since Aweiwi launched his strike on 2 April 2019, he has been subject to numerous retaliatory measures by Israeli prison authorities, including throwing him in isolation, transferring him from prison to prison, denying him family visits and delaying his legal visits.
The transfer process for Palestinian prisoners uses a “bosta,” a metal vehicle that is poorly ventilated and extremely hot in the summer, and “bosta” journeys often involve many stops that make the trip extremely lengthy.
Aweiwi’s wife, Maysaa, has spoken to the Palestinian media, urging greater attention to the situation of her husband and other Palestinians in Israeli jails. He has spent three years in Israeli prison under multiple arrests, mostly in administrative detention.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all to stand with Hassan al-Aweiwi, whose life and health is on the line to confront the unjust system of Israeli administrative detention. International solidarity can provide an important boost to Palestinian prisoners like Awewi and contribute to their struggle, so all of our participation, protests, petitions and phone calls can play a role in helping him to achieve victory for justice and freedom.
Action links at Samidoun official.
On Thursday, 6 June, Aweiwi was transferred to a civilian hospital, Barzilai, after the severe deterioration of his health after over two months without food. He is currently being held in Ramle prison clinic.
Hassan Abed Rabbo of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Commission said that Aweiwi, 35, had lost over 20 kilograms since he launched his hunger strike. The married father of three from al-Khalil was seized by Israeli occupation forces on 15 January 2019 and transferred to administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial.
There are currently approximately 500 Palestinians, out of a total of 5,400 Palestinian prisoners, held under administrative detention. Detention orders can be issued for up to six months at a time and are indefinitely renewable; Palestinians have been jailed for years at a time under administrative detention.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said that since Aweiwi launched his strike on 2 April 2019, he has been subject to numerous retaliatory measures by Israeli prison authorities, including throwing him in isolation, transferring him from prison to prison, denying him family visits and delaying his legal visits.
The transfer process for Palestinian prisoners uses a “bosta,” a metal vehicle that is poorly ventilated and extremely hot in the summer, and “bosta” journeys often involve many stops that make the trip extremely lengthy.
Aweiwi’s wife, Maysaa, has spoken to the Palestinian media, urging greater attention to the situation of her husband and other Palestinians in Israeli jails. He has spent three years in Israeli prison under multiple arrests, mostly in administrative detention.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all to stand with Hassan al-Aweiwi, whose life and health is on the line to confront the unjust system of Israeli administrative detention. International solidarity can provide an important boost to Palestinian prisoners like Awewi and contribute to their struggle, so all of our participation, protests, petitions and phone calls can play a role in helping him to achieve victory for justice and freedom.
Action links at Samidoun official.
Qadri Abu Bakr, chairman of the Detainees Affairs Commission, has condemned the repeated crimes committed, by Israel, against Palestinians being held in its jails, which he says have taken “a very dangerous and unprecedented dimension” designed to complicate their daily lives in prison.
Abu Bakr said in a statement, yesterday, that Israel is mobilizing all its capacities to create new realities in the prisons. He stressed that Israel uses all available opportunities to crack down on prisoners and their families.
He added, according to WAFA: “There are daily incursions into prisons and detention centers, and a large number of detainees are transferred from one prison to another.”
Abu Bakr argued that Israel does not want Palestinian prisoners to have stable conditions in jail, pointing to the instruction issued by Ashkelon prison last week not to allow prisoners to celebrate Eid El-Fitr as evidence that Israel is racist.
Abu Bakr said in a statement, yesterday, that Israel is mobilizing all its capacities to create new realities in the prisons. He stressed that Israel uses all available opportunities to crack down on prisoners and their families.
He added, according to WAFA: “There are daily incursions into prisons and detention centers, and a large number of detainees are transferred from one prison to another.”
Abu Bakr argued that Israel does not want Palestinian prisoners to have stable conditions in jail, pointing to the instruction issued by Ashkelon prison last week not to allow prisoners to celebrate Eid El-Fitr as evidence that Israel is racist.
