15 nov 2017
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday assaulted a group of Palestinian children for allegedly throwing stones at the IOF soldiers in Azzun town to the east of Qalqilya city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers chased the boys near the main road of Azzun and arrested three children after assaulting and beating them then erected a military checkpoint in the area.
Azzun town, which is close to three Israeli settlements, has the highest rates of arrest campaigns targeting the Palestinian children, according to human rights organizations.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers chased the boys near the main road of Azzun and arrested three children after assaulting and beating them then erected a military checkpoint in the area.
Azzun town, which is close to three Israeli settlements, has the highest rates of arrest campaigns targeting the Palestinian children, according to human rights organizations.
Naser, 23, and Akram Badawi, 33
Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies revealed that the number of Palestinian detainees who are serving life sentences in Israeli jails has jumped to 504.
Two new sentences of life imprisonment were were recently issued against two brothers: Naser, 23, and Akram Badawi, 33, from al-Khalil.
The media spokesman of the center, Riyad al-Ashqar, said that Israeli military court of Ofer issued life-imprisonment sentences against both brothers in addition to 60,000 shekels.
They were indicted with carrying out shooting attacks that led to the killing of a soldier and the injury of two others.
Ashqar pointed out that the two detainees were arrested in January, 2016 and were subjected to torture and harsh investigation for over 2 months.
Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies revealed that the number of Palestinian detainees who are serving life sentences in Israeli jails has jumped to 504.
Two new sentences of life imprisonment were were recently issued against two brothers: Naser, 23, and Akram Badawi, 33, from al-Khalil.
The media spokesman of the center, Riyad al-Ashqar, said that Israeli military court of Ofer issued life-imprisonment sentences against both brothers in addition to 60,000 shekels.
They were indicted with carrying out shooting attacks that led to the killing of a soldier and the injury of two others.
Ashqar pointed out that the two detainees were arrested in January, 2016 and were subjected to torture and harsh investigation for over 2 months.
The French foreign ministry on Tuesday asked the Israeli authorities to allow its politicians to enter the country to visit the occupied territories and Palestinian prisoners.
“We want all French parliamentarians to have access to all of the interlocutors they wish to meet in order to conduct their fact-finding missions,” a spokesperson for the French foreign ministry stated in a press release on Tuesday.
“We are paying close attention to this matter with respect to Israel as with respect to all countries that French elected officials visit,” the spokesperson added.
Minister of Israel’s public security Gilad Erdan and minister of the interior Aryeh Deri announced last Monday that they had refused to grant entry permits to members of the European Parliament, members of the French parliament, and mayors of French cities because they supported a boycott campaign against Israel.
According to the announcement by Erdan's spokesperson, the delegation was to have numbered 20 participants, and planned to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority on November 19-23. The delegation members announced in advance that they planned to visit Marwan Barghouthi in Hadarim jail as well as French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri, who is also in an Israeli prison.
Erdan's spokesperson said, "Minister Erdan examined the background material concerning them, and minister Deri also subsequently announced that entry of the delegation members would be prevented when they land. It was therefore suggested that the delegation members be informed of this ahead of time, so that they do not fly at all."
For his part, Deri said, "This is not the first time that I have prevented the entry of boycott activists into Israel. This time, however, it is a delegation of senior European figures coming to act against Israel, and the matter is assuming a different character. After examining the background and the circumstances, I decided that there was no place for this delegation in Israel."
“We want all French parliamentarians to have access to all of the interlocutors they wish to meet in order to conduct their fact-finding missions,” a spokesperson for the French foreign ministry stated in a press release on Tuesday.
“We are paying close attention to this matter with respect to Israel as with respect to all countries that French elected officials visit,” the spokesperson added.
Minister of Israel’s public security Gilad Erdan and minister of the interior Aryeh Deri announced last Monday that they had refused to grant entry permits to members of the European Parliament, members of the French parliament, and mayors of French cities because they supported a boycott campaign against Israel.
According to the announcement by Erdan's spokesperson, the delegation was to have numbered 20 participants, and planned to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority on November 19-23. The delegation members announced in advance that they planned to visit Marwan Barghouthi in Hadarim jail as well as French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri, who is also in an Israeli prison.
