17 mar 2014
The public prosecution submitted indictments against five Jerusalemites from Silwan that included throwing Molotov cocktails at the settlement outpost of “Bet Amos” in the town.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the public prosecution submitted on Monday indictments to the District court against Mohammad Tawil, Mohammad Abu Nab, Mouath Shyoukhi and his brother Muntaser and extended their arrest until Wednesday.
The prosecution had submitted an indictment against the minor Mohammad Al-Haymooni on Sunday and the court extended his arrest until 24/03/2014.
Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the public prosecution submitted on Monday indictments to the District court against Mohammad Tawil, Mohammad Abu Nab, Mouath Shyoukhi and his brother Muntaser and extended their arrest until Wednesday.
The prosecution had submitted an indictment against the minor Mohammad Al-Haymooni on Sunday and the court extended his arrest until 24/03/2014.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails decided to go on hunger strike for one day Tuesday in a “protesting the ongoing aggressive attack against them,” the ministry of prisoners’ affairs announced.
In a statement Monday, the ministry highlighted that prisoners “are adamant to go on with struggle to obtain their rights by force.”
The statement added that many Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody were in real danger because of medical negligence. Furthermore, the Israeli Prison Service has resumed the policy of solitary confinement against prisoners in addition to the ongoing inspection raids, it said.
The announcement comes as eight Palestinian prisoners continue an open hunger strike.
According to the statement, Muammar Banat, Wahid Abu Mariya and Akram al-Fseisi have been on hunger strike for 69 days. Meanwhile, Amir Shammas has been on hunger strike for 66 days. Kifah Hattab from Tulkarem has been on hunger strike for 44 days. Ayman Tbeish, Arif Hreibat and Hamad Abu Ras from Hebron have been on hunger strike for 18 days.
In a statement Monday, the ministry highlighted that prisoners “are adamant to go on with struggle to obtain their rights by force.”
The statement added that many Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody were in real danger because of medical negligence. Furthermore, the Israeli Prison Service has resumed the policy of solitary confinement against prisoners in addition to the ongoing inspection raids, it said.
The announcement comes as eight Palestinian prisoners continue an open hunger strike.
According to the statement, Muammar Banat, Wahid Abu Mariya and Akram al-Fseisi have been on hunger strike for 69 days. Meanwhile, Amir Shammas has been on hunger strike for 66 days. Kifah Hattab from Tulkarem has been on hunger strike for 44 days. Ayman Tbeish, Arif Hreibat and Hamad Abu Ras from Hebron have been on hunger strike for 18 days.
The Euro-mid observer for human rights said the Israeli detention of Palestinian children rose during the last two months by 80 percent compared with the average monthly arrests in the past two years. In a report released on Monday, the Euro-mid observer stated that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped 740 Palestinian minors during the first two months of the current year, adding that 465 of them were held for one week or more.
The Geneva-based rights group explained that the detention of children averaged about 200 arrest incidents every month in 2013 and 197 children in 2012, in accordance with data collected from the Israeli prison authority.
However, the first month of the current year 2014 saw the detention of 350 children and 390 others were detained in February, 465 of them were kept in prison for one week or more.
The number of detentions among children in the last two months show that the monthly rate of arrests among children grew by about 80 percent compared to last year's arrests.
According to its report, most of the children were arrested because of their alleged involvement in throwing stones at Israeli military or police patrols, participating in protests against settlement activities or writing slogans against Israel on walls.
The majority of the reported arrest cases took place after midnight and involved intimidation methods and violations against the detained children and their families.
During the detention process, the Israeli police or military forces, in all arrest cases, refused to tell the parents or anyone of their relatives about the place they were taking their sons to.
The reprot underlined that Israel's persistence in the arrest of Palestinian children constitutes a violation of the UN convention of the rights of the child, which states in article 37 that "no child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time."
The Geneva-based rights group explained that the detention of children averaged about 200 arrest incidents every month in 2013 and 197 children in 2012, in accordance with data collected from the Israeli prison authority.
However, the first month of the current year 2014 saw the detention of 350 children and 390 others were detained in February, 465 of them were kept in prison for one week or more.
The number of detentions among children in the last two months show that the monthly rate of arrests among children grew by about 80 percent compared to last year's arrests.
According to its report, most of the children were arrested because of their alleged involvement in throwing stones at Israeli military or police patrols, participating in protests against settlement activities or writing slogans against Israel on walls.
The majority of the reported arrest cases took place after midnight and involved intimidation methods and violations against the detained children and their families.
During the detention process, the Israeli police or military forces, in all arrest cases, refused to tell the parents or anyone of their relatives about the place they were taking their sons to.
The reprot underlined that Israel's persistence in the arrest of Palestinian children constitutes a violation of the UN convention of the rights of the child, which states in article 37 that "no child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time."
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 16 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank including ten Jerusalemites over the past 24 hours. Head of Committee of Jerusalemite prisoners' families Amjad Abu Assab said that six Jerusalemites were arrested including four minors on Sunday night and were taken to Qishleh investigation center in the Old City in occupied Jerusalem.
Furthermore, Israeli undercover soldiers detained two Jerusalemites after brutally beating them on Monday.
In a related development, the occupation forces suppressed a peaceful march in occupied Jerusalem injuring 15 and arresting two others, according to Wadi al-Hilweh information center.
