20 may 2014
Sam al-Araj 18
A young Palestinian man says he was beaten and arrested by a group of Israeli police officers on Monday evening.
Sam al-Araj, 18, said he was attacked at 10 p.m. Monday after leaving the light rail at the Damascus Gate station near Jerusalem's Old City.
Al-Araj explained that he was with a friend in the rail when a group of young Israelis started making provocative gestures at them.
When they left the train, there were around 35 Israelis aged 20-25, and mostly Russian-born Israelis surrounded them. When they tried to flee the scene, the Israelis followed them, he said.
“My friend managed to escape from the area, and I was assaulted and beaten with rifle butts,” he added.
A number of them showed police IDs after the attack, and al-Araj was arrested, handcuffed, and taken to Saladdin police station where he was beaten and assaulted, he said.
Al-Araj added that he was released on bail at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
An Israeli police spokesman did not immediately return calls late Monday.
A young Palestinian man says he was beaten and arrested by a group of Israeli police officers on Monday evening.
Sam al-Araj, 18, said he was attacked at 10 p.m. Monday after leaving the light rail at the Damascus Gate station near Jerusalem's Old City.
Al-Araj explained that he was with a friend in the rail when a group of young Israelis started making provocative gestures at them.
When they left the train, there were around 35 Israelis aged 20-25, and mostly Russian-born Israelis surrounded them. When they tried to flee the scene, the Israelis followed them, he said.
“My friend managed to escape from the area, and I was assaulted and beaten with rifle butts,” he added.
A number of them showed police IDs after the attack, and al-Araj was arrested, handcuffed, and taken to Saladdin police station where he was beaten and assaulted, he said.
Al-Araj added that he was released on bail at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
An Israeli police spokesman did not immediately return calls late Monday.
An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian man to 42 months in prison.
Raghib al-Jabaa, 33, was arrested several months ago and charged with affiliation with Hamas, funding activities for Hamas in Jerusalem, and donating money to prisoners’ families, his family said.
An Israeli court also sentenced Sulaiman Khalil Dauwood Abu Sbitan, 17, to seven months in prison on Monday for allegedly throwing rocks at Israeli settler cars.
Amjad Abdeen and Hamid Baibouh were sentenced to 13 months in jail and three-year suspended sentences, while Mohammad Hidmi was sentenced to 16 months.
Raghib al-Jabaa, 33, was arrested several months ago and charged with affiliation with Hamas, funding activities for Hamas in Jerusalem, and donating money to prisoners’ families, his family said.
An Israeli court also sentenced Sulaiman Khalil Dauwood Abu Sbitan, 17, to seven months in prison on Monday for allegedly throwing rocks at Israeli settler cars.
Amjad Abdeen and Hamid Baibouh were sentenced to 13 months in jail and three-year suspended sentences, while Mohammad Hidmi was sentenced to 16 months.
An Israeli court on Monday accepted an emergency appeal by the Palestinian Authority's ministry of prisoners’ affairs to cancel sanctions imposed on hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners, a lawyer said.
Husam Younis explained that the court decided to allow hunger strikers to take their normal daily break at prison courtyards, a privilege which had previously been banned.
In addition, the court decided to make lawyer visits easier. Younis explained that the Israeli prison service had complicated procedures for such visits. Finally, the court decided to allow entry of new clothes to hunger strikers. Their clothes were confiscated on the first day of the strike, and they were left only with those they were wearing.
Younis added that the ministry of prisoners’ affairs filed an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court against a draft law to be submitted to the Knesset which will enable prison wardens to make prisoners eat and drink by force. Such a law, he said, would be a clear violation to prisoners’ right to protest peacefully.
Husam Younis explained that the court decided to allow hunger strikers to take their normal daily break at prison courtyards, a privilege which had previously been banned.
In addition, the court decided to make lawyer visits easier. Younis explained that the Israeli prison service had complicated procedures for such visits. Finally, the court decided to allow entry of new clothes to hunger strikers. Their clothes were confiscated on the first day of the strike, and they were left only with those they were wearing.
Younis added that the ministry of prisoners’ affairs filed an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court against a draft law to be submitted to the Knesset which will enable prison wardens to make prisoners eat and drink by force. Such a law, he said, would be a clear violation to prisoners’ right to protest peacefully.
Israeli forces kidnapped four Palestinians, including two minors, from the Hebron area, in addition to seven others from inside the yards al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, according to reports by security forces and witnesses.
A group of settlers, under the protection of special Israeli police, stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Mughrabi (Moroccan) Gate, roaming the yards of the mosque and performing Talmudic rituals, provoking Palestinian worshipers who chanted prayers protesting their entry to the holy sites, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency.
Israeli police "intervened" and abducted seven worshipers, when they attmpted to stop the settlers, upon which police led the to a nearby detention and interrogation center in Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, in the Hebron area, Israeli forces invaded a camp while firing tear gas and sound bombs and setting fire to the nearby fields, taking with them three Palestinians aged 12, 15, and 18.
The army also raided Beit Ummar town to the South of Hebron and arrested a 28-year-old Palestinian, WAFA reports.
Several houses in the town were also raided and searched.
A group of settlers, under the protection of special Israeli police, stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Mughrabi (Moroccan) Gate, roaming the yards of the mosque and performing Talmudic rituals, provoking Palestinian worshipers who chanted prayers protesting their entry to the holy sites, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency.
Israeli police "intervened" and abducted seven worshipers, when they attmpted to stop the settlers, upon which police led the to a nearby detention and interrogation center in Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, in the Hebron area, Israeli forces invaded a camp while firing tear gas and sound bombs and setting fire to the nearby fields, taking with them three Palestinians aged 12, 15, and 18.
The army also raided Beit Ummar town to the South of Hebron and arrested a 28-year-old Palestinian, WAFA reports.
Several houses in the town were also raided and searched.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided four homes in Obaidiya village, east of Bethlehem, at dawn Tuesday. Local sources said that the soldiers broke into the homes of four Abu Sarhan family members and searched them, but no arrests were made.
However, Ahmed Al-Azraq, a 13-year-old child from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, was arrested on Monday after he was summoned for interrogation at Etzion detention center.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed Nablus city and a number of nearby villages at dawn Tuesday and nabbed a young man in the city, local sources told the PIC reporter.
