21 mar 2018
B’Tselem human rights center has criticized Israel for persisting in committing abuses against detained Palestinian children and using military courts to confer legitimacy on its violations against their rights.
“Every year, hundreds of Palestinian minors undergo the same scenario. Israeli security forces pick them up on the street or at home in the middle of the night, then handcuff and blindfold them and transport them to interrogation, often subjecting them to violence en route,” B’Tselem said in a report released on Tuesday.
“Exhausted and scared – some having spent a long time in transit, some having been roused from sleep, some having had nothing to eat or drink for hours – the minors are then interrogated. They are completely alone in there, cut off from the world, without any adult they know and trust by their side, and without having been given a chance to consult with a lawyer before the interrogation. The interrogation itself often involves threats, yelling, verbal abuse and sometimes physical violence. Its sole purpose is to get the minors to confess or provide information about others,” the report explained.
Later, “they are taken to the military court for a remand hearing, where most see their lawyer for the first time. In the vast majority of cases, the military judges approve remand, even when the only evidence against the minors is their own confession, or else allegedly incriminating statements made against them by others. This is the case even when the statements were obtained through severe infringement of the minors’ rights.”
“Over the past decade, the state has made several changes to the military orders that deal with the arrest and detention of minors and their treatment in the military courts. On the face of it, these changes were meant to improve the protections afforded to minors in the military justice system. However, the changes Israel made have had no more than a negligible impact on minors’ rights. It would seem that they have far more to do with improved appearances than with what happens in actual practice. The facts and figures all demonstrate that minors’ rights are still being regularly and systematically violated,” the report underlined.
B’Tselem also debunked in its report Israel’s claims that the establishment of the military juvenile court in 2009 was a landmark achievement in the protection of minors’ rights in the military justice system, affirming that in practice, there is no improvement in the safeguarding of the rights of minors facing charges and there is persistence in excluding the parental role in legal proceedings taken against detained children.
“Every year, hundreds of Palestinian minors undergo the same scenario. Israeli security forces pick them up on the street or at home in the middle of the night, then handcuff and blindfold them and transport them to interrogation, often subjecting them to violence en route,” B’Tselem said in a report released on Tuesday.
“Exhausted and scared – some having spent a long time in transit, some having been roused from sleep, some having had nothing to eat or drink for hours – the minors are then interrogated. They are completely alone in there, cut off from the world, without any adult they know and trust by their side, and without having been given a chance to consult with a lawyer before the interrogation. The interrogation itself often involves threats, yelling, verbal abuse and sometimes physical violence. Its sole purpose is to get the minors to confess or provide information about others,” the report explained.
Later, “they are taken to the military court for a remand hearing, where most see their lawyer for the first time. In the vast majority of cases, the military judges approve remand, even when the only evidence against the minors is their own confession, or else allegedly incriminating statements made against them by others. This is the case even when the statements were obtained through severe infringement of the minors’ rights.”
“Over the past decade, the state has made several changes to the military orders that deal with the arrest and detention of minors and their treatment in the military courts. On the face of it, these changes were meant to improve the protections afforded to minors in the military justice system. However, the changes Israel made have had no more than a negligible impact on minors’ rights. It would seem that they have far more to do with improved appearances than with what happens in actual practice. The facts and figures all demonstrate that minors’ rights are still being regularly and systematically violated,” the report underlined.
B’Tselem also debunked in its report Israel’s claims that the establishment of the military juvenile court in 2009 was a landmark achievement in the protection of minors’ rights in the military justice system, affirming that in practice, there is no improvement in the safeguarding of the rights of minors facing charges and there is persistence in excluding the parental role in legal proceedings taken against detained children.
An Israeli special force on Wednesday afternoon abducted a Palestinian worker from an industrial facility south of Nablus city.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a group of Israeli undercover soldiers riding a white civilian car raided a carpentry workshop near Awarta checkpoint south of Nablus and kidnapped one of the workers.
They added that a military force arrived in the place later to provide protection to the soldiers who transferred the detained young man to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a group of Israeli undercover soldiers riding a white civilian car raided a carpentry workshop near Awarta checkpoint south of Nablus and kidnapped one of the workers.
They added that a military force arrived in the place later to provide protection to the soldiers who transferred the detained young man to an unknown destination.
The Israeli police on Wednesday decided to ban a guard of al-Aqsa Mosque from entering the site under the pretext of not abiding by police orders.
Quds Press said that the Islamic Waqf guard Ehab Abu Ghazala was detained in the morning from the Mosque and taken to an Israeli detention center in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The news agency added that the Israeli police accused Abu Ghazala of obstructing their work and not complying with their orders to stay away from Israeli settlers who conduct tours in al-Aqsa Mosque, and decided to prevent him from entering the Mosque for 15 days.
In a related context, Quds Press reported that 46 Israeli settlers on Wednesday broke into al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police protection during the morning round of incursions which lasted for three hours and a half.
Quds Press said that the Islamic Waqf guard Ehab Abu Ghazala was detained in the morning from the Mosque and taken to an Israeli detention center in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The news agency added that the Israeli police accused Abu Ghazala of obstructing their work and not complying with their orders to stay away from Israeli settlers who conduct tours in al-Aqsa Mosque, and decided to prevent him from entering the Mosque for 15 days.
In a related context, Quds Press reported that 46 Israeli settlers on Wednesday broke into al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police protection during the morning round of incursions which lasted for three hours and a half.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday morning set up a military checkpoint north of Halhul city in al-Khalil province.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF soldiers erected a temporary checkpoint in al-Hawawir area and started to stop Palestinian vehicles, search them and harass their passengers.
He added that the soldiers detained the ex-prisoners Shadi Melhem and Ali Hamdan at the checkpoint for an hour and a half after scrutinizing their IDs. Melhem and Hamdan were released after being handed summonses to appear before the Israeli intelligence next week.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF soldiers erected a temporary checkpoint in al-Hawawir area and started to stop Palestinian vehicles, search them and harass their passengers.
