12 oct 2013
The Magistrate court extended on Sunday the arrest of two young men; 23-year old Omar Yaser Khalayleh and 19-year old Mohammad Hashem Khalayleh until Tuesday, and released 20-year old Zeid Yaser Abed Rabbo Khalayleh and 25-year old Ra’fat Rawhi Amayreh with a bail of 1000 NIS and house arrest until Thursday.
The Israeli forces arrested the four young men after midnight last Saturday after a group of extremist settlers assaulted them while being in Egged bus, line number 8.
The families of the detained young men said that a number of extremists prevented the young men from riding and sitting in the bus for no reason. Another group of settlers then got on the bus from a station near Jabal Al-Mukabber and were holding pipes in their hands and used them to assault the young men in which clashes using hands broke out between the two sides. The bus driver called the police who called the ambulances to transfer the extremists to the hospitals for treatment and arrested the four young men and sprayed them with pepper gas and hit them with batons; note that the incident occurred at 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
The Israeli forces arrested the four young men after midnight last Saturday after a group of extremist settlers assaulted them while being in Egged bus, line number 8.
The families of the detained young men said that a number of extremists prevented the young men from riding and sitting in the bus for no reason. Another group of settlers then got on the bus from a station near Jabal Al-Mukabber and were holding pipes in their hands and used them to assault the young men in which clashes using hands broke out between the two sides. The bus driver called the police who called the ambulances to transfer the extremists to the hospitals for treatment and arrested the four young men and sprayed them with pepper gas and hit them with batons; note that the incident occurred at 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
There are 5,200 Palestinians in 17 Israeli military prisons and detention centers, according to a report released Saturday by the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of prisoners’ affairs.
The report highlighted that 2,450 Palestinians were detained in 2013 including 476 children and 49 women. A number of those detainees were released later.
Thirteen Palestinian lawmakers are still in Israel’s custody, the report added. It noted that since 2000, Israel has detained about 60 Palestinian lawmakers and ministers. Among the lawmakers who are still in custody are Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, PFLP secretary-general Ahmad Saadat and senior Hamas leader Hasan Yousif.
The report says 520 prisoners are serving life sentences and more. Abdullah Barghouthi, according to the report, is serving 67 life terms and an additional 250 years.
Among the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody are elderly people such as Fuad Shubaki, 83, and Omar Akkawi, 64.
The report added that 204 prisoners have died in Israel’s custody. The latest to die were Maysara Abu Hamdiyya and Arafat Jaradat, according to the report.
The report highlighted that 2,450 Palestinians were detained in 2013 including 476 children and 49 women. A number of those detainees were released later.
Thirteen Palestinian lawmakers are still in Israel’s custody, the report added. It noted that since 2000, Israel has detained about 60 Palestinian lawmakers and ministers. Among the lawmakers who are still in custody are Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, PFLP secretary-general Ahmad Saadat and senior Hamas leader Hasan Yousif.
The report says 520 prisoners are serving life sentences and more. Abdullah Barghouthi, according to the report, is serving 67 life terms and an additional 250 years.
Among the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody are elderly people such as Fuad Shubaki, 83, and Omar Akkawi, 64.
The report added that 204 prisoners have died in Israel’s custody. The latest to die were Maysara Abu Hamdiyya and Arafat Jaradat, according to the report.
The forum of Palestinian journalists strongly denounced the arrest campaigns that are launched mutually by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel against Palestinian journalists in the West Bank, especially the recent detention of three of them as they were covering events related to Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque. In a press release on Friday, the forum said that the PA intelligence agency kidnapped cameraman Mus'ab Saeed on Thursday outside Al-Bireh municipal council and confiscated his camera after he covered a symposium on the Aqsa Mosque staged by organizers of the Palestinian campaign "I have the right to pray at the Aqsa"
It affirmed that the arrest of Saeed took place concurrently with the detention of two other cameramen by the Israeli police as they were taking photos of Jewish settlers defiling the Aqsa Mosque under police protection.
The forum also said that the Israeli occupation forces prevented on Friday a number of journalists from entering Kafr Qaddum village to cover the weekly march against settlement activities.
The forum stressed that the arrest of journalists covering events in support of the Aqsa Mosque reflects the behavioral deviance of those in charge of the PA security apparatuses.
It affirmed that the arrest of Saeed took place concurrently with the detention of two other cameramen by the Israeli police as they were taking photos of Jewish settlers defiling the Aqsa Mosque under police protection.
