18 may 2015
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF)erected at dawn Monday a number of military checkpoints throughout occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, where a mother and her two sons were arrested from their home in Silwan town during the raid.
The three detainees were taken to an Israeli police station in occupied Jerusalem for investigation.
Two brothers were among four minors detained in Khudar town to the south of Bethlehem after brutally storming and searching their homes.
Local sources pointed out that make-shift checkpoints were erected in different parts of occupied West Bank, where Palestinian vehicles were stopped and searched.
On the other hand, IOF stormed overnight Beit Djan town in Nablus amid heavy fire of tear gas and sound bombs and detained a Palestinian young man after violently breaking into his home.
Israeli forces also closed on Sunday evening the entrance to Beit Furik town east of Nablus and prevented people’s movement for several hours.
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians, Including A Mother And Her Two Sons
Many Palestinians injured near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, kidnapped ten Palestinians, mainly children, and attacked several others in Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.
Several army vehicles invaded the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, kidnapped four teenagers, and handed two Palestinians military warrants for interrogation.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in al-Khader Ahmad Salah stated that the soldiers searched several homes, and kidnapped Daoud Mohammad Salah, 17, his brother Omar, 15, in addition to Mohammad As’ad Sbeih, 17, and Jihad Omar Salah, 17.
He added that the soldiers violently searched the homes of the kidnapped Palestinians, causing excessive property damage.
Soldiers also handed the father of Omar and Daoud Salah a military order for interrogation in the Gush Etzion military and security base, south of Bethlehem.
Similar orders were handed to Jamil Qaher Abu Kamal, and his son Qaher, 29, from Bethlehem city, after the soldiers stormed their homes and searched them.
In addition, soldiers invaded homes in the al-Ein al-Foqa neighborhood, in Silwan town south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped a woman, identified as Asma’ Shioky, and her two sons Mos’ab, 25, and Mansour, 23 years of age.
Mohammad Mahmoud, one of the layers of the Ad-Dameer Prisoners Support of Human Rights Association, said the soldiers also kidnapped two children identified as Omar Syoury, 14, and Mohammad Syouri, 16, from Ras al-‘Amoud, in addition to Yassin al-Atrash, 16, in Sur Baher village, in occupied Jerusalem.
Also in Jerusalem, groups of Israeli fanatics and several officers stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the al-Magharba Gate, and conducted provocative acts.
The police also attacked Mohammad Abu Qteish, near the al-Rahma Gate, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and attacked an elderly man in one of the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.
Abu Qteish is an employee of the Islamic Waqf Department; he was attacked after trying to stop a police officer who was using foul language, and swearing at a Palestinian woman.
In related news, several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after Israeli soldiers invaded Ya’bad town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the town, and clashed with several youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on their vehicles, while the army fired gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullets and rounds of live ammunition.
The three detainees were taken to an Israeli police station in occupied Jerusalem for investigation.
Two brothers were among four minors detained in Khudar town to the south of Bethlehem after brutally storming and searching their homes.
Local sources pointed out that make-shift checkpoints were erected in different parts of occupied West Bank, where Palestinian vehicles were stopped and searched.
On the other hand, IOF stormed overnight Beit Djan town in Nablus amid heavy fire of tear gas and sound bombs and detained a Palestinian young man after violently breaking into his home.
Israeli forces also closed on Sunday evening the entrance to Beit Furik town east of Nablus and prevented people’s movement for several hours.
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians, Including A Mother And Her Two Sons
Many Palestinians injured near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, kidnapped ten Palestinians, mainly children, and attacked several others in Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.
Several army vehicles invaded the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, kidnapped four teenagers, and handed two Palestinians military warrants for interrogation.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in al-Khader Ahmad Salah stated that the soldiers searched several homes, and kidnapped Daoud Mohammad Salah, 17, his brother Omar, 15, in addition to Mohammad As’ad Sbeih, 17, and Jihad Omar Salah, 17.
He added that the soldiers violently searched the homes of the kidnapped Palestinians, causing excessive property damage.
Soldiers also handed the father of Omar and Daoud Salah a military order for interrogation in the Gush Etzion military and security base, south of Bethlehem.
Similar orders were handed to Jamil Qaher Abu Kamal, and his son Qaher, 29, from Bethlehem city, after the soldiers stormed their homes and searched them.
In addition, soldiers invaded homes in the al-Ein al-Foqa neighborhood, in Silwan town south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped a woman, identified as Asma’ Shioky, and her two sons Mos’ab, 25, and Mansour, 23 years of age.
Mohammad Mahmoud, one of the layers of the Ad-Dameer Prisoners Support of Human Rights Association, said the soldiers also kidnapped two children identified as Omar Syoury, 14, and Mohammad Syouri, 16, from Ras al-‘Amoud, in addition to Yassin al-Atrash, 16, in Sur Baher village, in occupied Jerusalem.
Also in Jerusalem, groups of Israeli fanatics and several officers stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the al-Magharba Gate, and conducted provocative acts.
The police also attacked Mohammad Abu Qteish, near the al-Rahma Gate, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and attacked an elderly man in one of the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.
Abu Qteish is an employee of the Islamic Waqf Department; he was attacked after trying to stop a police officer who was using foul language, and swearing at a Palestinian woman.
