4 mar 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Saturday afternoon arrested a Palestinian minor, who has not been identified yet, near al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil after an alleged stabbing attempt.
An eyewitness, Aref Jaber, said that the IOF soldiers stopped and searched the boy before arresting him.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Mohammad Ali Ballout, from Beni Naim town, east of al-Khalil, was arrested by IOF soldiers and taken to an investigation center close to al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque for allegedly trying to launch a stabbing attack.
An eyewitness, Aref Jaber, said that the IOF soldiers stopped and searched the boy before arresting him.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Mohammad Ali Ballout, from Beni Naim town, east of al-Khalil, was arrested by IOF soldiers and taken to an investigation center close to al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque for allegedly trying to launch a stabbing attack.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed Saturday afternoon Khalet Hamed east of Tubas and arrested a local shepherd and prevented Palestinians’ movement in the area.
The PIC correspondent quoted local sources as reporting that dozens of IOF soldiers violently stormed the area and arrested a shepherd.
The detainee was investigated for more than three hours on charges of sheep grazing in the area, the sources added.
Several months ago, Israeli forces declared Khalet Hamed a closed military zone after Israeli settlers confiscated large parts of it and attacked local residents.
The PIC correspondent quoted local sources as reporting that dozens of IOF soldiers violently stormed the area and arrested a shepherd.
The detainee was investigated for more than three hours on charges of sheep grazing in the area, the sources added.
Several months ago, Israeli forces declared Khalet Hamed a closed military zone after Israeli settlers confiscated large parts of it and attacked local residents.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) moved 16 Palestinian female prisoners from HaSharon to Damon prison which has a terrible reputation.
Spokeswoman for Palestine center for prisoners’ studies Amina al-Tawil told the PIC reporter that the IPS transferred 16 female prisoners to Damon prison under the pretext of repair works.
Palestinian female prisoners have long complained of the unbearable detention conditions in section 11 in HaSharon prison where they repeatedly demanded repair works.
Al-Tawil pointed out that there are currently 51 Palestinian women imprisoned in Israeli jails, including 13 minor girls, in HaSharon and Damon prisons. They face difficult incarceration conditions and are deprived of their basic human rights.
12 female prisoners suffer difficult health problems due to the IPS’s deliberate medical negligence policy, she added.
Spokeswoman for Palestine center for prisoners’ studies Amina al-Tawil told the PIC reporter that the IPS transferred 16 female prisoners to Damon prison under the pretext of repair works.
Palestinian female prisoners have long complained of the unbearable detention conditions in section 11 in HaSharon prison where they repeatedly demanded repair works.
Al-Tawil pointed out that there are currently 51 Palestinian women imprisoned in Israeli jails, including 13 minor girls, in HaSharon and Damon prisons. They face difficult incarceration conditions and are deprived of their basic human rights.
12 female prisoners suffer difficult health problems due to the IPS’s deliberate medical negligence policy, she added.
Violent clashes broke out last night in Nablus city after Israeli soldiers and employees from the antiquities authority stormed archaeological areas.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers were deployed in Tal Balata area, the eastern district of the city and al-Shuhada junction.
They added that the soldiers clashed with local young men and violently attacked them with volleys of tear gas and stun grenades in the areas of Ras al-Ein and al-Basha in the Old City of Nablus.
They also said that a young man from al-Zarba family was arrested near the Western Cemetery.
In a separate incident, Israeli troops stormed on the same day Qaryut town, south of Nablus, and threatened residents in the western neighborhood of taking punitive measures against them if they did not remove Palestinian flags from street light poles.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers were deployed in Tal Balata area, the eastern district of the city and al-Shuhada junction.
They added that the soldiers clashed with local young men and violently attacked them with volleys of tear gas and stun grenades in the areas of Ras al-Ein and al-Basha in the Old City of Nablus.
They also said that a young man from al-Zarba family was arrested near the Western Cemetery.
