15 mar 2016
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian girl in southern Nablus on Tuesday morning after claiming she was planning to stab a soldier at Za’atara checkpoint.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that Israeli soldiers rounded up the 17-year-old girl Shaima Atatra, from Yabad in southern Jenin, after allegedly finding a knife in her possession.
She was taken in an IOF jeep to an unknown location, they added.
Hebrew media sources broadcasted a footage showing the knife that was allegedly found in the girl’s possession, and added that she was taken for investigation.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that Israeli soldiers rounded up the 17-year-old girl Shaima Atatra, from Yabad in southern Jenin, after allegedly finding a knife in her possession.
She was taken in an IOF jeep to an unknown location, they added.
Hebrew media sources broadcasted a footage showing the knife that was allegedly found in the girl’s possession, and added that she was taken for investigation.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, various districts of the occupied West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped 29 Palestinians. The soldiers also invaded Kadoori college, in Tulkarem, and searched several buildings. Army vehicles carried out a limited invasion into agricultural lands, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Media sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, have reported that the soldiers invaded Rommana village, west of the city, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Sa’id ‘Amro, 21, and Abdul-Rahman ‘Amour, after searching their homes.
In the nearby district of Tulkarem, the soldiers also stormed and searched homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
Resident Mohammad Abdul-Fattah Dameeri, 22, an engineering student at Kadoorie college, was kidnapped from his home in the Tulkarem refugee camp, while Waleed Mustafa Yahya, 50, was kidnapped in the Southern Neighborhood in Tulkarem.
The soldiers also invaded Kafr Jamal village, south of Tulkarem, searched homes and kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Ibrahim Jaber Toba, 22, Abdul-Razeq Hussein Toba, 23, and Ali Hussein Ali, 23.
Also in Tulkarem, dozens of soldiers invaded the Palestine Technical University (Kadoori), west of Tulkarem, and searched the Engineering College.
The Public Relations Office in Kadoori said a large military force invaded the campus and forced its guards to take them to the Engineering Department, before violently searching it.
It added that the soldiers caused damage to several lockers, and confiscated various documents, including posters, before withdrawing.
The Public Relations Office denounced the invasion, especially since the Kadoori has been subject to frequent Israeli military invasions and assaults, leading to excessive property damage and many injuries among the students and faculty, and called on international institutions to intervene and halt the Israeli escalation.
In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, the soldiers invaded Beit Forik town, east of Nablus city, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Odai Ziad Hanani, 18, and Marouf Nayef Abu Saud, 21.
The soldiers also summoned Ziad and Amir Abdul-Mon’em Khatatba, for interrogation.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, the soldiers kidnapped Ibrahim Shihda Abu Shaqra, 21, Mahdi Nasser Washha, 18, Adham Abu Ya’coub and Bajes Nakhla, 55.
Another Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Jeejy, was kidnapped from his home in Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of Nablus, in addition to two other Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Amjad Qatouni, and Mohammad Abdul-Hakim Nada.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped two young Palestinian women, identified as Enas Sa’id Abu Hilal, 25, and Wafa’ Odah Mohammad Abu Hilal, 30.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers kidnapped Abdul-Halim Mohammad Najajra, 18, from his work in Beitar Illit colony, illegally built on Palestinian lands, west of Nahhalin. Najajra is from Nahhalin village, west of Bethlehem.
The soldiers also kidnapped a child, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Yabes, 14, from his home in Bethlehem.
Several army vehicles also invaded the Saff Street, in the center of Bethlehem, and summoned Ala’ Abdul-Karim Saddouq, 36, for interrogation in Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded various communities, searched homes and kidnapped nine Palestinians.
Media sources said the soldiers kidnapped Riyadh Musallam Nammoura, from Abu al-‘Asja village, Ahmad Abdul-Jaleel Shahateet, from Doura town, and Ezzeddin Abu Rabea’, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, in addition to Abdul-Karim Mahmoud Mheisin, 17, Hazem Zweid, Mo’tasem Salah Jdei’, Hazem Mohammad Tarayra, 18, Mahmoud Mohammad Jawabra and Nassar Nasser Nassar.
