13 mar 2016
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has said that three Palestinian wounded prisoners suffer from deliberate medical neglect in the infirmary of the Ramla jail.
According to a report published on the PPS website, 24-year-old Mohamed Shalaldeh, from al-Khalil, suffers from partial memory loss and impaired concentration.
Shalaldeh suffered serious injuries in his head, shoulders and chest and went into a coma for several days after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him on October 21, 2015.
17-year-old Jalal al-Sharawneh, another prisoner from al-Khalil, suffers from obvious medical neglect that has led to the amputation of his leg. He needs surgery to implant a prosthetic leg. He suffered a bullet injury during his detention on October 10, 2015.
As for 15-year-old prisoner Othman Shaalan from Bethlehem, he has become unable to walk without others' help since a Jewish settler shot him in his left leg on January 18.
According to a report published on the PPS website, 24-year-old Mohamed Shalaldeh, from al-Khalil, suffers from partial memory loss and impaired concentration.
Shalaldeh suffered serious injuries in his head, shoulders and chest and went into a coma for several days after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him on October 21, 2015.
17-year-old Jalal al-Sharawneh, another prisoner from al-Khalil, suffers from obvious medical neglect that has led to the amputation of his leg. He needs surgery to implant a prosthetic leg. He suffered a bullet injury during his detention on October 10, 2015.
As for 15-year-old prisoner Othman Shaalan from Bethlehem, he has become unable to walk without others' help since a Jewish settler shot him in his left leg on January 18.
Israeli occupation soldiers arrested a Palestinian girl in northern al-Khalil on Sunday afternoon for allegedly trying to stab one of them.
The PIC reporter said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained the girl Suzan Shehde Ghneimat, 16, from Surif town to the west of al-Khalil, claiming she tried to carry out a stabbing attack at Gush Etzion junction to the north of al-Khalil.
The IOF had recently rounded up a group of Palestinian young women and children in al-Khalil province at the pretext of trying to stab soldiers.
The PIC reporter said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained the girl Suzan Shehde Ghneimat, 16, from Surif town to the west of al-Khalil, claiming she tried to carry out a stabbing attack at Gush Etzion junction to the north of al-Khalil.
The IOF had recently rounded up a group of Palestinian young women and children in al-Khalil province at the pretext of trying to stab soldiers.
Israeli soldiers, invaded on Sunday at dawn several Palestinian districts in different parts of the occupied West Bank, stormed and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped, at least, fifteen Palestinians. The soldiers also shot and injured a child, east of Gaza city.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
The PPS stated the soldiers invaded Doura town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped Khaled Mohammad al-Fasfous, 25, and Suleiman Faqqousa after confiscating his car.
Al-Fasfous is the brother of Mohammad, who is held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, and declared a hunger strike on February 20th.
The soldiers also invaded the town of ath-Thaheriyya, south of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped Ghazi Hasan Qaisiyya, 53, Saif Hashem Qaisiyya, 25, his brother Nabil, 23, and Emad Suleiman Qaisiyya, 35, after searching their homes.
The PPS also stated that the soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Rami Abdul-Hamid Hammouda, 34, Mohammad Khaled Shehada, 17, journalist Muhammad Hmeida Zaghloul, and Mahmoud Omar Zayed, 33, the brother of Bilal Zayed, 23, who was shot dead, along with two other Palestinians, by Israeli soldiers invading the refugee camp, on December 24, 2015.
Local sources said the soldiers surrounded the refugee camp, and invaded it from several directions, before storming and searching many homes.
In the West Bank district of Bethlehem, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The kidnapped residents have been identified as, the head of the Detainees’ Committee in Bethlehem, Mohammad Khalil Hameeda (Zaghoul), 40, from Beit Jala city, Mustafa Adel Asakra, 19, and Mohammad Atef al-Kamel, 22, from al-‘Asakra village in Bethlehem.
It is worth mentioning that Zaghoul is also an anchor with Radio Bethlehem 2000, where he hosts a show about the Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel.
The soldiers also invaded Hindaza area, east of Bethlehem, and summoned Laith Suleiman Obeyyat, 21, for interrogation in the Gush Etzion military base, after searching his home.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped a young Palestinian, identified as Dia’ Akkoub.
In addition, several army vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Mohammad Issa al-Ghazzawi, 23, after searching his home.
In the northern West Bank district Jenin, the soldiers installed a roadblock on the main entrance of Qabatia town, south of Jenin city, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Abdullah Sabaghna.
In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian child, 16 years of age, suffered a moderate injury, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fire on him.
Eyewitnesses said the child was collecting stones, close to the al-Mintar (Karni) Crossing, to be recycled and used in constructions in the besieged coastal region.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
The PPS stated the soldiers invaded Doura town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped Khaled Mohammad al-Fasfous, 25, and Suleiman Faqqousa after confiscating his car.
Al-Fasfous is the brother of Mohammad, who is held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, and declared a hunger strike on February 20th.