Erdan's spokesperson said, "Minister Erdan examined the background material concerning them, and minister Deri also subsequently announced that entry of the delegation members would be prevented when they land. It was therefore suggested that the delegation members be informed of this ahead of time, so that they do not fly at all."
For his part, Deri said, "This is not the first time that I have prevented the entry of boycott activists into Israel. This time, however, it is a delegation of senior European figures coming to act against Israel, and the matter is assuming a different character. After examining the background and the circumstances, I decided that there was no place for this delegation in Israel."
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the towns of Fahma and ‘Ejja, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and photographed homes and streets.
The soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the two towns, and photographed many homes and streets, before detaining a young man, identified as Jasser Waleed Qawasma, a student of Hebron University.
The young man was released after the soldiers detained and interrogated him for several hours.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at local youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading army jeeps.
The soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the two towns, and photographed many homes and streets, before detaining a young man, identified as Jasser Waleed Qawasma, a student of Hebron University.
The young man was released after the soldiers detained and interrogated him for several hours.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at local youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading army jeeps.
Israeli forces rounded up on Wednesday 18 Palestinians including 2 in al-Khlail and Bethlehem, and 16 from al-Tour neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem.
Lawyer Mohammad Hammoud said that the 16 Jerusalemite detainees were arrested after storming and searching their homes. They were transferred to Israeli investigation centers in Salahuddin Street, al-Maskobiya and Jabal Abu Ghanim in Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli forces claimed, in a statement, that two guns were seized in two towns: Yatta in southern al-Khalil and al-Ram east of Occupied Jerusalem. A sum of 6,000 shekels were also confiscated in al-Ubaidiya town near Bethlehem.
Israeli forces stormed several homes in Beit Ummar town to the north of al-Khalil. Meanwhile, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces erupted in Aqbet Jaber refugee camp in Jericho city during the Israeli incursion into the refugee camp.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twelve Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, many homes in the at-Tour neighborhood, overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City, and abducted fourteen Palestinians, including children, after violently searching their homes, and took them to several detention and interrogation facilities.
The soldiers interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cars, in their homes, before abducting the twelve Palestinians.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
Lawyer Mohammad Hammoud said that the 16 Jerusalemite detainees were arrested after storming and searching their homes. They were transferred to Israeli investigation centers in Salahuddin Street, al-Maskobiya and Jabal Abu Ghanim in Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli forces claimed, in a statement, that two guns were seized in two towns: Yatta in southern al-Khalil and al-Ram east of Occupied Jerusalem. A sum of 6,000 shekels were also confiscated in al-Ubaidiya town near Bethlehem.
Israeli forces stormed several homes in Beit Ummar town to the north of al-Khalil. Meanwhile, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces erupted in Aqbet Jaber refugee camp in Jericho city during the Israeli incursion into the refugee camp.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twelve Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, many homes in the at-Tour neighborhood, overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City, and abducted fourteen Palestinians, including children, after violently searching their homes, and took them to several detention and interrogation facilities.
The soldiers interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cars, in their homes, before abducting the twelve Palestinians.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Ahmad Atwan Rabay’a, 20.
- Ahmad Mohammad ‘Ashayer, 19.
- Odai Marwan al-Hadra, 18.
- Adnan Mousa al-Hadra, 17.
- Daniel Zoheir Abu Nasra, 16.
- Odai Fares Abu Jom’a, 14.
- Sofian Firas Abu al-Hawa, 14.
- Mahdi Abu al-Hawa, 19.
- Yousef Sami Abu al-Hawa, 19.
- Mustafa Mohammad Abu al-Hawa, 19.
- Ibrahim Sayyad, 19.
- Wajeeh Sbeitan, 20.
Washington, D.C., November 14, 2017
Members of Congress on Tuesday introduced a bill in the House to prevent U.S. tax dollars from paying for human rights violations against Palestinian children during the course of Israeli military detention.
The Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children [PDF] Act requires the Secretary of State to certify annually that no funds obligated or expended in the previous year by the United States for assistance to Israel have been used to support the ill-treatment of Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces from the occupied West Bank. The legislation leaves financial assistance already committed in place.
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) brought the bill to the floor, with nine original co-sponsors, including Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
An estimated 10,000 Palestinians between the ages of 12 and 17 in the West Bank have been subject to arrest, detention, interrogation, and imprisonment under the jurisdiction of Israeli military courts since 2000. This bill was drafted in response to widely documented rights violations carried out by Israeli military and police against children within the military detention system, including torture or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment.
“Despite ongoing engagement with UN bodies and repeated calls to abide by international law, Israeli military and police continue night arrests, physical violence, coercion, and threats against Palestinian children,” said Khaled Quzmar, general director of Defense for Children International – Palestine. “These practices remain institutionalized and systemic rather than last resort measures, and we call on the U.S. to halt its support of these violations.”
The bill aims to establish, as a minimum safeguard, a U.S. demand for basic due process rights for and an absolute prohibition against torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children arrested and prosecuted within the Israeli military court system.
Israel has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes an estimated 500 to 700 children each year in military courts that lack fundamental fair trial rights and protections.
In 590 cases documented by DCIP between 2012 and 2016, 72 percent of Palestinian child detainees reported physical violence and 66 percent faced verbal abuse and humiliation.
DCIP found that 568 out of 590 child detainees underwent interrogation without the presence of a family member. Under Israeli military law, Palestinian children have no right to a lawyer during interrogation. Confessions that are often coerced through ill-treatment, that in some cases amount to torture, are routinely used in military courts to sentence children to jail time.
In every annual report [PDF] on Israel and the occupied territories released since 2007, U.S. authorities have openly acknowledged the prevalence of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children and the denial of fair trials rights in the Israeli military detention system.
In 2013, UNICEF released a report titled Children in Israeli Military Detention: Observations and Recommendations [PDF]. The report concluded that “ill-treatment of children who come in contact with the military detention system appears to be widespread, systematic and institutionalized throughout the process.”
Despite sustained engagement by UNICEF and repeated calls to end night arrests and ill-treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention, Israeli authorities have persistently failed to implement substantive reforms to end violence against child detainees.
Via Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP).
Democratic bill to ensure US aid to Israel not used to abuse children
10 Democratic members of Congress introduced legislation last Tuesday that would attempt to prohibit US military and financial aid to Israel from being used to detain and abuse Palestinian children in the West Bank.
According to Haaretz website, the bill does not have a high chance of becoming law, but its very introduction is a sign of Israel’s political challenges in the corridors of the Democratic Party, where criticism is growing over its violations against the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
The legislation would “require the US secretary of state to certify annually that the country’s funds do not support military detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill-treatment of Palestinian children.”
The sponsors of this bill believe that “the Israeli army detains around 500 to 700 Palestinian children between the ages of 12 and 17 each year, and prosecutes them before a military court system that lacks basic and fundamental guarantees of due process, in violation of international standards.”
They add that while “children under the age of 12 cannot be prosecuted in Israeli military courts,” the Israeli military has detained children under that age for interrogations lasting hours. The sponsors rely on information from Human Rights Watch and the United Nations, as well as on the state department’s annual human rights report.
They point out that the state department’s 2016 report mentioned “a significant increase in detentions of minors” and accused the Israeli security and military authorities of having Palestinian minors sign confessions written in Hebrew, which most of them could not read.
The legislation was proposed by congresswoman Betty McCollum, a Democrat from Minnesota, who in 2015 wrote a letter asking the previous secretary of state, John Kerry, to take action on Israel’s detention and abuse of Palestinian minors.
Co-sponsors to McCollum’s legislation include Democrats Earl Blumenauer (Oregon), Peter DeFazio (Oregon), Danny Davis (Illinois), John Conyers (Michigan) and Raul Grijalva (Arizona).
The fact that the legislation is supported by 10 Democrats overall, before being formally introduced in the House, is seen as a sign of success for pro-Palestinian activists in the US, even if the legislation does not pass in the end, Haaretz said.