Sound and tear gas bombs were heavily fired at the participants, which led to a number of casualties among Jerusalemites including women and an ambulance crew member.
On the other hand, occupation forces arrested on Sunday night a Palestinian, from Araba village, at a military checkpoint near Kedumim settlement built on Palestinian lands in Kafr Qaddum village to the east of Qalqilya.
In the same context, IOF broke into Jenin city at dawn Monday and stormed several villages in the province, arresting a citizen at a military checkpoint. Local sources said that IOF carried out provocative practices in Ya'abad town.
Meanwhile, IOF stormed different areas in Bethlehem and arrested three young men.
Occupation forces also raided Monday Samu town, south of al-Khalil in occupied West Bank, and summoned a Palestinian girl after storming her family home in a failed attempt to arrest her.
In Nablus, Israeli forces arrested a liberated detainee after violently raiding and searching his home.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation erected Monday military checkpoints in a number of towns south of al-Khalil, where clashes were reported in Tabaka village.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that Israeli patrols stormed several towns in al-Khalil and searched Palestinian vehicles passing through military checkpoints.
In Tabaka town, clashes were reported during which Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and metal bullets towards Palestinian houses. In their turn, Palestinian youths stoned the invading forces.
On the other hand, Palestinian sources confirmed that 100 Palestinians were arrested during the past week by Israeli forces, including 26 Jerusalemites, 8 former political prisoners, a woman, and 13 minors.
Furthermore, Israeli undercover soldiers detained two Jerusalemites after brutally beating them on Monday.
In a related development, the occupation forces suppressed a peaceful march in occupied Jerusalem injuring 15 and arresting two others, according to Wadi al-Hilweh information center.
Sound and tear gas bombs were heavily fired at the participants, which led to a number of casualties among Jerusalemites including women and an ambulance crew member.
On the other hand, occupation forces arrested on Sunday night a Palestinian, from Araba village, at a military checkpoint near Kedumim settlement built on Palestinian lands in Kafr Qaddum village to the east of Qalqilya.
In the same context, IOF broke into Jenin city at dawn Monday and stormed several villages in the province, arresting a citizen at a military checkpoint. Local sources said that IOF carried out provocative practices in Ya'abad town.
Meanwhile, IOF stormed different areas in Bethlehem and arrested three young men.
Occupation forces also raided Monday Samu town, south of al-Khalil in occupied West Bank, and summoned a Palestinian girl after storming her family home in a failed attempt to arrest her.
In Nablus, Israeli forces arrested a liberated detainee after violently raiding and searching his home.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation erected Monday military checkpoints in a number of towns south of al-Khalil, where clashes were reported in Tabaka village.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that Israeli patrols stormed several towns in al-Khalil and searched Palestinian vehicles passing through military checkpoints.
In Tabaka town, clashes were reported during which Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and metal bullets towards Palestinian houses. In their turn, Palestinian youths stoned the invading forces.
On the other hand, Palestinian sources confirmed that 100 Palestinians were arrested during the past week by Israeli forces, including 26 Jerusalemites, 8 former political prisoners, a woman, and 13 minors.
The health of the oldest Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody is seriously deteriorating, a lawyer said Monday.
Fadi Ubeidat, a lawyer for the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs, said in a statement Monday that 76-year-old Fuad Shobaki is suffering from various illnesses amidst Israeli reluctance to offer him medical treatment.
After visiting Shobaki in his cell in Ofer Prison, Ubeidat said the prisoner has eye problems and needs surgery or he could lose his sight.
Shobaki underwent surgery for hemorrhoids in 2011, but still has health issues with his prostate, the lawyer said.
The prisoner was sentenced to 20 years for alleged involvement in an illegal weapons shipment to the West Bank in 2002.
Separately, 21-year-old Layth Ubayyat -- who has been sentenced to 26 months in Israeli prisons -- is suffering head pains after being assaulted by Israeli soldiers, Ubeidat said.
While Ubayyat was being arrested, Israeli soldiers fractured his forehead, the lawyer said.
During the incident, Ubayyat passed out and was sent to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
Around 4,880 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails as of Jan. 2014. Another 1,415 were in Israeli prisons for being inside Israel without permits.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners' face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
Two Detainees Suffer Serious Setbacks, Require Urgent Medical Attention
Fadi Obeidat, a lawyer of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, has reported that two detainees, including a 70-year old, are facing serious health deterioration while Israel is denying them the right to proper and specialized medical treatment.
Obeidat said detainee Fuad Shobaky, 76, suffers from various health conditions, and requires urgent medical attention. Shobaky is serving a 20-year term.
Shobaky also faces complications in his eyes, and was supposed to undergo surgery three months ago, but Israel keeps delaying the medical procedure.
He also had a hemorrhoidectomy, but was not fully healed, and has high blood pressure, a prostate disease, and other health issues.
A urologist at the Ramla Hospital also examined him for some infections, but Shobaky was never informed of the results of his visit, and was not given any medications.
Shobaky also has a swelling in his back, and had it x-rayed, but also never got the result.
Furthermore, Obeidat said detainee Laith Suleiman Obeyyat, 21, is currently facing very difficult health conditions, and complications.
Obeyyat, 21 and sentenced to 26 months imprisonment, is currently held at the Ofer Israeli prison.