The forum also said that the Israeli occupation forces prevented on Friday a number of journalists from entering Kafr Qaddum village to cover the weekly march against settlement activities.
The forum stressed that the arrest of journalists covering events in support of the Aqsa Mosque reflects the behavioral deviance of those in charge of the PA security apparatuses.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) on Saturday isolated Jerusalemite prisoner Murad Nimir soon after his return from an interrogation round in Petah Tikva. Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights, said that Nimir, 28, was taken to the Petah Tikva interrogation center a month ago.
He added that Nimir, who was arrested in January 2010, was serving his ten-year sentence in Gilboa prison and on his return he was taken to solitary confinement in Raymond jail.
Khafsh said that Nimir’s brother Ahmed is also serving a four-year sentence since February 2011.
He explained that the Shabak was the party responsible for isolating prisoners due to its own consideration that the prisoner might pose danger on Israel’s security.
The director called on international organizations, human rights groups, and Palestinian prisoners to pressure the IPS into ending the phenomenon of solitary confinement that is in violation of international norms and laws.
He added that Nimir, who was arrested in January 2010, was serving his ten-year sentence in Gilboa prison and on his return he was taken to solitary confinement in Raymond jail.
Khafsh said that Nimir’s brother Ahmed is also serving a four-year sentence since February 2011.
He explained that the Shabak was the party responsible for isolating prisoners due to its own consideration that the prisoner might pose danger on Israel’s security.
The director called on international organizations, human rights groups, and Palestinian prisoners to pressure the IPS into ending the phenomenon of solitary confinement that is in violation of international norms and laws.
11 oct 2013
The Israeli army says it has arrested five Palestinians suspected of involvement in the killing of an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank.
Army officials said two men armed with axes and metal bars attacked the settler at his home in the settlement of Brosh in the northern Jordan Valley on Friday, AFP reported.
The man named Sarya Ofer died, but his wife survived and only suffered minor injuries.
Palestinian chief negotiator Nabil Shaath slammed the Israelis for conducting security operations in connection with the incident without prior coordination with the Palestinian authorities.
"The Israelis should have come to us immediately asking for security coordination" following the latest incident, Shaath said.
On Monday, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian town of al-Bireh in central West Bank, firing tear gas and rubber bullets on the Palestinian residents.
The attack came after an Israeli child was reportedly shot and injured by a mentally unstable person in the Israeli settlement of Psagot located near al-Bireh last week.
Also on Monday, Israeli settlers attacked the al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah, throwing stones at residents and vandalizing their cars.
Israeli settlers, mostly armed, regularly attack Palestinian villages and farms and set fire to their mosques, olive groves and other properties in the West Bank under the so-called “price tag” policy. However, the Tel Aviv regime rarely detains the assailants.
The presence and continued expansion of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine has created a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967.
The United Nations and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbids construction on occupied landas.
Army officials said two men armed with axes and metal bars attacked the settler at his home in the settlement of Brosh in the northern Jordan Valley on Friday, AFP reported.
The man named Sarya Ofer died, but his wife survived and only suffered minor injuries.
Palestinian chief negotiator Nabil Shaath slammed the Israelis for conducting security operations in connection with the incident without prior coordination with the Palestinian authorities.
"The Israelis should have come to us immediately asking for security coordination" following the latest incident, Shaath said.
On Monday, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian town of al-Bireh in central West Bank, firing tear gas and rubber bullets on the Palestinian residents.
The attack came after an Israeli child was reportedly shot and injured by a mentally unstable person in the Israeli settlement of Psagot located near al-Bireh last week.
Also on Monday, Israeli settlers attacked the al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah, throwing stones at residents and vandalizing their cars.
Israeli settlers, mostly armed, regularly attack Palestinian villages and farms and set fire to their mosques, olive groves and other properties in the West Bank under the so-called “price tag” policy. However, the Tel Aviv regime rarely detains the assailants.
The presence and continued expansion of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine has created a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967.
The United Nations and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbids construction on occupied landas.
Seriously ill captive Mansour Moukadah appealed for his release from Ramlah prison hospital where he is detained after a serious deterioration in his health. He suffers from a rare condition in his bowels as well as being disabled. He was arrested in 2002 and serving a 30-year sentence.
He called on Human rights organizations to adopt the issue of seriously ill captives in Israeli occupation jails calling for better medical care and early release.