Members of Congress on Tuesday introduced a bill in the House to prevent U.S. tax dollars from paying for human rights violations against Palestinian children during the course of Israeli military detention.
The Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children [PDF] Act requires the Secretary of State to certify annually that no funds obligated or expended in the previous year by the United States for assistance to Israel have been used to support the ill-treatment of Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces from the occupied West Bank. The legislation leaves financial assistance already committed in place.
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) brought the bill to the floor, with nine original co-sponsors, including Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
An estimated 10,000 Palestinians between the ages of 12 and 17 in the West Bank have been subject to arrest, detention, interrogation, and imprisonment under the jurisdiction of Israeli military courts since 2000. This bill was drafted in response to widely documented rights violations carried out by Israeli military and police against children within the military detention system, including torture or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment.
“Despite ongoing engagement with UN bodies and repeated calls to abide by international law, Israeli military and police continue night arrests, physical violence, coercion, and threats against Palestinian children,” said Khaled Quzmar, general director of Defense for Children International – Palestine. “These practices remain institutionalized and systemic rather than last resort measures, and we call on the U.S. to halt its support of these violations.”
The bill aims to establish, as a minimum safeguard, a U.S. demand for basic due process rights for and an absolute prohibition against torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children arrested and prosecuted within the Israeli military court system.
Israel has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes an estimated 500 to 700 children each year in military courts that lack fundamental fair trial rights and protections.
In 590 cases documented by DCIP between 2012 and 2016, 72 percent of Palestinian child detainees reported physical violence and 66 percent faced verbal abuse and humiliation.
DCIP found that 568 out of 590 child detainees underwent interrogation without the presence of a family member. Under Israeli military law, Palestinian children have no right to a lawyer during interrogation. Confessions that are often coerced through ill-treatment, that in some cases amount to torture, are routinely used in military courts to sentence children to jail time.
In every annual report [PDF] on Israel and the occupied territories released since 2007, U.S. authorities have openly acknowledged the prevalence of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children and the denial of fair trials rights in the Israeli military detention system.
In 2013, UNICEF released a report titled Children in Israeli Military Detention: Observations and Recommendations [PDF]. The report concluded that “ill-treatment of children who come in contact with the military detention system appears to be widespread, systematic and institutionalized throughout the process.”
Despite sustained engagement by UNICEF and repeated calls to end night arrests and ill-treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention, Israeli authorities have persistently failed to implement substantive reforms to end violence against child detainees.
Via Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP).
Democratic bill to ensure US aid to Israel not used to abuse children
10 Democratic members of Congress introduced legislation last Tuesday that would attempt to prohibit US military and financial aid to Israel from being used to detain and abuse Palestinian children in the West Bank.
According to Haaretz website, the bill does not have a high chance of becoming law, but its very introduction is a sign of Israel’s political challenges in the corridors of the Democratic Party, where criticism is growing over its violations against the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
The legislation would “require the US secretary of state to certify annually that the country’s funds do not support military detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill-treatment of Palestinian children.”
The sponsors of this bill believe that “the Israeli army detains around 500 to 700 Palestinian children between the ages of 12 and 17 each year, and prosecutes them before a military court system that lacks basic and fundamental guarantees of due process, in violation of international standards.”
They add that while “children under the age of 12 cannot be prosecuted in Israeli military courts,” the Israeli military has detained children under that age for interrogations lasting hours. The sponsors rely on information from Human Rights Watch and the United Nations, as well as on the state department’s annual human rights report.
They point out that the state department’s 2016 report mentioned “a significant increase in detentions of minors” and accused the Israeli security and military authorities of having Palestinian minors sign confessions written in Hebrew, which most of them could not read.
The legislation was proposed by congresswoman Betty McCollum, a Democrat from Minnesota, who in 2015 wrote a letter asking the previous secretary of state, John Kerry, to take action on Israel’s detention and abuse of Palestinian minors.
Co-sponsors to McCollum’s legislation include Democrats Earl Blumenauer (Oregon), Peter DeFazio (Oregon), Danny Davis (Illinois), John Conyers (Michigan) and Raul Grijalva (Arizona).
