25 nov 2013
The father of Mohamed Mahdi, a Jordanian child detained by Israel, appealed to the UN and its committee on the rights of the child to intervene to have his son released. Mahdi Suleiman, the father, accused the Israeli occupation regime of exposing his son to torture and maltreatment and depriving him of his basic rights, affirming that his son has been in detention since last March without holding a trial for him.
Suleiman appealed to Jordanian king Abdullah Ibn Al-Hussein to intervene and have his foreign ministry arrange visits on a regular basis for him and the families of the other Jordanian prisoners to see their sons in Israeli jails.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped the son of Suleiman on March 13, 2013 on allegations of throwing stones at an Israeli military patrol and consequently causing wounds to seven soldiers.
Suleiman appealed to Jordanian king Abdullah Ibn Al-Hussein to intervene and have his foreign ministry arrange visits on a regular basis for him and the families of the other Jordanian prisoners to see their sons in Israeli jails.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped the son of Suleiman on March 13, 2013 on allegations of throwing stones at an Israeli military patrol and consequently causing wounds to seven soldiers.
Israeli settlers and forces have stormed this morning al-Aqsa Mosque, where 4 female worshipers were arrested in addition to a teacher and a female student while entering the mosque. Eight extremist settlers stormed al-Aqsa mosque from the Mughrabi Gate and performed Talmudic rituals amid heavy police presence.
The Israeli police have checked the Palestinian worshipers' identities while entering into the mosque. Four female worshipers, a teacher, and a female student were arrested and took to investigation center.
Meanwhile, al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage stated that the Israeli Knesset has discussed on Monday the Israeli police preparations for the protection to settlers' Talmudic rituals in al-Aqsa mosque during the Hanukkah or Festival of Lights.
The Foundation said that representatives of Israeli Security Services, police, and Ministry of Religion Affairs, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Temple Mount organization, in addition to organizations concerned with alleged temple have attended the session.
The session came in coincidence with the extremist groups' calls to break into Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Israeli police have banned three students from entering into al-Aqsa mosque for 15 days without any justification.
The Foundation pointed that students at al-Aqsa mosque are subjected to several Israeli harassments including arrests.
The Israeli police have checked the Palestinian worshipers' identities while entering into the mosque. Four female worshipers, a teacher, and a female student were arrested and took to investigation center.
Meanwhile, al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage stated that the Israeli Knesset has discussed on Monday the Israeli police preparations for the protection to settlers' Talmudic rituals in al-Aqsa mosque during the Hanukkah or Festival of Lights.
The Foundation said that representatives of Israeli Security Services, police, and Ministry of Religion Affairs, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Temple Mount organization, in addition to organizations concerned with alleged temple have attended the session.
The session came in coincidence with the extremist groups' calls to break into Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Israeli police have banned three students from entering into al-Aqsa mosque for 15 days without any justification.
The Foundation pointed that students at al-Aqsa mosque are subjected to several Israeli harassments including arrests.
Violent clashes have erupted at down today in Jenin and Balata refugee camps east of Nablus where Israeli forces fired intensively sound and tear gas bombs. Five arrests were reported. Dozens of Israeli military vehicles stormed Jenin refugee camp and clashed with Palestinian citizens who stoned Israeli soldiers. Three Palestinian were arrested after storming their houses, local sources said.
The sources added that the occupation forces have violently raided the house of Sheikh Bassam Saadi, a leader in Jihad Movement, and Jamal Fares, the sources added.
Moreover, Israeli occupation forces stormed Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, two arrests were reported.
Hamas Movement confirmed in a report that 80 arrests were carried out by occupation forces arrested during the past week throughout West Bank cities after launching night raids against Palestinian houses.
The report documented 16 arrests in occupied Jerusalem, 38 arrests in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem and Qalqilya northern West Bank, while 6 other were detained in Ramallah.
Three liberated prisoners were among the detainees in addition to a Palestinian female, the report added.
The sources added that the occupation forces have violently raided the house of Sheikh Bassam Saadi, a leader in Jihad Movement, and Jamal Fares, the sources added.
Moreover, Israeli occupation forces stormed Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, two arrests were reported.
Hamas Movement confirmed in a report that 80 arrests were carried out by occupation forces arrested during the past week throughout West Bank cities after launching night raids against Palestinian houses.
The report documented 16 arrests in occupied Jerusalem, 38 arrests in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem and Qalqilya northern West Bank, while 6 other were detained in Ramallah.
Three liberated prisoners were among the detainees in addition to a Palestinian female, the report added.
The Palestine prisoners center for studies said that all 170 Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli occupation jails had gone on hunger strike on Monday. The center said in a press statement that the administrative detainees in Negev, Ofer, and Megiddo started their first day of intermittent hunger strike in the second stage of their protest against their incarceration without trial or charge.
It pointed out that those detainees, especially in Negev jail, have been subjected to punitive measures to dissuade them from continuing in their protest, yet they are adamant on continuing in their struggle.
The center said that tension is also running high in the Negev jail after its administration refused to end the solitary confinement of four prisoners, who were sent to isolation cells on Sunday.
It pointed out that those detainees, especially in Negev jail, have been subjected to punitive measures to dissuade them from continuing in their protest, yet they are adamant on continuing in their struggle.
The center said that tension is also running high in the Negev jail after its administration refused to end the solitary confinement of four prisoners, who were sent to isolation cells on Sunday.
A number of citizens were wounded and others were arrested in the Israeli occupation forces’ quelling of a peaceful demonstration to the east of occupied Jerusalem on Monday morning. Activists of the popular committees against the wall and settlement told the PIC that IOF soldiers used violent means to quell a demonstration by inhabitants of Alezariya in rejection of settlement activity and harassment of citizens.
They said that a number of citizens were wounded and bruised while three were detained in the demonstration near the entrance to the town.
The activists pointed out that the citizens were protesting the daily traffic jams caused by IOF soldiers at the entrance to Alezariya to protect and facilitate movement of Jewish settlers in the nearby Ma’aleh Adumim settlement.
They said that a number of citizens were wounded and bruised while three were detained in the demonstration near the entrance to the town.
The activists pointed out that the citizens were protesting the daily traffic jams caused by IOF soldiers at the entrance to Alezariya to protect and facilitate movement of Jewish settlers in the nearby Ma’aleh Adumim settlement.
Israeli police arrested ten Jerusalemite minors from Issawiye, east of occupied Jerusalem, after charging them with throwing stones and firebombs at an Israeli army camp. The police claimed in a statement published on Sunday that the ten boys were members of two resistance cells suspected of repeatedly attacking an army camp with stones and Molotov cocktails over the past few months.
It said that the boys also threw stones and firebombs at the Hebrew university buildings and at police and public cars in Jerusalem streets.
The police statement said that the Magistrate court in Jerusalem extended the remand of five of the minors after new charges were leveled against them mainly trying to start a fire.
It said that the boys also threw stones and firebombs at the Hebrew university buildings and at police and public cars in Jerusalem streets.
The police statement said that the Magistrate court in Jerusalem extended the remand of five of the minors after new charges were leveled against them mainly trying to start a fire.
24 nov 2013
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn and on Saturday evening, several Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and in the Gaza Strip. Most of the invasions and arrests took place in the Hebron District, in southern West Bank.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and settlements in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, said that dozens of soldiers invaded the town, and kidnapped Montaser Abdul-Hamid Awad, 22.
