15 nov 2015
Haitham-Barakat
The Magistrate judge sentenced the child Haitham Barakat for 5 months of actual imprisonment, a suspended probation of 4 months for three years and a 2500-NIS fine.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that his client Barakat was beaten by the wardens last week while detained in Giv’on prison and was injured with several bruises and pains; signs of beating were clear on Barakat during the session.
It is noteworthy that Giv’on prison was recently opened for minor prisons and is considered the worst among occupation prisons as it last the most basic necessities of life (food, clothes, cleaning material and blankets).
Extensions of arrest…
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Laith Husseini, Malek Shweiki, Baker Aweis (arresting while heading to school), Fayez Shahin, Amir Salloum, Suhaib Abu Sa’ed, Mahmoud Abed and Nader Naser until 15/11/2015.
The judge also extended the arrest of Nour Eddin Zaghal, Mohammad Naser, Muntaser Salameh and Nader Naser until 16/11/2015, Ibrahim Shweiki until 24/11/2015, Hamzeh Najjar and Islam Najjar until completing the legal procedures against them.
The judge also extended the house-arrest imposed on the child Ahmad Abu Khalaf and a session was scheduled for him on 18/11/2015. He also extended the house-arrest imposed on the child Fayez Farhan with allowing him to go to school; a session was scheduled for him on 15/2/2015 (witnesses hearing session).
The child Mohammad Abu Nab was presented to the judge and a session was scheduled for him on 2/2/2016; he is not detained.
Also, the child Tayseer Natsheh was presented to the District judge and a session was scheduled for him on 29/11/2015 and the child Mohammad Obeid was also presented to the judge and another session was scheduled on 22/11/2015; a session was scheduled for Nadim Obeid on 2/2/2016.
The judge convicted Basel Sider and extended his arrest until 2/2/2016.
The judge also extended the arrest of Nasri Firawi until 23/11/2015 (conduct officer’s report) and Issa Firawi and Mohammad Nokad until 2/2/2016 (sentencing and conduct officer’s report).
Tamer Abu Asab was presented to the judge and a session was scheduled on 24/11/2015.
The judge extended the arrest of Ala’ Obeid until 6/12/2015 (sentencing and conduct officer’s report).
The judge also decided to release Ibrahim Musleh with a third-party bail but the prosecution appealed the decision.
Indictments…
The prosecution submitted an indictment against the child Mohammad Ammouri and the judge extended his arrest until 18/11/2015 and an indictment against the child Mohammad Hatem Abulhawa and a session was scheduled for him on 18/11/2016; he is not detained.
The prosecution also submitted indictments against Mohammad Jihad Alayan and Mohammad Adnan Obeid and the judge extended their arrest until 16/11/2015.
Isolation from Al-Aqsa Mosque
The judge decided to release Naser Ajaj, Ahed Risheq and Hamzeh Ajaj on conditions of isolation from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 45 days and a third party bail of 5 thousand NIS.
Release…
The judge released the child Ibrahim Abulhawa on conditions of house-arrest, deportation, a 3-thousand NIS bail and a third-party bail of 10 thousand NIS.
The child Mohammad Risheq was also released with a 5-thousnad NIS bail and on condition of staying at least 500 meters away from settlers’ houses in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah for 45 days.
The judge also decided to release Mohammad Kayed Mahmoud, Mohammad Nayef Alayan, Mahmoud Dirbas, Hamed Abed and Bashar Dari with a 1000-NIS bail, house-arrest for 7 days and a third-party bail of 5 thousand NIS for each.
The judge also unconditionally released Mohammad Yaser Abulhawa.
The Magistrate judge sentenced the child Haitham Barakat for 5 months of actual imprisonment, a suspended probation of 4 months for three years and a 2500-NIS fine.
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that his client Barakat was beaten by the wardens last week while detained in Giv’on prison and was injured with several bruises and pains; signs of beating were clear on Barakat during the session.
It is noteworthy that Giv’on prison was recently opened for minor prisons and is considered the worst among occupation prisons as it last the most basic necessities of life (food, clothes, cleaning material and blankets).
Extensions of arrest…
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud explained that the Magistrate judge extended the arrest of Laith Husseini, Malek Shweiki, Baker Aweis (arresting while heading to school), Fayez Shahin, Amir Salloum, Suhaib Abu Sa’ed, Mahmoud Abed and Nader Naser until 15/11/2015.
The judge also extended the arrest of Nour Eddin Zaghal, Mohammad Naser, Muntaser Salameh and Nader Naser until 16/11/2015, Ibrahim Shweiki until 24/11/2015, Hamzeh Najjar and Islam Najjar until completing the legal procedures against them.
The judge also extended the house-arrest imposed on the child Ahmad Abu Khalaf and a session was scheduled for him on 18/11/2015. He also extended the house-arrest imposed on the child Fayez Farhan with allowing him to go to school; a session was scheduled for him on 15/2/2015 (witnesses hearing session).
The child Mohammad Abu Nab was presented to the judge and a session was scheduled for him on 2/2/2016; he is not detained.