The soldiers also invaded the town of ath-Thaheriyya, south of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped Ghazi Hasan Qaisiyya, 53, Saif Hashem Qaisiyya, 25, his brother Nabil, 23, and Emad Suleiman Qaisiyya, 35, after searching their homes.
The PPS also stated that the soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Rami Abdul-Hamid Hammouda, 34, Mohammad Khaled Shehada, 17, journalist Muhammad Hmeida Zaghloul, and Mahmoud Omar Zayed, 33, the brother of Bilal Zayed, 23, who was shot dead, along with two other Palestinians, by Israeli soldiers invading the refugee camp, on December 24, 2015.
Local sources said the soldiers surrounded the refugee camp, and invaded it from several directions, before storming and searching many homes.
In the West Bank district of Bethlehem, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped three Palestinians.
The kidnapped residents have been identified as, the head of the Detainees’ Committee in Bethlehem, Mohammad Khalil Hameeda (Zaghoul), 40, from Beit Jala city, Mustafa Adel Asakra, 19, and Mohammad Atef al-Kamel, 22, from al-‘Asakra village in Bethlehem.
It is worth mentioning that Zaghoul is also an anchor with Radio Bethlehem 2000, where he hosts a show about the Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel.
The soldiers also invaded Hindaza area, east of Bethlehem, and summoned Laith Suleiman Obeyyat, 21, for interrogation in the Gush Etzion military base, after searching his home.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped a young Palestinian, identified as Dia’ Akkoub.
In addition, several army vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Mohammad Issa al-Ghazzawi, 23, after searching his home.
In the northern West Bank district Jenin, the soldiers installed a roadblock on the main entrance of Qabatia town, south of Jenin city, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Abdullah Sabaghna.
In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian child, 16 years of age, suffered a moderate injury, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fire on him.
Eyewitnesses said the child was collecting stones, close to the al-Mintar (Karni) Crossing, to be recycled and used in constructions in the besieged coastal region.
journalist Muhammad Hmeida Zaghloul
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday in an abduction sweep rocking the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the Israeli occupation troops rolled into Nablus city and kidnapped 21-year-old Dhiaa Akoub after they ravaged his family home.
The IOF further stormed Ourata town, in southern Nablus, and wreaked havoc on civilian homes. The IOF kidnapped 22-year-old Mahmoud Azawi from his own family home in Jenin’s southern town of Yabad, in the northern Occupied West Bank.
The IOF reportedly sealed off the main entrances to Yabad with makeshift roadblocks after they stormed it in over 10 military jeeps. The IOF raked through residential neighborhoods in Yabad and rummaged into civilian buildings under the pretext that arms were found in the area.
Sources based in Bethlehem said the IOF kidnapped the chairman of the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Association, journalist Muhammad Hmeida Zaghloul, along with two other Palestinians from the city.
The occupation soldiers also kidnapped the brother of hunger-striking detainee Mahmoud al-Fasfous, Khaled, along with citizen Salim Fakouseh after they confiscated his private car.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinian youths from the Qalandiya refugee camp, in Occupied Jerusalem.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday in an abduction sweep rocking the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the Israeli occupation troops rolled into Nablus city and kidnapped 21-year-old Dhiaa Akoub after they ravaged his family home.
The IOF further stormed Ourata town, in southern Nablus, and wreaked havoc on civilian homes. The IOF kidnapped 22-year-old Mahmoud Azawi from his own family home in Jenin’s southern town of Yabad, in the northern Occupied West Bank.
The IOF reportedly sealed off the main entrances to Yabad with makeshift roadblocks after they stormed it in over 10 military jeeps. The IOF raked through residential neighborhoods in Yabad and rummaged into civilian buildings under the pretext that arms were found in the area.
Sources based in Bethlehem said the IOF kidnapped the chairman of the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Association, journalist Muhammad Hmeida Zaghloul, along with two other Palestinians from the city.
The occupation soldiers also kidnapped the brother of hunger-striking detainee Mahmoud al-Fasfous, Khaled, along with citizen Salim Fakouseh after they confiscated his private car.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinian youths from the Qalandiya refugee camp, in Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 150 Palestinians for their posts on Facebook and charged some of them with incitement against Israel and held others under administrative detention.
The Detainee and Ex-detainee committee said, in a statement on Saturday, that the Israeli government formed what is called “Arab Cyber Force” in the Israeli police for the purpose of chasing Palestinian social networks.
The arrests were focused in Occupied Jerusalem in consistence with the Israeli policy of tightening the noose on Jerusalemite people. The committee revealed that the Israeli penalty for expressing political opinions on Facebook is either dismissing captives from their work positions inside 1948 Occupied Palestine or deporting them outside of their neighborhoods.
The committee considered such penalties as arbitrary confiscation of the right of expression.
The Detainee and Ex-detainee committee said, in a statement on Saturday, that the Israeli government formed what is called “Arab Cyber Force” in the Israeli police for the purpose of chasing Palestinian social networks.