He was attacked by the arresting soldiers and suffered a fracture in his forehead, and bled from his nose, mouth and ears before he lost consciousness.
He was then moved to the Hadassah Israeli Hospital in Jerusalem.
The detainee stated he suffers from extreme pain in the head, resulting from various fluid-filled leptomeningeal cysts in the skull.
A doctor told him he needs to have the cysts removed as they could be life threatening, but he is still waiting for the surgery to be scheduled.
There are more than 205 Palestinian detainees, who died in Israeli prisons since 1967,including 74 were deliberately killed, including seven who were shot and killed in prison, 71 died due to extreme torture, and 53 who died due to the lack or absence of medical attention.
Fadi Ubeidat, a lawyer for the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs, said in a statement Monday that 76-year-old Fuad Shobaki is suffering from various illnesses amidst Israeli reluctance to offer him medical treatment.
After visiting Shobaki in his cell in Ofer Prison, Ubeidat said the prisoner has eye problems and needs surgery or he could lose his sight.
Shobaki underwent surgery for hemorrhoids in 2011, but still has health issues with his prostate, the lawyer said.
The prisoner was sentenced to 20 years for alleged involvement in an illegal weapons shipment to the West Bank in 2002.
Separately, 21-year-old Layth Ubayyat -- who has been sentenced to 26 months in Israeli prisons -- is suffering head pains after being assaulted by Israeli soldiers, Ubeidat said.
While Ubayyat was being arrested, Israeli soldiers fractured his forehead, the lawyer said.
During the incident, Ubayyat passed out and was sent to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
Around 4,880 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails as of Jan. 2014. Another 1,415 were in Israeli prisons for being inside Israel without permits.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners' face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
Two Detainees Suffer Serious Setbacks, Require Urgent Medical Attention
Fadi Obeidat, a lawyer of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, has reported that two detainees, including a 70-year old, are facing serious health deterioration while Israel is denying them the right to proper and specialized medical treatment.
Obeidat said detainee Fuad Shobaky, 76, suffers from various health conditions, and requires urgent medical attention. Shobaky is serving a 20-year term.
Shobaky also faces complications in his eyes, and was supposed to undergo surgery three months ago, but Israel keeps delaying the medical procedure.
He also had a hemorrhoidectomy, but was not fully healed, and has high blood pressure, a prostate disease, and other health issues.
A urologist at the Ramla Hospital also examined him for some infections, but Shobaky was never informed of the results of his visit, and was not given any medications.
Shobaky also has a swelling in his back, and had it x-rayed, but also never got the result.
Furthermore, Obeidat said detainee Laith Suleiman Obeyyat, 21, is currently facing very difficult health conditions, and complications.
Obeyyat, 21 and sentenced to 26 months imprisonment, is currently held at the Ofer Israeli prison.
He was attacked by the arresting soldiers and suffered a fracture in his forehead, and bled from his nose, mouth and ears before he lost consciousness.
He was then moved to the Hadassah Israeli Hospital in Jerusalem.
The detainee stated he suffers from extreme pain in the head, resulting from various fluid-filled leptomeningeal cysts in the skull.
A doctor told him he needs to have the cysts removed as they could be life threatening, but he is still waiting for the surgery to be scheduled.
There are more than 205 Palestinian detainees, who died in Israeli prisons since 1967,including 74 were deliberately killed, including seven who were shot and killed in prison, 71 died due to extreme torture, and 53 who died due to the lack or absence of medical attention.
The family of detainee Thaer Halahle has appealed to the Palestinian masses and all those supporting the issue of Palestinian prisoners to rally in support of Halhle and all sick detainees. Halahle’s father told the PIC on Monday that his son’s condition had seriously worsened and that he was transferred from prison to hospital.
He blamed the Israeli prison administration’s medical neglect for the deterioration in his son’s condition.
The father said that Halahle was suffering from Hepatitis and other chronic problems in his kidney in addition to loss of weight, adding that the prison administration was responsible for his bad health condition due to its deliberate delay in providing treatment and necessary medical check-ups.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Halahle in April last year. He previously served eight years in Israeli jails on separate intervals. He was released before this last arrest after three months of hunger strike protesting his incarceration without trial or charge.
He blamed the Israeli prison administration’s medical neglect for the deterioration in his son’s condition.
The father said that Halahle was suffering from Hepatitis and other chronic problems in his kidney in addition to loss of weight, adding that the prison administration was responsible for his bad health condition due to its deliberate delay in providing treatment and necessary medical check-ups.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Halahle in April last year. He previously served eight years in Israeli jails on separate intervals. He was released before this last arrest after three months of hunger strike protesting his incarceration without trial or charge.
ALRAY Wa'ed Association for Prisoners and Ex-prisoners said on Sunday the number of administrative Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons raised to 203 in March. Wa’ed pointed out that Israeli courts extended the detention for more than 118 prisoners. The courts extended detention of some for the third time in a row.
This step is considered as an escalation committed by the racist Israeli occupation in response to the Palestinian prisoners’ protests against the policy of administrative detention, Wa’ed added .
The association stressed that the beginning of next April will witness a significant action by the administrative prisoners to protest again against this unjust dangerous policy. “They determine to end the policy of administrative detention, even if it leads to declare an open-ended hunger strike,” Wa’ed added.