Also, the child Tayseer Natsheh was presented to the District judge and a session was scheduled for him on 29/11/2015 and the child Mohammad Obeid was also presented to the judge and another session was scheduled on 22/11/2015; a session was scheduled for Nadim Obeid on 2/2/2016.
The judge convicted Basel Sider and extended his arrest until 2/2/2016.
The judge also extended the arrest of Nasri Firawi until 23/11/2015 (conduct officer’s report) and Issa Firawi and Mohammad Nokad until 2/2/2016 (sentencing and conduct officer’s report).
Tamer Abu Asab was presented to the judge and a session was scheduled on 24/11/2015.
The judge extended the arrest of Ala’ Obeid until 6/12/2015 (sentencing and conduct officer’s report).
The judge also decided to release Ibrahim Musleh with a third-party bail but the prosecution appealed the decision.
Indictments…
The prosecution submitted an indictment against the child Mohammad Ammouri and the judge extended his arrest until 18/11/2015 and an indictment against the child Mohammad Hatem Abulhawa and a session was scheduled for him on 18/11/2016; he is not detained.
The prosecution also submitted indictments against Mohammad Jihad Alayan and Mohammad Adnan Obeid and the judge extended their arrest until 16/11/2015.
Isolation from Al-Aqsa Mosque
The judge decided to release Naser Ajaj, Ahed Risheq and Hamzeh Ajaj on conditions of isolation from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 45 days and a third party bail of 5 thousand NIS.
Release…
The judge released the child Ibrahim Abulhawa on conditions of house-arrest, deportation, a 3-thousand NIS bail and a third-party bail of 10 thousand NIS.
The child Mohammad Risheq was also released with a 5-thousnad NIS bail and on condition of staying at least 500 meters away from settlers’ houses in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah for 45 days.
The judge also decided to release Mohammad Kayed Mahmoud, Mohammad Nayef Alayan, Mahmoud Dirbas, Hamed Abed and Bashar Dari with a 1000-NIS bail, house-arrest for 7 days and a third-party bail of 5 thousand NIS for each.
The judge also unconditionally released Mohammad Yaser Abulhawa.
Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) detain three Palestinian female minor captives in Ashkelon isolation under very bad conditions. Two of the minors are still suffering from injuries by Israeli shooting at the time of arrest.
Riyadh al-Ashqar, media spokesman of Palestine Prisoners’ Center for Studies, revealed that the IOA transferred both detainees from hospitals to Ashkelon prison before completion of treatment. They are Istabrak Nour, 15, from Nablus and Marah Bakir, 16, from Occupied Jerusalem. The third captive Jihan Ereqat, 17, from Abu Dis in Occupied Jerusalem was transferred from the Russian Compound to Ashkelon prison.
Ashqar said captive Bakir stayed 24 days receiving treatment in Hadassah Hospital, due to being shot by 10 Israeli bullets at arrest time, while she is cuffed to hospital bed by hands and feet. Detainee Nour is suffering severe pain in the leg due to being shot by Israeli forces as well, he added.
Detention conditions of the three Palestinian minor girls are too harsh as they are held in a narrow room full of insects and dirt. They complain of poor food and deprivation of hot water for taking path. There are no appliances for cooking and the room lacks cleaning tools and materials despite demanding such needs. Prison management refuses providing them with enough blankets, clothes and other needs, Ashqar pointed out.
Riyadh al-Ashqar, media spokesman of Palestine Prisoners’ Center for Studies, revealed that the IOA transferred both detainees from hospitals to Ashkelon prison before completion of treatment. They are Istabrak Nour, 15, from Nablus and Marah Bakir, 16, from Occupied Jerusalem. The third captive Jihan Ereqat, 17, from Abu Dis in Occupied Jerusalem was transferred from the Russian Compound to Ashkelon prison.
Ashqar said captive Bakir stayed 24 days receiving treatment in Hadassah Hospital, due to being shot by 10 Israeli bullets at arrest time, while she is cuffed to hospital bed by hands and feet. Detainee Nour is suffering severe pain in the leg due to being shot by Israeli forces as well, he added.
Detention conditions of the three Palestinian minor girls are too harsh as they are held in a narrow room full of insects and dirt. They complain of poor food and deprivation of hot water for taking path. There are no appliances for cooking and the room lacks cleaning tools and materials despite demanding such needs. Prison management refuses providing them with enough blankets, clothes and other needs, Ashqar pointed out.
The Israeli Ofer military court afternoon Sunday extended the detention of 20-year-old injured detainee Azzam Shalaldeh, kidnapped by an undercover troop from al-Ahli hospital in al-Khalil, for five days in absentia.
Lawyer Karim Ujwa, from the prisoners’ and ex-prisoners’ committee, said Shalaldeh’s remand was extended in absentia on account of underway investigation procedures.
The detainee was not present at the court. The occupation authorities claimed this was the case because of his health status.
Lawyer Ujwa added following a visit he paid to the detainee at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, that Shalaldeh is held in the surgery hall, with his hands and legs tied up with iron chains.
The same undercover unit that kidnapped Shalaldeh some few days ago also executed his 27-year-old cousin Abdullah on his way out of a lavatory.
