13 nov 2013
The Magistrate court judge extended on Wednesday the arrest of two Fateh activists from Silwan until next Sunday to continue investigating them.
Mufeed Al-Hajj, Prisoner’s Club lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of Ahmad Al-Ghoul and Mousa Abbasi until next Sunday on charges of “recently assaulting police individuals.” He pointed out that the judge did not disclose the day and date of the assault and claimed that releasing such information will disrupt the investigation.
The Israeli forces had arrested Ahmad Al-Ghoul, head of Fateh Youth in Silwan, and Mousa Abbasi, coordinator of Palestine Youth Parliament, after raiding their homes in the neighbourhoods of Wad Qaddoum and Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan.
Mufeed Al-Hajj, Prisoner’s Club lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of Ahmad Al-Ghoul and Mousa Abbasi until next Sunday on charges of “recently assaulting police individuals.” He pointed out that the judge did not disclose the day and date of the assault and claimed that releasing such information will disrupt the investigation.
The Israeli forces had arrested Ahmad Al-Ghoul, head of Fateh Youth in Silwan, and Mousa Abbasi, coordinator of Palestine Youth Parliament, after raiding their homes in the neighbourhoods of Wad Qaddoum and Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan.
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An Israeli soldier was killed after he was attacked by a Palestinian youth in the central bus station in Afula on Wednesday morning. An Israeli TV channel said that the soldier was critically wounded in the attack and succumbed to his wounds shortly after his transfer to hospital.
It said that commuters at the bus station managed to restrain the Palestinian teen and handed him to the police after beating him.
The youth, who was only identified as a 16-year-old minor from Jenin, was “illegally” residing in the green line looking for work, Hebrew press said.
The Israeli northern police commander arrived at the scene along with big numbers of policemen, who cordoned off the area and combed surrounding areas.
An Israeli soldier was killed after he was attacked by a Palestinian youth in the central bus station in Afula on Wednesday morning. An Israeli TV channel said that the soldier was critically wounded in the attack and succumbed to his wounds shortly after his transfer to hospital.
It said that commuters at the bus station managed to restrain the Palestinian teen and handed him to the police after beating him.
The youth, who was only identified as a 16-year-old minor from Jenin, was “illegally” residing in the green line looking for work, Hebrew press said.
The Israeli northern police commander arrived at the scene along with big numbers of policemen, who cordoned off the area and combed surrounding areas.
Israeli soldiers were caught on tape violently attacked a Palestinian woman at the Za’tara roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the resident who documented the attack said that, as he was trying to cross the roadblock, he noticed Israeli soldiers shouting at the young woman, cursing at her, and threw her onto the ground.
After violently attacking her, the soldiers cuffed her and placed her in a police vehicle that initially took her to an unknown destination. She has been identified as We’am Samid Aseeda, 22, from Tal village, south of Nablus.
Her father said that he only knew about her arrest after receiving a phone call from a Palestinian lawyer who informed him his daughter was moved to the HaSharon Prison.
The Israeli army alleges that Aseeda attempted to stab an Israeli soldier on the roadblock.
The army initially moved her to the Ariel police station in Ariel settlement bloc, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the resident who documented the attack said that, as he was trying to cross the roadblock, he noticed Israeli soldiers shouting at the young woman, cursing at her, and threw her onto the ground.
After violently attacking her, the soldiers cuffed her and placed her in a police vehicle that initially took her to an unknown destination. She has been identified as We’am Samid Aseeda, 22, from Tal village, south of Nablus.
Her father said that he only knew about her arrest after receiving a phone call from a Palestinian lawyer who informed him his daughter was moved to the HaSharon Prison.
The Israeli army alleges that Aseeda attempted to stab an Israeli soldier on the roadblock.
The army initially moved her to the Ariel police station in Ariel settlement bloc, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Tadhamun Foundation for Human Rights reported that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday arrested 30 Palestinian youths after a raid on the village of Burin, south of the city of Nablus. Researcher at the Foundation Ahmed Betawi said that large military forces stormed the village in the late hours of the night, and broke into and searched dozens of houses. They then arrested 30 young men and took them to the school headmaster's house in the village, to interrogate them there.
Popular resistance activist Ghassan al-Najjar said: "The arrests came following the confrontations that took place in the early hours of Tuesday night, and during which an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian young man from the village were wounded and a military jeep was burnt."
The confrontations erupted in the town on Tuesday afternoon, and lasted until the late hours of the night, resulting in injuring the Palestinian youth Mohammed Zakaria, who was transferred to Rafidia hospital in Nablus.
The IOF also stormed the town of Urif south of Nablus, where they arrested a young man and transferred him to the Hawara military camp after raiding and searching his home.
Meanwhile, the Israeli troops arrested on Tuesday evening 4 Palestinian boys from the Old City of al-Khalil south of the occupied West Bank, accusing them of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers, Palestinian security sources said.
They added that the occupation forces transferred the four boys to an unknown destination.
The IOF also erected a checkpoint last night between the city of al-Khalil and the town of Dura in the area of Senjar, and started stopping and searching the Palestinian vehicles and checking the identities of the citizens.
Popular resistance activist Ghassan al-Najjar said: "The arrests came following the confrontations that took place in the early hours of Tuesday night, and during which an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian young man from the village were wounded and a military jeep was burnt."
The confrontations erupted in the town on Tuesday afternoon, and lasted until the late hours of the night, resulting in injuring the Palestinian youth Mohammed Zakaria, who was transferred to Rafidia hospital in Nablus.
The IOF also stormed the town of Urif south of Nablus, where they arrested a young man and transferred him to the Hawara military camp after raiding and searching his home.
Meanwhile, the Israeli troops arrested on Tuesday evening 4 Palestinian boys from the Old City of al-Khalil south of the occupied West Bank, accusing them of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers, Palestinian security sources said.
They added that the occupation forces transferred the four boys to an unknown destination.
The IOF also erected a checkpoint last night between the city of al-Khalil and the town of Dura in the area of Senjar, and started stopping and searching the Palestinian vehicles and checking the identities of the citizens.
Friends of Humanity International expressed its profound concern towards the deteriorating conditions of the Palestinian prisoners Akram Al Fosaisy in the Israeli Jails. The organization demanded the Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) to release him at once. The human rights organization has clarified that life of Akram Yousef Muhammad Al Fosaisy (30 years old) from Ethna near Hebron in the West Bank; is seriously exposed to real danger since he has spent his 45th day of Hunger Strike.
The Palestinian prisoner Akram Al Fosaisy started his Hunger Strike as a protest at the policy of administrative detention, in addition to not being accused or even legally sentenced by the Israeli Authorities.
Since September 28, 2000, the occupational authorities have issued around "22000" administrative detention orders against Palestinian prisoners.
Latest statistics show that almost "150" Palestinians are held in administrative detention in the jails of Naqab, Majedo, Ramon and Owfer, the organization said.
Friends of Humanity International demanded the Israeli government to immediatly release the prisoner Al Fosaisy and other Palestinians held in administrative detention.
The human rights organization also called for putting an end to the use of administrative detention, which violates the right to a fair trial as guaranteed by article "14" of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Al Fosaisy was arrested administratively in 2012, knowing that he is a former prisoner where he has spent 1 year and a half behind Israeli bars
The Palestinian prisoner Akram Al Fosaisy started his Hunger Strike as a protest at the policy of administrative detention, in addition to not being accused or even legally sentenced by the Israeli Authorities.
Since September 28, 2000, the occupational authorities have issued around "22000" administrative detention orders against Palestinian prisoners.
Latest statistics show that almost "150" Palestinians are held in administrative detention in the jails of Naqab, Majedo, Ramon and Owfer, the organization said.
Friends of Humanity International demanded the Israeli government to immediatly release the prisoner Al Fosaisy and other Palestinians held in administrative detention.
The human rights organization also called for putting an end to the use of administrative detention, which violates the right to a fair trial as guaranteed by article "14" of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Al Fosaisy was arrested administratively in 2012, knowing that he is a former prisoner where he has spent 1 year and a half behind Israeli bars
Karim Ajwa, a lawyer for the prisoners ministry, confirmed that an Israeli doctor in Barzillai Hospital had recommended the immediate release of the patient prisoner Naim Shawamra due to his extremely poor health condition. Shawamra suffers from muscular dystrophy that caused his inability to walk or talk. He has lost a lot of his weight.