In related news, several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after Israeli soldiers invaded Ya’bad town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the town, and clashed with several youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on their vehicles, while the army fired gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullets and rounds of live ammunition.
The Israeli Police Forces attacked Monday morning two Jerusalemites including one of the employees of the Islamic Waqf Department in al-Aqsa mosque, while a third one was detained after being brutally assaulted.
The Islamic Waqf Department said that one of its employees was severely beaten near Rahma Gate when he intervened to protect a Jerusalemite female worshiper from Israeli soldiers’ attacks.
Earlier this morning, 52 settlers, 18 military officials, and 10 Israeli students broke into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Magaribeh Gate under heavy police protection.
In their turn, Palestinian worshipers started shouting 'Allah Akbar' in an attempt to prevent the settlers’ break-in into the holy shrine.
Along the same line, a Jerusalemite young man was detained at Asbat Gate and taken to unknown detention center after being severely beaten and assaulted at hands of Israeli forces.
The Islamic Waqf Department said that one of its employees was severely beaten near Rahma Gate when he intervened to protect a Jerusalemite female worshiper from Israeli soldiers’ attacks.
Earlier this morning, 52 settlers, 18 military officials, and 10 Israeli students broke into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Magaribeh Gate under heavy police protection.
In their turn, Palestinian worshipers started shouting 'Allah Akbar' in an attempt to prevent the settlers’ break-in into the holy shrine.
Along the same line, a Jerusalemite young man was detained at Asbat Gate and taken to unknown detention center after being severely beaten and assaulted at hands of Israeli forces.
Islamic-Jihad affiliates held at the Israeli Ofer jail on Monday initiated a two-day hunger-strike in solidarity with their fellow who has been tortured by the prison wardens.
Palestinian detainees at Ofer lock-up urged the Israeli prison authorities, in a statement, to launch a probe into an attack on their fellow Adel Musa and to take a tougher line against the perpetrators.
The detainees announced their decision to go on a two-day hunger-strike in protest at the attack.
They further spoke out against the heavy beating to which prisoner Musa has been subjected at the hands of the Israeli wardens while he was at the court. Musa was rushed to the Hadasah hospital shortly afterwards so as to be treated for the bruises and injuries he sustained in his left hand.
The Israeli prison administration further slapped a family-visit ban on the detainee and denied him the right to use to canteen for one month. They further incarcerated him in a solitary cell.
Palestinian human rights sources said the Ofer prison authorities on Sunday announced their intents to transfer prisoners held in section 12 to the Ramon and Nafha jails allegedly on accounts of repair works.
According to the Sawt al-Asra radio station, over 100 Palestinian detainees, affiliated with Hamas, are locked up in section 12 of the Ofer jail.
Palestinian detainees at Ofer lock-up urged the Israeli prison authorities, in a statement, to launch a probe into an attack on their fellow Adel Musa and to take a tougher line against the perpetrators.
The detainees announced their decision to go on a two-day hunger-strike in protest at the attack.
They further spoke out against the heavy beating to which prisoner Musa has been subjected at the hands of the Israeli wardens while he was at the court. Musa was rushed to the Hadasah hospital shortly afterwards so as to be treated for the bruises and injuries he sustained in his left hand.
The Israeli prison administration further slapped a family-visit ban on the detainee and denied him the right to use to canteen for one month. They further incarcerated him in a solitary cell.
Palestinian human rights sources said the Ofer prison authorities on Sunday announced their intents to transfer prisoners held in section 12 to the Ramon and Nafha jails allegedly on accounts of repair works.
According to the Sawt al-Asra radio station, over 100 Palestinian detainees, affiliated with Hamas, are locked up in section 12 of the Ofer jail.
The Shin Bet security service has arrested a Jordanian-Canadian millionaire and held him for 12 days without permitting him to see a lawyer, Haaretz reported Monday.
58-year-old Ibrahim Seyam was invited by Abbas to attend a conference in Ramallah on developing the PA economy. But when he arrived together with a group of other Jordanian businessman at the Allenby Bridge border crossing about two weeks ago, he was arrested by the Shin Bet and taken to the Kishon interrogation center for questioning.
Seyam is a businessman with a Palestinian descent. He left the country some 30 years ago and moved to live between Canada and Jordan.
His lawyer has appealed to the Supreme Court against the Shin Bet’s refusal to let him meet with his client. The military court, meanwhile, extended his remand twice.
Both Jordan and Canada have protested Seyam's detention to the Israeli foreign ministry, and particularly the fact that he hasn't been allowed to see an attorney.
58-year-old Ibrahim Seyam was invited by Abbas to attend a conference in Ramallah on developing the PA economy. But when he arrived together with a group of other Jordanian businessman at the Allenby Bridge border crossing about two weeks ago, he was arrested by the Shin Bet and taken to the Kishon interrogation center for questioning.
Seyam is a businessman with a Palestinian descent. He left the country some 30 years ago and moved to live between Canada and Jordan.
His lawyer has appealed to the Supreme Court against the Shin Bet’s refusal to let him meet with his client. The military court, meanwhile, extended his remand twice.