He added that the soldiers detained the ex-prisoners Shadi Melhem and Ali Hamdan at the checkpoint for an hour and a half after scrutinizing their IDs. Melhem and Hamdan were released after being handed summonses to appear before the Israeli intelligence next week.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday broke into the house of the Palestinian detainee Ola Marshoud in Balata refugee camp in Nablus.
Marshoud's family said that a large military force raided their house at dawn in search for Ola's mobile phone, wreaked havoc on it, and interrogated them.
The IOF arrested Marshoud, a 21-year-old freelance journalist and student at al-Najah University in Nablus, last week after she was summoned for interrogation at Huwwara detention center.
An Israeli court on Saturday decided to extend Marshoud's detention for a week.
Marshoud's family said that a large military force raided their house at dawn in search for Ola's mobile phone, wreaked havoc on it, and interrogated them.
The IOF arrested Marshoud, a 21-year-old freelance journalist and student at al-Najah University in Nablus, last week after she was summoned for interrogation at Huwwara detention center.
An Israeli court on Saturday decided to extend Marshoud's detention for a week.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and shot two young men with rubber-coated steel bullets.
The soldiers invaded the town, before storming into and violently searching Radwan family building.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes and detained many young men while interrogating them and investigating their ID cards.
Several young men then hurled stones at the invading army jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding two, in addition to firing gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Furthermore, the soldiers took pictures of several homes and buildings in the town.
The army also installed many roadblocks in ‘Azzoun, searched many cars and investigated the ID cards of many Palestinians.
The soldiers invaded the town, before storming into and violently searching Radwan family building.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes and detained many young men while interrogating them and investigating their ID cards.
Several young men then hurled stones at the invading army jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding two, in addition to firing gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Furthermore, the soldiers took pictures of several homes and buildings in the town.
The army also installed many roadblocks in ‘Azzoun, searched many cars and investigated the ID cards of many Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the al-Mughayer Palestinian village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, before storming into a school, and a kindergarten, and injured eight, in addition to abducting three young men.
The principal of al-Mughayer Secondary School and member of the village’s Local Council, Marzouq Abu Naim, said the soldiers invaded the local school for girls, and used it as a military post, in addition to the al-Mughayer kindergarten.
He added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes in the village, and the local mosque.
Several youngsters protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the armored military jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding eight Palestinians.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs, causing dozens of Palestinians, including children in the kindergarten, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Naim Abu Ata, the head of the Local Council, said undercover soldiers also infiltrated into the al-Mughayer School for Boys, assaulted ten students with clubs and batons, and abducted three.
The principal of al-Mughayer Secondary School and member of the village’s Local Council, Marzouq Abu Naim, said the soldiers invaded the local school for girls, and used it as a military post, in addition to the al-Mughayer kindergarten.
He added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes in the village, and the local mosque.
Several youngsters protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the armored military jeeps, while the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding eight Palestinians.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs, causing dozens of Palestinians, including children in the kindergarten, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Naim Abu Ata, the head of the Local Council, said undercover soldiers also infiltrated into the al-Mughayer School for Boys, assaulted ten students with clubs and batons, and abducted three.
World-renowned Palestinian teen journalist, nonviolent activist Ahed Tamimi, 17, from Nabi Saleh village northwest the central West Bank city of Ramallah, has reached an agreement with the Israeli Military prosecution, to which she will be sentenced to eight months in prison.
The ‘Ofer Israeli military court also imposed a 5000 Shekels fine on ‘Ahed.
The court also sentenced Nour’s cousin, Nariman Tamimi, to sixteen days of time served, and 2000 Shekels fine ($575), before being released.
Nour’s mother, Nariman Tamimi, was sentenced to serve eight months in prison, in addition to a a fine of 6,000 shekel ($1,725 USD).
Israeli daily Haaretz said that Ahed would be pleading “guilty” to what was described as “four counts of assault” against the soldiers, who were invading her town, and attempting to break into her home in December of last year. One of the counts was the videotaped incident when she slapped an invading Israeli soldier.
Haaretz added that, although was plea agreement was reached, it remains not final until the military court approves it. If the agreement is finalized, ‘Ahed will be held in detention for five more months.
Haaretz stated that the decision was made, Wednesday, in a hearing which was held behind closed doors, after the court denied an appeal for holding the hearings in public.
It added that the original indictment which was brought against ‘Ahed contained twelve charges, including from the year 2016.
The charges included what was described as “five counts of assaults against the soldiers,” “throwing stones,” “disrupting a soldier,” in addition to “incitement and throwing objects.”
‘Ahed’s father and Nariman’s husband Bassem Tamimi, said that he was only able to visit with his wife and daughter in prison last week for the first time since they were abducted in December of 2017.
He said that ‘Ahed enjoys high spirits, and spends her time reading books, and studying for school, with a special focus on the English language.
Bassem denounced the military measures in court, especially preventing the journalists from attending and holding the hearings behind closed doors.
Gaby Lasky, the defense attorney representing ‘Ahed, said the plea agreement, which included dropping all counts of the indictment that made her imprisonment possible until all legal proceedings are over, is a proof that Ahed’s abduction and the legal proceedings brought against her are all “steps meant for settling scores,” Haaretz said.
It is worth mentioning that on December 15th 2017, Israeli soldiers shot Ahed’s cousin, Mohammad Tamimi, only fifteen years of age, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the face at close range.
Mohammad’s treating physician told DCIP that the 15-year-old underwent two operations to remove the rubber-coated metal bullet, which lodged in the back of his skull and caused severe bleeding in his brain. The child’s 16-year-old cousin, Ahed Tamimi, was detained days later in a night raid.
