11 mar 2015
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Wednesday the ex-detainee Ashraf Hassan and his wife in al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
Jerusalemite sources revealed that Hassan and his wife were nabbed and transferred to Qishleh detention center without mentioning the grounds and reasons behind their arrest.
Hassan was released from Israeli jails on September 3, 2013 after serving more than nine years behind Israeli bars.
Jerusalemite sources revealed that Hassan and his wife were nabbed and transferred to Qishleh detention center without mentioning the grounds and reasons behind their arrest.
Hassan was released from Israeli jails on September 3, 2013 after serving more than nine years behind Israeli bars.
Israeli police detained five Palestinian women at the al-Aqsa mosque
compound on Wednesday, as Israeli rightists toured the area.
Israeli police detained Fatima Kumani, Hanan Abu Snineh, Iman Abu Snineh, Sahar al-Natsheh and Zahiyyeh Eid as they were leaving the compound.
The Israeli police spokesman did not have any immediate information on the incident.
Witnesses said that Israeli police prevented Zeina Omar from entering the compound Wednesday morning, without providing a reason.
The Islamic endowment department said that some 30 Jewish settlers and 35 special forces members entered the compound through the Moroccans Gate.
Separately, a Palestinian woman and a man were banned from entering the al-Aqsa compound for a month by the Israeli magistrate court on Tuesday.
Following Israel's occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, Israel has maintained a compromise with the Islamic trust that controls the Al-Aqsa compound to not allow non-Muslim prayers in the area.
Israeli forces regularly escort Jewish visitors to the site, however, leading to tension with Palestinian worshipers.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque.
The third holiest site in Islam, it is also venerated as Judaism's most holy place as it sits where Jews believe the First and Second Temples once stood. The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD.
Israeli policemen arrest four women at Aqsa Mosque
Israeli policemen arrested Wednesday noon four Jerusalemite women while going out of the Aqsa Mosque and assaulted one woman of the Aqsa guards.
Islamic Awqaf sources said the policemen arrested the four women at al-Silsilah Gate and took them all to a police station in the holy city.
The sources added that the policemen provocatively attacked and insulted one of the female guards of al-Aqsa Mosque. Many of the Aqsa guards rushed to the scene immediately and scuffles between Israeli policemen and Jerusalemite guards of the holy site began.
Islamic Awqaf officials intervened and stopped the brawl amid high tension that prevailed in the holy Mosque, the sources elaborated.
The same sources noted that the Israeli policemen almost daily target the Jerusalemite women by assaults, arrests and Aqsa Mosque entry bans.
The sources also told the PIC reporter that the guards of the Aqsa Mosque caught a Jewish man disguising in Arab clothes and performing Talmudic rituals inside the courtyards of the holy Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli police detained Fatima Kumani, Hanan Abu Snineh, Iman Abu Snineh, Sahar al-Natsheh and Zahiyyeh Eid as they were leaving the compound.
The Israeli police spokesman did not have any immediate information on the incident.
Witnesses said that Israeli police prevented Zeina Omar from entering the compound Wednesday morning, without providing a reason.
The Islamic endowment department said that some 30 Jewish settlers and 35 special forces members entered the compound through the Moroccans Gate.
Separately, a Palestinian woman and a man were banned from entering the al-Aqsa compound for a month by the Israeli magistrate court on Tuesday.
Following Israel's occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, Israel has maintained a compromise with the Islamic trust that controls the Al-Aqsa compound to not allow non-Muslim prayers in the area.
Israeli forces regularly escort Jewish visitors to the site, however, leading to tension with Palestinian worshipers.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque.
The third holiest site in Islam, it is also venerated as Judaism's most holy place as it sits where Jews believe the First and Second Temples once stood. The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD.
Israeli policemen arrest four women at Aqsa Mosque
Israeli policemen arrested Wednesday noon four Jerusalemite women while going out of the Aqsa Mosque and assaulted one woman of the Aqsa guards.
Islamic Awqaf sources said the policemen arrested the four women at al-Silsilah Gate and took them all to a police station in the holy city.
The sources added that the policemen provocatively attacked and insulted one of the female guards of al-Aqsa Mosque. Many of the Aqsa guards rushed to the scene immediately and scuffles between Israeli policemen and Jerusalemite guards of the holy site began.
Islamic Awqaf officials intervened and stopped the brawl amid high tension that prevailed in the holy Mosque, the sources elaborated.
The same sources noted that the Israeli policemen almost daily target the Jerusalemite women by assaults, arrests and Aqsa Mosque entry bans.
