2 nov 2015
Israeli police arrest a protester in Nazareth on 8 October
Writing on Facebook can result in being locked up if you are a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
That became clear in mid-October when 19-year-old Anas Khateeb was arrested and charged with incitement over three comments he had posted on the social media website. The comments read: “Jerusalem is Arab,” “long live the intifada” and “I am on the waiting list.”
In the past week, a magistrate’s court in Akka (Acre) — a city in present-day Israel — extended his detention until 26 November.
His treatment is being perceived as an attack on the right to free expression by Palestinians. The charge of incitement is viewed as absurd. None of the three posts explicitly called for violence.
And none of them received more than 70 “likes,” indicating that Khateeb was unlikely to foment unrest on any significant scale. Under Israeli law, incitement only occurs if there is a strong possibility that a speech or text will encourage acts of violence.
Khateeb’s arrest has been part of a wider crackdown on Palestinians living in present-day Israel, where they make up about 20 percent of the population.
Adalah, a human rights group, has calculated that approximately 100 Palestinian activists were arrested in Israel within the space of a week in early October. In most cases, requests by police to extend the detention of these activists were approved by courts.
The courts have ignored evidence that police violently suppress political protests, according to Adalah. The organization also accuses the Israeli forces of abusing their powers and has documented how Palestinian activists have been arrested for organizing an “unlawful gathering,” even though there is no such offense in Israeli law.
Police who overstep their powers are seldom punished.
“This impunity has not only allowed the police to avoid accountability, but has essentially encouraged them to view their brutality as legitimate,” said Amjad Iraqi, an Adalah campaigner.
Strategy of persecution
Monitoring of online activity by Palestinians is undertaken by both the authorities and by employers.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel finds that that Palestinians are being dismissed from jobs because of comments they have made. Employers are checking what Palestinian workers write on Facebook and giving the names of young workers to the police, it has been reported.
“The persecution of Palestinian citizens of Israel has been a strategy of the State of Israel for years,” said Khulud Khamis, a feminist campaigner and writer based in Haifa. “It is only changing form, and spreading to the medium of social media.”
“I think those people who publicly voice their opinions do so knowing the risks entailed,” she added. “Others keep silent for precisely the same reason.”
Nadim Nashif, founder of the grassroots group 7amleh, said that young people are more likely to be arrested for Facebook posts as they are the most politically active group in Palestinian society.
The Israeli authorities are seeking to depict a wide variety of comments relating to protests as incitement, according to Nashif.
“A girl from Haifa was arrested because she wrote ‘take an onion with you’ on Facebook,” he said. “The Israeli authorities said that this meant that she was preparing for tear gas to be used.”
“It is ridiculous, they will try to find anything they can [to persecute people],” he added.
Panic
While a number of Palestinians have been jailed for their online activities in the recent past, Israel appears to be intensifying its surveillance and repression both on the Internet and on the streets in response to mass protests.
A young Nazareth woman was recently placed under administrative detention — detention without charge or trial — after stating in a text message that she wished to become a “martyr.” Although administrative detention has been widely practiced against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, this is the first case in a decade of it being used against a Palestinian citizen of Israel, according to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.
“Israel is trying to keep things under control; they always panic at a potential uprising,” Nashif said. “They are taking a harsh attitude with Palestinian citizens in order to keep us quiet while they are busy in the West Bank. Things that are acceptable in normal times are not anymore.”
Nashif noted that different standards are being applied to Israeli Jews than to Palestinians.
In October, Reuven Rivlin, Israel’s president, promised he would never release Yigal Amir, who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s prime minister, in 1995. In response, Hagai Amir, Yigal’s brother, wrote on Facebook that Rivlin was a “kiss-up politician” who “must pass from the Earth.”
Hagai Amir was detained for one day, before being released and placed under five days’ house arrest.
By contrast, “Anas Khateeb did not make any specifically violent comments and his detention has been extended,” Nashif said. “It is completely unjustified.”
Racism at the top
Israel’s ruling coalition contains a number of ministers who have made racist and arguably genocidal remarks about Palestinians. The best known example is that of Ayelet Shaked, now Israel’s justice minister.
During Israel’s 2014 attack on Gaza, she claimed that all Palestinians are “enemy combatants” and advocated the killing of Palestinian mothers while calling their offspring “little snakes.”
Unlike Khateeb’s posts, Shaked’s Facebook comments received thousands of “likes.”
Adalah has complained to Israel’s attorney general about the incitement by Israeli public figures. But no action has been taken.
Among the cases raised by Adalah were that of Avigdor Lieberman, then Israel’s foreign minister, who called in March this year for the beheading of “anyone who is against us.”
And during the summer, Adalah complained about how Bentzi Gopstein, director-general of the Israeli far-right group Lehava, had stated publicly that he supported the burning of churches. Adalah contended that his remarks amounted to a call for violence against Palestinian Christians.
“There are lots of racist posts and comments in the Hebrew social media, but they only arrest Arabs,” said Rani Khoury, a Palestinian living in Nazareth.
“Israel does not want Arabs to think politically,” Khoury said. “They want us to be more Israeli. They have been scaring us like this since 1948.”
Alia Al Ghussain is a British-Palestinian born and raised in Dubai. She holds an MA in human rights from the University of Sussex and is currently based in Haifa.
Writing on Facebook can result in being locked up if you are a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
That became clear in mid-October when 19-year-old Anas Khateeb was arrested and charged with incitement over three comments he had posted on the social media website. The comments read: “Jerusalem is Arab,” “long live the intifada” and “I am on the waiting list.”
In the past week, a magistrate’s court in Akka (Acre) — a city in present-day Israel — extended his detention until 26 November.
His treatment is being perceived as an attack on the right to free expression by Palestinians. The charge of incitement is viewed as absurd. None of the three posts explicitly called for violence.
And none of them received more than 70 “likes,” indicating that Khateeb was unlikely to foment unrest on any significant scale. Under Israeli law, incitement only occurs if there is a strong possibility that a speech or text will encourage acts of violence.
Khateeb’s arrest has been part of a wider crackdown on Palestinians living in present-day Israel, where they make up about 20 percent of the population.
Adalah, a human rights group, has calculated that approximately 100 Palestinian activists were arrested in Israel within the space of a week in early October. In most cases, requests by police to extend the detention of these activists were approved by courts.
The courts have ignored evidence that police violently suppress political protests, according to Adalah. The organization also accuses the Israeli forces of abusing their powers and has documented how Palestinian activists have been arrested for organizing an “unlawful gathering,” even though there is no such offense in Israeli law.
Police who overstep their powers are seldom punished.
“This impunity has not only allowed the police to avoid accountability, but has essentially encouraged them to view their brutality as legitimate,” said Amjad Iraqi, an Adalah campaigner.
Strategy of persecution
Monitoring of online activity by Palestinians is undertaken by both the authorities and by employers.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel finds that that Palestinians are being dismissed from jobs because of comments they have made. Employers are checking what Palestinian workers write on Facebook and giving the names of young workers to the police, it has been reported.
“The persecution of Palestinian citizens of Israel has been a strategy of the State of Israel for years,” said Khulud Khamis, a feminist campaigner and writer based in Haifa. “It is only changing form, and spreading to the medium of social media.”
“I think those people who publicly voice their opinions do so knowing the risks entailed,” she added. “Others keep silent for precisely the same reason.”
Nadim Nashif, founder of the grassroots group 7amleh, said that young people are more likely to be arrested for Facebook posts as they are the most politically active group in Palestinian society.
The Israeli authorities are seeking to depict a wide variety of comments relating to protests as incitement, according to Nashif.
“A girl from Haifa was arrested because she wrote ‘take an onion with you’ on Facebook,” he said. “The Israeli authorities said that this meant that she was preparing for tear gas to be used.”
“It is ridiculous, they will try to find anything they can [to persecute people],” he added.
Panic
While a number of Palestinians have been jailed for their online activities in the recent past, Israel appears to be intensifying its surveillance and repression both on the Internet and on the streets in response to mass protests.
A young Nazareth woman was recently placed under administrative detention — detention without charge or trial — after stating in a text message that she wished to become a “martyr.” Although administrative detention has been widely practiced against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, this is the first case in a decade of it being used against a Palestinian citizen of Israel, according to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.