8 june 2019
The family of the Palestinian prisoner Hasan al-Awiwi, who has been on hunger strike in Israeli jails for 68 days, on Saturday said that he decided to stop drinking water.
The family said that al-Awiwi's health condition is worsening and he can't talk or walk properly.
Al-Awiwi, a father of three, was arrested in January 2019, and he started an open hunger strike 68 days ago in protest at his detention administratively without charge or trial.
The family said that al-Awiwi's health condition is worsening and he can't talk or walk properly.
Al-Awiwi, a father of three, was arrested in January 2019, and he started an open hunger strike 68 days ago in protest at his detention administratively without charge or trial.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Saturday, a young Palestinian man near Bethlehem, and a young woman at Qalandia terminal, north Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, in addition to preventing farmers from entering their lands near Nablus.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded Khalayel al-Louz area, southeast of the city, and abducted Yousef Nour Abu Srour, 24, after storming his home and searching it.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a young man at the Qalandia terminal north of Jerusalem, reportedly for carrying a knife in her purse. The abducted woman is from Jenin, in northern West Bank.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Palestinian agricultural lands in Sebastia town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and forced the farmers out.
The soldiers threatened to confiscate the farmers’ agricultural tools if they do not leave their lands, due to their proximity to the illegal Shavei Shomron colony, which was built on Palestinian lands.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded Khalayel al-Louz area, southeast of the city, and abducted Yousef Nour Abu Srour, 24, after storming his home and searching it.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a young man at the Qalandia terminal north of Jerusalem, reportedly for carrying a knife in her purse. The abducted woman is from Jenin, in northern West Bank.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Palestinian agricultural lands in Sebastia town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and forced the farmers out.
The soldiers threatened to confiscate the farmers’ agricultural tools if they do not leave their lands, due to their proximity to the illegal Shavei Shomron colony, which was built on Palestinian lands.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, five Palestinians, including a young woman, from their homes in Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Jabal al-Mokabber, before abducting Aseel Oweisat, Karam Abdo, Mohammad Ata ‘Oweisat, Ata ‘Oweisat and Mousa Abdo.
It added that the soldiers also attacked Palestinians, protesting the invasion, by firing rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades at them.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Jabal al-Mokabber, before abducting Aseel Oweisat, Karam Abdo, Mohammad Ata ‘Oweisat, Ata ‘Oweisat and Mousa Abdo.
It added that the soldiers also attacked Palestinians, protesting the invasion, by firing rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades at them.
Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Jabal al-Mukaber south of Jerusalem on Friday evening and abducted a girl and four boys.
Eyewitnesses told Agence France-Presse that the occupation forces stormed the village of Jabal al-Mukabber and threw random sound bombs and rubber bullets. video
They then abducted four Palestinian teen boys and one minor girl and took them to the Israeli police station “Oz” for interrogation.
Witnesses added that one of the detainees was injured after being beaten by the Israeli occupation forces.
The village of Jabal al-Mukaber is subject to frequent Israeli invasions and collective punishment due to its location in East Jerusalem, in an area that Israeli municipal authorities have pledged to annex into Israel through the use of military force.
Israeli forces arrest Aqsa guard, five youths in Jerusalem
The Israeli forces late on Friday raided Jabal al-Mukabber town in Occupied Jerusalem and arrested five Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli forces stormed the town and randomly fired stun grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets.
They said that the Israeli forces arrested a girl and four young men and transferred them to a nearby detention center for interrogation.
The reasons behind their detention have not been known yet, according to Jabal al-Mukabber families.
On Saturday morning the Israeli forces violently assaulted al-Aqsa Mosque's guard Muhannad Idris before arresting him.
Local sources said that Idris was beaten and arrested after confronting a group of Israeli police officers who broke into Bab al-Rahma prayer area in al-Aqsa Mosque with their shoes on.
Army Assaults And Abducts A Guard Of The Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli soldiers assaulted, Saturday, a civilian guard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted him.