The operation was widely condemned and considered a stark violation of hospitals by major human rights organisations and activists worldwide.
Lawyer Karim Ujwa, from the prisoners’ and ex-prisoners’ committee, said Shalaldeh’s remand was extended in absentia on account of underway investigation procedures.
The detainee was not present at the court. The occupation authorities claimed this was the case because of his health status.
Lawyer Ujwa added following a visit he paid to the detainee at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, that Shalaldeh is held in the surgery hall, with his hands and legs tied up with iron chains.
The same undercover unit that kidnapped Shalaldeh some few days ago also executed his 27-year-old cousin Abdullah on his way out of a lavatory.
The operation was widely condemned and considered a stark violation of hospitals by major human rights organisations and activists worldwide.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Sunday the Palestinian Ahmad Abed Rabbu, 30, from Jabalya town while he was passing Beit Hanoun crossing, in the northern Gaza Strip, and heading to the West Bank.
Al-Mizan Center for Human Rights revealed that by the arrest of Abed Rabbu, the number of Palestinians who have been rounded up by Israeli forces at the same crossing since the beginning of 2015 mounted to 34.The number included 24 traders and 4 patients. They were arrested despite possessing valid travel permits.
About 2,000 of Palestinians use Beit Hanoun crossing in both directions on daily basis, including 800 traders holding open pass permits
Al-Mizan Center for Human Rights revealed that by the arrest of Abed Rabbu, the number of Palestinians who have been rounded up by Israeli forces at the same crossing since the beginning of 2015 mounted to 34.The number included 24 traders and 4 patients. They were arrested despite possessing valid travel permits.
About 2,000 of Palestinians use Beit Hanoun crossing in both directions on daily basis, including 800 traders holding open pass permits
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) overnight Saturday and at dawn Sunday kidnapped at least 24 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli Channel 7 said the occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 22 allegedly wanted Palestinians, 13 among whom on charges of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
Local sources said 10 Palestinians were kidnapped from the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
The Israeli occupation soldiers apprehended the citizen Ahmad Mutawa’ Musalma and his son Shadi from Jabal al-Rahma. Ahmad’s other son Majdi was, meanwhile, summoned for interrogation
The IOF further ravaged Ahmad’s family home and seized a vehicle of his own.
Clashes burst out in the area after the IOF attacked civilian youths with randomly shot spates of gunfire and tear gas canisters.
The IOF also cordoned off Beit Awa in southern al-Khalil and sealed off its entrances with makeshift roadblocks, blocking Palestinians’ movement out of and into the area.
The Israeli occupation soldiers raked through the Yatta-Samou’ access road in search for Friday’s alleged anti-occupation shooters.
The IOF further stormed al-Rama neighborhood and kidnapped 27-year-old Mohamed Abdul Sami’ al-Ja’bari from his own family home.
Mohamed’s family said the IOF wreaked havoc on the building and stole 150 Jordanian Dinars.
The occupation patrols further broke into the al-Fawar refugee camp and rounded up the two youths Ya’koub Abu Turki and Sami al-Janazra.
Other civilians were also apprehended by the IOF from al-Khalil’s towns of Beit Awa, Dura, Surif, and Beit Kahel.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of at least two Palestinian citizens from Occupied Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya neighborhood.
The Israeli Channel 7 said the occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 22 allegedly wanted Palestinians, 13 among whom on charges of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
Local sources said 10 Palestinians were kidnapped from the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
The Israeli occupation soldiers apprehended the citizen Ahmad Mutawa’ Musalma and his son Shadi from Jabal al-Rahma. Ahmad’s other son Majdi was, meanwhile, summoned for interrogation
The IOF further ravaged Ahmad’s family home and seized a vehicle of his own.
Clashes burst out in the area after the IOF attacked civilian youths with randomly shot spates of gunfire and tear gas canisters.
The IOF also cordoned off Beit Awa in southern al-Khalil and sealed off its entrances with makeshift roadblocks, blocking Palestinians’ movement out of and into the area.
The Israeli occupation soldiers raked through the Yatta-Samou’ access road in search for Friday’s alleged anti-occupation shooters.
The IOF further stormed al-Rama neighborhood and kidnapped 27-year-old Mohamed Abdul Sami’ al-Ja’bari from his own family home.
Mohamed’s family said the IOF wreaked havoc on the building and stole 150 Jordanian Dinars.
The occupation patrols further broke into the al-Fawar refugee camp and rounded up the two youths Ya’koub Abu Turki and Sami al-Janazra.
Other civilians were also apprehended by the IOF from al-Khalil’s towns of Beit Awa, Dura, Surif, and Beit Kahel.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of at least two Palestinian citizens from Occupied Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya neighborhood.
Mohamed Marqasto 13
"You should kneel down and pray right away because I did not put a bullet in your child's head," an Israeli interrogator told the father of 13-year-old Mohamed Marqasto, who was kidnapped a few days ago from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem.
"When I entered the [interrogation] room, I found more than one interrogator in front of me, but my eyes were looking for my kid, who is below age 14, when suddenly my heart started beating for seeing him with blood and signs of torture on his face," Mustafa Marqasto, the father of the child, said.