He called on Human rights organizations to adopt the issue of seriously ill captives in Israeli occupation jails calling for better medical care and early release.
Dozens of settlers stormed on Friday Solomon's Pools area in the town of Khedr in Bethlehem south of the occupied West Bank, to perform Talmudic rituals there. Ahmed Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Settlements and Wall in the town of Khedr, reported that nearly one hundred settlers from Efrat settlement stormed the archaeological areas of Solomon's Pools and Khirbet Qoton, under the protection of Israeli military forces.
He said the settlers desecrated the place and performed Talmudic rituals there.
Salah pointed out that the Israeli soldiers detained the photojournalist Samer Hamad and prevented him from covering the events in Solomon's Pools. They released him after the withdrawal of the settlers from the area.
He said the settlers desecrated the place and performed Talmudic rituals there.
Salah pointed out that the Israeli soldiers detained the photojournalist Samer Hamad and prevented him from covering the events in Solomon's Pools. They released him after the withdrawal of the settlers from the area.
Israeli forces raided Qalqiliya and detained two Palestinians early Friday morning, witnesses in the Palestinian city said.
One of the detained was a photographer.
According to sources, an Israeli military force raided Qalqiliya at 2 a.m., raiding several houses in the city. They detained two Palestinians, Mahmoud al-Shanti and Musab Zahran, and took them to an unknown location.
Al-Shanti works as a photographer with Chinese news agency Xinhua and he is a member of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the detentions, adding that they were detained for "illegal activities."
The Palestinian city of Qalqiliya is nearly completely surrounded by the Israeli separation wall, while checkpoints cut it off from most of the West Bank.
Israel began building the separation wall in 2002, and the route has been the target of regular demonstrations by border towns whose land is cut off by its path. Israel has regularly confiscated large plots of Palestinian land in order to build the wall. When the 435-mile barrier is complete, 85 percent of it will have been built inside the occupied West Bank.
In 2004 the International Court of Justice ruled that the separation wall was illegal and "tantamount to annexation."
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
One of the detained was a photographer.
According to sources, an Israeli military force raided Qalqiliya at 2 a.m., raiding several houses in the city. They detained two Palestinians, Mahmoud al-Shanti and Musab Zahran, and took them to an unknown location.
Al-Shanti works as a photographer with Chinese news agency Xinhua and he is a member of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the detentions, adding that they were detained for "illegal activities."
The Palestinian city of Qalqiliya is nearly completely surrounded by the Israeli separation wall, while checkpoints cut it off from most of the West Bank.
Israel began building the separation wall in 2002, and the route has been the target of regular demonstrations by border towns whose land is cut off by its path. Israel has regularly confiscated large plots of Palestinian land in order to build the wall. When the 435-mile barrier is complete, 85 percent of it will have been built inside the occupied West Bank.
In 2004 the International Court of Justice ruled that the separation wall was illegal and "tantamount to annexation."
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Israeli forces Friday prevented a Palestinian news team from entering the northern West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum to cover the weekly protest, a Palestine TV director said.
Ezzat Oba, director of the Palestine TV office, said that Israeli soldiers detained the TV team and confiscated the keys to their car.
Similar incidents have occurred in the past, Oba added. He said that Israeli forces target Palestine TV teams and impede their ability to do their jobs.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli army did not immediately return calls.
Protests are held every Friday in Kafr Qaddum against Israel's closure of a main road linking the village to its nearest city, Nablus.
Israel has confiscated land owned by villagers for the illegal Jewish settlement Qedumin.
Ezzat Oba, director of the Palestine TV office, said that Israeli soldiers detained the TV team and confiscated the keys to their car.
Similar incidents have occurred in the past, Oba added. He said that Israeli forces target Palestine TV teams and impede their ability to do their jobs.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli army did not immediately return calls.
Protests are held every Friday in Kafr Qaddum against Israel's closure of a main road linking the village to its nearest city, Nablus.
Israel has confiscated land owned by villagers for the illegal Jewish settlement Qedumin.
10 oct 2013
The Israeli Magistrate court extended the arrest of 7 Jerusalemites and released 8 others including a woman and director of Prisoner’s Club in Jerusalem, Naser Qos, on condition of isolating them from Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center explained that the police arrested 8 Jerusalemites on Thursday from Silwan, Sheikh Jarrah and Al-Tur where all of them were minors, and arrested 5 young men from Al-Aqsa courtyards including journalist photographers.