Palestinians have been subjected to administrative detention since the beginning of the Israeli Occupation in 1967 and before that time, under the British Mandate. The frequency of the use of this kind of detention has fluctuated throughout Israel’s occupation, and has been steadily rising since the outbreak of the second intifada in September 2000.
According to B’tselem, At the end of January 2014, 4,881 Palestinian detainees and prisoners were held in Israeli prisons, 373 of them from the Gaza Strip.
This step is considered as an escalation committed by the racist Israeli occupation in response to the Palestinian prisoners’ protests against the policy of administrative detention, Wa’ed added .
The association stressed that the beginning of next April will witness a significant action by the administrative prisoners to protest again against this unjust dangerous policy. “They determine to end the policy of administrative detention, even if it leads to declare an open-ended hunger strike,” Wa’ed added.
Palestinians have been subjected to administrative detention since the beginning of the Israeli Occupation in 1967 and before that time, under the British Mandate. The frequency of the use of this kind of detention has fluctuated throughout Israel’s occupation, and has been steadily rising since the outbreak of the second intifada in September 2000.
According to B’tselem, At the end of January 2014, 4,881 Palestinian detainees and prisoners were held in Israeli prisons, 373 of them from the Gaza Strip.
Families from Gaza were unable to visit their relatives in Israeli jails on Monday after Israeli authorities closed the Erez, or Beit Hanoun, crossing for the Jewish holiday of Purim.
"Families from the Gaza Strip have not left to visit their sons in Israeli jails as the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip was closed due to Purim celebrations," a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Nasser al-Najjar, told Ma'an.
Gaza families visit jailed relatives in Israel every Monday via the Erez crossing on buses run by the ICRC.
Israel closed both the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings with Gaza following several days of recent cross border violence.
"Families from the Gaza Strip have not left to visit their sons in Israeli jails as the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip was closed due to Purim celebrations," a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Nasser al-Najjar, told Ma'an.
Gaza families visit jailed relatives in Israel every Monday via the Erez crossing on buses run by the ICRC.
Israel closed both the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings with Gaza following several days of recent cross border violence.
Israeli forces raided an area of Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, leading to clashes with local residents, witnesses said.
Israeli border police raided Bab Hutta square and fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets following clashes with local youths.
Muhammad Tahir Fakhouri, 45, and Muhammad al-Salaymeh, 38, were attacked with pepper spray and clubs, according to eyewitnesses.
Border police also raided several homes and detained Abed Haddad, 15, Ahmad Jabir, 17, Muhammad Bujah, 17, Muhammad Najib, 17, Saed Iseila, 27, Ziad Abu Hadwan, 18, Hamza Milhis, and Ribhi Dweik.
Israeli border police raided Bab Hutta square and fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets following clashes with local youths.
Muhammad Tahir Fakhouri, 45, and Muhammad al-Salaymeh, 38, were attacked with pepper spray and clubs, according to eyewitnesses.
Border police also raided several homes and detained Abed Haddad, 15, Ahmad Jabir, 17, Muhammad Bujah, 17, Muhammad Najib, 17, Saed Iseila, 27, Ziad Abu Hadwan, 18, Hamza Milhis, and Ribhi Dweik.
Israeli policemen quelled a peaceful march for Palestinian young women and men near the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday.
Local sources said that Israeli special forces, mounting horses, and policemen fired stun grenades at the youths and detained a young man and injured seven citizens while breaking up the human chain around the gates of the holy city.
The sources said that hundreds of youths from Jerusalem and 1948 occupied Palestine participated in the event with each one of them carrying a book in a message to the world that the Palestinian people are well-educated and cherish the culture of reading.
Local sources said that Israeli special forces, mounting horses, and policemen fired stun grenades at the youths and detained a young man and injured seven citizens while breaking up the human chain around the gates of the holy city.
The sources said that hundreds of youths from Jerusalem and 1948 occupied Palestine participated in the event with each one of them carrying a book in a message to the world that the Palestinian people are well-educated and cherish the culture of reading.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained reporter of the ‘Palestine Today’ TV in Al-Khalil for a few hours on Sunday night. The soldiers detained the reporter Fida Nasr after she finished a reportage on the Jewish settlers’ celebration of Purim feast in Tal Al-Rumaida in downtown Al-Khalil.
Khitam Al-Hih, lawyer of the reporter, said in a press statement that Fida was detained after the settlers assaulted and poured wine on her while at work.
Khitam Al-Hih, lawyer of the reporter, said in a press statement that Fida was detained after the settlers assaulted and poured wine on her while at work.
16 mar 2014
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The Israeli forces arrested two young men on Sunday and injured 15 others with wounds and bruises after suppressing a march in the streets of Jerusalem after the activity of “longest book readers around the wall of Jerusalem” was over.
Israeli forces arrest two young men and injure several others The medical crews said that 15 young men and women were injured with minor bruises and wounds by shrapnel of sound grenades and rubber bullets and were treated on the spot. Fouad Obeid, a paramedic, was also injured with shrapnel of a sound grenade in his neck. The Musta’ribin units arrested Ribhi Dweik from Sultan Suleiman Street and assaulted and severely beat him and then took him to the police station, and also arrested a young man from Damascus Gate. A march had initiated from Damascus Gate on Sunday afternoon after the reading activity was over. Upon arrival to Salah Eddin Street, the Israeli Special Forces confronted them and started pushing them but the participants continued their march towards Damascus Gate where the forces fired sound grenades and rubber bullets towards the participants which led to the injury of several young men. |
A Palestinian man on hunger strike in Israeli custody is at risk of dying, a lawyer said Sunday.