According to the father, Israeli policemen last Friday physically assaulted his son Mohamed as he was on his way from his home in Shuafat refugee camp, northeast of Jerusalem, to another family house in the Old City of Jerusalem before taking him handcuffed to al-Maskubiya police station for interrogation.
The Israeli police falsely accused his son of attempting to stab an officer with an alleged knife he was carrying with him in a small bag when he was walking on a street in Jerusalem.
One hour later, the father was phoned by the police and ordered to come to the station to see his son. Upon his arrival, he was exposed to humiliation and search before he was allowed to enter the interrogation room.
"I was maltreated, searched and verbally attacked until I reached the room where my son was handcuffed with his face bleeding," the father elaborated.
"I could not control myself and asked them, "How could such a child kill? And where was that knife that was found with him? There were more than one knife with them, but one of them raised a particular knife and said, "With this one." Then I told him that I had never seen this in my house."
The father affirmed to the Israeli interrogator that his son confessed to carrying that knife because of his exposure to intimidation and physical abuse, and asked him to order his transfer to a hospital, but the officer refused and threatened to beat his son to death.
"Do not worry, your son will die here," the Israeli officer told the father.
"You should kneel down and pray right away because I did not put a bullet in your child's head," an Israeli interrogator told the father of 13-year-old Mohamed Marqasto, who was kidnapped a few days ago from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem.
"When I entered the [interrogation] room, I found more than one interrogator in front of me, but my eyes were looking for my kid, who is below age 14, when suddenly my heart started beating for seeing him with blood and signs of torture on his face," Mustafa Marqasto, the father of the child, said.
According to the father, Israeli policemen last Friday physically assaulted his son Mohamed as he was on his way from his home in Shuafat refugee camp, northeast of Jerusalem, to another family house in the Old City of Jerusalem before taking him handcuffed to al-Maskubiya police station for interrogation.
The Israeli police falsely accused his son of attempting to stab an officer with an alleged knife he was carrying with him in a small bag when he was walking on a street in Jerusalem.
One hour later, the father was phoned by the police and ordered to come to the station to see his son. Upon his arrival, he was exposed to humiliation and search before he was allowed to enter the interrogation room.
"I was maltreated, searched and verbally attacked until I reached the room where my son was handcuffed with his face bleeding," the father elaborated.
"I could not control myself and asked them, "How could such a child kill? And where was that knife that was found with him? There were more than one knife with them, but one of them raised a particular knife and said, "With this one." Then I told him that I had never seen this in my house."
The father affirmed to the Israeli interrogator that his son confessed to carrying that knife because of his exposure to intimidation and physical abuse, and asked him to order his transfer to a hospital, but the officer refused and threatened to beat his son to death.
"Do not worry, your son will die here," the Israeli officer told the father.
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, twelve Palestinians during invasions and searches of homes, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, several nearby villages, towns and the al-‘Arroub refugee camp.
The soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the towns of Surif, Yatta, Beit 'Awwa, Beit Kahel and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, stormed and violently searched dozens of homes and kidnapped twelve Palestinians.
The soldiers forced the families out of their homes, and interrogated many Palestinians before kidnapping twelve.
The kidnapped have been identified as Yacoub Emad Abu Turki, 21, Qussai Ayyad Abu Fara, 21, Mohammad Riyadh Hasan al-Hdoush, Sami Mohammad Najajra, 42, Mohammad Abdul-Samea' al-Ja’bari, 29, Mustafa Khaled al-Heeh, 17, Jihad Mohammad Masalma, Sobhi Mohammad Masalma, Mahmoud Abdul-Majid al-'Atawna, Mohammad Fuad Abu 'Aisha, 57, and Mohammad Amro Jamjoum.
The soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the towns of Surif, Yatta, Beit 'Awwa, Beit Kahel and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, stormed and violently searched dozens of homes and kidnapped twelve Palestinians.
The soldiers forced the families out of their homes, and interrogated many Palestinians before kidnapping twelve.
The kidnapped have been identified as Yacoub Emad Abu Turki, 21, Qussai Ayyad Abu Fara, 21, Mohammad Riyadh Hasan al-Hdoush, Sami Mohammad Najajra, 42, Mohammad Abdul-Samea' al-Ja’bari, 29, Mustafa Khaled al-Heeh, 17, Jihad Mohammad Masalma, Sobhi Mohammad Masalma, Mahmoud Abdul-Majid al-'Atawna, Mohammad Fuad Abu 'Aisha, 57, and Mohammad Amro Jamjoum.
A workshop on the role of mass media in promoting the Palestinian prisoners’ cause kicked off Saturday in Tunisia’s capital city, Tunis.
The workshop is hosted by the Al-Tawasul International Forum Society, in cooperation with the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists and the International Campaign for Solidarity with Palestinian Detainees.
Snapshots on the prisoners’ cause were displayed in an exhibition launched in the presence of the Palestinian Ambassador in Tunisia, Hayel al-Fahoum, and representatives of prominent media institutions.
Several activities and media workshops are expected to be carried out in an attempt to promote the prisoners’ cause and push for a pro-Palestine media strategy.