“Israel is trying to keep things under control; they always panic at a potential uprising,” Nashif said. “They are taking a harsh attitude with Palestinian citizens in order to keep us quiet while they are busy in the West Bank. Things that are acceptable in normal times are not anymore.”
Nashif noted that different standards are being applied to Israeli Jews than to Palestinians.
In October, Reuven Rivlin, Israel’s president, promised he would never release Yigal Amir, who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s prime minister, in 1995. In response, Hagai Amir, Yigal’s brother, wrote on Facebook that Rivlin was a “kiss-up politician” who “must pass from the Earth.”
Hagai Amir was detained for one day, before being released and placed under five days’ house arrest.
By contrast, “Anas Khateeb did not make any specifically violent comments and his detention has been extended,” Nashif said. “It is completely unjustified.”
Racism at the top
Israel’s ruling coalition contains a number of ministers who have made racist and arguably genocidal remarks about Palestinians. The best known example is that of Ayelet Shaked, now Israel’s justice minister.
During Israel’s 2014 attack on Gaza, she claimed that all Palestinians are “enemy combatants” and advocated the killing of Palestinian mothers while calling their offspring “little snakes.”
Unlike Khateeb’s posts, Shaked’s Facebook comments received thousands of “likes.”
Adalah has complained to Israel’s attorney general about the incitement by Israeli public figures. But no action has been taken.
Among the cases raised by Adalah were that of Avigdor Lieberman, then Israel’s foreign minister, who called in March this year for the beheading of “anyone who is against us.”
And during the summer, Adalah complained about how Bentzi Gopstein, director-general of the Israeli far-right group Lehava, had stated publicly that he supported the burning of churches. Adalah contended that his remarks amounted to a call for violence against Palestinian Christians.
“There are lots of racist posts and comments in the Hebrew social media, but they only arrest Arabs,” said Rani Khoury, a Palestinian living in Nazareth.
“Israel does not want Arabs to think politically,” Khoury said. “They want us to be more Israeli. They have been scaring us like this since 1948.”
Alia Al Ghussain is a British-Palestinian born and raised in Dubai. She holds an MA in human rights from the University of Sussex and is currently based in Haifa.
Three Israeli settlers were injured Monday afternoon in a stabbing attack next to a bus station in Rishon Lezion south of Tel Aviv.
One of the reported injured was taken to hospital in serious condition.
Israeli Yediot Aharanot newspaper said a Palestinian suspect was arrested after being shot and injured during the attack.
The three Israelis were injured in an attack that began on a bus and continued into the street in Rishon LeZion at the end of the afternoon, the newspaper said.
Israeli media reported that the suspect had been wounded by Israeli forces before he was arrested.
The Palestinian detainee was identified as Imad Trada, 19, from al-Khalil (Hebron).
Earlier Monday, a Palestinian man was shot and injured after he allegedly stabbed three Israeli settlers in Netanya city, north of Tel Aviv.
The Palestinian has been identified as Ziyad Ridha, 22, from Balaa village east of Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank.
The three injured Israelis suffered minor and moderate wounds, Israeli sources said.
More than 70 Palestinians have been killed and over 1200 others injured by Israeli forces since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada early October 2015. The majority of those killed were unarmed, and the number includes two babies under age two.
Despite Israeli claims of a widespread wave of ‘knife attacks’ by Palestinians against Israelis, many of the alleged knife attacks were later disproved by video evidence and eyewitness accounts. There have also been several proven incidents of Israeli soldiers planting knives on the bodies of Palestinians they had killed.
One of the reported injured was taken to hospital in serious condition.
Israeli Yediot Aharanot newspaper said a Palestinian suspect was arrested after being shot and injured during the attack.
The three Israelis were injured in an attack that began on a bus and continued into the street in Rishon LeZion at the end of the afternoon, the newspaper said.
Israeli media reported that the suspect had been wounded by Israeli forces before he was arrested.
The Palestinian detainee was identified as Imad Trada, 19, from al-Khalil (Hebron).
Earlier Monday, a Palestinian man was shot and injured after he allegedly stabbed three Israeli settlers in Netanya city, north of Tel Aviv.
The Palestinian has been identified as Ziyad Ridha, 22, from Balaa village east of Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank.
The three injured Israelis suffered minor and moderate wounds, Israeli sources said.
More than 70 Palestinians have been killed and over 1200 others injured by Israeli forces since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada early October 2015. The majority of those killed were unarmed, and the number includes two babies under age two.
Despite Israeli claims of a widespread wave of ‘knife attacks’ by Palestinians against Israelis, many of the alleged knife attacks were later disproved by video evidence and eyewitness accounts. There have also been several proven incidents of Israeli soldiers planting knives on the bodies of Palestinians they had killed.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out a large-scale arrest campaign in cities and villages of the West Bank leading to the arrest of 21 Palestinians at dawn Monday.
Nine of the arrested are from Bani Naeem and Beit Ummar towns in al-Khalil, four from al-Jalazoun refugee camp and Beitounia village in Ramallah, three in Bethlehem and five in Nablus.
Israeli media sources alleged that the Palestinians detained were wanted for the Israeli Shin Bet and that 18 out of 21 were arrested for alleged involvement in resistance acts against Israel.
In al-Khalil, the IOF soldiers attacked a 17-year-old girl at one of the gates of al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque for allegedly spraying paint at an Israeli female soldier who searched her bag. The girl was arrested and transferred to a nearby detention center.
Israeli soldiers are still blocking the entrances of Saeer town, Beit Enoun Street, Nabi Younis Street, and Wadi al-Sharq road leading to Saeer and Halhoul towns in al-Khalil. Israeli soldiers also searched Palestinians, checked their IDs and blocked traffic.
Israeli army soldiers also stormed, searched, and threatened to raze the houses of martyrs Bayan Esaileh and Tareq al-Natsheh in al-Khalil.
Army Kidnaps Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Monday, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and ransacked homes, before kidnapping thirteen Palestinians, including children. Army displaces thirteen families to conduct training in the West Bank’s plains.
The Popular Committee against Settlements in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, said the soldiers invaded it, especially Abu Hashem and Khallet al-Ein neighborhoods, and kidnapped three teenagers identified as Mohyeddin Ahmad Khader Abu Mariya, 18, Qussai Raed Sharif Abu Hashem, 17, and Amro Riyadh Issa Arar, 15.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Omar Mosleh Awad, in Khallet al-Ein area, and interrogated him before confiscating his camera as he was filming their invasion.
Awad is the father of Ziad, who was killed by the army on April 10 this year.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli has kidnapped seven Palestinians, including five children, in Beit Ummar in the last twenty-four hours.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian woman, identified as Tarteel Tamim al-Tamimi, 18, after assaulting and beating her near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the center of Hebron city.
Also in Hebron, soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Nasser Hussein al-Adra, 16, from his home in Yatta town, and Mohammad Salah al-Hajjouj, 17, in Bani Neim nearby town.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, kidnapped one Palestinian, and summoned three others for interrogation, after searching their homes.
The kidnapped Palestinian has been identified as Ibrahim Mohammad Qawasma, 23, while the summoned residents have been identified as Saleh Abedrabbo Thawabta, 31, Ala Khaled Sammour, 26, and Nael Naim Sammour, 21.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, confiscated 23.000 NIS from a home belonging to resident Ahmad Othman Ja’ara, and kidnapped him.
The soldiers also kidnapped Mohammad Bilal al-Azizi, Ez Rafiq Abu al-Kalbat, Mohammad Sa’adi Fattoum and Ahmad Nabil al-Qanni. Significant property damage was reported in Abu al-Kalbat’s home.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded Khirbit Hamsa al-Fouqa Bedouin village, in the West Bank’s Plains, and displaced thirteen families of shepherds, so that the army can conduct training.
Aref Daraghma, head of the Wadi al-Maleh and Bedouin Tribes Council said the soldiers informed the families they have to remain out of the area from 6:30 in the morning until midnight.
Daraghma added that the soldiers also told the families they will be back, for further training next Thursday, in addition to November 9 and 12.
Nine of the arrested are from Bani Naeem and Beit Ummar towns in al-Khalil, four from al-Jalazoun refugee camp and Beitounia village in Ramallah, three in Bethlehem and five in Nablus.
