6 mar 2017
Palestinian child, shot by Israeli forces with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his left eye during a violent raid into Shufat camp in occupied Jerusalem, has been kept chained to an iron bed at Israel's Hadassah Medical Center.
Physicians for Human Rights strongly condemned Israeli authorities for keeping a 14-year-old boy held in Israeli custody while receiving medical treatment, considering the act as a flagrant violation to medical ethics.
Haaretz Hebrew newspaper said that the child is scheduled to be released today to house arrest.
The child was shot and injured in his left eye last week with a rubber-coated steel bullet as Israeli forces accused the boy of throwing stones at Israeli military vehicles during their violent raid into Shufat camp.
The bullet ripped through his left eye and has caused internal bleeding.
The child was taken in an ambulance heading to Makassed Hospital before being stopped by Israeli police forces at a military checkpoint erected at the entrance to the camp.
The forces allowed the ambulance to pass after holding it for more than half an hour, Physicians for Human Rights revealed.
The Israeli force insisted on following the ambulance with a military vehicle and demanded the driver to go to Hadassah hospital.
At the hospital, the child was subjected to tough investigation without the presence of his parents.
Physicians for Human Rights strongly condemned Israeli authorities for keeping a 14-year-old boy held in Israeli custody while receiving medical treatment, considering the act as a flagrant violation to medical ethics.
Haaretz Hebrew newspaper said that the child is scheduled to be released today to house arrest.
The child was shot and injured in his left eye last week with a rubber-coated steel bullet as Israeli forces accused the boy of throwing stones at Israeli military vehicles during their violent raid into Shufat camp.
The bullet ripped through his left eye and has caused internal bleeding.
The child was taken in an ambulance heading to Makassed Hospital before being stopped by Israeli police forces at a military checkpoint erected at the entrance to the camp.
The forces allowed the ambulance to pass after holding it for more than half an hour, Physicians for Human Rights revealed.
The Israeli force insisted on following the ambulance with a military vehicle and demanded the driver to go to Hadassah hospital.
At the hospital, the child was subjected to tough investigation without the presence of his parents.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Monday stormed West Bank provinces and kidnapped Palestinian citizens, including two MPs and a senior Hamas leader.
A PIC news correspondent said the IOF stormed the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil and rummaged into the home of prisoner Tareq Id’is before they seized his father’s car.
Another Israeli military patrol stormed Bethlehem’s eastern town of Zaatara and kidnapped the Palestinian MP Khaled Tafesh (Hamas) from his home.
Another MP—Anwar Azaboun (Hamas)—along with the senior Hamas leader Hassan al-Wardian and the lecturer at the Quds Open University Ghassan Hirmas were kidnapped by the Israeli forces from Bethlehem.
Hamas MPs Hassan Youssef, Ahmed Mubarak, Mohamed Jamal al-Natsha and Azzam Salahab are currently serving administrative sentences in Israeli jails with neither charge nor trial. Other MPs, including Marwan al-Barghouti and Ahmed Saadat, have also been held in Israeli lock-ups.
The IOF further ravaged the home of the Palestinian citizen Mootaz al-Ja’bah and summoned him to questioning in Etzion camp.
At the same time, the occupation army wreaked havoc on civilian homes near Gharnata (Granada) School.
Overnight Sunday, two Palestinian protesters choked on teargas after IOF soldiers broke into al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar and attacked Palestinian anti-occupation youth with randomly-unleashed waves of teargas grenades.
The Palestinian protesters reacted by hurling stones at a bus carrying Israeli settlers residing in illegal outposts across the occupied Palestinian territories.
A PIC news correspondent said the IOF stormed the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil and rummaged into the home of prisoner Tareq Id’is before they seized his father’s car.
Another Israeli military patrol stormed Bethlehem’s eastern town of Zaatara and kidnapped the Palestinian MP Khaled Tafesh (Hamas) from his home.
Another MP—Anwar Azaboun (Hamas)—along with the senior Hamas leader Hassan al-Wardian and the lecturer at the Quds Open University Ghassan Hirmas were kidnapped by the Israeli forces from Bethlehem.
Hamas MPs Hassan Youssef, Ahmed Mubarak, Mohamed Jamal al-Natsha and Azzam Salahab are currently serving administrative sentences in Israeli jails with neither charge nor trial. Other MPs, including Marwan al-Barghouti and Ahmed Saadat, have also been held in Israeli lock-ups.
The IOF further ravaged the home of the Palestinian citizen Mootaz al-Ja’bah and summoned him to questioning in Etzion camp.
At the same time, the occupation army wreaked havoc on civilian homes near Gharnata (Granada) School.
