8 nov 2016
Israa Jaabis 32
Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis, 32, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday, 7 November by an Israeli court in Jerusalem. Jaabis is a resident of Jabal Mukabber in occupied east Jerusalem; she was severely injured on 10 October 2015 after a fire broke out in her car.
She was 500 meters away from an Israeli occupation military checkpoint when a gas canister for use in cooking burst into flames in the back seat of her car.
Jaabis’ airbag went off in the front seat of the car. Israeli occupation forces accused her of attempting to detonate a car bomb; an Israeli police officer was injured when the car fire broke out.
However, Jaabis was severely burned, especially on her face and hands. Eight of her fingers were amputated when she was hospitalized. She and her family repeatedly stated that she was carrying the gas canister as part of her move; in order to preserve her Jerusalem residency, she had recently rented a new apartment and had been moving furniture in her car for days.
Palestinian Jerusalemites, especially those with family members in the West Bank, are systematically targeted for the revocation of their Jerusalem IDs by the Israeli occupation.
Jaabis was moved to HaSharon prison before the completion of her treatment. Due to her severe injuries and lack of support inside the prison, she must rely on her fellow women prisoners to assist her with basic tasks. She is not receiving supplemental treatment despite her massive burns and severe injuries.
In order to convict Jaabis of “attempted murder” for a fire contained to the inside of her own car, Israeli prosecutors referenced her Facebook and social media posts expressing support for the Palestinian resistance and liberation for Palestine. In addition to the 11 year prison sentence, Jaabis was ordered to pay a fine of 20,000 NIS (approximately $5,000 USD).
Jaabis’ sentence comes alongside multiple other lengthy sentences meted out by Israeli courts to severely injured Palestinians, particularly children. Ahmad Manasrah, 14, was sentenced yesterday to 12 years imprisonment, while Munther Abu Mayala, 15, and Mohamed Taha, 16, were sentenced to 11 years each..
These excessive prison sentences come alongside the extrajudicial execution of 238 Palestinians by occupation forces, including 57 children.
She is married and the mother of an eight-year-old daughter. Jaabis is among 64 Palestinian women held in Israeli prisons, including 13 minor girls.
On Monday, the Ofer military court extended the detention of Arwa Tamimi Sultan; she was detained ten days after her husband, Jad Sultan, was arrested. Jad has been held under interrogation for 17 days. Palestinians denounced Arwa’s continuing imprisonment as a mechanism to coerce Jad into false confessions.
Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis, 32, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday, 7 November by an Israeli court in Jerusalem. Jaabis is a resident of Jabal Mukabber in occupied east Jerusalem; she was severely injured on 10 October 2015 after a fire broke out in her car.
She was 500 meters away from an Israeli occupation military checkpoint when a gas canister for use in cooking burst into flames in the back seat of her car.
Jaabis’ airbag went off in the front seat of the car. Israeli occupation forces accused her of attempting to detonate a car bomb; an Israeli police officer was injured when the car fire broke out.
However, Jaabis was severely burned, especially on her face and hands. Eight of her fingers were amputated when she was hospitalized. She and her family repeatedly stated that she was carrying the gas canister as part of her move; in order to preserve her Jerusalem residency, she had recently rented a new apartment and had been moving furniture in her car for days.
Palestinian Jerusalemites, especially those with family members in the West Bank, are systematically targeted for the revocation of their Jerusalem IDs by the Israeli occupation.
Jaabis was moved to HaSharon prison before the completion of her treatment. Due to her severe injuries and lack of support inside the prison, she must rely on her fellow women prisoners to assist her with basic tasks. She is not receiving supplemental treatment despite her massive burns and severe injuries.
In order to convict Jaabis of “attempted murder” for a fire contained to the inside of her own car, Israeli prosecutors referenced her Facebook and social media posts expressing support for the Palestinian resistance and liberation for Palestine. In addition to the 11 year prison sentence, Jaabis was ordered to pay a fine of 20,000 NIS (approximately $5,000 USD).