The sources also told the PIC reporter that the guards of the Aqsa Mosque caught a Jewish man disguising in Arab clothes and performing Talmudic rituals inside the courtyards of the holy Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) has been depriving the detained 15-year-old Jerusalemite boy Khaled al-Sheikh from family visits for 67 consecutive days.
An Israeli court sentenced the Jerusalemite juvenile to four months in addition to a fine estimated at 2000 Shekels on charges of stone throwing and torching car tires.
The family of the minor prisoner told Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights that despite its son’s suffering from anemia, the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) does not provide him with necessary treatment since he was arrested on December 25, 2014.
The family also confirmed that Khaled is now held at Ofer prison near Ramallah, noting that they have not been allowed to visit him since his arrest.
The family pointed out that they applied for a visit permission long time ago, but there has been no approval yet.
The family expressed concern about the continuation of detention of its sick son amid harsh conditions and deprivation of medical treatment. It called on all competent authorities to pressure the IOA to allow visitation and to provide medical care.
15-year-old Palestinian enters 76th day in Israeli custody
Fifteen-year-old Palestinian Khalid Hussam al-Sheikh entered his 76th day in Israeli custody on Wednesday after he was sentenced to four months jail time and given a 2,000 shekel ($495) fine for throwing rocks and burning tires.
Al-Sheikh's family told the Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights that Khalid was not medically treated by Israel since he was detained on Dec. 25, 2014 despite the fact that he suffers from anemia.
The family said that Khalid is currently being held in the Ofer detention center near Ramallah, and that they had not seen him since his detention, pointing out that they applied for visit permits long ago but have not received approval.
Children entering Israel's prison system often experience forms of physical violence between arrest and interrogation as well as strip searches, according to a UNICEF report released in February 2015.
In 2014, 93 percent of children detained by Israeli forces were denied access to legal counsel, while others endured prolonged periods of solitary confinement for interrogation purposes, a practice that amounts to torture under international law, according to human rights organization Defense for Children International- Palestine.
Israeli military law applies only to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli settlers living in the same area are generally tried in civilian courts.
An Israeli court sentenced the Jerusalemite juvenile to four months in addition to a fine estimated at 2000 Shekels on charges of stone throwing and torching car tires.
The family of the minor prisoner told Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights that despite its son’s suffering from anemia, the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) does not provide him with necessary treatment since he was arrested on December 25, 2014.
The family also confirmed that Khaled is now held at Ofer prison near Ramallah, noting that they have not been allowed to visit him since his arrest.
The family pointed out that they applied for a visit permission long time ago, but there has been no approval yet.
The family expressed concern about the continuation of detention of its sick son amid harsh conditions and deprivation of medical treatment. It called on all competent authorities to pressure the IOA to allow visitation and to provide medical care.
15-year-old Palestinian enters 76th day in Israeli custody
Fifteen-year-old Palestinian Khalid Hussam al-Sheikh entered his 76th day in Israeli custody on Wednesday after he was sentenced to four months jail time and given a 2,000 shekel ($495) fine for throwing rocks and burning tires.
Al-Sheikh's family told the Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights that Khalid was not medically treated by Israel since he was detained on Dec. 25, 2014 despite the fact that he suffers from anemia.
The family said that Khalid is currently being held in the Ofer detention center near Ramallah, and that they had not seen him since his detention, pointing out that they applied for visit permits long ago but have not received approval.
Children entering Israel's prison system often experience forms of physical violence between arrest and interrogation as well as strip searches, according to a UNICEF report released in February 2015.
In 2014, 93 percent of children detained by Israeli forces were denied access to legal counsel, while others endured prolonged periods of solitary confinement for interrogation purposes, a practice that amounts to torture under international law, according to human rights organization Defense for Children International- Palestine.
Israeli military law applies only to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli settlers living in the same area are generally tried in civilian courts.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped four Palestinians, after storming and ransacking their homes.
Local sources said the soldiers violently searched several homes, and interrogated many Palestinians before kidnapping four.
The four have been identified as Eyad Abdul-Karim Tamimi, 49, ‘Odai Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 24, Baha’ Jalal Tamimi, 24, and Aseed Ahmad Tamim, 20 years of age.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youth; the army fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, no injuries were reported.
Nabi Saleh is one of the leading villages in nonviolent resistance activities against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Israel’s illegal colonies, built on villagers’ lands and isolating them from their orchards.
Also on Wednesday, soldiers demolished a number of structures, including barns, in Ziba and Barta’a ash-Sharqiyya villages, west of Jenin.
Local sources said the soldiers violently searched several homes, and interrogated many Palestinians before kidnapping four.
The four have been identified as Eyad Abdul-Karim Tamimi, 49, ‘Odai Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 24, Baha’ Jalal Tamimi, 24, and Aseed Ahmad Tamim, 20 years of age.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youth; the army fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, no injuries were reported.
