21 may 2018
Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission said that Israeli magistrate court in Rishon Lezion city in 1948 Occupied Palestine will hold on Tuesday a session to decide on the appeal for conducting an autopsy for the body of martyr Aziz Oweista who died in Israeli jails.
The Commission said that they appealed to the court on Monday morning to return the body of martyr Oweisat after doing the autopsy by a Palestinian physician to know the real reasons behind his death.
Oweisat, a resident of Jabal al-Mukaber town south of Jerusalem, was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Oweisat had suffered severe bleeding and a heart attack after being violently beaten by Israeli prison guards in Eshel prison on 2nd May.
According to the Commission, Oweisat entered a coma and was transferred to Ramle prison clinic then to Assaf Harofeh Hospital. His health deteriorated further, so he was taken to Tel Hashomer Hospital.
Oweisat was later returned to Assaf Harofeh, where he died, after the administration of Tel Hashomer refused to allow him to stay there despite his critical condition.
The Commission said that they appealed to the court on Monday morning to return the body of martyr Oweisat after doing the autopsy by a Palestinian physician to know the real reasons behind his death.
Oweisat, a resident of Jabal al-Mukaber town south of Jerusalem, was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Oweisat had suffered severe bleeding and a heart attack after being violently beaten by Israeli prison guards in Eshel prison on 2nd May.
According to the Commission, Oweisat entered a coma and was transferred to Ramle prison clinic then to Assaf Harofeh Hospital. His health deteriorated further, so he was taken to Tel Hashomer Hospital.
Oweisat was later returned to Assaf Harofeh, where he died, after the administration of Tel Hashomer refused to allow him to stay there despite his critical condition.
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Monday evening set free the Palestinian prisoner Usama Breiki, from Jenin, after 16 years of imprisonment in Israeli jails.
At the moment of his release from Israeli Negev jail, Breiki held the IOA responsible for the death of Aziz Ouwaisat due to medical negligence and torture inside Israeli prisons.
He pointed out that there are many other sick captives who are in urgent need for treatment.
Breiki appealed to international organizations and the freemen in the world to support Palestinian prisoners who are suffering from physical and psychological torture in Israeli jails.
At the moment of his release from Israeli Negev jail, Breiki held the IOA responsible for the death of Aziz Ouwaisat due to medical negligence and torture inside Israeli prisons.
He pointed out that there are many other sick captives who are in urgent need for treatment.
Breiki appealed to international organizations and the freemen in the world to support Palestinian prisoners who are suffering from physical and psychological torture in Israeli jails.
Mohammed Fadel Tamimi, 15, from Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, and who was detained by the Israeli army on Sunday, was released several hours after his detention, according to Bilal Tamimi, an activist in the anti-settlements committee in the village.
He told WAFA, on Monday, that the army freed the boy after it was clear his health situation does not permit holding him, and turned him over to the Palestinian liaison office.
Mohammed Tamimi was shot in the face by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Israeli soldiers in his village, in December, causing him serious damage to his skull that required surgery and removal of a part of the skull.
Soldiers detained Mohammed Tamimi at the entrance to his village, and took him to a police station at Benyamin detention center, in the occupied West Bank.
He is a cousin to Ahed Tamimi, an icon of Palestinian peaceful resistance, who was detained when she was only 16 years old, for slapping an Israeli soldier who raided her family home in Nabi Saleh, and was later sentenced, along with her mother, Nariman, to eight months in prison for humiliating a soldier.
He told WAFA, on Monday, that the army freed the boy after it was clear his health situation does not permit holding him, and turned him over to the Palestinian liaison office.
Mohammed Tamimi was shot in the face by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Israeli soldiers in his village, in December, causing him serious damage to his skull that required surgery and removal of a part of the skull.
Soldiers detained Mohammed Tamimi at the entrance to his village, and took him to a police station at Benyamin detention center, in the occupied West Bank.
He is a cousin to Ahed Tamimi, an icon of Palestinian peaceful resistance, who was detained when she was only 16 years old, for slapping an Israeli soldier who raided her family home in Nabi Saleh, and was later sentenced, along with her mother, Nariman, to eight months in prison for humiliating a soldier.
The Israeli High Court on Monday extended the detention of Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, until May 30.
“The High Court convened today [Monday] to consider the Israeli Attorney-General’s request to extend the detention of Sheikh Salah for an additional three months,” Khaled Zabarqa, Salah’s lawyer, said.