Jaabis’ sentence comes alongside multiple other lengthy sentences meted out by Israeli courts to severely injured Palestinians, particularly children. Ahmad Manasrah, 14, was sentenced yesterday to 12 years imprisonment, while Munther Abu Mayala, 15, and Mohamed Taha, 16, were sentenced to 11 years each..
These excessive prison sentences come alongside the extrajudicial execution of 238 Palestinians by occupation forces, including 57 children.
She is married and the mother of an eight-year-old daughter. Jaabis is among 64 Palestinian women held in Israeli prisons, including 13 minor girls.
On Monday, the Ofer military court extended the detention of Arwa Tamimi Sultan; she was detained ten days after her husband, Jad Sultan, was arrested. Jad has been held under interrogation for 17 days. Palestinians denounced Arwa’s continuing imprisonment as a mechanism to coerce Jad into false confessions.
Haifa Abu Sbeih 37
Among the Palestinian women imprisoned by the Israeli occupation include Haifa Abu Sbeih, 37, from al-Khalil. Held in Damon prison, she is married and a mother of six; her children range in age from two years of age to 18.
Imprisoned since 14 December 2015 when occupation forces stormed their family home, she was denied family visits for several months. Abu Sbeih runs a private elementary school and is a board member of the Democracy Center in Ramallah.
Among the Palestinian women imprisoned by the Israeli occupation include Haifa Abu Sbeih, 37, from al-Khalil. Held in Damon prison, she is married and a mother of six; her children range in age from two years of age to 18.
Imprisoned since 14 December 2015 when occupation forces stormed their family home, she was denied family visits for several months. Abu Sbeih runs a private elementary school and is a board member of the Democracy Center in Ramallah.
Helwa Hamamreh 22
Another mother who, like Jaabis, is a seriously injured Palestinian prisoner, also a mother denied visits with her two year old daughter Mayssam, is Helwa Hamamreh of Husan, near Bethlehem.
Hamamreh was shot multiple times while allegedly carrying out a stabbing operation against a security guard at the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit. Parts of her liver, pancreas, spleen and intestines were removed and she was interrogated while in intensive care.
Over 12 military court hearings have been held in Hamamreh’s case, most of them continued; in Abu Sbeih’s case, ten hearings have been held and the case continues to move forward.
Another mother who, like Jaabis, is a seriously injured Palestinian prisoner, also a mother denied visits with her two year old daughter Mayssam, is Helwa Hamamreh of Husan, near Bethlehem.
Hamamreh was shot multiple times while allegedly carrying out a stabbing operation against a security guard at the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit. Parts of her liver, pancreas, spleen and intestines were removed and she was interrogated while in intensive care.
Over 12 military court hearings have been held in Hamamreh’s case, most of them continued; in Abu Sbeih’s case, ten hearings have been held and the case continues to move forward.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped overnight and earlier Tuesday, twenty-two Palestinians, including children and a physically-challenged man, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said that soldiers invaded and searched many homes, in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped eight Palestinians.
They have been identified as Waseem Eyad Dari, 14, Amin Rafat ‘Obeid, Issa Mohammad Abu Ryala, Mousa Mohammad Deb’ey, 16, Abdullah al-Qawasmi, 15, Sami Nasreddin, 15, Ehad Ibrahim Srour, 16, and Mohammad Nadi al-Hashlamoun, 18.
In addition, the Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the city, and kidnapped a child, identified as Daoud Raed Sharara, 13, and a physically-challenged man, identified as As’ad Mahmoud Masa’eed, 52.
On Tuesday at dawn, the soldiers invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Beit Ummar and Yatta nearby towns, searched several homes and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a former political prisoner.
They have been identified as (former political prisoner) Yousef Mohammad Za’aqeeq, 26, ‘Ala Israel Awad, 23, Mohammad Khaled Abu Rabea’, 22, and Jawad Ibrahim Nawaj’a.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Khaled Mohammad al-Masri, 17, and Saher ‘Afeef.