One Palestinian, identified as Ismael Abu Fannar, was summoned for interrogation in Etzion after the soldiers invaded and searched his home in Yatta town.
The soldiers also installed several roadblocks in Hebron city, the main roads leading to Sa’ir, Halhoul and Hebron’s northern entrance, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians.
In the besieged Gaza Strip, several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers carried out a limited invasion into Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region, and uprooted some of them.
The soldiers also fired many rounds of live ammunition during the invasion, and while bulldozing the lands.
Media sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, have reported that the soldiers invaded Rommana village, west of the city, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Sa’id ‘Amro, 21, and Abdul-Rahman ‘Amour, after searching their homes.
In the nearby district of Tulkarem, the soldiers also stormed and searched homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
Resident Mohammad Abdul-Fattah Dameeri, 22, an engineering student at Kadoorie college, was kidnapped from his home in the Tulkarem refugee camp, while Waleed Mustafa Yahya, 50, was kidnapped in the Southern Neighborhood in Tulkarem.
The soldiers also invaded Kafr Jamal village, south of Tulkarem, searched homes and kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Ibrahim Jaber Toba, 22, Abdul-Razeq Hussein Toba, 23, and Ali Hussein Ali, 23.
Also in Tulkarem, dozens of soldiers invaded the Palestine Technical University (Kadoori), west of Tulkarem, and searched the Engineering College.
The Public Relations Office in Kadoori said a large military force invaded the campus and forced its guards to take them to the Engineering Department, before violently searching it.
It added that the soldiers caused damage to several lockers, and confiscated various documents, including posters, before withdrawing.
The Public Relations Office denounced the invasion, especially since the Kadoori has been subject to frequent Israeli military invasions and assaults, leading to excessive property damage and many injuries among the students and faculty, and called on international institutions to intervene and halt the Israeli escalation.
In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, the soldiers invaded Beit Forik town, east of Nablus city, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Odai Ziad Hanani, 18, and Marouf Nayef Abu Saud, 21.
The soldiers also summoned Ziad and Amir Abdul-Mon’em Khatatba, for interrogation.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, the soldiers kidnapped Ibrahim Shihda Abu Shaqra, 21, Mahdi Nasser Washha, 18, Adham Abu Ya’coub and Bajes Nakhla, 55.
Another Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Jeejy, was kidnapped from his home in Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of Nablus, in addition to two other Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Amjad Qatouni, and Mohammad Abdul-Hakim Nada.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped two young Palestinian women, identified as Enas Sa’id Abu Hilal, 25, and Wafa’ Odah Mohammad Abu Hilal, 30.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers kidnapped Abdul-Halim Mohammad Najajra, 18, from his work in Beitar Illit colony, illegally built on Palestinian lands, west of Nahhalin. Najajra is from Nahhalin village, west of Bethlehem.
The soldiers also kidnapped a child, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Yabes, 14, from his home in Bethlehem.
Several army vehicles also invaded the Saff Street, in the center of Bethlehem, and summoned Ala’ Abdul-Karim Saddouq, 36, for interrogation in Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded various communities, searched homes and kidnapped nine Palestinians.
Media sources said the soldiers kidnapped Riyadh Musallam Nammoura, from Abu al-‘Asja village, Ahmad Abdul-Jaleel Shahateet, from Doura town, and Ezzeddin Abu Rabea’, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, in addition to Abdul-Karim Mahmoud Mheisin, 17, Hazem Zweid, Mo’tasem Salah Jdei’, Hazem Mohammad Tarayra, 18, Mahmoud Mohammad Jawabra and Nassar Nasser Nassar.
One Palestinian, identified as Ismael Abu Fannar, was summoned for interrogation in Etzion after the soldiers invaded and searched his home in Yatta town.