He added that Awad is a former political prisoner who spent two years in Israeli prisons. He was taken prisoner, on Sunday at dawn, after the soldiers violently broke into his house, and searched it causing excessive damage.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Doura city, southwest of Hebron, broke into a home and kidnapped one resident identified as Noureddin Mohammad Wishah, and took him to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, Israeli military sources stated that the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians in Beit Ola village, near Hebron, one of them identified as Ibrahim Ahmad Al-‘Adam. Another Palestinian has been kidnapped in Beit Awwa town, and another in Hebron city.
On Sunday at dawn, soldiers installed a roadblock on the Halhoul Bridge, north of Hebron, while dozens of soldiers invaded a number of neighborhoods in Hebron city, and in Nouba village, west of Hebron.
Medical sources said that the soldiers attacked, and injured, Ahmad Suleiman Al-‘Emla, 22, from Beit Ola village, and Adham Jamal Saya’ra, 20, from Kharas village. Both were working near Ramadeen village, south of Hebron; they suffered moderate injuries and were moved to the Hebron Governmental Hospital.
Local sources in the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, said that at least fifteen military vehicles invaded the camp, and fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition.
Soldiers then broke into a number of homes, and violently searching them, using some as monitoring towers, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Ahmad Abu Zeina, 25, and Tawfiq Saber Jarjou’, 26.
The invasion lasted for three hours, while Israeli sharpshooters were seen taking positions on rooftops in the camp.
Furthermore, Israeli military sources said that resident Odai Bassem Al-Jamry, 16, from the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, has been taken prisoner in Haifa, allegedly after he attempted to stab an Israeli soldier.
His father is a Palestinian security officer; the soldiers searched his home, and confiscated a computer and other equipment.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians near a Kibbutz close to the border with Gaza, in an area east of the Al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The army said that the three were not armed, and were taken prisoner after approaching the border fence. They were moved to an undisclosed interrogation facility.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and settlements in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, said that dozens of soldiers invaded the town, and kidnapped Montaser Abdul-Hamid Awad, 22.
He added that Awad is a former political prisoner who spent two years in Israeli prisons. He was taken prisoner, on Sunday at dawn, after the soldiers violently broke into his house, and searched it causing excessive damage.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Doura city, southwest of Hebron, broke into a home and kidnapped one resident identified as Noureddin Mohammad Wishah, and took him to an unknown destination.
Furthermore, Israeli military sources stated that the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians in Beit Ola village, near Hebron, one of them identified as Ibrahim Ahmad Al-‘Adam. Another Palestinian has been kidnapped in Beit Awwa town, and another in Hebron city.
On Sunday at dawn, soldiers installed a roadblock on the Halhoul Bridge, north of Hebron, while dozens of soldiers invaded a number of neighborhoods in Hebron city, and in Nouba village, west of Hebron.
Medical sources said that the soldiers attacked, and injured, Ahmad Suleiman Al-‘Emla, 22, from Beit Ola village, and Adham Jamal Saya’ra, 20, from Kharas village. Both were working near Ramadeen village, south of Hebron; they suffered moderate injuries and were moved to the Hebron Governmental Hospital.
Local sources in the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, said that at least fifteen military vehicles invaded the camp, and fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition.
Soldiers then broke into a number of homes, and violently searching them, using some as monitoring towers, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Ahmad Abu Zeina, 25, and Tawfiq Saber Jarjou’, 26.
The invasion lasted for three hours, while Israeli sharpshooters were seen taking positions on rooftops in the camp.
Furthermore, Israeli military sources said that resident Odai Bassem Al-Jamry, 16, from the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, has been taken prisoner in Haifa, allegedly after he attempted to stab an Israeli soldier.
His father is a Palestinian security officer; the soldiers searched his home, and confiscated a computer and other equipment.
In related news, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians near a Kibbutz close to the border with Gaza, in an area east of the Al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The army said that the three were not armed, and were taken prisoner after approaching the border fence. They were moved to an undisclosed interrogation facility.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up seven Palestinians in various West Bank areas after storming and searching houses at dawn Sunday. Mohammed Awad, the coordinator of the popular committee against the wall and settlement in Al-Khalil, said that IOF soldiers detained liberated prisoner Muntaser Awad from Beit Ummar town, north of Al-Khalil.
He said that the soldiers also arrested the teenager, Nour Wishah, from Dura town, south west of Al-Khalil.
Local sources in Beit Ola village, west of Al-Khalil, said that IOF soldiers nabbed Ibrahim Al-Adam in addition to two others, the identity of which could not yet be known.
IOF soldiers set up a roadblock at Halhoul bridge and roamed the streets of Al-Khalil city and nearby villages and beat up two workers, who suffered medium wounds as a result.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers broke into a number of Palestinian homes in Taku village, south of Bethlehem, and served a summons to Amer Al-Badan.
In Jenin, IOF soldiers stormed Jenin refugee camp and arrested two citizens after a large-scale search campaign that was coupled with heavy shooting to terrorize the inhabitants, locals reported.
He said that the soldiers also arrested the teenager, Nour Wishah, from Dura town, south west of Al-Khalil.
Local sources in Beit Ola village, west of Al-Khalil, said that IOF soldiers nabbed Ibrahim Al-Adam in addition to two others, the identity of which could not yet be known.
IOF soldiers set up a roadblock at Halhoul bridge and roamed the streets of Al-Khalil city and nearby villages and beat up two workers, who suffered medium wounds as a result.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers broke into a number of Palestinian homes in Taku village, south of Bethlehem, and served a summons to Amer Al-Badan.
In Jenin, IOF soldiers stormed Jenin refugee camp and arrested two citizens after a large-scale search campaign that was coupled with heavy shooting to terrorize the inhabitants, locals reported.
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage said that the Israeli police in the occupied city of Jerusalem arrested on Sunday two teachers at Al-Aqsa Mosque and a student, and took them to the Qishleh center for interrogation. The Foundation added in a press statement that twenty extremist settlers, led by Yehuda Glick, stormed the Aqsa Mosque on Sunday morning from the Mughrabi Gate and toured its courtyards, under the protection of the Israeli police.
Abu Atta, the Foundation's media director, pointed out that the Israeli policemen also prevented three students from entering the Aqsa Mosque.
He stressed that Al-Aqsa has been witnessing a state of high tension because of the settlers' repeated incursions and the occupation's tight restrictions imposed on the Mosque's gates and courtyards, and pointed to the presence of Israeli rapid intervention forces in Al-Aqsa plazas.
Abu Atta, the Foundation's media director, pointed out that the Israeli policemen also prevented three students from entering the Aqsa Mosque.
He stressed that Al-Aqsa has been witnessing a state of high tension because of the settlers' repeated incursions and the occupation's tight restrictions imposed on the Mosque's gates and courtyards, and pointed to the presence of Israeli rapid intervention forces in Al-Aqsa plazas.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the Jenin refugee camp at dawn Sunday and broke into many homes before taking away two young men. Local sources said that IOF soldiers in a big number of army vehicles burst into the refugee camp after surrounding it and closed all its entrances.
They said that the soldiers set up ambushes in various areas and arrested two citizens in their twenties.