The soldiers also kidnapped Fares Hamarsha from Jenin, and Amjad Mohammad Abu Sanad, from Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank.
In related news, the PPS said the soldiers, and police officers, have also kidnapped three Palestinians, in Qabatia town, in Jenin, while working in Jerusalem.
They have been identified as Ahmad Abdul-Latif Zakarna, Khaled Waleed Zakarna and Mahmoud Hani Zakarna.
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians, Including Seven Children, In Jerusalem And Bethlehem
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Tuesday, ten Palestinians, including seven children, in occupied Jerusalem, and the ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
The soldiers invaded Silwan town, in Jerusalem, and kidnapped Mohammad al-Hashlamoun, 18, after violently searching his family’s home.
Mohammad imprisoned by Israel, and was only released from detention, along with his aunt, three days ago, after being held under interrogation for more than 24 days.
One of the Israeli officers who invaded the al-Hashlamoun family home told them that Mohammad would be held under Administrative Detention, without charges, for four months.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded Shu’fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem, searched homes and kidnapped two children, identified as Abdullah al-Qawasmi and Sami Nasreddin.
In the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in Jerusalem, the soldiers searched many homes and kidnapped five children, identified as Amin Rafat ‘Obeid, 17, Waseem Eyad Dari, 14, Ahmad Mohammad Shatat, 15, Sami Sa’dallah Sarhan, 16, and Mousa Mohammad Deb’ey, 15.
In addition, the Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the city, and kidnapped a child, identified as Daoud Raed Sharar, 13, and As’ad Mahmoud Masa’eed, 52.
The PPS said that soldiers invaded and searched many homes, in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped eight Palestinians.
They have been identified as Waseem Eyad Dari, 14, Amin Rafat ‘Obeid, Issa Mohammad Abu Ryala, Mousa Mohammad Deb’ey, 16, Abdullah al-Qawasmi, 15, Sami Nasreddin, 15, Ehad Ibrahim Srour, 16, and Mohammad Nadi al-Hashlamoun, 18.
In addition, the Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the city, and kidnapped a child, identified as Daoud Raed Sharara, 13, and a physically-challenged man, identified as As’ad Mahmoud Masa’eed, 52.
On Tuesday at dawn, the soldiers invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Beit Ummar and Yatta nearby towns, searched several homes and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a former political prisoner.
They have been identified as (former political prisoner) Yousef Mohammad Za’aqeeq, 26, ‘Ala Israel Awad, 23, Mohammad Khaled Abu Rabea’, 22, and Jawad Ibrahim Nawaj’a.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Khaled Mohammad al-Masri, 17, and Saher ‘Afeef.
The soldiers also kidnapped Fares Hamarsha from Jenin, and Amjad Mohammad Abu Sanad, from Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank.
In related news, the PPS said the soldiers, and police officers, have also kidnapped three Palestinians, in Qabatia town, in Jenin, while working in Jerusalem.
They have been identified as Ahmad Abdul-Latif Zakarna, Khaled Waleed Zakarna and Mahmoud Hani Zakarna.
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians, Including Seven Children, In Jerusalem And Bethlehem
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Tuesday, ten Palestinians, including seven children, in occupied Jerusalem, and the ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
The soldiers invaded Silwan town, in Jerusalem, and kidnapped Mohammad al-Hashlamoun, 18, after violently searching his family’s home.
Mohammad imprisoned by Israel, and was only released from detention, along with his aunt, three days ago, after being held under interrogation for more than 24 days.
One of the Israeli officers who invaded the al-Hashlamoun family home told them that Mohammad would be held under Administrative Detention, without charges, for four months.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded Shu’fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem, searched homes and kidnapped two children, identified as Abdullah al-Qawasmi and Sami Nasreddin.
In the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in Jerusalem, the soldiers searched many homes and kidnapped five children, identified as Amin Rafat ‘Obeid, 17, Waseem Eyad Dari, 14, Ahmad Mohammad Shatat, 15, Sami Sa’dallah Sarhan, 16, and Mousa Mohammad Deb’ey, 15.