The workshop is hosted by the Al-Tawasul International Forum Society, in cooperation with the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists and the International Campaign for Solidarity with Palestinian Detainees.
Snapshots on the prisoners’ cause were displayed in an exhibition launched in the presence of the Palestinian Ambassador in Tunisia, Hayel al-Fahoum, and representatives of prominent media institutions.
Several activities and media workshops are expected to be carried out in an attempt to promote the prisoners’ cause and push for a pro-Palestine media strategy.
Family of 33-year-old Palestinian detainee Omar Saleh al-Sherif, serving 18 life sentences, announced on Friday evening their son’s engagement to a Palestinian girl.
Gathering in the fiancée’s family home, her brother expressed the family’s most heartfelt happiness and honor to have their 22-year-old daughter, Israa, betrothed to Omar al-Sherif.
“This is the least we can do for someone who has sacrificed his own freedom for the sake of his people,” the brother said.
The detainee’s father expressed the deep pleasure and joy he has felt upon asking for Israa’s hands in marriage for his son.
Responding to a letter sent earlier by prisoner Sherif to ask for Israa’s hand in marriage, the fiancée’s mother said: “I will offer you my daughter as soon as you are released from jail.”
For her part, the fiancée willingly approved the engagement, saying in an address to her fiancé: “I will be waiting for you till the last breath.”
Sherif, held in the Negev lock-up, was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation troops on June 19, 2003 on allegations of direct involvement in an anti-occupation operation.
Gathering in the fiancée’s family home, her brother expressed the family’s most heartfelt happiness and honor to have their 22-year-old daughter, Israa, betrothed to Omar al-Sherif.
“This is the least we can do for someone who has sacrificed his own freedom for the sake of his people,” the brother said.
The detainee’s father expressed the deep pleasure and joy he has felt upon asking for Israa’s hands in marriage for his son.
Responding to a letter sent earlier by prisoner Sherif to ask for Israa’s hand in marriage, the fiancée’s mother said: “I will offer you my daughter as soon as you are released from jail.”
For her part, the fiancée willingly approved the engagement, saying in an address to her fiancé: “I will be waiting for you till the last breath.”
Sherif, held in the Negev lock-up, was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation troops on June 19, 2003 on allegations of direct involvement in an anti-occupation operation.
Thousands of Palestinians gathered in al-Khalil Saturday, carrying the body of Hassan Jihad al-Baw, 23, who was shot dead by the Israeli occupation troops Friday in the town of Halhul.
The 23-year-old’s funeral departed from Al-Khalil's al-Ahli hospital. Thousands of Palestinians took part in the funeral as his body was carried to his family home in Halhul.
Al-Baw's relatives bid him a final goodbye before he was taken to the Mosque and then to the cemetery to be buried.
Mourners demanded international protection and a response to Israeli violations and cold-blooded executions of Palestinian youths.
Clashes erupted after the funeral when the Israeli occupation patrols rolled into the area and ravaged Palestinians’ stores.
Israeli forces opened fire on the unarmed Palestinian protesters in Halhul, injuring eight demonstrators with live fire.
The Israeli occupation troops further stormed Khersa village, in southern al-Khalil, and rummaged into Palestinian shops before they detained a number of civilian youths and seized surveillance cameras.
The Israeli occupation forces further rolled into al-Khalil’s western town of Deir Samet and misappropriated surveillance cameras in an attempt to chase down anti-occupation activists.
The 23-year-old’s funeral departed from Al-Khalil's al-Ahli hospital. Thousands of Palestinians took part in the funeral as his body was carried to his family home in Halhul.
Al-Baw's relatives bid him a final goodbye before he was taken to the Mosque and then to the cemetery to be buried.
Mourners demanded international protection and a response to Israeli violations and cold-blooded executions of Palestinian youths.
Clashes erupted after the funeral when the Israeli occupation patrols rolled into the area and ravaged Palestinians’ stores.
Israeli forces opened fire on the unarmed Palestinian protesters in Halhul, injuring eight demonstrators with live fire.
The Israeli occupation troops further stormed Khersa village, in southern al-Khalil, and rummaged into Palestinian shops before they detained a number of civilian youths and seized surveillance cameras.
The Israeli occupation forces further rolled into al-Khalil’s western town of Deir Samet and misappropriated surveillance cameras in an attempt to chase down anti-occupation activists.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at night, the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and clashed with local youths, wounding ten Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, while at least 25 others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation; the soldiers also kidnapped one of the wounded residents.
The clashes took place in the an-Naqqar neighborhood, west of Qalqilia, and near the Workers Crossing, north of the city.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped Mo’in Mahmoud Qobtan, 30 years of age, from Qalqilia, after shooting him with a rubber-coated steel bullet.
Head of the Emergency Department in Qalqilia Monther Nazzal said nine Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets in the an-Naqqar neighborhood, and that two of them were hospitalized, while eighteen others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
He added that one Palestinian was also shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and seven suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, near the crossing, north of the city.
The clashes took place in the an-Naqqar neighborhood, west of Qalqilia, and near the Workers Crossing, north of the city.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped Mo’in Mahmoud Qobtan, 30 years of age, from Qalqilia, after shooting him with a rubber-coated steel bullet.