The sources pointed out that the soldiers also broke into the eastern suburb of Jenin city and combed its various alleys.
They said that the soldiers set up ambushes in various areas and arrested two citizens in their twenties.
The sources pointed out that the soldiers also broke into the eastern suburb of Jenin city and combed its various alleys.
Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights appealed to UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to urgently intervene to end the suffering of the Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails.
In an urgent letter sent to Ki-moon, the center stated that there are more than 150 Palestinians administratively detained in Israeli jails.
It explained that these detainees are imprisoned illegally without leveling any charges against them.
The center called on Ki-moon to pressure Israel to abide by the international law and end its illegal administrative detention of Palestinians.
The center noted that the administrative detainees in Israeli jails include academics, lawmakers and noted political figures.
The Israeli occupation authority routinely employs administrative detention as part of its racist policies against the Palestinians, although the international law stipulates that it may be exercised only in very rare cases. Over the years, thousands of Palestinians have been held in Israeli jails as administrative detainees for extended periods of time without either indictment or trial.
Administrative detainees escalate their protest steps
Administrative detainees in the Israeli occupation jails are scheduled to escalate their protest steps against administrative detention on Monday. Researcher at Tadhamon Foundation for Human Rights Ahmed Beitawi said on Sunday that the administrative prisoners will start a new escalatory step on Monday represented in refusing food for one day each week, and that after 20 days they will go on hunger strike for two days per week.
About 180 administrative captives announced at the end of October boycotting the Israeli courts of Ofer and the Negev and the Supreme court in Jerusalem.
Beitawi pointed out that in case the prison administration does not meet the administrative prisoners' demands, they will announce at the end of next month boycotting the prison clinics and medicines, and added that they may launch in the end an open-ended hunger strike.
For his part, MP Abdel Jaber Fuqaha, held in administrative detention, stated that the prisoners are determined to continue their escalatory program until the occupation meets their demands and puts an end to the file of administrative detention.
He also hailed the role of the human rights organizations and the media that have been supporting their strike.
In an urgent letter sent to Ki-moon, the center stated that there are more than 150 Palestinians administratively detained in Israeli jails.
It explained that these detainees are imprisoned illegally without leveling any charges against them.
The center called on Ki-moon to pressure Israel to abide by the international law and end its illegal administrative detention of Palestinians.
The center noted that the administrative detainees in Israeli jails include academics, lawmakers and noted political figures.
The Israeli occupation authority routinely employs administrative detention as part of its racist policies against the Palestinians, although the international law stipulates that it may be exercised only in very rare cases. Over the years, thousands of Palestinians have been held in Israeli jails as administrative detainees for extended periods of time without either indictment or trial.
Administrative detainees escalate their protest steps
Administrative detainees in the Israeli occupation jails are scheduled to escalate their protest steps against administrative detention on Monday. Researcher at Tadhamon Foundation for Human Rights Ahmed Beitawi said on Sunday that the administrative prisoners will start a new escalatory step on Monday represented in refusing food for one day each week, and that after 20 days they will go on hunger strike for two days per week.
About 180 administrative captives announced at the end of October boycotting the Israeli courts of Ofer and the Negev and the Supreme court in Jerusalem.
Beitawi pointed out that in case the prison administration does not meet the administrative prisoners' demands, they will announce at the end of next month boycotting the prison clinics and medicines, and added that they may launch in the end an open-ended hunger strike.
For his part, MP Abdel Jaber Fuqaha, held in administrative detention, stated that the prisoners are determined to continue their escalatory program until the occupation meets their demands and puts an end to the file of administrative detention.
He also hailed the role of the human rights organizations and the media that have been supporting their strike.
23 nov 2013
Freed prisoner Muntaha al-Hih revealed in an affidavit, recorded by Ahrar Center for the studies of prisoners and human rights, that she was beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers in jail, which caused her bleeding in the kidney. The liberated captive, aged 21 from al-Khalil, had been detained by the Israeli occupation for several months. She was held in solitary confinement and was released on the 19th of this month on bail.
Al-Hih said: "Ever since I was arrested, the Israeli soldiers kept on beating me and depriving me of sleep. I had been also handcuffed for long hours, and I still suffer from pain because of the beating."
She added that one of the Israeli officers severely beat her, causing her bleeding in the kidney, as the prison doctor informed her.
The liberated captive said she has been isolated from the rest of Palestinian prisoners who are held in Hasharon prison. She was detained with the criminal prisoners, so she protested by refusing food for days.
"Most of the time, I was being held alone in a room in Maskobiyya center, where the soldiers treated me very badly. Being deprived of my family visits has also caused me a psychological suffering, especially with the continuation of the investigation with the occupation hideous methods," she added.
Ahrar Center charged that the Israeli occupation authorities had continued its aggressive practices against the Palestinian female prisoners in its detention centers, encouraged by international silence.
It urged the UN agencies to prosecute the occupation for its repeated crimes against the Palestinian prisoners
Al-Hih said: "Ever since I was arrested, the Israeli soldiers kept on beating me and depriving me of sleep. I had been also handcuffed for long hours, and I still suffer from pain because of the beating."
She added that one of the Israeli officers severely beat her, causing her bleeding in the kidney, as the prison doctor informed her.
The liberated captive said she has been isolated from the rest of Palestinian prisoners who are held in Hasharon prison. She was detained with the criminal prisoners, so she protested by refusing food for days.
"Most of the time, I was being held alone in a room in Maskobiyya center, where the soldiers treated me very badly. Being deprived of my family visits has also caused me a psychological suffering, especially with the continuation of the investigation with the occupation hideous methods," she added.
Ahrar Center charged that the Israeli occupation authorities had continued its aggressive practices against the Palestinian female prisoners in its detention centers, encouraged by international silence.
It urged the UN agencies to prosecute the occupation for its repeated crimes against the Palestinian prisoners
The family of the two brothers Islam and Mohamed Bader, detained in Israeli jails, stated that Israeli Prison Service (IPS) isolated both after declaring an open hunger strike, Ahrar center revealed. Mohamed, 25, and Islam, 20, have declared a hunger strike seven days ago against their administrative detention without charge or trial, the center added.
Fuad Khuffash, the center director, pointed out that Mohamed was detained in 2008 where he was sentenced to 4 years and a half for belonging to Jihad Movement. He didn't complete his high education due to the Israeli successive arrests.
The hunger striker Islam, a student at Birzeit University since 2011, was arrested in 2011 where he spent 9 months in administrative detention, Khuffash added.
Fuad Khuffash, the center director, pointed out that Mohamed was detained in 2008 where he was sentenced to 4 years and a half for belonging to Jihad Movement. He didn't complete his high education due to the Israeli successive arrests.
The hunger striker Islam, a student at Birzeit University since 2011, was arrested in 2011 where he spent 9 months in administrative detention, Khuffash added.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) imposed at dawn Saturday a tight siege on Barta'a village isolated behind the Apartheid Wall in Jenin, preventing people's movement. Local sources said that the IOF closed the only entrance to the village at dawn today until further notice, preventing the citizens from reaching their workplaces.
The occupation forces told the citizens of their decision to close Barta'a's entrance under security pretexts, the sources added, pointing out that several Palestinian vehicles remained stranded on both sides of the barrier.
