17 june 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday arrested 22 Palestinian citizens during home raids in different West Bank areas.
The PIC reporters said that the IOF arrested 22 Palestinians in overnight raids in al-Khalil, Bethlehem, Jenin and Qalqilya.
Activist Mohammed Awad said that the IOF raided dozens of Palestinian homes and searched them.
Some citizens were handed orders to appear before the Israel Intelligence Service for interrogation, Awad added.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Sixteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, sixteen Palestinians during extensive and violent searches of homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Bethlehem said the soldiers abducted eight Palestinians, identified as Fayez Mousa al-‘Amour, 37, ‘Aahed Mohammad al-‘Amour, 20, Mouhammad Ahmad al-‘Amour, 40, Mousa Mahmoud al-‘Amour, 19, Zaki Mahmoud al-‘Amour, 38, Yazan Majed al-‘amour, 19, Amin Ali Khalaf Jibreen, and Khalil Daoud Abu Mfarreh, 27.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, identified as Yousef Ahmad al-‘Allami, 25, Raed Mohammad ‘Aadi, 25, and Ahmad Karim Ekhlayyel, 17.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Bilal Taleb Abu Bakr, 22, from his home in Ya’bad town, after searching and ransacking his home, and the homes of many of his relatives while interrogating them.
The army also abducted Shadi ‘Oweiss, from Jenin refugee camp, while he was at his parents’ home in Kafr Qud village, west of Jenin.
In related news, the Israeli army said a grenade was hurled at the soldiers in the al-Jalama military roadblock, north of Jenin, causing no injuries, and added that the soldiers located and confiscated a pistol in the al-‘Ezariyya town, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The PIC reporters said that the IOF arrested 22 Palestinians in overnight raids in al-Khalil, Bethlehem, Jenin and Qalqilya.
Activist Mohammed Awad said that the IOF raided dozens of Palestinian homes and searched them.
Some citizens were handed orders to appear before the Israel Intelligence Service for interrogation, Awad added.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Sixteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, sixteen Palestinians during extensive and violent searches of homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS office in Bethlehem said the soldiers abducted eight Palestinians, identified as Fayez Mousa al-‘Amour, 37, ‘Aahed Mohammad al-‘Amour, 20, Mouhammad Ahmad al-‘Amour, 40, Mousa Mahmoud al-‘Amour, 19, Zaki Mahmoud al-‘Amour, 38, Yazan Majed al-‘amour, 19, Amin Ali Khalaf Jibreen, and Khalil Daoud Abu Mfarreh, 27.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, identified as Yousef Ahmad al-‘Allami, 25, Raed Mohammad ‘Aadi, 25, and Ahmad Karim Ekhlayyel, 17.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Bilal Taleb Abu Bakr, 22, from his home in Ya’bad town, after searching and ransacking his home, and the homes of many of his relatives while interrogating them.
The army also abducted Shadi ‘Oweiss, from Jenin refugee camp, while he was at his parents’ home in Kafr Qud village, west of Jenin.
In related news, the Israeli army said a grenade was hurled at the soldiers in the al-Jalama military roadblock, north of Jenin, causing no injuries, and added that the soldiers located and confiscated a pistol in the al-‘Ezariyya town, east of occupied Jerusalem.
16 june 2019
The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday evening arrested three Palestinian youths and a woman in al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem.
Local sources said that violent clashes broke out in al-Isawiya between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces after the latter chased a car and arrested all passengers.
They added that the Israeli forces stormed Ebeid neighborhood in al-Isawiya, chased a car and stopped it, and arrested four Palestinians who were inside, including a woman.
The Israeli forces heavily fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at the residents who responded by throwing stones.
Local sources said that violent clashes broke out in al-Isawiya between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces after the latter chased a car and arrested all passengers.
They added that the Israeli forces stormed Ebeid neighborhood in al-Isawiya, chased a car and stopped it, and arrested four Palestinians who were inside, including a woman.
The Israeli forces heavily fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at the residents who responded by throwing stones.
Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon jail on Sunday afternoon suspended their hunger strike which they started earlier on the same day after the Israel Prison Service has agreed in principle to respond to part of their demands.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said that among those demands are ending night raids, preparing a kitchen in the prisoners' sections, and lifting financial sanctions.
It added that the Israel Prison Service has agreed to follow up the treatment of a number of sick prisoners and to return the prisoners' representative Naser Abu Hmeid from Nafha jail to Ashkelon before 1 July.
Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon on Sunday morning announced an open hunger strike in protest at the repressive policies pursued against them by the prison's administration.
Currently 46 Palestinians are held in Ashkelon jail, and many of them are suffering from serious health problems.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society said that among those demands are ending night raids, preparing a kitchen in the prisoners' sections, and lifting financial sanctions.
It added that the Israel Prison Service has agreed to follow up the treatment of a number of sick prisoners and to return the prisoners' representative Naser Abu Hmeid from Nafha jail to Ashkelon before 1 July.
Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon on Sunday morning announced an open hunger strike in protest at the repressive policies pursued against them by the prison's administration.
Currently 46 Palestinians are held in Ashkelon jail, and many of them are suffering from serious health problems.
50 Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon jail started an open-ended hunger strike on Sunday in protest at their exposure to ongoing repressive measures.
In this regard, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs held the Israeli occupation government fully responsible for any escalation of the situation in Ashkelon jail.
According to the Commission, the administration of the jail has been practicing arrogance and hatred against the prisoners and assaulting them for over two months, with no reason.
The prison administration escalated its aggression against the prisoners on the last days of the holy month of Ramadan and during the Eid holiday and deprived them of holding communal prayers and practicing their religious rituals, the Commission affirmed.
“All measures are carried out at the behest of Yaakov Shalom, the prison warden, who make threats against the prisoners in order to provoke and blackmail them,” the Commission said.
Recently, the Ashkelon prison had seen meetings between representatives of the prisoners and officials from the Israeli prison service in order to redress the situation and prevent the intended hunger strike, but the talks failed because of Shalom’s arrogance and racism.
In this regard, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs held the Israeli occupation government fully responsible for any escalation of the situation in Ashkelon jail.
According to the Commission, the administration of the jail has been practicing arrogance and hatred against the prisoners and assaulting them for over two months, with no reason.
The prison administration escalated its aggression against the prisoners on the last days of the holy month of Ramadan and during the Eid holiday and deprived them of holding communal prayers and practicing their religious rituals, the Commission affirmed.
“All measures are carried out at the behest of Yaakov Shalom, the prison warden, who make threats against the prisoners in order to provoke and blackmail them,” the Commission said.
Recently, the Ashkelon prison had seen meetings between representatives of the prisoners and officials from the Israeli prison service in order to redress the situation and prevent the intended hunger strike, but the talks failed because of Shalom’s arrogance and racism.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, four Palestinians from their homes, in the West Bank governorates of Bethlehem and Ramallah.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers abducted Mahmoud Nabil Taqatqa, 18, and Mohammad Ali Taqatqa, 17.
It added that the soldiers also summoned Ahmad Rashid Taqatqa for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, searched homes, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Luay Abdul-Razeq, in addition to Karim Saleh Tamimi.
Several Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the soldiers, while the army fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers abducted Mahmoud Nabil Taqatqa, 18, and Mohammad Ali Taqatqa, 17.
It added that the soldiers also summoned Ahmad Rashid Taqatqa for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, searched homes, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Luay Abdul-Razeq, in addition to Karim Saleh Tamimi.
Several Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the soldiers, while the army fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, five Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
Media sources said the soldiers abducted Mahmoud Thaher Sa’id, 23, after storming his home and ransacking it in Hizma town, east of Jerusalem.
They added that the soldiers also abducted Ahmad Badran, from his home in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
The soldiers also abducted another young man, identified as Ahmad Khaled Abu al-Hawa, 20, from his home in Jerusalem’s at-Tour neighborhood, in addition to Abada Najeeb who was taken prisoner from his home in the Old City.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a guard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Khalil Tarhouni, from his home in the al-Waad Street, in the Old city. video
Media sources said the soldiers abducted Mahmoud Thaher Sa’id, 23, after storming his home and ransacking it in Hizma town, east of Jerusalem.
