7 oct 2013
The Palestinian detainee Naeem Al-Shawamrah, 43, from Hebron, is in a serious condition after he was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, according to his family. Al-Shawamrah, a father to two, served 19 years in the Israeli jail and was sentenced to life for allegedly “involving in resistance actions”.
“My brother is in critical conditions, the disease could reach his heart and lungs. We expect to hear the news of his death very soon,” said Nabil Al-Shawamrah, the detainee’s brother.
He added that his brother sent a letter from inside the prison describing his condition and calling for help to save his life.
The family of Al-Shawamrah held a solidarity tent where they receive support by neighbors and citizens .
“I want to see my father , whom I have never met , before he dies ,” cries Nedaa Al-Shawamrah, 18 years old, the daughter of Naeem Al-Shawmrah.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics a total of 203 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli jails since 1967.
“My brother is in critical conditions, the disease could reach his heart and lungs. We expect to hear the news of his death very soon,” said Nabil Al-Shawamrah, the detainee’s brother.
He added that his brother sent a letter from inside the prison describing his condition and calling for help to save his life.
The family of Al-Shawamrah held a solidarity tent where they receive support by neighbors and citizens .
“I want to see my father , whom I have never met , before he dies ,” cries Nedaa Al-Shawamrah, 18 years old, the daughter of Naeem Al-Shawmrah.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics a total of 203 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli jails since 1967.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed three villages to the south of Jenin at dawn Monday and arrested a Palestinian citizen after searching his home. Local sources said that IOF soldiers mounting army jeeps broke into the village of Yabad and arrested Nuruddin Attatra, 21, after ransacking his home. The soldiers also stormed the villages of Arrabe and Fahme.
The sources pointed out that the IOF soldiers had intensified their presence in and around Yabad over the past couple of weeks.
They said that the soldiers routinely burst into the village and its houses as part of a mass punishment against the inhabitants after claiming that youngsters in the village throw stones at the soldiers.
The sources pointed out that the IOF soldiers had intensified their presence in and around Yabad over the past couple of weeks.
They said that the soldiers routinely burst into the village and its houses as part of a mass punishment against the inhabitants after claiming that youngsters in the village throw stones at the soldiers.
A number of Palestinian prisoners in Nafha prison are suffering sharp deterioration in their health conditions due to the Israeli deliberate medical negligence, Palestinian human rights sources said. In its press release issued on Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) confirmed that the prisoner Said Abu Salah, held in Nafha prison, sufferes from serious health problems, including loss of sight in his right eye, breathing problems, blood pressure, in addition to being subjected to fainting spells.
The prisoner Shadi Qar'an, detained since 2007 and sentenced to 25 years , suffers from several health problems causing him repeated collapses, the PPS said, noting that the Israeli Prison Services refused to conduct the necessary medical tests.
The PPS' statement pointed out to the difficult health condition of Alaa al-Hams, held in Nafha prison, where he suffers tuberculosis. The treatment he received caused a sharp deterioration in his health, causing him bleeding, inflammation in addition to breathing problems.
The captive Shawqi Abu Athara suffers sight problems after conducting a medical surgery in 2008 while in custody, as well as severe back pains and headache.
The prisoner Shadi Qar'an, detained since 2007 and sentenced to 25 years , suffers from several health problems causing him repeated collapses, the PPS said, noting that the Israeli Prison Services refused to conduct the necessary medical tests.
The PPS' statement pointed out to the difficult health condition of Alaa al-Hams, held in Nafha prison, where he suffers tuberculosis. The treatment he received caused a sharp deterioration in his health, causing him bleeding, inflammation in addition to breathing problems.
The captive Shawqi Abu Athara suffers sight problems after conducting a medical surgery in 2008 while in custody, as well as severe back pains and headache.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped at dawn Monday 15 Palestinian citizens in different West Bank areas and clashed with some young men who tried to prevent the soldiers from detaining their friends.
In Beit Ummar village to the north of Al-Khalil, the IOF kidnapped two young men identified as Mahmoud Awad and Maysar Abu Mariya.
The IOF also kidnapped two Palestinians from their homes near Bethelehem and three others in Beit Jala town and Yabad town near Jenin.
Three others young men were also taken prisoners during raids on the refugee camps of Balata and Askar.
The IOF also kidnapped four young men after they claimed that one of its military patrols came under fire in Azzun town to the east of Qalqiliya city.
Local sources from Jenin reported that scores of Israeli troops aboard 12 military vehicles stormed Yabad town at three o'clock at dawn and violently ransacked the house of a young man named Nouraddin Atatreh before taking him in chain to an unknown place.
Furthermore, the IOF maltreated and humiliated on the same day Palestinian women and their children after intercepting cars and buses they were aboard.
A Palestinian security official told Quds Press that the IOF set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Al-Khalil city near the bypass road known as Highway 60, stopped all passing vehicles and forced the passengers including women and children to get out and stand in long lines for search.