Head of the Emergency Department in Qalqilia Monther Nazzal said nine Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets in the an-Naqqar neighborhood, and that two of them were hospitalized, while eighteen others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
He added that one Palestinian was also shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and seven suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, near the crossing, north of the city.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Saturday at night, six Palestinians, including a father and his son, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and the nearby towns of Yatta and Halhoul. Seven Palestinians have been injured in ensuing clashes.
The soldiers kidnapped Ahmad Hasan Hneihin and Ala’ Ziad al-Hataba, during clashes that took place between the soldiers and local youths at the southern entrance of Halhoul town, after the army invaded it.
Medical sources said seven Palestinians were shot with live army fire, and dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Sharifeddin Mahmoud, a student of the Al-Quds University from Yatta.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes in Yatta, and kidnapped Mohammad Nabil al-Beerawi.
In Hebron city, the soldiers invaded Jabal ar-Rahma area, searched homes and kidnapped Ahmad Motawe’ and his son Shadi.
In related news, soldiers placed hand barriers, and concrete blocks, on all reads leading to Settlement Road #60, starting from southern Hebron city extending to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns.
Many Palestinian villages and towns in Hebron are now completely isolated and separated from each other, while the soldiers continue their home invasions and arrests.
The soldiers kidnapped Ahmad Hasan Hneihin and Ala’ Ziad al-Hataba, during clashes that took place between the soldiers and local youths at the southern entrance of Halhoul town, after the army invaded it.
Medical sources said seven Palestinians were shot with live army fire, and dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Sharifeddin Mahmoud, a student of the Al-Quds University from Yatta.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes in Yatta, and kidnapped Mohammad Nabil al-Beerawi.
In Hebron city, the soldiers invaded Jabal ar-Rahma area, searched homes and kidnapped Ahmad Motawe’ and his son Shadi.
In related news, soldiers placed hand barriers, and concrete blocks, on all reads leading to Settlement Road #60, starting from southern Hebron city extending to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns.
Many Palestinian villages and towns in Hebron are now completely isolated and separated from each other, while the soldiers continue their home invasions and arrests.
14 nov 2015
By Hossam Shaker
It is rare to find scenes that can express a complex reality or major issue, but one such was some video footage leaked recently, which exposed part of the heinous interrogation of a Palestinian child. Ranking officers in the Israeli occupation security services tried to overpower a 13 year old boy, break his will and crush his dignity.
The astonishing video shows the impressive resilience of the Palestinian people, represented by this child from Jerusalem. The boy, Ahmed Manasrah, remains strong, unwilling to break, no matter how much the Israeli officers aggravate him with moral and physical pressure. The injured child was seen standing in the face of the human monsters who earn their daily bread by spreading systematic intimidation and fear in this manner.
Manasrah has a story to tell. A number of Israelis crowded around him after he was injured and left him to bleed for an extended period of time. They cursed and insulted him as he lay in his own blood on the side of the road after being hit by an Israeli car. Israelis the age of his father yelled fascist statements and obscene insults at him, while repeatedly telling him to die. This was videoed and the shocking footage was seen by the public across the world; but could he expect any better from the citizens of such a vile colonial country? Manasrah was arrested while he was still injured and accused of trying to stab someone. His 16 year old cousin, Hassan, was executed by swift trigger-fingers with no questions asked. Another video of Ahmed was leaked showing him in hospital, a wounded child alone and handcuffed to the bed. This was followed by the newest video of the boy being interrogated, thus exposing the current Israeli situation warts and all, without any propaganda effects or makeup.
The interrogation scene sums up the reality, as Israeli institutions and security forces continue to pursue children relentlessly and adopt the necessary laws and measures required to do so; some shocking laws are on their way through the Knesset. This is a state where the masses are chanting “Death to Arabs” and calling for harsher measures against the Palestinians, months after electing an even more radical government than before. The inaccurately named Israel Defence Forces, meanwhile, do not hesitate in carrying out on-the-spot field executions by shooting anyone acting in an unfamiliar way, even if they are children — but only if they look Arab.
The chilling video reveals a few minutes of shocking, systematic oppression of a child in one of Israel’s countless intimidatory interrogation rooms across Palestine. What sort of psychological horror movie would we come out with if an entire day in such a place was caught on film? We may get the answer from the Palestinians who saw the “first showing” with their own eyes in the same rooms, including hundreds of children arrested by the Israeli army over the past month and who have been subjected to harsh interrogations.
The horrible clip gives us a rare opportunity to take a look at the Israeli occupation system from the inside. How pathetic it is as they try to fight the facts of history by continuing to oppress the Palestinian people, pressuring the families and children and blackmailing them in order to report the behaviour of their peers. The occupation system would not dare ask the children fundamental questions such as: what made you participate in a demonstration? Pick up a stone? Think of using a knife? The question about their motives equates to a question regarding the fate of the occupation itself because eliminating the driving forces behind such actions can only be achieved by ending the occupation.