They added that the soldiers also abducted Ahmad Badran, from his home in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
The soldiers also abducted another young man, identified as Ahmad Khaled Abu al-Hawa, 20, from his home in Jerusalem’s at-Tour neighborhood, in addition to Abada Najeeb who was taken prisoner from his home in the Old City.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a guard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Khalil Tarhouni, from his home in the al-Waad Street, in the Old city. video
15 june 2019
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Israeli forces on Saturday assaulted a Palestinian young man in his workplace in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
Local sources said that Dawood Gharbiya, a resident of Jenin, suffered bruises and fractures after being attacked by Israeli soldiers. They added that the Israeli forces detained Gharbiya under the pretext that he did not have a work permit and violently beat him before he was released hours later. |
The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday arrested a Palestinian girl in Jerusalem city.
Local sources said that the Israeli forces arrested the girl near Bab al-Amud area after searching her bag.
The Israeli forces later took the detainee to an undeclared destination, they added.
Local sources said that the Israeli forces arrested the girl near Bab al-Amud area after searching her bag.
The Israeli forces later took the detainee to an undeclared destination, they added.
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Saturday at dawn, many Palestinian political prisoners in Asqalan Prison, and conducted very violent searches of their rooms and property.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the attack comes one day before the planned hunger strike in the prison due to the escalating Israeli violations against them, which significantly increased starting this past April.
The detainee placed several demands, including an end to the heavily armed and very violent invasions and searches of their rooms, cancelling the sanctions imposed on them, providing the adequate urgently needed medical care to four detainees, identified as Bassel Na’san, Yasser Rabay’a, Haitham Hallas and Mohammad Barrash.
The Committee stated that the detainees have announced the following list of demands:
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the attack comes one day before the planned hunger strike in the prison due to the escalating Israeli violations against them, which significantly increased starting this past April.
The detainee placed several demands, including an end to the heavily armed and very violent invasions and searches of their rooms, cancelling the sanctions imposed on them, providing the adequate urgently needed medical care to four detainees, identified as Bassel Na’san, Yasser Rabay’a, Haitham Hallas and Mohammad Barrash.
The Committee stated that the detainees have announced the following list of demands:
- The army must stop the repeated and violent invasions and searches of their rooms.
- To cancel all sanctions recently imposed on the detainees without a real cause or justification.
- Provide the ailing detainees with the needed medical treatment, including surgeries to the following detainees – Bassel an-Na’san, Yasser Rabay’a, Haitham Hallas and Mohammad Barrash. This also includes providing specialized physicians, and dentists, to examine them.
- Installing air-conditioning systems in the hallways.
- Installing large fans in the yards.
- Changing and providing different TV channels.
- Transferring the detainees’ back to the facility.
- Allowing the entry of books and clothes on regular bases into the facility.
- Dedicating a room that is only meant for preparing food.
- Increasing the time limit of the period the detainees are allowed to be in the yard.
- Allowing the detainees to have their pictures taken with their visiting family members.
- Allowing access to hot water during the day once again.
- Upgrading the speakers used in the visiting rooms.
- Removing restrictions on the purchase of fruits and vegetables from the prison canteen.
14 june 2019
Palestinian charity worker Mohammed Halabi has been brought 119 times to Israeli court during the three years of detention.
Halabi, a manager in Gaza for World Vision, was seized by Israeli occupation forces on 15 June 2016. After being secretly detained for nearly two months, he was then the subject of a massive international propaganda campaign, largely spearheaded by Gilad Erdan, in August of that year.
Erdan is a member of the Netanyahu government as both Minister of Public Security and Minister of Strategic Affairs, responsible for directing global campaigns of incitement against organizations that defend Palestinian rights.
Benjamin Netanyahu himself contributed a video accusing Palestinians of not caring about their people on the basis of allegations that Halabi had diverted $43 million in funds for charity work in Gaza to instead support Palestinian resistance. This figure far exceeded any reasonable amount of World Vision’s budget; over seven years, World Vision’s entire budget in Gaza amounted to no more than $22 million.