Barta'a village has been isolated behind the Apartheid Wall since 2003. Its residents have been continuously subjected to humiliating treatment while passing through its sole entrance controlled by IOF soldiers, in addition to daily demolition notifications and raids.
Meanwhile, IOF arrested on Thursday a student at al-Najah National University from Ya'bad village in Jenin and questioned his colleagues who were with him in a bus on their way home.
Israeli occupation forces chased and stopped the bus after passing through a military checkpoint where they arrested Ramez Ghaleb Abu Bakr, 20, and checked all the passengers' identity cards, eyewitnesses said.
The sources pointed out that five other students, who were among the passengers, were interrogated before taking Ramez to an unknown destination.
More than 30 youths from Ya'bad town were arrested recently as part of an Israeli large arrest campaign to prevent alleged attacks against Israeli settlers and soldiers.
The occupation forces told the citizens of their decision to close Barta'a's entrance under security pretexts, the sources added, pointing out that several Palestinian vehicles remained stranded on both sides of the barrier.
Barta'a village has been isolated behind the Apartheid Wall since 2003. Its residents have been continuously subjected to humiliating treatment while passing through its sole entrance controlled by IOF soldiers, in addition to daily demolition notifications and raids.
Meanwhile, IOF arrested on Thursday a student at al-Najah National University from Ya'bad village in Jenin and questioned his colleagues who were with him in a bus on their way home.
Israeli occupation forces chased and stopped the bus after passing through a military checkpoint where they arrested Ramez Ghaleb Abu Bakr, 20, and checked all the passengers' identity cards, eyewitnesses said.
The sources pointed out that five other students, who were among the passengers, were interrogated before taking Ramez to an unknown destination.
More than 30 youths from Ya'bad town were arrested recently as part of an Israeli large arrest campaign to prevent alleged attacks against Israeli settlers and soldiers.
Three Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails went on hunger strike last Monday 18/11, Ibrahim Al-Araj, the lawyer of the ministry of prisoners, said on Saturday. He said in a statement that the strikers are Mohammed Asy, Anas Asy, and Thaer Abdo and are all from Beit Lakia village near Ramallah.
He said that now four administrative detainees were on hunger strike protesting their detention without trial or charge.
The lawyer said that the fourth detainee is Akram Fassisi, from Edhna village in Al-Khalil who has been on hunger strike since 29/9.
He said that now four administrative detainees were on hunger strike protesting their detention without trial or charge.
The lawyer said that the fourth detainee is Akram Fassisi, from Edhna village in Al-Khalil who has been on hunger strike since 29/9.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) served summonses to two citizens in Seelat Al-Daher village, south of Jenin, at dawn Saturday. Local sources said that the soldiers broke into the homes of Maher Atiya and Mohammed Maloul and handed them the summonses for intelligence interrogation.
They said that the soldiers searched and ransacked both homes and interrogated family members.
The sources pointed out that the soldiers were deployed in the area between Seelat Al-Daher and Funduqmiya villages, adding that the soldiers also set up a roadblock on the Jenin-Nablus road.
They said that the soldiers searched and ransacked both homes and interrogated family members.
The sources pointed out that the soldiers were deployed in the area between Seelat Al-Daher and Funduqmiya villages, adding that the soldiers also set up a roadblock on the Jenin-Nablus road.
22 nov 2013
Jordanian prisoner Alaa Hammad is nearing death after 204 days of hunger strike in Israeli jails, human rights sources confirmed. Waed Association for prisoners expressed deep concern over the serious health condition of hunger striker Alaa Hamdan without any national or international attention to his issue.
Israeli authorities have transferred the hunger striker more than once from one prison to another in an attempt to break his will and his hunger strike that was launched 7 months ago.
Waed condemned the PA's passive position towards Hammad's issue, calling to work for his release before it is too late.
It also appealed to all the Palestinian people and factions to unite their ranks and overcome their differences in defense of prisoners' issue particularly Hammad's serious case.
Alaa Hammad, a father of six children, started his hunger strike on 2nd May 2013 along with 4 other Palestinian political prisoners. He suffers vision problems and severe pains throughout his body and he cannot walk, in addition to losing many of his weight.
Israeli authorities have transferred the hunger striker more than once from one prison to another in an attempt to break his will and his hunger strike that was launched 7 months ago.
Waed condemned the PA's passive position towards Hammad's issue, calling to work for his release before it is too late.
It also appealed to all the Palestinian people and factions to unite their ranks and overcome their differences in defense of prisoners' issue particularly Hammad's serious case.
Alaa Hammad, a father of six children, started his hunger strike on 2nd May 2013 along with 4 other Palestinian political prisoners. He suffers vision problems and severe pains throughout his body and he cannot walk, in addition to losing many of his weight.
Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) have extended the administrative detention of MP Abdel Jaber Fuqaha, 47, for the second time in a row. Director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners' Studies, Fouad Khuffash, stated that MP Fuqaha who was arrested in June 2013 was turned to administrative detention. He had been released on 2012 after spending more than 88 months in administrative detention.
Khuffash pointed that IOA extended this week two other Palestinian MPs' administrative detention without charges or trial.
For her part, the deputy's wife expressed her deep sorrow after the extension of her husband's arrest especially that his daughter's wedding was delayed due to his repeated arrests
Khuffash pointed that IOA extended this week two other Palestinian MPs' administrative detention without charges or trial.
For her part, the deputy's wife expressed her deep sorrow after the extension of her husband's arrest especially that his daughter's wedding was delayed due to his repeated arrests
The Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Friday three Palestinians after raiding their homes in the town of Azzun in the southeast of Qalqilya and took them to an unknown destination.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested the three citizens claiming they are wanted, and transferred them to interrogation centers, after searching their homes.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested the three citizens claiming they are wanted, and transferred them to interrogation centers, after searching their homes.
Palestinian MP Bassem Zaarir announced that the administrative detainees will start escalatory steps, including open hunger strike to end their detention, adding that the prisoners' suffering has continued in the absence of a real move to release them. Zaarir, who was released on Thursday from the occupation jails after one year of detention, stressed that the administrative detention represents a violation of international laws.
He warned of the Israeli attempts to kill the spirits of the Palestinian people by targeting the leaders, icons and MPs by the administrative detention, noting that the number of administrative detainees increased to more than 160.
He warned of the Israeli attempts to kill the spirits of the Palestinian people by targeting the leaders, icons and MPs by the administrative detention, noting that the number of administrative detainees increased to more than 160.
21 nov 2013
Detainees held at the Majeddo Israeli prison are facing a severe health crisis, due to the lack of adequate medical treatment by the prison, reports the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).
In a press release, the PPS stated that detainee Anas Jaradat has been suffering from serious complications in his back, left leg and knees, and has lost the ability to move his fingers.
The PPS added that Anas was not seen by a specialized physician, and was given wrong medication, which caused serious reactions and complications. He now cannot feel his left foot.
Furthermore, the PPS stated that detainee Ammar Hammoud suffers with asthma, high blood pressure and a kidney infection. In addition, detainee Mowaffaq Hamamy suffers with sharp pain in his back and nerve issues which prevent him from conducting normal daily activities.
The PPS said that the detainees face ongoing violations, assaults and abuse, and that ailing detainees are not granted the care which they need. There are dozens of detainees, suffering with extremely serious health issues, who are not granted basic and essential medical treatment.
