29 may 2014
The Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of Um Mohammad Obeid until Friday; note that she is the wife of the Jerusalemite prisoner Ahmad Obeid.
The head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee explained that Um Mohammad was arrested last Friday after arresting her son Mohammad who will be presented to court on Thursday the 29th of May, 2014.
Um Mohammad started an open hunger strike since the day she was arrested and has high spirits and the Israeli occupation authorities are keeping the investigation and court information very confidential.
It is noteworthy that prisoner Ahmad Mohammad Obeid is sentenced for life in prison and is currently in Rimon prison.
The head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee explained that Um Mohammad was arrested last Friday after arresting her son Mohammad who will be presented to court on Thursday the 29th of May, 2014.
Um Mohammad started an open hunger strike since the day she was arrested and has high spirits and the Israeli occupation authorities are keeping the investigation and court information very confidential.
It is noteworthy that prisoner Ahmad Mohammad Obeid is sentenced for life in prison and is currently in Rimon prison.
All Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Israeli custody since April 24 have been evacuated to hospitals after their health deteriorated seriously, a lawyer said.
Jawad Bulous, who works for the Palestinian Prisoner's Society, said that most Israeli hospitals from Soroka Medical Center in southern Israel to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba in central Israel, received prisoners.
The Israeli prison service, added Bulous, has been exerting serious efforts for two days to work out a settlement with hunger strikers in light of the ongoing deterioration.
Several officers representing the Israeli prison service visited hunger strikers for talks.
The officers suggested a meeting with leaders of Palestinian prisoners at Rimon prison, but the request was turned down because the Israelis did not want a representative of hunger strikers to join the talks.
Over 200 Palestinian prisoners are currently on hunger strike in Israeli jails in solidarity with dozens of administrative detainees who have been refusing meals since April 24.
Strikers are demanding Israel stop imprisoning Palestinians without charge or trial in a procedure known as "administrative detention," a policy based on legislation from the British Mandate period.
Jawad Bulous, who works for the Palestinian Prisoner's Society, said that most Israeli hospitals from Soroka Medical Center in southern Israel to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba in central Israel, received prisoners.
The Israeli prison service, added Bulous, has been exerting serious efforts for two days to work out a settlement with hunger strikers in light of the ongoing deterioration.
Several officers representing the Israeli prison service visited hunger strikers for talks.
The officers suggested a meeting with leaders of Palestinian prisoners at Rimon prison, but the request was turned down because the Israelis did not want a representative of hunger strikers to join the talks.
Over 200 Palestinian prisoners are currently on hunger strike in Israeli jails in solidarity with dozens of administrative detainees who have been refusing meals since April 24.
Strikers are demanding Israel stop imprisoning Palestinians without charge or trial in a procedure known as "administrative detention," a policy based on legislation from the British Mandate period.
Palestinian premier in Gaza Ismail Haneyya urged the Palestinian people in the occupied lands to rise up against the Israeli occupation regime in support of the hunger striking prisoners in its jails. "The prisoners in Israeli jails pay the price for the Palestinian people's honor and dignity and we must support them by all means and ways," premier Haneyya stated.
Haneyya made his remarks during the opening ceremony of the military hospital in Khan Younis district, south of the Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
He highlighted some of the sacrifices that had been made by members of his outgoing government and reiterated his pledge to keep serving the Palestinian people and their national cause after he leaves office.
Haneyya made his remarks during the opening ceremony of the military hospital in Khan Younis district, south of the Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
He highlighted some of the sacrifices that had been made by members of his outgoing government and reiterated his pledge to keep serving the Palestinian people and their national cause after he leaves office.
Head of the Legal Unit in Palestinian Prisoners Society lawyer Jawad Boulos said that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has launched a mass transfer policy against administrative detainees who have been on hunger strike for 36 days. Following his visit to sick prisoners held in Tel Hashomer hospital on Thursday, Boulos pointed out that hunger strikers were transferred and isolated in different Israeli prisons in order to prevent any contacts between them.
Boulos added that the sick prisoners Mahmood Shabana and Abdul Jaber Fuqaha were forced to meet their lawyers out of their rooms in the hospital's corridor.
The hunger strikers have stopped taking vitamins in protest against their continued detention, according to the two detainees’ testimonies. They also said that their feet remained chained to their beds all the time while their hands are released for few hours before being shackled anew.
Administrative detainees are determined to continue their strike unless they are charged with criminal offences and accorded fair trials, Boulus said.
Meanwhile, Palestinian activists and liberated prisoners have declared hunger strike in support of administrative detainees and in protest against the lack of official and popular support.
The protesters organized a solidarity sit-in on Thursday in Jenin, stressing their total support for prisoners until their demands are met.
Boulos added that the sick prisoners Mahmood Shabana and Abdul Jaber Fuqaha were forced to meet their lawyers out of their rooms in the hospital's corridor.
The hunger strikers have stopped taking vitamins in protest against their continued detention, according to the two detainees’ testimonies. They also said that their feet remained chained to their beds all the time while their hands are released for few hours before being shackled anew.
Administrative detainees are determined to continue their strike unless they are charged with criminal offences and accorded fair trials, Boulus said.
Meanwhile, Palestinian activists and liberated prisoners have declared hunger strike in support of administrative detainees and in protest against the lack of official and popular support.
The protesters organized a solidarity sit-in on Thursday in Jenin, stressing their total support for prisoners until their demands are met.
Four Palestinian fisherman were kidnapped by the Israeli navy in Gaza waters on Thursday morning at a time when a series of mock raids have been rocking the Gaza Strip. According to chairman of the Palestinian Fishermen’s Syndicate, Nizar Ayyash, an Israeli gunboat kept chasing a Palestinian fishing boat off Gaza waters and arrested the four fishermen on board before carrying them all, along with their boat, to the Israeli Ashdod airport, north of the Gaza Strip.
An upsurge in Israeli violations targeting Palestinian fishermen at this very stage aims at denying them the right to earn a living during the summer sardine season and triggering economic losses besides of the swift rise in fuel prices, Ayyash added.
Palestinian fishermen have increasingly been targeted by the Israeli navy forces off Gaza waters. Several have been wounded while others arrested in less than a week’s time.
Other Palestinian fishermen were arrested and wounded following gun shootings by the Egyptian navy off Rafah waters.
The attack makes part of a series of breaches to the terms of the contract signed in November 2012 between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation forces under Egyptian patronage. 25 Palestinians have been killed ever since while hundreds have been wounded and arrested.
Meanwhile, a series of mock raids were launched on the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning. Blast sounds rocked the entire city, an on-the-spot reporter told Quds Press.
An upsurge in Israeli violations targeting Palestinian fishermen at this very stage aims at denying them the right to earn a living during the summer sardine season and triggering economic losses besides of the swift rise in fuel prices, Ayyash added.
Palestinian fishermen have increasingly been targeted by the Israeli navy forces off Gaza waters. Several have been wounded while others arrested in less than a week’s time.
Other Palestinian fishermen were arrested and wounded following gun shootings by the Egyptian navy off Rafah waters.
The attack makes part of a series of breaches to the terms of the contract signed in November 2012 between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation forces under Egyptian patronage. 25 Palestinians have been killed ever since while hundreds have been wounded and arrested.
Meanwhile, a series of mock raids were launched on the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning. Blast sounds rocked the entire city, an on-the-spot reporter told Quds Press.