Such behavior raised the ire of the Palestinian passengers, especially since the IOF usually order the men alone to step out of the vehicles without the women and children.
In Beit Ummar village to the north of Al-Khalil, the IOF kidnapped two young men identified as Mahmoud Awad and Maysar Abu Mariya.
The IOF also kidnapped two Palestinians from their homes near Bethelehem and three others in Beit Jala town and Yabad town near Jenin.
Three others young men were also taken prisoners during raids on the refugee camps of Balata and Askar.
The IOF also kidnapped four young men after they claimed that one of its military patrols came under fire in Azzun town to the east of Qalqiliya city.
Local sources from Jenin reported that scores of Israeli troops aboard 12 military vehicles stormed Yabad town at three o'clock at dawn and violently ransacked the house of a young man named Nouraddin Atatreh before taking him in chain to an unknown place.
Furthermore, the IOF maltreated and humiliated on the same day Palestinian women and their children after intercepting cars and buses they were aboard.
A Palestinian security official told Quds Press that the IOF set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Al-Khalil city near the bypass road known as Highway 60, stopped all passing vehicles and forced the passengers including women and children to get out and stand in long lines for search.
Such behavior raised the ire of the Palestinian passengers, especially since the IOF usually order the men alone to step out of the vehicles without the women and children.
Monday [October 7, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded the Beit Ummar and Ithna towns, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians. Army also ordered removal of solar panels in small village.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the army invaded Ithna, west of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped Ismael Talab Nattah, 28.
Soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar towns, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Myassar Sadeq Abu Maria, 28, and Mahmoud Mohammad Awad, 26.
Furthermore, Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron, stated that dozens of soldiers invaded Lasfa area, near Yatta, and handed the residents military warrants ordering them to remove their solar panels.
Jabour added that the village, is one of eight villages Israeli wants to destroy in the area, as the villages are not recognize by the Civil Administration officer run the the Israeli military occupying Palestine.
On Sunday evening, soldiers invaded Azzoun Atma town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped four children.
Several Palestinians have also been kidnapped on Sunday night and on Monday at dawn, in Jerusalem, Jenin and Bethlehem.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the army invaded Ithna, west of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped Ismael Talab Nattah, 28.
Soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar towns, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Myassar Sadeq Abu Maria, 28, and Mahmoud Mohammad Awad, 26.
Furthermore, Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron, stated that dozens of soldiers invaded Lasfa area, near Yatta, and handed the residents military warrants ordering them to remove their solar panels.
Jabour added that the village, is one of eight villages Israeli wants to destroy in the area, as the villages are not recognize by the Civil Administration officer run the the Israeli military occupying Palestine.
On Sunday evening, soldiers invaded Azzoun Atma town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped four children.
Several Palestinians have also been kidnapped on Sunday night and on Monday at dawn, in Jerusalem, Jenin and Bethlehem.
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Sunday evening [October 6, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Azzoun Atma town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped four children, including an 8-year-old.
Local sources said that the children were playing in Palestinian olive orchard, near the main road of the village, when the soldiers attacked and kidnapped them. The sources added that the soldiers kidnapped Ekrima Mohammad Sweidan, 8, and his cousin Yazan Khaled Sweidan, 12, as they were playing in an orchard north of Azzoun, in addition to kidnapping Ahmad Mohammad Salim, 11, and Ahmad Zanran Salim, 12, in an orchard north of the town. |
Eyewitnesses said that the children were heading back home returning from their families’ olive orchards where their families were picking their olives.
The Israeli army claimed that the children threw stones at Israeli military vehicles and settlers cars in the main road.
Soldiers also closed the Iron Gates installed on the northern and western entrances of the town.
On Monday at dawn, soldiers invaded the Deheisha refugee camp, in Bethlehem, and kidnapped Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Khamour, 18.
Soldiers also invaded Ya’bod, near the northern West bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident identified as Nour Ed-Deen Abdul-Karim Atatra, 21.
On Sunday night after midnight, soldiers ambushed a number of Palestinians close to the Annexation Wall, in Abu Dis town in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The two have been identified as Abdul-Aziz Mohammad Bader, 20, and Mo’sab Ahmad Bader, 21..
The Israeli army claimed that the children threw stones at Israeli military vehicles and settlers cars in the main road.
Soldiers also closed the Iron Gates installed on the northern and western entrances of the town.
On Monday at dawn, soldiers invaded the Deheisha refugee camp, in Bethlehem, and kidnapped Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Khamour, 18.
Soldiers also invaded Ya’bod, near the northern West bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident identified as Nour Ed-Deen Abdul-Karim Atatra, 21.
On Sunday night after midnight, soldiers ambushed a number of Palestinians close to the Annexation Wall, in Abu Dis town in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The two have been identified as Abdul-Aziz Mohammad Bader, 20, and Mo’sab Ahmad Bader, 21..