“We submitted a request to the court last week to reconsider Sheikh Salah’s detention after it became clear that his testimony -- on which his indictment and witness testimony had relied -- was mistranslated,” Zabarqa added.
According to the lawyer, the High Court judge said Monday that Sheikh Salah would remain in custody until the court reconsidered his detention on May 30.
In August 2017, Israeli police arrested Sheikh Salah in Umm al-Fahm before convicting him of “inciting violence” and placing him in solitary confinement.
“The High Court convened today [Monday] to consider the Israeli Attorney-General’s request to extend the detention of Sheikh Salah for an additional three months,” Khaled Zabarqa, Salah’s lawyer, said.
“We submitted a request to the court last week to reconsider Sheikh Salah’s detention after it became clear that his testimony -- on which his indictment and witness testimony had relied -- was mistranslated,” Zabarqa added.
According to the lawyer, the High Court judge said Monday that Sheikh Salah would remain in custody until the court reconsidered his detention on May 30.
In August 2017, Israeli police arrested Sheikh Salah in Umm al-Fahm before convicting him of “inciting violence” and placing him in solitary confinement.
The Israeli police on Monday arrested two Palestinian youths after forcing them out of their vehicle in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem.
A local source reported that the police transferred the youths to an interrogation center in the city.
Arbitrary arrest campaigns targeting Palestinian citizens are witnessed on almost a daily basis in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
A local source reported that the police transferred the youths to an interrogation center in the city.
Arbitrary arrest campaigns targeting Palestinian citizens are witnessed on almost a daily basis in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) over the past few days have arrested five Palestinians during raids into different West Bank provinces.
The Israeli army in a statement Monday announced that its forces since the beginning of the week have arrested five Palestinians who are allegedly involved in popular resistance activities against Israeli targets.
The statement said that the IOF during the same campaign confiscated a sum of money that was used by Palestinian factions for anti-Israel operations.
Violent clashes broke out at dawn in Jenin city during an IOF campaign to arrest a "wanted" Palestinian.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that the IOF soldiers surrounded the house of the Palestinian citizen Raed Abu Sorour in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin, adding that armed clashes flared up before Abu Sorour managed to withdraw from the area.
According to medical sources, five Palestinians suffered different injuries during Jenin clashes.
Other confrontations and arrests were witnessed in many areas in Occupied Jerusalem Sunday night.
The Israeli police assaulted a crowd of Palestinian citizens in Bab al-Amud area in an attempt to force them out of the place. As the citizens refused to obey the police orders, the latter responded by heavily firing sound bombs ignoring the presence of women, children and old people.
Bab al-Amud area was later emptied of Palestinians and blocked with iron barriers. Local sources reported that a Palestinian young man was arrested during the confrontations.
The Hebrew website "0404" said that two Israelis, a policeman and a settler, were wounded Sunday night after being thrown with stones by Palestinian youths.
Hebrew media sources revealed that a Palestinian working at Dan Panorama hotel in Jerusalem was arrested after attempting to steal the gun of an Israeli security guard Sunday evening.
The website "0404" reported that the Palestinian worker was taken for interrogation and accused of planning an attack.
Violent confrontations between Palestinian youths and the Israeli police were reported in al-Tour and al-Ram towns , east and north of Jerusalem respectively. The Israeli police heavily fired sound bombs and teargas canisters at the youths who responded by throwing stones.
Meanwhile, a group of Palestinian youths attacked an Israeli settlement near Jabal al-Mukabber town, south of Jerusalem, with fireworks.
Local residents said that the Israeli police following the attack raided different neighborhoods of the town, arrested two Palestinian youths and took them for interrogation.
The Israeli army in a statement Monday announced that its forces since the beginning of the week have arrested five Palestinians who are allegedly involved in popular resistance activities against Israeli targets.
The statement said that the IOF during the same campaign confiscated a sum of money that was used by Palestinian factions for anti-Israel operations.
Violent clashes broke out at dawn in Jenin city during an IOF campaign to arrest a "wanted" Palestinian.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that the IOF soldiers surrounded the house of the Palestinian citizen Raed Abu Sorour in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin, adding that armed clashes flared up before Abu Sorour managed to withdraw from the area.
According to medical sources, five Palestinians suffered different injuries during Jenin clashes.
Other confrontations and arrests were witnessed in many areas in Occupied Jerusalem Sunday night.