Prisoner Nasser Abu Hamdiya confirmed that Naim has been moved unexpectedly to Barzillai hospital to undergo medical tests due to his serious heath deterioration, calling for his immediate release.
The patient prisoner Shawamra, from Al Khalil, was arrested in 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was diagnosed with the disease last year.
The Prisoners Ministry has demanded to hold his court hearing as soon as possible due to his seriously deteriorated health condition.
Prisoner Nasser Abu Hamdiya confirmed that Naim has been moved unexpectedly to Barzillai hospital to undergo medical tests due to his serious heath deterioration, calling for his immediate release.
The patient prisoner Shawamra, from Al Khalil, was arrested in 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was diagnosed with the disease last year.
The Prisoners Ministry has demanded to hold his court hearing as soon as possible due to his seriously deteriorated health condition.
The Negev prison administration continues to isolate the Hamas leader captive Abdel Khalek Natshe in a solitary confinement cell for the tenth day. Umm Jubair, the wife of the detained leader, said that the occupation has been punishing her husband after the administrative detainees announced waging a battle to break the administrative detention starting from 25 October.
The prison administration has isolated Natshe along with a number of other administrative detainees in the Negev prison. With the intervention of many human rights organizations, the prison administration promised to release them from the solitary confinement but it still did not achieve its promise.
Abdel Khalek Natshe, aged 55, is held in the Negev prison with 100 other administrative detainees. The Israeli occupation forces arrested him in March this year, and transferred him to the administrative detention for six months. Recently the Supreme Court of Justice has extended his detention for four more months.
The prison administration has isolated Natshe along with a number of other administrative detainees in the Negev prison. With the intervention of many human rights organizations, the prison administration promised to release them from the solitary confinement but it still did not achieve its promise.
Abdel Khalek Natshe, aged 55, is held in the Negev prison with 100 other administrative detainees. The Israeli occupation forces arrested him in March this year, and transferred him to the administrative detention for six months. Recently the Supreme Court of Justice has extended his detention for four more months.
12 nov 2013
Palestinian lawyer Hanan al-Khatib stated that the health condition of captive Yosri al-Masri, held in Ramla hospital has seriously deteriorated, after he underwent a surgery to remove a cancerous tumor of the thyroid gland. Khatib, who visited the prisoner in the hospital, said that the cancer has spread from the thyroid gland to the lymph nodes, and that Yosri underwent a surgery at the Soroka Hospital, and then was transferred to Ramle prison clinic.
Captive al-Masri told the lawyer that he started to suffer from a thyroid tumor two years ago and that the doctor refused to send him to hospital in order to undergo examination. After his health condition deteriorated, 3 months ago, the prison doctor approved to move the patient captive to Soroka prison.
"After less than one month the results of the examinations showed that I have a malignant thyroid tumor that has spread to the lymph glands. Soroka Hospital doctors set a date for the operation to remove the thyroid gland, trying to stop the spread of the cancer, so that they will start chemotherapy later", the captive said.
He added: "While I was in the intensive care unit, after the operation, my hands and feet had been cuffed to the hospital bed. I was guarded by 3 jailers, and whenever I wanted to go to the bathroom or to take shower they had to take the permission from Nafha intelligence officer."
The patient captive Yosri al-Masri, from Gaza who is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, is held now in Ramle prison clinic. He is not receiving the chemotherapy.
Captive al-Masri told the lawyer that he started to suffer from a thyroid tumor two years ago and that the doctor refused to send him to hospital in order to undergo examination. After his health condition deteriorated, 3 months ago, the prison doctor approved to move the patient captive to Soroka prison.
"After less than one month the results of the examinations showed that I have a malignant thyroid tumor that has spread to the lymph glands. Soroka Hospital doctors set a date for the operation to remove the thyroid gland, trying to stop the spread of the cancer, so that they will start chemotherapy later", the captive said.
He added: "While I was in the intensive care unit, after the operation, my hands and feet had been cuffed to the hospital bed. I was guarded by 3 jailers, and whenever I wanted to go to the bathroom or to take shower they had to take the permission from Nafha intelligence officer."
The patient captive Yosri al-Masri, from Gaza who is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, is held now in Ramle prison clinic. He is not receiving the chemotherapy.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday arrested 16 Palestinians during raids into towns and villages in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Local sources in Ramallah reported that the Israeli military forces arrested 5 Palestinians from the village of Deir Nidham west of the city, after their homes were raided and searched.
In Nablus, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society said in a press statement that the occupation soldiers broke into the house of the citizen Mohammed Harazallah, aged 22, and arrested him after attacking his father.
Meanwhile eyewitnesses said that the occupation forces arrested 4 Palestinian boys under the age of 16 from the town of Obaidiya in Bethlehem south of the West Bank, while another military force raided the house of the citizen Ghazi Salah in Dar Salah village east of Bethlehem, and summoned his son to the intelligence center in Gush Etzion settlement complex, south of the city.
Azzoun village in Qalqiliya was also exposed to raid campaign that ended with the arrest of 5 Palestinian youths.
IOF also kidnapped a 16-year-old boy, claiming he was present in front of an outpost built near Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in Silwan.
In Nablus, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society said in a press statement that the occupation soldiers broke into the house of the citizen Mohammed Harazallah, aged 22, and arrested him after attacking his father.
Meanwhile eyewitnesses said that the occupation forces arrested 4 Palestinian boys under the age of 16 from the town of Obaidiya in Bethlehem south of the West Bank, while another military force raided the house of the citizen Ghazi Salah in Dar Salah village east of Bethlehem, and summoned his son to the intelligence center in Gush Etzion settlement complex, south of the city.
Azzoun village in Qalqiliya was also exposed to raid campaign that ended with the arrest of 5 Palestinian youths.
IOF also kidnapped a 16-year-old boy, claiming he was present in front of an outpost built near Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in Silwan.
Israel special forces of the Dror and Matsada units along with other jailers broke into ward 4 in Raymond jail on Tuesday. Special sources told the PIC that the Israeli soldiers and prison guards focused on room 59 and searched it for five hours during which prisoners were subjected to humiliating measures.
A state of tension is prevailing in all Israeli prisons in light of the repeated storming of prisoners’ wards for surprise searches.
A state of tension is prevailing in all Israeli prisons in light of the repeated storming of prisoners’ wards for surprise searches.
Israeli army arrested Palestinian female student Wiem Assida on Monday afternoon at Zaatara checkpoint south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, under the pretext of trying to stab a soldier. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper claimed that a Palestinian woman approached an Israeli military outpost in the Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, and pulled a knife on one of the soldiers.
"The soldiers implemented the IDF's arrest procedures, which ended with a loaded rifle being pointed in her direction. Afterwards the soldiers managed to subdue the woman and take her into custody for questioning," the paper said.
Eyewitnesses asserted that over ten soldiers attacked the woman and then arrested her.
Ahrar Center for the studies of prisoners and human rights denounced the detention of Wiem at Zaatara checkpoint.
The captive's father told Ahrar Center that he had lost contact with his daughter since the morning, and that he was surprised when the lawyers informed him that she was arrested by the Israeli soldiers.
For his part, director of the center Fouad Khuffash said that the Israeli military checkpoints have become traps for arresting and attacking the Palestinians, noting that martyr Bashir Habanin from the city of Jenin was killed last weekend on the same barrier.
The occupation holds 17 Palestinian women in its jails.
"The soldiers implemented the IDF's arrest procedures, which ended with a loaded rifle being pointed in her direction. Afterwards the soldiers managed to subdue the woman and take her into custody for questioning," the paper said.
Eyewitnesses asserted that over ten soldiers attacked the woman and then arrested her.
Ahrar Center for the studies of prisoners and human rights denounced the detention of Wiem at Zaatara checkpoint.
The captive's father told Ahrar Center that he had lost contact with his daughter since the morning, and that he was surprised when the lawyers informed him that she was arrested by the Israeli soldiers.