Palestinian Authority Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs lawyer Hiba Masalha said she visited hunger striker Waheed Abu Maria in Wolfson Hospital on Saturday, and that he is in critical condition.
Abu Maria, who has been on hunger strike for 67 days, has lost 88 lbs, is unable to walk, and suffers from continuous head and chest pain in addition to shortness of breath, memory loss, and vision impairment, Masalha said.
The hunger striker only accepts salt and water, refusing vitamins and medical examinations, the lawyer said.
She added that three guards are stationed in his hospital ward, where his left hand and right leg are chained to his bed. He is not allowed to receive visitors.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli Prison Service confirmed that Abu Maria had been transferred to a hospital and that guards were stationed in his room.
She said she could not provide any further details about his health or the status of his administrative detention.
Abu Maria is a leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement who is being held in administrative detention without a trial.
According to prisoner rights group Addameer, Abu Maria was arrested on Oct. 30, 2012 after the Israeli army "launched sound grenade bombs ... and used a remote device to blow up (his) front door."
"After causing significant damage to the home, a large number of (Israeli army) forces entered the house and tried to physically remove Waheed from the premises," the Addameer report says.
"The raid in its entirety lasted for three hours, until Waheed was arrested and immediately taken to Ofer Military Prison and given an administrative detention order for six months."
The report says his administrative detention has been extended five times since he was first arrested.
According to a Saturday report by the Palestinian Prisoners' Society, 12 Palestinians are currently on hunger strike in Israeli custody.
According to Israeli human rights group B'tselem, in October 2013, 140 Palestinians were being kept in administrative detention in Israeli prisons, down from a high of nearly 1,000 in 2002.
4,881 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails as of Jan. 2014, according to a report by the same organization. Another 1,415 were in Israeli prisons for being inside Israel without permits.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners' face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
Palestinian Authority Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs lawyer Hiba Masalha said she visited hunger striker Waheed Abu Maria in Wolfson Hospital on Saturday, and that he is in critical condition.
Abu Maria, who has been on hunger strike for 67 days, has lost 88 lbs, is unable to walk, and suffers from continuous head and chest pain in addition to shortness of breath, memory loss, and vision impairment, Masalha said.
The hunger striker only accepts salt and water, refusing vitamins and medical examinations, the lawyer said.
She added that three guards are stationed in his hospital ward, where his left hand and right leg are chained to his bed. He is not allowed to receive visitors.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli Prison Service confirmed that Abu Maria had been transferred to a hospital and that guards were stationed in his room.
She said she could not provide any further details about his health or the status of his administrative detention.
Abu Maria is a leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement who is being held in administrative detention without a trial.
According to prisoner rights group Addameer, Abu Maria was arrested on Oct. 30, 2012 after the Israeli army "launched sound grenade bombs ... and used a remote device to blow up (his) front door."
"After causing significant damage to the home, a large number of (Israeli army) forces entered the house and tried to physically remove Waheed from the premises," the Addameer report says.
"The raid in its entirety lasted for three hours, until Waheed was arrested and immediately taken to Ofer Military Prison and given an administrative detention order for six months."
The report says his administrative detention has been extended five times since he was first arrested.
According to a Saturday report by the Palestinian Prisoners' Society, 12 Palestinians are currently on hunger strike in Israeli custody.
According to Israeli human rights group B'tselem, in October 2013, 140 Palestinians were being kept in administrative detention in Israeli prisons, down from a high of nearly 1,000 in 2002.
4,881 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails as of Jan. 2014, according to a report by the same organization. Another 1,415 were in Israeli prisons for being inside Israel without permits.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners' face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
The Israeli forces Sunday arrested six people in Qalqilya and an elderly in the Jerusalem area as well as summoned another from Bethlehem for interrogation, according to local and security sources. In Qalqilya, army forces stormed the village of Hejji and arrested six people, including two released prisoners, after raiding their houses and conducting a search campaign in the village, said the Prisoners’ Club.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, police arrested an old woman, Aida Sedawi, in Jerusalem old city and attacked a man, injuring him in his head when special police units clamped down on worshipers in the yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Media sources told WAFA that police forces surrounded a group of youths in the southern part of the mosque and prevented Palestinians from entering the yards while conducting an evacuation of worshipers who were already inside the mosque yards.
In Bethlehem, Israeli army broke through the village of Beit Sahour to the east and handed a youth, 30, summon to appear before the Israeli intelligence in in Gush Etzion, a settlement located to the south of Bethlehem.
Forces also stormed the nearby village of Beit Ta’mar and raided a house but no arrests were reported.
Meanwhile in Hebron, forces set a military checkpoint at the entrance to Fawwar refugee camp to the south of Hebron, searched vehicles and checked identity cards.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, police arrested an old woman, Aida Sedawi, in Jerusalem old city and attacked a man, injuring him in his head when special police units clamped down on worshipers in the yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Media sources told WAFA that police forces surrounded a group of youths in the southern part of the mosque and prevented Palestinians from entering the yards while conducting an evacuation of worshipers who were already inside the mosque yards.