The Israeli police assaulted a crowd of Palestinian citizens in Bab al-Amud area in an attempt to force them out of the place. As the citizens refused to obey the police orders, the latter responded by heavily firing sound bombs ignoring the presence of women, children and old people.
Bab al-Amud area was later emptied of Palestinians and blocked with iron barriers. Local sources reported that a Palestinian young man was arrested during the confrontations.
The Hebrew website "0404" said that two Israelis, a policeman and a settler, were wounded Sunday night after being thrown with stones by Palestinian youths.
Hebrew media sources revealed that a Palestinian working at Dan Panorama hotel in Jerusalem was arrested after attempting to steal the gun of an Israeli security guard Sunday evening.
The website "0404" reported that the Palestinian worker was taken for interrogation and accused of planning an attack.
Violent confrontations between Palestinian youths and the Israeli police were reported in al-Tour and al-Ram towns , east and north of Jerusalem respectively. The Israeli police heavily fired sound bombs and teargas canisters at the youths who responded by throwing stones.
Meanwhile, a group of Palestinian youths attacked an Israeli settlement near Jabal al-Mukabber town, south of Jerusalem, with fireworks.
Local residents said that the Israeli police following the attack raided different neighborhoods of the town, arrested two Palestinian youths and took them for interrogation.
The Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission raised on Sunday alarm bells over the dire conditions endured by 62 Palestinian women and girls in Israeli jails.
In a Sunday statement the commission quoted lawyer Hiba Ighbariyah as stating that the Israeli prison service at HaSharon jail decided to reduce the number and quantity of meals handed over to the detainees under the guise of new regulations.
The female detainees said the food handed over to them by the Israeli wardens is rotten and unfit for human consumption.
The commission also said Palestinian female detainees in Damon lock-up have been subjected to mistreatment during their transfer to and back from Israeli courts via the “bosta” vehicle, where they are often forced to seat, handcuffed, on metal chairs and prevented from drinking water and going to the toilet.
In a Sunday statement the commission quoted lawyer Hiba Ighbariyah as stating that the Israeli prison service at HaSharon jail decided to reduce the number and quantity of meals handed over to the detainees under the guise of new regulations.
The female detainees said the food handed over to them by the Israeli wardens is rotten and unfit for human consumption.
The commission also said Palestinian female detainees in Damon lock-up have been subjected to mistreatment during their transfer to and back from Israeli courts via the “bosta” vehicle, where they are often forced to seat, handcuffed, on metal chairs and prevented from drinking water and going to the toilet.
"Ayman Odeh"
The Israeli police have filed an official complaint against Arab Knesset member Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List, accusing him of insulting one of its officers and refusing to follow instructions.
The police claimed that Odeh on Saturday verbally attacked one of its officers in the Bnei Zion Hospital in Haifa after he wanted to visit Jafar Farah, chairman of the Mossawa human rights group who was injured and arrested in a protest the day before.
According to Yedioth Ahronoth website, Odeh was denied entry to Farah’s room by police officers posted to guard him, as they were ordered not to let the detainee receive guests.
Although Odeh identified himself as a member of the Knesset, officers refused to provide him entry and treated him disrespectfully, which provoked him into calling one of them “worthless.’
Last Friday, during a demonstration in Haifa in solidarity with the residents of Gaza and their recent protests on the border with Israel, the police attacked the participants and arrested 21 of them, two of them minors who were released later.
"Police forces brutally oppressed the protest without any explanation," Odeh accused Friday. "(Premier Benjamin) Netanyahu's government wants to silence any voice of resistance and dissent coming from here, to silence any voice that embarrasses it and its actions. I am full of appreciation for the protesters tonight and the immense sacrifice of the detainees. No police brutality will succeed in silencing us."
Among the detainees was Jafar Farah,. During his detention, Farah was assaulted by the Israeli police and his knee was broken.
Odeh then took to social media to express his anger, asking, "What is he under arrest for? Why is he shackled when he is hospitalized? And why are we being prevented from asking the doctors how is he doing?"
"Soon we will demonstrate in front of the police station against its fascist activities," he continued, though stressed that the "police are only a tool in the hands of the government and its leader who lead a policy of criminal incitement against us (Arabs)."
"We will not turn our backs on our duty to our people. We will not turn back on our struggle against this criminal government," he concluded.
The Israeli police have filed an official complaint against Arab Knesset member Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List, accusing him of insulting one of its officers and refusing to follow instructions.