Hamas leader and Deputy in the Palestinian Legislative Council, Sheikh Hasan Yousef, called on the Palestinian Authority to rally round the hunger-striking prisoners, who have been without food for 36 days in a row. Many hunger strikers are vomiting blood while others have been through ceaseless gastrointestinal bleeding. Their health status is alarming and death is just awaiting them around the corner, Sheikh Yousef said in an exclusive statement to the PIC.
According to Yousef, serious action has to be taken so as to restore the prisoners’ freedom by all means. “They want to go back to their families rather than being buried alive,” said Yousef.
All concerned parties should assume their responsibilities vis-à-vis the hunger strikers, long targeted by the Israeli Prison Service, under shield of the occupation authorities, so as to crack down on them and dampen their spirits, Yousef declared.
In the Sheikh’s view, solidarity moves, so far, have not been up to the prisoners’ needs and aspirations.
Other prisoner-batches will be joining the strike, the PLC deputy confirmed.
Yousef called on all Palestinian officials and factions to appeal to international and human rights organizations to stand up for the prisoners’ rights and to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to comply with their just demands.
He further drew attention to the prospects ensured by the status of Palestine as a UN-observer state to prosecute Israeli violations of prisoners’ rights.
“But our prisoners will take the lead and the Battle of the Empty Stomachs will have the final word. Israeli hospitals are not big enough to provide as many rooms as necessary for thousands of prisoners. This is going to be among our winning trump cards throughout the battle,” Sheikh Yousef concluded.
According to Yousef, serious action has to be taken so as to restore the prisoners’ freedom by all means. “They want to go back to their families rather than being buried alive,” said Yousef.
All concerned parties should assume their responsibilities vis-à-vis the hunger strikers, long targeted by the Israeli Prison Service, under shield of the occupation authorities, so as to crack down on them and dampen their spirits, Yousef declared.
In the Sheikh’s view, solidarity moves, so far, have not been up to the prisoners’ needs and aspirations.
Other prisoner-batches will be joining the strike, the PLC deputy confirmed.
Yousef called on all Palestinian officials and factions to appeal to international and human rights organizations to stand up for the prisoners’ rights and to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to comply with their just demands.
He further drew attention to the prospects ensured by the status of Palestine as a UN-observer state to prosecute Israeli violations of prisoners’ rights.
“But our prisoners will take the lead and the Battle of the Empty Stomachs will have the final word. Israeli hospitals are not big enough to provide as many rooms as necessary for thousands of prisoners. This is going to be among our winning trump cards throughout the battle,” Sheikh Yousef concluded.
Palestinian administrative detainees, who have declared their hunger strike 36 days ago including Ayman Atabich, 91 days on hunger strike in a row, are in real danger in Israeli jails. Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies said that the administrative detainees’ hunger strike is the most important battle against continued Israeli violations and brutal measures.
The center said that several hunger strikers started suffering serious health symptoms including frequent fainting, vomiting, weight loss, inability to move, high blood pressure, and low sugar level.
The Israeli Prison Service has exercised pressures and tough sanctions on the hunger strikers in order to break their determination and their strike, the center added, calling for serious Palestinian and Arab acts to support the prisoners' strike.
Ahrar center criticized the continued international silence and bias in favor of Israeli racist policies, calling on international human rights institutions to intervene to save the strikers' lives before it is too late.
Meanwhile, Palestinian administrative detainee Ayman Atabish continued his hunger strike for the fourth month in a row in Israeli jails amid fears of his sudden death especially that he suffers heart muscle weakness.
The striker's mother said that her son declared his hunger strike on the 28th of February in protest against his detention without charge or trial, demanding an end to administrative detention policy and the Israeli secret files.
In an interview with PIC reporter, the mother called on international human rights institutions to intervene in support of prisoners' issue.
He is kept under continued surveillance for fear of sudden cardiac death especially that he suffers heart muscle weakness, the mother added.
The center said that several hunger strikers started suffering serious health symptoms including frequent fainting, vomiting, weight loss, inability to move, high blood pressure, and low sugar level.
The Israeli Prison Service has exercised pressures and tough sanctions on the hunger strikers in order to break their determination and their strike, the center added, calling for serious Palestinian and Arab acts to support the prisoners' strike.
Ahrar center criticized the continued international silence and bias in favor of Israeli racist policies, calling on international human rights institutions to intervene to save the strikers' lives before it is too late.
Meanwhile, Palestinian administrative detainee Ayman Atabish continued his hunger strike for the fourth month in a row in Israeli jails amid fears of his sudden death especially that he suffers heart muscle weakness.
The striker's mother said that her son declared his hunger strike on the 28th of February in protest against his detention without charge or trial, demanding an end to administrative detention policy and the Israeli secret files.
In an interview with PIC reporter, the mother called on international human rights institutions to intervene in support of prisoners' issue.
He is kept under continued surveillance for fear of sudden cardiac death especially that he suffers heart muscle weakness, the mother added.
Adnan Hamarsha
The Israeli Authorities issued an arbitrary Administrative Detention order against a Palestinian who suffered a stroke prior to his arrest.
He and his wife were kidnapped at the al-Karama crossing with Jordan. One day before his release, a detainee from Hebron receives a new Administrative Detention order.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the Salem Israeli military court issued a four-month Administrative Detention order against Adnan Hamarsha, from Ya’bad town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Hamarsha suffered a strike prior to his arrest more than four months ago, as he and his wife were trying to cross back into the West Bank through the al-Karama border terminal with Jordan.
He is currently held at the Majeddo Israeli prison, while his wife is held at the HaSharon Israeli prison; he requires urgent medical attention and treatment.
In related news, the Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, said that an Israeli Military Court ordered detainee Azzam Shweiki, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, under Administrative Detention for an additional four months.
The order came just one day before he finished a previous illegitimate Administrative Detention order.
Shweiki, held at the Negev Detention Camp, suffers from various health issues, including a heart disease, and high blood pressure.
Hundreds of detainees are holding hunger strikes, demanding an end to Israel’s illegal Administrative Detention policies, and demanding Israel to abide by international law by stopping the assaults against them, and their families.
They are demanding Israel to grant them their internationally guaranteed rights, to provide ailing detainees with the much need proper medical treatment, and an end of all violations, including torture.
Hundreds Of Detainees Continue Their Strike, Many Hospitalized.
The Israeli Authorities issued an arbitrary Administrative Detention order against a Palestinian who suffered a stroke prior to his arrest.
He and his wife were kidnapped at the al-Karama crossing with Jordan. One day before his release, a detainee from Hebron receives a new Administrative Detention order.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the Salem Israeli military court issued a four-month Administrative Detention order against Adnan Hamarsha, from Ya’bad town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Hamarsha suffered a strike prior to his arrest more than four months ago, as he and his wife were trying to cross back into the West Bank through the al-Karama border terminal with Jordan.
He is currently held at the Majeddo Israeli prison, while his wife is held at the HaSharon Israeli prison; he requires urgent medical attention and treatment.
In related news, the Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, said that an Israeli Military Court ordered detainee Azzam Shweiki, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, under Administrative Detention for an additional four months.
The order came just one day before he finished a previous illegitimate Administrative Detention order.
Shweiki, held at the Negev Detention Camp, suffers from various health issues, including a heart disease, and high blood pressure.
Hundreds of detainees are holding hunger strikes, demanding an end to Israel’s illegal Administrative Detention policies, and demanding Israel to abide by international law by stopping the assaults against them, and their families.