The arrests were focused in Occupied Jerusalem in consistence with the Israeli policy of tightening the noose on Jerusalemite people. The committee revealed that the Israeli penalty for expressing political opinions on Facebook is either dismissing captives from their work positions inside 1948 Occupied Palestine or deporting them outside of their neighborhoods.
The committee considered such penalties as arbitrary confiscation of the right of expression.
12 mar 2016
Two Palestinians have been injured Friday, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation after Israeli soldiers invaded Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The army invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, and clashed with many Palestinians, wounding three. Clashes also took place near the Ofer detention center.
A large military force gathered near Settlement Road #60, close to Silwad town, before dozens of soldiers invaded the Shuhada Street, and were deployed between many homes, to ambush the protesters.
The soldiers fired many gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets, and sponge-tipped bullets, wounding two Palestinians with sponge-tipped bullets from a very close range.
The army also fired many gas bombs on the protesters, and towards a number of homes in the town, causing dozens of residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, and fired dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding three Palestinians, while many suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Clashes also took place near the Ofer Israeli detention center and military base; the soldiers fired many gas bombs on the protesters, who managed to throw some of those gas bombs back on the troops. Many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
On Friday evening, the soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of Jenin, and installed a roadblock, closing the town’s main road, before kidnapping two young Palestinian men.
The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of the passengers while interrogating some of them.
A large military force gathered near Settlement Road #60, close to Silwad town, before dozens of soldiers invaded the Shuhada Street, and were deployed between many homes, to ambush the protesters.
The soldiers fired many gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets, and sponge-tipped bullets, wounding two Palestinians with sponge-tipped bullets from a very close range.
The army also fired many gas bombs on the protesters, and towards a number of homes in the town, causing dozens of residents to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, and fired dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding three Palestinians, while many suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Clashes also took place near the Ofer Israeli detention center and military base; the soldiers fired many gas bombs on the protesters, who managed to throw some of those gas bombs back on the troops. Many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
On Friday evening, the soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of Jenin, and installed a roadblock, closing the town’s main road, before kidnapping two young Palestinian men.
The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of the passengers while interrogating some of them.
11 mar 2016
Captive Yousri al-Masri was arrested in 2003, he was a college freshman then, and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment on the charge of resisting the Israeli occupation.
Five years ago, he was diagnosed with lymph cancer. His condition deteriorated to the extent that he speaks with difficulty now. Captive Masri suffers from health problems in the liver, bone marrow, lymph nodes and eyes.
He is one of the most suffering prisoners afflicted with cancer, but the Israeli occupation authority refuses to release him or provide him the necessary treatment.
His family, relatives and friends are intensely worried about him because whenever they get news from prison about his health condition, they are always unpleasant. In his last phone call with his mother, Yousri asked his mother to pray for him as he is suffering from deteriorating health problems; therefore, he is waiting for martyrdom at any moment after the Israeli prison authority refused to provide him with treatment.
Since last summer, Yousri's brothers have been trying to conceal from their mother any new information from the prison; because this information often carries more pain and anxiety about a living martyr whose life is at a stake.
A living martyr
Many of his relatives and people who know him visit his mother regularly to check on him, especially after reports of his deteriorating health condition in an unprecedented way.
His mother's replies to inquiries about him always asked for prayers for his recovery and freedom. She told a PIC reporter that, Yousri recently lost the ability to speak because of his enlarged glands, in addition, the pains in his intestines, liver and eyes have greatly increased.
Captive Masri's mother told the story of his transfer a few days before by the Israeli Prison Service for 12 hours in the "Bosta", an Israeli prison vehicle in which the detainees are transported shackled to iron chairs for long hours, from Negev prison to Nafha prison, and detaining him for long hours before admitting him into the prison cell.
She met in the past months the First Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Dr. Ahmed Bahar and leaders of Hamas. She briefed them on the serious developments of her son's condition, telling them that she even wishes that he was a martyr in the war dubbed Al-Asf Al-Makul by Hamas.
The mother held the IOA responsible for his life, for refusing to provide him the necessary treatment. His brother, Yasser, who participated in many protests and delivered statements about his sick brother, believes that Yousri and a lot of other sick prisoners are being deliberately left without proper treatment.
He added to a PIC reporter that his brother, "was recently transferred from Eshel prison to Negev prison via Bosta, and was not given his medication nor his last chemotherapy dose. He is suffering severely from illnesses and emaciation. Mom visited him two and a half months ago and found that he speaks with difficulty."
Friends of prison
There have been reports in the recent months about the possibility of releasing captive Yousri Masri, as he was listed in a proposed list of seriously ill prisoners to be released, but the IOA backtracked on its promises.
Jalal Saqr, ex-prisoner and a representative of Waed Society for prisoners and ex-prisoners, confirmed that the IOA controls the list of sick prisoners with serious illnesses, and has deleted several prisoners' names from the list.
He told the PIC reporter, "We, as ex-prisoners, along with Waed Society stand by prisoner Yousri and his family, and we are trying to activate the media and human rights groups and incite the Palestinian resistance on making sick prisoners among its priorities for any future deals."