The number of detainees who died in prison, either due to torture or to being shot by soldiers during and after their arrest, since 1967, currently stands at 204.
The latest casualties among the detainees are Maisara Abu Hamdiyya, 63, who died on April 2nd 2013, and Arafat Jaradat, 20, who died on February 22 2013.
Abu Hamdiyya had been suffering from a brain tumor, in addition to a fourth stage carcinoma in his lung, as well as lymphatic, liver, spine and throat cancer which extended to his vocal cords.
Despite the seriousness of his condition, the Israeli Prison Administration did not grant Mr. Hamdiyya the urgently needed and specialized medical treatment until it was too late.
Detainee Arafat Jaradat, died at the Mejeddo Israeli prison, seven days after his arrest; he was a healthy young man from Sa’ir town in Hebron, and was tortured to death by Israeli interrogators.
Israel is currently holding captive 5,200 Palestinians in 17 prisons, detention camps and interrogation facilities across the region. The number includes 250 children and 13 women, in addition to 13 democratically elected legislators.
In a press release, the PPS stated that detainee Anas Jaradat has been suffering from serious complications in his back, left leg and knees, and has lost the ability to move his fingers.
The PPS added that Anas was not seen by a specialized physician, and was given wrong medication, which caused serious reactions and complications. He now cannot feel his left foot.
Furthermore, the PPS stated that detainee Ammar Hammoud suffers with asthma, high blood pressure and a kidney infection. In addition, detainee Mowaffaq Hamamy suffers with sharp pain in his back and nerve issues which prevent him from conducting normal daily activities.
The PPS said that the detainees face ongoing violations, assaults and abuse, and that ailing detainees are not granted the care which they need. There are dozens of detainees, suffering with extremely serious health issues, who are not granted basic and essential medical treatment.
The number of detainees who died in prison, either due to torture or to being shot by soldiers during and after their arrest, since 1967, currently stands at 204.
The latest casualties among the detainees are Maisara Abu Hamdiyya, 63, who died on April 2nd 2013, and Arafat Jaradat, 20, who died on February 22 2013.
Abu Hamdiyya had been suffering from a brain tumor, in addition to a fourth stage carcinoma in his lung, as well as lymphatic, liver, spine and throat cancer which extended to his vocal cords.
Despite the seriousness of his condition, the Israeli Prison Administration did not grant Mr. Hamdiyya the urgently needed and specialized medical treatment until it was too late.
Detainee Arafat Jaradat, died at the Mejeddo Israeli prison, seven days after his arrest; he was a healthy young man from Sa’ir town in Hebron, and was tortured to death by Israeli interrogators.
Israel is currently holding captive 5,200 Palestinians in 17 prisons, detention camps and interrogation facilities across the region. The number includes 250 children and 13 women, in addition to 13 democratically elected legislators.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Shuyukh village in Al-Khalil at dawn Thursday and broke into and ransacked the home of detainee Mousa Halaika’s mother. Member of Palestinian legislative council Samira Halaika said that IOF soldiers raided a suburb north of the village and wreaked havoc in the home of her deceased brother Mohamed.
Samira, the aunt of the detainee, said that the soldiers terrorized her brother’s widow, who is in her eighties.
She noted that PA security men had previously done the same to her brother’s house, adding that both the PA and Israeli forces used dogs in their raid and search of the house.
Halaika pointed out that targeting of Mousa’s family home did not stop even after his detention eight years ago. Mousa is serving a 22-year sentence and his eldest son Qassam is held in administrative detention, without trial or charge, in the Negev jail.
Samira, the aunt of the detainee, said that the soldiers terrorized her brother’s widow, who is in her eighties.
She noted that PA security men had previously done the same to her brother’s house, adding that both the PA and Israeli forces used dogs in their raid and search of the house.
Halaika pointed out that targeting of Mousa’s family home did not stop even after his detention eight years ago. Mousa is serving a 22-year sentence and his eldest son Qassam is held in administrative detention, without trial or charge, in the Negev jail.
The Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon jail continued their hunger strike for the third consecutive day in protest at the violent raid on their rooms that happened a few days ago. Lawyer of the prisoners Kareem Abu Ajwa said that the general situation in the jail is very tense as a result of the use of violence against the detainees last Monday and the subsequent punitive measures taken against them.
Representative of the prisoners in the jail Naser Abu Hamid told the lawyer that troops from the prison response unit called Yamaz violently stormed and ransacked room 15 in the jail last Monday and physically assaulted the detainees.
Abu Hamid added that the troops brutally beat the detainees, tied their hands and searched them.
He also said that this situation angered the other prisoners in the jail and prompted them to riot in protest at what was happening to their prison mates, noting that nine detainees suffered injuries during the events.
On the morning of the other day, according to Abu Hamid, special prison forces stormed the same section, assaulted the inmates and forcibly transferred them to section 4.
The Israeli prison administration of Ashkelon still imposes punitive measures against the prisoners of section 3, according to sources from inside the jail.
The sources said that the poison administration cut off electricity to their section, confiscated all their belongings and electric appliances and prevented them from spending their usual leisure time in the prison courtyard.
Representative of the prisoners in the jail Naser Abu Hamid told the lawyer that troops from the prison response unit called Yamaz violently stormed and ransacked room 15 in the jail last Monday and physically assaulted the detainees.
Abu Hamid added that the troops brutally beat the detainees, tied their hands and searched them.
He also said that this situation angered the other prisoners in the jail and prompted them to riot in protest at what was happening to their prison mates, noting that nine detainees suffered injuries during the events.
On the morning of the other day, according to Abu Hamid, special prison forces stormed the same section, assaulted the inmates and forcibly transferred them to section 4.
The Israeli prison administration of Ashkelon still imposes punitive measures against the prisoners of section 3, according to sources from inside the jail.
The sources said that the poison administration cut off electricity to their section, confiscated all their belongings and electric appliances and prevented them from spending their usual leisure time in the prison courtyard.
Tadhamun Foundation for Human Rights said that the Israeli prison administration has continued to impose different sanctions on prisoners of Section 5 in the Megiddo prison since the death of captive Hassan al-Turabi. Researcher at the foundation Ahmed Betawi said the Megiddo prison administration adopted a number of sanctions against the prisoners of section 5, following their protest steps which they launched in response to the death of captive Hassan al-Turabi, who died in Afula hospital on the 5th of November 2013 as a result of the medical negligence.
Betawi pointed out that the prisoners of Section 5 are still being punished by being deprived from different electrical devices and from families' visits.
He pointed out that the prisoners held in Megiddo prison told Tadhamun foundation's lawyer that these punitive measures came after prisoners of Section 5 refused to meet the director of the prison after the martyrdom of al-Turabi.
Prisoners in Megiddo have carried out a number of protest actions following the death of al-Turabi, while the prison administration responded by breaking into the section 5, depriving the prisoners from the canteen and transferring 6 of them to the punitive cells.
Betawi pointed out that the prisoners of Section 5 are still being punished by being deprived from different electrical devices and from families' visits.
He pointed out that the prisoners held in Megiddo prison told Tadhamun foundation's lawyer that these punitive measures came after prisoners of Section 5 refused to meet the director of the prison after the martyrdom of al-Turabi.