They said that the soldiers raided three villages near Nablus and searched a number of homes.
In another incident, more than 70 IOF soldiers in army vehicles raided the village of Yabad, south of Jenin, on Monday night, locals said, adding that the soldiers clashed with young men.
The sources said that an Israeli undercover unit entered the village and was discovered by inhabitants who threw stones at its members and forced them to retreat out of the village.
12-year-old Imprisoned Following Interrogation
Israeli forces have taken Ahmad Qasim al-Azraq to Ofer prison, following his interrogation in Etzion.
Ahmad is a resident of Aida refugee camp, the PNN reports.
Sunday evening, the Israeli army broke into his home, where he was given a notice to report to interrogation the following morning.
Family sources inform that Ahmad went to the Etzion center, south of Bethlehem, with his father, for interrogation.
After a few hours, he was called in for questioning. His father asked to wait outside and, later, told to go back home, as his son would be going to Ofer prison, where he would be taken to court the following day.
Ahmad is the brother of Mohammad Al-Azraq, Fatah leader in Aida refugee camp, who was also taken from his home, this past March, and is currently awaiting court in Ofer.
However, Ahmed Al-Azraq, a 13-year-old child from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, was arrested on Monday after he was summoned for interrogation at Etzion detention center.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed Nablus city and a number of nearby villages at dawn Tuesday and nabbed a young man in the city, local sources told the PIC reporter.
They said that the soldiers raided three villages near Nablus and searched a number of homes.
In another incident, more than 70 IOF soldiers in army vehicles raided the village of Yabad, south of Jenin, on Monday night, locals said, adding that the soldiers clashed with young men.
The sources said that an Israeli undercover unit entered the village and was discovered by inhabitants who threw stones at its members and forced them to retreat out of the village.
12-year-old Imprisoned Following Interrogation
Israeli forces have taken Ahmad Qasim al-Azraq to Ofer prison, following his interrogation in Etzion.
Ahmad is a resident of Aida refugee camp, the PNN reports.
Sunday evening, the Israeli army broke into his home, where he was given a notice to report to interrogation the following morning.
Family sources inform that Ahmad went to the Etzion center, south of Bethlehem, with his father, for interrogation.
After a few hours, he was called in for questioning. His father asked to wait outside and, later, told to go back home, as his son would be going to Ofer prison, where he would be taken to court the following day.
Ahmad is the brother of Mohammad Al-Azraq, Fatah leader in Aida refugee camp, who was also taken from his home, this past March, and is currently awaiting court in Ofer.
The human rights unit of the Palestinian ministry of interior in the Gaza Strip held Israeli jailers fully responsible for the life of prisoner Ayman Atabish, whose health condition reached a life-threatening stage as a result of 82 days of hunger strike. The unit warned in a press release on Tuesday that hunger striker Atabish could suddenly die any moment following a sharp decline in his health condition.
Prisoner Ayman Atabish suffered a few days ago from new health complications, which prompted his jailers to admit him to Assaf Harofeh hospital.
Since his admission to the hospital, Atabish has been receiving doses of oxygen, while his heart rate has been monitored after doctors reported his suffering from heart muscle weakness.
In another incident, the Israeli administration of Ramon jail prevented the family of prisoner Basem Khandakji, from Nablus city, from visiting him on Monday as scheduled.
The brothers of prisoner Khandakji told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that as they were getting prepared to visit him in the morning, a Red Cross representative told them of the prison administration's decision to ban their visit on that day.
Despite his life imprisonment, prisoner Basem Khandakji was able to produce some literary works.
Prisoner Ayman Atabish suffered a few days ago from new health complications, which prompted his jailers to admit him to Assaf Harofeh hospital.
Since his admission to the hospital, Atabish has been receiving doses of oxygen, while his heart rate has been monitored after doctors reported his suffering from heart muscle weakness.
In another incident, the Israeli administration of Ramon jail prevented the family of prisoner Basem Khandakji, from Nablus city, from visiting him on Monday as scheduled.
The brothers of prisoner Khandakji told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that as they were getting prepared to visit him in the morning, a Red Cross representative told them of the prison administration's decision to ban their visit on that day.
Despite his life imprisonment, prisoner Basem Khandakji was able to produce some literary works.
A group of Israeli troops and settlers on Tuesday morning broke into the courtyards of the third holiest Muslim shrine, Al-Aqsa Mosque and detained Palestinian students of Quran. Coordinator of Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage, Mahmoud Abu Atta said that 13 of extremist settlers broke Al-Aqsa yards claiming they were studying the historical features of the alleged Temple Mount.
Israeli colonial troops detained seven of Palestinian students of Quran after assaulted them, Atta added.
In this respect, Atta pointed out that the defenders of the holy shrine accompany with a group of students defended Al-Aqsa yards and condemned the detention of the seven students.
Tension conditions overwhelmed the place as many of students and defenders of faith were in the holy shrine to protect it from the settlers and colonial power attacks, he aware.
He added that the colonial power rapidly intervene inside the holy shire, and provide heavily protection for the settlers. They form a human barrier that prevents Palestinian worshipers from approaching any of these storming groups.
For Muslims, Al-Aqsa represents the world's third holiest site. Jews refer to the area as the "Temple Mount," claiming it was the site of two prominent Jewish temples in ancient times.
Israeli colonial troops detained seven of Palestinian students of Quran after assaulted them, Atta added.
In this respect, Atta pointed out that the defenders of the holy shrine accompany with a group of students defended Al-Aqsa yards and condemned the detention of the seven students.
Tension conditions overwhelmed the place as many of students and defenders of faith were in the holy shrine to protect it from the settlers and colonial power attacks, he aware.
He added that the colonial power rapidly intervene inside the holy shire, and provide heavily protection for the settlers. They form a human barrier that prevents Palestinian worshipers from approaching any of these storming groups.
For Muslims, Al-Aqsa represents the world's third holiest site. Jews refer to the area as the "Temple Mount," claiming it was the site of two prominent Jewish temples in ancient times.
Three Palestinians, including two minors, were arrested on Monday evening by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in al-Khalil. A Jerusalemite youngster was also apprehended near holy al-Aqsa Mosque while another was sentenced to seven months in prison. According to sources in al-Khalil, the two minors Uday Jaber and Abed Abu Armila were arrested and carried to a police station in the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement outpost east of al-Khalil, following an IOF raid south of the city.