Overnight Sunday, two Palestinian protesters choked on teargas after IOF soldiers broke into al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar and attacked Palestinian anti-occupation youth with randomly-unleashed waves of teargas grenades.
The Palestinian protesters reacted by hurling stones at a bus carrying Israeli settlers residing in illegal outposts across the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israel’s so-called “Nature Authority” afternoon Sunday detained Palestinian Akoub (Gundelia) harvesters in the northern Jordan Valley and seized their cattle.
Local activist Aref Daraghma said the Nature Authority cracked down on the Palestinian pickers of Akoub plant in the Jordan Valley.
Daraghma added that wildfires broke out across the mountains while bird eggs and baby animals have been burned down due to incessant Israeli military maneuvers in the area.
In addition, thousands of dunums of private land seized from Palestinian farmers in the area were handed over to Israeli settlers.
Daraghma further warned of underway attempts by the Israeli occupation authorities and settlers to expand illegal settlement projects at the expense of Palestinian farmlands.
Local activist Aref Daraghma said the Nature Authority cracked down on the Palestinian pickers of Akoub plant in the Jordan Valley.
Daraghma added that wildfires broke out across the mountains while bird eggs and baby animals have been burned down due to incessant Israeli military maneuvers in the area.
In addition, thousands of dunums of private land seized from Palestinian farmers in the area were handed over to Israeli settlers.
Daraghma further warned of underway attempts by the Israeli occupation authorities and settlers to expand illegal settlement projects at the expense of Palestinian farmlands.
5 mar 2017
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested two Palestinian youths on Sunday claiming that they were planning to carry out a stabbing attack south of Nablus city.
The Hebrew website 0404 said that Israeli soldiers detained the two suspected young men while they were approaching Za'atara military checkpoint.
The website, which is close to the Israeli army, reported that Israeli soldiers found sharp tools with the two youths who, it claimed, confessed their intention to carry out a stabbing attack in the place.
It pointed out that the two detainees, who are from Nablus city and whose identities were not disclosed, were transferred to the competent security authorities for further interrogation.
The IOF soldiers regularly set up dozens of military checkpoints between the cities and towns of the occupied West Bank and strictly search Palestinian citizens. The Israeli soldiers do not hesitate to shoot any Palestinian girl or boy whom they find "suspicious".
Meanwhile, the IOF closed Beit Furik military checkpoint, east of Nablus, on Sunday afternoon.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers closed the checkpoint located between the towns of Beit Furik and Beit Dajan hindering the movement of citizens and vehicles.
They said that Israeli soldiers informed them that the checkpoint will remain closed for five hours during the day under the pretext of securing the pathway of Israeli settlers' motorcycles on the bypass road.
The Hebrew website 0404 said that Israeli soldiers detained the two suspected young men while they were approaching Za'atara military checkpoint.
The website, which is close to the Israeli army, reported that Israeli soldiers found sharp tools with the two youths who, it claimed, confessed their intention to carry out a stabbing attack in the place.
It pointed out that the two detainees, who are from Nablus city and whose identities were not disclosed, were transferred to the competent security authorities for further interrogation.
The IOF soldiers regularly set up dozens of military checkpoints between the cities and towns of the occupied West Bank and strictly search Palestinian citizens. The Israeli soldiers do not hesitate to shoot any Palestinian girl or boy whom they find "suspicious".
Meanwhile, the IOF closed Beit Furik military checkpoint, east of Nablus, on Sunday afternoon.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers closed the checkpoint located between the towns of Beit Furik and Beit Dajan hindering the movement of citizens and vehicles.
They said that Israeli soldiers informed them that the checkpoint will remain closed for five hours during the day under the pretext of securing the pathway of Israeli settlers' motorcycles on the bypass road.
A Palestinian prisoner was re-arrested by the Israeli forces on Sunday shortly after he was released from an Israeli jail, where he had been locked up for 12 years.
The commission of Jerusalemite prisoners’ and ex-prisoners’ families said Palestinian detainee Moussa Mohamed Darwish, from al-Issawiya village, was re-arrested immediately after he was released from the Israeli Negev lock-up, where he had spent 12 years.
An Israeli intelligence jeep reached the Negev jail and rounded up newly-released Darwish while his family members were waiting for him since the early morning hours.
Darwish was arrested by the Israeli forces as part of an abduction sweep targeting affiliates of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Last week, the Israeli forces stormed the prisoner’s home and kidnapped his brother Majd before they sentenced him to a six-month administrative prison-term.