Both Jordan and Canada have protested Seyam's detention to the Israeli foreign ministry, and particularly the fact that he hasn't been allowed to see an attorney.
The Israeli prison authority on Sunday transferred once again 32-year-old prisoner Yousri al-Masri from Nafha jail to Soroka hospital after a sharp decline in his health condition.
The Palestinian prisoner society warned of Israel's persistence in detaining him and appealed to human rights groups to intervene to have him released immediately.
A lawyer from the society, who visited Nafha jail a few days ago, said that the prisoner had not received medical tests to diagnose his health problem, expressing his belief that the prisoner might have a liver tumor.
Prisoner Masri had underwent surgery to remove a gland tumor in 2013.
He was sentenced to 20 years in jails after his arrest in 2003.
The Palestinian prisoner society warned of Israel's persistence in detaining him and appealed to human rights groups to intervene to have him released immediately.
A lawyer from the society, who visited Nafha jail a few days ago, said that the prisoner had not received medical tests to diagnose his health problem, expressing his belief that the prisoner might have a liver tumor.
Prisoner Masri had underwent surgery to remove a gland tumor in 2013.
He was sentenced to 20 years in jails after his arrest in 2003.
Israeli prison soldiers on Sunday violently raided section 4 in Gilboa jail, causing a state of high tension with the Palestinian prisoners, according to the Palestinian prisoner society.
The society said that the soldiers assaulted the prisoners in the section and transferred a number of them to other places.
It noted that the jailers closed the entire jail and prevented visits until further notice, without stating if there was a claimed reason for such measures against the prisoners.
The society said that the soldiers assaulted the prisoners in the section and transferred a number of them to other places.
It noted that the jailers closed the entire jail and prevented visits until further notice, without stating if there was a claimed reason for such measures against the prisoners.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released on Sunday the former Palestinian prisoner, prisoners’ rights advocate, and journalist Bushra al-Tawil after being detained for ten months behind Israeli bars.
Bushra, who was detained several months ago in total violation of Wafa al-Ahrar (Shalit) swap deal as she was liberated during the exchange deal in 2011, was released at Jabara checkpoint in Tulkarem.
Shortly after her release, Bushra delivered the Palestinian female prisoners’ cry for help letter, denying some media reports about the isolation of five female prisoners.
Bushra, 20, was arrested on July 1 from her home in el-Bireh, in the West Bank. She is one of over 600 Palestinians rounded up in mass raids and arrests by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank in mid-June 2014.
She was first arrested at the age of 17, when she was held in administrative detention without charge or trial until her release in December 2011 as part of the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange deal.
After her re-arrest, Israeli authorities re-imposed her previous 18-month sentence in total violation of the exchange deal terms.
Bushra is the spokesperson of the Aneen Al-Qaid Media Network, a local news agency specialized in covering news about the Palestinian detainees, and political prisoners.
Bushra, who was detained several months ago in total violation of Wafa al-Ahrar (Shalit) swap deal as she was liberated during the exchange deal in 2011, was released at Jabara checkpoint in Tulkarem.
Shortly after her release, Bushra delivered the Palestinian female prisoners’ cry for help letter, denying some media reports about the isolation of five female prisoners.
Bushra, 20, was arrested on July 1 from her home in el-Bireh, in the West Bank. She is one of over 600 Palestinians rounded up in mass raids and arrests by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank in mid-June 2014.
She was first arrested at the age of 17, when she was held in administrative detention without charge or trial until her release in December 2011 as part of the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange deal.
After her re-arrest, Israeli authorities re-imposed her previous 18-month sentence in total violation of the exchange deal terms.
Bushra is the spokesperson of the Aneen Al-Qaid Media Network, a local news agency specialized in covering news about the Palestinian detainees, and political prisoners.
The Israeli Ofer military court has postponed the trial of Aziz Dweik, the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), to May 25 to announce its final verdict.
Dweik's wife told the PIC that her husband was charged and brought before Ofer court for delivering a speech in support of Palestinian resistance three years ago.
The Israeli Attorney General has earlier called for sentencing Dweik to 14 months imprisonment, a sentence that was rejected and described by his lawyer as unfair and illogical.
Dr. Dweik, who was elected as the PLC speaker in 2006, was arrested several times by Israeli forces and spent four years in aggregate in Israeli prisons.
The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped the PLC Speaker in mid-June last year as part of a punitive arrest campaign launched on a large scale in the West Bank following the disappearance of three Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil.
Dweik's wife told the PIC that her husband was charged and brought before Ofer court for delivering a speech in support of Palestinian resistance three years ago.
The Israeli Attorney General has earlier called for sentencing Dweik to 14 months imprisonment, a sentence that was rejected and described by his lawyer as unfair and illogical.
Dr. Dweik, who was elected as the PLC speaker in 2006, was arrested several times by Israeli forces and spent four years in aggregate in Israeli prisons.
The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped the PLC Speaker in mid-June last year as part of a punitive arrest campaign launched on a large scale in the West Bank following the disappearance of three Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil.
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Israeli soldiers and police officers used excessive force, on Sunday afternoon, against hundreds of Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, as they marched to counter a provocative Israeli procession marking the so-called “Jerusalem Day,” wounding at least 29 Palestinians, and kidnapped five.