A Palestinian passer-by was arrested on Monday while trying to cross a military checkpoint near the Gush Etzion settlement north of al-Khalil.
According to local sources, vehicles and passers-by were stopped in an abrupt manner by Israeli soldiers. Najeh Shehde Abu Kabita was taken in for questioning in an anonymous location, blindfolded and handcuffed.
Several provocative search procedures were further carried out in the area, in the presence of settler crowds.
In a related event, IOF arrested on Monday a Jerusalemite young man while he was on his way to holy al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem to perform evening prayers, Jerusalemite sources reported.
Along the same line, the so-called Israeli District Court in Occupied Jerusalem sentenced Jerusalemite teen Salman Khalil Daoud Abu Sabatin, 18, to seven months in prison under a series of alleged charges.
Ever since his detention in December 2013, Salman has been sentenced to house arrest while his actual prison sentence is scheduled as of first of June 2014.
The Israeli occupation authorities are deliberately targeting Jerusalemite youth with forced house arrests in an attempt not only to suppress the voices raised to defend Occupied Jerusalem and holy al-Aqsa Mosque but also to turn Jerusalemite parents into the wardens of their own and only children.
A Palestinian passer-by was arrested on Monday while trying to cross a military checkpoint near the Gush Etzion settlement north of al-Khalil.
According to local sources, vehicles and passers-by were stopped in an abrupt manner by Israeli soldiers. Najeh Shehde Abu Kabita was taken in for questioning in an anonymous location, blindfolded and handcuffed.
Several provocative search procedures were further carried out in the area, in the presence of settler crowds.
In a related event, IOF arrested on Monday a Jerusalemite young man while he was on his way to holy al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem to perform evening prayers, Jerusalemite sources reported.
Along the same line, the so-called Israeli District Court in Occupied Jerusalem sentenced Jerusalemite teen Salman Khalil Daoud Abu Sabatin, 18, to seven months in prison under a series of alleged charges.
Ever since his detention in December 2013, Salman has been sentenced to house arrest while his actual prison sentence is scheduled as of first of June 2014.
The Israeli occupation authorities are deliberately targeting Jerusalemite youth with forced house arrests in an attempt not only to suppress the voices raised to defend Occupied Jerusalem and holy al-Aqsa Mosque but also to turn Jerusalemite parents into the wardens of their own and only children.
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails are to go on hunger strike today Tuesday in solidarity with the administrative detainees who have been on hunger strike for 27 days. The Palestinian prisoner association said in a statement that the single day hunger strike would be one of the steps organized in support of those detainees.
The association said that other administrative detainees have joined their colleagues’ hunger strike while the Israeli prison service (IPS) is still disregarding the strike despite the worsening health condition of those hunger strikers.
Meanwhile, Ahrar center for human rights said that the IPS has extended the administrative detention, without trial or charge, of a number of those detainees in absolute disregard of their serious health conditions.
Director of the center Fuad al-Khuffash said in a statement on Tuesday that the Israeli Shabak does not wish to appear weak before the hunger strikers.
He added that the detainees are informed of the extension of their detention while in solitary confinement and in a provocative manner so as to weaken their morale.
The association said that other administrative detainees have joined their colleagues’ hunger strike while the Israeli prison service (IPS) is still disregarding the strike despite the worsening health condition of those hunger strikers.
Meanwhile, Ahrar center for human rights said that the IPS has extended the administrative detention, without trial or charge, of a number of those detainees in absolute disregard of their serious health conditions.
Director of the center Fuad al-Khuffash said in a statement on Tuesday that the Israeli Shabak does not wish to appear weak before the hunger strikers.
He added that the detainees are informed of the extension of their detention while in solitary confinement and in a provocative manner so as to weaken their morale.
A large number of Israeli patrols invaded Jenin refugee camp before dawn Tuesday. A Palestinian resistance fighter was arrested following break-ins by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) into more than 15 homes. Eye-witnesses told PIC correspondent: “Large IOF troops raided Jenin camp at midnight and attacked more than 31 houses, most of them owned by relatives of the Islamic Jihad Leader Sheikh Bassam al-Saadi”.
“IOF attacked Palestinian citizen Samir Abid’s house and arrested his brother-in-law Mazen al-Saadi, 23, under the pretext of being affiliated with an armed resistance group after he had appeared with a gun during the memorial celebration of Jenin camp martyrs last Thursday,” the eye-witnesses further documented.
Other sources from Jenin camp told the PIC reporter Saadi was dragged from his bed.
The eye-witnesses further reported: “Violent confrontations between IOF and unarmed youths from Jenin camp broke out. Heavy firing of live ammunition, tear gas canisters, and sound bombs by IOF followed, in an attempt to cover-up al-Saadi’s detention procedure.
Dozens of Palestinian civilians suffered breathing problems and a state of extreme panic prevailed among women and children. Palestinian young men could only respond by throwing stones.
In the same context, sounds of home-made-bomb blasts have been detected in the area followed by IOF abrupt break-ins into Martyr Dr. Khalil Suleiman’s hospital square. Tear gas canisters rocked the square and the reception hall. Windshields had been smashed up in the process while several patients suffered severe breathing problems.
"IOF attacks caused considerable damage in the houses it had stormed by force,” eye-witnesses said, adding that the invading troops evacuated the camp by early morning hours Tuesday.
“IOF attacked Palestinian citizen Samir Abid’s house and arrested his brother-in-law Mazen al-Saadi, 23, under the pretext of being affiliated with an armed resistance group after he had appeared with a gun during the memorial celebration of Jenin camp martyrs last Thursday,” the eye-witnesses further documented.
Other sources from Jenin camp told the PIC reporter Saadi was dragged from his bed.
The eye-witnesses further reported: “Violent confrontations between IOF and unarmed youths from Jenin camp broke out. Heavy firing of live ammunition, tear gas canisters, and sound bombs by IOF followed, in an attempt to cover-up al-Saadi’s detention procedure.
Dozens of Palestinian civilians suffered breathing problems and a state of extreme panic prevailed among women and children. Palestinian young men could only respond by throwing stones.