Mufeed Al-Hajj, Prisoner’s Club lawyer, said that the Magistrate court extended the arrest of 17-year old Mohammad Amin Wafiq Burqan until next Monday, and 16-year old Mohammad Khalil Ghateet until next Sunday o charges of writing “God is Great” on a Jewish religious place –according to their claims- in Sheikh Jarrah, and throwing stones at settlers in the area; note that they were arrested after raiding their homes in the neighbourhood.
Al-Hajj added that the judge extended the arrest of 16-year old Mohammad Afif Abulhawa until Sunday, and 18-year old Ahmad Abulhawa until Monday on charges of throwing stones at a settler’s car in Jerusalem and injuring him; note that they were arrested on Thursday early morning hours after raiding their homes in Al-Tur neighbourhood.
Lawyer Al-Hajj added that the police released: Ahmad Sami Abu Nab (13), Ahmad Khaled Rajabi (14), Munther Naeem Rweidi (14) and Jihad Ashraf Zaytoon (16) without any conditions. They were all arrested on Thursday morning after the Israeli forces raided their homes in Silwan.
The Magistrate court judge also extended the arrest of 16-year old Mahmoud Shawish until finishing the legal procedures against him and Mousa Amaira until 07/11/2013.
Al-Hajj also explained that the Magistrate court judge decided to release the director of Prisoner’s Club in Jerusalem, Naser Qos, and Aida Sidawi and isolating them from Al-Aqsa Mosque until next Sunday. He noted that a hearing will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Magistrate court to listen to the appeals and justifications of the General Prosecution and Defense; note that lawyer A’mir Ahmad Marid is defending Aida Sidawi.
The police released journalist photographers Suhaib Salhab and Mohammad Abdelkarim Abu Sneineh after arresting them from inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The police also arrested Jamil Abbasi from Al-Aqsa courtyards on Thursday afternoon and transferred him to Al-Maskobyeh, and arrested a child from Wadi Al-Joz after throwing stones at a settler’s car in the neighbourhood.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center explained that the police arrested 8 Jerusalemites on Thursday from Silwan, Sheikh Jarrah and Al-Tur where all of them were minors, and arrested 5 young men from Al-Aqsa courtyards including journalist photographers.
Mufeed Al-Hajj, Prisoner’s Club lawyer, said that the Magistrate court extended the arrest of 17-year old Mohammad Amin Wafiq Burqan until next Monday, and 16-year old Mohammad Khalil Ghateet until next Sunday o charges of writing “God is Great” on a Jewish religious place –according to their claims- in Sheikh Jarrah, and throwing stones at settlers in the area; note that they were arrested after raiding their homes in the neighbourhood.
Al-Hajj added that the judge extended the arrest of 16-year old Mohammad Afif Abulhawa until Sunday, and 18-year old Ahmad Abulhawa until Monday on charges of throwing stones at a settler’s car in Jerusalem and injuring him; note that they were arrested on Thursday early morning hours after raiding their homes in Al-Tur neighbourhood.
Lawyer Al-Hajj added that the police released: Ahmad Sami Abu Nab (13), Ahmad Khaled Rajabi (14), Munther Naeem Rweidi (14) and Jihad Ashraf Zaytoon (16) without any conditions. They were all arrested on Thursday morning after the Israeli forces raided their homes in Silwan.
The Magistrate court judge also extended the arrest of 16-year old Mahmoud Shawish until finishing the legal procedures against him and Mousa Amaira until 07/11/2013.
Al-Hajj also explained that the Magistrate court judge decided to release the director of Prisoner’s Club in Jerusalem, Naser Qos, and Aida Sidawi and isolating them from Al-Aqsa Mosque until next Sunday. He noted that a hearing will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Magistrate court to listen to the appeals and justifications of the General Prosecution and Defense; note that lawyer A’mir Ahmad Marid is defending Aida Sidawi.
The police released journalist photographers Suhaib Salhab and Mohammad Abdelkarim Abu Sneineh after arresting them from inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The police also arrested Jamil Abbasi from Al-Aqsa courtyards on Thursday afternoon and transferred him to Al-Maskobyeh, and arrested a child from Wadi Al-Joz after throwing stones at a settler’s car in the neighbourhood.
The Israeli police arrested on Thursday early morning hours four Jerusalemite children from Silwan.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the police along with individuals from the Israeli Intelligence raided the town of Silwan and arrested 13-year old Munther Rweidi, 14-year old Ahmad Abu Nad, 16-year old Jihad Ashraf Zaytoon and 14-year old Ahmad Rajabi and took them all in a police car to the investigation center.