The Israeli extremists attacked many Palestinians, and conducted provocative acts against Jerusalemite Palestinians who were forced by the police to close their stores and shops in Jerusalem’s Old City. Palestinian sources in the Old City said hundreds of police officers and soldiers were deployed in the alleys, in addition to pushing the Palestinians away from Bab al-‘Amoud area, in an attempt to prevent them from marching to counter the Israeli procession. Mounted officers and Border Guard police officers also attacked dozens |
of Palestinian journalists, and tried to prevent them from documenting the incidents and the Israeli violations.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of Israeli fanatics were chanting “Death to Arabs,” as well as many other provocative slogans, while many also called for demolishing the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in order “to rebuild the temple.”
Meanwhile, the Palestinians marched carrying Palestinian flags while chanting for the liberation of Palestine, and called for ending the escalating Israeli violations against the residents and their holy sites, especially in occupied Jerusalem.
It is worth mentioning that several Israeli left wing groups appealed the Israeli High Court to prevent the Israeli extremists from marching in Jerusalem’s Islamic Quarter, but the court denied the appeal.
In addition, clashes took place between the soldiers and local Palestinians in different Jerusalem neighborhoods and towns, especially in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in addition to the neighborhoods of Suwwana, Wadi Al-Jouz, at-Tour, and the al-‘Eesawiyya town, while the soldiers kidnapped at least one Palestinian in Silwan, and injured dozens.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) quoted the head of the Emergency Unit of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Jerusalem, Amin Abu Ghazala, stating that at least 29 residents were injured.
Abu Ghazala said at least seven of the wounded residents were hospitalized, and that two residents suffered fractures in their arms and legs, 22 received treatment by field medics, and at least one was severely beaten by the soldiers with their guns and batons.
The Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers kidnapped Amir al-Basheeti, Amir al-Karaki, Sharif al-Rajabi, ‘Obada Najeeb and Mohammad Abu Sneina.
It added that the soldiers detained dozens of Palestinians after assaulting them, and released them after taking their personal information, and told them the police will be contacting them in the coming few days.
Silwanic further stated that the police fired concussion grenades at the Palestinian protesters, and assaulted several Palestinians.
It said that, due to Israeli restrictions and extensive military deployment, the residents marched in separate different groups in Sultan Suleiman Street, al-Magharba Square and near the Suleiman Cave area, before the police attacked them, and chases dozens of Palestinians.
Israeli Ynet News said dozens of Palestinian hurled stones and empty bottles at the police, and that one officer was injured, while one Palestinian was arrested allegedly for attacking an officer.
Jerusalem Day marks the illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, and declaring it as the “eternal united capital of Israel.”
Clashes as Israel Marks Anniversary of East Jerusalem Occupation
Israeli nationalists and police clashed with Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, as crowds of Jewish hardliners marched across the city to mark the 48th anniversary of its capture.
Known as Jerusalem Day, the anniversary marks the seizure in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexation of East Jerusalem in a move never recognized by the international community.
According to AFP, police said two officers were wounded by Palestinian stone-throwers and at least five Palestinians were arrested near the walled Old City's Damascus Gate.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society identified Amir al-Bashiti, Amir al-Karaki, Sharif al-Rajabi, Ubada Najib and Muhammad Abu Sneina as those taken into police custody.
The demonstrators were dispersed by baton-wielding police, some on horseback.
A police statement said that in one incident "several dozen Muslims scuffled with a group of Jews".
The Palestinian Red Crescent told Ma'an News Agency that 29 Palestinians were injured and received medical attention, with seven taken to hospital. Two of those hospitalized were hit with rubber-coated bullets in the eye and one was attacked with rifle butts.
Witnesses also saw journalists shoved by police.
Police would not say how many jubilant Zionists descended on the Old City's Muslim Quarter on their way to pray at the Western Wall Jewish holy site, only that "large crowds" were expected.
"They are coming here with the support of an extremist government that paid for their buses," a Palestinian woman, Muna Barbar, told AFP outside Damascus Gate.
Palestinian residents of the Old City were forced to closed their stories and homes in preparation for the march, as thestreets were crowded with right-wing Israelis performing flag dances and chanting in the streets.
"This rally marks a new occupation of Jerusalem every year. It is a painful and tough day for us with Israeli flags waved across the city which is turned into a military barracks and we the indigenous residents feel like aliens," Abu Rami, who lives in the Old City, told Ma'an.
Israeli leaders have repeatedly vowed that the city will never again be split, calling it their "eternal, indivisible" capital.
"Jerusalem has always been the capital of the Jewish people alone and not of any other people," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at an official Jerusalem Day ceremony.
"A divided Jerusalem is a past memory: the future belongs to a complete Jerusalem which will not be divided again."
'Zero tolerance'
Jerusalem Day is marked by a series of state ceremonies and an annual march through western Jerusalem and into the east side, which is predominantly attended by nationalist hardliners.
Every year, police deploy in strength to secure the march, which frequently provokes clashes.
This year, two non-governmental organisations appealed to the Israeli High Court to change the route so the march would not pass through the Muslim Quarter.
But last week, the court rejected the appeal, noting it did so "with a heavy heart".