The police claimed that Odeh on Saturday verbally attacked one of its officers in the Bnei Zion Hospital in Haifa after he wanted to visit Jafar Farah, chairman of the Mossawa human rights group who was injured and arrested in a protest the day before.
According to Yedioth Ahronoth website, Odeh was denied entry to Farah’s room by police officers posted to guard him, as they were ordered not to let the detainee receive guests.
Although Odeh identified himself as a member of the Knesset, officers refused to provide him entry and treated him disrespectfully, which provoked him into calling one of them “worthless.’
Last Friday, during a demonstration in Haifa in solidarity with the residents of Gaza and their recent protests on the border with Israel, the police attacked the participants and arrested 21 of them, two of them minors who were released later.
"Police forces brutally oppressed the protest without any explanation," Odeh accused Friday. "(Premier Benjamin) Netanyahu's government wants to silence any voice of resistance and dissent coming from here, to silence any voice that embarrasses it and its actions. I am full of appreciation for the protesters tonight and the immense sacrifice of the detainees. No police brutality will succeed in silencing us."
Among the detainees was Jafar Farah,. During his detention, Farah was assaulted by the Israeli police and his knee was broken.
Odeh then took to social media to express his anger, asking, "What is he under arrest for? Why is he shackled when he is hospitalized? And why are we being prevented from asking the doctors how is he doing?"
"Soon we will demonstrate in front of the police station against its fascist activities," he continued, though stressed that the "police are only a tool in the hands of the government and its leader who lead a policy of criminal incitement against us (Arabs)."
"We will not turn our backs on our duty to our people. We will not turn back on our struggle against this criminal government," he concluded.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian child in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and searched many homes in the town, and in Teqoua, south of Bethlehem.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers searched homes in Beit Fajjar, and abducted Sari Mohammad Taqatqa, 15.
The soldiers interrogated the child and his family, in their home, before abducting him, and took him to Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers invaded several homes, owned by members of Sabah family in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and violently searched them, causing damage.
On Sunday evening, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Tawfiq al-Kharraz, from Tubas town in northeastern West Bank, after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock, south of al-Far’a Valley.
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers searched homes in Beit Fajjar, and abducted Sari Mohammad Taqatqa, 15.
The soldiers interrogated the child and his family, in their home, before abducting him, and took him to Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, the soldiers invaded several homes, owned by members of Sabah family in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and violently searched them, causing damage.
On Sunday evening, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Tawfiq al-Kharraz, from Tubas town in northeastern West Bank, after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock, south of al-Far’a Valley.
Aziz ‘Oweisat, 53
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that detainee Aziz ‘Oweisat, 53, died at an Israeli hospital from serious complications after he was assaulted by several Israeli soldiers in the prison, who claimed he attacked an officer with a sharp object.
The Committee said ‘Oweisat, from Jabal al-Mokabber in occupied Jerusalem, was taken prisoner on March 24, 2014, and was sentenced to a life term.
The Committee added that he suffered brain hemorrhage and a heart attack after the soldiers continuously assaulting him in Eshil Israeli prison, on May 2, 2018, and went into a coma before he was moved to Ramla Israeli Medical Center.
Later, the detainee was moved to Assaf Harofeh Medical Center due to the seriousness of his condition, but he suffered further deterioration, and was transferred to Tal HaShomer Medical Center.
On May 10th, 2018, he underwent heart surgery at Tal HaShomer Israeli Medical Center, and lasted for nearly three hours.
Despite his serious condition, he was returned a few days ago to Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, after the Administration of Tal HaShomer refused to keep him hospitalized at their facility.
The Detainees’ Committee said he died at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, due to the seriousness of his condition.
It is worth mentioning that the Detainees’ Committee filed an urgent appeal with an Israeli court asking for his release so that he could receive steady medical attention, and the court scheduled the hearing for May 25th. He did not make it to the hearing, however, since he died on May 20th.
The detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps declared a three-day mourning period, and demanded that Israel be held accountable for its violations and crimes.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) held Israel fully responsible for his death, especially since the Israeli Prison Authority refused to release him despite its knowledge of his serious condition.
It added that seven Palestinian detainees have died in the last five years after being denied medical attention, in addition to ‘Oweisat.
The PPS also said that 216 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons and interrogation centers since Israel occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Golan and East Jerusalem, in 1967.
It added that 75 detainees were executed after the soldiers arrested them, 72 died while being tortured during interrogation, 7 were killed by the soldiers in prisons, and 62 died after being denied medical treatment.