For his part, director of the center Fouad Khuffash said that the Israeli military checkpoints have become traps for arresting and attacking the Palestinians, noting that martyr Bashir Habanin from the city of Jenin was killed last weekend on the same barrier.
The occupation holds 17 Palestinian women in its jails.
A human rights report said on Tuesday that 95% of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails have been subjected to various means of torture. The Palestinian prisoner’s society said that torture in Israeli jails does not spare women or minors and even sick internees, and added that violence against prisoners takes various forms.
The society called for internationalizing the issue of prisoners and for backing them at all platforms.
The society called for internationalizing the issue of prisoners and for backing them at all platforms.
Israeli occupation forces raided on Tuesday, the city of Nablus and arrested a Palestinian.
Eyewitness told Palestine News Network (PNN) reporter that Israeli forces raided the old city and raided the house of Hirzallah family, arrested their 22-year-old son Mohammed and took him to an unknown location.
Mohammed's sister said that Israeli soldiers assaulted her father and rummaged with the house's contents before withdrawing.
Hebrew-language media sources quoted an Israeli army spokesperson as saying that his troops arrested a "wanted" Palestinian from Nablus and that the Palestinians threw a hand-made explosives toward the soldiers. No injury or damage was reported.
Eyewitness told Palestine News Network (PNN) reporter that Israeli forces raided the old city and raided the house of Hirzallah family, arrested their 22-year-old son Mohammed and took him to an unknown location.
Mohammed's sister said that Israeli soldiers assaulted her father and rummaged with the house's contents before withdrawing.
Hebrew-language media sources quoted an Israeli army spokesperson as saying that his troops arrested a "wanted" Palestinian from Nablus and that the Palestinians threw a hand-made explosives toward the soldiers. No injury or damage was reported.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Tuesday, four young Palestinians and handed another a notice to meet with the Israeli intelligence service, east of Bethlehem.
Security sources said that Israeli forces raided at dawn, al-Obeidyeh village and arrested four youngsters, identified as: Fadi Shafiq Abu Sarhan, 16, Mohammed Amin Abu Sarhan, 16, Anas Mahmoud Khaleifeh, 16, and Mohammed Izzat Abu Sarhan, 15, after storming and searching their houses.
The sources added that Israeli forces raided the house of Ghazi Ismael Salah from Dar Salah village, east of the city, and handed his 19-year-old son Thaer a notice to meet with the Israeli intelligence at Gush Etzion settlement complex, south of Bethlehem.
Security sources said that Israeli forces raided at dawn, al-Obeidyeh village and arrested four youngsters, identified as: Fadi Shafiq Abu Sarhan, 16, Mohammed Amin Abu Sarhan, 16, Anas Mahmoud Khaleifeh, 16, and Mohammed Izzat Abu Sarhan, 15, after storming and searching their houses.
The sources added that Israeli forces raided the house of Ghazi Ismael Salah from Dar Salah village, east of the city, and handed his 19-year-old son Thaer a notice to meet with the Israeli intelligence at Gush Etzion settlement complex, south of Bethlehem.
Large numbers of Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Azzun village, east of Qalqilia city, at dawn Tuesday and rounded up five young men after searching several houses. Palestinian sources said that the soldiers forced women, children, and elderly people out of their homes in the early cold dawn hours under gun threat and searched their homes.
They said that the soldiers withdrew a few hours later after taking away the five young men, who included a minor.
They quoted the soldiers as saying that the detainees were wanted for Shabak interrogation but did not say where they were taken.
They said that the soldiers withdrew a few hours later after taking away the five young men, who included a minor.
They quoted the soldiers as saying that the detainees were wanted for Shabak interrogation but did not say where they were taken.
Palestinian patient prisoners in Israeli jails called for prosecuting all those responsible for the Israeli deliberate medical negligence policy against them, warning of the continued international silence vis-à-vis Israeli crimes.
After a visit to Eshel prison where 15 patient prisoners are held, the Palestinian prisoner’s society lawyer said that human rights institutions had sent a letter to this prison administration asking it to put an end to its deliberate medical negligence especially that the 15 patient prisoners are in dire need for treatment and urgent surgeries.
In the same context, Ahmad Sa’adat, General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said that hundreds of prisoners are suffering from chronic illness and are in urgent need of treatment, and the deterioration of their conditions is very disturbing.
For his part, Jerusalemite captive Samer al-Issawi, held in Shatta prison, confirmed that patient prisoners are subjected to slow death policy coupled with international silence toward their condition.
Palestinian prisoners in all Israeli prisons have declared three days of mourning following the death of the prisoner al-Turabi, and refused their meals.
Meanwhile, Israeli prison administration informed the patient prisoner Murad Abu Meileq, who is held in Ramle prison clinic, of its intention to allow a surgery for him without further details.
Abu Meileq, detained since 2001 and sentenced to 22 years, suffers colon inflammation since 2004, and had earlier undergone a surgery where 60 cm of his intestines were removed.
After his visit to Abu Meileq, PPS lawyer said that his health situation had dramatically deteriorated and he was suffering constant pain.
On the other hand, a human rights report said that one third of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been prevented from family visits under Israeli various pretexts in flagrant violation to international laws topped by the Fourth Geneva Convention.
In the same context, the prisoner Omar Turkmen's father has appealed to human rights institutions to intervene to allow family visits to his son especially that he did not visit his son since his arrest ten years ago.
The elderly prisoner Adel Shinyor, 65, has been denied family visits since nearly a year.
Shinyor, from al-Khalil, has been administratively detained several times most recently in November 2012 where he spent ten years behind Israeli bars.
After a visit to Eshel prison where 15 patient prisoners are held, the Palestinian prisoner’s society lawyer said that human rights institutions had sent a letter to this prison administration asking it to put an end to its deliberate medical negligence especially that the 15 patient prisoners are in dire need for treatment and urgent surgeries.
In the same context, Ahmad Sa’adat, General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said that hundreds of prisoners are suffering from chronic illness and are in urgent need of treatment, and the deterioration of their conditions is very disturbing.
For his part, Jerusalemite captive Samer al-Issawi, held in Shatta prison, confirmed that patient prisoners are subjected to slow death policy coupled with international silence toward their condition.
Palestinian prisoners in all Israeli prisons have declared three days of mourning following the death of the prisoner al-Turabi, and refused their meals.
Meanwhile, Israeli prison administration informed the patient prisoner Murad Abu Meileq, who is held in Ramle prison clinic, of its intention to allow a surgery for him without further details.
Abu Meileq, detained since 2001 and sentenced to 22 years, suffers colon inflammation since 2004, and had earlier undergone a surgery where 60 cm of his intestines were removed.
After his visit to Abu Meileq, PPS lawyer said that his health situation had dramatically deteriorated and he was suffering constant pain.
On the other hand, a human rights report said that one third of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been prevented from family visits under Israeli various pretexts in flagrant violation to international laws topped by the Fourth Geneva Convention.
In the same context, the prisoner Omar Turkmen's father has appealed to human rights institutions to intervene to allow family visits to his son especially that he did not visit his son since his arrest ten years ago.
The elderly prisoner Adel Shinyor, 65, has been denied family visits since nearly a year.
Shinyor, from al-Khalil, has been administratively detained several times most recently in November 2012 where he spent ten years behind Israeli bars.
11 nov 2013
George Qanawati, Director Radio Bethlehem 2000
Radio Bethlehem 2000 announced on Monday that its director George Qanawati, was beaten up and tortured while being under police custody.
Qanawati was arrested by Palestinian police and secret service officers from his home in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday night.
According to his neighbors, officers stormed his home violently searched it then attacked Qanawati and his family slightly injuring his mother during the arrest.
Today Qanawati appeared in the local court in Bethlehem city; according to radio Bethlehem 2000 he was seen beaten up and tortured. His lawyer was not allowed to attend the court hearing with him, witnesses added.
The radio station on its website announced that the police accused Qanawati of slander and public insulate of officials during his weekly show Amar Yabalad – building our country in English.
Qanawati’s show focuses in bring forth residents concerns and problems and try to address them in public debate between officials and residents every Thursday.
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms – MADA - demanded on Monday the immediate release of Qanawati.