Israeli media sources alleged that the Palestinians detained were wanted for the Israeli Shin Bet and that 18 out of 21 were arrested for alleged involvement in resistance acts against Israel.
In al-Khalil, the IOF soldiers attacked a 17-year-old girl at one of the gates of al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque for allegedly spraying paint at an Israeli female soldier who searched her bag. The girl was arrested and transferred to a nearby detention center.
Israeli soldiers are still blocking the entrances of Saeer town, Beit Enoun Street, Nabi Younis Street, and Wadi al-Sharq road leading to Saeer and Halhoul towns in al-Khalil. Israeli soldiers also searched Palestinians, checked their IDs and blocked traffic.
Israeli army soldiers also stormed, searched, and threatened to raze the houses of martyrs Bayan Esaileh and Tareq al-Natsheh in al-Khalil.
Army Kidnaps Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Monday, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and ransacked homes, before kidnapping thirteen Palestinians, including children. Army displaces thirteen families to conduct training in the West Bank’s plains.
The Popular Committee against Settlements in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, said the soldiers invaded it, especially Abu Hashem and Khallet al-Ein neighborhoods, and kidnapped three teenagers identified as Mohyeddin Ahmad Khader Abu Mariya, 18, Qussai Raed Sharif Abu Hashem, 17, and Amro Riyadh Issa Arar, 15.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Omar Mosleh Awad, in Khallet al-Ein area, and interrogated him before confiscating his camera as he was filming their invasion.
Awad is the father of Ziad, who was killed by the army on April 10 this year.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli has kidnapped seven Palestinians, including five children, in Beit Ummar in the last twenty-four hours.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian woman, identified as Tarteel Tamim al-Tamimi, 18, after assaulting and beating her near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the center of Hebron city.
Also in Hebron, soldiers kidnapped Mahmoud Nasser Hussein al-Adra, 16, from his home in Yatta town, and Mohammad Salah al-Hajjouj, 17, in Bani Neim nearby town.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, kidnapped one Palestinian, and summoned three others for interrogation, after searching their homes.
The kidnapped Palestinian has been identified as Ibrahim Mohammad Qawasma, 23, while the summoned residents have been identified as Saleh Abedrabbo Thawabta, 31, Ala Khaled Sammour, 26, and Nael Naim Sammour, 21.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, confiscated 23.000 NIS from a home belonging to resident Ahmad Othman Ja’ara, and kidnapped him.
The soldiers also kidnapped Mohammad Bilal al-Azizi, Ez Rafiq Abu al-Kalbat, Mohammad Sa’adi Fattoum and Ahmad Nabil al-Qanni. Significant property damage was reported in Abu al-Kalbat’s home.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded Khirbit Hamsa al-Fouqa Bedouin village, in the West Bank’s Plains, and displaced thirteen families of shepherds, so that the army can conduct training.
Aref Daraghma, head of the Wadi al-Maleh and Bedouin Tribes Council said the soldiers informed the families they have to remain out of the area from 6:30 in the morning until midnight.
Daraghma added that the soldiers also told the families they will be back, for further training next Thursday, in addition to November 9 and 12.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday stormed Nablus city and a nearby town and kidnapped five Palestinian young men from their homes.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops aboard military patrol vehicles invaded different neighborhoods in the city and carried out violent raids on homes.
The sources explained that the invading troops raided an apartment building in Muta neighborhood, where they ransacked the house of Ahmed Ja'ara and stole 23,000 shekels from him before taking him prisoner.
Three other young men were also kidnapped during similar violent raids on their homes in the neighborhoods of Duwar al-Fares, al-Ma'arrie, and al-Mareej in the city.
The detainees were identified as Izz Abul-Kalbat, Mohamed al-Azizi and Mohamed Fattoum
The IOF also kidnapped another young man called Ahmed Qanni in Kafr Qalil, south of Nablus, from his home.
Qanni suffers from a bullet injury he sustained three weeks ago during clashes with Israeli soldiers at Hawwara checkpoint.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of Israeli troops aboard military patrol vehicles invaded different neighborhoods in the city and carried out violent raids on homes.
The sources explained that the invading troops raided an apartment building in Muta neighborhood, where they ransacked the house of Ahmed Ja'ara and stole 23,000 shekels from him before taking him prisoner.
Three other young men were also kidnapped during similar violent raids on their homes in the neighborhoods of Duwar al-Fares, al-Ma'arrie, and al-Mareej in the city.
The detainees were identified as Izz Abul-Kalbat, Mohamed al-Azizi and Mohamed Fattoum
The IOF also kidnapped another young man called Ahmed Qanni in Kafr Qalil, south of Nablus, from his home.
Qanni suffers from a bullet injury he sustained three weeks ago during clashes with Israeli soldiers at Hawwara checkpoint.
The occupation forces arrested on Monday early morning 4 Jerusalemites from Shu’fat refugee camp and the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center’s lawyer explained that the Israeli forces arrested the 12-year old Thaer Mahdi Musbah Abu Nijmeh after raiding his home in the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan in the early morning hours. Thaer was sleeping at the time of the raid but the forces woke him up and handcuffed him and then transferred him to Al-Maskobyeh in West Jerusalem on charges of throwing stones and Molotov Cocktails.
On the other hand, the spokesman of Fateh movement in Shu’fat refugee camp Thaer Fasfoos said that Special Forces personnel arrested the 17-year old Laith Hosni after surrounding and raiding his home in the refugee camp.
Fasfoos added that the forces assaulted the child Laith and his brother and beat them while executing the arrest.
The forces also arrested Majd and Mohammad Alqam from Shu’fat refugee camp.
Also, the forces arrested Khaled Khashan from the checkpoint of Shu’fat refugee camp, and Mahmoud Shafiq Obeid and Mahmoud Awadallah Dirbas from the village of Esawyeh on Sunday night.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center’s lawyer explained that the Israeli forces arrested the 12-year old Thaer Mahdi Musbah Abu Nijmeh after raiding his home in the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan in the early morning hours. Thaer was sleeping at the time of the raid but the forces woke him up and handcuffed him and then transferred him to Al-Maskobyeh in West Jerusalem on charges of throwing stones and Molotov Cocktails.
On the other hand, the spokesman of Fateh movement in Shu’fat refugee camp Thaer Fasfoos said that Special Forces personnel arrested the 17-year old Laith Hosni after surrounding and raiding his home in the refugee camp.
Fasfoos added that the forces assaulted the child Laith and his brother and beat them while executing the arrest.
The forces also arrested Majd and Mohammad Alqam from Shu’fat refugee camp.
Also, the forces arrested Khaled Khashan from the checkpoint of Shu’fat refugee camp, and Mahmoud Shafiq Obeid and Mahmoud Awadallah Dirbas from the village of Esawyeh on Sunday night.
Palestinian prisoners Mohammad al-Shelaldeh and Meqdad al-Heeh are still unconscious in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Hadassah Hospital Ein Karem, Lawyer of Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed on Sunday.
The lawyer pointed out that both captives are supposed to undergo surgeries in the neck to help them breath. Despite they are held unconscious at the ICU, six Israeli policemen escort the captives, the lawyer highlighted.
The society’s lawyer also revealed that prisoner Maher al-Faroukh from al-Khalil, who was ran over by Israeli military vehicle, is receiving treatment at Hadassah hospital in a stable health condition.
The lawyer pointed out that both captives are supposed to undergo surgeries in the neck to help them breath. Despite they are held unconscious at the ICU, six Israeli policemen escort the captives, the lawyer highlighted.
The society’s lawyer also revealed that prisoner Maher al-Faroukh from al-Khalil, who was ran over by Israeli military vehicle, is receiving treatment at Hadassah hospital in a stable health condition.
The Magistrate and District court extended on Sunday the arrest of 15 Jerusalemites.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the occupation forces scheduled court session for Mohammad Samir Abulhawa, Daoud Abulhawa and Sufian Abulhawa on 29/11/2015.
The judge extended the arrest of Mahmoud Abulhawa until completing the legal procedures against him.
Also, the judge extended the arrest of Yassin Atrash, Mohammad Jadallah, Na’el Rabay’a and Ahmad Jadallah until next Wednesday; Muhsen Aton until Monday; Suhaib Abu Sa’ed, Abdulrahman Najjar, Islam Najjar, Hamzeh Najjar, Baha’ Aweisat and Nader Naser until next Thursday and Amir Salloum until next Sunday.