Ex-prisoner Fuad Abu Oumren, who came to visit captive Yousri's mother in solidarity with his critical health condition, told a PIC reporter, that he was imprisoned with Yousri in one section, and witnessed his condition and his illness but it was relatively better then. Fuad said: "But Yousri always enjoyed high spirits".
Five years ago, he was diagnosed with lymph cancer. His condition deteriorated to the extent that he speaks with difficulty now. Captive Masri suffers from health problems in the liver, bone marrow, lymph nodes and eyes.
He is one of the most suffering prisoners afflicted with cancer, but the Israeli occupation authority refuses to release him or provide him the necessary treatment.
His family, relatives and friends are intensely worried about him because whenever they get news from prison about his health condition, they are always unpleasant. In his last phone call with his mother, Yousri asked his mother to pray for him as he is suffering from deteriorating health problems; therefore, he is waiting for martyrdom at any moment after the Israeli prison authority refused to provide him with treatment.
Since last summer, Yousri's brothers have been trying to conceal from their mother any new information from the prison; because this information often carries more pain and anxiety about a living martyr whose life is at a stake.
A living martyr
Many of his relatives and people who know him visit his mother regularly to check on him, especially after reports of his deteriorating health condition in an unprecedented way.
His mother's replies to inquiries about him always asked for prayers for his recovery and freedom. She told a PIC reporter that, Yousri recently lost the ability to speak because of his enlarged glands, in addition, the pains in his intestines, liver and eyes have greatly increased.
Captive Masri's mother told the story of his transfer a few days before by the Israeli Prison Service for 12 hours in the "Bosta", an Israeli prison vehicle in which the detainees are transported shackled to iron chairs for long hours, from Negev prison to Nafha prison, and detaining him for long hours before admitting him into the prison cell.
She met in the past months the First Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Dr. Ahmed Bahar and leaders of Hamas. She briefed them on the serious developments of her son's condition, telling them that she even wishes that he was a martyr in the war dubbed Al-Asf Al-Makul by Hamas.
The mother held the IOA responsible for his life, for refusing to provide him the necessary treatment. His brother, Yasser, who participated in many protests and delivered statements about his sick brother, believes that Yousri and a lot of other sick prisoners are being deliberately left without proper treatment.
He added to a PIC reporter that his brother, "was recently transferred from Eshel prison to Negev prison via Bosta, and was not given his medication nor his last chemotherapy dose. He is suffering severely from illnesses and emaciation. Mom visited him two and a half months ago and found that he speaks with difficulty."
Friends of prison
There have been reports in the recent months about the possibility of releasing captive Yousri Masri, as he was listed in a proposed list of seriously ill prisoners to be released, but the IOA backtracked on its promises.
Jalal Saqr, ex-prisoner and a representative of Waed Society for prisoners and ex-prisoners, confirmed that the IOA controls the list of sick prisoners with serious illnesses, and has deleted several prisoners' names from the list.
He told the PIC reporter, "We, as ex-prisoners, along with Waed Society stand by prisoner Yousri and his family, and we are trying to activate the media and human rights groups and incite the Palestinian resistance on making sick prisoners among its priorities for any future deals."
Ex-prisoner Fuad Abu Oumren, who came to visit captive Yousri's mother in solidarity with his critical health condition, told a PIC reporter, that he was imprisoned with Yousri in one section, and witnessed his condition and his illness but it was relatively better then. Fuad said: "But Yousri always enjoyed high spirits".
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and on Friday morning kidnapped 13 Palestinians during campaigns in different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnapped four Palestinians from the family of Masalma and another one identified as Ahmed Abu Jamal during raids on their homes in Beit Awa town, south of al-Khalil city.
The IOF also stormed a house belonging to al-Shuwaiki family in al-Haras neighborhood in al-Khalil and handed one of its son a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
Three other citizens were taken prisoners in IOF campaigns in Kafr Jamal town, northwest of Qalqiliya, and the towns of Ein Yabrud and Beit Awa al-Tahta, east and west of Ramallah.
In Jericho, the IOF detained two citizens during a campaign in al-Awja town. In Jerusalem, the Israeli police kidnapped two young men from the family of al-Fakhuri from Bab Hitta neighborhood near the Aqsa Mosque.
Last night, a young man called Husam Mustafa was kidnapped from his car in al-Issawiya district in Jerusalem.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnapped four Palestinians from the family of Masalma and another one identified as Ahmed Abu Jamal during raids on their homes in Beit Awa town, south of al-Khalil city.
The IOF also stormed a house belonging to al-Shuwaiki family in al-Haras neighborhood in al-Khalil and handed one of its son a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
Three other citizens were taken prisoners in IOF campaigns in Kafr Jamal town, northwest of Qalqiliya, and the towns of Ein Yabrud and Beit Awa al-Tahta, east and west of Ramallah.
In Jericho, the IOF detained two citizens during a campaign in al-Awja town. In Jerusalem, the Israeli police kidnapped two young men from the family of al-Fakhuri from Bab Hitta neighborhood near the Aqsa Mosque.