The head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, Issa Qaraqe, accused Israel of deliberately killing the detainee, and called for establishing an international committee to investigate Israeli crimes and violations against the detainees.
On Sunday night, dozens of Palestinians held a procession in Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, before the soldiers invaded the area and engaged in an excessive use of force against them.
The soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, while many youngsters hurled stones at them.
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that detainee Aziz ‘Oweisat, 53, died at an Israeli hospital from serious complications after he was assaulted by several Israeli soldiers in the prison, who claimed he attacked an officer with a sharp object.
The Committee said ‘Oweisat, from Jabal al-Mokabber in occupied Jerusalem, was taken prisoner on March 24, 2014, and was sentenced to a life term.
The Committee added that he suffered brain hemorrhage and a heart attack after the soldiers continuously assaulting him in Eshil Israeli prison, on May 2, 2018, and went into a coma before he was moved to Ramla Israeli Medical Center.
Later, the detainee was moved to Assaf Harofeh Medical Center due to the seriousness of his condition, but he suffered further deterioration, and was transferred to Tal HaShomer Medical Center.
On May 10th, 2018, he underwent heart surgery at Tal HaShomer Israeli Medical Center, and lasted for nearly three hours.
Despite his serious condition, he was returned a few days ago to Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, after the Administration of Tal HaShomer refused to keep him hospitalized at their facility.
The Detainees’ Committee said he died at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, due to the seriousness of his condition.
It is worth mentioning that the Detainees’ Committee filed an urgent appeal with an Israeli court asking for his release so that he could receive steady medical attention, and the court scheduled the hearing for May 25th. He did not make it to the hearing, however, since he died on May 20th.
The detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps declared a three-day mourning period, and demanded that Israel be held accountable for its violations and crimes.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) held Israel fully responsible for his death, especially since the Israeli Prison Authority refused to release him despite its knowledge of his serious condition.
It added that seven Palestinian detainees have died in the last five years after being denied medical attention, in addition to ‘Oweisat.
The PPS also said that 216 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons and interrogation centers since Israel occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Golan and East Jerusalem, in 1967.
It added that 75 detainees were executed after the soldiers arrested them, 72 died while being tortured during interrogation, 7 were killed by the soldiers in prisons, and 62 died after being denied medical treatment.
The head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, Issa Qaraqe, accused Israel of deliberately killing the detainee, and called for establishing an international committee to investigate Israeli crimes and violations against the detainees.
On Sunday night, dozens of Palestinians held a procession in Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, before the soldiers invaded the area and engaged in an excessive use of force against them.
The soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, while many youngsters hurled stones at them.
20 may 2018
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) kidnapped late Sunday a Palestinian injured child from his Nabi Salah village, to the north of Ramallah.
Mohammed Tamimi, 15, was detained at the entrance to the village and immediately taken to a police station at Benyamin detention center in the occupied West Bank.
Tamimi was previously detained and held for three months for participating in anti-occupation protests.
Two months after his release, he was shot in the face by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Israeli soldiers causing him serious damage to his skull that required multiple surgeries and removal of a part of his skull.
Tamimi is the cousin of Ahed Tamimi, an icon of Palestinian peaceful resistance, who was detained and sentenced in March, along with her mother, Nariman, to eight months in prison for humiliating an Israeli soldier.
Mohammed Tamimi, 15, was detained at the entrance to the village and immediately taken to a police station at Benyamin detention center in the occupied West Bank.
Tamimi was previously detained and held for three months for participating in anti-occupation protests.
Two months after his release, he was shot in the face by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Israeli soldiers causing him serious damage to his skull that required multiple surgeries and removal of a part of his skull.
Tamimi is the cousin of Ahed Tamimi, an icon of Palestinian peaceful resistance, who was detained and sentenced in March, along with her mother, Nariman, to eight months in prison for humiliating an Israeli soldier.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday afternoon arrested a Palestinian ex-prisoner a few months following his release from Israeli jails.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers erected a checkpoint on Tubas-Nablus road, stopped a Palestinian vehicle, arrested one of the passengers, and transferred him to an unknown destination.
The detainee, identified as Tawfiq al-Kharraz, is a resident of Tubas city and an ex-prisoner who was arrested by the IOF several times before.
Meanwhile, according to local sources, the IOF set up a number of temporary checkpoints south of Nablus city hindering the Palestinian citizens' movement and causing suffocating traffic jams.