A witnesses hearing session was scheduled for Amjad Qawwas on 2/12/2015.
A session was also held to discuss the appeal submitted against the sentence of Basel Mahmoud and the decision has been postponed indefinitely.
The judge also extended the arrest of Shifa’ Obeido Shallodi and her son Samer until 16/11/2015 when the so-called conduct officer will release his report. Also, a session for Fadi Shallodi, Shifa’s son, was also scheduled on the same date; he was release on condition of house arrest.
The police released on Sunday Ihab Hamdan on condition of house-arrest for 5 days and arrested Ali Rimawi from the area of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.
Israel extends remand of 8 Palestinians, sentences 18 others administratively
The Israeli occupation courts on Sunday extended the remand of eight Palestinian youths and sentenced 18 others administratively.
The Israeli Magistrate’s Court in Occupied Jerusalem extended the prison-terms for eight Jerusalemite Palestinians under the pretext of underway investigation and judicial procedures.
Meanwhile, the Ofer military court sentenced 18 Palestinian detainees administratively for periods varying from two to six months, with neither charge nor trial.
Observers said the Israeli occupation authorities have been exploiting the current tide of violence rocking the occupied Palestinian territories to crack down on Palestinian detainees and dash their hopes.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the occupation forces scheduled court session for Mohammad Samir Abulhawa, Daoud Abulhawa and Sufian Abulhawa on 29/11/2015.
The judge extended the arrest of Mahmoud Abulhawa until completing the legal procedures against him.
Also, the judge extended the arrest of Yassin Atrash, Mohammad Jadallah, Na’el Rabay’a and Ahmad Jadallah until next Wednesday; Muhsen Aton until Monday; Suhaib Abu Sa’ed, Abdulrahman Najjar, Islam Najjar, Hamzeh Najjar, Baha’ Aweisat and Nader Naser until next Thursday and Amir Salloum until next Sunday.
A witnesses hearing session was scheduled for Amjad Qawwas on 2/12/2015.
A session was also held to discuss the appeal submitted against the sentence of Basel Mahmoud and the decision has been postponed indefinitely.
The judge also extended the arrest of Shifa’ Obeido Shallodi and her son Samer until 16/11/2015 when the so-called conduct officer will release his report. Also, a session for Fadi Shallodi, Shifa’s son, was also scheduled on the same date; he was release on condition of house arrest.
The police released on Sunday Ihab Hamdan on condition of house-arrest for 5 days and arrested Ali Rimawi from the area of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.
Israel extends remand of 8 Palestinians, sentences 18 others administratively
The Israeli occupation courts on Sunday extended the remand of eight Palestinian youths and sentenced 18 others administratively.
The Israeli Magistrate’s Court in Occupied Jerusalem extended the prison-terms for eight Jerusalemite Palestinians under the pretext of underway investigation and judicial procedures.
Meanwhile, the Ofer military court sentenced 18 Palestinian detainees administratively for periods varying from two to six months, with neither charge nor trial.
Observers said the Israeli occupation authorities have been exploiting the current tide of violence rocking the occupied Palestinian territories to crack down on Palestinian detainees and dash their hopes.
Ahmed Abul Rub 16
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened their gunfire at two Palestinian youths at Jalama checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Jenin killing one of them, a 16-year-old boy, on the spot.
Israeli media sources said that one Palestinian minor was killed on Monday while the second was arrested at the scene although he suffered different injuries after allegedly attempting to attack Israeli soldiers with a knife.
Palestinian workers, passing near the checkpoint at that time, affirmed that Israeli soldiers suddenly opened heavy fire at two Palestinian youngsters while passing through the crossing. One of them was shot in his head.
The victim was identified as Ahmed Abul Rub, 16, while the injured detainee was identified as Mahmoud Kamil.
Israeli forces closed the checkpoint and prevented medical crews’ access to the injured. Palestinian workers were also attacked and brutally beaten following the incident.
Three Palestinian youths have been killed at Jalama checkpoint since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada under the same pretext of allegedly attacking Israeli soldiers.
Nearly 70 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the past month during demonstrations and after attempted and alleged attacks on Israeli forces.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened their gunfire at two Palestinian youths at Jalama checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Jenin killing one of them, a 16-year-old boy, on the spot.
Israeli media sources said that one Palestinian minor was killed on Monday while the second was arrested at the scene although he suffered different injuries after allegedly attempting to attack Israeli soldiers with a knife.
Palestinian workers, passing near the checkpoint at that time, affirmed that Israeli soldiers suddenly opened heavy fire at two Palestinian youngsters while passing through the crossing. One of them was shot in his head.
The victim was identified as Ahmed Abul Rub, 16, while the injured detainee was identified as Mahmoud Kamil.
Israeli forces closed the checkpoint and prevented medical crews’ access to the injured. Palestinian workers were also attacked and brutally beaten following the incident.
Three Palestinian youths have been killed at Jalama checkpoint since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada under the same pretext of allegedly attacking Israeli soldiers.
Nearly 70 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the past month during demonstrations and after attempted and alleged attacks on Israeli forces.
Mazen Ahmad Abu al-Hummus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening, three Palestinians in Silwan and at-Tour towns, in occupied Jerusalem, shot and injured two others.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the Suwwana neighborhood, and the at-Tour town, east of Jerusalem’s Old City, before kidnapping three Palestinians.
Silwanic said the soldiers kidnapped a young man, identified as Qais al-Qmeiry, in Be’er Ayyoub area, after the army attacked a wedding party of a former political prisoner, identified as Ala Sarhan al-Qmeiry, 22.
The soldiers hurled several concussion grenades during the invasion.
Al-Qmeiry was recently released from an Israeli detention facility, after being imprisoned for 3.5 years since his abduction on May, 28 2012.
He was taken prisoner during clashes that took place after the army shot and killed Milad Ayyash, 17, in Silwan.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Yousef Omar Abu al-Hawa, during clashes in the at-Tour town in Jerusalem.
Silwanic said the soldiers invaded the town from various directions, and clashed with dozens of local youths, and that the army fired gas bombs on the protesters, and also on a number of homes and shops.
Medical sources said a shop owner, identified as Rami and Ghannam, was injured by shrapnel of concussion grenade in the back.
In addition, a Palestinian teen, identified as Shadi ِِAbdullah, was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers invading the Suwwana neighborhood.
In Addition, resident Mazen Ahmad Abu al-Hummus, 42, was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his face, while sitting in his home in the al-’Eesawiyya town. He was moved to a local hospital for treatment.
Member of the Follow-Up Committee in Silwan, Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, said soldiers, police officers and personnel of the revenue department, stormed and searched several shops, and fired rubber-coated bullets targeting residents and a number of homes.
Also Sunday, Silwanic said that Israeli soldiers detained two children, only seven and eight years of age, and released them hours later.
Silwanic said the children, Yousef Hasan Abi Khdeir, 7, and his cousin, Omar Mohammad Abu Khdeir, 8, while playing in front of their homes in Shu’fat, in occupied Jerusalem.
The police said they carried a slingshot, and took them to the police station in Shu’fat, before moving him to their station in Beit Hanina.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening, three Palestinians in Silwan and at-Tour towns, in occupied Jerusalem, shot and injured two others.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the Suwwana neighborhood, and the at-Tour town, east of Jerusalem’s Old City, before kidnapping three Palestinians.
Silwanic said the soldiers kidnapped a young man, identified as Qais al-Qmeiry, in Be’er Ayyoub area, after the army attacked a wedding party of a former political prisoner, identified as Ala Sarhan al-Qmeiry, 22.
The soldiers hurled several concussion grenades during the invasion.
Al-Qmeiry was recently released from an Israeli detention facility, after being imprisoned for 3.5 years since his abduction on May, 28 2012.
He was taken prisoner during clashes that took place after the army shot and killed Milad Ayyash, 17, in Silwan.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Yousef Omar Abu al-Hawa, during clashes in the at-Tour town in Jerusalem.
Silwanic said the soldiers invaded the town from various directions, and clashed with dozens of local youths, and that the army fired gas bombs on the protesters, and also on a number of homes and shops.