They are demanding Israel to grant them their internationally guaranteed rights, to provide ailing detainees with the much need proper medical treatment, and an end of all violations, including torture.
Hundreds Of Detainees Continue Their Strike, Many Hospitalized.
Twenty-five Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences on Thursday started open hunger strike action in support of administrative detainees, a prisoners group said.
Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights said that a senior Hamas leader and 24 other prisoners in Rimon jail have begun refusing food in solidarity with administrative detainees on hunger strike.
"We won't allow the Israeli occupation to break or disfavor our clerics, lawmakers and cellmates, and so we decided to join the hunger strike in support of the demands of administrative detainees," Muammar Sharour said.
The other prisoners are affiliated with different Palestinian factions.
On Wednesday, forty Palestinian prisoners who have been refusing food for over a month in protest against their imprisonment without charge or trial were hospitalized.
Over 200 Palestinian prisoners are currently on hunger strike in Israeli jails in solidarity with dozens of administrative detainees who have been refusing meals since April 24.
Strikers are demanding Israel stop imprisoning Palestinians without charge or trial in a procedure known as "administrative detention," a policy based on legislation from the British Mandate period.
Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights said that a senior Hamas leader and 24 other prisoners in Rimon jail have begun refusing food in solidarity with administrative detainees on hunger strike.
"We won't allow the Israeli occupation to break or disfavor our clerics, lawmakers and cellmates, and so we decided to join the hunger strike in support of the demands of administrative detainees," Muammar Sharour said.
The other prisoners are affiliated with different Palestinian factions.
On Wednesday, forty Palestinian prisoners who have been refusing food for over a month in protest against their imprisonment without charge or trial were hospitalized.
Over 200 Palestinian prisoners are currently on hunger strike in Israeli jails in solidarity with dozens of administrative detainees who have been refusing meals since April 24.
Strikers are demanding Israel stop imprisoning Palestinians without charge or trial in a procedure known as "administrative detention," a policy based on legislation from the British Mandate period.
Israeli military detained on Wednesday at dawn four young Palestinians from Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. Israeli occupation soldiers raided the houses of imprisoned Palestinian leader Jamal Abu al-Heija and former Prisoners’ minister Wasfi Qabha.
Qabha told ALRAY that Israeli soldiers violently stormed his house at 5:20 am, ransacked it, and arrested his son Osama.
Israeli troops detained Assem, the son of imprisoned Palestinian leader Jamal Abu al-Heija, after raiding his house in Jenin refugee camp, Abu al-Heija’s family said.
Abu al-Heija has been arrested in Israeli prisons for 11 years. A few months ago, Israeli forces shot dead his son, Hamza,21.
Two other Palestinians were arrested in the eastern neighborhood in Jenin.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Qabha told ALRAY that Israeli soldiers violently stormed his house at 5:20 am, ransacked it, and arrested his son Osama.
Israeli troops detained Assem, the son of imprisoned Palestinian leader Jamal Abu al-Heija, after raiding his house in Jenin refugee camp, Abu al-Heija’s family said.
Abu al-Heija has been arrested in Israeli prisons for 11 years. A few months ago, Israeli forces shot dead his son, Hamza,21.
Two other Palestinians were arrested in the eastern neighborhood in Jenin.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Palestinian journalist Ahmed al-Bitawi
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) released Wednesday evening Palestinian journalist Ahmed al-Bitawi from Nablus city and put him under house arrest. IPS released Al-Bitawi,32, on NIS 20,000 bail after serving three consecutive months of detention in the Israeli prisons.
Al-Bitawi, an activist in defending the cause of Palestinian detainees, works as a journalist at the office of lawyer Fares Abu al-Hassan in Nablus.
On 20 February 2014, Israeli military detained al-Bitawi during an arrest campaign carried out against Abu al-Hassan’s office.
Last week, Israeli occupation released Osama Maqbul, the lawyer of administrative detainees, from Nablus. Mohammed al-Abed from Acre also was released and put under house arrest.
At the end of December 2013, 4,768 Palestinian security detainees and prisoners were held in Israeli prisons, 317 of them from the Gaza Strip. An additional 1,284 Palestinians were held in Israel Prison Service facilities for being in Israel illegally, 20 of them from the Gaza Strip.
Despite prohibition by international law, Israel detains Palestinians in prisons throughout Israel, far from their families, who almost never obtain the necessary permits to leave the Occupied Palestinian Territories to visit them.
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) released Wednesday evening Palestinian journalist Ahmed al-Bitawi from Nablus city and put him under house arrest. IPS released Al-Bitawi,32, on NIS 20,000 bail after serving three consecutive months of detention in the Israeli prisons.
Al-Bitawi, an activist in defending the cause of Palestinian detainees, works as a journalist at the office of lawyer Fares Abu al-Hassan in Nablus.
On 20 February 2014, Israeli military detained al-Bitawi during an arrest campaign carried out against Abu al-Hassan’s office.
Last week, Israeli occupation released Osama Maqbul, the lawyer of administrative detainees, from Nablus. Mohammed al-Abed from Acre also was released and put under house arrest.
At the end of December 2013, 4,768 Palestinian security detainees and prisoners were held in Israeli prisons, 317 of them from the Gaza Strip. An additional 1,284 Palestinians were held in Israel Prison Service facilities for being in Israel illegally, 20 of them from the Gaza Strip.
Despite prohibition by international law, Israel detains Palestinians in prisons throughout Israel, far from their families, who almost never obtain the necessary permits to leave the Occupied Palestinian Territories to visit them.
Palestinian sources have reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped at least fifteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, after dozens of soldiers invaded Palestinian communities, and searched dozens of homes.
Local sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem have reported that more than ten Israeli military jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, west of Bethlehem, kidnapping three Palestinian residents. The soldiers invaded the town approximately at 2 a.m.
The three kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Sameh Saber Deeriyya, 23, Jamal Hani Deeriyya, 26, and Hamza Ali Deeriyya, 27.
In addition, soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Majed al-‘Amour, Salim Abu Mfarreh, Bilal Habes al-‘Amour, 22, Baha’ Aref al-’Amour, Suleiman Khaled al-‘Amour, and Mahmoud Oudallah al-Amour, 27.
The army also handed resident Ahmad Yacoub Hammad, 20, a military order to head to the Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem, for interrogation.
Troops also invaded Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, in addition to a number of towns and refugee camp, and kidnapped at least four Palestinians.
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that the soldiers invaded al-Quds Street, in Nablus, broke into a home and violently searched it, causing excessive property damage, and taking with them one Baha Ed-Deen Mansour, aged 26.
The kidnapped Palestinian is a former political prisoner who was held by Israeli for five years. The family said that the soldiers smashed the door and broke into their home as they slept.
Several jeeps also invaded a number of neighborhoods in Nablus city, in addition to the Askar and Balata refugee camps.
Several armored jeeps also invaded Huwwara town, near Nablus, and kidnaped two Palestinians, identified as Marwan Sabouny and Rida Sabouny.
In addition, soldiers invaded Zawata town, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Majdi Ja’bary.
The soldiers also installed a roadblock between the towns of Aseera al-Qebliyya and Madama, south of Nablus, where they searched dozens of cars and interrogated the passengers while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, soldiers also abducted two teenagers from Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped Ala’ Yousef Abu Bakr, 17, and Jihad Mahmoud Herzallah, 16.