Nabi Saleh is one of the leading villages in nonviolent resistance activities against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Israel’s illegal colonies, built on villagers’ lands and isolating them from their orchards.
Also on Wednesday, soldiers demolished a number of structures, including barns, in Ziba and Barta’a ash-Sharqiyya villages, west of Jenin.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) isolated the Palestinian longest-serving detainee Abdullah al-Barghouti, in a solitary lock-down.
Serving a prison-term of 67 life-sentences and 5,200 years in jail, prisoner al-Barghouti was transferred by the IPS from the Raymond lock up to an isolated cell in Section N°4 in the Nafha jail, spokesperson for the Wa’ed association for prisoners and ex-prisoners said in his exclusive statements to the PIC.
“The reasons lying behind the isolation of al-Barghouti have not been identified yet,” he added.
The IPS further denied the captive the right to undergo urgent medical check-ups and therapy needed to relieve the pains emerging in the wake of a tonsillectomy he underwent in the Raymond prison clinic.
A compilation of books has recently been published by prisoner al-Barghouti, a holder of a Jordanian citizenship, narrating his struggle against the Israeli occupation.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) afternoon Tuesday identified the names of the Palestinian captives who had been physically assaulted by the Nahshon forces at the Ofer waiting room on Monday.
The casualties were identified as: Khedr al-Hreimi, from Bethlehem, Mohamed Braghit, from Beit Ummar, Salah Othman, from Ramallah, and Mohamed Issa, from the Aroub refugee camp in al-Khalil.
The sustained injuries were reported between light and medium, the PPS added.
A round of protest moves has been initiated by the prisoners held at the Raymond jail in response to such an aggressive assault.
Serving a prison-term of 67 life-sentences and 5,200 years in jail, prisoner al-Barghouti was transferred by the IPS from the Raymond lock up to an isolated cell in Section N°4 in the Nafha jail, spokesperson for the Wa’ed association for prisoners and ex-prisoners said in his exclusive statements to the PIC.
“The reasons lying behind the isolation of al-Barghouti have not been identified yet,” he added.
The IPS further denied the captive the right to undergo urgent medical check-ups and therapy needed to relieve the pains emerging in the wake of a tonsillectomy he underwent in the Raymond prison clinic.
A compilation of books has recently been published by prisoner al-Barghouti, a holder of a Jordanian citizenship, narrating his struggle against the Israeli occupation.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) afternoon Tuesday identified the names of the Palestinian captives who had been physically assaulted by the Nahshon forces at the Ofer waiting room on Monday.
The casualties were identified as: Khedr al-Hreimi, from Bethlehem, Mohamed Braghit, from Beit Ummar, Salah Othman, from Ramallah, and Mohamed Issa, from the Aroub refugee camp in al-Khalil.
The sustained injuries were reported between light and medium, the PPS added.
A round of protest moves has been initiated by the prisoners held at the Raymond jail in response to such an aggressive assault.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday rounded up a Palestinian girl, enrolled at the Birzeit university, near Beitouna town, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said violent clashes flared up between the IOF and dozens of Birzeit university students who partook in a peaceful rally commemorating the death of their fellow student Saji Darwish.
Dozens of rally-goers reportedly choked on tear gas in the process.
The attack culminated in the apprehension of the Palestinian female student Bayan Safi by the IOF troops, who dragged the girl to the Ofer military camp.
Meanwhile, a number of injuries and suffocation cases was documented among Palestinian youths in Jerusalem’s town of Kafr Akab.
Bystanders at the scene said the IOF troops targeted the Palestinian unarmed protesters with randomly-shot volleys of tear gas and live ammunition.
Local medics at the Palestine medical complex in Ramallah said nine injured civilians, six among whom shot with live ammunition in their lower limbs, were received at the hospital.
In a related development, Jerusalemite sources said the Israeli occupation police kidnapped a 15-year-old Palestinian child on allegations of hurling stones at settler vehicles in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood, in Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said violent clashes flared up between the IOF and dozens of Birzeit university students who partook in a peaceful rally commemorating the death of their fellow student Saji Darwish.
Dozens of rally-goers reportedly choked on tear gas in the process.
The attack culminated in the apprehension of the Palestinian female student Bayan Safi by the IOF troops, who dragged the girl to the Ofer military camp.
Meanwhile, a number of injuries and suffocation cases was documented among Palestinian youths in Jerusalem’s town of Kafr Akab.
Bystanders at the scene said the IOF troops targeted the Palestinian unarmed protesters with randomly-shot volleys of tear gas and live ammunition.