On February 26th 2018, the wounded child, and nine other Tamimi family members, mainly children, were abducted by the soldiers who carried a dawn invasion into Nabi Saleh, and conducted extensive and violent searches of homes.
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Military Court Sentences Ahed Tamimi and Mother to 8 Months
Published on: Mar 21, 2018 @ 20:34
A military court sentenced, on Wednesday, Ahed Tamimi, 17, and her mother, Nariman, 42, to eight months in prison plus $1500 fine for each, following a plea bargain between the Tamimis’ lawyer and the military prosecution, according to people at the trial held at Ofer military camp, near Ramallah.
Ahed Tamimi was arrested in December, when she was only 16 years old, and charged with slapping an Israeli soldier who invaded her family home in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah. The mother, Nariman, was arrested on the same day for filming the incident and placing the video on the internet and therefore charged with incitement.
The two Tamimis have had almost 10 court hearings since their arrest, as the defense lawyer and the military persecutor were battling over their case, according to WAFA.
Ahed Tamimi has become a household name and an icon of passive Palestinian resistance. A number of international human rights organizations have condemned her arrest and called for her immediate release.
The Ofer military court had earlier agreed in another plea bargain to consider the 16 days Ahed Tamimi’s cousin, Nour, 20, had spent in prison after she was arrested, a day after Ahed, for also appearing in the same video fending off the soldiers from their house, as her sentence and fined her $600 plus five months suspended sentence.
The ‘Ofer Israeli military court also imposed a 5000 Shekels fine on ‘Ahed.
The court also sentenced Nour’s cousin, Nariman Tamimi, to sixteen days of time served, and 2000 Shekels fine ($575), before being released.
Nour’s mother, Nariman Tamimi, was sentenced to serve eight months in prison, in addition to a a fine of 6,000 shekel ($1,725 USD).
Israeli daily Haaretz said that Ahed would be pleading “guilty” to what was described as “four counts of assault” against the soldiers, who were invading her town, and attempting to break into her home in December of last year. One of the counts was the videotaped incident when she slapped an invading Israeli soldier.
Haaretz added that, although was plea agreement was reached, it remains not final until the military court approves it. If the agreement is finalized, ‘Ahed will be held in detention for five more months.
Haaretz stated that the decision was made, Wednesday, in a hearing which was held behind closed doors, after the court denied an appeal for holding the hearings in public.
It added that the original indictment which was brought against ‘Ahed contained twelve charges, including from the year 2016.
The charges included what was described as “five counts of assaults against the soldiers,” “throwing stones,” “disrupting a soldier,” in addition to “incitement and throwing objects.”
‘Ahed’s father and Nariman’s husband Bassem Tamimi, said that he was only able to visit with his wife and daughter in prison last week for the first time since they were abducted in December of 2017.
He said that ‘Ahed enjoys high spirits, and spends her time reading books, and studying for school, with a special focus on the English language.
Bassem denounced the military measures in court, especially preventing the journalists from attending and holding the hearings behind closed doors.
Gaby Lasky, the defense attorney representing ‘Ahed, said the plea agreement, which included dropping all counts of the indictment that made her imprisonment possible until all legal proceedings are over, is a proof that Ahed’s abduction and the legal proceedings brought against her are all “steps meant for settling scores,” Haaretz said.
It is worth mentioning that on December 15th 2017, Israeli soldiers shot Ahed’s cousin, Mohammad Tamimi, only fifteen years of age, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the face at close range.
Mohammad’s treating physician told DCIP that the 15-year-old underwent two operations to remove the rubber-coated metal bullet, which lodged in the back of his skull and caused severe bleeding in his brain. The child’s 16-year-old cousin, Ahed Tamimi, was detained days later in a night raid.
On February 26th 2018, the wounded child, and nine other Tamimi family members, mainly children, were abducted by the soldiers who carried a dawn invasion into Nabi Saleh, and conducted extensive and violent searches of homes.
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Military Court Sentences Ahed Tamimi and Mother to 8 Months
Published on: Mar 21, 2018 @ 20:34
A military court sentenced, on Wednesday, Ahed Tamimi, 17, and her mother, Nariman, 42, to eight months in prison plus $1500 fine for each, following a plea bargain between the Tamimis’ lawyer and the military prosecution, according to people at the trial held at Ofer military camp, near Ramallah.
Ahed Tamimi was arrested in December, when she was only 16 years old, and charged with slapping an Israeli soldier who invaded her family home in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah. The mother, Nariman, was arrested on the same day for filming the incident and placing the video on the internet and therefore charged with incitement.
The two Tamimis have had almost 10 court hearings since their arrest, as the defense lawyer and the military persecutor were battling over their case, according to WAFA.
Ahed Tamimi has become a household name and an icon of passive Palestinian resistance. A number of international human rights organizations have condemned her arrest and called for her immediate release.
The Ofer military court had earlier agreed in another plea bargain to consider the 16 days Ahed Tamimi’s cousin, Nour, 20, had spent in prison after she was arrested, a day after Ahed, for also appearing in the same video fending off the soldiers from their house, as her sentence and fined her $600 plus five months suspended sentence.
Israeli authorities are considering stripping 12 Palestinians of their permanent residency status in occupied East Jerusalem, in what would reportedly be the first use of recently adopted legislation.
According to Haaretz, Interior Minister Arye Dery is weighing up the move in light of a law which passed two weeks ago, and grants him the authority to strip any permanent resident of his residency rights, for ‘terrorism’ or ‘disloyalty’ to the State of Israel.
The 12 Palestinians in question include four Hamas-affiliated parliamentarians from the Palestinian Legislative Council, whose cases were the subject of a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a previous government decision to revoke their residency.
It was in response to that ruling that the Knesset subsequently adopted the new legislation, PNN further reports.