The two were taken from the Salem Israeli military and security base, west of Jenin, after the army previously handed them military notices ordering them to go there for interrogation.
The Israeli army carries out daily invasions, arrests and assaults against the Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, in addition to installing roadblocks and closing main roads in the occupied territories, as well as uprooting Palestinian-owned farmlands and orchards, and destroying property.
Dozens of Palestinian civilians rounded up, injured following IOF raids
A series of raids was launched at dawn Thursday and Wednesday night by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem. Palestinian homes have been ransacked while non-violent protestors were assaulted in the process. According to the Wadi Helwa Information Center, the IOF arrested Palestinian young men Abd al-Fatah Fakhouri and Saeb al-Fakhouri after having attacked their homes in Bab Hatta neighborhood and assaulted them, along with all other family members.
Another Palestinian home at Bab al-Majlis was invaded by the IOF. All family members, including women and children, were heavily beaten, the center further pointed out.
According to the center, the IOF rounded-up four youngsters in al-Aqsa after beating them.
The Israeli Special Forces invaded holy al-Aqsa Mosque via house rooftops in search of the wanted civilians, eye-witnesses reported.
IOF soldiers were deployed heavily around Bab al-Majlis near al-Aqsa, where residential quarters and neighborhoods were searched.
In a related context, local sources in Nablus told the PIC correspondent that the IOF invaded Jerusalem street south of the city and attacked the house of the Mansour family. The attack culminated in the apprehension of ex-detainee Bahaa al-Din Mansour, 26.
Dozens of Israeli armed soldiers invaded Palestinian homes south of Nablus leading to considerable material damage among the natives’ properties. A 31-year-old ex-prisoner, detained for 10 years in Israeli jails, was heavily beaten and carried to an unknown destination.
Both Marwan Sabouni and Ridha Sabouni, along with the members of an entire family, were all rounded up following raids launched by the Israeli patrols in different Nablus villages.
According to Raed Ameur, head of the Prisoners’ Society in Nablus, the arrest-campaign also targeted the Palestinian woman Samaher Suleiman Othman, the wife of prisoner Zein al-Din.
A number of military checkpoints were erected by the IOF in Madama and A’sira Al-Qebliya, south of Nablus, where Palestinian vehicles and IDs were inspected.
Along the same line, there Palestinian citizens from al-Khalil were rounded up on Thursday morning while the southern crossroads of the city have been shut down by the IOF, resulting in traffic congestion, PIC news reporter has been told by eye-witnesses.
Israeli settlers have stationed in Yatta’s park, south of al-Khalil, so as to hold sway over the area under shield by the IOF.
Seven more Bethlehem natives, all in their twenties, were arrested following a series of break-ins into Takoa, Beit Fajjar, and the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, local sources reported.
An 18-year-old youth was also targeted by the arrest-campaign while another citizen, 20, was summoned for interrogation.
Two minors, 16 and 17 years-old, from Yabad town, southwest of Jenin, were captured on Wednesday evening.
In a related event, a number of Palestinian Jerusalemite natives were left severely wounded by the IOF on Wednesday while others were arrested during clashes that broke out following the so-called provocative Flag March staged by hordes of Israeli extremist settlers on the occasion of Jerusalem Day, local sources documented.
Scores of young men and civilians, including a cameraman, were rounded up by the IOF while others were heavily beaten throughout.
A state of panic prevailed among the citizens following the provocative Israeli rally launched in Bab al-Amoud to commemorate the occupation of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day-War. Dozens of Israeli settlers partook in the march, chanting racist and anti-Arab slogans.
Meanwhile, Palestinian peaceful demonstrators were attacked by the IOF in Sultan Suleiman Street, closed since 5 p.m., while they had been protesting the Judaization demo. Tear gas canisters, arbitrary arrests, and physical assaults against Palestinian non-violent marchers followed.
Local sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem have reported that more than ten Israeli military jeeps invaded Beit Fajjar town, west of Bethlehem, kidnapping three Palestinian residents. The soldiers invaded the town approximately at 2 a.m.
The three kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Sameh Saber Deeriyya, 23, Jamal Hani Deeriyya, 26, and Hamza Ali Deeriyya, 27.
In addition, soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Majed al-‘Amour, Salim Abu Mfarreh, Bilal Habes al-‘Amour, 22, Baha’ Aref al-’Amour, Suleiman Khaled al-‘Amour, and Mahmoud Oudallah al-Amour, 27.
The army also handed resident Ahmad Yacoub Hammad, 20, a military order to head to the Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem, for interrogation.
Troops also invaded Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, in addition to a number of towns and refugee camp, and kidnapped at least four Palestinians.
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that the soldiers invaded al-Quds Street, in Nablus, broke into a home and violently searched it, causing excessive property damage, and taking with them one Baha Ed-Deen Mansour, aged 26.
The kidnapped Palestinian is a former political prisoner who was held by Israeli for five years. The family said that the soldiers smashed the door and broke into their home as they slept.
Several jeeps also invaded a number of neighborhoods in Nablus city, in addition to the Askar and Balata refugee camps.
Several armored jeeps also invaded Huwwara town, near Nablus, and kidnaped two Palestinians, identified as Marwan Sabouny and Rida Sabouny.
In addition, soldiers invaded Zawata town, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Majdi Ja’bary.
The soldiers also installed a roadblock between the towns of Aseera al-Qebliyya and Madama, south of Nablus, where they searched dozens of cars and interrogated the passengers while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, soldiers also abducted two teenagers from Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped Ala’ Yousef Abu Bakr, 17, and Jihad Mahmoud Herzallah, 16.
The two were taken from the Salem Israeli military and security base, west of Jenin, after the army previously handed them military notices ordering them to go there for interrogation.
The Israeli army carries out daily invasions, arrests and assaults against the Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, in addition to installing roadblocks and closing main roads in the occupied territories, as well as uprooting Palestinian-owned farmlands and orchards, and destroying property.
Dozens of Palestinian civilians rounded up, injured following IOF raids
A series of raids was launched at dawn Thursday and Wednesday night by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem. Palestinian homes have been ransacked while non-violent protestors were assaulted in the process. According to the Wadi Helwa Information Center, the IOF arrested Palestinian young men Abd al-Fatah Fakhouri and Saeb al-Fakhouri after having attacked their homes in Bab Hatta neighborhood and assaulted them, along with all other family members.
Another Palestinian home at Bab al-Majlis was invaded by the IOF. All family members, including women and children, were heavily beaten, the center further pointed out.
According to the center, the IOF rounded-up four youngsters in al-Aqsa after beating them.
The Israeli Special Forces invaded holy al-Aqsa Mosque via house rooftops in search of the wanted civilians, eye-witnesses reported.
IOF soldiers were deployed heavily around Bab al-Majlis near al-Aqsa, where residential quarters and neighborhoods were searched.
In a related context, local sources in Nablus told the PIC correspondent that the IOF invaded Jerusalem street south of the city and attacked the house of the Mansour family. The attack culminated in the apprehension of ex-detainee Bahaa al-Din Mansour, 26.
Dozens of Israeli armed soldiers invaded Palestinian homes south of Nablus leading to considerable material damage among the natives’ properties. A 31-year-old ex-prisoner, detained for 10 years in Israeli jails, was heavily beaten and carried to an unknown destination.
Both Marwan Sabouni and Ridha Sabouni, along with the members of an entire family, were all rounded up following raids launched by the Israeli patrols in different Nablus villages.