In Bethlehem, Israeli army broke through the village of Beit Sahour to the east and handed a youth, 30, summon to appear before the Israeli intelligence in in Gush Etzion, a settlement located to the south of Bethlehem.
Forces also stormed the nearby village of Beit Ta’mar and raided a house but no arrests were reported.
Meanwhile in Hebron, forces set a military checkpoint at the entrance to Fawwar refugee camp to the south of Hebron, searched vehicles and checked identity cards.
Israeli forces Sunday arrested a reporter in the city of Hebron, according to local sources and witnesses. They said army arrested Fedaa Nasser, a reporter for Felastine Al-Yawm TV, while she was covering the events of the Jewish Purim holiday.
They said that one of the protesting settlers attempted to attack Nasser when forces intervened and arrested her. She was led to a police station in Hebron.
They said that one of the protesting settlers attempted to attack Nasser when forces intervened and arrested her. She was led to a police station in Hebron.
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A film that depicts suffering of Palestinian child prisoners in Israeli jails and how imprisonment of children impacts their lives is currently displayed in the Austrian capital Vienna.
“When the Boys Return,” directed by Norwegian director Tone Andersen, is a documentary addressing the challenges that Palestinian minors face in Israeli jails with a focus on the process of reentering society after their detention. The film presents a detailed view into the lives of 11 children, and how they are affected by their detention. It has won several awards in European film festivals, including Stockholm |
and al-Jazeera for documentary films, and was shown on European television stations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Britain and Holland.
Human rights organizations state that the Israeli occupation arrests children under the age of 18 years every day from different areas in the Palestinian territories, and that they appear before courts despite not reaching the legal age that allows their trial.
These institutions quoted testimonies of Palestinian minor ex-detainees, in which they confirmed that they were exposed to torture and sexual harassment in the occupation custody.
Many detained children display symptoms of post-traumatic-stress disorder when they are released from their detention, and almost all find it difficult to slip back into the position they occupied in their families and communities prior to arrest.
Human rights organizations state that the Israeli occupation arrests children under the age of 18 years every day from different areas in the Palestinian territories, and that they appear before courts despite not reaching the legal age that allows their trial.
These institutions quoted testimonies of Palestinian minor ex-detainees, in which they confirmed that they were exposed to torture and sexual harassment in the occupation custody.
Many detained children display symptoms of post-traumatic-stress disorder when they are released from their detention, and almost all find it difficult to slip back into the position they occupied in their families and communities prior to arrest.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Saturday morning four Palestinians from the West Bank cities of Hebron and Jenin. Local sources said that Israeli forces arrested Mahmoud Barakat,24, Ihab Hajjouj,25, and Ismael Likhdour,26, from BaniNa’im village to the east of Hebron after searching their houses and their contents.
Israeli forces stormed neighborhoods in Heborn, erected checkpoints at the entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns to the north of the city and searched Palestinian cars.
In Jenin, Israeli occupation forces arrested Mohammed Abu Shamla,19, after raiding his family’s house in Ya’bod town to the west of Jenin. Many Palestinians suffered suffocation due to clashes with the Israeli colonial forces that fired tear gas at them.
The forces erected a military checkpoint at the entrance of Ta’nak village to the south-east of Jenin, and detained some Palestinian youths for an hour.
In a relevant vein, violent clashes erupted Saturday afternoon between Israeli forces and Palestinian youths in BeitForik village to the east of Nablus, north of the West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said that clashes erupted when Israeli forces stormed the village, fired live bullets and tear gas at Palestinian citizens.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Israeli forces stormed neighborhoods in Heborn, erected checkpoints at the entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns to the north of the city and searched Palestinian cars.
In Jenin, Israeli occupation forces arrested Mohammed Abu Shamla,19, after raiding his family’s house in Ya’bod town to the west of Jenin. Many Palestinians suffered suffocation due to clashes with the Israeli colonial forces that fired tear gas at them.
The forces erected a military checkpoint at the entrance of Ta’nak village to the south-east of Jenin, and detained some Palestinian youths for an hour.
In a relevant vein, violent clashes erupted Saturday afternoon between Israeli forces and Palestinian youths in BeitForik village to the east of Nablus, north of the West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said that clashes erupted when Israeli forces stormed the village, fired live bullets and tear gas at Palestinian citizens.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
15 mar 2014
An Israeli soldier was struck by a rock on Saturday while he was detaining a boy during clashes in Beit Furik east of Nablus.
Local sources told Ma'an that clashes broke out between Jewish settlers from the nearby settlement of Elon Moreh and dozens of Palestinians in the eastern neighborhood of the village of Beit Furik.
Israeli settlers approached the clashes and fired dozens of tear gas canisters and stun grenades toward the Palestinians, locals said.
They added that an Israeli soldier was wounded during the clashes after a rock struck his head as he was detaining Najeh Faysal Najeh Nasasrah, 16.
Dozens of Palestinian youths suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation during the clashes, the sources said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said that "a number of Palestinians were hurling rock at soldiers," and one was struck by a rock.
She said that the soldier was "slightly injured in his shoulder."
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Local sources told Ma'an that clashes broke out between Jewish settlers from the nearby settlement of Elon Moreh and dozens of Palestinians in the eastern neighborhood of the village of Beit Furik.