The other eight Palestinians who may have their residency revoked have all been convicted by Israeli courts of involvement in alleged terror attacks, Haaretz reported.
“Murdering Israelis and involvement in attacks against civilians is the gravest possible breach of faith between a resident and his country,” Dery said.
“The same goes for active, significant involvement in terrorist organizations. Residents and citizens who endanger the Israeli public and constitute a threat to its safety should know that their status is in danger, on top of the other penalties laid down by law. I will work with all my might and all the means at my disposal to fight terrorists and anyone who’s involved in or abets terror.”
Attorney Osama Saadi, who represents the four Hamas parliamentarians, said: “The amendment in question is unconstitutional, and even the attorney general opposed it. Moreover, the law states that in any case, it’s not possible to revoke the residency of East Jerusalem residents, who have a special status, and leave them without any residency.”
“We will petition the High Court on behalf of these four, who, as you’ll recall, have been waging a legal battle against the revocation of their residency since 2006 and won their petition a few months ago,” he added. “This amendment violates international law, and wholesale revocations, such as are happening today, show that this is a political law by a crazy government.”
According to Haaretz, Interior Minister Arye Dery is weighing up the move in light of a law which passed two weeks ago, and grants him the authority to strip any permanent resident of his residency rights, for ‘terrorism’ or ‘disloyalty’ to the State of Israel.
The 12 Palestinians in question include four Hamas-affiliated parliamentarians from the Palestinian Legislative Council, whose cases were the subject of a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a previous government decision to revoke their residency.
It was in response to that ruling that the Knesset subsequently adopted the new legislation, PNN further reports.
The other eight Palestinians who may have their residency revoked have all been convicted by Israeli courts of involvement in alleged terror attacks, Haaretz reported.
“Murdering Israelis and involvement in attacks against civilians is the gravest possible breach of faith between a resident and his country,” Dery said.
“The same goes for active, significant involvement in terrorist organizations. Residents and citizens who endanger the Israeli public and constitute a threat to its safety should know that their status is in danger, on top of the other penalties laid down by law. I will work with all my might and all the means at my disposal to fight terrorists and anyone who’s involved in or abets terror.”
Attorney Osama Saadi, who represents the four Hamas parliamentarians, said: “The amendment in question is unconstitutional, and even the attorney general opposed it. Moreover, the law states that in any case, it’s not possible to revoke the residency of East Jerusalem residents, who have a special status, and leave them without any residency.”
“We will petition the High Court on behalf of these four, who, as you’ll recall, have been waging a legal battle against the revocation of their residency since 2006 and won their petition a few months ago,” he added. “This amendment violates international law, and wholesale revocations, such as are happening today, show that this is a political law by a crazy government.”
Israeli colonial settlers stormed, on Wednesday morning, the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, while Israeli police arrested one of its guards from his workplace, inside the mosque.
Jerusalemite sources reported, according to Al Ray, that 24 settlers guarded by security forces stormed Al-Aqsa in the early morning hours, via The Moroccan Gate, and attempted to perform Talmudic rituals.
They said that Israeli police arrested the guard, Ehab Abu Ghazaleh, from his workplace inside the mosque, and took him to an investigation center in Jerusalem, after he refused to stay away from the settlers in the mosque.Al-Aqsa Mosque is exposed, on a daily basis, to such activities, at which the settlers perform Talmudic rituals and desecrate the sanctity of the mosque, under guard of Israeli forces.
Israel seeks, through these actions, to divide the temporal and spatial division of the mosque, and to further Judaize the occupied city of Jerusalem.
It is the third holiest site in Islam and also venerated as Judaism’s most holy place, alleged to be the original site of Solomon’s Temple.
Disputes surrounding visitation to the site have historically flared tensions in the occupied Palestinian territory.
In 2003, the Israeli government unilaterally decided — despite the objections of the Islamic Endowments Department — to allow non-Muslim visitors into the complex.
Since then, under increasingly right-wing Israeli governments, extremist Jewish settlers have been allowed into the site in ever greater numbers — usually protected by Israeli security forces — while Palestinian access to the site has become increasingly restricted.
The number of Israeli settlers storming the holy site has risen since US president Donald Trump’s declaration of occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Members of the so-called “Temple Mount” movement are publicly calling its followers to participate in wide scale mass raids on the holy site.
Jerusalemite sources reported, according to Al Ray, that 24 settlers guarded by security forces stormed Al-Aqsa in the early morning hours, via The Moroccan Gate, and attempted to perform Talmudic rituals.
They said that Israeli police arrested the guard, Ehab Abu Ghazaleh, from his workplace inside the mosque, and took him to an investigation center in Jerusalem, after he refused to stay away from the settlers in the mosque.Al-Aqsa Mosque is exposed, on a daily basis, to such activities, at which the settlers perform Talmudic rituals and desecrate the sanctity of the mosque, under guard of Israeli forces.
Israel seeks, through these actions, to divide the temporal and spatial division of the mosque, and to further Judaize the occupied city of Jerusalem.
It is the third holiest site in Islam and also venerated as Judaism’s most holy place, alleged to be the original site of Solomon’s Temple.
Disputes surrounding visitation to the site have historically flared tensions in the occupied Palestinian territory.
In 2003, the Israeli government unilaterally decided — despite the objections of the Islamic Endowments Department — to allow non-Muslim visitors into the complex.
Since then, under increasingly right-wing Israeli governments, extremist Jewish settlers have been allowed into the site in ever greater numbers — usually protected by Israeli security forces — while Palestinian access to the site has become increasingly restricted.
The number of Israeli settlers storming the holy site has risen since US president Donald Trump’s declaration of occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Members of the so-called “Temple Mount” movement are publicly calling its followers to participate in wide scale mass raids on the holy site.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday kidnapped 35 Palestinian citizens in raid campaigns launched in the West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF stormed different neighborhoods in Nablus city and arrested Mu'taz Okasha after raiding his house. Another Palestinian named Nayef al-Shami was arrested from a bakery he works in.
