18 nov 2013
IOF arrest 8 Palestinian at dawn Monday
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn on Monday eight Palestinians, including two minors, following a raid campaign of a large number of houses in different parts of West Bank. Local sources stated that Israeli forces arrested at early hours of this morning two youths at Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus while 15 military vehicles raided Jenin city and launched an arrest campaign.
The sources said that the IOF arrested Ali Ershaid, 26, after raiding his house in Abu Dahir neighborhood, in addition to storming a number of houses in Jenin where they summoned Mahmoud Jihad Gesnawi, 26, for interrogation.
The occupation forces roamed throughout Jenin villages and violently stormed into the residents' houses, where a number of temporary checkpoints were erected.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians including two minors, after raiding their houses in the city.
Occupation forces arrested Sunday a Palestinian youth while passing through a military barrier near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil claiming a knife in his possession to use it in stabbing a soldier.
The Israeli occupation forces also arrested Noor NimerAbu Sneineh after raiding a number of houses in the old town.
In a related context, military checkpoints were erected in al-Khalil where Israeli forces stormed the city and searched Palestinian vehicles.
Local sources confirmed that the occupation forces arrested Ammar Taher Amarna, 25, while passing through a military checkpoint where they interrogated him before taking him to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile, Hamas movement has issued a report documenting Israeli arrests during the last week. The report confirmed that 93 Palestinians were arrested last week in West Bank cities and towns including 34 detainees from the southern West Bank while 18 detainees from Jerusalem.
The report pointed out that a Palestinian female students and a former political detainee were among the detainees.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn on Monday eight Palestinians, including two minors, following a raid campaign of a large number of houses in different parts of West Bank. Local sources stated that Israeli forces arrested at early hours of this morning two youths at Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus while 15 military vehicles raided Jenin city and launched an arrest campaign.
The sources said that the IOF arrested Ali Ershaid, 26, after raiding his house in Abu Dahir neighborhood, in addition to storming a number of houses in Jenin where they summoned Mahmoud Jihad Gesnawi, 26, for interrogation.
The occupation forces roamed throughout Jenin villages and violently stormed into the residents' houses, where a number of temporary checkpoints were erected.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians including two minors, after raiding their houses in the city.
Occupation forces arrested Sunday a Palestinian youth while passing through a military barrier near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil claiming a knife in his possession to use it in stabbing a soldier.
The Israeli occupation forces also arrested Noor NimerAbu Sneineh after raiding a number of houses in the old town.
In a related context, military checkpoints were erected in al-Khalil where Israeli forces stormed the city and searched Palestinian vehicles.
Local sources confirmed that the occupation forces arrested Ammar Taher Amarna, 25, while passing through a military checkpoint where they interrogated him before taking him to an unknown destination.
Meanwhile, Hamas movement has issued a report documenting Israeli arrests during the last week. The report confirmed that 93 Palestinians were arrested last week in West Bank cities and towns including 34 detainees from the southern West Bank while 18 detainees from Jerusalem.
The report pointed out that a Palestinian female students and a former political detainee were among the detainees.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian teenager in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and five in the West Bank district of Bethlehem.
Local sources in Hebron have reported that a number of soldiers stopped a 17-year-old Palestinian near the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron, and took him to an interrogation facility. The army allege that the teenager “attempted to stab a soldier”.
Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped two teenagers in the As-Saff Street, and Jabal Al-Mawaleh area, in Bethlehem city.
Local sources said that the army violently broke into several homes and searched them before kidnapping Mohammad Awwad, 17, Mohammad Nimir Al-Azza, 17, and Mahmoud Ali Shweiky, 18.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Al-Obeydiyya town, near Bethlehem, and kidnapped Abdullah Yousef Shteiwy, 16, and Ahmad Jamal Abu Sarhan, 16.
The arrests and invasions took place as Israeli soldiers also invaded various areas in the West Bank, and installed several roadblocks, as part of daily violations against the Palestinians and their property in the occupied territory.
Local sources in Hebron have reported that a number of soldiers stopped a 17-year-old Palestinian near the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron, and took him to an interrogation facility. The army allege that the teenager “attempted to stab a soldier”.
Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped two teenagers in the As-Saff Street, and Jabal Al-Mawaleh area, in Bethlehem city.
Local sources said that the army violently broke into several homes and searched them before kidnapping Mohammad Awwad, 17, Mohammad Nimir Al-Azza, 17, and Mahmoud Ali Shweiky, 18.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Al-Obeydiyya town, near Bethlehem, and kidnapped Abdullah Yousef Shteiwy, 16, and Ahmad Jamal Abu Sarhan, 16.
The arrests and invasions took place as Israeli soldiers also invaded various areas in the West Bank, and installed several roadblocks, as part of daily violations against the Palestinians and their property in the occupied territory.
Mizan center for human rights said that Israeli occupation forces at Erez crossing, to the north of Gaza Strip, had detained 15 Palestinian citizens while attempting to cross the terminal since the start of 2013. The center said in a statement on Sunday that the detainees included eight patients and their escorts, who were on their way for treatment in West Bank or Jerusalem hospitals.
The center charged the Israeli occupation authorities with adamantly tightening the noose on the Gaza inhabitants and forcing restrictions on their freedom of movement and travel.