In a press statement MADA said that “The arrest of colleague Qanawati and beating him constitutes a serious violation of media freedoms and condemned action , and we reiterate our demand for his immediate release and respect for freedom of expression in Palestine.”
At the end of the court hearing today the judge extended the detention of Qanawati for additional 48 hours for further investigation.
Radio Bethlehem 2000 announced on Monday that its director George Qanawati, was beaten up and tortured while being under police custody.
Qanawati was arrested by Palestinian police and secret service officers from his home in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday night.
According to his neighbors, officers stormed his home violently searched it then attacked Qanawati and his family slightly injuring his mother during the arrest.
Today Qanawati appeared in the local court in Bethlehem city; according to radio Bethlehem 2000 he was seen beaten up and tortured. His lawyer was not allowed to attend the court hearing with him, witnesses added.
The radio station on its website announced that the police accused Qanawati of slander and public insulate of officials during his weekly show Amar Yabalad – building our country in English.
Qanawati’s show focuses in bring forth residents concerns and problems and try to address them in public debate between officials and residents every Thursday.
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms – MADA - demanded on Monday the immediate release of Qanawati.
In a press statement MADA said that “The arrest of colleague Qanawati and beating him constitutes a serious violation of media freedoms and condemned action , and we reiterate our demand for his immediate release and respect for freedom of expression in Palestine.”
At the end of the court hearing today the judge extended the detention of Qanawati for additional 48 hours for further investigation.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up eight Palestinians in various West Bank areas on Monday mostly boys and teenagers. Palestinian sources said that IOF soldiers nabbed four Palestinian teens in Taku village, Bethlehem province, after storming and ransacking their family homes.
Dozens of Jewish settlers escorted by IOF soldiers gathered in front of the western entrance of Taku in protest at throwing firebombs at their vehicles.
Meanwhile, several IOF patrols roamed the streets of Al-Khalil with no arrests reported. Palestinian security sources said that a senior Israeli intelligence officer accompanied those patrols apparently in preparation for assuming new missions.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers arrested two youngsters and a teen in Nablus city after searching many homes.
IOF soldiers finally apprehended a 42-year-old citizen in Yabad village, south of Jenin, at dawn Monday after breaking into and searching his home and two other homes of his relatives, who were subjected to field interrogation.
Local sources said that the soldiers wreaked havoc in the searched houses and harassed citizens on their way to offer dawn prayers in mosques.
Army Claims Uncovering Explosive Near Ramallah
Israeli military sources have reported that a military vehicle uncovered an explosive charge near an Israeli military base, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah. The sources said that the charge was located close to the military base in Ras Karkar area. Soldiers called army explosives engineers who arrived at the scene and defused the explosive charge.
The army then initiated a search campaign in the area after invading various Palestinian communities, breaking into and searching homes.
Earlier on Monday at dawn, the army kidnapped thirteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in occupied Jerusalem.
An Israeli military spokesperson said all kidnapped Palestinians were moved to a number of interrogation facilities.
Israel Arrests 13 Palestinians from West Bank
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Monday, 13 Palestinians from West Bank various cities.
Israel's Channel 7 quoted an Israeli military spokesperson as saying that the army arrested 13 Palestinians on claims they are "wanted" by Israeli authorities.
The Israeli army transferred the detainees to different interrogation centers for questioning, the channel added.
On a separate context, Israeli military sources claimed that Israeli army discovered an explosive device placed near a military checkpoint in Ra's Karkar area in Ramallah.
Dozens of Jewish settlers escorted by IOF soldiers gathered in front of the western entrance of Taku in protest at throwing firebombs at their vehicles.
Meanwhile, several IOF patrols roamed the streets of Al-Khalil with no arrests reported. Palestinian security sources said that a senior Israeli intelligence officer accompanied those patrols apparently in preparation for assuming new missions.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers arrested two youngsters and a teen in Nablus city after searching many homes.
IOF soldiers finally apprehended a 42-year-old citizen in Yabad village, south of Jenin, at dawn Monday after breaking into and searching his home and two other homes of his relatives, who were subjected to field interrogation.
Local sources said that the soldiers wreaked havoc in the searched houses and harassed citizens on their way to offer dawn prayers in mosques.
Army Claims Uncovering Explosive Near Ramallah
Israeli military sources have reported that a military vehicle uncovered an explosive charge near an Israeli military base, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah. The sources said that the charge was located close to the military base in Ras Karkar area. Soldiers called army explosives engineers who arrived at the scene and defused the explosive charge.
The army then initiated a search campaign in the area after invading various Palestinian communities, breaking into and searching homes.
Earlier on Monday at dawn, the army kidnapped thirteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in occupied Jerusalem.
An Israeli military spokesperson said all kidnapped Palestinians were moved to a number of interrogation facilities.
Israel Arrests 13 Palestinians from West Bank
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Monday, 13 Palestinians from West Bank various cities.
Israel's Channel 7 quoted an Israeli military spokesperson as saying that the army arrested 13 Palestinians on claims they are "wanted" by Israeli authorities.
The Israeli army transferred the detainees to different interrogation centers for questioning, the channel added.
On a separate context, Israeli military sources claimed that Israeli army discovered an explosive device placed near a military checkpoint in Ra's Karkar area in Ramallah.
Prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi, who has been held in isolation since his kidnapping by Israeli intelligence agents in early 2011, is suffering partial paralysis, lawyer of the prisoners ministry Rami Al-Alami said on Monday. Alami said after visiting Abu Sisi that his condition worsened in Eshel solitary confinement and could not move his feet properly due to improper treatment of his “slipped disc”. He said that the Israeli prison doctors were only giving him sedatives.
The lawyer said that Abu Sisi’s condition was still worsening and that he was taking medication for his heart, kidney, back, migraine, and cholesterol in addition to asthma inhalers.
Abu Sisi, a Gaza resident, was kidnapped from the Ukraine on 19/2/2011 and was held since then in isolation.
The lawyer said that Abu Sisi’s condition was still worsening and that he was taking medication for his heart, kidney, back, migraine, and cholesterol in addition to asthma inhalers.
Abu Sisi, a Gaza resident, was kidnapped from the Ukraine on 19/2/2011 and was held since then in isolation.
Palestinian sources have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Wadi Al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan, and clashed with local youths wounding two, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
The sources said that local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers.
Head of the Wadi Helweh Information Center Jawad Seyam said that a young Palestinian woman and a young man were injured close to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The wounded have been identified as Diana Maragha, 15 years of age, and Baha’ Abu Tayeh.
Furthermore, a bird shop owned by Mousa Kash’am was partially burned in the area due to concussion grenades and gas bombs fired by the soldiers.
Seyam added that the soldiers also fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs.
On Sunday evening and on Monday at dawn, soldiers invaded a number of areas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
Also in Bethlehem, dozens of settlers gathered, on Sunday evening, at the western entrance of Teqoua’ town, east of the city, raised Israeli flags and harassed several residents.
Israeli soldiers were deployed in the area but did not attempt to remove the settlers, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported.
Furthermore, soldiers placed a sand hill closing one of the entrances of the Khirbit Ad-Deir in Teqoua’.
The invasion took place amidst escalating attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against the residents and their lands, including a recent attack when the settlers closed the western entrance of Teqoua’.
The sources said that local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers.
Head of the Wadi Helweh Information Center Jawad Seyam said that a young Palestinian woman and a young man were injured close to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The wounded have been identified as Diana Maragha, 15 years of age, and Baha’ Abu Tayeh.
Furthermore, a bird shop owned by Mousa Kash’am was partially burned in the area due to concussion grenades and gas bombs fired by the soldiers.
Seyam added that the soldiers also fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs.
On Sunday evening and on Monday at dawn, soldiers invaded a number of areas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
Also in Bethlehem, dozens of settlers gathered, on Sunday evening, at the western entrance of Teqoua’ town, east of the city, raised Israeli flags and harassed several residents.
Israeli soldiers were deployed in the area but did not attempt to remove the settlers, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported.
Furthermore, soldiers placed a sand hill closing one of the entrances of the Khirbit Ad-Deir in Teqoua’.
The invasion took place amidst escalating attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against the residents and their lands, including a recent attack when the settlers closed the western entrance of Teqoua’.