Israeli occupation forces arrested Monday, seven Palestinians from West Bank cities.
Israeli media reported that Israeli army forces arrested at dawn, seven Palestinians on claims they are 'wanted" by the Israeli authorities.
An army spokesperson said that its soldiers arrested Palestinians from Yabud village in Jenin, Beit Ummar in Hebon and the cities of Beit Jala and Bethlehem.
He added that they all were transferred to detention centers for questioning.
Israeli media reported that Israeli army forces arrested at dawn, seven Palestinians on claims they are 'wanted" by the Israeli authorities.
An army spokesperson said that its soldiers arrested Palestinians from Yabud village in Jenin, Beit Ummar in Hebon and the cities of Beit Jala and Bethlehem.
He added that they all were transferred to detention centers for questioning.
Abdul-Karim Nayef Atatra 21
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn and on Sunday night after midnight, five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem. Settlers invade village in Hebron.
Local sources in Bethlehem have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the Deheisha refugee camp, south of the city, broke into the home of Mohammad Al-Khamour before violently searching it and ransacking its property, and kidnapped his son Ibrahim, 18.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Ya’bod town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped on Palestinian.
Local sources in the town said that the soldiers violently broke into the home of Abdul-Karim Atatra, and kidnapped his son, Abdul-Karim, 21.
The sources added that the soldiers forced the family out of their home for several hours, and ransacked the property.
On Sunday night after midnight, soldiers ambushed a number of Palestinians close to the Annexation Wall, in Abu Dis town in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped two Palestinian.
The two have been identified as Abdul-Aziz Mohammad Bader, 20, and Mo’sab Ahmad Bader, 21.
On Sunday evening, dozens of Israeli soldiers and extremist settlers invaded the Tiwani village, east of Yatta, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked several residents.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers broke into and searched a number of homes, and assaulted the families.
They added that the army also fired several flares over different parts of the village, causing several residents, mainly children, to suffer anxiety attacks.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded that the Al-Mintar area, south of Bardala village, south of the central West Bank city of Tubas, and ordered six families to stop the construction of their homes, and demolish built sections before November 11.
The attack comes a few days after the army destroyed Khirbit Makhoul Bedouin village, in the area, for the fourth time within two weeks.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn and on Sunday night after midnight, five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem. Settlers invade village in Hebron.
Local sources in Bethlehem have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the Deheisha refugee camp, south of the city, broke into the home of Mohammad Al-Khamour before violently searching it and ransacking its property, and kidnapped his son Ibrahim, 18.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Ya’bod town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped on Palestinian.
Local sources in the town said that the soldiers violently broke into the home of Abdul-Karim Atatra, and kidnapped his son, Abdul-Karim, 21.
The sources added that the soldiers forced the family out of their home for several hours, and ransacked the property.
On Sunday night after midnight, soldiers ambushed a number of Palestinians close to the Annexation Wall, in Abu Dis town in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped two Palestinian.
The two have been identified as Abdul-Aziz Mohammad Bader, 20, and Mo’sab Ahmad Bader, 21.
On Sunday evening, dozens of Israeli soldiers and extremist settlers invaded the Tiwani village, east of Yatta, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked several residents.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers broke into and searched a number of homes, and assaulted the families.
They added that the army also fired several flares over different parts of the village, causing several residents, mainly children, to suffer anxiety attacks.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded that the Al-Mintar area, south of Bardala village, south of the central West Bank city of Tubas, and ordered six families to stop the construction of their homes, and demolish built sections before November 11.
The attack comes a few days after the army destroyed Khirbit Makhoul Bedouin village, in the area, for the fourth time within two weeks.
6 oct 2013
Late Saturday night, a nine-year old girl was shot and injured while standing outside her home in the Israeli settlement of Psagot, located next to the Palestinian village of el-Bireh, in the central West Bank.
The child, identified as Noam Glick, was taken to an Israeli hospital, where she is listed in stable condition.
She was hit by a single shot fired from a homemade weapon. The weapon was left by the assailant at the scene.
The assailant has not been apprehended, and Israeli police say they have no leads in the case.
But the Israeli military has stormed the Al-Biereh town, and surrounding areas in the hours since the attack, and have detained and interrogated a number of residents.
Like in the shooting of an Israeli solider two weeks ago, the police and military intelligence say they had no advance warning that an attack was going to take place.
The police say this was likely an unplanned attack by a single, probably mentally unstable, assailant who acted without coordination with any armed resistance.
Following the wounding of the child, Israeli settlers stormed al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah and began throwing stones at villagers, and vandalizing Palestinian cars.
The child, identified as Noam Glick, was taken to an Israeli hospital, where she is listed in stable condition.
She was hit by a single shot fired from a homemade weapon. The weapon was left by the assailant at the scene.
The assailant has not been apprehended, and Israeli police say they have no leads in the case.