The commission of Jerusalemite prisoners’ and ex-prisoners’ families said Palestinian detainee Moussa Mohamed Darwish, from al-Issawiya village, was re-arrested immediately after he was released from the Israeli Negev lock-up, where he had spent 12 years.
An Israeli intelligence jeep reached the Negev jail and rounded up newly-released Darwish while his family members were waiting for him since the early morning hours.
Darwish was arrested by the Israeli forces as part of an abduction sweep targeting affiliates of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Last week, the Israeli forces stormed the prisoner’s home and kidnapped his brother Majd before they sentenced him to a six-month administrative prison-term.
Activists marched from Qalandiya refugee camp to al-Manara square in the center of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Sunday, to express solidarity with resident of the refugee camp Jamal Abu al-Leil, who has been on hunger strike for 17 days in protest of being held by Israel without charge or trial for more than a year.
The Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said, Thursday, that Abu al-Leil was being held in a tight cell in Israel’s Ashkelon prison, “lacking the simplest necessities of life, emptied of electrical appliances, covers, and extra clothes leaving Abu al-Leil with nothing but the clothes he is wearing.”
Abu al-Leil has been suffering from severe head and stomachaches, dizziness and difficulties walking, as he continues only to consume water, refusing all vitamins and supplements.
Saturday’s action started with a vehicle convoy on the main street that connects Jerusalem to Ramallah and the southern West Bank. After that, hundreds of activists marched from a tent outside Abu al-Leil’s house to Ramallah, with demonstrators waving Palestinian flags and flags of the Fateh movement.
After the march, activists returned to Qalandiya refugee camp and marched from there to the Israeli military checkpoint at the entrance to the camp, where they clashed with Israeli soldiers.
Witnesses said that Israeli soldiers attacked activists with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and stun grenades, with demonstrators responding with throwing stones and Molotov cocktails.
No injuries were reported. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an News Agency that they were “not familiar” with the incident.
The rally, attended by leaders of the Fateh movement and other Palestinian factions, came after members of Fateh urged Palestinians to partake in a series of activities in support of Abu al-Leil.
Abu al-Leil declared a hunger strike on Feb. 16, along with fellow resident of Qalandiya refugee camp Raed Mteir, after being imprisoned by Israel under administrative detention. Israeli authorities issued six-month administrative detention orders for the two prisoners three times since they were detained more than a year ago.
Abu al-Leil is a former member of Fateh’s revolutionary council, while Mteir is head of the Qalandiya refugee camp youth center. Both had been previously detained by Israel several times.
Mteir has since ended his hunger strike after going 12 days without food, after reaching an agreement to be released in April 2017 without his administrative detention being renewed.
The two joined journalist Muhammad al-Qeeq, who has been on hunger strike for 27 days in protest of his administrative detention. Al-Qeeq was last released from Israeli prison in May of last year, after he refused food for a grueling 94 days — also in protest of his administrative detention at the time.
However, al-Qeeq was redetained in mid-January, and Israeli authorities have continued to hold al-Qiq without presenting any evidence or charges against him.
A group of protesters staged a sit-in, on Thursday, in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners, while activists closed the Jerusalem-Ramallah road for four days in a row, in protest of the Palestinian Authority’s perceived inaction with regard to the cases of Abu al-Leil and Mteir.
While Israeli authorities claim the withholding of evidence during administrative detention, which allows detention for three- to six-month renewable intervals, is essential for state security concerns, rights groups have instead claimed that the policy allows Israeli authorities to hold Palestinians for an indefinite period of time without showing any evidence that could justify their detentions.
Rights groups say that Israel’s administrative detention policy has also been used as an attempt to disrupt Palestinian political and social processes, notably targeting Palestinian politicians, activists, and journalists.
According to Addameer, as of January, 6,500 Palestinians were being held in Israeli prisons, 536 of whom were being held under administrative detention.
The Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said, Thursday, that Abu al-Leil was being held in a tight cell in Israel’s Ashkelon prison, “lacking the simplest necessities of life, emptied of electrical appliances, covers, and extra clothes leaving Abu al-Leil with nothing but the clothes he is wearing.”
Abu al-Leil has been suffering from severe head and stomachaches, dizziness and difficulties walking, as he continues only to consume water, refusing all vitamins and supplements.
Saturday’s action started with a vehicle convoy on the main street that connects Jerusalem to Ramallah and the southern West Bank. After that, hundreds of activists marched from a tent outside Abu al-Leil’s house to Ramallah, with demonstrators waving Palestinian flags and flags of the Fateh movement.
After the march, activists returned to Qalandiya refugee camp and marched from there to the Israeli military checkpoint at the entrance to the camp, where they clashed with Israeli soldiers.