According to Raed Ameur, head of the Prisoners’ Society in Nablus, the arrest-campaign also targeted the Palestinian woman Samaher Suleiman Othman, the wife of prisoner Zein al-Din.
A number of military checkpoints were erected by the IOF in Madama and A’sira Al-Qebliya, south of Nablus, where Palestinian vehicles and IDs were inspected.
Along the same line, there Palestinian citizens from al-Khalil were rounded up on Thursday morning while the southern crossroads of the city have been shut down by the IOF, resulting in traffic congestion, PIC news reporter has been told by eye-witnesses.
Israeli settlers have stationed in Yatta’s park, south of al-Khalil, so as to hold sway over the area under shield by the IOF.
Seven more Bethlehem natives, all in their twenties, were arrested following a series of break-ins into Takoa, Beit Fajjar, and the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, local sources reported.
An 18-year-old youth was also targeted by the arrest-campaign while another citizen, 20, was summoned for interrogation.
Two minors, 16 and 17 years-old, from Yabad town, southwest of Jenin, were captured on Wednesday evening.
In a related event, a number of Palestinian Jerusalemite natives were left severely wounded by the IOF on Wednesday while others were arrested during clashes that broke out following the so-called provocative Flag March staged by hordes of Israeli extremist settlers on the occasion of Jerusalem Day, local sources documented.
Scores of young men and civilians, including a cameraman, were rounded up by the IOF while others were heavily beaten throughout.
A state of panic prevailed among the citizens following the provocative Israeli rally launched in Bab al-Amoud to commemorate the occupation of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day-War. Dozens of Israeli settlers partook in the march, chanting racist and anti-Arab slogans.
Meanwhile, Palestinian peaceful demonstrators were attacked by the IOF in Sultan Suleiman Street, closed since 5 p.m., while they had been protesting the Judaization demo. Tear gas canisters, arbitrary arrests, and physical assaults against Palestinian non-violent marchers followed.
Inequality on the rise for Jerusalem's Palestinians since 1967
Nine Palestinians were abducted and three injured by Israeli forces after they violently dispersed a public protest, by Palestinians, in Jerusalem's Old City.
A multitude of Palestinians gathered near Damascus Gate, raising Palestinian flags in protest, on Wednesday, as thousands of Israeli Jews celebrated Israel's occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, also known as "Jerusalem Day".
Forces fired tear gas and stun grenades as they assaulted the protesters with batons. Nine Palestinians were arrested during the protests, according to Ma'an.
Eight were identified as: Ghaith Ghaith, Raafat al-Ajlouni, Murad Abu Sbeih, Mohammed al-Qam, photojournalist Rami al-Khatib, Muhammad Sharha, Tamer Khalaf, 28, and Muhannad Ghaith. The identity of the ninth person abducted was unclear.
Dozens are reported to have suffered bruises and the effects of tear gas inhalation, while three were rushed to a nearby hospital.
One crew member of the ambulance team was sprayed with tear gas, as they attempted to evacuate the wounded. Press crews were also assaulted by police and Jewish civilians, as they attempted to document the protest.
Details and photos at Ma'an News Agency.
Ma'an further reports that over 75 percent of Palestinians, and 82 percent of children, live below the poverty line in East Jerusalem, according to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel:
Huge discrepancies between East and West Jerusalem have also been reported, in terms of education, health, water access, and planning, while Israel has also revoked the residency of 14,309 Palestinians since 1967, with 106 in 2013 alone.
14 percent of East Jerusalem has been zoned for Palestinian residential construction, according to ACRI, while one-third of Palestinian land has been confiscated, since 1967, for the purpose of building Jewish-only settlements, which are illegal under international law.
The so-called "separation wall" has also cut off East Jerusalem from the West Bank, forcing nearly 100,000 Palestinians in various areas to live in abject poverty on the outskirts of the city.
60,000 - 80,000 Palestinians in these neighborhoods have been cut off from a regular water supply for over three months.
Nine Palestinians were abducted and three injured by Israeli forces after they violently dispersed a public protest, by Palestinians, in Jerusalem's Old City.
A multitude of Palestinians gathered near Damascus Gate, raising Palestinian flags in protest, on Wednesday, as thousands of Israeli Jews celebrated Israel's occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, also known as "Jerusalem Day".
Forces fired tear gas and stun grenades as they assaulted the protesters with batons. Nine Palestinians were arrested during the protests, according to Ma'an.
Eight were identified as: Ghaith Ghaith, Raafat al-Ajlouni, Murad Abu Sbeih, Mohammed al-Qam, photojournalist Rami al-Khatib, Muhammad Sharha, Tamer Khalaf, 28, and Muhannad Ghaith. The identity of the ninth person abducted was unclear.
Dozens are reported to have suffered bruises and the effects of tear gas inhalation, while three were rushed to a nearby hospital.
One crew member of the ambulance team was sprayed with tear gas, as they attempted to evacuate the wounded. Press crews were also assaulted by police and Jewish civilians, as they attempted to document the protest.
Details and photos at Ma'an News Agency.
Ma'an further reports that over 75 percent of Palestinians, and 82 percent of children, live below the poverty line in East Jerusalem, according to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel:
Huge discrepancies between East and West Jerusalem have also been reported, in terms of education, health, water access, and planning, while Israel has also revoked the residency of 14,309 Palestinians since 1967, with 106 in 2013 alone.
14 percent of East Jerusalem has been zoned for Palestinian residential construction, according to ACRI, while one-third of Palestinian land has been confiscated, since 1967, for the purpose of building Jewish-only settlements, which are illegal under international law.
The so-called "separation wall" has also cut off East Jerusalem from the West Bank, forcing nearly 100,000 Palestinians in various areas to live in abject poverty on the outskirts of the city.
60,000 - 80,000 Palestinians in these neighborhoods have been cut off from a regular water supply for over three months.
28 may 2014
All of the pictures posted on Prisoner Mourad Mailaq's, 35, house-walls bear witness to the agony he has been made to endure behind Israeli bars. As time passed by, his physical traits have been changed once and for all due to the several years of unbearable pains he has spent in jail. Abu Imad revealed concerns over his son’s status, while his grandchildren kept roaming around him, murmuring their childish demands and unaware of the anxiety overwhelming their grandfather over his son’s life after he threatened to initiate a hunger-strike in solidarity with the administrative detainees.
Abu Mailaq, sentenced to 22 years under charges of having resisted the Israeli occupation, is diagnosed with cancer and suffers serious complications, signaling a near-by death awaiting the captive around the corner.
Mourad, arrested since 2001, suffers from a colon cancer and has undergone 9 surgeries.
Mourad’s father bemoaned the fact that none of his family has been able, in a way or another, to keep in touch with their son. But they have heard about the projected hunger-strike.
The father called on all human rights organizations to intervene so as to save Mourad’s life.
Part of Mourad’s rotten intestines was cut out while another disintegrating fraction was deliberately left in his body, resulting in severe complications and frequent bleedings. The situation has been made worse due to the frequent denials of medical check-ups the latter quite urgently needs.
“His state is alarming. Nobody pays our son a visit. Neither envoys from the Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs nor lawyers have met him. Mourad suffers from serious problems including swoons and stomachaches, all soothed momentarily by painkillers.”
Mourad’s mother visited him last December and has been told that IPS is denying her son urgent medical care
According to Mourad’s mother, the IPS carry her son via a “Bousta” vehicle in a long and tiring trip that exacerbates the detainee’s health status.