But the Israeli military has stormed the Al-Biereh town, and surrounding areas in the hours since the attack, and have detained and interrogated a number of residents.
Like in the shooting of an Israeli solider two weeks ago, the police and military intelligence say they had no advance warning that an attack was going to take place.
The police say this was likely an unplanned attack by a single, probably mentally unstable, assailant who acted without coordination with any armed resistance.
Following the wounding of the child, Israeli settlers stormed al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah and began throwing stones at villagers, and vandalizing Palestinian cars.
The health condition of the wounded prisoner Shadi Gawadra from Bir Al-Basha village, Jenin province, was seriously deteriorating, his lawyer said. The lawyer Ashraf Al-Khatib said in a press release after visiting Gawadra in the Israeli Shatta prison on Saturday that Gawadra, who was hit with nine bullets during his arrest at the hands of Israeli occupation forces, could not move without help.
He said that Gawadra, who is serving a life sentence, could not see his relatives only one meter away from him, which constituted a new and serious worsening in his condition that could lead to blindness if left unattended.
He said that Gawadra, who is serving a life sentence, could not see his relatives only one meter away from him, which constituted a new and serious worsening in his condition that could lead to blindness if left unattended.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed 181 Palestinians in the past month of September while the PA forces arrested 113 in the same period, a report by Hamas movement said. The report said that IOF soldiers killed two Palestinians in September, adding that 22 of those arrested were children and seven were Hamas supporters released from PA jails.
The report said that IOF soldiers razed 14 houses and 38 industrial, agricultural, and commercial installations in various West Bank areas.
It said that PA security forces rounded up 113 supporters and cadres of resistance factions including 107 from Hamas, five from Islamic Jihad and one from Hizbutahrir and summoned 58 others, 56 of them affiliated with Hamas.
The report said that IOF soldiers razed 14 houses and 38 industrial, agricultural, and commercial installations in various West Bank areas.
It said that PA security forces rounded up 113 supporters and cadres of resistance factions including 107 from Hamas, five from Islamic Jihad and one from Hizbutahrir and summoned 58 others, 56 of them affiliated with Hamas.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped at dawn Sunday 10 Palestinian citizens from their homes in Al-Khalil and Bethlehem cities and raided different areas of Nablus city. Among the detainees were two children identified as Amir Zayyah, 15, and Ziyad Subaih, 15, and they were kidnapped during violent raids on their homes in Bethlehem.
During the detention campaign, the IOF stormed Idna town, west of Al-Khalil, and established a checkpoint inside it and maltreated its residents. They also launched raids in Samua and Dahiriya towns to the south of Al-Khalil.
The IOF also shut down today morning Innab checkpoint between Nablus and Tulkarem and embarked on checking the IDs of Palestinian citizens and interrogating some young men and students.
In an earlier incident, violent clashes broke out yesterday evening at the entrance to Al-Fawwar refugee camp between Palestinian young men and Israeli troops.
The IOF established a checkpoint at the entrance to the camp, occupied its main street, intensified their presence in the adjacent farmlands and embarked on firing a hail of bullets and tear gas grenades at the angry young men who responded with throwing stones.
Meanwhile, the IOF closed on Saturday a street in Dura town, south of Al-Khalil, for several hours at the pretext of providing security for Israeli settlers living nearby.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the IOF blocked the road leading to Al-Majd and Beit Awa villages to the west of Al-Khalil and isolated them from Dura town in order to protect Najihut settlers who live illegally on Palestinian-owned lands in Khirbet Salama.
The IOF also stormed on Saturday evening Burin village, south of Nablus, and violently attacked its residents.
Villagers told the PIC that Israeli troops raided one of the houses in their village and physically assaulted its inhabitants.
According to them, the invading troops fired tear gas grenades into the house and kept assaulting their neighbor Abu Mursi and his pregnant wife.
The villagers added that they hastened to help the family of Abu Mursi after hearing cries for help coming from the house, while the troops mounted the rooftop of the house and kept firing tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at everyone trying to save the family.
During the detention campaign, the IOF stormed Idna town, west of Al-Khalil, and established a checkpoint inside it and maltreated its residents. They also launched raids in Samua and Dahiriya towns to the south of Al-Khalil.
The IOF also shut down today morning Innab checkpoint between Nablus and Tulkarem and embarked on checking the IDs of Palestinian citizens and interrogating some young men and students.
In an earlier incident, violent clashes broke out yesterday evening at the entrance to Al-Fawwar refugee camp between Palestinian young men and Israeli troops.
The IOF established a checkpoint at the entrance to the camp, occupied its main street, intensified their presence in the adjacent farmlands and embarked on firing a hail of bullets and tear gas grenades at the angry young men who responded with throwing stones.