In addition, the Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the city, and kidnapped a child, identified as Daoud Raed Sharar, 13, and As’ad Mahmoud Masa’eed, 52.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Beit Ummar and Yatta towns, searched several homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, including a former political prisoner.
Mohammad Awad, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked several homes in Khallet al-Ein, ‘Aseeda and the ath-Thaher areas, and kidnapped a former political prison, identified as Yousef Mohammad Za’aqeeq, 26.
The soldiers also summoned Hasan Yousef ‘Alqam, 27, for interrogation in the Etzion military base, north of Hebron.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the home of Mahmoud al-‘Allami, and searched it under the pretext of looking for his son, Mohannad, 19, who is still imprisoned by Israel since his abduction three months ago.
Mahmoud said the soldiers did not believe him when he told them that his son was still imprisoned since his abduction, until he produced an official letter from the Red Cross, and the indictment that was filed against him by an Israeli military prosecutor.
The soldiers also kidnapped Ala’ Ismael Awad, 23, after searching his home, in addition to breaking into and searching many homes in the town, causing excessive damage.
Owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Ayed Abu Arram, Adnan Abu Arram, Ibrahim Abu Arram, Ayesh Mousa Zibin, Ali Abi Obeid, Ibrahim Issa Shawaheen, Eyad Mahmoud Rasheed and Jawad Ibrahim Nawaj’a.
In addition, the soldiers installed several roadblocks on the northern and southern roads of Hebron city, and the main entrances of Sa’ir, Shiokh and Yatta town, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while examining their ID cards.
Mohammad Awad, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, said the soldiers invaded and ransacked several homes in Khallet al-Ein, ‘Aseeda and the ath-Thaher areas, and kidnapped a former political prison, identified as Yousef Mohammad Za’aqeeq, 26.
The soldiers also summoned Hasan Yousef ‘Alqam, 27, for interrogation in the Etzion military base, north of Hebron.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the home of Mahmoud al-‘Allami, and searched it under the pretext of looking for his son, Mohannad, 19, who is still imprisoned by Israel since his abduction three months ago.
Mahmoud said the soldiers did not believe him when he told them that his son was still imprisoned since his abduction, until he produced an official letter from the Red Cross, and the indictment that was filed against him by an Israeli military prosecutor.
The soldiers also kidnapped Ala’ Ismael Awad, 23, after searching his home, in addition to breaking into and searching many homes in the town, causing excessive damage.
Owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Ayed Abu Arram, Adnan Abu Arram, Ibrahim Abu Arram, Ayesh Mousa Zibin, Ali Abi Obeid, Ibrahim Issa Shawaheen, Eyad Mahmoud Rasheed and Jawad Ibrahim Nawaj’a.
In addition, the soldiers installed several roadblocks on the northern and southern roads of Hebron city, and the main entrances of Sa’ir, Shiokh and Yatta town, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while examining their ID cards.
A 15-year-old Palestinian boy was arrested during clashes on Monday with Israeli police troops in Issawiya district, east of Occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources identified the teenager as Issa Abu Riyala, adding that he was accused of throwing stones at policemen in Issawiya.
The sources added that the skirmishes started after a force of policemen raided neighborhoods in the district.
The Israeli police, for their part, affirmed that Abu Riyala was caught throwing stones at its forces and would be detained for questioning.
With this new arrest, the number of detainees from Jerusalem has risen on Monday to eight Palestinians, including two women who were arrested outside the Aqsa Mosque.
Local sources identified the teenager as Issa Abu Riyala, adding that he was accused of throwing stones at policemen in Issawiya.
The sources added that the skirmishes started after a force of policemen raided neighborhoods in the district.
The Israeli police, for their part, affirmed that Abu Riyala was caught throwing stones at its forces and would be detained for questioning.
With this new arrest, the number of detainees from Jerusalem has risen on Monday to eight Palestinians, including two women who were arrested outside the Aqsa Mosque.