Last night, a young man called Husam Mustafa was kidnapped from his car in al-Issawiya district in Jerusalem.
A stab attack took place near Hebron Gate of occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City Friday leaving one Israeli injured Israeli police said.
Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said a 29-year-old Israeli was stabbed in the upper body near the gate -- also known as Jaffa Gate -- by a suspect who fled the area.
After searching the area, al-Samri said, police and border guards found a knife near the scene of the attack and later located a 19-year-old Palestinian from the occupied West Bank town of Qabalan near Nablus.
The teen was found hiding in an Old City alley and detained by police, al-Samri said.
The Israeli was transferred to a hospital with light to moderate wounds.
The Old City has been the site of a number small-scale attacks carried out by Palestinian individuals that initially increased in October before spreading to the occupied West Bank.
Attacks taking place in Jerusalem have primarily targeted Israeli forces stationed near Damascus Gate, an entrance to the Muslim Quarter.
A 50-year-old Palestinian woman on Tuesday was shot dead by Israeli forces after she allegedly attempted to stab Israeli officers stationed on al-Wad Street inside the Old City.
She was the first of seven Palestinians to be shot dead during a 24-hour period after allegedly carrying out six attacks across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory that left one American tourist dead and at least 12 Israelis injured.
Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said a 29-year-old Israeli was stabbed in the upper body near the gate -- also known as Jaffa Gate -- by a suspect who fled the area.
After searching the area, al-Samri said, police and border guards found a knife near the scene of the attack and later located a 19-year-old Palestinian from the occupied West Bank town of Qabalan near Nablus.
The teen was found hiding in an Old City alley and detained by police, al-Samri said.
The Israeli was transferred to a hospital with light to moderate wounds.
The Old City has been the site of a number small-scale attacks carried out by Palestinian individuals that initially increased in October before spreading to the occupied West Bank.
Attacks taking place in Jerusalem have primarily targeted Israeli forces stationed near Damascus Gate, an entrance to the Muslim Quarter.
A 50-year-old Palestinian woman on Tuesday was shot dead by Israeli forces after she allegedly attempted to stab Israeli officers stationed on al-Wad Street inside the Old City.
She was the first of seven Palestinians to be shot dead during a 24-hour period after allegedly carrying out six attacks across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory that left one American tourist dead and at least 12 Israelis injured.
Ofer Israeli military court, in the Ramallah region, on Thursday morning, 10 March 2016, has agreed to release activist Manal Tamimi (43) after two days of detention, on a fine of 4,000 shekels (approximately $1,000), and other restrictions.
Restrictions include that Manal does not publish any Facebook posts or photos about one of the Israeli border guards (Yousef Nasser Eddin), who complained that she shared a video of him violently attacking Palestinian paramedics and journalists, during clashes near Beit El checkpoint, to the north of Ramallah, back in October of 2015.
Manal was also conditioned, according to the PNN, not to direct any “virtual threats” against any Israeli officers.
On Wednesday, the court decided to extend Manal’s arrest until Friday, 11 March 2016.
On 8 March 2016, International Women’s Day, Manal was kidnapped from her home in Al-Nabi Saleh village, also near Ramallah, after Israeli forces stormed the home at 1:30 AM.
Restrictions include that Manal does not publish any Facebook posts or photos about one of the Israeli border guards (Yousef Nasser Eddin), who complained that she shared a video of him violently attacking Palestinian paramedics and journalists, during clashes near Beit El checkpoint, to the north of Ramallah, back in October of 2015.
Manal was also conditioned, according to the PNN, not to direct any “virtual threats” against any Israeli officers.
On Wednesday, the court decided to extend Manal’s arrest until Friday, 11 March 2016.
On 8 March 2016, International Women’s Day, Manal was kidnapped from her home in Al-Nabi Saleh village, also near Ramallah, after Israeli forces stormed the home at 1:30 AM.
Israeli forces detained at least 250 Palestinian workers without work permits inside Israel by the end of the day Thursday, Israeli police said.
Israeli forces also raided 341 shops and work sites and administratively closed businesses that employ undocumented workers, police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said.
A total of 30 Israelis were also detained for assisting undocumented Palestinian workers, including driving the workers or providing employment and accommodation.
Israeli forces pledged to continue the search campaign for Palestinians working illegally in Israel “in order to maintain public safety in the country,” al-Samri said.
The detention campaign followed a deadly attack in the coastal city of Jaffa on Tuesday carried out by a Palestinian reportedly living and working in Israel illegally.
The Palestinian, identified as Bashar Masalha, 22, was a resident of the occupied West Bank town of Hajja. The attack left an American tourist dead and nine others injured, and was the second attack to take place inside Israel that day.
Following Tuesday’s attacks, Israeli Minister of Internal Security Gilad Erdan, ordered the police with “clear and strict directions to expel anyone who is illegally in Israel,” in addition to continuing to fight "terrorism" everywhere and making those involved in "terrorism pay an expensive price without exceptions,” according to al-Samri.