It said that the IOA was exploiting the need of Gaza patients for treatment outside the besieged enclave, due to poor health conditions, to detain or recruit them to work as informants.
The center strongly denounced the IOA exploitation of the need of those patients and other Palestinians, who are compelled to use that crossing, adding that it reflected the IOA disregard to the international humanitarian law and constituted a violation of the fourth Geneva Convention.
Mizan warned the world community that the siege on Gaza was worsening humanitarian conditions in the Strip, and demanded an immediate end to the blockade.
The center charged the Israeli occupation authorities with adamantly tightening the noose on the Gaza inhabitants and forcing restrictions on their freedom of movement and travel.
It said that the IOA was exploiting the need of Gaza patients for treatment outside the besieged enclave, due to poor health conditions, to detain or recruit them to work as informants.
The center strongly denounced the IOA exploitation of the need of those patients and other Palestinians, who are compelled to use that crossing, adding that it reflected the IOA disregard to the international humanitarian law and constituted a violation of the fourth Geneva Convention.
Mizan warned the world community that the siege on Gaza was worsening humanitarian conditions in the Strip, and demanded an immediate end to the blockade.
Israeli occupation authorities released captive Fadwa Ghanim, 56, on bail until the date of her court hearing, which was not fixed yet, her family members said on Sunday. They told Ahrar center for human rights that Ghanim, from Tulkarem, was released from Hasharon jail last Wednesday on 15,000 shekels bail, but ordered to remain under house arrest in Teiba city in 1948 occupied Palestine.
Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of Ahrar center, said that Ghanim was arrested during her visit to her brother in Negev jail on 29th September.
He said that Ghanim was interrogated for a few days, adding that her house arrest was a violation of her freedom of movement.
Ghanim called for establishing a committee to defend Palestinian female detainees in Israeli jails, noting that they are subjected to medical neglect and humiliation.
Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of Ahrar center, said that Ghanim was arrested during her visit to her brother in Negev jail on 29th September.
He said that Ghanim was interrogated for a few days, adding that her house arrest was a violation of her freedom of movement.
Ghanim called for establishing a committee to defend Palestinian female detainees in Israeli jails, noting that they are subjected to medical neglect and humiliation.
The Palestinian prisoners, including patients, in Israeli jails threatened to take protest steps soon to pressure the Israeli prison authority to end its medical neglect policy against them. Ragheb Abu Dyak, head of the popular committee for the support of prisoners in Jenin city, said in a press release on Sunday that the health conditions of prisoners in Israeli jails have become very serious.
He said that more than one third of the prisoners suffer from diseases and difficult health conditions.
He added that there are 1,400 cases in Israeli jails, 150 of them suffer from chronic diseases and 25 others are cancer patients.
208 Palestinian prisoners have died either inside Israeli jails or soon after their release. The vast majority of them died because of the absence of proper medical care in Israeli jails and the poor incarceration conditions.
He said that more than one third of the prisoners suffer from diseases and difficult health conditions.
He added that there are 1,400 cases in Israeli jails, 150 of them suffer from chronic diseases and 25 others are cancer patients.
208 Palestinian prisoners have died either inside Israeli jails or soon after their release. The vast majority of them died because of the absence of proper medical care in Israeli jails and the poor incarceration conditions.
17 nov 2013
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday evening released the child Mohammed Hamid, 12, after he was arrested and assaulted, in Silwad east of Ramallah. The IOF kidnapped Mohammed during violent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian youths on the Shohadaa roundabout in Silwad, after accusing him of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.
His family said that the occupation released him after midnight, after a detention that lasted for more than seven hours in Ben Yamin Camp at Ofer prison. During his detention Mohammed was severely assaulted by the Israeli soldiers, which resulted in breaking his hand and other bruises in the head and all over his body.
The IOF has also arrested and attacked four other children, causing them bruises.
Their families appealed to the competent authorities to intervene for the release of their sons who have been absent from schools due to their detention.
Another Palestinian child from Fawwar camp south of al-Khalil was arrested on Saturday evening by the Israeli soldiers, who have been deployed in the region.
Eyewitnesses said that more than five Israeli patrols were present at the entrance to the camp during the arrest of the child who was then taken to an unknown destination.
They added that the occupation forces attacked the citizens and searched the vehicles entering and leaving the camp, while a state of tension was prevailing in the place amid expectations of outbreak of new confrontations.
His family said that the occupation released him after midnight, after a detention that lasted for more than seven hours in Ben Yamin Camp at Ofer prison. During his detention Mohammed was severely assaulted by the Israeli soldiers, which resulted in breaking his hand and other bruises in the head and all over his body.
The IOF has also arrested and attacked four other children, causing them bruises.
Their families appealed to the competent authorities to intervene for the release of their sons who have been absent from schools due to their detention.
Another Palestinian child from Fawwar camp south of al-Khalil was arrested on Saturday evening by the Israeli soldiers, who have been deployed in the region.
Eyewitnesses said that more than five Israeli patrols were present at the entrance to the camp during the arrest of the child who was then taken to an unknown destination.
They added that the occupation forces attacked the citizens and searched the vehicles entering and leaving the camp, while a state of tension was prevailing in the place amid expectations of outbreak of new confrontations.