The fact that the legislation is supported by 10 Democrats overall, before being formally introduced in the House, is seen as a sign of success for pro-Palestinian activists in the US, even if the legislation does not pass in the end, Haaretz said.
14 nov 2017
Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies revealed that a serious deterioration has emerged on the health condition of the Palestinian detainee Fadi Sarsour, 23 from al-Ezeriyah town in Occupied Jerusalem, due to a unknown insect bite while in the Israeli Negev desert prison on October 24.
The media spokeswoman of the center, Amina al-Tawil, said that prisoner Sarsour started to experience some symptoms after the bite including swelling in the neck, the chest and the limbs. He was taken to the prison clinic where he was diagnosed with unknown allergy.
The prison doctors gave him only painkillers which worsened his health condition. His health dramatically deteriorated in the past few days as he has become unable to breathe normally in addition to suffering from a swelling in the gullet.
After prisoners pressured the prison administration to move him to a hospital outside jail, he was transferred to Soroka hospital where he was told that the delay in moving him had worsened his health condition.
Tawil pointed out that captive Sarsour suffered from severe suffocation that could have killed him. Doctors said that he was at real risk.
His relatives have been unable to visit him for three months. He has been detained since November, 29, 2015 and serving a 30-month sentence.
The family demanded that human rights organizations put pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities in order to release their son so that he could receive appropriate treatment outside jail. They held Israel responsible for the life of their imprisoned son.
The media spokeswoman of the center, Amina al-Tawil, said that prisoner Sarsour started to experience some symptoms after the bite including swelling in the neck, the chest and the limbs. He was taken to the prison clinic where he was diagnosed with unknown allergy.
The prison doctors gave him only painkillers which worsened his health condition. His health dramatically deteriorated in the past few days as he has become unable to breathe normally in addition to suffering from a swelling in the gullet.
After prisoners pressured the prison administration to move him to a hospital outside jail, he was transferred to Soroka hospital where he was told that the delay in moving him had worsened his health condition.
Tawil pointed out that captive Sarsour suffered from severe suffocation that could have killed him. Doctors said that he was at real risk.
His relatives have been unable to visit him for three months. He has been detained since November, 29, 2015 and serving a 30-month sentence.
The family demanded that human rights organizations put pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities in order to release their son so that he could receive appropriate treatment outside jail. They held Israel responsible for the life of their imprisoned son.
Palestinian prisoner Hasan Shawka suspended his 35-day hunger strike after the Israeli prison authorities ended his administrative prison-term, issued with neither charge nor trial.
Lawyer Ahlam Hadad told the Palestinian Information Center that Shawka ended his open ended hunger strike, upheld over the past 35 days to protest his administrative detention.
The Israeli prison authorities filed a list of indictments against Shawka, signaling the end of his administrative sentence.
Shawka, held at the Ramla prison clinic, had started his hunger strike on October 11 after the Israeli occupation authorities sentenced him administratively.
Lawyer Ahlam Hadad told the Palestinian Information Center that Shawka ended his open ended hunger strike, upheld over the past 35 days to protest his administrative detention.
The Israeli prison authorities filed a list of indictments against Shawka, signaling the end of his administrative sentence.
Shawka, held at the Ramla prison clinic, had started his hunger strike on October 11 after the Israeli occupation authorities sentenced him administratively.
Israel’s Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian child to six months in jail and a bail on charges of assaulting an Israeli policeman.
The 14-year-old child was sent to jail on allegations that he attempted to attack an Israeli cop in Jerusalem’s town of al-Issawiya and was involved in Molotov cocktail-throwing against Israeli forces, according to Israel’s Channel 2.
The Israeli court also ruled that the child pay a fine of 20,000 shekels.
The 14-year-old child was sent to jail on allegations that he attempted to attack an Israeli cop in Jerusalem’s town of al-Issawiya and was involved in Molotov cocktail-throwing against Israeli forces, according to Israel’s Channel 2.
The Israeli court also ruled that the child pay a fine of 20,000 shekels.