In the same context, sounds of home-made-bomb blasts have been detected in the area followed by IOF abrupt break-ins into Martyr Dr. Khalil Suleiman’s hospital square. Tear gas canisters rocked the square and the reception hall. Windshields had been smashed up in the process while several patients suffered severe breathing problems.
"IOF attacks caused considerable damage in the houses it had stormed by force,” eye-witnesses said, adding that the invading troops evacuated the camp by early morning hours Tuesday.
Two Palestinian fishermen were wounded off the coast of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, at the hands of Israeli navy gunboats on Monday night. Marine police sources told the PIC reporter that the two fishermen were hospitalized, adding that one of them was hit with a bullet in the abdomen.
A Palestinian fisherman was wounded last Saturday night in a similar incident off Gaza shore.
Meanwhile, Israeli navy gunboats abducted two other fishermen at midnight yesterday and seized their boat also off Rafah.
Marine police sources told the PIC that the two brothers, Ala’a and Ayman Bardawil, were fishing off the coast when an Israeli navy patrol chased them and forced them along with their boat to head to an Israeli port.
A Palestinian fisherman was wounded last Saturday night in a similar incident off Gaza shore.
Meanwhile, Israeli navy gunboats abducted two other fishermen at midnight yesterday and seized their boat also off Rafah.
Marine police sources told the PIC that the two brothers, Ala’a and Ayman Bardawil, were fishing off the coast when an Israeli navy patrol chased them and forced them along with their boat to head to an Israeli port.
19 may 2014
Emad Eddin Mansour Al-A’war 16 and his cousin Mouath Al-A’war 16
The Israeli forces arrested on Monday early morning hours three children after raiding their homes in Silwan.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the Israeli forces raided Silwan and arrested the 16-year old Emad Eddin Mansour Al-A’war, and his 16-year old cousin Mouath Al-A’war and 16-year old Ahmad Al-Ghoul and transferred them to Al-Maskobyeh detention center to interrogate them.
The Israeli forces arrested on Monday early morning hours three children after raiding their homes in Silwan.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the Israeli forces raided Silwan and arrested the 16-year old Emad Eddin Mansour Al-A’war, and his 16-year old cousin Mouath Al-A’war and 16-year old Ahmad Al-Ghoul and transferred them to Al-Maskobyeh detention center to interrogate them.
Trial postponed by one year
On May 8, 2014, human rights defender and lawyer Ms. Shireen Essawi began a hunger strike after learning of the postponement of her trial for nine months and a day. She is charged with cooperating with actors who are working against the state of Israel.
Shireen Essawi is a human rights lawyer who has participated in monitoring and documenting human rights violations committed against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, especially children, women, and prisoners from the Gaza Strip. The human rights defender also reported on practices adopted by Israeli authorities for Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli jails that she believes violate human rights, such as preventing visits by lawyers.
The postponement of her trial on May 7, 2014, follows several court appearances by the human rights defender since her arrest on March 6 of 2014. It is reported that, under Israeli law, a trial may be suspended and detention can continue upon the condition that a final judgment and sentence is issued within nine months and a day of the adjournment.
Shireen Essawi began her hunger strike out of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, and has declared she will continue it in protest at the adjournment of her trial. The human rights defender was arrested at her home in Jerusalem as part of a wave of arrests targeting lawyers. Her colleagues have since been released on bail, pending trials.
Front Line Defenders expresses its concern at the postponement of the trial and continued detention of Shireen Essawi, which is solely related to her peaceful and legitimate human rights work, in particular concerning the rights of Palestinians and Arab Israelis.
Front Line Defenders urges the authorities in Israel to:
1. Immediately and unconditionally drop all charges against and release Shireen Essawi, as it is believed they are solely motivated by her peaceful and legitimate work in defence of human rights;
2. Ensure that the treatment of Shireen Essawi, while in detention, adheres to the conditions set out in the ‘Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment,’ adopted by UN General Assembly resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988;
3. Guarantee in all circumstances that all human rights defenders in Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territory are able to carry out their legitimate human rights activities without fear of reprisals and free of all restrictions.
On May 8, 2014, human rights defender and lawyer Ms. Shireen Essawi began a hunger strike after learning of the postponement of her trial for nine months and a day. She is charged with cooperating with actors who are working against the state of Israel.
Shireen Essawi is a human rights lawyer who has participated in monitoring and documenting human rights violations committed against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, especially children, women, and prisoners from the Gaza Strip. The human rights defender also reported on practices adopted by Israeli authorities for Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli jails that she believes violate human rights, such as preventing visits by lawyers.
The postponement of her trial on May 7, 2014, follows several court appearances by the human rights defender since her arrest on March 6 of 2014. It is reported that, under Israeli law, a trial may be suspended and detention can continue upon the condition that a final judgment and sentence is issued within nine months and a day of the adjournment.
Shireen Essawi began her hunger strike out of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, and has declared she will continue it in protest at the adjournment of her trial. The human rights defender was arrested at her home in Jerusalem as part of a wave of arrests targeting lawyers. Her colleagues have since been released on bail, pending trials.
Front Line Defenders expresses its concern at the postponement of the trial and continued detention of Shireen Essawi, which is solely related to her peaceful and legitimate human rights work, in particular concerning the rights of Palestinians and Arab Israelis.
Front Line Defenders urges the authorities in Israel to:
1. Immediately and unconditionally drop all charges against and release Shireen Essawi, as it is believed they are solely motivated by her peaceful and legitimate work in defence of human rights;
2. Ensure that the treatment of Shireen Essawi, while in detention, adheres to the conditions set out in the ‘Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment,’ adopted by UN General Assembly resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988;
3. Guarantee in all circumstances that all human rights defenders in Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territory are able to carry out their legitimate human rights activities without fear of reprisals and free of all restrictions.
The attacks launched by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Jerusalemite children have hit unparalleled levels since early 2014. The number of Jerusalemite minors locked-up in Israeli prisons has gone up to 120. Dimitri Dilani, the head of the Christian National Coalition in the Holy Land, said in a press statement on Monday, Jerusalemite children are being targeted in a brutally unprecedented manner.
“Jerusalem’s offspring have been subject to arbitrary arrest-campaigns carried out by IOF so as to overawe the children and their families,” Dilani charged.
According to Dilani, the detained children have been made to endure an unbearable brutality inside of Israeli jails. Even the laws purportedly ruling for the compulsory presence of the child’s parent throughout investigation have never been preserved in reality.