The European network for human rights-UFree expressed its deep concern over the lives of Palestinian patients in Israeli jails and the medical neglect they are exposed to, criticizing the absence of the media role in highlighting their issue. According to UFree, there are 1,700 detained patients out of 4,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, 75 of them suffer from cancer, heart problems, disabilities and chronic kidney diseases, in addition to psychological problems due to the difficult detention conditions and the deliberate medical neglect policy pursued by Israeli jailers.
UFree highlighted the difficult health conditions of prisoners Naim Shawamra and Motasem Raddad, saying that the former suffers from muscular dystrophy that caused his inability to walk or talk and the latter suffers colon cancer and his health dramatically deteriorated after the cancer spread throughout his body despite receiving chemotherapy.
UFree appealed to the Red Cross to urgently work on improving the Palestinian patients' detention conditions in Israeli jails.
It also demanded the international community to necessarily assume its human, legal and moral responsibilities and pressure the Israeli occupation regime to abide by its international commitments, mainly the fourth Geneva convention.
UFree highlighted the difficult health conditions of prisoners Naim Shawamra and Motasem Raddad, saying that the former suffers from muscular dystrophy that caused his inability to walk or talk and the latter suffers colon cancer and his health dramatically deteriorated after the cancer spread throughout his body despite receiving chemotherapy.
UFree appealed to the Red Cross to urgently work on improving the Palestinian patients' detention conditions in Israeli jails.
It also demanded the international community to necessarily assume its human, legal and moral responsibilities and pressure the Israeli occupation regime to abide by its international commitments, mainly the fourth Geneva convention.
The Head of the Prisoners National Movement said that ill prisoner Yosri al-Masri,30, from Deir al-Balah, who suffers from thyroid cancer, returned to Nafha Prison after having a surgery to treat cancer without eradicating it. “The prisoner spent few days after the surgery in Muraj Prison Hospital without taking the appropriate care,” He told the Prisoners Studies Center, adding that his treatment has not finished by this stage so we warned of new recklessness of al-Masri’s health.
Center’s Director General Ra’fat Hamdouna called for pressing on the Israeli occupation to save the lives of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails.
The lack of health care, medical examination, and necessary medicine leaves more victims if the occupation continues his unjust policy against prisoners without a serious international pressure, he added.
Hamdouna appealed to the international and human rights organizations and media to interfere to expose the Israeli violation against Palestinian prisoners.
It is noteworthy that al-Masri, who has been detained for ten years, is sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.
Cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner's health deteriorates
The Head of the Prisoners National Movement said that ill prisoner Yosri al-Masri,30, from Deir al-Balah, who suffers from thyroid cancer, returned to Nafha Prison after having a surgery to treat cancer without eradicating it. “The prisoner spent few days after the surgery in Muraj Prison Hospital without taking the appropriate care,” He told the Prisoners Studies Center, adding that his treatment has not finished by this stage so we warned of new recklessness of al-Masri’s health.
Center’s Director General Ra’fat Hamdouna called for pressing on the Israeli occupation to save the lives of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails.
The lack of health care, medical examination, and necessary medicine leaves more victims if the occupation continues his unjust policy against prisoners without a serious international pressure, he added.
Hamdouna appealed to the international and human rights organizations and media to interfere to expose the Israeli violation against Palestinian prisoners.
It is noteworthy that al-Masri, who has been detained for ten years, is sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.
Center’s Director General Ra’fat Hamdouna called for pressing on the Israeli occupation to save the lives of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails.
The lack of health care, medical examination, and necessary medicine leaves more victims if the occupation continues his unjust policy against prisoners without a serious international pressure, he added.
Hamdouna appealed to the international and human rights organizations and media to interfere to expose the Israeli violation against Palestinian prisoners.
It is noteworthy that al-Masri, who has been detained for ten years, is sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.
Cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner's health deteriorates
The Head of the Prisoners National Movement said that ill prisoner Yosri al-Masri,30, from Deir al-Balah, who suffers from thyroid cancer, returned to Nafha Prison after having a surgery to treat cancer without eradicating it. “The prisoner spent few days after the surgery in Muraj Prison Hospital without taking the appropriate care,” He told the Prisoners Studies Center, adding that his treatment has not finished by this stage so we warned of new recklessness of al-Masri’s health.
Center’s Director General Ra’fat Hamdouna called for pressing on the Israeli occupation to save the lives of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails.
The lack of health care, medical examination, and necessary medicine leaves more victims if the occupation continues his unjust policy against prisoners without a serious international pressure, he added.
Hamdouna appealed to the international and human rights organizations and media to interfere to expose the Israeli violation against Palestinian prisoners.
It is noteworthy that al-Masri, who has been detained for ten years, is sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up five Palestinian boys in Obaidiya village and Bethlehem city at dawn Sunday after wreaking havoc in their family homes. Local sources said that IOF soldiers stormed two suburbs in downtown Bethlehem and detained three boys, two 17 years old and one 18 years old, after searching their homes and terrorizing women and children in the process.
They said that the soldiers also burst into Obaidiya village to the east of Bethlehem and nabbed two other 16-year-old boys after searching their fathers’ homes.
They said that the soldiers also burst into Obaidiya village to the east of Bethlehem and nabbed two other 16-year-old boys after searching their fathers’ homes.
16 nov 2013
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained on Friday evening a Palestinian child near the town of Halhul, north of the city of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank. Local sources said that the IOF arrested a 12-year-old boy and beat him causing him bruises. He was then taken to an unknown destination for several hours before being released.