Prisoners in Megiddo have carried out a number of protest actions following the death of al-Turabi, while the prison administration responded by breaking into the section 5, depriving the prisoners from the canteen and transferring 6 of them to the punitive cells.
A Palestinian human rights organization reported that the Israeli prison administration isolated the Palestinian captive Fathi al-Khatib, aged 53, from the town of Qaffin in Tulkarem in the northern West Bank. Tadhamun Foundation for Human Rights pointed out in a statement on Wednesday that the Hadarim prison administration moved captive Khatib to solitary confinement, under the pretext of finding a SIM card in his room.
Khatib was arrested on May 8, 2002 and sentenced to 29 times life imprisonment and 20 years, after being convicted of participating in a commando operation targeting the Grand Park Hotel in the Palestinian occupied territories, and in which a number of Israelis were killed.
The statement added that the Shin Bet transferred the Palestinian prisoner Salim Hajja, aged 40 from the village of Burqa in Nablus in the north of the West Bank, to Petah Tikva Center to question him again, and extended the period of his interrogation to 8 days, as he is scheduled to appear before the Court next Sunday.
Hajja is sentenced to 16 times life imprisonment and 30 years. He was arrested on April 2, 2002, on charges of participating in military activities and helping Palestinian resistance fighters in two commando operations against Israeli targets.
Khatib was arrested on May 8, 2002 and sentenced to 29 times life imprisonment and 20 years, after being convicted of participating in a commando operation targeting the Grand Park Hotel in the Palestinian occupied territories, and in which a number of Israelis were killed.
The statement added that the Shin Bet transferred the Palestinian prisoner Salim Hajja, aged 40 from the village of Burqa in Nablus in the north of the West Bank, to Petah Tikva Center to question him again, and extended the period of his interrogation to 8 days, as he is scheduled to appear before the Court next Sunday.
Hajja is sentenced to 16 times life imprisonment and 30 years. He was arrested on April 2, 2002, on charges of participating in military activities and helping Palestinian resistance fighters in two commando operations against Israeli targets.
The Israeli army has raided Palestinian houses in the occupied West Bank, arresting more than two dozen people. The arrests made on Wednesday included a 16-year-old boy from Nablus, an elderly man from Hebron , as well as a member of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces.
The Israeli military regularly attacks different areas in East Jerusalem as well as the occupied West Bank to arrest Palestinian activists and civilians, mostly without any charges.
On November 17, Israeli forces attacked the village of Abu Dis in East Jerusalem, injuring 40 people including university students.
On November 15, four Palestinian children, aged five to nine, were handcuffed and detained by Israeli forces for more than an hour.
The Israeli soldiers arrested the children during a protest rally in Kafr Qaddum, a village in the north of the occupied West Bank.
On November 7, a Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli troops at an intersection in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
According to Palestinian rights groups, over a dozen Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the first half of 2013. Israeli troops also seized nearly 1,800 Palestinians, including women and children, during the same period.
The Israeli military regularly attacks different areas in East Jerusalem as well as the occupied West Bank to arrest Palestinian activists and civilians, mostly without any charges.
On November 17, Israeli forces attacked the village of Abu Dis in East Jerusalem, injuring 40 people including university students.
On November 15, four Palestinian children, aged five to nine, were handcuffed and detained by Israeli forces for more than an hour.
The Israeli soldiers arrested the children during a protest rally in Kafr Qaddum, a village in the north of the occupied West Bank.
On November 7, a Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli troops at an intersection in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
According to Palestinian rights groups, over a dozen Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the first half of 2013. Israeli troops also seized nearly 1,800 Palestinians, including women and children, during the same period.
Israeli Soldiers invaded on Thursday morning [November 21, 2013] the Deerat village, east of Yatta in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and illegally confiscated seven Dunams of Palestinian lands in order to pave a road for Jewish settlers.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron Rateb Jabour stated that the army carried maps showing the new planned settler-only road that would split the village and lead to the destruction of several houses.
Jabour added that the homes are part of the village, but Israel considers them to be out of the zoning area.
The road would lead to the illegal annexation of thousands of Dunams of Palestinian lands in the region.
Also on Thursday, soldiers kidnapped Mohannad Al-Mohtaseb, 17 years of age, from the Old City of Hebron.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron Rateb Jabour stated that the army carried maps showing the new planned settler-only road that would split the village and lead to the destruction of several houses.
Jabour added that the homes are part of the village, but Israel considers them to be out of the zoning area.
The road would lead to the illegal annexation of thousands of Dunams of Palestinian lands in the region.
Also on Thursday, soldiers kidnapped Mohannad Al-Mohtaseb, 17 years of age, from the Old City of Hebron.
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Thursday a youth from Hebron, and affirmed a sentence against another one from Jerusalem. Locals said that the occupation forces arrested Muhannad AI-Muhtaseb,17, from the old town of Hebron, and took him to Etzion camp, under the pretext of having a military trial.
The Israel Magistrate Court sentenced on Wednesday Yosef Moheisen for seven months of imprisonment.
The Israel Magistrate Court sentenced on Wednesday Yosef Moheisen for seven months of imprisonment.
Israeli soldiers invaded Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped an 11-year-old child after alleging he hurled stones at them.
The child has been identified as Malek Da’na; his father said the soldiers broke into a barbershop in Ein Al-Loza neighborhood in Silwan, and kidnapped the child after cuffing him.
The child was moved to a Police station in Salah Ed-Deen Street, in Jerusalem.
The child’s mother went to the Police station to see him, but the Police withheld her ID card, and interrogated her.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday more than 23 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Most of the kidnapped were taken prisoner after the soldiers violently broke into their homes, during dawn hours, and ransacked their furniture and belongings. Some of the kidnapped Palestinians are children.
The child has been identified as Malek Da’na; his father said the soldiers broke into a barbershop in Ein Al-Loza neighborhood in Silwan, and kidnapped the child after cuffing him.
The child was moved to a Police station in Salah Ed-Deen Street, in Jerusalem.
The child’s mother went to the Police station to see him, but the Police withheld her ID card, and interrogated her.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday more than 23 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Most of the kidnapped were taken prisoner after the soldiers violently broke into their homes, during dawn hours, and ransacked their furniture and belongings. Some of the kidnapped Palestinians are children.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) manning the Qalandia checkpoint detained a young woman after claiming she was carrying a knife. The IOF said that the Palestinian young woman, who was not identified, was taken for interrogation.
Meanwhile, Israeli police arrested four Jerusalemites for the alleged charge of torching two cars and threatening an Israeli man in Ramat Shlomo.
An Israeli police spokeswoman said that advanced technological means were used by a special team of detectives to arrest the four suspects, adding that they “partially” confessed to the charges leveled against them.
Meanwhile, Israeli police arrested four Jerusalemites for the alleged charge of torching two cars and threatening an Israeli man in Ramat Shlomo.
An Israeli police spokeswoman said that advanced technological means were used by a special team of detectives to arrest the four suspects, adding that they “partially” confessed to the charges leveled against them.
Al-Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights said there are still more than 120 Palestinian children exposed to constant abuse and maltreatment by interrogators in Israeli jails. In a statement issued on the universal children's day, which falls on the 20th of November, Ahrar center said that every day, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detain children under the age of 18 years or hold trials against them in different West Bank areas.