In their ruling, the justices stressed there should be "zero tolerance" of anyone involved in violence, and that police should arrest anyone chanting "death to Arabs".
Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said "thousands of police" were in and around the Old City.
Spokeswoman Luba Samri said both uniformed and undercover officers were on the streets.
"The police will show zero tolerance to any display of physical or verbal violence, will act with every means at its disposal against anyone disturbing the peace or rioting, who will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law," she said.
'March of hate'
Leftist groups, including members of the Meretz party's youth wing, held a counter-demonstration outside city hall to protest against what it called the "march of hate".
An AFP journalist said about 100 people took part amid a large police presence and there was no trouble.
One participating group, the anti-racism movement Tag Meir, said the annual march had become "a focus for extremist groups" and was routinely accompanied by "racist slurs and insults, destruction of property and physical violence against the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem".
"This year we say a loud and clear 'No to the violence, the hatred and the incitement' which threaten the delicate fabric of daily life in Jerusalem," it said.
The group said its supporters would walk through the Muslim Quarter giving flowers to residents as a gesture of peace and coexistence.
Tag Meir was one of two NGOs which unsuccessfully petitioned the Supreme Court to change the route of the march.
Later Sunday, Netanyahu was to join President Reuven Rivlin for a ceremony on Ammunition Hill in East Jerusalem, a former Jordanian military post that saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the 1967 war.
Today, some 200,000 Israelis live in 15 settlement neighborhoods in East Jerusalem alongside a Palestinian population of 310,000.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of Israeli fanatics were chanting “Death to Arabs,” as well as many other provocative slogans, while many also called for demolishing the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in order “to rebuild the temple.”
Meanwhile, the Palestinians marched carrying Palestinian flags while chanting for the liberation of Palestine, and called for ending the escalating Israeli violations against the residents and their holy sites, especially in occupied Jerusalem.
It is worth mentioning that several Israeli left wing groups appealed the Israeli High Court to prevent the Israeli extremists from marching in Jerusalem’s Islamic Quarter, but the court denied the appeal.
In addition, clashes took place between the soldiers and local Palestinians in different Jerusalem neighborhoods and towns, especially in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in addition to the neighborhoods of Suwwana, Wadi Al-Jouz, at-Tour, and the al-‘Eesawiyya town, while the soldiers kidnapped at least one Palestinian in Silwan, and injured dozens.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) quoted the head of the Emergency Unit of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Jerusalem, Amin Abu Ghazala, stating that at least 29 residents were injured.
Abu Ghazala said at least seven of the wounded residents were hospitalized, and that two residents suffered fractures in their arms and legs, 22 received treatment by field medics, and at least one was severely beaten by the soldiers with their guns and batons.
The Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers kidnapped Amir al-Basheeti, Amir al-Karaki, Sharif al-Rajabi, ‘Obada Najeeb and Mohammad Abu Sneina.
It added that the soldiers detained dozens of Palestinians after assaulting them, and released them after taking their personal information, and told them the police will be contacting them in the coming few days.
Silwanic further stated that the police fired concussion grenades at the Palestinian protesters, and assaulted several Palestinians.
It said that, due to Israeli restrictions and extensive military deployment, the residents marched in separate different groups in Sultan Suleiman Street, al-Magharba Square and near the Suleiman Cave area, before the police attacked them, and chases dozens of Palestinians.
Israeli Ynet News said dozens of Palestinian hurled stones and empty bottles at the police, and that one officer was injured, while one Palestinian was arrested allegedly for attacking an officer.
Jerusalem Day marks the illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, and declaring it as the “eternal united capital of Israel.”
Clashes as Israel Marks Anniversary of East Jerusalem Occupation
Israeli nationalists and police clashed with Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, as crowds of Jewish hardliners marched across the city to mark the 48th anniversary of its capture.
Known as Jerusalem Day, the anniversary marks the seizure in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexation of East Jerusalem in a move never recognized by the international community.
According to AFP, police said two officers were wounded by Palestinian stone-throwers and at least five Palestinians were arrested near the walled Old City's Damascus Gate.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society identified Amir al-Bashiti, Amir al-Karaki, Sharif al-Rajabi, Ubada Najib and Muhammad Abu Sneina as those taken into police custody.
The demonstrators were dispersed by baton-wielding police, some on horseback.
A police statement said that in one incident "several dozen Muslims scuffled with a group of Jews".
The Palestinian Red Crescent told Ma'an News Agency that 29 Palestinians were injured and received medical attention, with seven taken to hospital. Two of those hospitalized were hit with rubber-coated bullets in the eye and one was attacked with rifle butts.
Witnesses also saw journalists shoved by police.
Police would not say how many jubilant Zionists descended on the Old City's Muslim Quarter on their way to pray at the Western Wall Jewish holy site, only that "large crowds" were expected.
"They are coming here with the support of an extremist government that paid for their buses," a Palestinian woman, Muna Barbar, told AFP outside Damascus Gate.
Palestinian residents of the Old City were forced to closed their stories and homes in preparation for the march, as thestreets were crowded with right-wing Israelis performing flag dances and chanting in the streets.
"This rally marks a new occupation of Jerusalem every year. It is a painful and tough day for us with Israeli flags waved across the city which is turned into a military barracks and we the indigenous residents feel like aliens," Abu Rami, who lives in the Old City, told Ma'an.