Meanwhile, the IOF closed on Saturday a street in Dura town, south of Al-Khalil, for several hours at the pretext of providing security for Israeli settlers living nearby.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the IOF blocked the road leading to Al-Majd and Beit Awa villages to the west of Al-Khalil and isolated them from Dura town in order to protect Najihut settlers who live illegally on Palestinian-owned lands in Khirbet Salama.
The IOF also stormed on Saturday evening Burin village, south of Nablus, and violently attacked its residents.
Villagers told the PIC that Israeli troops raided one of the houses in their village and physically assaulted its inhabitants.
According to them, the invading troops fired tear gas grenades into the house and kept assaulting their neighbor Abu Mursi and his pregnant wife.
The villagers added that they hastened to help the family of Abu Mursi after hearing cries for help coming from the house, while the troops mounted the rooftop of the house and kept firing tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at everyone trying to save the family.
5 oct 2013
Israeli occupation forces stormed on Saturday parts of the City of Ramallah, the Seat of the Palestinian Authority, following a non-fatal shooting of a Jewish settler girl at the nearby colony of Bsagot.
Palestinian sources and eyewitnesses reported that hundreds of Israeli troops, backed by armored vehicles, stormed the town of al-Bireh, Ramallah's twin city, searching residential homes and arresting youngsters from the streets.
One eyewitness from the Sath Marhaba neighborhood described Israeli soldiers' behavior as "violent and nervous."
Earlier, a young Israeli settler was wounded from gunfire the Israeli occupation army said originated in surrounding Palestinian localities. Israeli occupation sources also suspected infiltration by Palestinian resistance activists into the Jewish settlements.
The Israeli media spoke of a "Ramallah sniper"
This is the third incident of its kind in less than two weeks. On 22 September, an Israeli occupation soldier was shot a killed in Hebron at the hands of "a professional Palestinian sniper."
Israeli troops launched an aggressive manhunt campaign to apprehend the suspected Palestinian sniper but to no avail.
A day earlier, another soldier was killed near the northern Palestinian town of Kalkilya by a Palestinian who reportedly wanted to exchange the soldier's body for the release of his brother who is spending a heavy sentence in an Israeli jail.
It is still uncertain if these resistance attacks which Israel calls terrorist attacks are individualistic in nature or constitute a definite portent for an outbreak of a new intifada or uprising against the Israeli occupation.
Palestinians are facing difficult political and economic conditions and speculations that a new intifada is in the offing are rife in many quarters.
According to Saleh Aruri, a high ranking Hamas official, the latest attacks show that there is a state of bitterness and disenchantment prevailing in the West Bank .
"We have the failed peace process, the continued settlement expansion; a growing settler population in the West Bank …along with relentless Israeli efforts to take over the Aqsa Mosque….These things provoke ordinary Palestinian and push them to rise up against the occupation."
Aruri, who was speaking during an interview with the al-Aqsa TV Saturday evening, said Israeli behavior and PA conduct were leaving the Palestinian masses very little hope.
"It is not important who is carrying out these acts. The important thing is that they are happening despite the scandalous security coordination between Israel and the PA regime in Ramallah.
Last month Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk was quoted as saying that "We are already on the eve of an intifada."
Moreover, one Fatah official was quoted by al-Jazeera as saying that "an uprising of some sort is inevitable."
"You surely don't expect me to tell you an uprising will take place on a given day and time. But I can tell you with a high degree of certitude that an intifada is coming, perhaps sooner than many of us think," Abu Jihad, Fatah grass-roots leader.
Both Israeli and Palestinian spokespersons are expressing pessimism over the recently presumed talks between Israel and the PA.
Most observers note that a "miracle" would be required for the talks to succeed given the extremely insurmountable problems facing these talks.
Others readily contend that there is no real chance left for the creation of a viable and territorially contiguous Palestinian state on the West Bank , thanks to unmitigated Jewish settlement activities and the Judaizing of East Jerusalem.
Palestinian sources and eyewitnesses reported that hundreds of Israeli troops, backed by armored vehicles, stormed the town of al-Bireh, Ramallah's twin city, searching residential homes and arresting youngsters from the streets.
One eyewitness from the Sath Marhaba neighborhood described Israeli soldiers' behavior as "violent and nervous."
Earlier, a young Israeli settler was wounded from gunfire the Israeli occupation army said originated in surrounding Palestinian localities. Israeli occupation sources also suspected infiltration by Palestinian resistance activists into the Jewish settlements.
The Israeli media spoke of a "Ramallah sniper"
This is the third incident of its kind in less than two weeks. On 22 September, an Israeli occupation soldier was shot a killed in Hebron at the hands of "a professional Palestinian sniper."
Israeli troops launched an aggressive manhunt campaign to apprehend the suspected Palestinian sniper but to no avail.
A day earlier, another soldier was killed near the northern Palestinian town of Kalkilya by a Palestinian who reportedly wanted to exchange the soldier's body for the release of his brother who is spending a heavy sentence in an Israeli jail.