“All prisoners are in bad need of medical check-ups and need to return to their families. I fast 5 days a week in solidarity with the prisoners,” the mother declared reiterating Mourad’s vows to stand his ground.
In a related context, ex-detainee Khaled Abu Nasir, 33, hailed ex-prisoners at the solidarity tent in the Red Cross headquarter in Gaza after having been bereft of freedom for a long while.
Khaled said Abu Mailaq, whom he got acquainted with in Raymond jail, suffers from a deadly disease and has been turning down medicines so as to force the IPS to carry him to Ramla hospital. He has not been treated the way he should, Khaled added.
“We’ve been initiating mass solidarity hunger strikes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. More Raymond prisoner-batches have joined the hunger strike, going on from three to five days per week up to now. This is just a primary notification to the IPS who pledged to kill us all.”
Ex-detainee Muhammad Al-Hashash confirmed that Mourad’s case is different due to his fatal disease and the traces of Israel bullets contaminating his entire body.
“Mourad’s status is very much complicated and needs media coverage to expose the extent of his agony. The hunger strike he vowed to initiate is life-menacing. His body does no longer bear any further pains.”
All observers of the current developments in the prisoners’ movement agree that Mourad’s initiation of a hunger strike would seriously push him through the threshold of death.
In a related context, head of Prisoner Society in al-Khalil Amjad al-Najar said hunger-striking administrative detainee Alaa Mujahed, 34 , who is held in Kaplan hospital, suffers from gastrointestinal bleedings.
In another event, dozens of activists and hunger strikers’ families closed the Red Cross headquarter in el-Bireh city and banned the personnel’s entry as a means to protest the Red Cross’s negative approach to the issue of the hunger strikers, PIC correspondent documented.
According to a statement by a group of human rights activists: “35 days have elapsed since the launch of the Battle of the Empty Stomachs by the Palestinian administrative detainees and other captives in different Israeli lock-ups to protest arbitrary detention policies, but the Red Cross and the world community have been paying no heed. They should all be held responsible for any future tragedies among the prisoners.”
The activists urged the Red Cross to issue an outspoken statement against arbitrary administrative detention, which represents flagrant breaches to human rights and international treaties.
The statement further called on the Red Cross to rally round the prisoners and denounce Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
Abu Mailaq, sentenced to 22 years under charges of having resisted the Israeli occupation, is diagnosed with cancer and suffers serious complications, signaling a near-by death awaiting the captive around the corner.
Mourad, arrested since 2001, suffers from a colon cancer and has undergone 9 surgeries.
Mourad’s father bemoaned the fact that none of his family has been able, in a way or another, to keep in touch with their son. But they have heard about the projected hunger-strike.
The father called on all human rights organizations to intervene so as to save Mourad’s life.
Part of Mourad’s rotten intestines was cut out while another disintegrating fraction was deliberately left in his body, resulting in severe complications and frequent bleedings. The situation has been made worse due to the frequent denials of medical check-ups the latter quite urgently needs.
“His state is alarming. Nobody pays our son a visit. Neither envoys from the Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs nor lawyers have met him. Mourad suffers from serious problems including swoons and stomachaches, all soothed momentarily by painkillers.”
Mourad’s mother visited him last December and has been told that IPS is denying her son urgent medical care
According to Mourad’s mother, the IPS carry her son via a “Bousta” vehicle in a long and tiring trip that exacerbates the detainee’s health status.
“All prisoners are in bad need of medical check-ups and need to return to their families. I fast 5 days a week in solidarity with the prisoners,” the mother declared reiterating Mourad’s vows to stand his ground.
In a related context, ex-detainee Khaled Abu Nasir, 33, hailed ex-prisoners at the solidarity tent in the Red Cross headquarter in Gaza after having been bereft of freedom for a long while.
Khaled said Abu Mailaq, whom he got acquainted with in Raymond jail, suffers from a deadly disease and has been turning down medicines so as to force the IPS to carry him to Ramla hospital. He has not been treated the way he should, Khaled added.
“We’ve been initiating mass solidarity hunger strikes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. More Raymond prisoner-batches have joined the hunger strike, going on from three to five days per week up to now. This is just a primary notification to the IPS who pledged to kill us all.”
Ex-detainee Muhammad Al-Hashash confirmed that Mourad’s case is different due to his fatal disease and the traces of Israel bullets contaminating his entire body.
“Mourad’s status is very much complicated and needs media coverage to expose the extent of his agony. The hunger strike he vowed to initiate is life-menacing. His body does no longer bear any further pains.”
All observers of the current developments in the prisoners’ movement agree that Mourad’s initiation of a hunger strike would seriously push him through the threshold of death.
In a related context, head of Prisoner Society in al-Khalil Amjad al-Najar said hunger-striking administrative detainee Alaa Mujahed, 34 , who is held in Kaplan hospital, suffers from gastrointestinal bleedings.
In another event, dozens of activists and hunger strikers’ families closed the Red Cross headquarter in el-Bireh city and banned the personnel’s entry as a means to protest the Red Cross’s negative approach to the issue of the hunger strikers, PIC correspondent documented.
According to a statement by a group of human rights activists: “35 days have elapsed since the launch of the Battle of the Empty Stomachs by the Palestinian administrative detainees and other captives in different Israeli lock-ups to protest arbitrary detention policies, but the Red Cross and the world community have been paying no heed. They should all be held responsible for any future tragedies among the prisoners.”
The activists urged the Red Cross to issue an outspoken statement against arbitrary administrative detention, which represents flagrant breaches to human rights and international treaties.
The statement further called on the Red Cross to rally round the prisoners and denounce Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
Israeli navy gunboats fired at Palestinian fishermen and kidnapped three of them on Tuesday night. Nizar Ayyash told the PIC reporter on Wednesday that the incident took place off the southern Gaza Strip coast of Rafah.
He said that Israeli navy shooting on Palestinian fishermen and their boats has become daily routine, adding that the detention of fishermen at night has also escalated.
He said that Israeli navy shooting on Palestinian fishermen and their boats has become daily routine, adding that the detention of fishermen at night has also escalated.
Moayed Sharab
Palestinian administrative detainee Ayman Atabish continued his hunger strike for the 90th consecutive day in Israeli jails amid fears of his sudden death especially that he suffers heart muscle weakness. The striker's mother said that her son's hunger strike came in protest against his detention without charge or trial, demanding an end to administrative detention policy.
He is kept under continued surveillance for fear of sudden cardiac death especially that he suffers heart muscle weakness, the mother added.
Along the same line, the prisoner Moayed Sharab, 35 days on hunger strike, has been transferred to hospital after his health deterioration.
Ahrar center for Prisoner Studies confirmed that the retina in his left eye had torn due to the low blood sugar, which led to his transfer to Israeli hospital.
For his part, director of the center Fouad Khuffash held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for Sharab's life, calling on human rights organizations especially the Red Cross and Doctors without Borders to intervene urgently to save administrative detainees.
On the other hand, Israeli TV Channel 2 has broadcasted a report saying that 40 Palestinian hunger strikers were in real danger and were transferred to hospital. Head of Israeli Medical Association warned of the serious implications of the death of any prisoner.
40 Palestinian hunger strikers were transferred to hospital for fear of their sudden death after joining the hunger strike demanding an end to their administrative detention, the report said.
It is the first time that large numbers of Palestinian detainees are transferred to hospital at the same time, according to the report.