The bulk of children who were set free provided, via sworn affidavits, undeniable proofs of psycho-physical torture during the very long hours of investigation sessions.
Several released children were subject to arbitrary deportation and house-imprisonment. This has led to remarkable downturns in the children’s academic output, already made worse by forced house arrest.
In Dilani’s view, "Such crimes against Jerusalem’s youth make part of the malevolent scenarios of mass-ethnic cleansing systematically weaved and executed by IOF so as to stamp out the historically deep-rooted Jerusalemite communities.”
The tragedy of Jerusalemite minors is not just made worse by such Israeli psycho-physical abuses and bullying procedures, but most importantly through the systematic brainwashes working over children’s academic potentials.
House-demolitions, economic blockades, along with other Israeli systematic crimes against Jerusalemites, have all been made use of to wipe out the typically Arab and native Jerusalemite character in occupied Palestine.
“Jerusalem’s offspring have been subject to arbitrary arrest-campaigns carried out by IOF so as to overawe the children and their families,” Dilani charged.
According to Dilani, the detained children have been made to endure an unbearable brutality inside of Israeli jails. Even the laws purportedly ruling for the compulsory presence of the child’s parent throughout investigation have never been preserved in reality.
The bulk of children who were set free provided, via sworn affidavits, undeniable proofs of psycho-physical torture during the very long hours of investigation sessions.
Several released children were subject to arbitrary deportation and house-imprisonment. This has led to remarkable downturns in the children’s academic output, already made worse by forced house arrest.
In Dilani’s view, "Such crimes against Jerusalem’s youth make part of the malevolent scenarios of mass-ethnic cleansing systematically weaved and executed by IOF so as to stamp out the historically deep-rooted Jerusalemite communities.”
The tragedy of Jerusalemite minors is not just made worse by such Israeli psycho-physical abuses and bullying procedures, but most importantly through the systematic brainwashes working over children’s academic potentials.
House-demolitions, economic blockades, along with other Israeli systematic crimes against Jerusalemites, have all been made use of to wipe out the typically Arab and native Jerusalemite character in occupied Palestine.
An Israeli court on Monday fined Islamic cleric Sheikh Raed Salah $2,600 for obstructing the work of police when they quizzed his wife three years ago, legal documents showed.
Last month, Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ruled that Salah, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, had "interrupted" police officers as they questioned his wife at the Allenby border crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan in April 2011.
On Monday, the court slapped him with a fine of 9,000 shekels ($2,600), the decision read.
The judge said the fine was relatively high for such an offense, partly due to Salah's refusal to express contrition for his actions.
The incident occurred after Salah himself was questioned on his way back from Jordan.
But when a female officer wanted to search his wife, he began yelling and had to be restrained by police, although he broke free and tried to force his way into the room where his wife was.
Salah, leader of the northern wing of the Islamic Movement in Israel, is no stranger to run-ins with the authorities.
In March, he was sentenced to eight months prison for incitement to violence over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque.
In 2010, he spent five months behind bars for spitting at an Israeli policeman.
The Islamic Movement is tolerated in Israel but is under constant surveillance because of its perceived links with Hamas, as well as with other Muslim groups worldwide.
Last month, Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ruled that Salah, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, had "interrupted" police officers as they questioned his wife at the Allenby border crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan in April 2011.
On Monday, the court slapped him with a fine of 9,000 shekels ($2,600), the decision read.
The judge said the fine was relatively high for such an offense, partly due to Salah's refusal to express contrition for his actions.
The incident occurred after Salah himself was questioned on his way back from Jordan.
But when a female officer wanted to search his wife, he began yelling and had to be restrained by police, although he broke free and tried to force his way into the room where his wife was.
Salah, leader of the northern wing of the Islamic Movement in Israel, is no stranger to run-ins with the authorities.
In March, he was sentenced to eight months prison for incitement to violence over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque.
In 2010, he spent five months behind bars for spitting at an Israeli policeman.
The Islamic Movement is tolerated in Israel but is under constant surveillance because of its perceived links with Hamas, as well as with other Muslim groups worldwide.
Shata prisoners said 14 detainees have been on an open-ended hunger-strike, staged in solidarity with their administrative fellows, for four days in a row. The strike comes at a time when the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has come down heavily on administrative detainees. According to the prisoners, four negotiation sessions have been held with IPS representatives to deliberate over the hunger strike, but to no avail.
Prisoners’ Society said quoting Shata detainees, a solidarity move has already been initiated by several prisoners, who have turned down the meals and gone on partial hunger strikes.
Prisoner Muslim Qutaiba, 50, from Nablus, has been without food for 6 days in solidarity with the administrative inmates. Qutaiba called for urgent medical check-ups due to his remarkably exacerbated health status.
Tough sanctions were vowed by IPS as a response to such solidarity moves. Transfer of prisoners to other lock-ups, denial of access out of the cells, entry-bans into cantinas, are among the measures that IPS vouched to carry out.
In a related context, an Israeli courthouse extended on Sunday the detention period for the Legislative Council deputy Mahmoud al-Ramahi for four extra months. The extension-sentence has been the third ever since al-Ramahi’s arrest on 23 November 2013.
Ex-head of Students Union in Birzeit University Fadi Hamad was sentenced to more 6 months in prison, just a few hours before his projected release date. Fadi Hamad has been on a full hunger strike, Ahrar Center for Human Rights reported.
According to Ahrar Center, the extension decision is “an unquestionable proof that Shin Bet and other Israeli security apparatuses are paying little heed, if any, to the protest moves carried out by the administrative hunger strikers.”
Ahrar Center called on human rights organizations to immediately intervene to restore the freedom of the Palestinian hunger strikers and bring administrative detention to a halt.
Prisoners’ Society said quoting Shata detainees, a solidarity move has already been initiated by several prisoners, who have turned down the meals and gone on partial hunger strikes.
Prisoner Muslim Qutaiba, 50, from Nablus, has been without food for 6 days in solidarity with the administrative inmates. Qutaiba called for urgent medical check-ups due to his remarkably exacerbated health status.
Tough sanctions were vowed by IPS as a response to such solidarity moves. Transfer of prisoners to other lock-ups, denial of access out of the cells, entry-bans into cantinas, are among the measures that IPS vouched to carry out.