Medical sources said a shop owner, identified as Rami and Ghannam, was injured by shrapnel of concussion grenade in the back.
In addition, a Palestinian teen, identified as Shadi ِِAbdullah, was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers invading the Suwwana neighborhood.
In Addition, resident Mazen Ahmad Abu al-Hummus, 42, was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his face, while sitting in his home in the al-’Eesawiyya town. He was moved to a local hospital for treatment.
Member of the Follow-Up Committee in Silwan, Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, said soldiers, police officers and personnel of the revenue department, stormed and searched several shops, and fired rubber-coated bullets targeting residents and a number of homes.
Also Sunday, Silwanic said that Israeli soldiers detained two children, only seven and eight years of age, and released them hours later.
Silwanic said the children, Yousef Hasan Abi Khdeir, 7, and his cousin, Omar Mohammad Abu Khdeir, 8, while playing in front of their homes in Shu’fat, in occupied Jerusalem.
The police said they carried a slingshot, and took them to the police station in Shu’fat, before moving him to their station in Beit Hanina.
A large Israeli military force invaded, on Sunday evening, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in the refugee camp, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on them following the invasion.
The soldiers fired live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets; no injuries were reported.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in the refugee camp, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on them following the invasion.
The soldiers fired live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets; no injuries were reported.
Ahmad Yaqeen al-Ja’fary
In related news, the soldiers intensified their siege on the Sa’ir town, north of Hebron, after fully sealing all of its entrances, preventing the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
The closure of Sa’ir came after three Israeli soldiers were injured near Beit Einoun Junction, east of Hebron, after a Palestinian vehicle rammed into them.
The Israeli military conducted an extensive search campaign, looking for the driver, but could not locate him until he turned himself in to the army at the District Coordination Office.
He has been identified as Ahmad Yaqeen al-Ja’fary, 20 years of age. The army moved al-Ja’fary to an interrogation center.
In related news, the soldiers intensified their siege on the Sa’ir town, north of Hebron, after fully sealing all of its entrances, preventing the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
The closure of Sa’ir came after three Israeli soldiers were injured near Beit Einoun Junction, east of Hebron, after a Palestinian vehicle rammed into them.
The Israeli military conducted an extensive search campaign, looking for the driver, but could not locate him until he turned himself in to the army at the District Coordination Office.
He has been identified as Ahmad Yaqeen al-Ja’fary, 20 years of age. The army moved al-Ja’fary to an interrogation center.
1 nov 2015
Hassan Farroukh 27
Israeli forces shot and killed a young Palestinian man in the village of Beit Einoun east of Hebron after an alleged stabbing attempt, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Also Sunday evening, in Sa'ir town, north of Hebron, three Palestinians were shot with live rounds by Israeli forces and wounded, and taken to Beit Jala government hospital in Bethlehem.
The man who was killed on Sunday was identified as Fadi Hassan al-Froukh, 27. Video
A paramedic from the Red Crescent said Israeli forces would not allow their medics to examine the young man.
"Israeli soldiers forced us at gunpoint to leave the area," the paramedic said. "From the amount of bleeding, the young man must have been shot several times."
A Palestinian witness said that he saw Israeli troops firing several rounds at a "young man" who was "far" from the main street. The witness said the young man fell to the ground before Israeli soldiers surrounded him.
Israeli soldiers covered the body with black plastic before taking the body away in a military ambulance to an unknown destination, witnesses said.
Witnesses added that Israeli forces also assaulted journalists who tried to come close to scene, forcing them to leave the area.
Also on Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including two teenagers, during extensive searches of homes and property. The kidnapped have been identified as Yahya Ahmad Sabarna, 25, Ibrahim Khalil Abu Dayya, 25, Malek Bassam at-Teet, 16, and Soheib Khaled Sabarna, 17. All of them are former political prisoners.
The death of Fadi brings the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the start of last month to 72.
8 Israelis have been killed in attacks by Palestinians during the same time period.
On Friday, Qassem Mahmoud Sabaneh was shot dead after an alleged attack on an Israeli border policeman in Nablus, and Ahmad Hamada Qneibi, 23, died from his injuries hours after he was left bleeding on the ground, after allegedly attacking and injuring an Israeli in occupied East Jerusalem (though eyewitnesses have said he did not attack anyone).
An eight-month-old Palestinian baby also died Friday after inhaling tear gas when clashes broke out in Beit Fajjar village south of Bethlehem.
International leaders have pointed to the decades-long Israeli military occupation as the root cause of the violence, with US Secretary of State John Kerry earlier this week referring to the current situation as "unsustainable."
Israeli soldiers execute Palestinian youth
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) executed a Palestinian youth in Sair town to the north of al-Khalil Sunday afternoon.
A terse statement for the Palestinian ministry of health said that IOF soldiers fired at a Palestinian young man, north of al-Khalil, and prevented ambulance crews from extending help to him, which led to his martyrdom.
Hebrew media as usual claimed that the youth tried to stab one of the soldiers, which prompted them to shoot him down.
However, eyewitnesses on the scene said that the 27-year-old Hassan Farroukh was gunned down while standing in vineyards at the bypass road 60 near the entrance of Sair village.
They said that the youth never came near to the soldiers who opened heavy fire at him then left him on the ground bleeding. He did not attempt any stabbing attack, they asserted.
The eyewitnesses said that the soldiers blocked paramedics from approaching Farroukh and stripped him then put him in a black sack and took him away in an Israeli ambulance.
The murder of Farroukh brings the number of Palestinian victims of Israeli shoot-to-kill policy to 73 since the start of October.
Israeli forces shot and killed a young Palestinian man in the village of Beit Einoun east of Hebron after an alleged stabbing attempt, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Also Sunday evening, in Sa'ir town, north of Hebron, three Palestinians were shot with live rounds by Israeli forces and wounded, and taken to Beit Jala government hospital in Bethlehem.
The man who was killed on Sunday was identified as Fadi Hassan al-Froukh, 27. Video
A paramedic from the Red Crescent said Israeli forces would not allow their medics to examine the young man.
"Israeli soldiers forced us at gunpoint to leave the area," the paramedic said. "From the amount of bleeding, the young man must have been shot several times."
A Palestinian witness said that he saw Israeli troops firing several rounds at a "young man" who was "far" from the main street. The witness said the young man fell to the ground before Israeli soldiers surrounded him.
Israeli soldiers covered the body with black plastic before taking the body away in a military ambulance to an unknown destination, witnesses said.
Witnesses added that Israeli forces also assaulted journalists who tried to come close to scene, forcing them to leave the area.
Also on Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including two teenagers, during extensive searches of homes and property. The kidnapped have been identified as Yahya Ahmad Sabarna, 25, Ibrahim Khalil Abu Dayya, 25, Malek Bassam at-Teet, 16, and Soheib Khaled Sabarna, 17. All of them are former political prisoners.
The death of Fadi brings the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the start of last month to 72.
8 Israelis have been killed in attacks by Palestinians during the same time period.
On Friday, Qassem Mahmoud Sabaneh was shot dead after an alleged attack on an Israeli border policeman in Nablus, and Ahmad Hamada Qneibi, 23, died from his injuries hours after he was left bleeding on the ground, after allegedly attacking and injuring an Israeli in occupied East Jerusalem (though eyewitnesses have said he did not attack anyone).
An eight-month-old Palestinian baby also died Friday after inhaling tear gas when clashes broke out in Beit Fajjar village south of Bethlehem.
International leaders have pointed to the decades-long Israeli military occupation as the root cause of the violence, with US Secretary of State John Kerry earlier this week referring to the current situation as "unsustainable."
Israeli soldiers execute Palestinian youth
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) executed a Palestinian youth in Sair town to the north of al-Khalil Sunday afternoon.
A terse statement for the Palestinian ministry of health said that IOF soldiers fired at a Palestinian young man, north of al-Khalil, and prevented ambulance crews from extending help to him, which led to his martyrdom.
Hebrew media as usual claimed that the youth tried to stab one of the soldiers, which prompted them to shoot him down.
However, eyewitnesses on the scene said that the 27-year-old Hassan Farroukh was gunned down while standing in vineyards at the bypass road 60 near the entrance of Sair village.
They said that the youth never came near to the soldiers who opened heavy fire at him then left him on the ground bleeding. He did not attempt any stabbing attack, they asserted.