Despite the factual impossibility of the Israeli state’s claims, however, both the Australian and German governments initially suspended funding to the global Christian charity. Over 100 workers in Gaza lost their jobs amid an already extreme unemployment crisis in the besieged Strip.
In line with his ongoing official attacks on Palestinian and international organizations that provide any support to Palestinian rights, Erdan even accused World Vision of “turning a blind eye” because it is “very anti-Israeli.”
Anthony Loewenstein published an extensive report in 972mag reporting on the three years of the prosecution of Mohammed Halabi. By 2017, an official investigation carried out by the Australian government concluded that there was no basis to support the Israeli claim. Funding to World Vision was apparently restored, although none of these international funds are used to support Halabi’s defense.
Upon his arrest, he was denied access to a lawyer for 50 days. Israeli officials issued statements claiming that he confessed. In 972mag, Halabi and his lawyer Maher Hanna both affirm that, like many other Palestinians seized by the Israeli occupation – including children – Halabi was subjected to torture by Shin Bet forces.
Three years and 119 separate court hearings later, no evidence has been asserted to prove the Israeli state’s claims. All that the Israeli prosecution has submitted to the court is testimony by Shin Bet officials and interrogators. When Halabi has sought to bring witnesses from Gaza to speak in his defense in the nominally civilian trial, permission has been denied, one after the other, on “security grounds.” Halabi’s lawyer has himself been denied permission to visit Gaza and interview witnesses himself.
Throughout the process, Halabi has refused to sign a plea agreement. Over 90 percent of all Palestinian political cases in Israeli military or civil courts are resolved through plea agreements. The endless hearings and lengthy procedures are themselves a form of intense pressure to force Palestinians to agree to a plea – which is often later then used against them as an “admission of guilt.” The judge in the case pressured Halabi to accept a plea agreement, saying “you know how these issues are handled.”
The Halabi case makes clear that the “civil” guise of Israeli courts is often a sham in cases labeled “security matters” – that is, political prosecutions of Palestinians from occupied Palestine ’48 who hold Israeli citizenship, Jerusalemites or even some Palestinians from Gaza, like Halabi. There is very little difference from the Israeli military courts used for Palestinians from the occupied West Bank.
Halabi’s father issued a call to all international institutions, urging them to pressure Israel to release Halabi and drop the baseless charges. He noted that his son’s health had declined substantially in Israeli prison.
Three years later, Mohammed Halabi remains imprisoned; the Gaza Strip and millions of Palestinians remain under siege. While World Vision has consistently supported Halabi’s defense, each new round of allegations against Palestinian rights defenders by Erdan and his ministry seems to lead to new repressive actions, closures of accounts, intensified surveillance and widespread media coverage, with few questions asked about the authenticity of these assertions.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges the broadest possible support for Mohammed Halabi and all Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Like Halabi himself, we note that his imprisonment is part and parcel of the political repression of Palestinians and of the siege on Gaza. It is an attempt to continue the siege on Palestinians by all means, including the smearing, torture and imprisonment of charity workers, the targeting of farmers and fishermen and the weekly shooting of popular protesters participating in the Great March of Return.
We also note the complicity of the “international community” not only in the persecution of Mohammed Halabi but, more fundamentally, in the siege of Gaza and the ongoing Nakba targeting the Palestinian people for over 71 years. This case, and those of all over 5,200 Palestinian prisoners, also highlights the critical necessity of escalating the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign and the isolation of the Israeli occupation state, confronting official complicity with popular solidarity.
Freedom for Mohammed Halabi and all Palestinian prisoners! Freedom for Palestine, from the river to the sea!
Halabi, a manager in Gaza for World Vision, was seized by Israeli occupation forces on 15 June 2016. After being secretly detained for nearly two months, he was then the subject of a massive international propaganda campaign, largely spearheaded by Gilad Erdan, in August of that year.