In a related matter, the Israeli forces raided the house of Adnan Gheith, secretary of Fateh movement, and handed him a call for investigation for his 13-year old son.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the police along with individuals from the Israeli Intelligence raided the town of Silwan and arrested 13-year old Munther Rweidi, 14-year old Ahmad Abu Nad, 16-year old Jihad Ashraf Zaytoon and 14-year old Ahmad Rajabi and took them all in a police car to the investigation center.
In a related matter, the Israeli forces raided the house of Adnan Gheith, secretary of Fateh movement, and handed him a call for investigation for his 13-year old son.
Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped several Palestinians, including a 12-year-old child.
Local sources in Al-Ezariyya town, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, have reported that dozens of soldiers were deployed near an area of the Annexation Wall where several Palestinian youths previously managed to dig a hole in the wall.
The army said it noticed some Palestinians trying to breach the wall once again.
Soldiers chased the youths but could not apprehend them, and arrested three who were just walking in the area, eyewitnesses said.
Two of them have been identified as Ahmad Bassam and Daoud Abu Ar-Reesh.
Furthermore, soldiers broke into the home of Osama Hashmiyya, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped his twelve-year-old, Taha.
The father said that his son was taken to a police station for interrogation. The army did not provide any reason for the arrest.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped two construction workers and confiscated construction equipment.
Soldiers also handed a resident a military warrant ordering him to head to a nearby military base for interrogation.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the soldiers broke into the home of Jawad Siyam, head of the media unit of the center, and searched it.
Soldiers further handed three families warrants informing them the army intends to demolish their homes, allegedly for building them without construction permits.
This is the second time the families receive those warrants in less than a month, the center said.
In related news, soldiers invaded Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
Another Palestinian was also kidnapped in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West bank city of Hebron.
Furthermore, several Israeli military jeeps invaded Al-Manshiyya area in Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem, and invaded Baq Zqaq area in Bethlehem.
Local sources in Al-Ezariyya town, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, have reported that dozens of soldiers were deployed near an area of the Annexation Wall where several Palestinian youths previously managed to dig a hole in the wall.
The army said it noticed some Palestinians trying to breach the wall once again.
Soldiers chased the youths but could not apprehend them, and arrested three who were just walking in the area, eyewitnesses said.
Two of them have been identified as Ahmad Bassam and Daoud Abu Ar-Reesh.
Furthermore, soldiers broke into the home of Osama Hashmiyya, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped his twelve-year-old, Taha.
The father said that his son was taken to a police station for interrogation. The army did not provide any reason for the arrest.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped two construction workers and confiscated construction equipment.
Soldiers also handed a resident a military warrant ordering him to head to a nearby military base for interrogation.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the soldiers broke into the home of Jawad Siyam, head of the media unit of the center, and searched it.
Soldiers further handed three families warrants informing them the army intends to demolish their homes, allegedly for building them without construction permits.
This is the second time the families receive those warrants in less than a month, the center said.
In related news, soldiers invaded Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
Another Palestinian was also kidnapped in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West bank city of Hebron.
Furthermore, several Israeli military jeeps invaded Al-Manshiyya area in Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem, and invaded Baq Zqaq area in Bethlehem.
Lawyer of Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Mufeed al-Haj, confirmed that the Israeli Magistrate Court in occupied Jerusalem has issued a decision ordering investigators to question Palestinian children in the presence of their parents. Al- Haj added that this decision came after the PPS informed the court of the need to allow the parents of detained children to attend the interrogation in its first phase.
The judge accepted the PPS demand and allowed parents into the questioning first stages, according to a statement issued by the PPS.
The judge accepted the PPS demand and allowed parents into the questioning first stages, according to a statement issued by the PPS.
Israeli forces Thursday detained a man at the Huwwara checkpoint in southern Nablus, a Ma'an correspondent said.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers detained Yousef Mustafa Ishtewe, a 21-year-old from Kafr Qaddum in Qalqiliya, at the Huwwara checkpoint.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli army could provide no further information on the incident.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers detained Yousef Mustafa Ishtewe, a 21-year-old from Kafr Qaddum in Qalqiliya, at the Huwwara checkpoint.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli army could provide no further information on the incident.