Israeli settlers approached the clashes and fired dozens of tear gas canisters and stun grenades toward the Palestinians, locals said.
They added that an Israeli soldier was wounded during the clashes after a rock struck his head as he was detaining Najeh Faysal Najeh Nasasrah, 16.
Dozens of Palestinian youths suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation during the clashes, the sources said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said that "a number of Palestinians were hurling rock at soldiers," and one was struck by a rock.
She said that the soldier was "slightly injured in his shoulder."
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said on Saturday that 12 Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons are currently on hunger strike in protest against "arbitrary and repressive" measures taken by Israeli forces against them.
A report issued by the society said that Akras al-Fseisi, Moammar Banat, and Waheed Abu Maraya, all from Hebron governorate, have been on hunger strike for 66 days, and Amir al-Shams, also from Hebron, has been on strike for 64 days.
The report explained that the prisoners were engaged in a hunger strike against their administrative detention by Israeli forces without any charge.
Administrative detention refers to the tactic of keeping a prisoner without charge or trial for extended periods of time, often due to "security" concerns.
Israel routinely uses this tactic on detained Palestinians, even though international law stipulates it only be used in exceptional circumstances.
The report also said that the Hatem Sabarna, Ahmad Sabarna, and Shaher al-Heeh, also from Hebron governorate, are engaged in solidarity hunger strikes with those prisoners protesting their administrative detentions.
The report said that Kefah Hattab from Tulkarem has been on hunger strike for 42 days in order to demand recognition as a prisoner of war by Israel.
Ayman Atabish, Aref Haribat, Hamad Abu Ras, all from Hebron governorate, have spent 16 days on hunger strike to protest their administrative detentions as well.
The society did not identify the twelfth hunger striker.
According to Israeli human rights groups B'tselem, in Oct. 2013 140 Palestinians were being kept in administrative detention in Israeli prisons, down from a high of nearly 1,000 in 2002.
4,881 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails as of Jan. 2014, according to Israeli human rights organization B'tselem. Another 1,415 were in Israeli prisons for being inside Israel without permits.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners' face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
A report issued by the society said that Akras al-Fseisi, Moammar Banat, and Waheed Abu Maraya, all from Hebron governorate, have been on hunger strike for 66 days, and Amir al-Shams, also from Hebron, has been on strike for 64 days.
The report explained that the prisoners were engaged in a hunger strike against their administrative detention by Israeli forces without any charge.
Administrative detention refers to the tactic of keeping a prisoner without charge or trial for extended periods of time, often due to "security" concerns.
Israel routinely uses this tactic on detained Palestinians, even though international law stipulates it only be used in exceptional circumstances.
The report also said that the Hatem Sabarna, Ahmad Sabarna, and Shaher al-Heeh, also from Hebron governorate, are engaged in solidarity hunger strikes with those prisoners protesting their administrative detentions.
The report said that Kefah Hattab from Tulkarem has been on hunger strike for 42 days in order to demand recognition as a prisoner of war by Israel.
Ayman Atabish, Aref Haribat, Hamad Abu Ras, all from Hebron governorate, have spent 16 days on hunger strike to protest their administrative detentions as well.
The society did not identify the twelfth hunger striker.
According to Israeli human rights groups B'tselem, in Oct. 2013 140 Palestinians were being kept in administrative detention in Israeli prisons, down from a high of nearly 1,000 in 2002.
4,881 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails as of Jan. 2014, according to Israeli human rights organization B'tselem. Another 1,415 were in Israeli prisons for being inside Israel without permits.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners' face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
Israeli forces on Saturday detained a young man from the Huwwara checkpoint south of Nablus, locals said.
Local sources told Ma'an that Israeli forces detained Khaled Jamal Hamdan, 18, as he was passing through the checkpoint in the northern West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said that he was transferred to the Huwwara military camp south of Nablus.
An Israeli military spokeswoman did not have any information regarding the incident.
Local sources told Ma'an that Israeli forces detained Khaled Jamal Hamdan, 18, as he was passing through the checkpoint in the northern West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said that he was transferred to the Huwwara military camp south of Nablus.
An Israeli military spokeswoman did not have any information regarding the incident.
Israeli soldiers opened fire on a Palestinian driver after he "tried to hit" soldiers with his car near a military checkpoint at the entrance to Beit Ummar in the southern West Bank on Wednesday, the Israeli military said.
Israeli military sources said that soldiers opened fire on the Palestinian man's vehicle and detained him following the incident, which they said caused no injuries to the Israeli soldiers and border guards at the scene.
Spokesperson for the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar Muhammad Ayad said that Essam Ahmad Thalji Aadi, 38, from Beit Ummar accidentally stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake, in the process hitting the five soldiers.
The Israeli soldiers were at a gas station near the northern entrance of Beit Ummar at the time of the incident, Ayad said, and their injuries were described as "negligible."
Ayad added that the soldiers beat the driver following the incident and took him in a military vehicle to an unknown destination. Israeli reinforcements subsequently arrived on the scene, obstructing traffic on the main road between Jerusalem and Hebron which runs nearby.
The Israeli border police could not be reached for comment.
Israeli military sources said that soldiers opened fire on the Palestinian man's vehicle and detained him following the incident, which they said caused no injuries to the Israeli soldiers and border guards at the scene.