In a related context, an Israeli courthouse extended on Sunday the detention period for the Legislative Council deputy Mahmoud al-Ramahi for four extra months. The extension-sentence has been the third ever since al-Ramahi’s arrest on 23 November 2013.
Ex-head of Students Union in Birzeit University Fadi Hamad was sentenced to more 6 months in prison, just a few hours before his projected release date. Fadi Hamad has been on a full hunger strike, Ahrar Center for Human Rights reported.
According to Ahrar Center, the extension decision is “an unquestionable proof that Shin Bet and other Israeli security apparatuses are paying little heed, if any, to the protest moves carried out by the administrative hunger strikers.”
Ahrar Center called on human rights organizations to immediately intervene to restore the freedom of the Palestinian hunger strikers and bring administrative detention to a halt.
The Palestinian administrative detainees have been on an open-ended hunger strike for 26 days in a row amid calls by the prisoners and human rights activists to rally round them throughout. The unresponsiveness revealed by The Palestinian Authority (PA) vis-à-vis the hunger-strike has been firmly condemned. Hunger-strikers’ families called for the need to stage more solidarity campaigns and mass-moves to back up the hunger strike via sit-ins and solidarity marches especially after the exacerbating health status of several striking prisoners.
According to the prisoners’ families solidarity moves have not been so far up to the sacrifices and tragedy of the striking detainees.
The Palestinian administrative prisoners have initiated an open-ended hunger strike, in what came to be known as “The Battle of the Empty Stomachs” to protest arbitrary detention with neither charge nor trial. The hunger-strikers vowed to keep going until they either win or die.
Some of the strikers have been carried to hospitals due to their worsening health conditions.
Along the same line, head of the Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights, Fuad al-Khuffash, slammed the quasi-official silence revealed by PA over the affair.
According to al-Khuffash, the fact that “PM Rami Hamdallah partook only in one solidarity event in Tulkarem and was unwilling to join the solidarity tent in Ramallah, just a few kilometers away from his office, does not just make sense.”
Prisoners’ families and national solidarity activists have been upset when Hamdallah, along with other prominent political leaders, partook in the inauguration of a park in the city and were unwilling to join the sit-in tent.
Al-Khuffash called on Hamdallah to make serious moves and tries in every possible way to alleviate the agony of the administrative detainees by walking down in marches and taking note of the demands of the prisoners’ families.
Al-Khuffash further urged Hamdallah to devote the time and energy needed to stand up for the prisoners’ inalienable rights.
According to the prisoners’ families solidarity moves have not been so far up to the sacrifices and tragedy of the striking detainees.
The Palestinian administrative prisoners have initiated an open-ended hunger strike, in what came to be known as “The Battle of the Empty Stomachs” to protest arbitrary detention with neither charge nor trial. The hunger-strikers vowed to keep going until they either win or die.
Some of the strikers have been carried to hospitals due to their worsening health conditions.
Along the same line, head of the Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights, Fuad al-Khuffash, slammed the quasi-official silence revealed by PA over the affair.
According to al-Khuffash, the fact that “PM Rami Hamdallah partook only in one solidarity event in Tulkarem and was unwilling to join the solidarity tent in Ramallah, just a few kilometers away from his office, does not just make sense.”
Prisoners’ families and national solidarity activists have been upset when Hamdallah, along with other prominent political leaders, partook in the inauguration of a park in the city and were unwilling to join the sit-in tent.
Al-Khuffash called on Hamdallah to make serious moves and tries in every possible way to alleviate the agony of the administrative detainees by walking down in marches and taking note of the demands of the prisoners’ families.
Al-Khuffash further urged Hamdallah to devote the time and energy needed to stand up for the prisoners’ inalienable rights.
Israeli occupation allowed a new batch of Gaza families to visit their relatives held in Nafha Prison, south of the pre 1948 occupied Palestine, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) announced. ICRC spokesperson Nasser al-Najjar said, 72 Gazans including 7 children crossed Beit Hanoun crossing, Erez Monday at dawn to visit 46 prisoners in Nafaha Prison.
The Palestinian families have the right to visit their relatives in the Israeli prisons under the international law and conventions.
Israeli occupation imposes restrictions on the detainees’ families including banning the entry of food and books to prisoners.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) put barriers between the prisoners and their relatives during the visits to prevent them from contacting directly.
It is noteworthy that family visits stopped and then resumed after the prisoners had launched an open-ended hunger strike lasted for 28 days in 2012 which led to signing al-Karama agreement between the Palestinian prisoners and the IPS under the Egyptian auspices.
More than 5,000 Palestinians including 490 from the Gaza strip have been held in Israeli prisons under hard condition while 206 prisoners were died due to medical negligence.
The Palestinian families have the right to visit their relatives in the Israeli prisons under the international law and conventions.
Israeli occupation imposes restrictions on the detainees’ families including banning the entry of food and books to prisoners.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) put barriers between the prisoners and their relatives during the visits to prevent them from contacting directly.
It is noteworthy that family visits stopped and then resumed after the prisoners had launched an open-ended hunger strike lasted for 28 days in 2012 which led to signing al-Karama agreement between the Palestinian prisoners and the IPS under the Egyptian auspices.
More than 5,000 Palestinians including 490 from the Gaza strip have been held in Israeli prisons under hard condition while 206 prisoners were died due to medical negligence.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians during a number of military invasions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Hebron, while one resident was ordered to head to a military base for interrogation.
Local sources in Bethlehem have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mo’tasem Bassam Abu Khdeir, 18, and Ali Ahmad Abu Srour, 17; they were taken from their homes after the army violently broke into them, and searched them.
The sources added the soldiers handed resident Ahmad Qassem al-Azraq a warrant ordering him to the Gush Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem, for interrogation.
In addition, soldiers invaded the towns of Ethna and Yatta, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The WAFA News Agency has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Lutfy Hassan Awwad, 42, from his home in Ethna town, west of Hebron, and kidnapped Ghaleb Thiab Abu Qbeita, from Yatta town, south of Hebron, and took them to the Etzion base for interrogation.
Eyewitnesses said the army invaded various neighborhoods in Doura town, west of Hebron, and installed a number of roadblocks in different parts of the city, and near a number of towns in the district.