Four Palestinian prisoners are going on open hunger strike in protest at being detained under the illegal administrative detention in Israeli jails for no charges or trials.
Detainee Bajes Nakhleh, 52 years old, has been going on open hunger strike for 8 days in protest at re-arresting him again after spending over 20 years in Israeli prisons. He is the leader of Hamas Movement in al-Jalazoun refugee camp in Ramallah.
Another prisoner, Salah al-Khawaja, 41 years old from Nilin town near Ramallah, started open hunger strike on Monday. He is protesting the extension of his administrative dentition order which was renewed just one day prior to his release date.
Captive Hassan Shokeh, 29 years old from Bethlehem city, has been going on open hunger strike for 34 days in a row in protest at placing a 6-month administrative detention order against him. He was arrested on September 29, one month after being released from Israeli jails.
The fourth detainee, Hamza Bouziyeh, 27 from Kefl Hares near Salfit city, has been on hunger strike for 23 consecutive days. He had previously spent 7.5 years in Israeli jails for affiliation with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Detainee Bajes Nakhleh, 52 years old, has been going on open hunger strike for 8 days in protest at re-arresting him again after spending over 20 years in Israeli prisons. He is the leader of Hamas Movement in al-Jalazoun refugee camp in Ramallah.
Another prisoner, Salah al-Khawaja, 41 years old from Nilin town near Ramallah, started open hunger strike on Monday. He is protesting the extension of his administrative dentition order which was renewed just one day prior to his release date.
Captive Hassan Shokeh, 29 years old from Bethlehem city, has been going on open hunger strike for 34 days in a row in protest at placing a 6-month administrative detention order against him. He was arrested on September 29, one month after being released from Israeli jails.
The fourth detainee, Hamza Bouziyeh, 27 from Kefl Hares near Salfit city, has been on hunger strike for 23 consecutive days. He had previously spent 7.5 years in Israeli jails for affiliation with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Groups of Jewish settlers escorted by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the Old City of al-Khalil on Tuesday morning and attacked Palestinian citizens.
The PIC reporter said that IOF soldiers closed a number of shops, checked the IDs of the Palestinian youths at their entry to the Old City and arrested Khalil al-Tamimi, 18, and took him to an unknown destination.
Settlers, from the illegal settlement outposts in al-Khalil: Beit Hadassah, Beit Romano and Tel Rumeida, broke into the historic area in the city and attacked shops’ owners and the passingby Palestinians.
The PIC reporter said that IOF soldiers closed a number of shops, checked the IDs of the Palestinian youths at their entry to the Old City and arrested Khalil al-Tamimi, 18, and took him to an unknown destination.
Settlers, from the illegal settlement outposts in al-Khalil: Beit Hadassah, Beit Romano and Tel Rumeida, broke into the historic area in the city and attacked shops’ owners and the passingby Palestinians.
Several Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Tuesday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 18 Palestinians on claims that they have been involved in anti-occupation activities.
The occupation soldiers also seized thousands of shekels from homes of slain Palestinian activists.
The Israeli army said seven Palestinians were arrested in Idna and al-Koum villages, near al-Khalil, as they attempted to enter 1948 Occupied Palestine (Israel).
The occupation troops also stormed the homes of slain Palestinian anti-occupation activists in Ramallah’s northwestern town of Deir Abu Mishaal and stole money, before they kidnapped the Palestinian young man Nidal Ata, the brother of slain Baraa Ataa.
Six Palestinians, including two ex-prisoners, were also kidnapped by the IOF from their homes in Tulkarem province.
At the same time, dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed Qabatiya’s eastern neighborhood, south of Jenin, and kidnapped the Palestinian youngster Ali Kmeil after they wreaked havoc on his family home and attacked his relatives.
Overnight, the occupation army unlocked the Hawara military checkpoint, south of Nablus, after a horde of Israeli settlers assaulted Palestinians in the area, leaving several civilians injured.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 18 Palestinians on claims that they have been involved in anti-occupation activities.
The occupation soldiers also seized thousands of shekels from homes of slain Palestinian activists.