At the same time, the IOF raided Aqraba town south of Nablus and launched a search campaign against Palestinian citizens' houses for the second day in a row.
The PIC reporter said, quoting local sources from Tulkarem, that the IOF abducted two Palestinian youths after raiding and searching their houses then transferred them to an unknown destination.
Another Palestinian identified as Moayyad al-Qaq was arrested at a checkpoint in Qalqilya while returning from a visit he paid to his detained brother at Megiddo prison.
The Palestinian activist Mohammed Awad reported that an Israeli military force at daybreak arrested three Palestinians and handed two others summonses to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation during a raid into Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
Sporadic confrontations broke out between Beit Ummar residents and the IOF soldiers during which the latter heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters. No injuries were reported.
Other arrests were reported in Jericho and Bethlehem, and about 20 Palestinians, including minors, were arrested in Jerusalem campaigns.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 27 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, 27 Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including 20 in Shu’fat refugee camp, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting the 27 young men.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF stormed different neighborhoods in Nablus city and arrested Mu'taz Okasha after raiding his house. Another Palestinian named Nayef al-Shami was arrested from a bakery he works in.
At the same time, the IOF raided Aqraba town south of Nablus and launched a search campaign against Palestinian citizens' houses for the second day in a row.
The PIC reporter said, quoting local sources from Tulkarem, that the IOF abducted two Palestinian youths after raiding and searching their houses then transferred them to an unknown destination.
Another Palestinian identified as Moayyad al-Qaq was arrested at a checkpoint in Qalqilya while returning from a visit he paid to his detained brother at Megiddo prison.
The Palestinian activist Mohammed Awad reported that an Israeli military force at daybreak arrested three Palestinians and handed two others summonses to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation during a raid into Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil.
Sporadic confrontations broke out between Beit Ummar residents and the IOF soldiers during which the latter heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters. No injuries were reported.
Other arrests were reported in Jericho and Bethlehem, and about 20 Palestinians, including minors, were arrested in Jerusalem campaigns.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 27 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, 27 Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including 20 in Shu’fat refugee camp, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The soldiers invaded and violently searched dozens of homes and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting the 27 young men.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Mo’taz Okasha, Nablus.
- Nayef ash-Shami, Nablus.
- Ayman Abdul-Nasser Hdeib, Ein al-Sultan refugee camp – Jericho.
- Khaled Issa, al-Khader town – Bethlehem.
- Nafeth Ammar Abu Aisha, Hebron.
- Toqai Abboud Jawabra, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
- Islam Asafra, Beit Kahil – Hebron.
- Ahmad Khashan, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Dia’ Awwad, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Salam al-Khalidi, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ahmad Moheisin, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Abdullah Abu Shams Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Bassem Abu Shams Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Fahed Mohammad Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ahmad Mohammad Ali, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Maher ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ismael ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Hasan ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Mohammad ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ibrahim ‘Alqam, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Mahdi ad-Dhabit, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Mohammad Sharha, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Khalil ad-Dib’ey, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ismael Maz’arour, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Hamza Taha, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Ibrahim Hamad, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
- Anas Abu Sneina, Shu’fat – Jerusalem.
20 mar 2018
The Israeli military appeals court on Monday rejected the request of the Palestinian teenager Ahed al-Tamimi to hold her trial in an open court, Haaretz said on Tuesday.
Haaretz reported, quoting al-Tamimi's lawyer Gabi Laski, that the court claimed that the decision was for the minor's benefit even though all of her detention hearings prior to the indictment filed against her were public.
Last week the military prosecution told the court that it has no objection to a public trial.
However, Laski said, the appeals court decided to hold the trial "in the dark", adding that public proceedings are the only defense that would help Ahed and without them she would never get a fair trial.
Basem al-Tamimi, Ahed's father, said that Ofer court during the latest hearing decided that the attendees will be limited to the lawyer and Ahed's family only.
Al-Tamimi said in statements to Quds Press on Tuesday that Ahed's lawyer appealed the decision but the military court rejected the appeal and announced on Monday that the next trials will be held behind closed doors with no-one allowed in.
He stressed that his daughter's case has become an international issue, and Israel does not want the world to see its "ugly face" and how it violates international humanitarian laws.
Ahed was arrested on 19th December 2017 after a video showing her slapping two Israeli soldiers who tried to break into her family house in Nabi Saleh village in Ramallah went viral.
Ahed is also accused of incitement as she called in a Facebook post for anti-settlement marches and asked the world to act against the US president Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Haaretz reported, quoting al-Tamimi's lawyer Gabi Laski, that the court claimed that the decision was for the minor's benefit even though all of her detention hearings prior to the indictment filed against her were public.
Last week the military prosecution told the court that it has no objection to a public trial.
However, Laski said, the appeals court decided to hold the trial "in the dark", adding that public proceedings are the only defense that would help Ahed and without them she would never get a fair trial.
Basem al-Tamimi, Ahed's father, said that Ofer court during the latest hearing decided that the attendees will be limited to the lawyer and Ahed's family only.
Al-Tamimi said in statements to Quds Press on Tuesday that Ahed's lawyer appealed the decision but the military court rejected the appeal and announced on Monday that the next trials will be held behind closed doors with no-one allowed in.
He stressed that his daughter's case has become an international issue, and Israel does not want the world to see its "ugly face" and how it violates international humanitarian laws.
Ahed was arrested on 19th December 2017 after a video showing her slapping two Israeli soldiers who tried to break into her family house in Nabi Saleh village in Ramallah went viral.