In addition to cracking down on Palestinians working illegally inside Israel, Israeli forces deported the family of a Palestinian killed after shooting two Israeli officers from Jerusalem to the West Bank. Israel has in the past revoked Jerusalem residency from family members of Palestinians who carry out attacks on Israelis.
In December, Erdan proposed legislation allowing Israeli police to close a business or a construction site for 30 days if residents of the West Bank were working there illegally, also imposing a fine on employers housing undocumented workers.
Tens of thousands of Palestinian workers are forced to seek a living by working in Israel as the growth of an independent Palestinian economy has been stifled in the West Bank under the ongoing Israeli military occupation, according to Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem.
60 Palestinians without Permits Detained inside Israel
Israeli police, on Wednesday, reportedly detained at least 60 Palestinian workers who were caught inside the Israel border without work permits.
According to Hebrew media, Israeli forces detained 25 Palestinians from northern Israel, 15 from the Tel Aviv area, and 20 from the Negev.
The detention campaign follows a deadly attack in the Israeli coastal city of Jaffa, on Tuesday, where a Palestinian who had reportedly been living and working in Israel, illegally, stabbed and killed an American tourist and injured at least nine others.
The Palestinian, identified as Bashar Masalha, 22, was shot dead at the scene.
In addition to cracking down on workers inside Israel illegally, Israeli forces on Wednesday announced that work permits would be revoked from Palestinians residing in Masalha’s hometown of Hajja village, in the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin.
The move, Ma'an further reports, was the second time this year that Israeli authorities have revoked work permits from entire areas, following attacks carried out by individual actors.
Early last month, Israeli authorities announced that work permits were being revoked from residents of Qabatia, a village in the northern occupied West Bank, after a deadly attack carried out by three teens from the village.
Palestinians who seek to work in Israel need a special work permit usually granted by the Israeli Civil Administration, in coordination with the Israeli Ministry of Labor, but such permits are difficult to obtain.
Immigration of a foreign workforce into Israel increased, primarily during both the First and Second Intifadas, as Israeli employers sought to replace Palestinian workers who were unable to come to work, due to severe Israeli restrictions on movement, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.
Despite this, the Bank of Israel reported that, in March, the number of West Bank Palestinians working in Israel -- legally and illegally -- has doubled in the past four years.
Tens of thousands of Palestinian workers are forced to seek a living by working in Israel, as the growth of an independent Palestinian economy has been stifled, in the occupied West Bank, under the ongoing Israeli military occupation, according to Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem.
Israeli forces also raided 341 shops and work sites and administratively closed businesses that employ undocumented workers, police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said.
A total of 30 Israelis were also detained for assisting undocumented Palestinian workers, including driving the workers or providing employment and accommodation.
Israeli forces pledged to continue the search campaign for Palestinians working illegally in Israel “in order to maintain public safety in the country,” al-Samri said.
The detention campaign followed a deadly attack in the coastal city of Jaffa on Tuesday carried out by a Palestinian reportedly living and working in Israel illegally.
The Palestinian, identified as Bashar Masalha, 22, was a resident of the occupied West Bank town of Hajja. The attack left an American tourist dead and nine others injured, and was the second attack to take place inside Israel that day.
Following Tuesday’s attacks, Israeli Minister of Internal Security Gilad Erdan, ordered the police with “clear and strict directions to expel anyone who is illegally in Israel,” in addition to continuing to fight "terrorism" everywhere and making those involved in "terrorism pay an expensive price without exceptions,” according to al-Samri.
In addition to cracking down on Palestinians working illegally inside Israel, Israeli forces deported the family of a Palestinian killed after shooting two Israeli officers from Jerusalem to the West Bank. Israel has in the past revoked Jerusalem residency from family members of Palestinians who carry out attacks on Israelis.
In December, Erdan proposed legislation allowing Israeli police to close a business or a construction site for 30 days if residents of the West Bank were working there illegally, also imposing a fine on employers housing undocumented workers.
Tens of thousands of Palestinian workers are forced to seek a living by working in Israel as the growth of an independent Palestinian economy has been stifled in the West Bank under the ongoing Israeli military occupation, according to Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem.
60 Palestinians without Permits Detained inside Israel
Israeli police, on Wednesday, reportedly detained at least 60 Palestinian workers who were caught inside the Israel border without work permits.
According to Hebrew media, Israeli forces detained 25 Palestinians from northern Israel, 15 from the Tel Aviv area, and 20 from the Negev.
The detention campaign follows a deadly attack in the Israeli coastal city of Jaffa, on Tuesday, where a Palestinian who had reportedly been living and working in Israel, illegally, stabbed and killed an American tourist and injured at least nine others.
The Palestinian, identified as Bashar Masalha, 22, was shot dead at the scene.
In addition to cracking down on workers inside Israel illegally, Israeli forces on Wednesday announced that work permits would be revoked from Palestinians residing in Masalha’s hometown of Hajja village, in the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin.