Local medics at the Palestine medical complex in Ramallah said nine injured civilians, six among whom shot with live ammunition in their lower limbs, were received at the hospital.
In a related development, Jerusalemite sources said the Israeli occupation police kidnapped a 15-year-old Palestinian child on allegations of hurling stones at settler vehicles in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood, in Occupied Jerusalem.
10 mar 2015
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) disclosed on Tuesday that 95% of the Palestinian prisoners are being subjected to torture by the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA).
Head of the PPS Qadoura Fares said in a press statement that the report published by Haaretz Hebrew newspaper on torturing Palestinian prisoners is fabricated and merely based on lies regarding the number of the prisoners subjected to torture.
He highlighted that the newspaper got these false pieces of information from the Israeli intelligence apparatus "Shabak".
He added: "Citing a lawyer in the fabricated report is a failed attempt to lend some credibility to it."
The PPS statement pointed out some torture methods used against Palestinian prisoners from the moment they are arrested until they are moved to the Israeli jails and detention centers, including shooting the prisoners and leaving them bleeding for hours, being mauled by police dogs, severe beating by hands, rifle butts and boots, in addition to handcuffing and blindfolding the detainees for long hours in the open.
A report by Haaretz newspaper published on Friday disclosed that the acts of torture by Shabak interrogators against the Palestinian prisoners notably increased to reach 59 cases during last year, while they were 16 cases in 2013, 30 cases in 2012, 27 cases in 2011, and 42 cases in 2010.
Head of the PPS Qadoura Fares said in a press statement that the report published by Haaretz Hebrew newspaper on torturing Palestinian prisoners is fabricated and merely based on lies regarding the number of the prisoners subjected to torture.
He highlighted that the newspaper got these false pieces of information from the Israeli intelligence apparatus "Shabak".
He added: "Citing a lawyer in the fabricated report is a failed attempt to lend some credibility to it."
The PPS statement pointed out some torture methods used against Palestinian prisoners from the moment they are arrested until they are moved to the Israeli jails and detention centers, including shooting the prisoners and leaving them bleeding for hours, being mauled by police dogs, severe beating by hands, rifle butts and boots, in addition to handcuffing and blindfolding the detainees for long hours in the open.
A report by Haaretz newspaper published on Friday disclosed that the acts of torture by Shabak interrogators against the Palestinian prisoners notably increased to reach 59 cases during last year, while they were 16 cases in 2013, 30 cases in 2012, 27 cases in 2011, and 42 cases in 2010.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails announced on Tuesday the suspension of escalatory steps they decided earlier to protest the Israeli Prison Service’s (IPS) unjust punitive measures.
In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society disclosed that the Palestinian detainees are going to defer the protest steps which were supposed to begin on Tuesday due to an initial agreement between prisoners’ leaders and the IPS.
The Society elaborated that the initial agreement involved a number of terms including increasing the allocations for the canteen, monthly visitation for one hour instead of half an hour every two months, returning of transferred prisoners into Section 4 in Nafha and Section 5 in Raymond, and allowing prisoners to buy some of their living needs.
In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society disclosed that the Palestinian detainees are going to defer the protest steps which were supposed to begin on Tuesday due to an initial agreement between prisoners’ leaders and the IPS.
The Society elaborated that the initial agreement involved a number of terms including increasing the allocations for the canteen, monthly visitation for one hour instead of half an hour every two months, returning of transferred prisoners into Section 4 in Nafha and Section 5 in Raymond, and allowing prisoners to buy some of their living needs.
Munther Khalaf al-Haj Muhammad, 39, from Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, has been suffering from a dental problem since 2006, three years after he was arrested, which caused all his teeth to fall one after the other as he has not been receiving the appropriate treatment by the prison administration.
Refusing to submit
Munther didn't give in to the Israeli medical neglect policy and submitted complaints against the prison administration to the Israeli Supreme Court.
The prison administration tried to convince Munther to withdraw his complaints in return for allowing him to receive the needed treatment and medicine but because he was being continuously transferred between prisons, he couldn't get the treatment through his complaints; because complaints drop when the prisoner is transferred from one prison to another, and the prison administration broke its promise and didn't provide him with the treatment he needs.
Al-Haj suffers a lot when he talks or eats and he is deprived of many types of food, according to his newly-released brother Nidal who served about nine months with him in Jalbo and Shatta prisons.
After losing all his teeth, al-Haj found that "milk and biscuits" is the only solution for his chewing difficulty and it became his everyday meal.
The family of the prisoner is demanding the urgent treatment of their son and at their own expense or at the expense of the Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Authority.
Munther was arrested on September 14, 2003 in Asira Al-Shamalia village after chasing him for three years on charges of affiliation with Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front, and carrying out attacks against Israel.