The IOF soldiers every now and then install military barriers on the West Bank roads in search for "wanted Palestinians".
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers erected a checkpoint on Tubas-Nablus road, stopped a Palestinian vehicle, arrested one of the passengers, and transferred him to an unknown destination.
The detainee, identified as Tawfiq al-Kharraz, is a resident of Tubas city and an ex-prisoner who was arrested by the IOF several times before.
Meanwhile, according to local sources, the IOF set up a number of temporary checkpoints south of Nablus city hindering the Palestinian citizens' movement and causing suffocating traffic jams.
The IOF soldiers every now and then install military barriers on the West Bank roads in search for "wanted Palestinians".
The Israel Security Agency, Shin Bet, on Sunday claimed that it has arrested a Palestinian cell in al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem for allegedly carrying out attacks against the Israeli police over the past months.
According to the Hebrew TV channel Seven, three of the cell members are residents of al-Isawiya town, while the fourth has an Israeli ID.
The Hebrew TV channel claimed that based on the interrogation results, the four members were behind the arson attack that targeted an Israeli post for border guards near Hadassah Hospital in February.
The indictments filed against the four members to an Israeli court in Jerusalem include allegations involving manufacturing and possessing weapons, participating in clashes, attempting to attack an Israeli policeman, and attempting an arson attack.
According to the Hebrew TV channel Seven, three of the cell members are residents of al-Isawiya town, while the fourth has an Israeli ID.
The Hebrew TV channel claimed that based on the interrogation results, the four members were behind the arson attack that targeted an Israeli post for border guards near Hadassah Hospital in February.
The indictments filed against the four members to an Israeli court in Jerusalem include allegations involving manufacturing and possessing weapons, participating in clashes, attempting to attack an Israeli policeman, and attempting an arson attack.
Palestinian prisoner Iyad al-Barghouthi has been on hunger strike for a whole month in protest at his detention administratively and without any guilt in an Israeli jail.
According to Asra Media Office on Saturday that prisoner Barghouthi, from Ramallah, has entered the second month of his hunger strike in Ohalei Kedar prison in Beersheba.
Barghouthi was arrested on August 2, 2017, and he has been in administrative detention, with no indictment or trial, since then.
According to Asra Media Office on Saturday that prisoner Barghouthi, from Ramallah, has entered the second month of his hunger strike in Ohalei Kedar prison in Beersheba.
Barghouthi was arrested on August 2, 2017, and he has been in administrative detention, with no indictment or trial, since then.
A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces at daybreak Sunday in abrupt sweeps rocking West Bank provinces.
An Israeli military patrol kidnapped the two young men Naseem Hamdan and Mahmoud al-Mesri from Ramallah’s northern town of Dura al-Karaa.
At the same time, heavily-armed Israeli soldiers broke into Palestinian family homes east of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank.
Among the ravaged buildings were homes belonging to the Abu Muheimeed family.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians, Including One Woman
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three Palestinians, including one woman, in Ramallah and Tulkarem governorates, in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Doura al-Qare’ town, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted Mahmoud Jamal al-Masri and Nassim Rawhi Hamdan.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded and searched homes, before abducting a woman, identified as Rania Ahmad Ali.
An Israeli military patrol kidnapped the two young men Naseem Hamdan and Mahmoud al-Mesri from Ramallah’s northern town of Dura al-Karaa.
At the same time, heavily-armed Israeli soldiers broke into Palestinian family homes east of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank.
Among the ravaged buildings were homes belonging to the Abu Muheimeed family.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians, Including One Woman
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three Palestinians, including one woman, in Ramallah and Tulkarem governorates, in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Doura al-Qare’ town, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted Mahmoud Jamal al-Masri and Nassim Rawhi Hamdan.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded and searched homes, before abducting a woman, identified as Rania Ahmad Ali.
19 may 2018
Violent clashes erupted between the Israeli forces and Palestinian youths in Qalqilya and Jerusalem late Friday.
Local sources reported that the Israeli police stormed al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem, blocked a number of roads, and heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and teargas canisters at the Palestinians citizens.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the police arrested two Palestinian youths during the raid. One of them was identified as Mohammed Abu al-Hummus, 27, and he was arrested while injured by a rubber-coated metal bullet.
Meanwhile, dozens of Jerusalemites organized a protest in Bab al-Amud area in solidarity with Gaza and in protest at the US embassy transfer to Jerusalem.