What the Israeli occupation system essentially wants is to spread fear in the ranks of the Palestinian people and intimidate the new generation with these oppressive measures which aim to break their spirit. As such, what we saw in the video is nothing new compared to what other Palestinians have gone through, it just that this unprecedented leaked footage allows the world to see what Israel is up to. What is new, though, is that the brutal individuals in the videos have become the true spokespeople for the Israeli government, its institutions, army, intelligence agencies and police. They spoke to the world by means of this video in the language of reality that does not contain any of the verbal manoeuvres typically used by official spokespeople to cover their tracks.
As for Ahmed Manasrah, he has the right to speak on behalf of Palestine because anything he will say, and in whatever language he says it, will be more eloquent than what a hesitant president will have to say. The same president has been stuck in the maze called the “peace process” and has been betrayed by successive Israeli governments, occupants of the White House and the politicians leading on foreign policy in Europe.
Manasrah has every right to stand at the UN podium one day and tell the world the story of the young boy who was run over, injured, roughed up, handcuffed and insulted, as he represents a Palestinian generation that dreams of freedom and which the Israeli occupation, with all its might, has failed to oppress, break, or steal the hope of freedom from their eyes. He may start his speech by saying, “I am Ahmed Manasrah. When I was a child, my country was occupied…” and the audience will rise from their chairs to applaud him and cover their shame at the years of silence in the face of Israel’s brutal military occupation.
The article was first published by MEMO
It is rare to find scenes that can express a complex reality or major issue, but one such was some video footage leaked recently, which exposed part of the heinous interrogation of a Palestinian child. Ranking officers in the Israeli occupation security services tried to overpower a 13 year old boy, break his will and crush his dignity.
The astonishing video shows the impressive resilience of the Palestinian people, represented by this child from Jerusalem. The boy, Ahmed Manasrah, remains strong, unwilling to break, no matter how much the Israeli officers aggravate him with moral and physical pressure. The injured child was seen standing in the face of the human monsters who earn their daily bread by spreading systematic intimidation and fear in this manner.
Manasrah has a story to tell. A number of Israelis crowded around him after he was injured and left him to bleed for an extended period of time. They cursed and insulted him as he lay in his own blood on the side of the road after being hit by an Israeli car. Israelis the age of his father yelled fascist statements and obscene insults at him, while repeatedly telling him to die. This was videoed and the shocking footage was seen by the public across the world; but could he expect any better from the citizens of such a vile colonial country? Manasrah was arrested while he was still injured and accused of trying to stab someone. His 16 year old cousin, Hassan, was executed by swift trigger-fingers with no questions asked. Another video of Ahmed was leaked showing him in hospital, a wounded child alone and handcuffed to the bed. This was followed by the newest video of the boy being interrogated, thus exposing the current Israeli situation warts and all, without any propaganda effects or makeup.
The interrogation scene sums up the reality, as Israeli institutions and security forces continue to pursue children relentlessly and adopt the necessary laws and measures required to do so; some shocking laws are on their way through the Knesset. This is a state where the masses are chanting “Death to Arabs” and calling for harsher measures against the Palestinians, months after electing an even more radical government than before. The inaccurately named Israel Defence Forces, meanwhile, do not hesitate in carrying out on-the-spot field executions by shooting anyone acting in an unfamiliar way, even if they are children — but only if they look Arab.
The chilling video reveals a few minutes of shocking, systematic oppression of a child in one of Israel’s countless intimidatory interrogation rooms across Palestine. What sort of psychological horror movie would we come out with if an entire day in such a place was caught on film? We may get the answer from the Palestinians who saw the “first showing” with their own eyes in the same rooms, including hundreds of children arrested by the Israeli army over the past month and who have been subjected to harsh interrogations.
The horrible clip gives us a rare opportunity to take a look at the Israeli occupation system from the inside. How pathetic it is as they try to fight the facts of history by continuing to oppress the Palestinian people, pressuring the families and children and blackmailing them in order to report the behaviour of their peers. The occupation system would not dare ask the children fundamental questions such as: what made you participate in a demonstration? Pick up a stone? Think of using a knife? The question about their motives equates to a question regarding the fate of the occupation itself because eliminating the driving forces behind such actions can only be achieved by ending the occupation.
What the Israeli occupation system essentially wants is to spread fear in the ranks of the Palestinian people and intimidate the new generation with these oppressive measures which aim to break their spirit. As such, what we saw in the video is nothing new compared to what other Palestinians have gone through, it just that this unprecedented leaked footage allows the world to see what Israel is up to. What is new, though, is that the brutal individuals in the videos have become the true spokespeople for the Israeli government, its institutions, army, intelligence agencies and police. They spoke to the world by means of this video in the language of reality that does not contain any of the verbal manoeuvres typically used by official spokespeople to cover their tracks.
As for Ahmed Manasrah, he has the right to speak on behalf of Palestine because anything he will say, and in whatever language he says it, will be more eloquent than what a hesitant president will have to say. The same president has been stuck in the maze called the “peace process” and has been betrayed by successive Israeli governments, occupants of the White House and the politicians leading on foreign policy in Europe.