The soldiers also installed several roadblocks in Hebron city, the main roads leading to Sa’ir, Halhoul and Hebron’s northern entrance, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians.
In the besieged Gaza Strip, several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers carried out a limited invasion into Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region, and uprooted some of them.
The soldiers also fired many rounds of live ammunition during the invasion, and while bulldozing the lands.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday evening arrested two Palestinian teenage girls on allegations of their intention to carry out a stabbing attack in Occupied Jerusalem.
According to the Hebrew media, the detained girls were found in possession of knives at al-Zaituna checkpoint near Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem.
The girls, whose identities are still unknown, were taken in for interrogation.
According to the Hebrew media, the detained girls were found in possession of knives at al-Zaituna checkpoint near Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem.
The girls, whose identities are still unknown, were taken in for interrogation.
14 mar 2016
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Monday, at least twelve Palestinians, from their homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in al-‘Eesawiyya town, in Jerusalem. One of the kidnapped is the father of Palestinian, who was killed by the army earlier.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) in occupied Jerusalem, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in the town, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mohammad 'Oleyyan and Yousef 'Oleyyan, before moving them to an interrogation center.
The soldiers also interrogated the families of the two Kidnapped Palestinians and several other residents during the invasion.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, searched many homes, causing excessive property damage, and kidnapped five Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Sho'ani, Omar Ja'far Hamad, Mohammad Emad 'Awwad, Hamza Zayed and Mohammad ‘Assaf.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Fuad al-Juneidi, the father of Amir, who was killed by Israeli army earlier in Hebron city allegedly after attacking and wounding Israeli soldiers and kidnapped him.
The soldiers interrogated the Juneidi family in their home, in Sha’aba neighborhood, and violently searched the property.
Resident Qassem Jaber, 31, a former political prisoner who was imprisoned by Israel for seven years, was killed in the same incident, while Yousef Waleed Tarayra, 18, was killed after the soldiers claimed he tried to ram them with his car.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the city, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Yazan Mohammad al-J'eidi, 20, and Mohammad Samir Abu Hitta, 17, after searching their homes.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles while the army fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.
The army also summoned Jamil Khaled Ziyada, 20, for interrogation in the Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before the soldiers stormed and searched many homes, and kidnapped Fadi Hweil and Yazan Sa'adi, both in their twenties.
The army also invaded Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, before the soldiers broke into a residential building, used by students of the Najah National University, and interrogated many students while searching the apartments.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) in occupied Jerusalem, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in the town, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mohammad 'Oleyyan and Yousef 'Oleyyan, before moving them to an interrogation center.
The soldiers also interrogated the families of the two Kidnapped Palestinians and several other residents during the invasion.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, searched many homes, causing excessive property damage, and kidnapped five Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Sho'ani, Omar Ja'far Hamad, Mohammad Emad 'Awwad, Hamza Zayed and Mohammad ‘Assaf.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Fuad al-Juneidi, the father of Amir, who was killed by Israeli army earlier in Hebron city allegedly after attacking and wounding Israeli soldiers and kidnapped him.
The soldiers interrogated the Juneidi family in their home, in Sha’aba neighborhood, and violently searched the property.
Resident Qassem Jaber, 31, a former political prisoner who was imprisoned by Israel for seven years, was killed in the same incident, while Yousef Waleed Tarayra, 18, was killed after the soldiers claimed he tried to ram them with his car.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the city, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Yazan Mohammad al-J'eidi, 20, and Mohammad Samir Abu Hitta, 17, after searching their homes.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles while the army fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.
The army also summoned Jamil Khaled Ziyada, 20, for interrogation in the Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before the soldiers stormed and searched many homes, and kidnapped Fadi Hweil and Yazan Sa'adi, both in their twenties.
The army also invaded Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, before the soldiers broke into a residential building, used by students of the Najah National University, and interrogated many students while searching the apartments.