According to Wafa news agency, limited clashes broke out near al-Sahira Gate and Shu'fat refugee camp. No injuries or arrests were reported.
In another context, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a Palestinian minor during overnight confrontations in Qalqilya city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that clashes flared up at the northern entrance to Qalqilya during which the Israeli soldiers heavily fired teargas canisters at the Palestinian citizens causing a number of suffocation cases.
The sources said that the soldiers arrested a child and transferred him to an unknown destination before they closed the northern entrance for hours.
The Israeli forces further raided Azzun town in Qalqilya at dawn Saturday, closed the main entrance to the town, and deployed a large number of soldiers in the streets.
Local sources reported that the Israeli police stormed al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem, blocked a number of roads, and heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and teargas canisters at the Palestinians citizens.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the police arrested two Palestinian youths during the raid. One of them was identified as Mohammed Abu al-Hummus, 27, and he was arrested while injured by a rubber-coated metal bullet.
Meanwhile, dozens of Jerusalemites organized a protest in Bab al-Amud area in solidarity with Gaza and in protest at the US embassy transfer to Jerusalem.
According to Wafa news agency, limited clashes broke out near al-Sahira Gate and Shu'fat refugee camp. No injuries or arrests were reported.
In another context, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a Palestinian minor during overnight confrontations in Qalqilya city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that clashes flared up at the northern entrance to Qalqilya during which the Israeli soldiers heavily fired teargas canisters at the Palestinian citizens causing a number of suffocation cases.
The sources said that the soldiers arrested a child and transferred him to an unknown destination before they closed the northern entrance for hours.
The Israeli forces further raided Azzun town in Qalqilya at dawn Saturday, closed the main entrance to the town, and deployed a large number of soldiers in the streets.
A cautious atmosphere prevailed Saturday morning in Haifa city in the 1948 occupied territories following a difficult night of arrests and confrontations between the Israeli police and Palestinians who were demonstrating in protest at the US embassy transfer and the Israeli crimes in Gaza. video
The Israeli police late Friday attacked a demonstration organized by Palestinian activists in Haifa, arresting a number of demonstrators and injuring others.
The participants chanted slogans calling for lifting Gaza siege and ending the occupation, and condemning the Israeli massacres against peaceful protesters in Gaza.
The Israeli police arrested at least 18 Palestinians, including minors, and assaulted others including journalists and the Arab members of the Knesset Jamal Zahalka and Haneen Zoabi.
The Israeli police forces, before the launch of the demonstration, were deployed in large numbers in the city using civilian cars without plates.
At least 118 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including 12 children, since the Great Return March started on 30th March. About 60 Palestinians were killed in a massacre committed on 14th May.
The Israeli police late Friday attacked a demonstration organized by Palestinian activists in Haifa, arresting a number of demonstrators and injuring others.
The participants chanted slogans calling for lifting Gaza siege and ending the occupation, and condemning the Israeli massacres against peaceful protesters in Gaza.
The Israeli police arrested at least 18 Palestinians, including minors, and assaulted others including journalists and the Arab members of the Knesset Jamal Zahalka and Haneen Zoabi.
The Israeli police forces, before the launch of the demonstration, were deployed in large numbers in the city using civilian cars without plates.
At least 118 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including 12 children, since the Great Return March started on 30th March. About 60 Palestinians were killed in a massacre committed on 14th May.
18 may 2018
Israeli forces detained six Palestinians from different areas across the occupied West Bank during pre dawn raids on Thursday.
Locals from the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem told Ma’an that two Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Muhammad Walid al-Hreimi and Issa Awwad, who locals said was suffering from unspecified injuries at the time of his arrest.
Israeli forces also raided and searched the house of a Palestinian lawmaker for the Hamas movement bloc, Khalid Tafesh, in Bethlehem.
In the Nablus district of the northern West Bank Israeli forces detained Fadel Ibrahim Abu Salem from the Askar refugee camp, and Kamel Asaad Hamran from Nablus City.
Two Palestinians were also detained from the Salfit district in the central West Bank, and were identified as Issam Ramzi from Iskaka village and Mutasem Marie from Qarawat Bani Hassan village.
Locals from the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem told Ma’an that two Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Muhammad Walid al-Hreimi and Issa Awwad, who locals said was suffering from unspecified injuries at the time of his arrest.