Ahed is also accused of incitement as she called in a Facebook post for anti-settlement marches and asked the world to act against the US president Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Israeli Magistrate Court of Haifa approved on Tuesday an appeal made by lawyers of Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in 1948 Occupied Palestine, to release him on condition.
Laywer Khaled Zabarqah, member of the defense team, said that the court decided to set him free on condition of house arrest in his town, Kafr Anna, and not at his home in Umm al-Fahm city in 1948 Occupied Palestine as suggested by his advocates with the possibility of wearing an electronic ankle bracelet and having bodyguards.
Zabarqah added that the Israeli Prison Service official is expected to file a report in five days on the restricting terms on the release of Sheikh Salah.
He pointed out that the court is going to hold a session on March 26 to announce its final decision on the release conditions assigned against Sheikh Salah who has been detained since last August.
Laywer Khaled Zabarqah, member of the defense team, said that the court decided to set him free on condition of house arrest in his town, Kafr Anna, and not at his home in Umm al-Fahm city in 1948 Occupied Palestine as suggested by his advocates with the possibility of wearing an electronic ankle bracelet and having bodyguards.
Zabarqah added that the Israeli Prison Service official is expected to file a report in five days on the restricting terms on the release of Sheikh Salah.
He pointed out that the court is going to hold a session on March 26 to announce its final decision on the release conditions assigned against Sheikh Salah who has been detained since last August.
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Tuesday evening set free Mohammad Shawahna, of Silat al-Harithiya town west of Jenin city in the northern West Bank after 16 years of continuous imprisonment.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the release of Shawahna came after completely serving his 16-year sentence. He was released from the Israeli Negev desert jail.
His family received him at al-Thahiriya barrier in al-Khalil city before he was taken home in his town in Jenin, the PIC reporter added.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the release of Shawahna came after completely serving his 16-year sentence. He was released from the Israeli Negev desert jail.
His family received him at al-Thahiriya barrier in al-Khalil city before he was taken home in his town in Jenin, the PIC reporter added.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns that Israeli forces stationed at Beit Hanoun “Erez” Crossing continued to apply the policy of arresting patients and their companions when traveling for treatment in the Israeli or Palestinian hospitals in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
The latest was arrest of a patient’s companion from the Gaza Strip yesterday after summoning him for a security interview with the Israeli authorities in Beit Hanoun Crossing.
According to PCHR’s follow-up, at approximately 09:00 on Sunday, 18 March 2018, the Israeli forces stationed in Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing in the northern Gaza Strip arrested Eyad ‘Omer Ibrahim Ba’loushah (42) from Al-Sheikh Redwan neighborhood in Gaza City after the Israeli authorities summoned him for a security interview in Beit Hanoun Crossing. Ba’loushah was summoned for the interview after he applied for a permit to cross the Beit Hanoun Crossing as a companion for his father, who is a cancer patient referred for treatment in Hadasa ‘Ein Karem Hospital in Israel.
Rami ‘Omer Ibrahim Ba’loushah (44), brother of the arrested civilian, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that:
“On Sunday, 18 March 2018, my brother, Eyad ‘Omer Ibrahim Ba’loushah (42) headed for a security interview in Beit Hanoun Crossing after the Medical Coordination Department informed him via a text message sent to his cell phone on Thursday, 15 March 2018, that the Israeli authorities asked him for the interview. The request for the interview came to examine the possibility of giving him a permit to travel via Beit Hanoun Crossing in order to accompany my father, ‘Omer Ibrahim Ba’loushah (68), who suffers from throat cancer and was referred for treatment in Hadasa ‘Ein Karem Hospital two weeks ago. After waiting for my brother to come back from the crossing for hours, we tried to call him but his cellphone was off. At approximately 20:30 on the same day, the General Authority of Civil Affairs (GACA) in Gaza City called to inform us that my brother Eyad was arrested by the Israeli intelligence and taken to an investigation center in Israel without clarifying the reasons behind his arrest.”
Previously, on Thursday, 15 March 2018, the Israeli forces stationed in Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing in the northern Gaza Strip arrested Na’im Mohammed Hussein Kotkot (44) from Jabalia refugee camp after the Israeli authorities summoned him for a security interview in Beit Hanoun Crossing. Kotkot was summoned for the interview after he applied for a permit to cross the Beit Hanoun Crossing as a companion for his son, who is a patient suffering blood disorders and was referred for treatment in Augusta Victoria Hospital “al-Motale’a” in occupied Jerusalem.
PCHR reiterates its strong condemnation of the Israeli policy to arrest patients and their companions at Beit Hanoun “Erez” Crossing and calls upon the international community, particularly the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, as well as the international organizations, particularly the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to practice pressure immediately on the Israeli authorities to stop this inhuman and unjustifiable policy.
PCHR also calls for serious action to facilitate the movement and travel of patients from the Gaza Strip to the hospitals in Israel or the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem especially that continuing to apply this policy endangers the life of hundreds of patients in the Gaza Strip and deprives them of receiving the proper medical treatment for their serious diseases that cannot be remedied in the Gaza Strip hospitals.
The latest was arrest of a patient’s companion from the Gaza Strip yesterday after summoning him for a security interview with the Israeli authorities in Beit Hanoun Crossing.
According to PCHR’s follow-up, at approximately 09:00 on Sunday, 18 March 2018, the Israeli forces stationed in Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing in the northern Gaza Strip arrested Eyad ‘Omer Ibrahim Ba’loushah (42) from Al-Sheikh Redwan neighborhood in Gaza City after the Israeli authorities summoned him for a security interview in Beit Hanoun Crossing. Ba’loushah was summoned for the interview after he applied for a permit to cross the Beit Hanoun Crossing as a companion for his father, who is a cancer patient referred for treatment in Hadasa ‘Ein Karem Hospital in Israel.