In a separate incident, Israeli troops stormed on the same day Qaryut town, south of Nablus, and threatened residents in the western neighborhood of taking punitive measures against them if they did not remove Palestinian flags from street light poles.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday evening, two young Palestinian men, in separate incidents, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and installed a roadblock, completely blocking the city’s northern road.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted Mohammad al-Fakhouri, after stopping and repeatedly assaulting him at a roadblock, in the Old City, and took him to an unknown destination.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Azmi Mohammad al-Qawasmi, 22, while working in Farsh al-Hawa area, in the western part of Hebron city.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed a roadblock in the al-Hawawer area, north of Hebron, and prevented the Palestinians from crossing, while searching and interrogating many of them.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted Mohammad al-Fakhouri, after stopping and repeatedly assaulting him at a roadblock, in the Old City, and took him to an unknown destination.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Azmi Mohammad al-Qawasmi, 22, while working in Farsh al-Hawa area, in the western part of Hebron city.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed a roadblock in the al-Hawawer area, north of Hebron, and prevented the Palestinians from crossing, while searching and interrogating many of them.
3 mar 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) attacked Friday evening a group of Palestinians in Azzoun town, east of Qalqilya city, and arrested some of them. Others were also interrogated in the field by Israeli soldiers.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli troops stopped about 15 Palestinians, mostly women and children and questioned them.
Two men were arrested and taken to unknown destinations. They were identified as Samir Shabita and Omar Hussein, the sources elaborated.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli troops stopped about 15 Palestinians, mostly women and children and questioned them.
Two men were arrested and taken to unknown destinations. They were identified as Samir Shabita and Omar Hussein, the sources elaborated.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Friday morning three Palestinian youths while allegedly trying to cross the Gaza Strip border fence.
Israeli media sources claimed that three unarmed young men tried to cross the border fence to the north of Gaza Strip but was detained by IOF soldiers.
The three detainees were taken for investigation, the sources added.
Infiltration attempts from the blockaded enclave into Israel had increased as of late looking for jobs due to the high unemployment and poverty rates in the Strip.
Israeli media sources claimed that three unarmed young men tried to cross the border fence to the north of Gaza Strip but was detained by IOF soldiers.
The three detainees were taken for investigation, the sources added.
Infiltration attempts from the blockaded enclave into Israel had increased as of late looking for jobs due to the high unemployment and poverty rates in the Strip.
Solitary confinement cells do not exceed more than 2.5 square meters each; their walls are grey reflecting the types of oppression prisoners are made to endure. These cells also include a toilet inside them. There, one can’t find space to walk or move. Sun does not get in, and cells are highly humid making life more miserable for the prisoners.
Solitary confinement cells look like graves meant to make humans taste death many times each day, with no regard to the humanity of humans, yet Palestinian freedom lovers invent unusual methods to defeat ‘the oppression’ they are exposed to there.
The interrogation period with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is considered the toughest stage of imprisonment. Before being moved to a central prison, usually prisoners are placed in isolation cells for a long period of time.
Observing Worms
Freed prisoner Mahmoud Awabdi from the city of Nablus, who has spent 50 days in solitary confinement in the interrogation center of Pitah Tikvah, said that after he performed his prayers, he intentionally spoiled a pear, which an Israeli interrogator called Nasim brought to him.
He told the PIC reporter, “I put the pear aside until it rotted, and worms started coming out of it. After that, I put the worms in my palm and started watching them move, and where they go. Then, I would bring them back to the pear to keep them alive. I kept watching them to reduce the psychological pressure I was subjected to due to being in solitary confinement, where I spent 50 days continuously, before being moved to Megiddo prison after the end of the interrogation.”
He added, “During the difficult interrogation period, prisoners look for anything to keep themselves busy, because they are isolated from the outside world and don’t know what is going on outside. The interrogation period is tough and determines the prisoners’ fate. If prisoners don’t confess, they are released, but if they do, they are usually sentenced to long years in prison.”
Watching Flies
Palestinian freed prisoner Wajeeh Barakat from Huwara village near Nablus says he made use of the entry of a fly into his cell during his interrogation period at al-Jalame prison. He started watching the fly, inspecting its moves and providing apricot jam for it so that it does not leave. He spent two months in the interrogation period where he was accused of involvement in resisting the Israeli occupation.