The sources pointed out that the child’s detention came after clashes that took place in the region.
The sources pointed out that the child’s detention came after clashes that took place in the region.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday night arrested four boys during violent clashes that erupted in front of the western entrance to the town of Silwad east of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses told PIC's correspondent in the city that the detainees are aged 12 to 16 years old.
They added that the Israeli soldiers stormed the town center after violent clashes near the Yabrood bridge on a bypass road for settlers, and tried to keep the protesters away from the bridge by firing dozens of tear gas grenades at them and at the citizens' houses.
PIC's correspondent pointed out that the IOF soldiers set up several ambushes to kidnap the demonstrators, and succeeded in arresting the four children.
They added that the Israeli soldiers stormed the town center after violent clashes near the Yabrood bridge on a bypass road for settlers, and tried to keep the protesters away from the bridge by firing dozens of tear gas grenades at them and at the citizens' houses.
PIC's correspondent pointed out that the IOF soldiers set up several ambushes to kidnap the demonstrators, and succeeded in arresting the four children.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) physically assaulted on Friday a Palestinian family after raiding its home in Al-Aroub refugee camp in Al-Khalil city and clashed with young men in different areas of the city. Red Crescent sources in Al-Aroub refugee camp said that a Palestinian citizen named Mohamed Abu Dawoud was transferred along with his wife and children to Al-Khalil hospital after they were all violently beaten by Israeli soldiers during a raid on their home.
The sources noted that the IOF soldiers almost on a daily basis storm the house of this family, occupy its roof and fire tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at Palestinian passersby.
The sources also affirmed that IOF attacked other Palestinian families during its campaign in the camp and intensively fired tear gas grenades at them causing many of them, especially women and children, to suffocate.
Several young men also suffered rubber bullet injuries during violent clashes in the camp.
Similar clashes erupted at the entrance to Al-Fawwar refugee camp and in the towns of Beit Ummar and Tabaka, and Khursa as well as on Shalala street in central Al-Khalil.
On the same day, two young men were kidnapped from their homes during IOF raids in Yatta town.
Meanwhile, dozens of Jewish settlers under military and police protection rallied on Friday morning at the entrance to Beit Ummar town, chanting racist slurs and slogans against the Arabs.
In a separate incident, the IOF reportedly kidnapped four Palestinian citizens in Arqa village, west of Jenin city.
Eyewitnesses said that the four citizens were walking near the segregation wall en route to their homes when an Israeli military patrol physically assaulted them and took them to Salem military post to the north of Jenin.
The detainees were identified as Hasan Hakam, 20, Ala Bassam, 20, Karem Amin, 18, and Nasim Mahmoud, 25.
The sources noted that the IOF soldiers almost on a daily basis storm the house of this family, occupy its roof and fire tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at Palestinian passersby.
The sources also affirmed that IOF attacked other Palestinian families during its campaign in the camp and intensively fired tear gas grenades at them causing many of them, especially women and children, to suffocate.
Several young men also suffered rubber bullet injuries during violent clashes in the camp.
Similar clashes erupted at the entrance to Al-Fawwar refugee camp and in the towns of Beit Ummar and Tabaka, and Khursa as well as on Shalala street in central Al-Khalil.
On the same day, two young men were kidnapped from their homes during IOF raids in Yatta town.
Meanwhile, dozens of Jewish settlers under military and police protection rallied on Friday morning at the entrance to Beit Ummar town, chanting racist slurs and slogans against the Arabs.
In a separate incident, the IOF reportedly kidnapped four Palestinian citizens in Arqa village, west of Jenin city.
Eyewitnesses said that the four citizens were walking near the segregation wall en route to their homes when an Israeli military patrol physically assaulted them and took them to Salem military post to the north of Jenin.
The detainees were identified as Hasan Hakam, 20, Ala Bassam, 20, Karem Amin, 18, and Nasim Mahmoud, 25.
Father of Jordanian captive child Mohammed Mehdi marched in the streets of Amman in support of Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails. The father walked in Amman's streets on Thursday holding his son' picture in an attempt to shed light on Jordanian prisoners' plight in Israeli prisons.
Mehdi's father charged that his son had been subjected to continued torture and abuses that caused him severe physical problems.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have prevented last week Mehdi's father from visiting his son to supply him with winter clothes. The IOA attributed the ban to the state of tension prevailing in Israeli prisons following the martyrdom of the patient prisoner Hasan Al-Torabi in custody.
Mohamed Mahdi was arrested on March 15, 2013 for stoning an Israeli patrol, which led to the injury of 7 soldiers. He is not yet sentenced, but his charge could jail him dozens of years, as the Israeli prosecution is trying to change his charge into that of attempted murder.
Mehdi's father charged that his son had been subjected to continued torture and abuses that caused him severe physical problems.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have prevented last week Mehdi's father from visiting his son to supply him with winter clothes. The IOA attributed the ban to the state of tension prevailing in Israeli prisons following the martyrdom of the patient prisoner Hasan Al-Torabi in custody.
Mohamed Mahdi was arrested on March 15, 2013 for stoning an Israeli patrol, which led to the injury of 7 soldiers. He is not yet sentenced, but his charge could jail him dozens of years, as the Israeli prosecution is trying to change his charge into that of attempted murder.