The eyewitnesses said that the soldiers blocked paramedics from approaching Farroukh and stripped him then put him in a black sack and took him away in an Israeli ambulance.
The murder of Farroukh brings the number of Palestinian victims of Israeli shoot-to-kill policy to 73 since the start of October.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Sunday morning arrested 24 Palestinians in cities and villages of the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli sources said that ten Palestinians including minors were arrested from al-Fuwar refugee camp, Yatta town and Karmeh village in al-Khalil governorate in the West Bank.
The sources pointed out that Israeli forces rounded up five others in Sour Baher town in Occupied Jerusalem, a youth and minor in Qalqilya, a youngster in Bethlehem, five men in Nablus and a leader of Hamas in Ramallah.
Israeli sources said that ten Palestinians including minors were arrested from al-Fuwar refugee camp, Yatta town and Karmeh village in al-Khalil governorate in the West Bank.
The sources pointed out that Israeli forces rounded up five others in Sour Baher town in Occupied Jerusalem, a youth and minor in Qalqilya, a youngster in Bethlehem, five men in Nablus and a leader of Hamas in Ramallah.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented Sunday noon Palestinian female teachers and students of Qurtuba School in al-Shuhada Street in central al-Khalil from leaving school under the pretext of lacking pass permits.
The school headmistress Noura Nassar told the PIC reporter that Israeli soldiers detained school student girls for over an hour despite possessing official pass documents.
She underlined that most of student girls are from the Old City of al-Khalil city and nearby neighborhoods.
The school headmistress Noura Nassar told the PIC reporter that Israeli soldiers detained school student girls for over an hour despite possessing official pass documents.
She underlined that most of student girls are from the Old City of al-Khalil city and nearby neighborhoods.
Israeli troops invaded the village of at-Tour, in East Jerusalem, on Sunday, ransacking at least seven homes and abducting five Palestinians. Witnesses explained to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center that Israeli forces deployed in the streets of the village and closed some roads. They were stationed on the main entrances and then raided the area of “Qa’ Al-Hara” and started searching houses and assaulting children; terrifying local residents.
On Sunday evening, the Israeli police released two Palestinian children, who were kidnapped earlier in front of their homes in Shu’fat, while the soldiers kidnapped a child in at-Tour town. The two children from Shu’fat were identified as Yousef Hasan Abu Khdeir, 7 and Omar Mohammad Abu Khdeir, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported.
The Israeli forces arrested 5 Jerusalemites from the village of at-Tour after raiding several residential houses in the area of “Qa’ Al-Hara” in the village. Among those abducted was a child, identified as Yousef Omar Abu al-Hawa, who was taken during clashes that took place in at-Tour, after the soldiers invaded it. The army fired concussion grenades, gas bombs and rounds of live ammunition.
The Silwan Information center reported that the forces raided more than 7 houses for Abulhawa and Al-Sayyad families; some of the houses were empty of residents. The forces searched and caused damage inside the houses and also used police dogs during the search process.
Amjad Abu Asab, head of the Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, explained that the forces arrested Mahdi Abulhawa and his brother Hashem, Ahmad Sider, 60-year old Khalil Abulhawa and his son Omar.
Witnesses added that the forces assaulted and beat several young men in the area of “Qa’ Al-Hara”. They claimed that the raid and search operation came under the pretext of someone allegedly throwing an explosive device towards them. No soldiers were wounded and no damage was reported from the alleged 'device'. Israeli troops presented no evidence to support this claim.
The attacks in at-Tour village follow multiple invasions of the Al-Makassed hospital, which is located in the village of at-Tour and is the main hospital for Palestinians in the Jerusalem area.
During the invasion of the hospital, Israeli troops injured dozens of patients, citizens and employees, who suffered from tear gas inhalation and injuries from rubber bullets.
A sit-in was carried out over the weekend at Al-Maqased hospital in response to the continuous raids on the hospital, and also to condemn interrogating doctors and confiscating the surveillance cameras recorder as well as requesting the file of a minor patient who received treatment at the hospital.
On Sunday evening, the Israeli police released two Palestinian children, who were kidnapped earlier in front of their homes in Shu’fat, while the soldiers kidnapped a child in at-Tour town. The two children from Shu’fat were identified as Yousef Hasan Abu Khdeir, 7 and Omar Mohammad Abu Khdeir, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported.
The Israeli forces arrested 5 Jerusalemites from the village of at-Tour after raiding several residential houses in the area of “Qa’ Al-Hara” in the village. Among those abducted was a child, identified as Yousef Omar Abu al-Hawa, who was taken during clashes that took place in at-Tour, after the soldiers invaded it. The army fired concussion grenades, gas bombs and rounds of live ammunition.
The Silwan Information center reported that the forces raided more than 7 houses for Abulhawa and Al-Sayyad families; some of the houses were empty of residents. The forces searched and caused damage inside the houses and also used police dogs during the search process.
Amjad Abu Asab, head of the Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, explained that the forces arrested Mahdi Abulhawa and his brother Hashem, Ahmad Sider, 60-year old Khalil Abulhawa and his son Omar.
Witnesses added that the forces assaulted and beat several young men in the area of “Qa’ Al-Hara”. They claimed that the raid and search operation came under the pretext of someone allegedly throwing an explosive device towards them. No soldiers were wounded and no damage was reported from the alleged 'device'. Israeli troops presented no evidence to support this claim.
The attacks in at-Tour village follow multiple invasions of the Al-Makassed hospital, which is located in the village of at-Tour and is the main hospital for Palestinians in the Jerusalem area.
During the invasion of the hospital, Israeli troops injured dozens of patients, citizens and employees, who suffered from tear gas inhalation and injuries from rubber bullets.
A sit-in was carried out over the weekend at Al-Maqased hospital in response to the continuous raids on the hospital, and also to condemn interrogating doctors and confiscating the surveillance cameras recorder as well as requesting the file of a minor patient who received treatment at the hospital.
The number of Palestinian administrative detainees, who are held in Israeli jails without charge or trial, has been recently increased to reach the highest number since 2009.
181 administrative detention orders were issued over October in the wake of the decision made by Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu who ordered Israeli army to escalate administrative detention policy against Palestinians, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
Two minors, a woman, and 23 Jerusalemites were among the administrative detainees.
These numbers affirm that Israel systematically uses administrative detention in blatant violation of international law as a mechanism of deterrence and punishment against the Palestinian society, the groups added.
The new administrative detention orders raised the number of Palestinians held without doing anything to 500 in Israeli jails.
International rights groups have called more than once for an end to administrative detention policy according to which thousands of Palestinians prisoners have been arrested based on secret information, which neither they nor their lawyers can review.
181 administrative detention orders were issued over October in the wake of the decision made by Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu who ordered Israeli army to escalate administrative detention policy against Palestinians, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
Two minors, a woman, and 23 Jerusalemites were among the administrative detainees.
These numbers affirm that Israel systematically uses administrative detention in blatant violation of international law as a mechanism of deterrence and punishment against the Palestinian society, the groups added.
The new administrative detention orders raised the number of Palestinians held without doing anything to 500 in Israeli jails.
International rights groups have called more than once for an end to administrative detention policy according to which thousands of Palestinians prisoners have been arrested based on secret information, which neither they nor their lawyers can review.
Palestinian child detainees’ number has been notably increased in Ofer prison over the past month as Israeli arrest campaigns against Palestinian minors have been escalated since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada on October 1.
The human rights activist Ibrahim al-Arej has managed Sunday to meet the child detainees held in Ofer prison.
He quoted the minor detainees as saying that they suffer from severe overcrowding following a sudden rise in their number as a result of the recent Israeli mass arrest campaign in the occupied Palestinian lands.
16 of them remain without beds or blankets, he continued.
There are currently 138 child detainees held in Ofer prison including 76 who were brutally arrested from their homes during Israeli night raids, he said.
All the minor detainees, the Palestinian activist continued, were subjected to several forms of torture including severe beating, insults, strip search, and rape threats.
49 of the reported detainees were under the age of 16. While six suffer from chronic diseases and six others were injured with live bullets during their detention, according to him.
The human rights activist Ibrahim al-Arej has managed Sunday to meet the child detainees held in Ofer prison.