Israeli leaders have repeatedly vowed that the city will never again be split, calling it their "eternal, indivisible" capital.
"Jerusalem has always been the capital of the Jewish people alone and not of any other people," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at an official Jerusalem Day ceremony.
"A divided Jerusalem is a past memory: the future belongs to a complete Jerusalem which will not be divided again."
'Zero tolerance'
Jerusalem Day is marked by a series of state ceremonies and an annual march through western Jerusalem and into the east side, which is predominantly attended by nationalist hardliners.
Every year, police deploy in strength to secure the march, which frequently provokes clashes.
This year, two non-governmental organisations appealed to the Israeli High Court to change the route so the march would not pass through the Muslim Quarter.
But last week, the court rejected the appeal, noting it did so "with a heavy heart".
In their ruling, the justices stressed there should be "zero tolerance" of anyone involved in violence, and that police should arrest anyone chanting "death to Arabs".
Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said "thousands of police" were in and around the Old City.
Spokeswoman Luba Samri said both uniformed and undercover officers were on the streets.
"The police will show zero tolerance to any display of physical or verbal violence, will act with every means at its disposal against anyone disturbing the peace or rioting, who will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law," she said.
'March of hate'
Leftist groups, including members of the Meretz party's youth wing, held a counter-demonstration outside city hall to protest against what it called the "march of hate".
An AFP journalist said about 100 people took part amid a large police presence and there was no trouble.
One participating group, the anti-racism movement Tag Meir, said the annual march had become "a focus for extremist groups" and was routinely accompanied by "racist slurs and insults, destruction of property and physical violence against the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem".
"This year we say a loud and clear 'No to the violence, the hatred and the incitement' which threaten the delicate fabric of daily life in Jerusalem," it said.
The group said its supporters would walk through the Muslim Quarter giving flowers to residents as a gesture of peace and coexistence.
Tag Meir was one of two NGOs which unsuccessfully petitioned the Supreme Court to change the route of the march.
Later Sunday, Netanyahu was to join President Reuven Rivlin for a ceremony on Ammunition Hill in East Jerusalem, a former Jordanian military post that saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the 1967 war.
Today, some 200,000 Israelis live in 15 settlement neighborhoods in East Jerusalem alongside a Palestinian population of 310,000.
17 may 2015
Israeli forces, Sunday, abducted nine Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, whereas several Palestinians suffocated from tear gas during confrontations with Israeli forces to the south of Jenin, according to reports by local and security sources.
The Israeli army stormed the city of Hebron, where they arrested two local residents after raiding and searching their homes, sabotaging their furniture, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency. They were identified as Osama Hashlamon, 23, and Ashraf Abu Eisha.
The army also stormed the nearby town of Beit Ummar, and handed a summon notice to a local resident to appear for interrogation before the Israeli intelligence.
In the meantime, soldiers broke into the village of Silwad, east of Ramallah, and also kidnapped 20-year-old Abdel-Qader Hammad after raiding his house.
Ramallah, the seat of Palestinian government in the occupied West Bank, is officially recognized as Palestinian territory under international laws and conventions. Palestinian detainees, including children, are typically subjected to extremely harsh conditions, including torture and denial of access to medical treatment. The IMEMC recognizes neither the legitmacy of the Israeli army, Israeli settlements, nor the legal authority asserted by the state of Israel over the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.
The Israeli military also summoned two Palestinians during separate raids on the villages of Sanour, south of Jenin, and al-Abidiya near Bethlehem.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, Israeli police stormed the Arab neighborhood of al-Issawiya, where they took two Palestinian residents identified as Shadi Alian and ahmoud Saleh.
Police also raided and searched a number of homes in the area during the attack, however, no further kidnappings were reported.
Meanwhile, three female worshipers were arrested bu Israeli police after attempting to fend off settlers’ attempts to tour the yards of al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Police also abducted Mohammed Ibrahim from the village of Kabul, inside the 1948 lands.
Later on Sunday, an Israeli army force set a checkpoint at the entrance of Shuhada village, south of Jenin, causing a traffic jam and provoking residents, which led to clashes.
Israeli forces fired teargas canisters and stun grenades towards residents, causing multiple cases of suffocation among them due to tear gas inhalation.
The Israeli army stormed the city of Hebron, where they arrested two local residents after raiding and searching their homes, sabotaging their furniture, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency. They were identified as Osama Hashlamon, 23, and Ashraf Abu Eisha.
The army also stormed the nearby town of Beit Ummar, and handed a summon notice to a local resident to appear for interrogation before the Israeli intelligence.
In the meantime, soldiers broke into the village of Silwad, east of Ramallah, and also kidnapped 20-year-old Abdel-Qader Hammad after raiding his house.
Ramallah, the seat of Palestinian government in the occupied West Bank, is officially recognized as Palestinian territory under international laws and conventions. Palestinian detainees, including children, are typically subjected to extremely harsh conditions, including torture and denial of access to medical treatment. The IMEMC recognizes neither the legitmacy of the Israeli army, Israeli settlements, nor the legal authority asserted by the state of Israel over the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.