Determination and steadfastness
Although Al-Haj was subjected to much pressure at the hands of the Israeli occupation during his 100-day investigation, he remained steadfast and was one of the few prisoners who refused to sign statements during their investigations in the Israeli jails.
Throughout the first six years of his detention, he was denied the right to see his family. He is being held in Satta prison and served 11 years out of his 30-year sentence.
Fuad al-Khuffash, the director of the Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights, laid emphasis on the fact that the Israeli occupation is adopting a deliberate medical neglect policy against sick prisoners.
He called on all international health institutions to pay attention to the sick prisoners and to expose the Israeli violations against them.
Refusing to submit
Munther didn't give in to the Israeli medical neglect policy and submitted complaints against the prison administration to the Israeli Supreme Court.
The prison administration tried to convince Munther to withdraw his complaints in return for allowing him to receive the needed treatment and medicine but because he was being continuously transferred between prisons, he couldn't get the treatment through his complaints; because complaints drop when the prisoner is transferred from one prison to another, and the prison administration broke its promise and didn't provide him with the treatment he needs.
Al-Haj suffers a lot when he talks or eats and he is deprived of many types of food, according to his newly-released brother Nidal who served about nine months with him in Jalbo and Shatta prisons.
After losing all his teeth, al-Haj found that "milk and biscuits" is the only solution for his chewing difficulty and it became his everyday meal.
The family of the prisoner is demanding the urgent treatment of their son and at their own expense or at the expense of the Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Authority.
Munther was arrested on September 14, 2003 in Asira Al-Shamalia village after chasing him for three years on charges of affiliation with Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front, and carrying out attacks against Israel.
Determination and steadfastness
Although Al-Haj was subjected to much pressure at the hands of the Israeli occupation during his 100-day investigation, he remained steadfast and was one of the few prisoners who refused to sign statements during their investigations in the Israeli jails.
Throughout the first six years of his detention, he was denied the right to see his family. He is being held in Satta prison and served 11 years out of his 30-year sentence.
Fuad al-Khuffash, the director of the Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights, laid emphasis on the fact that the Israeli occupation is adopting a deliberate medical neglect policy against sick prisoners.
He called on all international health institutions to pay attention to the sick prisoners and to expose the Israeli violations against them.
The Israeli District Court in Occupied Jerusalem postponed the trial of Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of Islamic Movement in 1948 Palestine, to March 26.
Sheikh Salah is being tried on the charge of incitement in his Friday sermon about razing a section of al-Magharebah Gate of the Aqsa Mosque at the hands of Israeli occupation authorities in 2007.
The court heard the allegations of the Israeli prosecution as well as the defense in the appeal filed by the prosecution against the previous verdict by the Israeli Magistrate Court which declared Sheikh Salah innocent.
The Islamic leader Sheikh Raed Salah arrived at the court with the company of other leaders of the Islamic Movement in 1948 Occupied Palestine along with dozens of its supporters.
The Israeli District Court previously issued a verdict of actual imprisonment for eight months against Sheikh Salah. It charged him of racist incitement and referred the case to the Magistrate Court to determine the penalty accordingly.
The Magistrate Court, in turn, declared Sheikh Salah not guilty whereas the General Prosecution appealed the ruling. Sheikh Salah, however, appealed against it.
Sheikh Salah is being tried on the charge of incitement in his Friday sermon about razing a section of al-Magharebah Gate of the Aqsa Mosque at the hands of Israeli occupation authorities in 2007.
The court heard the allegations of the Israeli prosecution as well as the defense in the appeal filed by the prosecution against the previous verdict by the Israeli Magistrate Court which declared Sheikh Salah innocent.
The Islamic leader Sheikh Raed Salah arrived at the court with the company of other leaders of the Islamic Movement in 1948 Occupied Palestine along with dozens of its supporters.
The Israeli District Court previously issued a verdict of actual imprisonment for eight months against Sheikh Salah. It charged him of racist incitement and referred the case to the Magistrate Court to determine the penalty accordingly.
The Magistrate Court, in turn, declared Sheikh Salah not guilty whereas the General Prosecution appealed the ruling. Sheikh Salah, however, appealed against it.
The Shin Bet on Monday summoned Abdul-Latif Ghaith, a senior official of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in occupied Jerusalem, and handed him a military order banning his entry to the West Bank.
The order, signed by head of the West Bank central command Nitzan Alon, claimed that Ghaith's presence in the West Bank would pose a serious and real threat to Israel's security.
The entry ban, according to the order, will be effective from March 15 to September 15, 2015.