Local sources in the West Bank district of Bethlehem have reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the area on Sunday evening and on Monday at dawn, broke into and searched homes, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
The sources said that dozens of soldiers invaded the Teqoua’ village, east of Bethlehem, and kidnapped four teenagers.
The four have been identified as Ahmad Mohammad Al-’Amour, Baha’ Aref Al-’Amour, Moath Ibrahim Al-’Amour and Omar Suleiman Al-’Amour; all 18 years of age.
After violently breaking into their homes and searching the properties, the soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the four and took them to the Gush Etzion military and security base.
Soldiers also invaded the Saff Street, in the center of Bethlehem city, and handed Sami Mousa Abu Mfrarreh, 26, and Ahmad Ibrahim Abdullah, military warrants ordering them to head to Gush Etzion for interrogation.
On Sunday at dawn, dozens of soldiers invaded the Al-Obaidiyya town, east of Bethlehem, and kidnapped two youths identified as Mohammad Ali Abu Sarhan, and Mohammad Khalifa Jaraha, both 16 years of age.
Local sources said that the soldiers violently broke into the homes of the two kidnapped residents, and violently searched them.
On Sunday evening, medical sources said that two Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli military fire in Qalqilia.
The army claimed the two tried to cut the barbed-wire fence close to the Annexation Wall in the area.
Also on Sunday evening, soldiers invaded the Al-Zaweya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Local sources said the soldiers were searching for resident Abboud Fawwaz Jarrar, but we was not home.
The invasion are part of daily violations carried out by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank.
The sources said that dozens of soldiers invaded the Teqoua’ village, east of Bethlehem, and kidnapped four teenagers.
The four have been identified as Ahmad Mohammad Al-’Amour, Baha’ Aref Al-’Amour, Moath Ibrahim Al-’Amour and Omar Suleiman Al-’Amour; all 18 years of age.
After violently breaking into their homes and searching the properties, the soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the four and took them to the Gush Etzion military and security base.
Soldiers also invaded the Saff Street, in the center of Bethlehem city, and handed Sami Mousa Abu Mfrarreh, 26, and Ahmad Ibrahim Abdullah, military warrants ordering them to head to Gush Etzion for interrogation.
On Sunday at dawn, dozens of soldiers invaded the Al-Obaidiyya town, east of Bethlehem, and kidnapped two youths identified as Mohammad Ali Abu Sarhan, and Mohammad Khalifa Jaraha, both 16 years of age.
Local sources said that the soldiers violently broke into the homes of the two kidnapped residents, and violently searched them.
On Sunday evening, medical sources said that two Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli military fire in Qalqilia.
The army claimed the two tried to cut the barbed-wire fence close to the Annexation Wall in the area.
Also on Sunday evening, soldiers invaded the Al-Zaweya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Local sources said the soldiers were searching for resident Abboud Fawwaz Jarrar, but we was not home.
The invasion are part of daily violations carried out by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up three boys in Nablus at dawn Monday including two sons of university lecturers. Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers in a number of army jeeps raided Ma’ajin suburb west of Nablus city and broke into buildings inhabited by university professors in Najah University.
They said that the soldiers detained Asem Mustafa Shannar, 16, whose father is a university lecturer and is held in Israeli administrative custody, and Bara’a Ghassan Dhukan, 18, who is the son of another lecturer.
Families of both youngsters said that the soldiers thoroughly searched their homes.
The soldiers also detained a third boy, Yazan Al-Nouri, in Khilat Al-Eman suburb before withdrawing to Hawara army camp.
The Tadamoun foundation for human rights said that the soldiers savagely searched the homes of the three detainees for two hours and damaged furniture in the process, adding that other youths were subjected to field interrogation during the raid.
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Nablus
10 kidnapped in West Bank
Local sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus have reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three youths.
The sources said that the army invaded the city through its eastern side, advanced into the Al-Ma’ajeen neighborhood west of the city, and kidnapped Bara’ Ghassan Thouqan, 18, and Asem Montaser Ash-Shinnar, 16.
Asem is a student of the Najah University in Nablus, while Ash-Shinnar is the son of Mustafa, a university teacher imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary administrative detention orders without charges.
Both were cuffed, blindfolded and placed in military before being taken to an unknown destination.
Last month, Israeli soldiers kidnapped 13 members of the Islamic Bloc at the Najah University.
On Sunday evening, soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian, and injured two, after the army invaded Wadi Al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem.
Soldiers also invaded the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
They said that the soldiers detained Asem Mustafa Shannar, 16, whose father is a university lecturer and is held in Israeli administrative custody, and Bara’a Ghassan Dhukan, 18, who is the son of another lecturer.
Families of both youngsters said that the soldiers thoroughly searched their homes.
The soldiers also detained a third boy, Yazan Al-Nouri, in Khilat Al-Eman suburb before withdrawing to Hawara army camp.
The Tadamoun foundation for human rights said that the soldiers savagely searched the homes of the three detainees for two hours and damaged furniture in the process, adding that other youths were subjected to field interrogation during the raid.
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Nablus
10 kidnapped in West Bank
Local sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus have reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three youths.
The sources said that the army invaded the city through its eastern side, advanced into the Al-Ma’ajeen neighborhood west of the city, and kidnapped Bara’ Ghassan Thouqan, 18, and Asem Montaser Ash-Shinnar, 16.
Asem is a student of the Najah University in Nablus, while Ash-Shinnar is the son of Mustafa, a university teacher imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary administrative detention orders without charges.
Both were cuffed, blindfolded and placed in military before being taken to an unknown destination.
Last month, Israeli soldiers kidnapped 13 members of the Islamic Bloc at the Najah University.
On Sunday evening, soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian, and injured two, after the army invaded Wadi Al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem.
Soldiers also invaded the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
10 nov 2013
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up about 100 Palestinians in the West Bank over the past week, a statistics report by Hamas said on Sunday. The report, which named all detainees, said that 97 Palestinians were nabbed at an average of 14 citizens per day.
It said that 27 were arrested in Al-Khalil, 21 in Jerusalem, 15 in Nablus, 11 in Ramallah, 7 in Jenin, 6 in Qalqiliya, 4 in Tulkarem, 4 in Salfit, and 2 in Tobas.
The report said that two Hamas leaders were among the detainees in addition to four ex-prisoners in PA jails and three liberated prisoners from Israeli occupation jails.
It said that 27 were arrested in Al-Khalil, 21 in Jerusalem, 15 in Nablus, 11 in Ramallah, 7 in Jenin, 6 in Qalqiliya, 4 in Tulkarem, 4 in Salfit, and 2 in Tobas.
The report said that two Hamas leaders were among the detainees in addition to four ex-prisoners in PA jails and three liberated prisoners from Israeli occupation jails.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested four Palestinians from al-Khalil and Bethlehem, while ten citizens were injured in clashes in the town of Ya'bad south of Jenin. Palestinian security sources said that IOF soldiers arrested two citizens from al-Khalil after raiding their homes, adding that IOF troops stormed the towns of Halhoul, Yatta and Bani Na'im and erected checkpoints at their entrances.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg on Saturday evening during clashes with the army in the area of Bab al-Zawia and the Shalala Street. He was taken to hospital.
IOF soldiers arrested at dawn Sunday two 16-year-old boys after raiding their houses in the town of Obaidiya in Bethlehem, locals said.
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses told PIC's correspondent that Israeli patrols stormed the schools area in the town of Ya'bad on Sunday morning and clashed with Palestinian students and youths, which caused ten citizens to suffocate of gas inhalation.
Citizens pointed out that the IOF also erected a military checkpoint at the entrance to Ya'bad and stopped a number of citizens and vehicles for ID verification.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg on Saturday evening during clashes with the army in the area of Bab al-Zawia and the Shalala Street. He was taken to hospital.
IOF soldiers arrested at dawn Sunday two 16-year-old boys after raiding their houses in the town of Obaidiya in Bethlehem, locals said.
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses told PIC's correspondent that Israeli patrols stormed the schools area in the town of Ya'bad on Sunday morning and clashed with Palestinian students and youths, which caused ten citizens to suffocate of gas inhalation.