Erdan is a member of the Netanyahu government as both Minister of Public Security and Minister of Strategic Affairs, responsible for directing global campaigns of incitement against organizations that defend Palestinian rights.
Benjamin Netanyahu himself contributed a video accusing Palestinians of not caring about their people on the basis of allegations that Halabi had diverted $43 million in funds for charity work in Gaza to instead support Palestinian resistance. This figure far exceeded any reasonable amount of World Vision’s budget; over seven years, World Vision’s entire budget in Gaza amounted to no more than $22 million.
Despite the factual impossibility of the Israeli state’s claims, however, both the Australian and German governments initially suspended funding to the global Christian charity. Over 100 workers in Gaza lost their jobs amid an already extreme unemployment crisis in the besieged Strip.
In line with his ongoing official attacks on Palestinian and international organizations that provide any support to Palestinian rights, Erdan even accused World Vision of “turning a blind eye” because it is “very anti-Israeli.”
Anthony Loewenstein published an extensive report in 972mag reporting on the three years of the prosecution of Mohammed Halabi. By 2017, an official investigation carried out by the Australian government concluded that there was no basis to support the Israeli claim. Funding to World Vision was apparently restored, although none of these international funds are used to support Halabi’s defense.
Upon his arrest, he was denied access to a lawyer for 50 days. Israeli officials issued statements claiming that he confessed. In 972mag, Halabi and his lawyer Maher Hanna both affirm that, like many other Palestinians seized by the Israeli occupation – including children – Halabi was subjected to torture by Shin Bet forces.
Three years and 119 separate court hearings later, no evidence has been asserted to prove the Israeli state’s claims. All that the Israeli prosecution has submitted to the court is testimony by Shin Bet officials and interrogators. When Halabi has sought to bring witnesses from Gaza to speak in his defense in the nominally civilian trial, permission has been denied, one after the other, on “security grounds.” Halabi’s lawyer has himself been denied permission to visit Gaza and interview witnesses himself.
Throughout the process, Halabi has refused to sign a plea agreement. Over 90 percent of all Palestinian political cases in Israeli military or civil courts are resolved through plea agreements. The endless hearings and lengthy procedures are themselves a form of intense pressure to force Palestinians to agree to a plea – which is often later then used against them as an “admission of guilt.” The judge in the case pressured Halabi to accept a plea agreement, saying “you know how these issues are handled.”
The Halabi case makes clear that the “civil” guise of Israeli courts is often a sham in cases labeled “security matters” – that is, political prosecutions of Palestinians from occupied Palestine ’48 who hold Israeli citizenship, Jerusalemites or even some Palestinians from Gaza, like Halabi. There is very little difference from the Israeli military courts used for Palestinians from the occupied West Bank.
Halabi’s father issued a call to all international institutions, urging them to pressure Israel to release Halabi and drop the baseless charges. He noted that his son’s health had declined substantially in Israeli prison.
Three years later, Mohammed Halabi remains imprisoned; the Gaza Strip and millions of Palestinians remain under siege. While World Vision has consistently supported Halabi’s defense, each new round of allegations against Palestinian rights defenders by Erdan and his ministry seems to lead to new repressive actions, closures of accounts, intensified surveillance and widespread media coverage, with few questions asked about the authenticity of these assertions.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges the broadest possible support for Mohammed Halabi and all Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Like Halabi himself, we note that his imprisonment is part and parcel of the political repression of Palestinians and of the siege on Gaza. It is an attempt to continue the siege on Palestinians by all means, including the smearing, torture and imprisonment of charity workers, the targeting of farmers and fishermen and the weekly shooting of popular protesters participating in the Great March of Return.
We also note the complicity of the “international community” not only in the persecution of Mohammed Halabi but, more fundamentally, in the siege of Gaza and the ongoing Nakba targeting the Palestinian people for over 71 years. This case, and those of all over 5,200 Palestinian prisoners, also highlights the critical necessity of escalating the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign and the isolation of the Israeli occupation state, confronting official complicity with popular solidarity.
Freedom for Mohammed Halabi and all Palestinian prisoners! Freedom for Palestine, from the river to the sea!