It is still uncertain if these resistance attacks which Israel calls terrorist attacks are individualistic in nature or constitute a definite portent for an outbreak of a new intifada or uprising against the Israeli occupation.
Palestinians are facing difficult political and economic conditions and speculations that a new intifada is in the offing are rife in many quarters.
According to Saleh Aruri, a high ranking Hamas official, the latest attacks show that there is a state of bitterness and disenchantment prevailing in the West Bank .
"We have the failed peace process, the continued settlement expansion; a growing settler population in the West Bank …along with relentless Israeli efforts to take over the Aqsa Mosque….These things provoke ordinary Palestinian and push them to rise up against the occupation."
Aruri, who was speaking during an interview with the al-Aqsa TV Saturday evening, said Israeli behavior and PA conduct were leaving the Palestinian masses very little hope.
"It is not important who is carrying out these acts. The important thing is that they are happening despite the scandalous security coordination between Israel and the PA regime in Ramallah.
Last month Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk was quoted as saying that "We are already on the eve of an intifada."
Moreover, one Fatah official was quoted by al-Jazeera as saying that "an uprising of some sort is inevitable."
"You surely don't expect me to tell you an uprising will take place on a given day and time. But I can tell you with a high degree of certitude that an intifada is coming, perhaps sooner than many of us think," Abu Jihad, Fatah grass-roots leader.
Both Israeli and Palestinian spokespersons are expressing pessimism over the recently presumed talks between Israel and the PA.
Most observers note that a "miracle" would be required for the talks to succeed given the extremely insurmountable problems facing these talks.
Others readily contend that there is no real chance left for the creation of a viable and territorially contiguous Palestinian state on the West Bank , thanks to unmitigated Jewish settlement activities and the Judaizing of East Jerusalem.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) continued to isolate the Palestinian prisoner Nahar al-Saadi, 32, for the fifth month in a row without any legal justification, preventing him from family visits. The isolated prisoner in Rimonim prison Nahar al-Saadi, serving 4 life sentences and 20 years, was isolated since the 21st of May under the pretext of "the secret file", the lawyer Hanan al-Khatib said.
The lawyer, who visited him a couple of days ago, quoted the prisoner as saying that he was transferred in February from Ramon prison to Jalama detention center where he was subjected to severe torture during his investigation for a whole month.
He was then brought back to Ramon prison following the investigation where he spent a month and a half before being transferred anew to Jalama prison.
An Israeli military court sentenced him to one month isolation with the possibility of extension, claiming that he poses a threat to the Israeli security, he explained.
The isolated prisoner denied the Israeli charges, pointing out that the court's order includes a ban on family visits.
Nahar al-Saadi, who has been arrested since 2003, suffers from severe chest and spine pains in addition to breathing problems.
The lawyer, who visited him a couple of days ago, quoted the prisoner as saying that he was transferred in February from Ramon prison to Jalama detention center where he was subjected to severe torture during his investigation for a whole month.
He was then brought back to Ramon prison following the investigation where he spent a month and a half before being transferred anew to Jalama prison.
An Israeli military court sentenced him to one month isolation with the possibility of extension, claiming that he poses a threat to the Israeli security, he explained.
The isolated prisoner denied the Israeli charges, pointing out that the court's order includes a ban on family visits.
Nahar al-Saadi, who has been arrested since 2003, suffers from severe chest and spine pains in addition to breathing problems.
4 oct 2013
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“When the Boys Return,” directed by Tone Andersen, is a documentary addressing the challenges that Palestinian youths face in Israeli jails pre, during and post detention, with a focus on the process of reentering society after their detention. The documentary presents a detailed view into the lives of 12 children, and how they are affected by their time in detention.
The film shows just a fraction of the 7,500 Palestinian minors aged between 12 and 18 who have gone through the Israeli prison system over the past 11 years. The Israeli army often arrests young Palestinian men at night. Usually, the charge is stone-throwing and the average sentence is two years. Many display symptoms of post-traumatic-stress disorder when they are released from their detention. |
“When the Boys Return” has won several awards in European film festivals, including Stockholm and al-Kazeera for documentary films, and was shown on European television stations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Britain and Holland.
The YMCA office in the West Bank town of Beit Sahour, and representatives from the Norwegian consulate to Palestine in Ramallah, organized a showing of the film in the Russian Culture Center in Bethlehem. Attendants of the event included Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe, General Director of Palestinian Prisoners' Ministry Munkid Abu Atwan, Head of Prisoners’ Society in Hebron Amjad al-Najjar, Executive Manager of the YMCA Nader Abu Amsheh and several Palestinian minors who had been imprisoned, along with their families.
Executive Manager of the YMCA, Nader Abu Amsheh, welcomed the audience and thanked Minister Issa Qaraqe and the film’s director, Anderson, for discussing the issue of minor ex-detainees and their lives upon release.