The center affirmed that the Israeli jailers treat the detained children as adult prisoners, and expose them, according to testimonies by released children, to torture, beating and detention in prison cells.
The center added that some of these released children suffer from physiological traumas as a result of the abuse they were exposed to by Israeli soldiers and interrogators during and after their detention.
The center also asserted that there are sick children in Israeli jails and some of them suffer from bullet injuries like Yazid Abul-Rub, a 16-year-old child from Jenin city.
Yazid was shot in his left thigh as he was walking along with one of his friends near the segregation wall on April 24 and has been in detention ever since.
The center affirmed that the Israeli jailers treat the detained children as adult prisoners, and expose them, according to testimonies by released children, to torture, beating and detention in prison cells.
The center added that some of these released children suffer from physiological traumas as a result of the abuse they were exposed to by Israeli soldiers and interrogators during and after their detention.
The center also asserted that there are sick children in Israeli jails and some of them suffer from bullet injuries like Yazid Abul-Rub, a 16-year-old child from Jenin city.
Yazid was shot in his left thigh as he was walking along with one of his friends near the segregation wall on April 24 and has been in detention ever since.
20 nov 2013
The prisoner Baraa Kamal Abu Amsha, from Zawata village in Nablus, suffers from frequent epileptic seizures, Tadamun Foundation for Human Rights said. The foundation lawyer Mohammed Abed, who visited the prisoner in Megiddo prison recently, stated that Abu Amsha, 30, suffers from epileptic seizures associated with severe headache causing frequent fainting.
Abu Amsha spent long hours sleeping due to drugs provided by the prison administration, which led to the deterioration of his health condition, he added.
The Foundation pointed out that Abu Amsha was hit severely on his head when Israeli soldiers pushed him violently into the military vehicle during his first arrest in 2006. Since that time he started having epilepsy fits.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested Abu Amsha on 08/06/2013 from his home, knowing that he spent 5 years in Israeli arrest.
There are 17 prisoners in Israeli jails suffering from mental and neurological diseases, Ministry of Prisoners said.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society organized in Nablus a sit-in in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails particularly patient prisoners.
Dozens of prisoners' families and representatives of national institutions have participated in the sit-in, demanding the release of patient prisoners.
Abu Amsha spent long hours sleeping due to drugs provided by the prison administration, which led to the deterioration of his health condition, he added.
The Foundation pointed out that Abu Amsha was hit severely on his head when Israeli soldiers pushed him violently into the military vehicle during his first arrest in 2006. Since that time he started having epilepsy fits.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested Abu Amsha on 08/06/2013 from his home, knowing that he spent 5 years in Israeli arrest.
There are 17 prisoners in Israeli jails suffering from mental and neurological diseases, Ministry of Prisoners said.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society organized in Nablus a sit-in in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails particularly patient prisoners.
Dozens of prisoners' families and representatives of national institutions have participated in the sit-in, demanding the release of patient prisoners.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a rabid arrest campaign in lines of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank and Jerusalem at dawn Wednesday. Local sources told the PIC reporter that the arrestees included youngsters and minors and that dozens were served summonses for intelligence interrogation.
They said that nine were detained in Beita village, south of Nablus, including three brothers while nine others were detained in Yabad village, south of Jenin, including twin brothers.
The other detainees were from Al-Khalil, Ramallah, and Jerusalem provinces.
They said that nine were detained in Beita village, south of Nablus, including three brothers while nine others were detained in Yabad village, south of Jenin, including twin brothers.
The other detainees were from Al-Khalil, Ramallah, and Jerusalem provinces.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Palestinian detainees held at the Israeli Asqalan Prison started an open-ended hunger strike after special units of the Israeli army invaded the prison on Monday November 18 2013, and injured several detainees.
The PPS said that tension is gradually mounting in the prison compound as more troops are seen, apparently preparing for an additional assault against the detainees.
It added that the army broke into room number 15 in the prison where several detainees are held, and violently searched it while also attacking the political prisoners.
The soldiers then broke into room 13, and also violently searched it, and alleged that one of the soldiers was injured after being attacked by the detainees who denied the Israeli claim describing it as baseless.
The thirteen detainees held in room 13 were moved out of their room after being strip-searched and cuffed.
The soldiers then moved several Palestinian political prisoners to section 4 of the prison compound where Israeli prisoners, imprisoned for criminal offenses, are held while the rest were forced into solitary confinement.
The Prison Administration also decided to strip the detainees of their right of family visits for a full month, and confiscated all their electrical equipment, in addition to causing damage in the rooms.
In related news, the PPS said that a court session was held for hunger-striking detainee Karam Al-Faseesy, and that a ruling in his case might be issued in the coming few days.
The detainee started his hunger strike on August 29 protesting his arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges, especially after Israel decided to keep him imprisoned for an additional three months.
The PPS said that tension is gradually mounting in the prison compound as more troops are seen, apparently preparing for an additional assault against the detainees.
It added that the army broke into room number 15 in the prison where several detainees are held, and violently searched it while also attacking the political prisoners.
The soldiers then broke into room 13, and also violently searched it, and alleged that one of the soldiers was injured after being attacked by the detainees who denied the Israeli claim describing it as baseless.
The thirteen detainees held in room 13 were moved out of their room after being strip-searched and cuffed.
The soldiers then moved several Palestinian political prisoners to section 4 of the prison compound where Israeli prisoners, imprisoned for criminal offenses, are held while the rest were forced into solitary confinement.
The Prison Administration also decided to strip the detainees of their right of family visits for a full month, and confiscated all their electrical equipment, in addition to causing damage in the rooms.
In related news, the PPS said that a court session was held for hunger-striking detainee Karam Al-Faseesy, and that a ruling in his case might be issued in the coming few days.
The detainee started his hunger strike on August 29 protesting his arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges, especially after Israel decided to keep him imprisoned for an additional three months.
19 nov 2013
The Israeli occupation authorities renewed the administrative detention of Dr. Amjad Hamouri for the third time running. Hamouri’s wife said on Tuesday that an IOA court told her husband that his detention would be renewed for four months.
The IOA arrested Dr. Hamouri, a notable figure in Al-Khalil, on 23/3/2013 and held him in administrative custody, without trial or charge. He was previously detained by Palestinian Authority security apparatuses.
The IOA arrested Dr. Hamouri, a notable figure in Al-Khalil, on 23/3/2013 and held him in administrative custody, without trial or charge. He was previously detained by Palestinian Authority security apparatuses.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) continued to prevent the family of prisoner Mona Ka'adan from visiting her in Hasharon prison since her arrest, a year and a half ago, under the pretext of security reasons. The prisoner's family appealed through Palestinian Prisoners' Society all human rights organizations, led by the International Red Cross to pressure the occupation authorities to allow family visits for their daughter.
The family added that the occupation authorities prevented them from visiting their daughter despite obtaining visit permits.
The Palestinian prisoner Ka'adan spent more than three and a half years in Israeli jail mostly in administrative detention.
In a related context, IOA prevented the prisoner Ibrahim al-Bakri, 33, from family visits without justifications.
The prisoner's family stated that the Israeli authorities informed them of its decision to prevent their son from family visits despite obtaining visit permit, Yusuf Al Sadeeq Foundation said.