Rami ‘Omer Ibrahim Ba’loushah (44), brother of the arrested civilian, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that:
“On Sunday, 18 March 2018, my brother, Eyad ‘Omer Ibrahim Ba’loushah (42) headed for a security interview in Beit Hanoun Crossing after the Medical Coordination Department informed him via a text message sent to his cell phone on Thursday, 15 March 2018, that the Israeli authorities asked him for the interview. The request for the interview came to examine the possibility of giving him a permit to travel via Beit Hanoun Crossing in order to accompany my father, ‘Omer Ibrahim Ba’loushah (68), who suffers from throat cancer and was referred for treatment in Hadasa ‘Ein Karem Hospital two weeks ago. After waiting for my brother to come back from the crossing for hours, we tried to call him but his cellphone was off. At approximately 20:30 on the same day, the General Authority of Civil Affairs (GACA) in Gaza City called to inform us that my brother Eyad was arrested by the Israeli intelligence and taken to an investigation center in Israel without clarifying the reasons behind his arrest.”
Previously, on Thursday, 15 March 2018, the Israeli forces stationed in Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing in the northern Gaza Strip arrested Na’im Mohammed Hussein Kotkot (44) from Jabalia refugee camp after the Israeli authorities summoned him for a security interview in Beit Hanoun Crossing. Kotkot was summoned for the interview after he applied for a permit to cross the Beit Hanoun Crossing as a companion for his son, who is a patient suffering blood disorders and was referred for treatment in Augusta Victoria Hospital “al-Motale’a” in occupied Jerusalem.
PCHR reiterates its strong condemnation of the Israeli policy to arrest patients and their companions at Beit Hanoun “Erez” Crossing and calls upon the international community, particularly the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, as well as the international organizations, particularly the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to practice pressure immediately on the Israeli authorities to stop this inhuman and unjustifiable policy.
PCHR also calls for serious action to facilitate the movement and travel of patients from the Gaza Strip to the hospitals in Israel or the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem especially that continuing to apply this policy endangers the life of hundreds of patients in the Gaza Strip and deprives them of receiving the proper medical treatment for their serious diseases that cannot be remedied in the Gaza Strip hospitals.
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and at dawn Tuesday, fifteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including seven in occupied Jerusalem.
The PPP said dozens of soldiers invaded the ar-Ram town, in Jerusalem, searched many homes and abducted Mohammad Yousef Ghazawna, Mohannad Ramadan Ghazawna, Odah Mustafa Ghazawna, Jalal al-Khatib, Tawfiq Fathi Romiyya, Ahmad Hosni Romiyya and his brother Hamza.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Budrus town, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and abducted Aws Abdul-Nasr Marar, 17, Mohammad Nabil Awad, 22, and Hatem Rashid.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted Raed Mustafa Taqatqa, from Beit Fajjar town, south of the city.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, and a leader of the Islamic Jihad, identified as Bassam Sa’adi, after seeking his capture for five years.
Two of his children, Abdul-Karim and Ibrahim, and his mother, were killed in previous invasions into the area.
In Jericho, the soldiers invaded Aqbat Jabr refugee camp, and abducted Fakhr Awad, and took him to an unknown destination.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Adel Marshoud, from Balata refugee camp.
Another Palestinian, identified as Sa’id Mohammad Suleiman, was abducted in Tubas, in northeastern West Bank.
The PPP said dozens of soldiers invaded the ar-Ram town, in Jerusalem, searched many homes and abducted Mohammad Yousef Ghazawna, Mohannad Ramadan Ghazawna, Odah Mustafa Ghazawna, Jalal al-Khatib, Tawfiq Fathi Romiyya, Ahmad Hosni Romiyya and his brother Hamza.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Budrus town, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and abducted Aws Abdul-Nasr Marar, 17, Mohammad Nabil Awad, 22, and Hatem Rashid.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted Raed Mustafa Taqatqa, from Beit Fajjar town, south of the city.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, and a leader of the Islamic Jihad, identified as Bassam Sa’adi, after seeking his capture for five years.
Two of his children, Abdul-Karim and Ibrahim, and his mother, were killed in previous invasions into the area.
In Jericho, the soldiers invaded Aqbat Jabr refugee camp, and abducted Fakhr Awad, and took him to an unknown destination.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Adel Marshoud, from Balata refugee camp.
Another Palestinian, identified as Sa’id Mohammad Suleiman, was abducted in Tubas, in northeastern West Bank.
Police arrest suspects for failing to stop Abd al-Rahman Bani Fadel at the time of his terror attack, which claimed life of Adiel Kolman; 2 released as cops seek remand extension for remaining 6.
Police arrested Monday night eight people suspected of not trying to prevent a deadly terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday which claimed the life of Adiel Kolman.
Two of the suspects were released at the conclusion of the investigation and the remaining six will be brought to the courts to have their remand extended.
According to the police investigation, eight traders aged between 15 and 67, who live on HaGai street where the attack took place, were in the area when the bloodletting began.
Police suspect that despite the fact that they realized what was taking place, they did nothing to try and prevent it.
The 28-year-old terrorist, Abd al-Rahman Bani Fadel, who was later confirmed to be a Palestinian from the village of Aqraba near Nablus, was shot dead by a police officer at the scene.
Fadel, a father of two, had a temporary permit for a week that allowed him to enter Israel to search for employment. He had already received such permits in the past, as there was no indication of his terrorist intentions.
The day he carried out his terror attack was the first day that his permit enabled him to enter Israel.
Kolman, 32, from the settlement of Kokhav HaShahar in the West Bank, is survived by his wife and four sons. He was buried on Monday at the Kokhav HaShahar cemetery.
"You were called 'the jewel'—you were our jewel," Kolman's mother said. "You finished your mission in this world and God, may His name be blessed, took you too quickly, too painfully."