Media sources said the soldiers assaulted Mohannad Edrees, causing various cuts and bruises, before abducting him.
He was taken prisoner in the eastern area of Bab ar-Rahma mosque in Al-Aqsa, after he intercepted several colonists and officers who entered the mosque without removing their shoes, in violation of Muslim traditions.
They added that the guard is a former political prisoner, who was abducted and imprisoned in various previous invasions into the holy site, during provocative tours by soldiers, officers and illegal colonialist settlers.
Eyewitnesses told Agence France-Presse that the occupation forces stormed the village of Jabal al-Mukabber and threw random sound bombs and rubber bullets. video
They then abducted four Palestinian teen boys and one minor girl and took them to the Israeli police station “Oz” for interrogation.
Witnesses added that one of the detainees was injured after being beaten by the Israeli occupation forces.
The village of Jabal al-Mukaber is subject to frequent Israeli invasions and collective punishment due to its location in East Jerusalem, in an area that Israeli municipal authorities have pledged to annex into Israel through the use of military force.
Israeli forces arrest Aqsa guard, five youths in Jerusalem
The Israeli forces late on Friday raided Jabal al-Mukabber town in Occupied Jerusalem and arrested five Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli forces stormed the town and randomly fired stun grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets.
They said that the Israeli forces arrested a girl and four young men and transferred them to a nearby detention center for interrogation.
The reasons behind their detention have not been known yet, according to Jabal al-Mukabber families.
On Saturday morning the Israeli forces violently assaulted al-Aqsa Mosque's guard Muhannad Idris before arresting him.
Local sources said that Idris was beaten and arrested after confronting a group of Israeli police officers who broke into Bab al-Rahma prayer area in al-Aqsa Mosque with their shoes on.
Army Assaults And Abducts A Guard Of The Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli soldiers assaulted, Saturday, a civilian guard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted him.
Media sources said the soldiers assaulted Mohannad Edrees, causing various cuts and bruises, before abducting him.
He was taken prisoner in the eastern area of Bab ar-Rahma mosque in Al-Aqsa, after he intercepted several colonists and officers who entered the mosque without removing their shoes, in violation of Muslim traditions.
They added that the guard is a former political prisoner, who was abducted and imprisoned in various previous invasions into the holy site, during provocative tours by soldiers, officers and illegal colonialist settlers.
7 june 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday arrested two Palestinian youths from Jenin at a checkpoint in the Jordan Valley.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF arrested Mohammed Husari and Oday Ba'jawi on their way to Jericho through a checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley.
The sources said that the IOF soldiers transferred the youths to an undeclared destination and searched their vehicle.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF arrested Mohammed Husari and Oday Ba'jawi on their way to Jericho through a checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley.
The sources said that the IOF soldiers transferred the youths to an undeclared destination and searched their vehicle.
The wife of Palestinian professor Abdul-Halim al-Ashqar said that the lawyers defending her husband succeeded in extracting a court verdict ordering the US security authorities to bring him back immediately from Israel.
In press remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), Asma Muhanna stated that the court order banned the transfer of her husband to Israel, adding that Ashqar was flown back to the US from Ben Gurion airport and sent to a jail in Virginia.
A few days ago, Ashqar was kidnapped illegally by the FBI and taken aboard a plane to Ben Gurion airport in Israel in order to hand him over to the authorities there, but he was kept on the plane following a US court order.
Later, Ashqar was returned to the US aboard the same plane after a US court issued a decision in this regard.
In November 2007, the American authorities had unfairly sentenced Ashqar to 11 years in prison after placing him under house arrest for nearly two years. He wore an ankle monitor on his right leg in his home in Virginia.
He was discharged from his teaching position at Washington University in August 2004. He was subsequently arrested and accused, with no evidence, of illegally collecting funds for Hamas, and put under house arrest.
Ashqar nominated himself as an independent presidential candidate in the Palestinian election held on January 9, 2005. He was one of the 10 contenders seeking to succeed Yasser Arafat, who died on November 11, 2004 as head of the Palestinian Authority.