The TV report stated that Palestinian hunger strikers, held under tight Israeli security restrictions, refused treatment in Israeli hospitals.
“We face big problem as hunger strikers should not be forcibly given treatment they refuse even if they are prisoners”, head of the IMA added.
The doctors are only allowed to provide treatment if the prisoner is unconscious and this requires three doctors' approval, he continued.
Administrative detainees continue their hunger strike for the 35th consecutive day protesting their arbitrary detention without charge or trial amid serious heath deterioration among many of them
Palestinian administrative detainee Ayman Atabish continued his hunger strike for the 90th consecutive day in Israeli jails amid fears of his sudden death especially that he suffers heart muscle weakness. The striker's mother said that her son's hunger strike came in protest against his detention without charge or trial, demanding an end to administrative detention policy.
He is kept under continued surveillance for fear of sudden cardiac death especially that he suffers heart muscle weakness, the mother added.
Along the same line, the prisoner Moayed Sharab, 35 days on hunger strike, has been transferred to hospital after his health deterioration.
Ahrar center for Prisoner Studies confirmed that the retina in his left eye had torn due to the low blood sugar, which led to his transfer to Israeli hospital.
For his part, director of the center Fouad Khuffash held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for Sharab's life, calling on human rights organizations especially the Red Cross and Doctors without Borders to intervene urgently to save administrative detainees.
On the other hand, Israeli TV Channel 2 has broadcasted a report saying that 40 Palestinian hunger strikers were in real danger and were transferred to hospital. Head of Israeli Medical Association warned of the serious implications of the death of any prisoner.
40 Palestinian hunger strikers were transferred to hospital for fear of their sudden death after joining the hunger strike demanding an end to their administrative detention, the report said.
It is the first time that large numbers of Palestinian detainees are transferred to hospital at the same time, according to the report.
The TV report stated that Palestinian hunger strikers, held under tight Israeli security restrictions, refused treatment in Israeli hospitals.
“We face big problem as hunger strikers should not be forcibly given treatment they refuse even if they are prisoners”, head of the IMA added.
The doctors are only allowed to provide treatment if the prisoner is unconscious and this requires three doctors' approval, he continued.
Administrative detainees continue their hunger strike for the 35th consecutive day protesting their arbitrary detention without charge or trial amid serious heath deterioration among many of them
Israeli special forces, accompanied by military bulldozers, arrested three Palestinian girls after raiding Abu Salma's house twice during an hour in Shneer neighborhood in the pre-1948 Palestinian city of Lod. The forces severely beat the family's members and caused fractures and wounds for several of them. The forces also arrested three girls of the family and took them to an Israeli police station.
Head of the Popular Committee in Lod, Ibrahim Abu Sa'lok, said that raiding the house brutally, assaulting its owners and arresting girls violate the human rights and the privacy of the family.
Abu Sa'alok confirmed that raiding the house under the pretext of searching for prohibitions, that were not found, is not an excuse.
He stressed the Israeli forces believe that they have the legal justification to violate any Palestinian right.
The occupation's allegations are a systemic way that intends to defame the Palestinians and expel them from the pre-1948 Palestine, Abu Sa'lok pointed out.
Head of the Popular Committee in Lod, Ibrahim Abu Sa'lok, said that raiding the house brutally, assaulting its owners and arresting girls violate the human rights and the privacy of the family.
Abu Sa'alok confirmed that raiding the house under the pretext of searching for prohibitions, that were not found, is not an excuse.
He stressed the Israeli forces believe that they have the legal justification to violate any Palestinian right.
The occupation's allegations are a systemic way that intends to defame the Palestinians and expel them from the pre-1948 Palestine, Abu Sa'lok pointed out.
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Four Palestinian girls, at least one of whom is under the age of criminal culpability, are detained and brought for interrogation — without their parents being present — based on a complaint made by a local settler.
Israeli soldiers and police detained four Palestinian girls between the ages of 11 and 15 on suspicion of — eating cherries from trees belonging to the Jewish settlement of Maon in the south Hebron hills on Tuesday. The four were held at the Kiryat Arba police station. The girls, who live in Khirbet Tuba in the south Hebron hills and go to school in a-Twane, are escorted to and from school on a daily basis by Israeli soldiers. |
The escorts are a response to years of harassment by settlers who attack Palestinian children on their way to and home from school.
According to B’Tselem, a settler from Maon told the soldiers who were escorting the Palestinian girls that they ate some cherries from the settlement’s trees. According to the report, the soldiers immediately called the police, who took the girls to the Kiryat Arba police station to be interrogated.
Atty. Gaby Lasky, who is representing the minors, spoke with police on the phone and she was told that the 11 year old and another girl, who apparently has learning and speech disabilities, were released once their parents were contacted. The two others were being held for questioning.
“I have a murder and manslaughter cases that they haven’t questioned the suspects for over a year, but [these girls] need to be interrogated immediately, and without the presence of their parents,” Lasky said.
If the girls were Jewish, it would be illegal for the police to question them without the presence of their parents.
Source: 972mag
IOF soldiers detain four girls, one of them deaf and dumb, for hours
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained four little girls while returning from school to their homes on Tuesday, one of them is deaf and dumb. Hebrew daily Ha’aretz said on Wednesday that the Palestinian girls were 11 to 15 years old, adding that the incident occurred near Toba village, south of al-Khalil.
It said that Jewish settlers filed a complaint against the girls, charging them with “eating cherries from their trees”.
The girls denied the charge, the paper said, adding that they were released few hours after their detention in Kiryat Arba police station.
A police spokesperson, commenting on the news, said that the girls were investigated after a complaint was filed against them by the settlers.
According to B’Tselem, a settler from Maon told the soldiers who were escorting the Palestinian girls that they ate some cherries from the settlement’s trees. According to the report, the soldiers immediately called the police, who took the girls to the Kiryat Arba police station to be interrogated.
Atty. Gaby Lasky, who is representing the minors, spoke with police on the phone and she was told that the 11 year old and another girl, who apparently has learning and speech disabilities, were released once their parents were contacted. The two others were being held for questioning.
“I have a murder and manslaughter cases that they haven’t questioned the suspects for over a year, but [these girls] need to be interrogated immediately, and without the presence of their parents,” Lasky said.
If the girls were Jewish, it would be illegal for the police to question them without the presence of their parents.
Source: 972mag
IOF soldiers detain four girls, one of them deaf and dumb, for hours
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained four little girls while returning from school to their homes on Tuesday, one of them is deaf and dumb. Hebrew daily Ha’aretz said on Wednesday that the Palestinian girls were 11 to 15 years old, adding that the incident occurred near Toba village, south of al-Khalil.
It said that Jewish settlers filed a complaint against the girls, charging them with “eating cherries from their trees”.
The girls denied the charge, the paper said, adding that they were released few hours after their detention in Kiryat Arba police station.
A police spokesperson, commenting on the news, said that the girls were investigated after a complaint was filed against them by the settlers.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have launched at dawn Wednesday an arrest campaign targeting 25 Palestinians throughout occupied West Bank and Jerusalem including two women. 12 Palestinians including a woman were arrested in Alezariye town in occupied Jerusalem after taking part in solidarity events in support of Palestinian prisoners.
In Jenin, IOF soldiers arrested 7 Palestinian youths after raiding their homes amid intensive fire of tear gas bombs and rubber bullets.