Citizens pointed out that the IOF also erected a military checkpoint at the entrance to Ya'bad and stopped a number of citizens and vehicles for ID verification.
Ahrar Center for studies of prisoners and human rights appealed to World Health Organization, Doctors without Borders, and all human rights organizations to intervene to release the patient detainee Nabil Natsheh, 56, from al-Khalil. Director of the Center Fouad Khuffash said that although Natsheh suffers from thyroid cancer, the Israeli occupation authority insists on holding him in administrative detention without charge.
The prisoner's wife stated that the IOA re-arrested her husband on March 27, 2013, six months after his release from administrative detention where he served 16 months.
She expressed deep concern about her husband's life, especially as he is participating along with other administrative captives in the protest steps and is boycotting the courts and the prison clinic and medicines.
In another incident, Palestinian human rights sources said that the Israeli prison service transferred Palestinian captive Mutasim Raddad, who suffers from cancer, to Assaf Harofeh hospital after his health condition deteriorated.
The sources pointed out that the results of the tests conducted for the prisoner indicate that the cancer has spread in all his body.
Ahed Raddad the prisoner's brother pointed that Mutassim is suffering from several other diseases and that the prison administration refuses to provide him with appropriate treatment.
The IOA arrested Mutassim, 32, from the town of Saida north of the city of Tulkarem, in 2006 and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment.
Meanwhile, Ofer Military Court sentenced to 14 months actual imprisonment the Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahla who suffers from hepatitis.
Palestinian Prisoners' Center for Studies said in a press statement that the court also fined the prisoner $850.
It considered the court's decision a slow death penalty against the prisoner who is suffering from a seriously deteriorated health status, in light of the policy of medical neglect in the occupation jails.
The Israeli forces re-arrested Halahla on April 10, shortly after his release from administrative detention after waging a hunger strike for 67 days.
The prisoner's wife stated that the IOA re-arrested her husband on March 27, 2013, six months after his release from administrative detention where he served 16 months.
She expressed deep concern about her husband's life, especially as he is participating along with other administrative captives in the protest steps and is boycotting the courts and the prison clinic and medicines.
In another incident, Palestinian human rights sources said that the Israeli prison service transferred Palestinian captive Mutasim Raddad, who suffers from cancer, to Assaf Harofeh hospital after his health condition deteriorated.
The sources pointed out that the results of the tests conducted for the prisoner indicate that the cancer has spread in all his body.
Ahed Raddad the prisoner's brother pointed that Mutassim is suffering from several other diseases and that the prison administration refuses to provide him with appropriate treatment.
The IOA arrested Mutassim, 32, from the town of Saida north of the city of Tulkarem, in 2006 and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment.
Meanwhile, Ofer Military Court sentenced to 14 months actual imprisonment the Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahla who suffers from hepatitis.
Palestinian Prisoners' Center for Studies said in a press statement that the court also fined the prisoner $850.
It considered the court's decision a slow death penalty against the prisoner who is suffering from a seriously deteriorated health status, in light of the policy of medical neglect in the occupation jails.
The Israeli forces re-arrested Halahla on April 10, shortly after his release from administrative detention after waging a hunger strike for 67 days.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of northern Gaza on Sunday morning and confiscated their small fishing boat.
Nizar Ayyash, the chairman of the Palestinian fishermen syndicate, told Quds Press that IOF soldiers on board a navy gunboat approached the small fishing boat and apprehended the two brothers.
He pointed out that the fishermen were close to the Gaza coast and did not exceed the six nautical miles limit imposed by Israel for fishing
Ayyash charged that the Israeli navy was escalating its targeting of Palestinian fishermen and fighting them in their only source of living.
The Israeli navy had detained and wounded 55 fishermen since the calm agreement between Israel and resistance factions in Gaza went into effect in November last year while many boats were confiscated or blasted at sea.
Nizar Ayyash, the chairman of the Palestinian fishermen syndicate, told Quds Press that IOF soldiers on board a navy gunboat approached the small fishing boat and apprehended the two brothers.
He pointed out that the fishermen were close to the Gaza coast and did not exceed the six nautical miles limit imposed by Israel for fishing
Ayyash charged that the Israeli navy was escalating its targeting of Palestinian fishermen and fighting them in their only source of living.
The Israeli navy had detained and wounded 55 fishermen since the calm agreement between Israel and resistance factions in Gaza went into effect in November last year while many boats were confiscated or blasted at sea.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) blocked the travel of 17 Palestinian citizens via the Karame crossing between the West Bank and Jordan last week. The Palestinian crossings police said in a statement on Saturday that the IOA cited “security pretexts” for the travel ban, adding that a number of those blocked from travel were detained while others were subjected to field interrogation.
It said that around 22,000 citizens crossed the Karame crossing in both directions over the past week, adding that women were among those blocked from travel.
It said that around 22,000 citizens crossed the Karame crossing in both directions over the past week, adding that women were among those blocked from travel.
9 nov 2013
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Saturday the city of Jenin, where they raided several neighborhoods and erected military checkpoints. Local sources said that several military vehicles stormed Jenin and broke into the house of the citizen Samir Aboul Hassan, 24, then arrested him and took him to an unknown destination.
The locals reported that the Israeli forces roamed the streets of the city and fired bullets and stun grenades.
The IOF also arrested at dawn Friday four Palestinians including two brothers during a raid on the city of al-Khalil and Beit Ummar village.
Israeli sources claimed that the soldiers arrested two young men from the city possessing weapons and ammunition, while local sources said that the occupation forces arrested the two brothers and their father after raiding and searching their home.
For his part, the activist Mohammed Awad from Beit Ummar village said the IOF stormed the town at dawn and searched several houses, and then arrested Suhaib Abu Maria, aged 24, and took him to an unknown destination.
In another incident, the Israeli police arrested on Friday the Jerusalemite journalist Mohammed Abu Khudair at the Lod airport (Ben-Gurion) in the 1948 occupied territories, after his return from Egypt.
Local sources said the police extended his detention for 13 days and prevented him from meeting his lawyer.
They also reported that after the arrest, the Israeli policemen stormed Abu Khudair's house in Jerusalem and seized some devices.
The locals reported that the Israeli forces roamed the streets of the city and fired bullets and stun grenades.
The IOF also arrested at dawn Friday four Palestinians including two brothers during a raid on the city of al-Khalil and Beit Ummar village.
Israeli sources claimed that the soldiers arrested two young men from the city possessing weapons and ammunition, while local sources said that the occupation forces arrested the two brothers and their father after raiding and searching their home.
For his part, the activist Mohammed Awad from Beit Ummar village said the IOF stormed the town at dawn and searched several houses, and then arrested Suhaib Abu Maria, aged 24, and took him to an unknown destination.
In another incident, the Israeli police arrested on Friday the Jerusalemite journalist Mohammed Abu Khudair at the Lod airport (Ben-Gurion) in the 1948 occupied territories, after his return from Egypt.
Local sources said the police extended his detention for 13 days and prevented him from meeting his lawyer.
They also reported that after the arrest, the Israeli policemen stormed Abu Khudair's house in Jerusalem and seized some devices.
Israeli violations have escalated against Jerusalemites during October, including arrests against minors and children, in addition to demolition orders against Palestinian houses and facilities in occupied Jerusalem, Palestinian human rights sources said. In its monthly report, Wadi Hilweh Information Center revealed that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested in October 75 Jerusalemites including 45 children aged 10-17 years, some of them were accused of throwing stones 100 days earlier.
The report pointed out that demolition campaigns have noticeably escalated during October against Jerusalemites' houses, facilities, and sheds.
Israeli bulldozers demolished a three-story building, which was built 10 years ago. As a result, nine Jerusalemites were displaced.
Another building consisting of 3 floors with the first floor having 4 commercial stores was also razed in the neighborhood of Beit Hanina north of Jerusalem under the pretext of building without a permit.
Two rooms, in Jabal Mukaber, and four stores in Beit Hanina were also destroyed.
Meanwhile, Israeli demolition orders have increased against Palestinian houses and buildings in occupied Jerusalem particularly Shufat refugee camp, Silwan and Beit Hanina, and Sawwanah.