In press remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), Asma Muhanna stated that the court order banned the transfer of her husband to Israel, adding that Ashqar was flown back to the US from Ben Gurion airport and sent to a jail in Virginia.
A few days ago, Ashqar was kidnapped illegally by the FBI and taken aboard a plane to Ben Gurion airport in Israel in order to hand him over to the authorities there, but he was kept on the plane following a US court order.
Later, Ashqar was returned to the US aboard the same plane after a US court issued a decision in this regard.
In November 2007, the American authorities had unfairly sentenced Ashqar to 11 years in prison after placing him under house arrest for nearly two years. He wore an ankle monitor on his right leg in his home in Virginia.
He was discharged from his teaching position at Washington University in August 2004. He was subsequently arrested and accused, with no evidence, of illegally collecting funds for Hamas, and put under house arrest.
Ashqar nominated himself as an independent presidential candidate in the Palestinian election held on January 9, 2005. He was one of the 10 contenders seeking to succeed Yasser Arafat, who died on November 11, 2004 as head of the Palestinian Authority.
Israeli soldiers assaulted and injured, Friday, two young Palestinian men, and abducted a child, in Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers stopped a young man, identified as Ra’ad Mohammad al-Haddad, 29, in the southern area of Hebron city, causing many cuts and bruises, before he was rushed to Alia Governmental Hospital.
They added that the soldiers assaulted and clubbed Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Mariya, 19, at the main entrance of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, before he was rushed to a local hospital.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in the southern area of Hebron city, and abducted a child, identified as Hussein Nafeth Rajabi, 15.
Media sources said the soldiers stopped a young man, identified as Ra’ad Mohammad al-Haddad, 29, in the southern area of Hebron city, causing many cuts and bruises, before he was rushed to Alia Governmental Hospital.
They added that the soldiers assaulted and clubbed Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Mariya, 19, at the main entrance of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, before he was rushed to a local hospital.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in the southern area of Hebron city, and abducted a child, identified as Hussein Nafeth Rajabi, 15.
Member of Hamas’s political bureau Izzat al-Resheq has said contacts are underway with some countries to urge them to receive Palestinian scholar and professor Abdul-Halim al-Ashqar, whom the US reportedly handed over to Israel.
In Twitter remarks, Resheq said that Ashqar could be now in one of Israel’s jails or still on the US plane at Ben Gurion airport after a US judge issued a verdict calling for not removing the professor from the aircraft.
The Hamas official added that there could be a chance to send Ashqar to any country willing to receive him.
He asserted that the Hamas leadership initiated contacts with some friendly governments to urge them to intervene and discussing with them the possibility of allowing Ashqar to live in one of their countries.
Abdul-Halim al-Ashqar, originally from the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, was a former associate professor of business at Howard University in Washington DC. He was also a former candidate who ran in the last Palestinian presidential elections held in 2005.
In November 2007, al-Ashqar was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury after he was accused of being a member of Hamas and collecting funds for it.
Washington decided to hand over Ashqar to Israel for refusing to testify against some Palestinian Muslim activists.
In Twitter remarks, Resheq said that Ashqar could be now in one of Israel’s jails or still on the US plane at Ben Gurion airport after a US judge issued a verdict calling for not removing the professor from the aircraft.
The Hamas official added that there could be a chance to send Ashqar to any country willing to receive him.
He asserted that the Hamas leadership initiated contacts with some friendly governments to urge them to intervene and discussing with them the possibility of allowing Ashqar to live in one of their countries.
Abdul-Halim al-Ashqar, originally from the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, was a former associate professor of business at Howard University in Washington DC. He was also a former candidate who ran in the last Palestinian presidential elections held in 2005.
In November 2007, al-Ashqar was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury after he was accused of being a member of Hamas and collecting funds for it.
Washington decided to hand over Ashqar to Israel for refusing to testify against some Palestinian Muslim activists.