He commended Anderson for having conducted extensive research and having accompanied the detained minors on their journeys inside the Israeli jails, adding that the 1-hour film took four months to be shot.
Abu Amsha told PNN that the film aims to show the suffering of detained minors, and expose the challenges that youths confront as they try to rebuild their lives in the face of the ongoing Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
Norwegian film director Tone Anderson, who lived in Palestine for a number of years before shooting “When the Boys Return,” thanked the Norwegian consulate to Palestine for sponsoring the film and praised the efforts of the YMCA and its staff for their cooperation in Hebron and Bethlehem. She also thanked her co-assistant director Raghad Mukarker who worked with her on the film, despite all the difficulties they encountered during the film’s shooting.
Anderson told PNN that she knows the truth about what’s going on in the West Bank, unlike how the situation is displayed in Western media. She adding that the Western media doesn’t focus on issues like the one touched on in the film.
After the screening, Anderson called the minor ex-detainees to the stage where they talked about their experiences and held a discussion of the film.
Click this link for a short and exclusive interview with Anderson about “When the Boys Return.”
The YMCA office in the West Bank town of Beit Sahour, and representatives from the Norwegian consulate to Palestine in Ramallah, organized a showing of the film in the Russian Culture Center in Bethlehem. Attendants of the event included Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe, General Director of Palestinian Prisoners' Ministry Munkid Abu Atwan, Head of Prisoners’ Society in Hebron Amjad al-Najjar, Executive Manager of the YMCA Nader Abu Amsheh and several Palestinian minors who had been imprisoned, along with their families.
Executive Manager of the YMCA, Nader Abu Amsheh, welcomed the audience and thanked Minister Issa Qaraqe and the film’s director, Anderson, for discussing the issue of minor ex-detainees and their lives upon release.
He commended Anderson for having conducted extensive research and having accompanied the detained minors on their journeys inside the Israeli jails, adding that the 1-hour film took four months to be shot.
Abu Amsha told PNN that the film aims to show the suffering of detained minors, and expose the challenges that youths confront as they try to rebuild their lives in the face of the ongoing Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
Norwegian film director Tone Anderson, who lived in Palestine for a number of years before shooting “When the Boys Return,” thanked the Norwegian consulate to Palestine for sponsoring the film and praised the efforts of the YMCA and its staff for their cooperation in Hebron and Bethlehem. She also thanked her co-assistant director Raghad Mukarker who worked with her on the film, despite all the difficulties they encountered during the film’s shooting.
Anderson told PNN that she knows the truth about what’s going on in the West Bank, unlike how the situation is displayed in Western media. She adding that the Western media doesn’t focus on issues like the one touched on in the film.
After the screening, Anderson called the minor ex-detainees to the stage where they talked about their experiences and held a discussion of the film.
Click this link for a short and exclusive interview with Anderson about “When the Boys Return.”
Israeli occupation forces detained around 30 members of the Salhab family that resides near the illegal settlement of Beit Hagai, south of Hebron, under the pretext that Israeli soldiers were exposed to stone-throwing.
Ahmed Salhab, a family member, said that military forces came in three military jeeps, surrounded the house, broke into it and forced all the family members outside.
Salhab also said that a fight erupted between the family members and Israeli troops after the family protested against the IOF harrassment and breaking into their house without giving reasonable reasons. He added, Israeli officials banned his family members from video taping the incident.
Israeli army claimed that its troops were exposed to stone-throwing near the vicinity of the settlement and that a surveillance camera had documented the incident.
Salhab considers the provocative raids of Palestinian homes as part of Israel's policy to expel the families from their homes in order to seize land and increase illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Ahmed Salhab, a family member, said that military forces came in three military jeeps, surrounded the house, broke into it and forced all the family members outside.
Salhab also said that a fight erupted between the family members and Israeli troops after the family protested against the IOF harrassment and breaking into their house without giving reasonable reasons. He added, Israeli officials banned his family members from video taping the incident.
Israeli army claimed that its troops were exposed to stone-throwing near the vicinity of the settlement and that a surveillance camera had documented the incident.
Salhab considers the provocative raids of Palestinian homes as part of Israel's policy to expel the families from their homes in order to seize land and increase illegal settlements in the West Bank.
The Israeli court extended on Thursday the house arrest of the elderly lady Fethiye Khanfar, from Jenin, till the 13th of November at a house in Rahat in 1948-occupied Palestine.
Hajja Fethiye, 58, was detained for 18 days in Israeli jails after visiting her son who is serving a 15-year sentence. She was then released and placed under house arrest in Rahat in 1948-occupied Palestine. Yousef Khanfar, the prisoner’s husband, confirmed that the Israeli court refused to end the house arrest of his wife despite adding 25 thousands shekels to the previous fine.
The occupation authorities released her on 18 February, on bail of 30 thousand shekels, and imposed on her house arrest in the village of Rahat within 1948-occupied territories until the court hearing which was postponed to November 13, he added, noting that her house arrest was renewed several times.