The health condition of Palestinian journalist Ali al-Aweiwi, 24, continues to decline because of his exposure to medical neglect in Israeli jails, according to his family.
The family told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Aweiwi suffers from Crohn's disease and thus needs a special diet to avoid further complications.
It appealed to all human rights groups, the Palestinian ministry of information and the Palestinian journalists' syndicate to intervene to have him released in order to save his life.
The journalist was kidnapped on October 26, 2015, one month after his release from Ofer jail. He works as a radio presenter and news reporter for a local radio station in al-Khalil.
The family told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Aweiwi suffers from Crohn's disease and thus needs a special diet to avoid further complications.
It appealed to all human rights groups, the Palestinian ministry of information and the Palestinian journalists' syndicate to intervene to have him released in order to save his life.
The journalist was kidnapped on October 26, 2015, one month after his release from Ofer jail. He works as a radio presenter and news reporter for a local radio station in al-Khalil.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and others were injured in an abduction sweep launched across the West Bank at predawn time on Monday.
Sources based in Jenin said the IOF soldiers rolled into the Jenin refugee camp and kidnapped the youngsters Fadi Hweil after they wreaked havoc on his family home and other civilian homes in the area.
IOF troops, crammed into two buses, stormed the city at 2 a.m. and cordoned off the camp for long hours.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF soldiers were stationed across the nearby Wad Brikin since midnight Sunday and set up a series of ambushes and checkpoints. The IOF further raked through al-Jabriyat and al-Basatin neighborhoods in Jenin.
Two more Palestinian youngsters were kidnapped by the IOF from the Duheisheh refugee camp, in southern Bethlehem province. Reporting from Bethlehem, a PIC journalist said heavily-armed occupation troops rolled into the refugee camp at 3 a.m. and kidnapped the two youngsters Yazen al-Ja’idi and Muhammad Abu Habseh from their own family homes.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-discharged live rounds, rubber bullets, and teargas canisters, resulting in several bullet injuries and suffocation cases among the anti-occupation youth.
A number of Palestinians were also summoned for interrogation in the assault. The IOF soldiers further stormed student halls in western Nablus city and aggressively attacked the students enrolled at the An-Najah University.
Sources based in Jenin said the IOF soldiers rolled into the Jenin refugee camp and kidnapped the youngsters Fadi Hweil after they wreaked havoc on his family home and other civilian homes in the area.
IOF troops, crammed into two buses, stormed the city at 2 a.m. and cordoned off the camp for long hours.
Eyewitnesses said the IOF soldiers were stationed across the nearby Wad Brikin since midnight Sunday and set up a series of ambushes and checkpoints. The IOF further raked through al-Jabriyat and al-Basatin neighborhoods in Jenin.
Two more Palestinian youngsters were kidnapped by the IOF from the Duheisheh refugee camp, in southern Bethlehem province. Reporting from Bethlehem, a PIC journalist said heavily-armed occupation troops rolled into the refugee camp at 3 a.m. and kidnapped the two youngsters Yazen al-Ja’idi and Muhammad Abu Habseh from their own family homes.
The IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-discharged live rounds, rubber bullets, and teargas canisters, resulting in several bullet injuries and suffocation cases among the anti-occupation youth.
A number of Palestinians were also summoned for interrogation in the assault. The IOF soldiers further stormed student halls in western Nablus city and aggressively attacked the students enrolled at the An-Najah University.
Israeli Occupation Forces Sunday evening stormed Wadi al-Hariye area in al-Khalil and a town to the south of the city, arrested three Palestinians, blocked traffic, and broke into Palestinians' commercial shops.
The PIC reporter said that the Israeli raid caused severe traffic congestion especially that Wadi al-Hariye street is one of the main roads connecting the north and the south of the city.
Israeli forces as well raided the town of al-Thaheriya in southern al-Khalil and broke into several houses.
Three Palestinians, including two brothers, were arrested and taken to unknown destinations, the PIC reporter added.