Manasrah has every right to stand at the UN podium one day and tell the world the story of the young boy who was run over, injured, roughed up, handcuffed and insulted, as he represents a Palestinian generation that dreams of freedom and which the Israeli occupation, with all its might, has failed to oppress, break, or steal the hope of freedom from their eyes. He may start his speech by saying, “I am Ahmed Manasrah. When I was a child, my country was occupied…” and the audience will rise from their chairs to applaud him and cover their shame at the years of silence in the face of Israel’s brutal military occupation.
The article was first published by MEMO
The mother of Palestinian prisoner Karam al-Masri, whose house was razed by Israeli forces at dawn Saturday, said demolition of Palestinian houses will not make Palestinians stop resistance actions against Israeli violations.
Israeli forces at dawn Saturday demolished three homes of Palestinian families of prisoners who are suspected of carrying out the Itamar attack on the first of last October. The forces also razed the house of captive Muadth Hamed who is held in Palestinian Authority jails. He is accused of shooting against Israelis three months ago.
The PIC reporter said that hundreds of Israeli soldiers surrounded and then blasted the houses of prisoners Karam al-Masri, Yahya al-Haj Hamad and Samir al-Kousa.
Israeli forces at dawn Saturday demolished three homes of Palestinian families of prisoners who are suspected of carrying out the Itamar attack on the first of last October. The forces also razed the house of captive Muadth Hamed who is held in Palestinian Authority jails. He is accused of shooting against Israelis three months ago.
The PIC reporter said that hundreds of Israeli soldiers surrounded and then blasted the houses of prisoners Karam al-Masri, Yahya al-Haj Hamad and Samir al-Kousa.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday evening kidnapped a Palestinian citizen at a makeshift checkpoint near Dar Salah town, east of Bethlehem city.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers intercepted the car of Omar al-Farroukh, from Sa'ir town in al-Khalil, on a road near Dar Salah town and embarked on searching it.
The soldiers detained Farroukh for a while on the road and prevented others from getting near his car at the pretext of finding knifes inside it.
They, then, arrested the driver and declared the car impounded.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers intercepted the car of Omar al-Farroukh, from Sa'ir town in al-Khalil, on a road near Dar Salah town and embarked on searching it.
The soldiers detained Farroukh for a while on the road and prevented others from getting near his car at the pretext of finding knifes inside it.
They, then, arrested the driver and declared the car impounded.
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Cement blocks became an obstacle for students every morning. They created heavy traffic jams causing students to arrive late to school.
This collective punishment wasn’t enough for the occupation; they also harassed students with sound grenades and tear gas canisters. Violating the right to education reached its maximum by raiding a school and arresting a student from inside the classroom. The occupation forces raided on 11/11/2015 Silwan Boys Secondary School in the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan, searched school-bag, and arrested the 14-year old Jibril Al-A’war and handed the school’s director, Saleh Al-A’war, a call for interrogation. |
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed overnight different areas in Jenin which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the clashes broke out near Yabad town as IOF broke into several areas in the town.
Several breathing problems were reported during the clashes, while a 18-year-old teen was arrested and taken to an unknown detention center.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the clashes broke out near Yabad town as IOF broke into several areas in the town.
Several breathing problems were reported during the clashes, while a 18-year-old teen was arrested and taken to an unknown detention center.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out overnight search and raid campaigns throughout al-Khalil looking for suspects in the shooting attack that took place south of the city earlier Friday.
At least one youth was detained as IOF soldiers stormed Abu Asja area near Dura town and violently broke into several shops and local homes.
Several military checkpoints were also erected at the entrances of several towns and villages in the province, restricting the movement of local residents.
A second youth was detained after IOF stormed his home in Samu town and summoned several others for investigation.
In Beit Ummar town, local youths managed to throw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli military vehicle located at the entrance of the town. Israeli forces responded by shooting live rounds at the Palestinian youths.
Meanwhile, several people suffered from the effects of tear gas when Israeli forces stormed Za’ata town amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
Two Palestinians were also arrested as additional Israeli forces deployed across al-Samu village following an attack near it that left two Israeli settlers dead.
Following the attack, Israeli forces closed all entrances and roads leading to the scene, and closed the entrances to the nearby villages and towns in the city and searched passing vehicles.
Two Israelis were killed when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle near the illegal Otniel settlement. The suspects managed to flee the scene following the attack.
At least one youth was detained as IOF soldiers stormed Abu Asja area near Dura town and violently broke into several shops and local homes.
Several military checkpoints were also erected at the entrances of several towns and villages in the province, restricting the movement of local residents.
A second youth was detained after IOF stormed his home in Samu town and summoned several others for investigation.
In Beit Ummar town, local youths managed to throw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli military vehicle located at the entrance of the town. Israeli forces responded by shooting live rounds at the Palestinian youths.
Meanwhile, several people suffered from the effects of tear gas when Israeli forces stormed Za’ata town amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
Two Palestinians were also arrested as additional Israeli forces deployed across al-Samu village following an attack near it that left two Israeli settlers dead.
Following the attack, Israeli forces closed all entrances and roads leading to the scene, and closed the entrances to the nearby villages and towns in the city and searched passing vehicles.
Two Israelis were killed when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle near the illegal Otniel settlement. The suspects managed to flee the scene following the attack.