The Israeli military also summoned two Palestinians during separate raids on the villages of Sanour, south of Jenin, and al-Abidiya near Bethlehem.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, Israeli police stormed the Arab neighborhood of al-Issawiya, where they took two Palestinian residents identified as Shadi Alian and ahmoud Saleh.
Police also raided and searched a number of homes in the area during the attack, however, no further kidnappings were reported.
Meanwhile, three female worshipers were arrested bu Israeli police after attempting to fend off settlers’ attempts to tour the yards of al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Police also abducted Mohammed Ibrahim from the village of Kabul, inside the 1948 lands.
Later on Sunday, an Israeli army force set a checkpoint at the entrance of Shuhada village, south of Jenin, causing a traffic jam and provoking residents, which led to clashes.
Israeli forces fired teargas canisters and stun grenades towards residents, causing multiple cases of suffocation among them due to tear gas inhalation.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday kidnapped five
Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem and different West Bank
areas.
Hebrew media sources said that the Israeli police and army had arrested during the early morning hours of today five wanted Palestinians from Jerusalem, al-Khalil and Silwad town in Ramallah.
Palestinian local sources affirmed that Israeli policemen and Shin Bet agents raided homes at dawn in the Jerusalem district of Issawiya and kidnapped two young men identified as Mousa Aliyan and Mohamed Mahmoud.
The sources noted that al-Issawiya district was seeing recently daily clashes between its young men and police forces.
In al-Khalil, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a young man named Osama al-Hashlamon from his home and handed another one, during a campaign in Beit Ummar town, a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, four Palestinians during military invasions targeting various communities in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, and handed two others interrogation warrants.
Several military vehicles invaded Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city Ramallah, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Abdul-Qader Bassem Hammad, 20 years of age.
His brother, Nasser Hammad, said the soldiers surrounded their home approximately at 2 after midnight, and tried to detonate the main door, but the family noticed them and instantly opened the door.
Nasser added that the soldiers violently searched the property, and used military dogs in the search, causing the children to suffer anxiety attacks.
As the soldiers were leaving the property, an army officer told the family their son “will be tortured, and will be unable to differentiate between night and day.”
Hammad was imprisoned by Israel twice before, and was previously shot and injured by live Israeli fire; he still suffers complications resulting from his injury.
In addition, soldiers invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron and searched several homes, before kidnapping a young man identified as Osama al-Hashlamoun, 26.
In Bethlehem, several army vehicles invaded the al-Obeydiyya town, east of the city, and handed one Palestinian identified as Omar Hasasna, 26, a military order for interrogation in the Etzion military base.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded homes in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped two Palestinians, after violently searching their homes.
The two, Shadi ‘Oleyyan and Mohammad Saleh Mahmoud, were moved to an interrogation facility in the occupied city.
The Israeli army said two of the arrested Palestinians are members of the Hamas movement.
Also on Sunday at dawn, a number of vehicles invaded Sanour village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and handed Eyad Fathi ‘Ayasa, 39, an order for interrogation in the nearby Salem security and military base.
Soldiers also invaded a number of homes in the village, searched them, and interrogated several Palestinians.
Late on Saturday at night, soldiers invaded Kufur ‘Aqab and Samiramis neighborhoods, north of occupied Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of local youths.
The soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs, and rubber-coated metal bullet towards local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading army vehicles.
The army also invaded a home belonging to members of the Abu Romeila family, and violently searched it.
Hebrew media sources said that the Israeli police and army had arrested during the early morning hours of today five wanted Palestinians from Jerusalem, al-Khalil and Silwad town in Ramallah.
Palestinian local sources affirmed that Israeli policemen and Shin Bet agents raided homes at dawn in the Jerusalem district of Issawiya and kidnapped two young men identified as Mousa Aliyan and Mohamed Mahmoud.
The sources noted that al-Issawiya district was seeing recently daily clashes between its young men and police forces.
In al-Khalil, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a young man named Osama al-Hashlamon from his home and handed another one, during a campaign in Beit Ummar town, a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet.
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, four Palestinians during military invasions targeting various communities in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, and handed two others interrogation warrants.
Several military vehicles invaded Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city Ramallah, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Abdul-Qader Bassem Hammad, 20 years of age.
His brother, Nasser Hammad, said the soldiers surrounded their home approximately at 2 after midnight, and tried to detonate the main door, but the family noticed them and instantly opened the door.
Nasser added that the soldiers violently searched the property, and used military dogs in the search, causing the children to suffer anxiety attacks.
As the soldiers were leaving the property, an army officer told the family their son “will be tortured, and will be unable to differentiate between night and day.”
Hammad was imprisoned by Israel twice before, and was previously shot and injured by live Israeli fire; he still suffers complications resulting from his injury.
In addition, soldiers invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron and searched several homes, before kidnapping a young man identified as Osama al-Hashlamoun, 26.
In Bethlehem, several army vehicles invaded the al-Obeydiyya town, east of the city, and handed one Palestinian identified as Omar Hasasna, 26, a military order for interrogation in the Etzion military base.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded homes in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped two Palestinians, after violently searching their homes.
The two, Shadi ‘Oleyyan and Mohammad Saleh Mahmoud, were moved to an interrogation facility in the occupied city.