Ghaith had already received on January 24 an order for the fourth time running issued by the Israeli interior minister banning his travel abroad at the pretext that his presence in other countries would make it possible for him to get in contact with fellow leaders and thus strengthen the PFLP activities against Israel.
For his part, Ghaith, who is also the head of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, condemned, in a statement to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), the military order issued against him.
He said the racist measures taken by the Israeli occupation against him are part of its all-out war against Jerusalem, its natives, and national figures.
"It is time for all powers of the international community and all those in America and the colonial West who keep ranting about human rights and democracy to break their silence and work on compelling the Zionists to respect international laws, conventions, and agreements instead of supporting and sustaining it as a state above the law," the PFLP official emphasized.
The order, signed by head of the West Bank central command Nitzan Alon, claimed that Ghaith's presence in the West Bank would pose a serious and real threat to Israel's security.
The entry ban, according to the order, will be effective from March 15 to September 15, 2015.
Ghaith had already received on January 24 an order for the fourth time running issued by the Israeli interior minister banning his travel abroad at the pretext that his presence in other countries would make it possible for him to get in contact with fellow leaders and thus strengthen the PFLP activities against Israel.
For his part, Ghaith, who is also the head of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, condemned, in a statement to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), the military order issued against him.
He said the racist measures taken by the Israeli occupation against him are part of its all-out war against Jerusalem, its natives, and national figures.
"It is time for all powers of the international community and all those in America and the colonial West who keep ranting about human rights and democracy to break their silence and work on compelling the Zionists to respect international laws, conventions, and agreements instead of supporting and sustaining it as a state above the law," the PFLP official emphasized.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) nabbed at dawn Tuesday 20 Palestinians during a large-scale raid campaign in Nablus and Bethlehem in the West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said that a large number of Israeli forces broke into Takoa town near Bethlehem to the south of West Bank. 17 young men were detained during the raid.
In Nablus, IOF detained three other youths after violently storming their homes which led to the outbreak of clashes with local residents. No injuries were reported.
Approximately 7,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli jails including minors, women, academics, and MPs.
In a later report, IOF soldiers nabbed two Palestinian young men from Jenin.
Eyewitnesses said that a large number of Israeli forces broke into Takoa town near Bethlehem to the south of West Bank. 17 young men were detained during the raid.
In Nablus, IOF detained three other youths after violently storming their homes which led to the outbreak of clashes with local residents. No injuries were reported.
Approximately 7,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli jails including minors, women, academics, and MPs.
In a later report, IOF soldiers nabbed two Palestinian young men from Jenin.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and stormed several homes before searching them.
Eyewitnesses said the soldier surrounded the village before invading it, and stormed homes belonging to several residents, including Ashraf Khatib, Mahmoud al-‘Abed Samara, Abdul-Fattah Burnat, his brothers Hashem and Mohammad, in addition to the homes of Na’im Burnat and his sons Basem and Nash’at.
In addition, soldiers stormed the home of resident Mohammad Ash’al, and handed him a military warrant for interrogation.
Bil’in has been a leading village in creative nonviolent resistance against Israel’s Apartheid Wall and Settlements, and is repeatedly targeted by the soldiers in an attempt to force the Palestinians, their Israeli and international peace activists, to stop the protests.
Israel’s excessive use of force against the peaceful protests led to dozens of casualties, including several fatalities.
Eyewitnesses said the soldier surrounded the village before invading it, and stormed homes belonging to several residents, including Ashraf Khatib, Mahmoud al-‘Abed Samara, Abdul-Fattah Burnat, his brothers Hashem and Mohammad, in addition to the homes of Na’im Burnat and his sons Basem and Nash’at.
In addition, soldiers stormed the home of resident Mohammad Ash’al, and handed him a military warrant for interrogation.
Bil’in has been a leading village in creative nonviolent resistance against Israel’s Apartheid Wall and Settlements, and is repeatedly targeted by the soldiers in an attempt to force the Palestinians, their Israeli and international peace activists, to stop the protests.
Israel’s excessive use of force against the peaceful protests led to dozens of casualties, including several fatalities.
Israeli soldiers from the prison unit Nahshon on Monday used dogs to intimidate and maltreat a number of transferred detainees in Ofer jail.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the abused prisoners had been transferred from Ramon jail to the military court in Ofer to attend hearings.
During their presence in Ofer, Nahshon soldiers with dogs suddenly stormed the rooms where the detainees were waiting for their trials, which caused panic among them.
Despite constant criticism from human rights groups, the Israeli prison authority has lately escalated its violations of and restrictions against the Palestinian prisoners in its jails.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the abused prisoners had been transferred from Ramon jail to the military court in Ofer to attend hearings.