Among the detainees were the detainee Jamal Abul Haija’s son and former minister of prisoners’ affairs Wasfi Qabaha’s son after savagely storming the two leaders’ homes.
All sons of Sheikh Jamal Abul Haija, arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 9 life terms plus 20 years, were detained in Israeli jails. His youngest son was killed two months ago by Israeli gunfire.
In Bethlehem, 4 Palestinians were arrested including two brothers after violently breaking and searching their homes and a liberated prisoner.
2 other Palestinians including a woman were arrested in Majdal Bani Fadil and Burqa towns in Nablus.
On the other hand, large Israeli forces stormed on Wednesday Beita village, south of Nablus, and raided its mayor Osman Dweikat's home.
Meanwhile, clashes erupted in Asira and Madama towns, south of Nablus, between Palestinian citizens and Israeli forces who heavily fired stun grenades and tear gas bombs toward the civilians.
In a related context, clashes erupted in Azzun village, east of Qalqilya, when Israeli forces stormed the village at dawn today. No arrests or injuries were reported during the clashes.
In Jenin, IOF soldiers arrested 7 Palestinian youths after raiding their homes amid intensive fire of tear gas bombs and rubber bullets.
Among the detainees were the detainee Jamal Abul Haija’s son and former minister of prisoners’ affairs Wasfi Qabaha’s son after savagely storming the two leaders’ homes.
All sons of Sheikh Jamal Abul Haija, arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 9 life terms plus 20 years, were detained in Israeli jails. His youngest son was killed two months ago by Israeli gunfire.
In Bethlehem, 4 Palestinians were arrested including two brothers after violently breaking and searching their homes and a liberated prisoner.
2 other Palestinians including a woman were arrested in Majdal Bani Fadil and Burqa towns in Nablus.
On the other hand, large Israeli forces stormed on Wednesday Beita village, south of Nablus, and raided its mayor Osman Dweikat's home.
Meanwhile, clashes erupted in Asira and Madama towns, south of Nablus, between Palestinian citizens and Israeli forces who heavily fired stun grenades and tear gas bombs toward the civilians.
In a related context, clashes erupted in Azzun village, east of Qalqilya, when Israeli forces stormed the village at dawn today. No arrests or injuries were reported during the clashes.
Israeli military arrested Wednesday at dawn nine Palestinians after storming several areas in the West Bank. In Jenin, Israeli occupation soldiers detained Asem Abu el-Heija, Osama Qabha, Allaa al-Qarot Oseid and Shawqi al-Taher, local sources reported.
The arrests led to violent clashes that lasted for hours between the soldiers and Palestinian citizens in Qal’at al-Khubz and al-Jabreiyyat areas.
Witnesses reported Israeli occupation also attacked Ayda refugee camp in Bethlehem and detained Ahmed Amer,22, Khadr Abu Khudeir,17, and student Ahmed al-Hawarish,17, after raiding their houses.
In Bi’r al-Mahjar in Hebron, Israeli soldiers detained Shaer Al-Qawasma after raiding his family house. They attacked several neighborhoods in Nablus and raided the house of the mayor of Beita area, Othman Dweikat, and damaged his house contents.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
The arrests led to violent clashes that lasted for hours between the soldiers and Palestinian citizens in Qal’at al-Khubz and al-Jabreiyyat areas.
Witnesses reported Israeli occupation also attacked Ayda refugee camp in Bethlehem and detained Ahmed Amer,22, Khadr Abu Khudeir,17, and student Ahmed al-Hawarish,17, after raiding their houses.
In Bi’r al-Mahjar in Hebron, Israeli soldiers detained Shaer Al-Qawasma after raiding his family house. They attacked several neighborhoods in Nablus and raided the house of the mayor of Beita area, Othman Dweikat, and damaged his house contents.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Israeli military detained 12 Palestinians on Wednesday at Dawn after storming the towns of al-Eizariya and Abu Dis, east of the occupied Jerusalem. Spokesperson of the Popular committees Hani Halabieyah said that huge Israeli troops backed by 25 Israeli jeeps and military vehicles deployed in the streets of Eizariya and Abu Dis.
They raided several houses in the towns and ransacked them, he added.
The detainees were identified as Ehab Abo Romy, Mohammed Basa, Ragheb Jaber, Ayman Jaber, Mohammed Alsabea, Mahmoud Al Mkahel , Wesam and Ahmed Al Mkahel, Mohammed Senawi and Yousef Abo Rumy.
“The occupation hold the wife of Allaa Odwan until he hand himself over to the Israeli occupation,” Abu Halabieyah pointed out Adding that Israeli soldiers ordered Palestinian families to let their sons hand over.
He indicated that the Israeli soldiers summoned five Palestinian youths to be interrogated.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank and occupied jerusalem. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
They raided several houses in the towns and ransacked them, he added.
The detainees were identified as Ehab Abo Romy, Mohammed Basa, Ragheb Jaber, Ayman Jaber, Mohammed Alsabea, Mahmoud Al Mkahel , Wesam and Ahmed Al Mkahel, Mohammed Senawi and Yousef Abo Rumy.
“The occupation hold the wife of Allaa Odwan until he hand himself over to the Israeli occupation,” Abu Halabieyah pointed out Adding that Israeli soldiers ordered Palestinian families to let their sons hand over.
He indicated that the Israeli soldiers summoned five Palestinian youths to be interrogated.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank and occupied jerusalem. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
Palestinian activists on Wednesday closed the Red Cross' al-Bireh office in protest against the organization's "silence" regarding an ongoing prisoners' hunger strike, the organizers said.
"Today we are shutting down the headquarters of the international Red Cross Committee because it has failed to play the role it should to protect Palestinian prisoners, especially hunger strikers," the organizers said.
Protesters blocked the doors of the office and denied entry to employees.
"Silence is complicity," the activists said in a statement.
The Red Cross and other international organizations "who are responsible for ensuring human dignity and rights of Palestinian prisoners as prescribed by their mandate" have failed to speak out in support of hundreds of hunger striking prisoners, the statement said.
Activists demanded "a clear statement (from the Red Cross) that administrative detention ... is considered a war crime and crime against humanity due to its widespread and systematic use" by Israel against Palestinians.
Over 200 Palestinian prisoners are currently on hunger strike in Israeli jails in solidarity with dozens of administrative detainees who have been refusing meals since April 24.
Strikers are demanding Israel stop imprisoning Palestinians without charge or trial in a policy known as "administrative detention," a policy based on legislation from the British Mandate period.
"Today we are shutting down the headquarters of the international Red Cross Committee because it has failed to play the role it should to protect Palestinian prisoners, especially hunger strikers," the organizers said.
Protesters blocked the doors of the office and denied entry to employees.
"Silence is complicity," the activists said in a statement.
The Red Cross and other international organizations "who are responsible for ensuring human dignity and rights of Palestinian prisoners as prescribed by their mandate" have failed to speak out in support of hundreds of hunger striking prisoners, the statement said.
Activists demanded "a clear statement (from the Red Cross) that administrative detention ... is considered a war crime and crime against humanity due to its widespread and systematic use" by Israel against Palestinians.
Over 200 Palestinian prisoners are currently on hunger strike in Israeli jails in solidarity with dozens of administrative detainees who have been refusing meals since April 24.
Strikers are demanding Israel stop imprisoning Palestinians without charge or trial in a policy known as "administrative detention," a policy based on legislation from the British Mandate period.