The PIC reporter said that the Israeli raid caused severe traffic congestion especially that Wadi al-Hariye street is one of the main roads connecting the north and the south of the city.
Israeli forces as well raided the town of al-Thaheriya in southern al-Khalil and broke into several houses.
Three Palestinians, including two brothers, were arrested and taken to unknown destinations, the PIC reporter added.
Amnesty International organization expressed its concern over the increase of the number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, who are held under the illegal administrative detention, to 600.
It described the administrative detention as arbitrary and called for releasing all administrative prisoners.
Hilal Alloush, head of the human rights in 1948 occupied Palestine campaign and the anti-racism campaign at Amnesty International said, in a statement on Sunday, that the hunger strike waged by administrative detainees proved the nonexistence of real charges against them which forced Israeli authorities to release them.
Alloush pointed out that the Israeli occupation uses administrative detention as a political weapon to intimidate Palestinian political activists, parliamentarians and academics.
It described the administrative detention as arbitrary and called for releasing all administrative prisoners.
Hilal Alloush, head of the human rights in 1948 occupied Palestine campaign and the anti-racism campaign at Amnesty International said, in a statement on Sunday, that the hunger strike waged by administrative detainees proved the nonexistence of real charges against them which forced Israeli authorities to release them.
Alloush pointed out that the Israeli occupation uses administrative detention as a political weapon to intimidate Palestinian political activists, parliamentarians and academics.
Israeli central court in Jerusalem adjourned the conviction session of the Palestinian prisoner Bilal Abu Ghanem, 22, after he refused to stand up before the judge and refused to admit the charges listed in his indictment.
Expectations predict a sentence of life imprisonment for three times against him.
The injured captive Abu Ghanem carried out last October an anti-occupation shooting attack inside an Israeli bus in Occupied Jerusalem along with Baha Elayan who was shot dead by Israeli forces.
The anti-occupation attack resulted in killing three Israelis and injuring others.
Abu Ghanem was arrested on October, 13, 2015 after being seriously injured by Israeli gunfire after the attack. He is an ex-detainee who had previously spent 14 months in Israeli jails.
Expectations predict a sentence of life imprisonment for three times against him.
The injured captive Abu Ghanem carried out last October an anti-occupation shooting attack inside an Israeli bus in Occupied Jerusalem along with Baha Elayan who was shot dead by Israeli forces.
The anti-occupation attack resulted in killing three Israelis and injuring others.
Abu Ghanem was arrested on October, 13, 2015 after being seriously injured by Israeli gunfire after the attack. He is an ex-detainee who had previously spent 14 months in Israeli jails.
An Israeli court on Sunday extended the administrative detention of Palestinian prisoner Sami al-Janazra, from al-Fawwar refugee camp in al-Khalil, for four more months.
Prisoner Janazra, 43, has been on hunger strike in the Negev jail since early March in protest at his detention administratively, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
The prisoner, who has been in administrative detention since November 15, 2015, had already served a total of nine years in Israeli prisons during different periods.
In a related context, activists from al-Fawwar camp pitched a protest tent in cooperation with the PPS outside the house of prisoner Janazra in solidarity with him and other hunger strikers from al-Khalil.
Prisoner Janazra, 43, has been on hunger strike in the Negev jail since early March in protest at his detention administratively, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
The prisoner, who has been in administrative detention since November 15, 2015, had already served a total of nine years in Israeli prisons during different periods.
In a related context, activists from al-Fawwar camp pitched a protest tent in cooperation with the PPS outside the house of prisoner Janazra in solidarity with him and other hunger strikers from al-Khalil.
Journalist Ibrahim Jradat
Executive manager of the Filastin al-Yawm TV Channel, Nafed Abu Hasna, said the press team will keep broadcasting facts on the ground despite Israel’s incessant threats.