IOF arbitrary arrests targeting Palestinian civilians, non-violent demonstrators
Two Palestinian young men were arrested by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at dawn Monday following break-ins into Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem. Other arrests followed as a peaceful solidarity rally was attacked by IOF in al-Khalil. Local sources told PIC correspondent the Israeli army attacked citizens’ homes and ransacked them after an abrupt break-in into the Aida refugee camp. Two young men, Motassem Abu Khadhir, 22, and Ali Abu Sourour, 17, were arrested and carried to an unidentified destination.
IOF invaded Doha town in Bethlehem and raked through the streets, the sources further documented.
In a related context, IOF came down heavily on Palestinian citizens on Sunday at the Container checkpoint east of Bethlehem, where vehicles and civilians’ IDs were inspected.
In a related event, IOF attacked a solidarity march staged by Beit Ummar natives and the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement on Sunday evening north of al-Khalil in solidarity with the Palestinian administrative hunger strikers, who have been without food for 26 days in a row.
According to eye-witnesses, Israeli soldiers denied the peaceful protestors the right to rally in the main street located between al-Khalil and Bethlehem and forced them out. Tear gas canisters were thrown at the non-violent demonstrators while three civilians, including a foreign activist, were arrested after having been heavily beaten by IOF.
“May and Malh” (“Water and Salt”) flyers were disseminated by activists from the Palestinian Center for Studies to the citizens and taxi-drivers in al-Khalil, where a great appreciation was revealed regarding such a solidarity move
Israeli occupation arrests three Palestinian youths in WB
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Monday at dawn three Palestinian youths from different areas in the West Bank. Locals said that the Israeli troops raided a number of houses in Ayda refugee camp to the north of Bethlehem and detained Mu’tasem Abu Khudeir, 22, and Ali Abu Suror, 17.
They also reported that the Israeli soldiers delivered a summon to young man Ahmed al-Azraq ordering him go to the interrogation center in Etzion military camp.
Israeli soldiers attacked the camp from several parts and raided several houses before arresting the two young men and taking them to a disclosed location, the sources pointed out.
In the same context, Israeli troops arrested a Palestinian activist affiliated to the Islamic bloc in Birzeit University a day after his release from the Palestinian Authority prisons.
The Islamic bloc said, “ the occupation detained activist Ahmed Na’erat after searching his house and damaging its contents,”
In Ramallah, the Israeli occupation attacked several houses in Kherbet Bani al-Hareth and interrogated the residents.
Local sources in Bethlehem have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mo’tasem Bassam Abu Khdeir, 18, and Ali Ahmad Abu Srour, 17; they were taken from their homes after the army violently broke into them, and searched them.
The sources added the soldiers handed resident Ahmad Qassem al-Azraq a warrant ordering him to the Gush Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem, for interrogation.
In addition, soldiers invaded the towns of Ethna and Yatta, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The WAFA News Agency has reported that the soldiers kidnapped Lutfy Hassan Awwad, 42, from his home in Ethna town, west of Hebron, and kidnapped Ghaleb Thiab Abu Qbeita, from Yatta town, south of Hebron, and took them to the Etzion base for interrogation.
Eyewitnesses said the army invaded various neighborhoods in Doura town, west of Hebron, and installed a number of roadblocks in different parts of the city, and near a number of towns in the district.
IOF arbitrary arrests targeting Palestinian civilians, non-violent demonstrators
Two Palestinian young men were arrested by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at dawn Monday following break-ins into Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem. Other arrests followed as a peaceful solidarity rally was attacked by IOF in al-Khalil. Local sources told PIC correspondent the Israeli army attacked citizens’ homes and ransacked them after an abrupt break-in into the Aida refugee camp. Two young men, Motassem Abu Khadhir, 22, and Ali Abu Sourour, 17, were arrested and carried to an unidentified destination.
IOF invaded Doha town in Bethlehem and raked through the streets, the sources further documented.
In a related context, IOF came down heavily on Palestinian citizens on Sunday at the Container checkpoint east of Bethlehem, where vehicles and civilians’ IDs were inspected.
In a related event, IOF attacked a solidarity march staged by Beit Ummar natives and the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement on Sunday evening north of al-Khalil in solidarity with the Palestinian administrative hunger strikers, who have been without food for 26 days in a row.
According to eye-witnesses, Israeli soldiers denied the peaceful protestors the right to rally in the main street located between al-Khalil and Bethlehem and forced them out. Tear gas canisters were thrown at the non-violent demonstrators while three civilians, including a foreign activist, were arrested after having been heavily beaten by IOF.
“May and Malh” (“Water and Salt”) flyers were disseminated by activists from the Palestinian Center for Studies to the citizens and taxi-drivers in al-Khalil, where a great appreciation was revealed regarding such a solidarity move
Israeli occupation arrests three Palestinian youths in WB
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Monday at dawn three Palestinian youths from different areas in the West Bank. Locals said that the Israeli troops raided a number of houses in Ayda refugee camp to the north of Bethlehem and detained Mu’tasem Abu Khudeir, 22, and Ali Abu Suror, 17.
They also reported that the Israeli soldiers delivered a summon to young man Ahmed al-Azraq ordering him go to the interrogation center in Etzion military camp.
Israeli soldiers attacked the camp from several parts and raided several houses before arresting the two young men and taking them to a disclosed location, the sources pointed out.
In the same context, Israeli troops arrested a Palestinian activist affiliated to the Islamic bloc in Birzeit University a day after his release from the Palestinian Authority prisons.
The Islamic bloc said, “ the occupation detained activist Ahmed Na’erat after searching his house and damaging its contents,”
In Ramallah, the Israeli occupation attacked several houses in Kherbet Bani al-Hareth and interrogated the residents.
the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Mahmoud al-Ramahi
Israeli courts extended Sunday the administrative detention of the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Mahmoud al-Ramahi and senior leader, Fadi Hamad in addition to five Palestinians from the occupied Jerusalem. Director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies, Fouad al-Khuffash, denounced the Israeli policy of administrative detention, pointing out that the occupation courts condemned the open-ended hunger strike administrative prisoners declared for the 26th day in a row.
Khuffash explained that al-Ramahi was arrested on November 23, 2013. He joined in the hunger strike partially by boycotting the prison's clinic to treat his illness.
Hamad also joined in the strike and was isolated at Ella Israeli prison in Beersheba.