Activists Remove Settlers’ Tent Near Bethlehem [Friday Evening November 15, 2013] Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinian youths in the Al-‘Arqa village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, shot and injured three near Abu Dis and Al-‘Ezariyya, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Local sources in Jenin have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Palestinian orchards in the Al-‘Arqa village, west of Jenin, violently attacked several Palestinians working on their lands close to the Annexation Wall, and kidnapped four.
The kidnapped have been identified as ‘Ala Bassam Abed Yahia, 20, Karem Amin Hammad, 18, Naseem Mahmoud Waked, 25, Hasan Hakam Yahia, 20.
The orchards where the attack took place are close to the Shakid settlement, built on privately owned Palestinian property.
Furthermore, three Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Ras Qabsa area, between Abu Dis and Al-‘Ezariyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committee in Al-‘Ezariyya Farid Za’rour told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the invasion took place as the residents were holding a nonviolent ceremony commemorating late President Yasser Arafat.
Za’rour added that the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs and glass bullets, in addition to firing dozens of gas bombs.
Three young men were moved to the medical center in Al-’Ezariyya; two of them were shot with live rounds, while the third was shot by a glass bullet.
Furthermore, fire broke out in a balcony window of an adjacent home after a gas bomb was fired at it; the family managed to extinguish the fire before it spread out.
In Bethlehem, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bethlehem Mohammad Breijiyya stated that dozens of local nonviolent activists managed to remove a tent installed by extremist Israeli settlers at the western entrance of Teqoua’ village, near Bethlehem.
The Palestinians removed the tent and raised a Palestinian flag in its place. The settlers installed their tent a few days ago in an attempt to create a new illegal settlement outpost.
Local sources in Jenin have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Palestinian orchards in the Al-‘Arqa village, west of Jenin, violently attacked several Palestinians working on their lands close to the Annexation Wall, and kidnapped four.
The kidnapped have been identified as ‘Ala Bassam Abed Yahia, 20, Karem Amin Hammad, 18, Naseem Mahmoud Waked, 25, Hasan Hakam Yahia, 20.
The orchards where the attack took place are close to the Shakid settlement, built on privately owned Palestinian property.
Furthermore, three Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Ras Qabsa area, between Abu Dis and Al-‘Ezariyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committee in Al-‘Ezariyya Farid Za’rour told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the invasion took place as the residents were holding a nonviolent ceremony commemorating late President Yasser Arafat.
Za’rour added that the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs and glass bullets, in addition to firing dozens of gas bombs.
Three young men were moved to the medical center in Al-’Ezariyya; two of them were shot with live rounds, while the third was shot by a glass bullet.
Furthermore, fire broke out in a balcony window of an adjacent home after a gas bomb was fired at it; the family managed to extinguish the fire before it spread out.
In Bethlehem, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bethlehem Mohammad Breijiyya stated that dozens of local nonviolent activists managed to remove a tent installed by extremist Israeli settlers at the western entrance of Teqoua’ village, near Bethlehem.
The Palestinians removed the tent and raised a Palestinian flag in its place. The settlers installed their tent a few days ago in an attempt to create a new illegal settlement outpost.
15 nov 2013
Palestinian sources said that the Israeli court postponed the trial session of six detained students at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage said in a press statement on Thursday that the Israeli Magistrate's Court postponed the hearing of the 4 students, which was supposed to be held on Thursday, indefinitely.
The youths were arrested on charges of disturbing public order in the Aqsa Mosque during raids by groups of settlers in May 2011.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police forces arrested two other students at the Aqsa Mosque.
The youths were arrested on charges of disturbing public order in the Aqsa Mosque during raids by groups of settlers in May 2011.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police forces arrested two other students at the Aqsa Mosque.
Palestinian sources said that the Israeli court postponed the trial session of six detained students at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage said in a press statement on Thursday that the Israeli Magistrate's Court postponed the hearing of the 4 students, which was supposed to be held on Thursday, indefinitely.
The youths were arrested on charges of disturbing public order in the Aqsa Mosque during raids by groups of settlers in May 2011.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police forces arrested two other students at the Aqsa Mosque.
The youths were arrested on charges of disturbing public order in the Aqsa Mosque during raids by groups of settlers in May 2011.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police forces arrested two other students at the Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli police on Friday arrested 70 Palestinian workers in the 1948 occupied Palestine, under the pretext that "they entered Israel without work permits". According to the police statement, 67 of the detainees will be released and deported to the West Bank, while the detention of the 3 others will be extended.
Israel's police chief issued his instructions to arrest every Palestinian who enters the occupied territories without a work permit.
Israel's police chief issued his instructions to arrest every Palestinian who enters the occupied territories without a work permit.
Israeli occupation police announced that it arrested last night five Palestinians near the settlement of Maale Adumim, built on lands of the occupied city of Jerusalem. Hebrew radio on Friday quoted police sources as saying that an Israeli military force last night arrested five Palestinian youths while passing through Nabi Moussa crossroads near Maale Adumim, claiming that the force found a weapon and ammunition in possession of the young men.
The sources added that the police officers and Shin Bet elements began to question the detainees.
The occupation has stepped up its military activities on the roadblocks and escalated the campaigns of arrests of Palestinians in light of the increasing Israeli concerns about the escalation of the resistance operations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The sources added that the police officers and Shin Bet elements began to question the detainees.