During their presence in Ofer, Nahshon soldiers with dogs suddenly stormed the rooms where the detainees were waiting for their trials, which caused panic among them.
Despite constant criticism from human rights groups, the Israeli prison authority has lately escalated its violations of and restrictions against the Palestinian prisoners in its jails.
9 mar 2015
Israeli policemen stormed on Monday QPress news agency in Umm al-Fahm city in 1948 Occupied Palestine, arrested four of the staff and confiscated archive files in addition to computers.
PLS48.net website mentioned the names of the four Palestinians who work at the agency, revealing that the Israeli policemen rounded up the four and took them to an unknown destination.
QPress agency is concerned with Jerusalem and Aqsa Mosque issues as well as documentation of the Israeli harassment and offensive practices including breaking into the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli occupation authorities have recently accelerated its incursions into pro-Aqsa and holy sites institutions.
PLS48.net website mentioned the names of the four Palestinians who work at the agency, revealing that the Israeli policemen rounded up the four and took them to an unknown destination.
QPress agency is concerned with Jerusalem and Aqsa Mosque issues as well as documentation of the Israeli harassment and offensive practices including breaking into the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli occupation authorities have recently accelerated its incursions into pro-Aqsa and holy sites institutions.
A number of school children on Monday morning choked on tear gas grenades randomly unleashed by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the environs of the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Eye-witnesses said the IOF troops targeted the school children with heavy volleys of tear gas canisters near the Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext of carrying out military drills.
Meanwhile, an arbitrary mass-abduction campaign, targeting Palestinian ex-prisoners, was launched by the IOF in al-Khalil and its adjacent areas.
Locals said the IOF stormed Ras al-Joura, in al-Khalil, and scoured Palestinians’ family homes shortly before they kidnapped the Palestinian youngster Qassam Qufeisha and another unidentified citizen.
The IOF further apprehended engineer Fouad al-Shamasti moments after they stormed his office and seized his personal laptop.
A number of Palestinian ex-prisoners have been rounded up in the process.
A series of makeshift roadblocks has also been pitched near al-Khalil city by the IOF troops. The latter reportedly scoured al-Khalil’s towns of Yatta, al-Samou’, Halhoul, and Sai’r and scoured the towns' main streets via a flock of army jeeps.
Earlier, overnight Sunday, the IOF troops raided Erka town, west of Jenin city, via army jeeps and interrogated a number of Palestinian citizens.
Locals said the IOF broke into the house of Mousa Mohamed Salim and summoned him for interrogation.
On Sunday morning, the IOF reportedly stormed the house of martyr Amer Abu Eisha in al-Khalil and interrogated his father on the spot.
In another raid, two Palestinian youngsters from al-Khalil’s town of Dura were apprehended.
Eye-witnesses said the IOF troops targeted the school children with heavy volleys of tear gas canisters near the Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext of carrying out military drills.
Meanwhile, an arbitrary mass-abduction campaign, targeting Palestinian ex-prisoners, was launched by the IOF in al-Khalil and its adjacent areas.
Locals said the IOF stormed Ras al-Joura, in al-Khalil, and scoured Palestinians’ family homes shortly before they kidnapped the Palestinian youngster Qassam Qufeisha and another unidentified citizen.
The IOF further apprehended engineer Fouad al-Shamasti moments after they stormed his office and seized his personal laptop.
A number of Palestinian ex-prisoners have been rounded up in the process.
A series of makeshift roadblocks has also been pitched near al-Khalil city by the IOF troops. The latter reportedly scoured al-Khalil’s towns of Yatta, al-Samou’, Halhoul, and Sai’r and scoured the towns' main streets via a flock of army jeeps.
Earlier, overnight Sunday, the IOF troops raided Erka town, west of Jenin city, via army jeeps and interrogated a number of Palestinian citizens.
Locals said the IOF broke into the house of Mousa Mohamed Salim and summoned him for interrogation.
On Sunday morning, the IOF reportedly stormed the house of martyr Amer Abu Eisha in al-Khalil and interrogated his father on the spot.
In another raid, two Palestinian youngsters from al-Khalil’s town of Dura were apprehended.
The Israeli occupation police afternoon Sunday kidnapped a Palestinian girl and a lady on their way back home from al-Aqsa Mosque.
Local sources said the Israeli cops abducted the 16-year-old Saja al-Razem as she walked out of al-Majlis Gate and dragged her to al-Qeshla detention center pending investigation.
The Israeli policemen further apprehended the Palestinian lady Abir Awda at al-Aqsa Gate moments after they had seized her personal ID.
A PIC correspondent quoted Director of al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, as reporting that the Israeli occupation officers turned down his appeals to release the woman and immediately transferred her to an interrogation center.