Israeli forces also raided and searched the house of a Palestinian lawmaker for the Hamas movement bloc, Khalid Tafesh, in Bethlehem.
In the Nablus district of the northern West Bank Israeli forces detained Fadel Ibrahim Abu Salem from the Askar refugee camp, and Kamel Asaad Hamran from Nablus City.
Two Palestinians were also detained from the Salfit district in the central West Bank, and were identified as Issam Ramzi from Iskaka village and Mutasem Marie from Qarawat Bani Hassan village.
The Israeli occupation forces intensified early Friday military presence across Occupied Jerusalem and cracked down on Palestinian worshipers, on the second day of Holy Ramadan Month.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli forces prevented Palestinian young men from the occupied West Bank and aged below 40 years-old from entering Occupied Jerusalem to perform their Friday prayers at holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Limited clashes and altercations also broke out at the Qalandiya crossing point as Israeli soldiers came down heavily on Palestinian worshipers.
The Israeli police said in a statement that thousands of troops have been deployed across Occupied Jerusalem and the environs of the Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli patrols also chased down Palestinian youths as they climbed over the walls to reach the Aqsa Mosque. Several youngsters sustained bruises and others were arrested in the process.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli forces prevented Palestinian young men from the occupied West Bank and aged below 40 years-old from entering Occupied Jerusalem to perform their Friday prayers at holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Limited clashes and altercations also broke out at the Qalandiya crossing point as Israeli soldiers came down heavily on Palestinian worshipers.
The Israeli police said in a statement that thousands of troops have been deployed across Occupied Jerusalem and the environs of the Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli patrols also chased down Palestinian youths as they climbed over the walls to reach the Aqsa Mosque. Several youngsters sustained bruises and others were arrested in the process.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has described the health condition of Jerusalemite prisoner Aziz Owaisat as “very critical and serious.”
According to the PPS on Thursday, Owaisat was admitted to Assaf Harofeh Hospital, where he is now in the intensive care unit waiting to undergo surgery next Sunday.
Owaisat already had surgery during the current month after he suffered a stroke during his presence in the infirmary of Ramla jail.
The PPS held the Israeli prison service fully responsible for the life of prisoner Owaisat as it refuses to release him despite his life-threatening health condition.
Owaisat, a resident of Jabel Mukaber in Occupied Jerusalem, has been in detention since 2014, serving a 30-year term.
According to the PPS on Thursday, Owaisat was admitted to Assaf Harofeh Hospital, where he is now in the intensive care unit waiting to undergo surgery next Sunday.
Owaisat already had surgery during the current month after he suffered a stroke during his presence in the infirmary of Ramla jail.
The PPS held the Israeli prison service fully responsible for the life of prisoner Owaisat as it refuses to release him despite his life-threatening health condition.
Owaisat, a resident of Jabel Mukaber in Occupied Jerusalem, has been in detention since 2014, serving a 30-year term.
Head of the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission Isa Qaraqe on Wednesday said that about 6,500 Palestinians will spend the month of Ramadan in Israeli jails including 350 children, 62 female prisoners, 8 of whom are minors, 500 administrative detainees and 48 prisoners who have spent over 20 years in prison.
During visits he paid to the families of ex-prisoners in Bethlehem on Wednesday, Qaraqe said in press statements that the holy month of Ramadan begins while the Palestinian prisoners are still exposed to arbitrary and oppressive practices by the Israeli authorities.
Qaraqe pointed to the stepped up arrest campaigns targeting Palestinian minors and shed light on the systematic torture pursued against Palestinian prisoners including unfair trials, abuse during detention and interrogation, medical negligence and arbitrary detention without charge or trial.
He called for international protection of prisoners and for urgent political intervention to oblige Israel, as an occupying power, to abide by international humanitarian law in dealing with Palestinian prisoners.
During visits he paid to the families of ex-prisoners in Bethlehem on Wednesday, Qaraqe said in press statements that the holy month of Ramadan begins while the Palestinian prisoners are still exposed to arbitrary and oppressive practices by the Israeli authorities.
Qaraqe pointed to the stepped up arrest campaigns targeting Palestinian minors and shed light on the systematic torture pursued against Palestinian prisoners including unfair trials, abuse during detention and interrogation, medical negligence and arbitrary detention without charge or trial.
He called for international protection of prisoners and for urgent political intervention to oblige Israel, as an occupying power, to abide by international humanitarian law in dealing with Palestinian prisoners.