The occupation has stepped up its military activities on the roadblocks and escalated the campaigns of arrests of Palestinians in light of the increasing Israeli concerns about the escalation of the resistance operations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Petah Tikva military court has extended Wednesday the detention of nine prisoners for completing their interrogation, Tadamun Foundation for human rights said.
The Foundation confirmed that the detention of 8 prisoners from different parts of West Bank was extended for eight days, while the Jerusalemite prisoners Saleh Al-Amoudi's arrest was extended for seven days further investigation.
The Foundation confirmed that the detention of 8 prisoners from different parts of West Bank was extended for eight days, while the Jerusalemite prisoners Saleh Al-Amoudi's arrest was extended for seven days further investigation.
The Israeli government is considering forcing Palestinian detainees from Jerusalem and historic Palestine into exile should they be released under an agreement with the Palestinian Authority.
The detainees have been imprisoned since before the first Oslo Agreement of 1994.
Israel refused to release any of the 27 detainees during the first and second phases in which it released, back in mid-August 26 veteran detainees (14 from Gaza and 12 from the West bank, and in late October when it released 26 veteran detainees (21 from Gaza and five from the West Bank).
Tel Aviv will be releasing more detainees on December 29, and on March 28 2014.
A number of Arab members of the Israeli Knesset visited veteran Palestinian detainees who told them that “not being released this December would be an act of betrayal against them”, and “a sort of capital punishment imposed on them by Palestinian negotiators.”
They urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) not to succumb to Israeli pressure, and said that they will not accept to be forced into exile in return for their release. They are demanding to be sent home once they are freed.
The Wattan News Agency has reported that Arab Mk’s Basel Ghattas and Ibrahim Sarsour met a number of senior Palestinian political leaders held by Israel, including Marwan Barghouthi, who said that all Jerusalem and historic Palestine detainees must be released during the third phase.
Ghattas told the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera that the detained leaders said all detainees refuse to be exiled from Palestine in return for their release, adding that this issue resembles one of the ways Israel avoids implementing its agreements and vows.
He further stated that the release of all 114 veteran detainees has nothing to do with the progress of peace talks, as the talks were resumed in exchange of having the P.A. suspend its lawsuits against Israel in International Courts.
On his part, Sarsour said Israel has been using the issue of the detainees to blackmail the P.A into providing more concessions on core issues, while the steadfastness and the ongoing struggle of the detainees themselves has always been strong.
The detainees have been imprisoned since before the first Oslo Agreement of 1994.
Israel refused to release any of the 27 detainees during the first and second phases in which it released, back in mid-August 26 veteran detainees (14 from Gaza and 12 from the West bank, and in late October when it released 26 veteran detainees (21 from Gaza and five from the West Bank).
Tel Aviv will be releasing more detainees on December 29, and on March 28 2014.
A number of Arab members of the Israeli Knesset visited veteran Palestinian detainees who told them that “not being released this December would be an act of betrayal against them”, and “a sort of capital punishment imposed on them by Palestinian negotiators.”
They urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) not to succumb to Israeli pressure, and said that they will not accept to be forced into exile in return for their release. They are demanding to be sent home once they are freed.
The Wattan News Agency has reported that Arab Mk’s Basel Ghattas and Ibrahim Sarsour met a number of senior Palestinian political leaders held by Israel, including Marwan Barghouthi, who said that all Jerusalem and historic Palestine detainees must be released during the third phase.
Ghattas told the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera that the detained leaders said all detainees refuse to be exiled from Palestine in return for their release, adding that this issue resembles one of the ways Israel avoids implementing its agreements and vows.
He further stated that the release of all 114 veteran detainees has nothing to do with the progress of peace talks, as the talks were resumed in exchange of having the P.A. suspend its lawsuits against Israel in International Courts.
On his part, Sarsour said Israel has been using the issue of the detainees to blackmail the P.A into providing more concessions on core issues, while the steadfastness and the ongoing struggle of the detainees themselves has always been strong.
14 nov 2013
Human rights network, based in Oslo, said that the Israeli authorities issued around 22,000 administrative detention orders against Palestinian prisoners since al-Aqsa Intifada on 28 September 2000. UFree Network confirmed that almost 150 Palestinians are held in administrative detention in the jails of Negev, Megiddo, Ramon and Ofer, the organization said.
The administrative detention is a detention without charge or trial, based on secret evidence no one is allowed to check, not even the prisoner's lawyer. According to Israeli military orders, administrative detention could be renewed more than once for 6 months each time.
Meanwhile, Ahrar center for prisoners studies confirmed that the administrative detention of former head of the Students Union in Bir Zeit University Fadi Hamad, 27, a new six months.
For his part, Fouad Khuffash, director of the center, stated that the prisoner Fadi Hamad was arrested administratively on May 2013.
Khuffash confirmed that Fadi Hamad, a student in Bir Zeit, is a liberated prisoner where he spent many years in Israeli jails.
He confirmed that Palestinian liberated prisoners are the main victim of administrative detention.
The administrative detention is a detention without charge or trial, based on secret evidence no one is allowed to check, not even the prisoner's lawyer. According to Israeli military orders, administrative detention could be renewed more than once for 6 months each time.
Meanwhile, Ahrar center for prisoners studies confirmed that the administrative detention of former head of the Students Union in Bir Zeit University Fadi Hamad, 27, a new six months.