Witnesses said that Israeli soldiers attacked activists with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and stun grenades, with demonstrators responding with throwing stones and Molotov cocktails.
No injuries were reported. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an News Agency that they were “not familiar” with the incident.
The rally, attended by leaders of the Fateh movement and other Palestinian factions, came after members of Fateh urged Palestinians to partake in a series of activities in support of Abu al-Leil.
Abu al-Leil declared a hunger strike on Feb. 16, along with fellow resident of Qalandiya refugee camp Raed Mteir, after being imprisoned by Israel under administrative detention. Israeli authorities issued six-month administrative detention orders for the two prisoners three times since they were detained more than a year ago.
Abu al-Leil is a former member of Fateh’s revolutionary council, while Mteir is head of the Qalandiya refugee camp youth center. Both had been previously detained by Israel several times.
Mteir has since ended his hunger strike after going 12 days without food, after reaching an agreement to be released in April 2017 without his administrative detention being renewed.
The two joined journalist Muhammad al-Qeeq, who has been on hunger strike for 27 days in protest of his administrative detention. Al-Qeeq was last released from Israeli prison in May of last year, after he refused food for a grueling 94 days — also in protest of his administrative detention at the time.
However, al-Qeeq was redetained in mid-January, and Israeli authorities have continued to hold al-Qiq without presenting any evidence or charges against him.
A group of protesters staged a sit-in, on Thursday, in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners, while activists closed the Jerusalem-Ramallah road for four days in a row, in protest of the Palestinian Authority’s perceived inaction with regard to the cases of Abu al-Leil and Mteir.
While Israeli authorities claim the withholding of evidence during administrative detention, which allows detention for three- to six-month renewable intervals, is essential for state security concerns, rights groups have instead claimed that the policy allows Israeli authorities to hold Palestinians for an indefinite period of time without showing any evidence that could justify their detentions.
Rights groups say that Israel’s administrative detention policy has also been used as an attempt to disrupt Palestinian political and social processes, notably targeting Palestinian politicians, activists, and journalists.
According to Addameer, as of January, 6,500 Palestinians were being held in Israeli prisons, 536 of whom were being held under administrative detention.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, a young Palestinian man near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ali Ballout, 21, and took him to an unknown destination.
The Israeli army claimed that the soldiers stopped and searched the Palestinian, and “found out that he carried a knife.”
In related news, approximately 50 extremist Israeli colonialist settlers from Yitzhar colony, attacked Huwwara village, from its eastern side.
Scores of Palestinians from the town intercepted the assailants, and clashed with them, forcing them to retreat.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ali Ballout, 21, and took him to an unknown destination.
The Israeli army claimed that the soldiers stopped and searched the Palestinian, and “found out that he carried a knife.”
In related news, approximately 50 extremist Israeli colonialist settlers from Yitzhar colony, attacked Huwwara village, from its eastern side.
Scores of Palestinians from the town intercepted the assailants, and clashed with them, forcing them to retreat.
At least 10 Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and others were left injured at daybreak Sunday in assaults on the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 10 Palestinians on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The campaign targeted seven Palestinians from Bethlehem province, two from al-Khalil, including a Hamas affiliate, and another Palestinian from Jerusalem’s eastern town of al-Izriya.
Reporting from Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem, a PIC reporter said 10 Israeli patrols stormed the town and kidnapped Hussam al-Sheikh, 26, Murad al-Sheikh, 19, Hamza al-Sheikh, 21, and Hussein al-Sheikh, 20.
The IOF further stormed Tekou’ town and carried out an arbitrary abduction sweep.
28-year-old Palestinian poet Mahmoud Ayad, nicknamed al-Mourabit, was kidnapped by the Israeli forces from his home in al-Duheisha camp, south of Bethlehem.
At the same time, injuries were reported among the Palestinian protesters following the IOF assaults.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 10 Palestinians on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The campaign targeted seven Palestinians from Bethlehem province, two from al-Khalil, including a Hamas affiliate, and another Palestinian from Jerusalem’s eastern town of al-Izriya.
Reporting from Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem, a PIC reporter said 10 Israeli patrols stormed the town and kidnapped Hussam al-Sheikh, 26, Murad al-Sheikh, 19, Hamza al-Sheikh, 21, and Hussein al-Sheikh, 20.
The IOF further stormed Tekou’ town and carried out an arbitrary abduction sweep.
28-year-old Palestinian poet Mahmoud Ayad, nicknamed al-Mourabit, was kidnapped by the Israeli forces from his home in al-Duheisha camp, south of Bethlehem.
At the same time, injuries were reported among the Palestinian protesters following the IOF assaults.