The prison administration has transferred the prisoner al-Bakri from Nafha prison to Gilboa prison a month and a half ago as a punitive measure following his father's protest against Israeli strip search policy against prisoners' families.
The prisoner's father stated that Israeli strip search policy aimed at breaking the prisoners' spirits and determination, adding that Israeli punitive measures will not succeed to break their steadfastness.
For his part, Professor Azzedine Jabarin, the foundation's lawyer, stated that such punitive policy is illegal, pointing to its intention to sue against such unfair decisions.
Al-Bakri, from Bana village within Green Line, has been detained since 2002 and is serving nine life terms.
The family added that the occupation authorities prevented them from visiting their daughter despite obtaining visit permits.
The Palestinian prisoner Ka'adan spent more than three and a half years in Israeli jail mostly in administrative detention.
In a related context, IOA prevented the prisoner Ibrahim al-Bakri, 33, from family visits without justifications.
The prisoner's family stated that the Israeli authorities informed them of its decision to prevent their son from family visits despite obtaining visit permit, Yusuf Al Sadeeq Foundation said.
The prison administration has transferred the prisoner al-Bakri from Nafha prison to Gilboa prison a month and a half ago as a punitive measure following his father's protest against Israeli strip search policy against prisoners' families.
The prisoner's father stated that Israeli strip search policy aimed at breaking the prisoners' spirits and determination, adding that Israeli punitive measures will not succeed to break their steadfastness.
For his part, Professor Azzedine Jabarin, the foundation's lawyer, stated that such punitive policy is illegal, pointing to its intention to sue against such unfair decisions.
Al-Bakri, from Bana village within Green Line, has been detained since 2002 and is serving nine life terms.
Nine captives in Ashkelon jail wounded during raid by IOF
Nine Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon jail were injured after Israeli repressive forces broke into rooms 15 and 16 in section 3 in the jail, where Palestinian security prisoners are held. Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said in a statement on Tuesday that all the captives held in the two rooms were transferred to other prison cells, and that five members of the Israeli police were injured.
PPS added that the incursion began on Monday morning at eleven and continued for several hours, while the prison administration imposed sanctions on the prisoners including cutting water and electricity.
Israeli Radio reported that the Public Prosecution on Monday requested the extension of the detention of the Jordanian captive Samer al-Barq, who has been in prison for more than 3 years, for six months.
It added that the detention order against Barq will expire after 3 days, but the Public Prosecution announced its readiness to re-consider his case and present him for trial.
Palestinian captives' wives deprived from visiting their husbands for years
Ahrar Center for the studies of prisoners and human rights said that the Israeli occupation authorities have been willfully depriving the Palestinian prisoners, especially those serving long sentences in captivity, from visits. The human rights center noted in a report that the wives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been deprived from visiting their husbands for years, because the occupation has been refusing to grant them visit permits.
The wife of captive leader Jamal Abu al-Hija from the city of Jenin, who has been sentenced to nine times life imprisonment and 20 years, said that she has not seen her husband for 10 years or more, as the occupation prevents her from visiting him.
The wife of captive Abbas Sayed from the city of Tulkarm, who is serving 36 times life imprisonment in addition to 150 years, has not visited her husband for 7 years because of the security ban imposed by the occupation.
Administrative detainee Abdel Khalek Natshe's wife from al-Khalil is also prevented from visiting her husband for alleged security reasons.
She told Ahrar center that during the former detention of her husband she had been deprived from visiting him for 10 years until his release.
For his part, the director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights asserted that the occupation is violating the international laws by depriving the prisoner from seeing his relatives.
IOF soldiers detain two Palestinians in Al-Khalil
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained two Palestinians in Al-Khalil province on Tuesday morning. Local sources said that IOF soldiers raided the villages of Tarqumiya and Sa’eer and searched many homes.
They said that the soldiers detained Mahmoud Al-Marqatan from Tarqumiya and Yousef Al-Farkh from Sa’eer at the pretext they were “wanted” for the Israeli intelligence.
Two detained brothers declare hunger strike
Two Palestinian brothers detained in Israeli Ofer jail have gone on hunger strike to protest their administrative detention, without trial or charge. A statement for the Palestinian prisoner’s club on Monday said that Mohammed and Islam Badr from Beit Lakia village in Ramallah decided to go both on hunger strike in protest against an Israeli court ruling holding them in administrative custody without any clear charge.
The society said that Mohammed was sentenced to administrative detention for six months while his brother Islam was sentenced to three (renewable) months, prompting him to join his brother in his hunger strike that started four days earlier.
Nine Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon jail were injured after Israeli repressive forces broke into rooms 15 and 16 in section 3 in the jail, where Palestinian security prisoners are held. Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said in a statement on Tuesday that all the captives held in the two rooms were transferred to other prison cells, and that five members of the Israeli police were injured.
PPS added that the incursion began on Monday morning at eleven and continued for several hours, while the prison administration imposed sanctions on the prisoners including cutting water and electricity.
Israeli Radio reported that the Public Prosecution on Monday requested the extension of the detention of the Jordanian captive Samer al-Barq, who has been in prison for more than 3 years, for six months.
It added that the detention order against Barq will expire after 3 days, but the Public Prosecution announced its readiness to re-consider his case and present him for trial.
Palestinian captives' wives deprived from visiting their husbands for years
Ahrar Center for the studies of prisoners and human rights said that the Israeli occupation authorities have been willfully depriving the Palestinian prisoners, especially those serving long sentences in captivity, from visits. The human rights center noted in a report that the wives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been deprived from visiting their husbands for years, because the occupation has been refusing to grant them visit permits.
The wife of captive leader Jamal Abu al-Hija from the city of Jenin, who has been sentenced to nine times life imprisonment and 20 years, said that she has not seen her husband for 10 years or more, as the occupation prevents her from visiting him.
The wife of captive Abbas Sayed from the city of Tulkarm, who is serving 36 times life imprisonment in addition to 150 years, has not visited her husband for 7 years because of the security ban imposed by the occupation.
Administrative detainee Abdel Khalek Natshe's wife from al-Khalil is also prevented from visiting her husband for alleged security reasons.
She told Ahrar center that during the former detention of her husband she had been deprived from visiting him for 10 years until his release.
For his part, the director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights asserted that the occupation is violating the international laws by depriving the prisoner from seeing his relatives.
IOF soldiers detain two Palestinians in Al-Khalil
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained two Palestinians in Al-Khalil province on Tuesday morning. Local sources said that IOF soldiers raided the villages of Tarqumiya and Sa’eer and searched many homes.
They said that the soldiers detained Mahmoud Al-Marqatan from Tarqumiya and Yousef Al-Farkh from Sa’eer at the pretext they were “wanted” for the Israeli intelligence.
Two detained brothers declare hunger strike
Two Palestinian brothers detained in Israeli Ofer jail have gone on hunger strike to protest their administrative detention, without trial or charge. A statement for the Palestinian prisoner’s club on Monday said that Mohammed and Islam Badr from Beit Lakia village in Ramallah decided to go both on hunger strike in protest against an Israeli court ruling holding them in administrative custody without any clear charge.
The society said that Mohammed was sentenced to administrative detention for six months while his brother Islam was sentenced to three (renewable) months, prompting him to join his brother in his hunger strike that started four days earlier.