Spokesperson for the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar Muhammad Ayad said that Essam Ahmad Thalji Aadi, 38, from Beit Ummar accidentally stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake, in the process hitting the five soldiers.
The Israeli soldiers were at a gas station near the northern entrance of Beit Ummar at the time of the incident, Ayad said, and their injuries were described as "negligible."
Ayad added that the soldiers beat the driver following the incident and took him in a military vehicle to an unknown destination. Israeli reinforcements subsequently arrived on the scene, obstructing traffic on the main road between Jerusalem and Hebron which runs nearby.
The Israeli border police could not be reached for comment.
Israeli authorities renewed the administrative detention of an aging Hebron citizen to three months for the fourth time. Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies said in a statement that Husain Amr, 61, detained since July 13, 2013 has not been charged or tried, and suffers from high blood pressure, gout, rheumatism, and varicose.
The report pointed out that Amr was held under solitary confinement when he refused to be taken to court two weeks ago, thus was shackled and transferred to Ramle prison by force.
The repeated transfers of Amr has eventually left him held in Negev prison’s solitary confinement cells, the center added.
The center warned against neglecting the health status of Amr who also suffers from diabetes and takes two insulin doses a day, holding Israel responsible for his life.
Palestinian group Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights said on February 20 that the number of Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails passed 200.
Usama Maqbol, a lawyer from the group, said that the rise in the number of administrative detainees is the result of an ongoing campaign of daily arrests of freed prisoners and leaders of Palestinian political groups.
Administrative detention refers to the tactic of keeping a prisoner without charge or trial for extended periods of time, often due to "security" concerns.
Israel routinely uses this tactic on detained Palestinians, even though international law stipulates it only be used in exceptional circumstances.
The report pointed out that Amr was held under solitary confinement when he refused to be taken to court two weeks ago, thus was shackled and transferred to Ramle prison by force.
The repeated transfers of Amr has eventually left him held in Negev prison’s solitary confinement cells, the center added.
The center warned against neglecting the health status of Amr who also suffers from diabetes and takes two insulin doses a day, holding Israel responsible for his life.
Palestinian group Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights said on February 20 that the number of Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails passed 200.
Usama Maqbol, a lawyer from the group, said that the rise in the number of administrative detainees is the result of an ongoing campaign of daily arrests of freed prisoners and leaders of Palestinian political groups.
Administrative detention refers to the tactic of keeping a prisoner without charge or trial for extended periods of time, often due to "security" concerns.
Israel routinely uses this tactic on detained Palestinians, even though international law stipulates it only be used in exceptional circumstances.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed three Palestinians in Al-Khalil province at dawn Saturday. Palestinian security sources told Quds Press that IOF soldiers detained three young men in Bani Naim village and took them to unknown detention centers.
Two Palestinian young men from Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, were wounded in IOF shooting on Friday during confrontations in the village. They were taken to hospital where the condition of one of them was described as serious.
IOF soldiers had rounded up five Palestinians in Ramallah and Bethlehem on Friday.
Local and security sources said that IOF soldiers stormed Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, and arrested three young men, adding that clashes were reported between the invading troops and young men.
Two other Palestinians, including a minor, were nabbed in Aida refugee camp to the north of Bethlehem.
Two Palestinian young men from Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, were wounded in IOF shooting on Friday during confrontations in the village. They were taken to hospital where the condition of one of them was described as serious.
IOF soldiers had rounded up five Palestinians in Ramallah and Bethlehem on Friday.
Local and security sources said that IOF soldiers stormed Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, and arrested three young men, adding that clashes were reported between the invading troops and young men.
Two other Palestinians, including a minor, were nabbed in Aida refugee camp to the north of Bethlehem.
Violent confrontations were reported at the Israeli military roadblock in Hawara between Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and Palestinian young men afternoon Friday. The PIC reporter in the area said that the young men threw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers who responded by firing sound bombs and teargas canisters.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the soldiers arrested a young man, but could not identify him.
Meanwhile, popular resistance activists raised posters at noon Friday on road 60 leading to Yitzhar settlement reading “Get out of our Land”.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the soldiers arrested a young man, but could not identify him.
Meanwhile, popular resistance activists raised posters at noon Friday on road 60 leading to Yitzhar settlement reading “Get out of our Land”.
Israeli forces arrested four Palestinians in the West Bank in overnight raids, locals and Israel's army said.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers at dawn on Saturday raided the village of Bani Naim east of Hebron and arrested Mahmoud Ali Muhammad Barakat, 24, Ehab Namar Dhiyab Hajooj, 25, and 26-year-old Ismail Yousef Dhahir al-Khadour after ransacking their homes.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the village of Dura south of Hebron and issued orders to Mousa Muhammad Issa al-Namoura to appear for interrogation, locals said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that the army arrested four Palestinians overnight -- three in Bani Naim and one in Yaabad.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli soldiers at dawn on Saturday raided the village of Bani Naim east of Hebron and arrested Mahmoud Ali Muhammad Barakat, 24, Ehab Namar Dhiyab Hajooj, 25, and 26-year-old Ismail Yousef Dhahir al-Khadour after ransacking their homes.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the village of Dura south of Hebron and issued orders to Mousa Muhammad Issa al-Namoura to appear for interrogation, locals said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that the army arrested four Palestinians overnight -- three in Bani Naim and one in Yaabad.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