Speaking of other means to reduce the impact of his solitary confinement, he told the PIC reporter: “Of course remembering God and offering prayers were among the top priority means. I used to estimate the time for prayer as prisoners lose sense of time and place inside solitary confinement cells, and there is no call for prayer there, unlike central prisons where the time for prayer can be known from the TV.”
According to Barakat, placing prisoners in solitary confinement has security and psychological goals, as the Israeli occupation authorities, through their interrogators, want to pressure prisoners to push them to confess, then they want to make prisoners suffer psychological problems; “but performing prayers and keeping one’s time busy is the only way to bypass this stage, which is considered the toughest”.
Rats share prisoners their food
At Huwara detention center to the south of Nablus, rats share prisoners their meals. Freed prisoner Tamer Sawalaha from the town of Ourta in Nablus province says rats enter cells from under the door and look for the remains of the meals and sometimes when jailers leave meals outside the cells’ doors, rats come and eat from them.
Sawalha told the PIC reporter that the detention center refuses to solve the problem of rats inside cells, claiming that necessary poison is not available.
Solitary confinement cells look like graves meant to make humans taste death many times each day, with no regard to the humanity of humans, yet Palestinian freedom lovers invent unusual methods to defeat ‘the oppression’ they are exposed to there.
The interrogation period with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is considered the toughest stage of imprisonment. Before being moved to a central prison, usually prisoners are placed in isolation cells for a long period of time.
Observing Worms
Freed prisoner Mahmoud Awabdi from the city of Nablus, who has spent 50 days in solitary confinement in the interrogation center of Pitah Tikvah, said that after he performed his prayers, he intentionally spoiled a pear, which an Israeli interrogator called Nasim brought to him.
He told the PIC reporter, “I put the pear aside until it rotted, and worms started coming out of it. After that, I put the worms in my palm and started watching them move, and where they go. Then, I would bring them back to the pear to keep them alive. I kept watching them to reduce the psychological pressure I was subjected to due to being in solitary confinement, where I spent 50 days continuously, before being moved to Megiddo prison after the end of the interrogation.”
He added, “During the difficult interrogation period, prisoners look for anything to keep themselves busy, because they are isolated from the outside world and don’t know what is going on outside. The interrogation period is tough and determines the prisoners’ fate. If prisoners don’t confess, they are released, but if they do, they are usually sentenced to long years in prison.”
Watching Flies
Palestinian freed prisoner Wajeeh Barakat from Huwara village near Nablus says he made use of the entry of a fly into his cell during his interrogation period at al-Jalame prison. He started watching the fly, inspecting its moves and providing apricot jam for it so that it does not leave. He spent two months in the interrogation period where he was accused of involvement in resisting the Israeli occupation.
Speaking of other means to reduce the impact of his solitary confinement, he told the PIC reporter: “Of course remembering God and offering prayers were among the top priority means. I used to estimate the time for prayer as prisoners lose sense of time and place inside solitary confinement cells, and there is no call for prayer there, unlike central prisons where the time for prayer can be known from the TV.”
According to Barakat, placing prisoners in solitary confinement has security and psychological goals, as the Israeli occupation authorities, through their interrogators, want to pressure prisoners to push them to confess, then they want to make prisoners suffer psychological problems; “but performing prayers and keeping one’s time busy is the only way to bypass this stage, which is considered the toughest”.
Rats share prisoners their food
At Huwara detention center to the south of Nablus, rats share prisoners their meals. Freed prisoner Tamer Sawalaha from the town of Ourta in Nablus province says rats enter cells from under the door and look for the remains of the meals and sometimes when jailers leave meals outside the cells’ doors, rats come and eat from them.
Sawalha told the PIC reporter that the detention center refuses to solve the problem of rats inside cells, claiming that necessary poison is not available.
The family of Palestinian hunger striker Mohamed al-Qeiq sounded on Friday the alarm over his deteriorating health status in Israeli jail.
According to the family, lawyer Khaled Zabarqa, who visited al-Qeiq on Thursday, said the hunger striker fell in a faint for one hour on Wednesday.
Zabarqa was further quoted as stating that al-Qeiq, on hunger strike for 26 days running, has also been enduring excruciating headaches and dizziness.