The move, Ma'an further reports, was the second time this year that Israeli authorities have revoked work permits from entire areas, following attacks carried out by individual actors.
Early last month, Israeli authorities announced that work permits were being revoked from residents of Qabatia, a village in the northern occupied West Bank, after a deadly attack carried out by three teens from the village.
Palestinians who seek to work in Israel need a special work permit usually granted by the Israeli Civil Administration, in coordination with the Israeli Ministry of Labor, but such permits are difficult to obtain.
Immigration of a foreign workforce into Israel increased, primarily during both the First and Second Intifadas, as Israeli employers sought to replace Palestinian workers who were unable to come to work, due to severe Israeli restrictions on movement, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.
Despite this, the Bank of Israel reported that, in March, the number of West Bank Palestinians working in Israel -- legally and illegally -- has doubled in the past four years.
Tens of thousands of Palestinian workers are forced to seek a living by working in Israel, as the growth of an independent Palestinian economy has been stifled, in the occupied West Bank, under the ongoing Israeli military occupation, according to Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem.
Israeli soldiers have kidnaped, on Friday at dawn, three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while two others were kidnapped on Thursday evening.
Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded the al-Khader town, south of the city, and kidnapped Mahmoud Hasan Salah, 27, after invading his home and searching it. Salah is a former political prisoner, who was repeatedly kidnapped by the army and spent several years in detention.
The soldiers also invaded Bab Hatta neighborhood, leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Taher Fakhouri and Mohammad Fakhouri.
On Thursday at night, the soldiers invaded the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped one Palestinian, after stopping his car as he was driving back home. He has been identified as Husam Mustafa.
On Thursday evening, the soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian on a sudden military roadblock, installed on the main road leading to ‘Arraba town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The Palestinian, identified as Nabil Samir Sa’adi, 23, is from Sielet al-Harethiyya town, northwest of Jenin.
Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded the al-Khader town, south of the city, and kidnapped Mahmoud Hasan Salah, 27, after invading his home and searching it. Salah is a former political prisoner, who was repeatedly kidnapped by the army and spent several years in detention.
The soldiers also invaded Bab Hatta neighborhood, leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Taher Fakhouri and Mohammad Fakhouri.
On Thursday at night, the soldiers invaded the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped one Palestinian, after stopping his car as he was driving back home. He has been identified as Husam Mustafa.
On Thursday evening, the soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian on a sudden military roadblock, installed on the main road leading to ‘Arraba town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The Palestinian, identified as Nabil Samir Sa’adi, 23, is from Sielet al-Harethiyya town, northwest of Jenin.
An Israeli court on Thursday extended the detention of Palestinian journalist Sami al-Sa'ie for several days, pending further investigation.
The wife of the journalist said that the military court of Salem extended the detention of Sa'ie for eight days in order to give Israeli interrogators more time to finish questioning him.
The wife added that the court accused her husband of inciting to violence on Facebook pages.
Sa'ie, for his part, rejected the charge leveled against him and asserted that he was only doing his job in a professional manner, according to his wife. Israeli soldiers last Wednesday stormed and ransacked the house of the journalist at dawn in Tulkarem city and interrogated him on site before taking him handcuffed to Hawara military camp, south of Nablus. He works as a news editor for al-Fajer al-Jadeed satellite channel in Tulkarem.
The wife of the journalist said that the military court of Salem extended the detention of Sa'ie for eight days in order to give Israeli interrogators more time to finish questioning him.
The wife added that the court accused her husband of inciting to violence on Facebook pages.
Sa'ie, for his part, rejected the charge leveled against him and asserted that he was only doing his job in a professional manner, according to his wife. Israeli soldiers last Wednesday stormed and ransacked the house of the journalist at dawn in Tulkarem city and interrogated him on site before taking him handcuffed to Hawara military camp, south of Nablus. He works as a news editor for al-Fajer al-Jadeed satellite channel in Tulkarem.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday stormed the office of the Filastin al-Yawm TV Channel in the occupied West Bank and arrested three journalists, including the office director.
A PIC journalist said the IOF arrested the director of the Filastin al-Yawm TV Channel, journalist Farouq Alyat, from his own family home in Birzeit town, in Ramallah. Heavily-armed occupation troops broke into the headquarters of the Filastin al-Yawm TV Channel and the Trans Media Company in the Bank al-Quds apartment, in al-Bireh, and confiscated their equipment before they posted a military order ruling for shutting down the Filastin al-Yawm TV office.
Photojournalist Muhammad Amr and broadcasting technician Shabib Shbeib were arrested by the occupation soldiers in the assault. The break-in comes just a few hours after the Israeli cabinet, on Thursday, opted for shutting down Palestinian media channels which broadcast incitement for anti-occupation activism against Israelis and expanding prosecution against those who incite.
The Palestinian Journalists’ Union firmly condemned the assault, saying it rather makes part of a series of preplanned Israeli crimes against Palestinian journalists and mass media.
The group called on the Arab and international journalists’ unions to express their condemnation of such Israeli violations and to urge the Israeli cabinet to backtrack on its oppressive measures against Palestinian journalists.