He quoted the minor detainees as saying that they suffer from severe overcrowding following a sudden rise in their number as a result of the recent Israeli mass arrest campaign in the occupied Palestinian lands.
16 of them remain without beds or blankets, he continued.
There are currently 138 child detainees held in Ofer prison including 76 who were brutally arrested from their homes during Israeli night raids, he said.
All the minor detainees, the Palestinian activist continued, were subjected to several forms of torture including severe beating, insults, strip search, and rape threats.
49 of the reported detainees were under the age of 16. While six suffer from chronic diseases and six others were injured with live bullets during their detention, according to him.
The Palestinian female prisoners in Hasharon jail have complained about their suffering from severe overcrowding following a sudden rise in their number as a result of the recent Israeli mass arrest campaign in the occupied Palestinian lands.
Lina al-Jarbouni, representative of the prisoners in Hasharon, told the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society that the overcrowding worsened the already poor incarceration conditions inside the jail.
Jarbouni also complained that their misery doubled when their prison sections were flooded last week by rainwater, which also led to power failure and considerable material damage in the cafeteria room.
In another context, Jarbouni affirmed that prisoner Jurein Qadah from Ramallah suffers from bruises in different areas of her body as a result of her exposure to severe beating by Israeli soldiers during her recent detention.
She added that most of her fellow detainees were exposed to different forms of maltreatment or assaults at the hands of Israeli soldiers and jailers.
Lina al-Jarbouni, representative of the prisoners in Hasharon, told the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society that the overcrowding worsened the already poor incarceration conditions inside the jail.
Jarbouni also complained that their misery doubled when their prison sections were flooded last week by rainwater, which also led to power failure and considerable material damage in the cafeteria room.
In another context, Jarbouni affirmed that prisoner Jurein Qadah from Ramallah suffers from bruises in different areas of her body as a result of her exposure to severe beating by Israeli soldiers during her recent detention.
She added that most of her fellow detainees were exposed to different forms of maltreatment or assaults at the hands of Israeli soldiers and jailers.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday kidnapped four Palestinian young men from their homes in Beit Ummar town, north of al-Khalil city.
Local sources said that a large number of Israeli troops raided and ransacked several homes in the areas of Beit Za'ta and Safa, east and north of town, and kidnapped four young men, most of them ex-detainees in Israeli jails.
They added that all the detainees were taken to Etzion camp north of Beit Ummar.
Another young man was handed a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet during the IOF arrest campaign in the town.
Local sources said that a large number of Israeli troops raided and ransacked several homes in the areas of Beit Za'ta and Safa, east and north of town, and kidnapped four young men, most of them ex-detainees in Israeli jails.
They added that all the detainees were taken to Etzion camp north of Beit Ummar.
Another young man was handed a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet during the IOF arrest campaign in the town.
The occupation authorities carried out a series of random arrests in the last few days and arrested men and children where some of them are under 10 years old and accused them of different charges; part of the collective punishment practiced against Jerusalemites in an attempt to slowdown the Palestinian rise since the beginning of October that started in response to the settlers’ and occupation forces’ assaults on Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The occupation calls two children for interrogation
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the occupation forces called the 7-year old Mutasem Eyad Rajabi and his 9-year old brother Ahmad on Thursday night for interrogation at O’z police center on charges of throwing stones at settlers in Silwan.
The center explained that the police release the children without any conditions; they were detained and interrogated for nearly two hours.
The center also pointed out that the forces arrested the children’s older brother, Adnan (13), two days ago after raiding the family’s house in Silwan. They extended his arrest under the pretext of throwing stones towards settlers. A day later, the judge decided to release him on condition of house-arrest and deportation from East Jerusalem for five days; he will also be presented to court on 30/10/2015.
The children’s father explained that the police have recordings and some pictures of the children playing outside their homes and throwing stones in the play area designated for children which is also across from the settlers’ house. The children denied the charges and confirmed that they were playing together; recordings didn’t show the presence of settlers or children throwing stones towards settlers.
Ghada Odat Allah
Ghada Odat Allah, owner of a beauty salon and mother of five children, was another victim of the Israeli website “Hadashot 24/7” that published two days ago a picture of Ghada on their Facebook page claiming her intention to carry out an attack.
The police release the 42-year old Ghada Odat Allah after detained her for two days under the pretext of “planning to carry out an attack against Israeli targets”.
The center explained that Ghada was exposed to harsh interrogation at Nabi Yacoub police center and was detained in Al-Maskobyeh and Al-Ramleh prison under harsh conditions.
Odat Allah explained that the occupation police called her for interrogation after contacting her husband. They were interrogated from 6 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. on charges of “planning to carry out an attack”. The interrogation was mostly focused about their work, families, relationship with family members, recent incidents at Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacks in Jerusalem. They also questioned them whether or not they have Facebook accounts. The interrogator deliberately terrified them and amplified the charges against them.
Despite denying the charges against her, the interrogator extended her arrest to present her to court and transferred her to Al-Ramleh prison. She said: “I was treated as if I’m guilty. Harsh arrest-conditions, there is no door for the bathrooms, no pillows, humiliating inspection and no clean drinking water.”
She added that the Magistrate judge decided to release her with a third-party bail but the prosecution refused the decision and appealed it. On Thursday morning, the prosecution decided to withdraw their appeal and agreed to release her.
The child Mohammad Zaghal and the wooden ruler
The 14-year old Mohammad Majid Zaghal was arrested last Tuesday and the judge extended his arrest until Friday. Mohammad was arrested because of having a broken wooden ruler and was accused of planning to carry out a stabbing attack since the ruler is broken and is sharp.
Mohammad’s mother explained that she is unable to attend the court session and check on her son. Also, his father has been detained since 6 months ago.
The occupation calls two children for interrogation
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the occupation forces called the 7-year old Mutasem Eyad Rajabi and his 9-year old brother Ahmad on Thursday night for interrogation at O’z police center on charges of throwing stones at settlers in Silwan.
The center explained that the police release the children without any conditions; they were detained and interrogated for nearly two hours.
The center also pointed out that the forces arrested the children’s older brother, Adnan (13), two days ago after raiding the family’s house in Silwan. They extended his arrest under the pretext of throwing stones towards settlers. A day later, the judge decided to release him on condition of house-arrest and deportation from East Jerusalem for five days; he will also be presented to court on 30/10/2015.
The children’s father explained that the police have recordings and some pictures of the children playing outside their homes and throwing stones in the play area designated for children which is also across from the settlers’ house. The children denied the charges and confirmed that they were playing together; recordings didn’t show the presence of settlers or children throwing stones towards settlers.
Ghada Odat Allah
Ghada Odat Allah, owner of a beauty salon and mother of five children, was another victim of the Israeli website “Hadashot 24/7” that published two days ago a picture of Ghada on their Facebook page claiming her intention to carry out an attack.
The police release the 42-year old Ghada Odat Allah after detained her for two days under the pretext of “planning to carry out an attack against Israeli targets”.
The center explained that Ghada was exposed to harsh interrogation at Nabi Yacoub police center and was detained in Al-Maskobyeh and Al-Ramleh prison under harsh conditions.
Odat Allah explained that the occupation police called her for interrogation after contacting her husband. They were interrogated from 6 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. on charges of “planning to carry out an attack”. The interrogation was mostly focused about their work, families, relationship with family members, recent incidents at Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacks in Jerusalem. They also questioned them whether or not they have Facebook accounts. The interrogator deliberately terrified them and amplified the charges against them.
Despite denying the charges against her, the interrogator extended her arrest to present her to court and transferred her to Al-Ramleh prison. She said: “I was treated as if I’m guilty. Harsh arrest-conditions, there is no door for the bathrooms, no pillows, humiliating inspection and no clean drinking water.”
She added that the Magistrate judge decided to release her with a third-party bail but the prosecution refused the decision and appealed it. On Thursday morning, the prosecution decided to withdraw their appeal and agreed to release her.
The child Mohammad Zaghal and the wooden ruler
The 14-year old Mohammad Majid Zaghal was arrested last Tuesday and the judge extended his arrest until Friday. Mohammad was arrested because of having a broken wooden ruler and was accused of planning to carry out a stabbing attack since the ruler is broken and is sharp.
Mohammad’s mother explained that she is unable to attend the court session and check on her son. Also, his father has been detained since 6 months ago.