Nearly 200 demolition orders were issued against houses and stores accommodating 16 thousand Jerusalemites, the report said.
Meanwhile, the Jerusalem municipality court ordered the demolition of part of a building owned by the family of Siam located in the neighborhood of Bi’er Ayoub in Silwan. The building consists of 5 floors and accommodates 25 Jerusalemites mostly children.
The report pointed to the escalating Israeli break-ins into al-Aqsa mosque at daily basis, noting that settlers raised the Israeli flag on the day of Arafa.
The center's monthly report revealed Israeli scheme to build a synagogue in al-Aqsa Mosque as a prelude to dividing the mosque spatially and temporally.
Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs has submitted a bill allowing Jews to pray in al-Aqsa mosque for the first time since 1967.
The report pointed out that demolition campaigns have noticeably escalated during October against Jerusalemites' houses, facilities, and sheds.
Israeli bulldozers demolished a three-story building, which was built 10 years ago. As a result, nine Jerusalemites were displaced.
Another building consisting of 3 floors with the first floor having 4 commercial stores was also razed in the neighborhood of Beit Hanina north of Jerusalem under the pretext of building without a permit.
Two rooms, in Jabal Mukaber, and four stores in Beit Hanina were also destroyed.
Meanwhile, Israeli demolition orders have increased against Palestinian houses and buildings in occupied Jerusalem particularly Shufat refugee camp, Silwan and Beit Hanina, and Sawwanah.
Nearly 200 demolition orders were issued against houses and stores accommodating 16 thousand Jerusalemites, the report said.
Meanwhile, the Jerusalem municipality court ordered the demolition of part of a building owned by the family of Siam located in the neighborhood of Bi’er Ayoub in Silwan. The building consists of 5 floors and accommodates 25 Jerusalemites mostly children.
The report pointed to the escalating Israeli break-ins into al-Aqsa mosque at daily basis, noting that settlers raised the Israeli flag on the day of Arafa.
The center's monthly report revealed Israeli scheme to build a synagogue in al-Aqsa Mosque as a prelude to dividing the mosque spatially and temporally.
Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs has submitted a bill allowing Jews to pray in al-Aqsa mosque for the first time since 1967.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) brutally suppressed a number of protests in two villages to the east of occupied Jerusalem on Friday night wounding a boy in the head and causing him internal bleeding. Local sources said that confrontations took place in Alezariye and Abu Dees to the east of occupied Jerusalem after a march for young Jerusalemites against dividing the Aqsa Mosque, in support of prisoners, and in honor of the two young men who were killed by IOF soldiers on Thursday night.
They said that the 16-year-old boy Sayyed Afane was hit with a sound bomb in his face causing him internal bleeding and fractures in the skull, adding that a journalist, Rami Allariya, was also injured with a rubber bullet in his foot.
The sources said that the IOF soldiers detained three young men following the confrontations.
They said that the 16-year-old boy Sayyed Afane was hit with a sound bomb in his face causing him internal bleeding and fractures in the skull, adding that a journalist, Rami Allariya, was also injured with a rubber bullet in his foot.
The sources said that the IOF soldiers detained three young men following the confrontations.
Raddad's family fears that Mo'tassem faces the fate of Hassan al-Turabi or Mayasara
The family of sick prisoner Mo'tassem Raddad appealed to human rights and legal organizations and concerned authorities to work on releasing him so that he could spend his remaining days among his family. Mo'tassem Raddad,32, suffers from bowel cancer. He is from Tul Karem's Saida town and has been imprisoned since 2006 in the Israeli jails.
His brother A'hed Raddad told Center for Prisoners of Palestine that "The results of tests conducted to Mo'tassem show the cancer has spread throughout his body; his blood is next to be infected in the event that no urgent treatment is served,"
"No longer the chemotherapy doses administered to my brother are effective although his doctors intensified them," A'hed added.
He noted that beside cancer, his brother is "plagued with by other problems like blood pressure, kidney and heart failure, and visual impairment. He also suffers from unstopping bleeding because of the bowel cancer, and cannot move normally,"
The Israeli prison service continues to refuse that Mo'tassem be diagnosed by a specialist physician to prescribe the appropriate treatment for his deteriorating health, according to his brother.
"Our earlier appeals for ending the policy of medical negligence against Mo'tassem and releasing him have been met with promises without real action," he said.
A'hed expressed the family's fear that Mo'tassem faces the fate of Hassan al-Turabi or Mayasara Abu Hamdiyeh and other prisoners died while in Israeli prisons due to medical negligence.
Hassan al-Turabi, 23, from Surra village near Nablus, died on 05 November 2013, in Affoula Hospital inside Israel where he was receiving medical treatment for leukemia.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) called for an immediate and independent investigation into the circumstances of the death of al-Turabi.
Israeli forces arrested al-Turabi from his house 07 January 2013 although they knew that he was suffering from leukemia.
The family of sick prisoner Mo'tassem Raddad appealed to human rights and legal organizations and concerned authorities to work on releasing him so that he could spend his remaining days among his family. Mo'tassem Raddad,32, suffers from bowel cancer. He is from Tul Karem's Saida town and has been imprisoned since 2006 in the Israeli jails.
His brother A'hed Raddad told Center for Prisoners of Palestine that "The results of tests conducted to Mo'tassem show the cancer has spread throughout his body; his blood is next to be infected in the event that no urgent treatment is served,"
"No longer the chemotherapy doses administered to my brother are effective although his doctors intensified them," A'hed added.
He noted that beside cancer, his brother is "plagued with by other problems like blood pressure, kidney and heart failure, and visual impairment. He also suffers from unstopping bleeding because of the bowel cancer, and cannot move normally,"
The Israeli prison service continues to refuse that Mo'tassem be diagnosed by a specialist physician to prescribe the appropriate treatment for his deteriorating health, according to his brother.
"Our earlier appeals for ending the policy of medical negligence against Mo'tassem and releasing him have been met with promises without real action," he said.
A'hed expressed the family's fear that Mo'tassem faces the fate of Hassan al-Turabi or Mayasara Abu Hamdiyeh and other prisoners died while in Israeli prisons due to medical negligence.
Hassan al-Turabi, 23, from Surra village near Nablus, died on 05 November 2013, in Affoula Hospital inside Israel where he was receiving medical treatment for leukemia.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) called for an immediate and independent investigation into the circumstances of the death of al-Turabi.
Israeli forces arrested al-Turabi from his house 07 January 2013 although they knew that he was suffering from leukemia.
8 nov 2013
The Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Friday a Hamas leader in the city of Jenin, after raiding his house and confiscating his personal belongings. Local sources said that several military vehicles broke into the house of Ghassan Zughaibi, 45, in the Iskan neighborhood in Jenin, and confiscated a computer, an iPad and a mobile phone.
Zughaibi is a liberated prisoner and a leading figure in Hamas movement. His home has been raided several times in recent years. He had been also arrested several times by the PA's apparatuses in Jenin.
Zughaibi is a liberated prisoner and a leading figure in Hamas movement. His home has been raided several times in recent years. He had been also arrested several times by the PA's apparatuses in Jenin.
Friday at dawn Israeli soldiers invaded various parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and violently searched homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
Local sources have reported that the army broke into the home of Zoheir Abu Meizer, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped his sons Majed and Dia’. The soldiers violently searched the home causing property damage.
Soldiers also violently attacked the two in front of their family, and searched the property for more than two hours.
Soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, near Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar Mohammad Awad, said that the soldiers kidnapped Soheib Sa’dy Abu Maria, 24, after violently searched his home causing excessive property damage.
The soldiers cuffed Abu Maria and took him, on foot, to the nearby illegal settlement of Karmie Tzur.
Awad further stated that the soldiers also invaded several homes and searched them.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded Kufur Dan village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Nidal Ahmad Salah, 30.
Salah is a former political prisoner who spent seven years in Israeli prisons. He was moved to an unknown destination.
Local sources have reported that the army broke into the home of Zoheir Abu Meizer, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped his sons Majed and Dia’. The soldiers violently searched the home causing property damage.
Soldiers also violently attacked the two in front of their family, and searched the property for more than two hours.
Soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, near Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar Mohammad Awad, said that the soldiers kidnapped Soheib Sa’dy Abu Maria, 24, after violently searched his home causing excessive property damage.
The soldiers cuffed Abu Maria and took him, on foot, to the nearby illegal settlement of Karmie Tzur.
Awad further stated that the soldiers also invaded several homes and searched them.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded Kufur Dan village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Nidal Ahmad Salah, 30.
Salah is a former political prisoner who spent seven years in Israeli prisons. He was moved to an unknown destination.
Israeli sources have reported that two Israeli settlers have been injured after a Palestinian hurled a Molotov cocktail at their car as it drove on road #356 close to the Efrat settlement, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The sources said that the settlers suffered minor injuries, and that the army and the police initiated a search campaign in the area.
The Israeli military stated that the car was completely burnt after the settlers left it, and that the injured were moved to the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in occupied Jerusalem.
In related news, extremist Israeli settlers attacked a number of Palestinian farmers near Jama’in village, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, chased them and detained one.
Eyewitnesses said the settlers fired rounds of live ammunition into the air before detaining Hammoud As’ad, 37.
The Israeli military stated that the car was completely burnt after the settlers left it, and that the injured were moved to the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in occupied Jerusalem.
In related news, extremist Israeli settlers attacked a number of Palestinian farmers near Jama’in village, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, chased them and detained one.
Eyewitnesses said the settlers fired rounds of live ammunition into the air before detaining Hammoud As’ad, 37.
7 nov 2013
The Magistrate court in Jerusalem found Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement in 1948 occupied Palestine the northern branch, “guilty” of inciting violence. The electronic website of Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot said on Thursday that the Sheikh was acquitted of a second charge that accused him of “inciting racism”.
It said that the charge dated back to February 2007 when Sheikh Salah delivered a Khutba at the Aqsa Mosque saying that “the happiest moments are when we are martyred in the Aqsa courtyards”.
The Israeli prosecution considered his sermon as an incitement for violence and racism and included both charges in the indictment list.
It said that the charge dated back to February 2007 when Sheikh Salah delivered a Khutba at the Aqsa Mosque saying that “the happiest moments are when we are martyred in the Aqsa courtyards”.
The Israeli prosecution considered his sermon as an incitement for violence and racism and included both charges in the indictment list.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested on Wednesday evening a number of Islamic movement members in different parts of the occupied city of Jerusalem. The arrests took place in several sites, including the Aqsa Mosque, the Old City, Thawri neighborhood, Ras al-Amud, Isfahani Street and other places in the city.
Local sources told PIC's correspondent that a force of Israeli intelligence elements and Special Forces accompanied by police dogs raided houses in Jerusalem and arrested 5 Jerusalemites, some of whom were taken to Mascobiya interrogation center, while the others were transferred to an unknown destination.
They stated that the Israeli soldiers searched the houses, terrorized the members of the families and confiscated computers and mobile phones.
The sources added that the Israeli force stormed and searched two shops in the occupied city.
Local sources told PIC's correspondent that a force of Israeli intelligence elements and Special Forces accompanied by police dogs raided houses in Jerusalem and arrested 5 Jerusalemites, some of whom were taken to Mascobiya interrogation center, while the others were transferred to an unknown destination.
They stated that the Israeli soldiers searched the houses, terrorized the members of the families and confiscated computers and mobile phones.
The sources added that the Israeli force stormed and searched two shops in the occupied city.
A Palestinian human rights foundation called for providing international protection for the Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli occupation jails, following the death of captive Hassan al-Turabi last Tuesday in an Israeli hospital he was taken to after his health deteriorated. Rased Foundation for Human Rights, based in Lebanon, said in a press statement that the occupation authorities' deliberate neglect of captive Turabi's health condition is considered "a crime against humanity, a premeditated murder, and an explicit violation of international law, article 91 of the Geneva Convention and the international law of human rights.
The foundation accused the Israeli government of adopting a policy of medical neglect against the Palestinian prisoners, and of exposing them to slow death inside the jails.
It called on the leadership of the Palestinian Authority to take serious steps to ensure international protection for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
It also urged the Arab and international human rights institutions to work on exposing the occupation crimes against the prisoners and the Palestinian citizens in all the occupied Palestinian territories that are witnessing Israeli violations against human rights in light of Arab and international silence.
The foundation accused the Israeli government of adopting a policy of medical neglect against the Palestinian prisoners, and of exposing them to slow death inside the jails.
It called on the leadership of the Palestinian Authority to take serious steps to ensure international protection for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
It also urged the Arab and international human rights institutions to work on exposing the occupation crimes against the prisoners and the Palestinian citizens in all the occupied Palestinian territories that are witnessing Israeli violations against human rights in light of Arab and international silence.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Thursday seven Palestinians in different parts of occupied West Bank under the pretext of being wanted. Two Palestinians, from Nablus, were arrested including a liberated prisoner who spent 4 years in Israeli jails. Four other Palestinians from Aroub and Fawar refugee camps in al-Khalil were detained.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the settlements in Beit Ummar confirmed that Israeli forces stormed the town and arrested the liberated prisoner Yusuf Ahmed Abu Hashem, 22, after violently raided his house and assaulted his family members. IOF have also summoned his father and his two brothers for interrogation.
Three other Palestinians from Beit Ummar were also summoned for interrogation.
Meanwhile, violent clashes erupted following Israeli raid of the town, where Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas bombs towards Palestinian houses, led to suffocation cases among residents.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the settlements in Beit Ummar confirmed that Israeli forces stormed the town and arrested the liberated prisoner Yusuf Ahmed Abu Hashem, 22, after violently raided his house and assaulted his family members. IOF have also summoned his father and his two brothers for interrogation.
Three other Palestinians from Beit Ummar were also summoned for interrogation.
Meanwhile, violent clashes erupted following Israeli raid of the town, where Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas bombs towards Palestinian houses, led to suffocation cases among residents.
The Israeli Prison Services (IPS) transferred yesterday Palestinian administrative detainees in Raymond prison to an unknown destination as part of Israeli sanctions against administrative detainees, Palestinian Prisoners' Studies (PPS) revealed. The center confirmed that five administrative detainees in Raymond prison, including Dr. Ahmed Katamesh and Musab Manasra, were transferred to an unknown destination.
This came as part of Israeli attempts to break administrative detainees' gradual protest steps against their detention without charge or trial.
The IPS also transferred the administrative detainee Moad Sharab held in Negev prison to an unknown destination a few days after isolating 9 administrative detainees as part of Israeli campaign targeting administrative detainees.
Palestinian administrative detainees confirmed their determination to continue their protests although Israeli punitive measures following their decision to boycott court sessions starting from Friday.
Administrative detainees have declared protest steps demanding that they are either charged and tried in an ordinary court of law or released without delay, as befitting the norms of criminal justice systems.
This came as part of Israeli attempts to break administrative detainees' gradual protest steps against their detention without charge or trial.
The IPS also transferred the administrative detainee Moad Sharab held in Negev prison to an unknown destination a few days after isolating 9 administrative detainees as part of Israeli campaign targeting administrative detainees.
Palestinian administrative detainees confirmed their determination to continue their protests although Israeli punitive measures following their decision to boycott court sessions starting from Friday.
Administrative detainees have declared protest steps demanding that they are either charged and tried in an ordinary court of law or released without delay, as befitting the norms of criminal justice systems.
Israeli occupation forces arrested 25 Palestinians, including women, after raiding their parents' houses in several neighborhoods in occupied Jerusalem, said Amani Sarahneh, of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
Sarahneh quoted Head of PPS, Nasser Qaws, as saying that Israeli forces stormed the houses of 25 Palestinians in Jerusalem, searched them and confiscated computer and mobile devices, on charge of incitement against the Israeli occupation on Facebook.
Qaws also said that 10 of the detainees were transferred to trial, while the rest of them were released.
Sarahneh quoted Head of PPS, Nasser Qaws, as saying that Israeli forces stormed the houses of 25 Palestinians in Jerusalem, searched them and confiscated computer and mobile devices, on charge of incitement against the Israeli occupation on Facebook.
Qaws also said that 10 of the detainees were transferred to trial, while the rest of them were released.