Speaking to the PIC by phone, Abu Hasna said the Israeli intelligence not only closed the Filastin al-Yawm TV office and arrested its director Farouq Alyat along with other journalists; it has also started to threaten journalists with arrests in case they continue to work for the channel.
The Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the office of the Filastin al-Yawm channel in al-Bireh at dawn Friday and arrested its director. Journalist Ibrahim Jradat, working for channel, was also arrested at the Bir Nabala checkpoint on his way back home in northwestern Occupied Jerusalem.
“Israel’s crimes against Palestinian journalists and the war it has been waging on Palestinian mass media will never dampen the spirits of our team. Filastin al-Yawm journalists will keep covering facts as they occur on the ground,” said Abu Hasna.
“The Israeli occupation wants to pull the wool over the world’s eyes by quelling the Palestinian version of the national liberation struggle,” he added. “If our profession amounts to incitement then what does Israel’s daily terrorism against the Palestinians amount to?” he wondered.
Head of the Union of Palestinian Radio and Television, Salah al-Masri, also said the Israeli assaults on Filastin al-Yawm and al-Aqsa press teams make part of a preplanned campaign to suppress the freedom of speech in the occupied Palestinian territories.
“The Israeli occupation is quite aware of the vital role played by Palestinian media in transmitting to the world the tragedy endured by Palestinians along with Israel’s excessive use of force and arbitrary slaughters,” al-Masri noted.
“Israel started to close TV channels and radios to make up for its failure in snuffing out the flames of the anti-occupation intifada. Such has been Israel’s policies to score fake goals before its zealous public,” he further stated. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said journalist Farouq Alyat is being locked up in the Israeli Etzion detention center.
A hearing is expected to be held on Monday in the Ofer military court to decide on his case. The Israeli occupation authorities claimed that their decision to close the Filastin al-Yawm office comes against the backdrop of incitement to anti-occupation activism in the occupied West Bank.
Executive manager of the Filastin al-Yawm TV Channel, Nafed Abu Hasna, said the press team will keep broadcasting facts on the ground despite Israel’s incessant threats.
Speaking to the PIC by phone, Abu Hasna said the Israeli intelligence not only closed the Filastin al-Yawm TV office and arrested its director Farouq Alyat along with other journalists; it has also started to threaten journalists with arrests in case they continue to work for the channel.
The Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the office of the Filastin al-Yawm channel in al-Bireh at dawn Friday and arrested its director. Journalist Ibrahim Jradat, working for channel, was also arrested at the Bir Nabala checkpoint on his way back home in northwestern Occupied Jerusalem.
“Israel’s crimes against Palestinian journalists and the war it has been waging on Palestinian mass media will never dampen the spirits of our team. Filastin al-Yawm journalists will keep covering facts as they occur on the ground,” said Abu Hasna.
“The Israeli occupation wants to pull the wool over the world’s eyes by quelling the Palestinian version of the national liberation struggle,” he added. “If our profession amounts to incitement then what does Israel’s daily terrorism against the Palestinians amount to?” he wondered.
Head of the Union of Palestinian Radio and Television, Salah al-Masri, also said the Israeli assaults on Filastin al-Yawm and al-Aqsa press teams make part of a preplanned campaign to suppress the freedom of speech in the occupied Palestinian territories.
“The Israeli occupation is quite aware of the vital role played by Palestinian media in transmitting to the world the tragedy endured by Palestinians along with Israel’s excessive use of force and arbitrary slaughters,” al-Masri noted.
“Israel started to close TV channels and radios to make up for its failure in snuffing out the flames of the anti-occupation intifada. Such has been Israel’s policies to score fake goals before its zealous public,” he further stated. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said journalist Farouq Alyat is being locked up in the Israeli Etzion detention center.
A hearing is expected to be held on Monday in the Ofer military court to decide on his case. The Israeli occupation authorities claimed that their decision to close the Filastin al-Yawm office comes against the backdrop of incitement to anti-occupation activism in the occupied West Bank.