He added that the Israeli prison service has been locking al-Qeiq up in an isolated cell in Ramla prison.
Al-Qeiq has announced an open-ended hunger strike on February 6 in protest at being sentenced to a three-month administrative prison term, with neither charge nor trial, in Israeli jails. He has also been refusing to eat vitamins and to undergo medical checks.
Meanwhile, 50-year-old Jamal Abu al-Leil continues his hunger strike, which he started 16 days ago to protest administrative detention.
A lawyer from the prisoners’ and ex-prisoners’ commission who visited Abu al-Leil on Thursday, said the detainee has been enduring severe stomachaches and headaches, along with a vertigo. He has also lost his ability to stand on his feet.
The lawyer added that Abu al-Leil has gone through a sharp weight loss as he has only been drinking water and refusing to take in vitamins.
The lawyer quoted Abu al-Leil as vowing to keep up his hunger strike until he is freed from Israeli prisons.
Speaking from behind Ashkelon prison bars, Abu al-Leil appealed to all human rights institutions to take serious action and urge the Israeli occupation to cease its “administrative detention crime” against Palestinian detainees.
Abu al-Leil was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on April 12, 2016 and sentenced to several renewed administrative prison terms, which made him declare his hunger strike on February 16.
According to the family, lawyer Khaled Zabarqa, who visited al-Qeiq on Thursday, said the hunger striker fell in a faint for one hour on Wednesday.
Zabarqa was further quoted as stating that al-Qeiq, on hunger strike for 26 days running, has also been enduring excruciating headaches and dizziness.
He added that the Israeli prison service has been locking al-Qeiq up in an isolated cell in Ramla prison.
Al-Qeiq has announced an open-ended hunger strike on February 6 in protest at being sentenced to a three-month administrative prison term, with neither charge nor trial, in Israeli jails. He has also been refusing to eat vitamins and to undergo medical checks.
Meanwhile, 50-year-old Jamal Abu al-Leil continues his hunger strike, which he started 16 days ago to protest administrative detention.
A lawyer from the prisoners’ and ex-prisoners’ commission who visited Abu al-Leil on Thursday, said the detainee has been enduring severe stomachaches and headaches, along with a vertigo. He has also lost his ability to stand on his feet.
The lawyer added that Abu al-Leil has gone through a sharp weight loss as he has only been drinking water and refusing to take in vitamins.
The lawyer quoted Abu al-Leil as vowing to keep up his hunger strike until he is freed from Israeli prisons.
Speaking from behind Ashkelon prison bars, Abu al-Leil appealed to all human rights institutions to take serious action and urge the Israeli occupation to cease its “administrative detention crime” against Palestinian detainees.
Abu al-Leil was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on April 12, 2016 and sentenced to several renewed administrative prison terms, which made him declare his hunger strike on February 16.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday set up a makeshift checkpoint at the northern entrance to al-Khalil city and kidnapped a university student.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that border soldiers set up a roadblock on the Halhoul Bridge in rainy weather and embarked on intercepting cars and checking the IDs of citizens.
They added that the soldiers stayed on the bridge for about one and a half hour before they rounded up a university student and removed their barriers.
They identified the detainee as 22-year-old Mohamed Shalabi, a student at al-Quds Open University.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that border soldiers set up a roadblock on the Halhoul Bridge in rainy weather and embarked on intercepting cars and checking the IDs of citizens.
They added that the soldiers stayed on the bridge for about one and a half hour before they rounded up a university student and removed their barriers.
They identified the detainee as 22-year-old Mohamed Shalabi, a student at al-Quds Open University.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Friday a Palestinian young man after breaking into different areas of Ramallah in the central West Bank.
Israeli media sources claimed that an activist in Hamas Movement was arrested in Sinjil town in Ramallah and was taken for investigation.
Similar raids were carried out throughout West Bank cities and towns where several locals were summoned for investigation.
Limited clashes broke out during the raids.
Israeli media sources claimed that an activist in Hamas Movement was arrested in Sinjil town in Ramallah and was taken for investigation.
Similar raids were carried out throughout West Bank cities and towns where several locals were summoned for investigation.
Limited clashes broke out during the raids.