A PIC journalist said the IOF arrested the director of the Filastin al-Yawm TV Channel, journalist Farouq Alyat, from his own family home in Birzeit town, in Ramallah. Heavily-armed occupation troops broke into the headquarters of the Filastin al-Yawm TV Channel and the Trans Media Company in the Bank al-Quds apartment, in al-Bireh, and confiscated their equipment before they posted a military order ruling for shutting down the Filastin al-Yawm TV office.
Photojournalist Muhammad Amr and broadcasting technician Shabib Shbeib were arrested by the occupation soldiers in the assault. The break-in comes just a few hours after the Israeli cabinet, on Thursday, opted for shutting down Palestinian media channels which broadcast incitement for anti-occupation activism against Israelis and expanding prosecution against those who incite.
The Palestinian Journalists’ Union firmly condemned the assault, saying it rather makes part of a series of preplanned Israeli crimes against Palestinian journalists and mass media.
The group called on the Arab and international journalists’ unions to express their condemnation of such Israeli violations and to urge the Israeli cabinet to backtrack on its oppressive measures against Palestinian journalists.
58-year-old Palestinian detainee Muhammad Adi, held in the Israeli Ofer jail for the third week, has gone through a sharp health deterioration, the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies (PPCS) reported.
Head of PPCS, Osama Shaheen, said cancer-stricken Adi has been diagnosed with several critical diseases, including cardiovascular disorders.
Shortly before he was arrested, prisoner Adi had undergone an open-heart surgery and a colorectal cancer surgery in al-Khalil’s public hospital. PPCS head held the Israeli occupation authorities and prison service responsible for any turn for the worse Adi’s health might take.
The Israeli Ofer military court turned down an appeal to release the detainee. The center called on the international institutions, most notably Doctors without Frontiers, and the Red Cross, to work on restoring Adi’s freedom so that he can receive the needed medical treatment.
Prisoner Adi, held in Section 16 in the Ofer lock-up, has been detained since February 2, 2016. He has spent a total of eight years in Israeli detention on 11 various past occasions.
Head of PPCS, Osama Shaheen, said cancer-stricken Adi has been diagnosed with several critical diseases, including cardiovascular disorders.
Shortly before he was arrested, prisoner Adi had undergone an open-heart surgery and a colorectal cancer surgery in al-Khalil’s public hospital. PPCS head held the Israeli occupation authorities and prison service responsible for any turn for the worse Adi’s health might take.
The Israeli Ofer military court turned down an appeal to release the detainee. The center called on the international institutions, most notably Doctors without Frontiers, and the Red Cross, to work on restoring Adi’s freedom so that he can receive the needed medical treatment.
Prisoner Adi, held in Section 16 in the Ofer lock-up, has been detained since February 2, 2016. He has spent a total of eight years in Israeli detention on 11 various past occasions.
A human rights group raised Thursday alarm bells over the medical neglect which an injured female Palestinian detainee has been subjected to in an Israeli lock-up.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), 21-year-old Yasmin Al-Zaro, from al-Khalil, has been suffering from excruciating pains as a result of a wound inflicted by Israeli bullet fire in February.
Yasmin was shot by the Israeli occupation soldiers after she allegedly attempted to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing. PPS said the detainee was hit with four bullets in her hand, feet, and stomach.
She received treatment at an Israeli hospital for a few days only and she was transferred to the HaSahron jail before she fully recovered. PPS lawyer quoted prisoner al-Zaro as stating that she was later transferred to hospital for some few more days following a sudden health deterioration, but she is still suffering from severe pains.
The detainee’s father, Rashad, said the family has received no updates on his daughter’s health status except that she is being held in the HaSharon jail without proper treatment. “The Israeli occupation authorities prevented us from visiting our daughter Yasmin and keeping tabs on her health condition,” the father added.
Prisoner al-Zaro was shot and injured by the occupation troops on February 14, 2016 near Muslims’ the Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext that she attempted to stab an occupation soldier.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), 21-year-old Yasmin Al-Zaro, from al-Khalil, has been suffering from excruciating pains as a result of a wound inflicted by Israeli bullet fire in February.
Yasmin was shot by the Israeli occupation soldiers after she allegedly attempted to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing. PPS said the detainee was hit with four bullets in her hand, feet, and stomach.
She received treatment at an Israeli hospital for a few days only and she was transferred to the HaSahron jail before she fully recovered. PPS lawyer quoted prisoner al-Zaro as stating that she was later transferred to hospital for some few more days following a sudden health deterioration, but she is still suffering from severe pains.
The detainee’s father, Rashad, said the family has received no updates on his daughter’s health status except that she is being held in the HaSharon jail without proper treatment. “The Israeli occupation authorities prevented us from visiting our daughter Yasmin and keeping tabs on her health condition,” the father added.
Prisoner al-Zaro was shot and injured by the occupation troops on February 14, 2016 near Muslims’ the Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext that she attempted to stab an occupation soldier.