Earlier, on Sunday morning a horde of 37 Israeli extremist settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque. A similar desecration assault was carried out by five Israeli vandals a few hours later.
Local sources said the Israeli cops abducted the 16-year-old Saja al-Razem as she walked out of al-Majlis Gate and dragged her to al-Qeshla detention center pending investigation.
The Israeli policemen further apprehended the Palestinian lady Abir Awda at al-Aqsa Gate moments after they had seized her personal ID.
A PIC correspondent quoted Director of al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, as reporting that the Israeli occupation officers turned down his appeals to release the woman and immediately transferred her to an interrogation center.
Earlier, on Sunday morning a horde of 37 Israeli extremist settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque. A similar desecration assault was carried out by five Israeli vandals a few hours later.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Monday, eight Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, after storming their homes and violently searching them.
Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, said several military vehicles invaded Doura town, south of the city, and kidnapped a former political prisoner identified as Ayyoub al-‘Awawda, 30 years of age.
Soldiers also kidnapped two Palestinians in Shoqba and Beit ‘Ur villages, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, two more in Biddo village in Jerusalem, and one in Beit ‘Anan nearby town.
Israeli military sources said the soldiers also arrested three Hamas members, one in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and two in Doura nearby town.
On Sunday evening, soldiers invaded the al-‘Arqa village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and handed one Palestinian, identified as Mousa Mohammad Waked, a warrant for interrogation in the Salem military base.
Soldiers also installed a roadblock on the main entrance of the village, held many Palestinians and interrogated them. The army told the residents they will not be allowed to enter the village, or leave it.
Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, said several military vehicles invaded Doura town, south of the city, and kidnapped a former political prisoner identified as Ayyoub al-‘Awawda, 30 years of age.
Soldiers also kidnapped two Palestinians in Shoqba and Beit ‘Ur villages, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, two more in Biddo village in Jerusalem, and one in Beit ‘Anan nearby town.
Israeli military sources said the soldiers also arrested three Hamas members, one in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and two in Doura nearby town.
On Sunday evening, soldiers invaded the al-‘Arqa village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and handed one Palestinian, identified as Mousa Mohammad Waked, a warrant for interrogation in the Salem military base.
Soldiers also installed a roadblock on the main entrance of the village, held many Palestinians and interrogated them. The army told the residents they will not be allowed to enter the village, or leave it.
While the whole world is celebrating the International Women's Day, the Palestinian women are still suffering injustice and tyranny at the hands of an inhuman enemy.
Lina al-Jarboni, the oldest serving female prisoner in the Israeli jails, is extremely suffering from harsh detention conditions and is being deprived of her simplest rights, which exposes the duplicity of this unjust world which is calling for women's rights while the Palestinian women are horribly suffering in the Israeli jails.
Jarboni, who is being held in Hasharon prison, has been playing a leadership role among the Palestinian female detainees as she represents them in front of the prison administration and tries to defend their rights
Jarboni was born in November 1974 in Arraba town, and she was arrested on April 18, 2002 and sentenced to 17 years imprisonment but the sentence was reduced to 15 years after she appealed against the court's decision.
During her detention, Jarboni suffered from deliberate medical neglect which caused her an acute inflammation in her gallbladder and she had to wait for more than a year to get the permission of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) to undergo the badly needed surgery.
The devastated family of Jarboni said: "The hardest time of our daughter's detention was when she was excluded from the prisoner exchange deal in 2011," and added, "Her 70-year-old mother keeps visiting her in spite of her disease and suffering, hoping that one day her daughter will restore her freedom."
Lina al-Jarboni, the oldest serving female prisoner in the Israeli jails, is extremely suffering from harsh detention conditions and is being deprived of her simplest rights, which exposes the duplicity of this unjust world which is calling for women's rights while the Palestinian women are horribly suffering in the Israeli jails.
Jarboni, who is being held in Hasharon prison, has been playing a leadership role among the Palestinian female detainees as she represents them in front of the prison administration and tries to defend their rights
Jarboni was born in November 1974 in Arraba town, and she was arrested on April 18, 2002 and sentenced to 17 years imprisonment but the sentence was reduced to 15 years after she appealed against the court's decision.
During her detention, Jarboni suffered from deliberate medical neglect which caused her an acute inflammation in her gallbladder and she had to wait for more than a year to get the permission of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) to undergo the badly needed surgery.
The devastated family of Jarboni said: "The hardest time of our daughter's detention was when she was excluded from the prisoner exchange deal in 2011," and added, "Her 70-year-old mother keeps visiting her in spite of her disease and suffering, hoping that one day her daughter will restore her freedom."