The Israeli army said seven Palestinians were arrested in Idna and al-Koum villages, near al-Khalil, as they attempted to enter 1948 Occupied Palestine (Israel).
The occupation troops also stormed the homes of slain Palestinian anti-occupation activists in Ramallah’s northwestern town of Deir Abu Mishaal and stole money, before they kidnapped the Palestinian young man Nidal Ata, the brother of slain Baraa Ataa.
Six Palestinians, including two ex-prisoners, were also kidnapped by the IOF from their homes in Tulkarem province.
At the same time, dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed Qabatiya’s eastern neighborhood, south of Jenin, and kidnapped the Palestinian youngster Ali Kmeil after they wreaked havoc on his family home and attacked his relatives.
Overnight, the occupation army unlocked the Hawara military checkpoint, south of Nablus, after a horde of Israeli settlers assaulted Palestinians in the area, leaving several civilians injured.
Longest-serving Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouti has called on the international community to assume its responsibility vis-à-vis Palestinian ex-detainees re-sent to Israeli jails.
In statements quoted by the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Barghouti said several Palestinian prisoners released as part of the Wafa al-Ahrar (Gilad Shalit) prisoner swap and re-arrested later by the Israeli occupation forces have been sent again to Israeli jails.
PPS urged the international community to immediately intervene to release 63 Palestinians detainees re-arrested by the Israeli forces following a political decision and re-sentenced to previous prison-terms.
PPS slammed the silence maintained by the international community as regards the ex-prisoners’ cause, saying such an apathetic stance rather blocks all chances to strike a prisoner exchange deal with the Israeli occupation.
Barghouti, a native of Ramallah’s northern town of Kober, has spent 34 years out of a 37-year prison-term. He was released following the Wafa al-Ahrar swap and re-detained in 2014. In early 2017, the occupation authorities ruled that he be subjected to the previous term: life-sentence and 18 years in jail.
At the same time, PPS raised alarm bells over the deteriorating health condition of 74-year-old Palestinian detainee Youssef Abu al-Kheir, held in Gilboa lock-up.
PPS said Abu al-Kheir has been enduring life-threatening cardiovascular disorders and has gone through several strokes. Prior to his detention, he underwent a heart surgery.
Abu al-Kheir was re-arrested by the Israeli occupation forces in May 2017 on his way back home from Greece. In 1969 he was arrested and sentenced to life in Israeli prisons, before he was released in the 1985 swap deal and deported to Libya. Sometime later he moved to Greece. An Israeli court ruled for resuming his previous sentence after it rebuffed the detainee’s appeals for a fair trial.
In statements quoted by the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Barghouti said several Palestinian prisoners released as part of the Wafa al-Ahrar (Gilad Shalit) prisoner swap and re-arrested later by the Israeli occupation forces have been sent again to Israeli jails.
PPS urged the international community to immediately intervene to release 63 Palestinians detainees re-arrested by the Israeli forces following a political decision and re-sentenced to previous prison-terms.
PPS slammed the silence maintained by the international community as regards the ex-prisoners’ cause, saying such an apathetic stance rather blocks all chances to strike a prisoner exchange deal with the Israeli occupation.
Barghouti, a native of Ramallah’s northern town of Kober, has spent 34 years out of a 37-year prison-term. He was released following the Wafa al-Ahrar swap and re-detained in 2014. In early 2017, the occupation authorities ruled that he be subjected to the previous term: life-sentence and 18 years in jail.
At the same time, PPS raised alarm bells over the deteriorating health condition of 74-year-old Palestinian detainee Youssef Abu al-Kheir, held in Gilboa lock-up.
PPS said Abu al-Kheir has been enduring life-threatening cardiovascular disorders and has gone through several strokes. Prior to his detention, he underwent a heart surgery.
Abu al-Kheir was re-arrested by the Israeli occupation forces in May 2017 on his way back home from Greece. In 1969 he was arrested and sentenced to life in Israeli prisons, before he was released in the 1985 swap deal and deported to Libya. Sometime later he moved to Greece. An Israeli court ruled for resuming his previous sentence after it rebuffed the detainee’s appeals for a fair trial.