For his part, Fouad Khuffash, director of the center, stated that the prisoner Fadi Hamad was arrested administratively on May 2013.
Khuffash confirmed that Fadi Hamad, a student in Bir Zeit, is a liberated prisoner where he spent many years in Israeli jails.
He confirmed that Palestinian liberated prisoners are the main victim of administrative detention.
Palestinian sources in the city of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, said that large Israeli military forces stormed on Wednesday afternoon the of town Bir Basha south of the city and arrested two Palestinians. The sources said that the detainees are the brother and a friend of the Palestinian teenager Hussein Ghawadra suspected of stabbing an Israeli soldier to death on Wednesday in Afula.
A large Israeli military force raided the home of the 16-year-old boy. They beat his father, and then arrested his elder brother Mutasem and his friend Jamil Ghawadra.
"At midnight an Israeli force stormed our house, and wreaked havoc in it. They destroyed the windows and the doors. They removed the water tanks, and detained my son Mutasem, who is a university student. They also detained Hussein's friend, Jamil Mohammad Ghawadra and assaulted my wife, my son Tawfiq, and I", Ghawadra's father said.
He added that the forces also threatened to demolish their home, and asked them to remove all of their furniture from the house.
Intelligence officers interrogated the father about Hussein's life and his motivations for stabbing an Israeli soldier.
Israeli sources said the boy Hussein confessed during the interrogation that he stabbed the soldier in the morning in the central bus station in Afula, in revenge for the imprisonment of two of his relatives in Israeli jails.
They said the soldier Eden Atias, aged 19, is one of the settlers living in Natsrat Illit settlement established on lands of the city of Nazareth, in northern 1948-occupied Palestine.
A large Israeli military force raided the home of the 16-year-old boy. They beat his father, and then arrested his elder brother Mutasem and his friend Jamil Ghawadra.
"At midnight an Israeli force stormed our house, and wreaked havoc in it. They destroyed the windows and the doors. They removed the water tanks, and detained my son Mutasem, who is a university student. They also detained Hussein's friend, Jamil Mohammad Ghawadra and assaulted my wife, my son Tawfiq, and I", Ghawadra's father said.
He added that the forces also threatened to demolish their home, and asked them to remove all of their furniture from the house.
Intelligence officers interrogated the father about Hussein's life and his motivations for stabbing an Israeli soldier.
Israeli sources said the boy Hussein confessed during the interrogation that he stabbed the soldier in the morning in the central bus station in Afula, in revenge for the imprisonment of two of his relatives in Israeli jails.
They said the soldier Eden Atias, aged 19, is one of the settlers living in Natsrat Illit settlement established on lands of the city of Nazareth, in northern 1948-occupied Palestine.
An Israeli special unit has stormed sections 4 and 6 in Raymond prison on Tuesday and conducted a search campaign for long hours, Palestinian Prisoners Society said. PPS said that 20 members of a special unit stormed room number 59 in section 4 and room 21 in section 6 in Raymond prison and searched for long hours the prisoners' personal properties, some of which were destroyed in total provocation to Palestinian prisoners.
PPS spokeswoman Amina al-Tawil confirmed that Israeli authorities have recently escalated attacks against Palestinian prisoners held in Raymond prison following their protests over the martyrdom of patient prisoner Hassan al-Torabi and Israeli medical negligence policy.
Israeli Prison administration has denied family visits to 29 Palestinian prisoners in sections 1 and 5 in Raymond for a whole month.
Al-Tawil confirmed that the prisoners have threatened to escalate their protests as a response to the Israeli harsh sanctions.
PPS revealed that 164 administrative detainees are held in Megiddo, Ofer, and Negev prisons.
The center added that 93 administrative prisoners were from al-Khalil, while 33 administrative prisoners were arrested in Nablus, in addition to 17 administrative detainees were detained in Ramallah.
PPS spokeswoman Amina al-Tawil confirmed that Israeli authorities have recently escalated attacks against Palestinian prisoners held in Raymond prison following their protests over the martyrdom of patient prisoner Hassan al-Torabi and Israeli medical negligence policy.
Israeli Prison administration has denied family visits to 29 Palestinian prisoners in sections 1 and 5 in Raymond for a whole month.
Al-Tawil confirmed that the prisoners have threatened to escalate their protests as a response to the Israeli harsh sanctions.
PPS revealed that 164 administrative detainees are held in Megiddo, Ofer, and Negev prisons.
The center added that 93 administrative prisoners were from al-Khalil, while 33 administrative prisoners were arrested in Nablus, in addition to 17 administrative detainees were detained in Ramallah.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed 14 Palestinian citizens from Al-Khalil including ten from Daheriya town at dawn Thursday.
Amjad Al-Najjar, the director of
Palestinian prisoner’s society in Al-Khalil, said that the IOF launched a
large-scale arrest campaign in Daheriya and rounded up ten citizens
including three brothers.
A Palestinian security source said that the soldiers also confiscated three cars for Palestinian citizens in Daheriya during the raid and set up roadblocks at its entrances.
Three other Palestinians were nabbed in Beit Uwa village and a fourth was arrested in Al-Khalil city.
In another context, Jewish settlers offered religious rituals inside one of the old houses in Samu village, also in Al-Khalil governorate, and clashed with protesting citizens, local sources said, adding that IOF soldiers backed the settlers and that two young men in the village were injured in the confrontations.