The occupation authorities carried out today a series of arrests in the village of Sur Baher south of Jerusalem.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the occupation forces arrested 8 Jerusalem from Sur Baher including three minors.
They are: Mohammad Jadallah (16), Yassin Atrash (17), Muhsen Aton (17), Abdullah Abu Kaf, Mohammad Bkeirat (18), Maher Aton (18), Ahmad Jadallah (18) and Na’el Rabay’a (21).
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the occupation forces arrested 8 Jerusalem from Sur Baher including three minors.
They are: Mohammad Jadallah (16), Yassin Atrash (17), Muhsen Aton (17), Abdullah Abu Kaf, Mohammad Bkeirat (18), Maher Aton (18), Ahmad Jadallah (18) and Na’el Rabay’a (21).
Injured Palestinian detainee Shuruq Salah Dwiyat said the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot her twice in the chest and hand on allegations that she attempted to stab an Israeli settler.
Lawyer Hanan al-Khatib, from the prisoners’ committee, quoted 17-year-old Shuruq Dwiyat as stating that the occupation officers cordoned her off and left her bleeding on the ground for about half an hour before they transferred her to the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, where she had been held for four days and underwent a medical surgery.
Prisoner Shuruq Dwiyat, a native of Occupied Jerusalem city, was shot and injured by the IOF on October 11, 2015. She was arrested shortly afterwards.
Shuruq is currently held in the Hasharon Women’s hospital, handcuffed and tied to the bed.
The detainee further spoke out against the mistreatment and harsh offenses she has been subjected to at the hands of the Israeli officers.
“On my last day at the hospital I was transferred on a wheelchair to al-Mascoubiya detention center, where I had been made to endure four hours of exhausting interrogation.”
“Right after the investigation the occupation officers took away the wheelchair. I was left on my own, struggling to stand on my feet and walk. I couldn’t endure the pains inflicted by the surgery I’d just undergone,” she added.
“Shortly after, I fell over. The Israeli soldiers sneered at me because of my inability to walk on my own,” she said.
The injured inmate spoke out against the tiring eight-hour-long inter-prison transfer she had been through right after the surgery, referring to the nauseating stinks, psycho-physical torture, and medical neglect she has been subjected to.
The Israeli occupation authorities further slapped visit bans on prisoner Shuruq Dwiyat, denying her the right to see her parents even for short whiles.
At least four female Palestinian detainees are being currently treated in Israeli hospitals after they were shot and injured by Israeli bullet fire.
They have been identified as: Israa Abed, Israa Ja’abis, Marah Bakeer, and Istabraq Nour.
Lawyer Hanan al-Khatib, from the prisoners’ committee, quoted 17-year-old Shuruq Dwiyat as stating that the occupation officers cordoned her off and left her bleeding on the ground for about half an hour before they transferred her to the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, where she had been held for four days and underwent a medical surgery.
Prisoner Shuruq Dwiyat, a native of Occupied Jerusalem city, was shot and injured by the IOF on October 11, 2015. She was arrested shortly afterwards.
Shuruq is currently held in the Hasharon Women’s hospital, handcuffed and tied to the bed.
The detainee further spoke out against the mistreatment and harsh offenses she has been subjected to at the hands of the Israeli officers.
“On my last day at the hospital I was transferred on a wheelchair to al-Mascoubiya detention center, where I had been made to endure four hours of exhausting interrogation.”
“Right after the investigation the occupation officers took away the wheelchair. I was left on my own, struggling to stand on my feet and walk. I couldn’t endure the pains inflicted by the surgery I’d just undergone,” she added.
“Shortly after, I fell over. The Israeli soldiers sneered at me because of my inability to walk on my own,” she said.
The injured inmate spoke out against the tiring eight-hour-long inter-prison transfer she had been through right after the surgery, referring to the nauseating stinks, psycho-physical torture, and medical neglect she has been subjected to.
The Israeli occupation authorities further slapped visit bans on prisoner Shuruq Dwiyat, denying her the right to see her parents even for short whiles.
At least four female Palestinian detainees are being currently treated in Israeli hospitals after they were shot and injured by Israeli bullet fire.
They have been identified as: Israa Abed, Israa Ja’abis, Marah Bakeer, and Istabraq Nour.
Palestinian captive woman Sanaa Fahed Hamdan was insulted, humiliated and tortured by Israelis during investigation in al-Jalameh detention center for a charge of incitement on Facebook. She was issued an order of administrative detention for two months.
Captive Sanaa, 18, from Nazareth was arrested on October, 05 and held at Sharon Israeli jail for women.
Hamdan told Hanan al-Khatib, lawyer of Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee, that she was transferred from a detention center in Nazareth to Jalameh jail where she was undressed for searching purposes and underwent investigation for ten days.
Sanaa described the cells of questioning as very narrow and smelly. She was held alone in a dirty isolation cell where she caught cold because of lack of blankets.
Israeli investigators charged her of incitement against Israeli security on her Facebook page. Israeli Occupation Authority issued her an order of administrative detention for lacking evidences, Hamdan said.
Captive Sanaa, 18, from Nazareth was arrested on October, 05 and held at Sharon Israeli jail for women.
Hamdan told Hanan al-Khatib, lawyer of Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee, that she was transferred from a detention center in Nazareth to Jalameh jail where she was undressed for searching purposes and underwent investigation for ten days.
Sanaa described the cells of questioning as very narrow and smelly. She was held alone in a dirty isolation cell where she caught cold because of lack of blankets.
Israeli investigators charged her of incitement against Israeli security on her Facebook page. Israeli Occupation Authority issued her an order of administrative detention for lacking evidences, Hamdan said.
Israeli forces stormed the northern occupied West Bank village of Qusra, overnight Saturday, and detained the village's mayor and his son, a local monitor said.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West bank, told Ma’an News Agency that several Israeli military vehicles stormed Qusra south of Nablus.
Israeli soldiers then ransacked the home of the village’s mayor, Hussein Abu Reida, 55, and detained him along with his son Tariq, 33.
It is fairly common practice for Israeli forces to detain Palestinian Authority officials and Palestinian lawmakers.
On Oct. 20 Israeli forces detained a Hamas-affiliated lawmaker Hassan Youssef from his home in Beitunia west of Ramallah during a predawn raid.
The Israeli army said in a statement that Youssef had been "actively instigating and inciting terrorism and publicly encouraging and praising the execution of attacks against Israelis."
As of September, four members of the Palestinian Legislative Council were being held in Israeli prisons, including Khalida Jarrar, a Palestinian leader affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,according to prisoners' rights group Addameer.
Jarrar was detained from her home in Ramallah in April, and initially sentenced to six months administrative detention, although international pressure later forced the Israeli authorities to bring 12 charges against her, focused on her political activism.
Her case has brought outcry across both Palestine and Israel, with Palestinian and Israeli rights groups calling for her release.
Addameer described her arrest as "vengeful, arbitrary and political, with an aim to punish her for her political opinions and activism for Palestinian human rights," while Human Rights Watch has said "her case is rife with due process violations."
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West bank, told Ma’an News Agency that several Israeli military vehicles stormed Qusra south of Nablus.
Israeli soldiers then ransacked the home of the village’s mayor, Hussein Abu Reida, 55, and detained him along with his son Tariq, 33.
It is fairly common practice for Israeli forces to detain Palestinian Authority officials and Palestinian lawmakers.
On Oct. 20 Israeli forces detained a Hamas-affiliated lawmaker Hassan Youssef from his home in Beitunia west of Ramallah during a predawn raid.
The Israeli army said in a statement that Youssef had been "actively instigating and inciting terrorism and publicly encouraging and praising the execution of attacks against Israelis."
As of September, four members of the Palestinian Legislative Council were being held in Israeli prisons, including Khalida Jarrar, a Palestinian leader affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,according to prisoners' rights group Addameer.
Jarrar was detained from her home in Ramallah in April, and initially sentenced to six months administrative detention, although international pressure later forced the Israeli authorities to bring 12 charges against her, focused on her political activism.
Her case has brought outcry across both Palestine and Israel, with Palestinian and Israeli rights groups calling for her release.
Addameer described her arrest as "vengeful, arbitrary and political, with an aim to punish her for her political opinions and activism for Palestinian human rights," while Human Rights Watch has said "her case is rife with due process violations."
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