"Everyone knows you were a simple man, good, direct, who laughs and embraces. You won life with your rolling laughter. You were the best father there is," Kolman's sister said. "I will remember you as Adi, not as a news item."
Police arrested Monday night eight people suspected of not trying to prevent a deadly terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday which claimed the life of Adiel Kolman.
Two of the suspects were released at the conclusion of the investigation and the remaining six will be brought to the courts to have their remand extended.
According to the police investigation, eight traders aged between 15 and 67, who live on HaGai street where the attack took place, were in the area when the bloodletting began.
Police suspect that despite the fact that they realized what was taking place, they did nothing to try and prevent it.
The 28-year-old terrorist, Abd al-Rahman Bani Fadel, who was later confirmed to be a Palestinian from the village of Aqraba near Nablus, was shot dead by a police officer at the scene.
Fadel, a father of two, had a temporary permit for a week that allowed him to enter Israel to search for employment. He had already received such permits in the past, as there was no indication of his terrorist intentions.
The day he carried out his terror attack was the first day that his permit enabled him to enter Israel.
Kolman, 32, from the settlement of Kokhav HaShahar in the West Bank, is survived by his wife and four sons. He was buried on Monday at the Kokhav HaShahar cemetery.
"You were called 'the jewel'—you were our jewel," Kolman's mother said. "You finished your mission in this world and God, may His name be blessed, took you too quickly, too painfully."
"Everyone knows you were a simple man, good, direct, who laughs and embraces. You won life with your rolling laughter. You were the best father there is," Kolman's sister said. "I will remember you as Adi, not as a news item."
Israeli soldiers fired, on Tuesday morning, several gas bombs at schoolchildren, heading to their schools, in the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The children were walking to their schools by the main Nablus-Ramallah road, before the soldiers started firing gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, and attempted to prevent them from reaching their educational facilities.
Medical sources said many students suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the entrance of the village, and interrogated many Palestinians, especially schoolchildren.
Furthermore, the soldiers detained a young man from the village, and assaulted him before attempting to abduct him, but the locals managed to take him away.
The children were walking to their schools by the main Nablus-Ramallah road, before the soldiers started firing gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, and attempted to prevent them from reaching their educational facilities.
Medical sources said many students suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
The soldiers also installed a military roadblock at the entrance of the village, and interrogated many Palestinians, especially schoolchildren.
Furthermore, the soldiers detained a young man from the village, and assaulted him before attempting to abduct him, but the locals managed to take him away.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, one Palestinian from Balata refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, in addition to abducting a man, on Monday at night, at Za’tara military roadblock, south of the city. The army also took measurements of homes in Beit Ummar, near Hebron.
Media sources in Nablus said several army jeeps invaded Balata refugee camp, before the soldiers invaded and searched homes, and abducted a young man, identified as Ahmad Adel Marshoud.
On Monday at night, the soldiers abducted Sa’id Mohammad Suleiman, 44, after stopping him at Za’tara military roadblocks, south of Nablus, and took him to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian, from Tubas city, in northeastern West Bank, was cuffed and blindfolded, before the soldiers took him to a nearby military base.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, installed roadblocks, and invaded several old homes in the ath-Thaher area, and took measurements of the buildings, especially their rooftops.
The soldiers placed ladders to climb on several rooftops, before taking their measurements without informing the Palestinians about the reasons behind these invasions and the measurements.
Furthermore, the army installed military roadblocks east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in addition to Hebron’s northern and southern roads, and the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Media sources in Nablus said several army jeeps invaded Balata refugee camp, before the soldiers invaded and searched homes, and abducted a young man, identified as Ahmad Adel Marshoud.
On Monday at night, the soldiers abducted Sa’id Mohammad Suleiman, 44, after stopping him at Za’tara military roadblocks, south of Nablus, and took him to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian, from Tubas city, in northeastern West Bank, was cuffed and blindfolded, before the soldiers took him to a nearby military base.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, installed roadblocks, and invaded several old homes in the ath-Thaher area, and took measurements of the buildings, especially their rooftops.
The soldiers placed ladders to climb on several rooftops, before taking their measurements without informing the Palestinians about the reasons behind these invasions and the measurements.
Furthermore, the army installed military roadblocks east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in addition to Hebron’s northern and southern roads, and the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) on Monday decried the Israeli arrest campaigns targeting Gazan patients and their companions while they are travelling through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing for treatment in Israeli or Palestinian hospitals in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
The latest incident was arresting a patient's companion named Mohammed Kotkot, 44, on Thursday after he was summoned for a security interview with the Israeli intelligence at Beit Hanoun crossing.
The PCHR said that Kotkot was summoned for the interview after he had applied for a permit to cross Beit Hanoun crossing as a companion for his son who suffers from blood disorders and was referred for treatment at Augusta Victoria Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem.
The PCHR called on the international community, particularly the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, as well as international organizations, especially the World Health Organization and International Committee of the Red Cross, to pressure the Israeli authorities to stop this inhuman and unjustifiable policy.
It also called for serious action to facilitate the movement and travel of patients from the Gaza Strip to hospitals in the 1948 occupied Palestine, West Bank and Jerusalem.
The latest incident was arresting a patient's companion named Mohammed Kotkot, 44, on Thursday after he was summoned for a security interview with the Israeli intelligence at Beit Hanoun crossing.
The PCHR said that Kotkot was summoned for the interview after he had applied for a permit to cross Beit Hanoun crossing as a companion for his son who suffers from blood disorders and was referred for treatment at Augusta Victoria Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem.
The PCHR called on the international community, particularly the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, as well as international organizations, especially the World Health Organization and International Committee of the Red Cross, to pressure the Israeli authorities to stop this inhuman and unjustifiable policy.
It also called for serious action to facilitate the movement and travel of patients from the Gaza Strip to hospitals in the 1948 occupied Palestine, West Bank and Jerusalem.