Soldiers Kidnap 13 Palestinians In Hebron, Two Near Jenin
Settlers Burn Home Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded the Ath-Thaheriyya and Deir Samet towns, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped 13 Palestinians. Two more Palestinians were kidnapped near Jenin.
Local sources have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 10 Palestinians including four brothers.
The kidnapped residents have been identified as Osama, Raed, Ala’ and Adel Mohammad An-Najjar, in addition to Riyadh Mohammad Al-Battat, Madeen Al-Ka’ky, Ibrahim Makhazra, Mahmoud Roweidat, Fayez Rabba’ and Mohyee Al-Battat.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded Deir Samet village, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians, including two brothers. The kidnapped have been identified as Luay and Odai Samir Masalma, and Yousef Rasmy Masalma.
In related news, soldiers invaded the Be’er A-Basha village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Mo’tasem Sharif Ghawadra, the brother of a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli soldier in Al-‘Affoula.
The father, Sharif, said that dozens of soldiers violently broke into the home at midnight and hurled a sound grenade in the house.
He added that the soldiers violently searched the property, and assaulted his family, adding that serious damage to windows, doors and closets resulted from the Israeli military attack.
Sharif further stated that soldiers violently assaulted him, his wife and his son, Tawfiq, and kidnapped Jamil Mohammad Ghawadra, 16 years of age, who was staying over.
The Israeli army claimed that the arrests are connected to the death of an Israeli soldier who was stabbed on Wednesday in Al-‘Affoula, and said that the kidnapped wrote graffiti containing the name of the soldier in the village.
In related news, a number of fundamentalist Israeli settlers burnt, late on Wednesday at night, a Palestinian home in Sinjel village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wounding five family members.
Medical sources said that the wounded residents were moved to the Ramallah Governmental Hospital suffering mild injuries.
A Palestinian security source said that the soldiers also confiscated three cars for Palestinian citizens in Daheriya during the raid and set up roadblocks at its entrances.
Three other Palestinians were nabbed in Beit Uwa village and a fourth was arrested in Al-Khalil city.
In another context, Jewish settlers offered religious rituals inside one of the old houses in Samu village, also in Al-Khalil governorate, and clashed with protesting citizens, local sources said, adding that IOF soldiers backed the settlers and that two young men in the village were injured in the confrontations.
Soldiers Kidnap 13 Palestinians In Hebron, Two Near Jenin
Settlers Burn Home Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded the Ath-Thaheriyya and Deir Samet towns, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped 13 Palestinians. Two more Palestinians were kidnapped near Jenin.
Local sources have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 10 Palestinians including four brothers.
The kidnapped residents have been identified as Osama, Raed, Ala’ and Adel Mohammad An-Najjar, in addition to Riyadh Mohammad Al-Battat, Madeen Al-Ka’ky, Ibrahim Makhazra, Mahmoud Roweidat, Fayez Rabba’ and Mohyee Al-Battat.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded Deir Samet village, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians, including two brothers. The kidnapped have been identified as Luay and Odai Samir Masalma, and Yousef Rasmy Masalma.
In related news, soldiers invaded the Be’er A-Basha village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Mo’tasem Sharif Ghawadra, the brother of a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli soldier in Al-‘Affoula.
The father, Sharif, said that dozens of soldiers violently broke into the home at midnight and hurled a sound grenade in the house.
He added that the soldiers violently searched the property, and assaulted his family, adding that serious damage to windows, doors and closets resulted from the Israeli military attack.
Sharif further stated that soldiers violently assaulted him, his wife and his son, Tawfiq, and kidnapped Jamil Mohammad Ghawadra, 16 years of age, who was staying over.
The Israeli army claimed that the arrests are connected to the death of an Israeli soldier who was stabbed on Wednesday in Al-‘Affoula, and said that the kidnapped wrote graffiti containing the name of the soldier in the village.
In related news, a number of fundamentalist Israeli settlers burnt, late on Wednesday at night, a Palestinian home in Sinjel village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wounding five family members.
Medical sources said that the wounded residents were moved to the Ramallah Governmental Hospital suffering mild injuries.
Violent confrontations were reported in Silwad village, east of Ramallah, after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed it afternoon Wednesday. Local sources said that the soldiers closed shops and beat up a Palestinian minor in one of the small groceries, adding that he was hospitalized.
They said that another citizen suffered breathing difficulty due to the IOF use of teargas grenades and was taken to a clinic in the town.
The sources said that the raiding soldiers arrested Saleh Al-Natur in an ambush during the confrontations. The PIC reporter said that the soldiers closed all entrances to the village and set up roadblocks that blocked entry of inhabitants back to their homes.
The soldiers used live and rubber bullets in the confrontations along with teargas canisters and fired at citizens’ homes, the sources said.
They said that another citizen suffered breathing difficulty due to the IOF use of teargas grenades and was taken to a clinic in the town.
The sources said that the raiding soldiers arrested Saleh Al-Natur in an ambush during the confrontations. The PIC reporter said that the soldiers closed all entrances to the village and set up roadblocks that blocked entry of inhabitants back to their homes.
The soldiers used live and rubber bullets in the confrontations along with teargas canisters and fired at citizens’ homes, the sources said.