The Israeli army said two of the arrested Palestinians are members of the Hamas movement.
Also on Sunday at dawn, a number of vehicles invaded Sanour village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and handed Eyad Fathi ‘Ayasa, 39, an order for interrogation in the nearby Salem security and military base.
Soldiers also invaded a number of homes in the village, searched them, and interrogated several Palestinians.
Late on Saturday at night, soldiers invaded Kufur ‘Aqab and Samiramis neighborhoods, north of occupied Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of local youths.
The soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs, and rubber-coated metal bullet towards local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading army vehicles.
The army also invaded a home belonging to members of the Abu Romeila family, and violently searched it.
16 may 2015
The health condition of the sick prisoner Yusri al-Masri has become very critical, while the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) procrastinates in transferring him to hospital, Islamic Jihad prisoners revealed.
It was decided to transfer captive Masri to hospital on last Thursday, but IPS refused to do so claiming unavailability of a special vehicle for transferring sick prisoners to hospitals.
The decision to transfer him to hospital was made after the discovery of a new tumor in the liver. He has been in urgent need for medical checkups to determine the type of the tumor and a CT examination, according to Nafha prison doctor.
Islamic Jihad prisoners revealed, in a letter to Muhjat al-Quds institution, that he has not been receiving required treatment despite conducting many health examinations.
The IPS promised to release him earlier due to his serious health condition which threatens his life, the prisoners added.
They called for intensifying the solidarity campaigns with patient prisoners in Israeli jails and to shed light on the case of Masri who has been in a real danger. For its part, Muhjat al-Quds charged the Israeli authorities with full responsibility for the life of captive Masri as well as the other sick captives.
Yusri al-Masri is from Deir al-Balah in Central Gaza. He was arrested on June 09, 2003 and sentenced to 20 years. He belongs to Islamic Jihad movement.
It was decided to transfer captive Masri to hospital on last Thursday, but IPS refused to do so claiming unavailability of a special vehicle for transferring sick prisoners to hospitals.
The decision to transfer him to hospital was made after the discovery of a new tumor in the liver. He has been in urgent need for medical checkups to determine the type of the tumor and a CT examination, according to Nafha prison doctor.
Islamic Jihad prisoners revealed, in a letter to Muhjat al-Quds institution, that he has not been receiving required treatment despite conducting many health examinations.
The IPS promised to release him earlier due to his serious health condition which threatens his life, the prisoners added.
They called for intensifying the solidarity campaigns with patient prisoners in Israeli jails and to shed light on the case of Masri who has been in a real danger. For its part, Muhjat al-Quds charged the Israeli authorities with full responsibility for the life of captive Masri as well as the other sick captives.
Yusri al-Masri is from Deir al-Balah in Central Gaza. He was arrested on June 09, 2003 and sentenced to 20 years. He belongs to Islamic Jihad movement.
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, 37, continues his open hunger-strike that he started 12 days ago, demanding an end to his administrative detention by Israel, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society says.
Adnan told PPS' lawyer, who visited him in solitary confinement in the Israeli HaDarim jail, that the Israeli Prisons Services began imposing sanctions on him since the first day of his strike.
Sanctions have included sending him to solitary confinement, preventing him from going out to the jail's yard, receiving a radio or a newspaper, and having a pen or a writing book.
Adnan said that he refuses to take medical tests or any vitamins, and is currently only drinking water.
His main goal is to prevent Israel from tarnishing the achievement of prisoners who secured their freedom by going on hunger strikes in the past, only to be rearrested by military forces, he wrote in a letter earlier this week.
Adnan was detained on July 8, 2014 and sentenced to administrative detention for the 10th time in his life.In 2012, Adnan's 66-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison in 2012 inspired hundreds of prisoners to take on Israel's policy of holding detainees without charge.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner's Center for Studies Israeli authorities have issued over 300 administrative detention orders for Palestinians since the beginning of 2015, six times as many as were issued in the same period the previous year.
The statistics suggests a massive increase in Israel's incarceration of Palestinians without charge or trial despite repeated promises to limit the practice in line with international norms.
Adnan told PPS' lawyer, who visited him in solitary confinement in the Israeli HaDarim jail, that the Israeli Prisons Services began imposing sanctions on him since the first day of his strike.
Sanctions have included sending him to solitary confinement, preventing him from going out to the jail's yard, receiving a radio or a newspaper, and having a pen or a writing book.
Adnan said that he refuses to take medical tests or any vitamins, and is currently only drinking water.
His main goal is to prevent Israel from tarnishing the achievement of prisoners who secured their freedom by going on hunger strikes in the past, only to be rearrested by military forces, he wrote in a letter earlier this week.
Adnan was detained on July 8, 2014 and sentenced to administrative detention for the 10th time in his life.In 2012, Adnan's 66-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison in 2012 inspired hundreds of prisoners to take on Israel's policy of holding detainees without charge.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner's Center for Studies Israeli authorities have issued over 300 administrative detention orders for Palestinians since the beginning of 2015, six times as many as were issued in the same period the previous year.
The statistics suggests a massive increase in Israel's incarceration of Palestinians without charge or trial despite repeated promises to limit the practice in line with international norms.