Israeli forces backed by military vehicles attacked several neighborhoods in Nablus north of the occupied West Bank. Witnesses said that the Israeli troops attacked Balata camp and arrested a Palestinian youth after raiding his house.
They pointed out that the Israeli forces also stormed Joseph Tomb and Askar refugee camp east of the city amid firing stun grenades towards the camp.
They pointed out that the Israeli forces also stormed Joseph Tomb and Askar refugee camp east of the city amid firing stun grenades towards the camp.
9 oct 2013
An Israeli court on Wednesday sentenced a woman from Jerusalem to 7 and a half months in prison, and handed her a suspended sentence of five months.
Palestinian Prisoners’ Society lawyer Mufeed al-Hajj said that his client, Inam Qalimbo, was convicted of participating in an illegal demonstration in Jerusalem, obstruction of justice, and attempting to assault a police officer.
Qalimbo was arrested on April 2. She was severely beaten and her headwear was stripped off during the arrest.
Palestinian Prisoners’ Society lawyer Mufeed al-Hajj said that his client, Inam Qalimbo, was convicted of participating in an illegal demonstration in Jerusalem, obstruction of justice, and attempting to assault a police officer.
Qalimbo was arrested on April 2. She was severely beaten and her headwear was stripped off during the arrest.
Israeli forces on Wednesday arrested a man and a woman from the cotton market in the Old City of Jerusalem, witnesses said.
Director of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Nassar Qaws and Ayda al-Saidawi, 57, were arrested after al-Saidawi was prevented from entering the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Al-Saidawi had a ban to enter the compound which ended on Tuesday, but when she tried to enter it she was stopped and pushed away, witnesses said.
Qaws and others tried to defend her and a confrontation erupted.
Al-Saidawi and Qaws were arrested and taken to Yaho police station, then to al-Qashla station, witnesses added.
Director of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Nassar Qaws and Ayda al-Saidawi, 57, were arrested after al-Saidawi was prevented from entering the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Al-Saidawi had a ban to enter the compound which ended on Tuesday, but when she tried to enter it she was stopped and pushed away, witnesses said.
Qaws and others tried to defend her and a confrontation erupted.
Al-Saidawi and Qaws were arrested and taken to Yaho police station, then to al-Qashla station, witnesses added.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have raided on Tuesday night Tal village south of Nablus, where they arrested and summoned a number of citizens, Tadamun Foundation said. Ahmed Bitawi, the researcher at the Foundation, confirmed that the IOF have rounded up six Palestinians from the village and summoned 15 others.
Bitawi pointed out that the Israeli soldiers violently stormed and searched 20 Palestinian houses in the village where they forced elderly and children to spend long hours outside their houses.
The Israeli raid campaign has targeted mainly liberated prisoners, he explained.
Bitawi pointed out that the Israeli soldiers violently stormed and searched 20 Palestinian houses in the village where they forced elderly and children to spend long hours outside their houses.
The Israeli raid campaign has targeted mainly liberated prisoners, he explained.
(Israel) rejected a request by the Palestinian and American governments that the planned release of a second group of Palestinian prisoners be moved up by two and a half weeks, according to Haaretz newspaper. Israel agreed in July to a four-stage release of 104 Palestinian prisoners in the Israel jails detained before the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993.
The first group of prisoners was released in August, just after talks between the two sides restarted.
The second group of some 25 prisoners was slated to be released on October 29, but the Palestinian Authority asked Israel to release the prisoners in time for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha next week.
Netanyahu has faced pressure from hawkish ministers to delay or cancel the prisoner release in the wake of a series of incidents in the West Bank in recent weeks, including the killing of two Israeli soldiers and the attack that wounded a nine-year-old girl in the settlement of Psagot last Saturday.
Netanyahu has rejected the request and planned to release the prisoners on schedule.
The first group of prisoners was released in August, just after talks between the two sides restarted.
The second group of some 25 prisoners was slated to be released on October 29, but the Palestinian Authority asked Israel to release the prisoners in time for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha next week.
Netanyahu has faced pressure from hawkish ministers to delay or cancel the prisoner release in the wake of a series of incidents in the West Bank in recent weeks, including the killing of two Israeli soldiers and the attack that wounded a nine-year-old girl in the settlement of Psagot last Saturday.
Netanyahu has rejected the request and planned to release the prisoners on schedule.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) revealed that there are nine sick Palestinian prisoners held in 'Rimon' Israeli jail.