Khuffash called on the international bodies and human rights organizations to pressure on occupation in order to release all the prisoners and to end the policy of administrative detention.
In a separate development, family of prisoner, Ameer al-Ahmad, 27, from Jenin said that the occupation court sentenced al-Ahmad for five months and fined him IL 1500.
Head of Jerusalemites Detainees and Prisoners Families Committee, Amjad Abu Asab, said that the courts extended detention of Mohammed Jabah to next Tuesday and Mutassim Abu Asab, while extended the detention of Mohammed Abu Arafa, Ihab Abu Arafa and the Journalist Amjad Arafa to next Monday.
An Israeli court also extended the detention of administrative prisoner Zuhair al-Ahmad, 19, from Jenin until mid of May 2014.
Administrative detention is a procedure that allows the Israeli military to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
Palestinians have been subjected to administrative detention since the beginning of the Israeli Occupation in 1967 and before that time, under the British Mandate. The frequency of the use of administrative detention has fluctuated throughout Israel’s occupation, and has been steadily rising since the outbreak of the second intifada in September 2000.
Israeli courts extended Sunday the administrative detention of the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Mahmoud al-Ramahi and senior leader, Fadi Hamad in addition to five Palestinians from the occupied Jerusalem. Director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies, Fouad al-Khuffash, denounced the Israeli policy of administrative detention, pointing out that the occupation courts condemned the open-ended hunger strike administrative prisoners declared for the 26th day in a row.
Khuffash explained that al-Ramahi was arrested on November 23, 2013. He joined in the hunger strike partially by boycotting the prison's clinic to treat his illness.
Hamad also joined in the strike and was isolated at Ella Israeli prison in Beersheba.
Khuffash called on the international bodies and human rights organizations to pressure on occupation in order to release all the prisoners and to end the policy of administrative detention.
In a separate development, family of prisoner, Ameer al-Ahmad, 27, from Jenin said that the occupation court sentenced al-Ahmad for five months and fined him IL 1500.
Head of Jerusalemites Detainees and Prisoners Families Committee, Amjad Abu Asab, said that the courts extended detention of Mohammed Jabah to next Tuesday and Mutassim Abu Asab, while extended the detention of Mohammed Abu Arafa, Ihab Abu Arafa and the Journalist Amjad Arafa to next Monday.
An Israeli court also extended the detention of administrative prisoner Zuhair al-Ahmad, 19, from Jenin until mid of May 2014.
Administrative detention is a procedure that allows the Israeli military to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.
Palestinians have been subjected to administrative detention since the beginning of the Israeli Occupation in 1967 and before that time, under the British Mandate. The frequency of the use of administrative detention has fluctuated throughout Israel’s occupation, and has been steadily rising since the outbreak of the second intifada in September 2000.
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation in Israel ratified Sunday a bill that allows the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) for force feeding of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners when their lives become in danger. Israeli Home Front Defense ministry passed the bill of that law since 2012 after a group of Palestinian prisoners had joined in an open-ended hunger strike that time.
The law allows the IPS to feed and provide medical care for the prisoners by force; however, the implementation of it requires approval from the head of the Israeli Central Court or his deputy. Moreover, the prisoners can represent lawyers in this regard.
The court is empowered to compel the provision of medical care, but only allows the possibility of providing the treatment to prisoners by force; however, the law will not force the doctors to perform this role against their will.
The ministry pointed out that the goal of the law is to prevent the death of prisoners on hunger strike and to be used as the last choice.
In this respect, several bodies in Israel opposed the law saying that says forcing hunger-strikers to eat is tantamount to torture.
The law needs a final ratification from the Israeli Knesset before it becomes effective.
Hundreds of administrative prisoners joined in the strike for their 26th day in a row and their lives are in extreme danger, where they demand the Israeli authorities to release them and end the administrative detention unjust policy.
On April 24, around 120 Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails declared a hunger strike to protest their administrative detention.
In all, 180 of around 5,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are being held under administrative detention.
The law allows the IPS to feed and provide medical care for the prisoners by force; however, the implementation of it requires approval from the head of the Israeli Central Court or his deputy. Moreover, the prisoners can represent lawyers in this regard.
The court is empowered to compel the provision of medical care, but only allows the possibility of providing the treatment to prisoners by force; however, the law will not force the doctors to perform this role against their will.
The ministry pointed out that the goal of the law is to prevent the death of prisoners on hunger strike and to be used as the last choice.
In this respect, several bodies in Israel opposed the law saying that says forcing hunger-strikers to eat is tantamount to torture.
The law needs a final ratification from the Israeli Knesset before it becomes effective.
Hundreds of administrative prisoners joined in the strike for their 26th day in a row and their lives are in extreme danger, where they demand the Israeli authorities to release them and end the administrative detention unjust policy.
On April 24, around 120 Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails declared a hunger strike to protest their administrative detention.
In all, 180 of around 5,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are being held under administrative detention.
Occupied Jerusalem - Israeli police officers attacked and kidnapped an elderly Palestinian man in the courtyards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, the WAFA News Agency said.
The elderly man was moved to an Israeli detention and interrogation facility in the occupied city.
Eyewitnesses told WAFA that a group of settlers, heavily accompanied by Israeli soldiers, stormed the yards of the Mosque from the al-Magharba Gate area, where they harassed Palestinian worshipers who started chanting and peacefully protesting the attack.
The police then kidnapped a 60-year-old worshiper, alleging that the man “tried to stop the settlers” as they “attempted to perform religious rituals”.
The Israeli attack is part on ongoing violations, by Israeli soldiers and settlers, against the Palestinians in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and in occupied Jerusalem, as well as the rest of occupied Palestine.
The elderly man was moved to an Israeli detention and interrogation facility in the occupied city.
Eyewitnesses told WAFA that a group of settlers, heavily accompanied by Israeli soldiers, stormed the yards of the Mosque from the al-Magharba Gate area, where they harassed Palestinian worshipers who started chanting and peacefully protesting the attack.
The police then kidnapped a 60-year-old worshiper, alleging that the man “tried to stop the settlers” as they “attempted to perform religious rituals”.
The Israeli attack is part on ongoing violations, by Israeli soldiers and settlers, against the Palestinians in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and in occupied Jerusalem, as well as the rest of occupied Palestine.