Hajja Fethiye suffers low blood pressure, bowel problems and has already undergone several surgeries.
Hajja Fethiye, 58, was detained for 18 days in Israeli jails after visiting her son who is serving a 15-year sentence. She was then released and placed under house arrest in Rahat in 1948-occupied Palestine. Yousef Khanfar, the prisoner’s husband, confirmed that the Israeli court refused to end the house arrest of his wife despite adding 25 thousands shekels to the previous fine.
The occupation authorities released her on 18 February, on bail of 30 thousand shekels, and imposed on her house arrest in the village of Rahat within 1948-occupied territories until the court hearing which was postponed to November 13, he added, noting that her house arrest was renewed several times.
Hajja Fethiye suffers low blood pressure, bowel problems and has already undergone several surgeries.
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Israeli forces released Palestinian prisoner Hatem Yousef Ibrahim Amro, 51, from its prisons on Thursday evening.
The Israeli authorities released him because his health had seriously deteriorated in recent days while imprisoned at the Negev prison in southern Israel. Upon his release, Amro was transferred to Soroka hospital and subsequently underwent an Angioplasty operation. The doctors at Soroka say he urgently needs open-heart surgery. Amro was originally detained by Israeli forces in August, and he was kept under administrative detention since that time. According to Israeli NGO B'tselem, authorities frequently detain Palestinians through the use of administrative orders that are executed without either indictment or trial. |
Thousands of Palestinians have been detained for extended periods of time through these orders.
Palestinian Health Minister Jawad Awad as well as the general director of transfers at the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry welcomed the news of Amro's release.
Awad congratulated the Amro family and declared that the Palestinian Authority would cover all costs associated with the medical treatment needed for the freed prisoner.
Awad also said that the Israeli authorities must be held responsible for Palestinian prisoners' lives and the dangerous conditions they were kept in that lead to dire medical situations.
Palestinian Health Minister Jawad Awad as well as the general director of transfers at the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry welcomed the news of Amro's release.
Awad congratulated the Amro family and declared that the Palestinian Authority would cover all costs associated with the medical treatment needed for the freed prisoner.
Awad also said that the Israeli authorities must be held responsible for Palestinian prisoners' lives and the dangerous conditions they were kept in that lead to dire medical situations.
Clashes erupted Friday between young Palestinians and Israeli forces after the latter raided the city of Nablus at dawn.
Media outlets reported that violent clashes erupted in several areas in the city, especially at Dwar as-Shuhada and near the vicinity of the old city.
Israeli soldiers stormed several houses and arrested a number of Palestinians.
The soldiers also stormed the headquarters of the The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), then proceeded to sabotage and confiscate its contents.
Sources from the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) said that IOF troops arrested Zaher al-Shttary, Mohammed Shatawi, Thabet Nassar and Yousef Abu Gholmeh after storming their offices in the PFLP headquarters.
Raed Amer, Head of PPS condmned the ongoing IOF raids of Nablus and considered them procedures that aim to sabotage the security and stability of the Palestinian Authority.
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Nablus
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and a number of nearby villages, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Local sources have reported that local youths threw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers after they invaded the Old city of Nablus.
The sources added that a local store caught fire due to the large number of concussion grenades fired by the invading soldiers.
The soldiers kidnapped Zaher Ash-Shashtary, a senior PFLP leader, along with Thabet Nassar, and a third resident who remain unidentified, in addition to kidnapping Yousef Abu Ghalama from Beit Forik nearby town.
Local sources in Nablus said that the soldiers broke into and searched several homes in the center of the city, while sounds of explosions were heard in different nearby areas.
Media outlets reported that violent clashes erupted in several areas in the city, especially at Dwar as-Shuhada and near the vicinity of the old city.
Israeli soldiers stormed several houses and arrested a number of Palestinians.
The soldiers also stormed the headquarters of the The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), then proceeded to sabotage and confiscate its contents.
Sources from the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) said that IOF troops arrested Zaher al-Shttary, Mohammed Shatawi, Thabet Nassar and Yousef Abu Gholmeh after storming their offices in the PFLP headquarters.
Raed Amer, Head of PPS condmned the ongoing IOF raids of Nablus and considered them procedures that aim to sabotage the security and stability of the Palestinian Authority.
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Nablus
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and a number of nearby villages, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Local sources have reported that local youths threw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers after they invaded the Old city of Nablus.
The sources added that a local store caught fire due to the large number of concussion grenades fired by the invading soldiers.
The soldiers kidnapped Zaher Ash-Shashtary, a senior PFLP leader, along with Thabet Nassar, and a third resident who remain unidentified, in addition to kidnapping Yousef Abu Ghalama from Beit Forik nearby town.
Local sources in Nablus said that the soldiers broke into and searched several homes in the center of the city, while sounds of explosions were heard in different nearby areas.