According to PPS, a number of those sick prisoners are in urgent need to be transferred to hospitals for treatment and the others wait to run medical tests. But the Israel Prisons Service (IPS) continues to procrastinate on providing them with the proper treatment.
Ceremony in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners at al-Khalil University
Ministry for Prisoners' Affairs has organized in coordination with the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) and al-Khalil University in addition to Students' Union a ceremony in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli jails. Palestinian liberated prisoners have participated in the event headed by Jamil Natshe, Atef Wridat, and prisoners' families led by the prisoner Naim Shawamra's mother and the prisoner Mahmoud Abu Saleh's mother in addition to hundreds of students.
Dr. Salah al-Sharif, head of workers 'union, said during the event that they will collaborate with all institutions to activate the prisoners' issue.
The Islamic bloc has called during the event for national unity calling for the liberation of prisoners.
For his part, the liberated prisoner Atef Wridat has explained the prisoners' plight in Israeli jails and the Israeli ill-treatment and inhumane policy against the prisoners.
He stressed the need to escalate solidarity events in support of prisoners' steadfastness in Israeli prisons.
The audience chanted slogans calling for the liberation of prisoners.
According to PPS, a number of those sick prisoners are in urgent need to be transferred to hospitals for treatment and the others wait to run medical tests. But the Israel Prisons Service (IPS) continues to procrastinate on providing them with the proper treatment.
Ceremony in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners at al-Khalil University
Ministry for Prisoners' Affairs has organized in coordination with the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) and al-Khalil University in addition to Students' Union a ceremony in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli jails. Palestinian liberated prisoners have participated in the event headed by Jamil Natshe, Atef Wridat, and prisoners' families led by the prisoner Naim Shawamra's mother and the prisoner Mahmoud Abu Saleh's mother in addition to hundreds of students.
Dr. Salah al-Sharif, head of workers 'union, said during the event that they will collaborate with all institutions to activate the prisoners' issue.
The Islamic bloc has called during the event for national unity calling for the liberation of prisoners.
For his part, the liberated prisoner Atef Wridat has explained the prisoners' plight in Israeli jails and the Israeli ill-treatment and inhumane policy against the prisoners.
He stressed the need to escalate solidarity events in support of prisoners' steadfastness in Israeli prisons.
The audience chanted slogans calling for the liberation of prisoners.
Wednesday at dawn [October 9, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped several Palestinians, including a 12-year-old child.
Local sources in Al-Ezariyya town, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, have reported that dozens of soldiers were deployed near an area of the Annexation Wall where several Palestinian youths previously managed to dig a hole in the wall.
The army said it noticed some Palestinians trying to breach the wall once again.
Soldiers chased the youths but could not apprehend them, and arrested three who were just walking in the area, eyewitnesses said.
Two of them have been identified as Ahmad Bassam and Daoud Abu Ar-Reesh.
Furthermore, soldiers broke into the home of Osama Hashmiyya, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped his twelve-year-old, Taha.
The father said that his son was taken to a police station for interrogation. The army did not provide any reason for the arrest.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped two construction workers and confiscated construction equipment.
Soldiers also handed a resident a military warrant ordering him to head to a nearby military base for interrogation.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the soldiers broke into the home of Jawad Siyam, head of the media unit of the center, and searched it.
Soldiers further handed three families warrants informing them the army intends to demolish their homes, allegedly for building them without construction permits.
This is the second time the families receive those warrants in less than a month, the center said.
In related news, soldiers invaded Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
Another Palestinian was also kidnapped in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West bank city of Hebron.
Furthermore, several Israeli military jeeps invaded Al-Manshiyya area in Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem, and invaded Baq Zqaq area in Bethlehem.
Local sources in Al-Ezariyya town, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, have reported that dozens of soldiers were deployed near an area of the Annexation Wall where several Palestinian youths previously managed to dig a hole in the wall.
The army said it noticed some Palestinians trying to breach the wall once again.
Soldiers chased the youths but could not apprehend them, and arrested three who were just walking in the area, eyewitnesses said.
Two of them have been identified as Ahmad Bassam and Daoud Abu Ar-Reesh.
Furthermore, soldiers broke into the home of Osama Hashmiyya, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped his twelve-year-old, Taha.
The father said that his son was taken to a police station for interrogation. The army did not provide any reason for the arrest.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped two construction workers and confiscated construction equipment.
Soldiers also handed a resident a military warrant ordering him to head to a nearby military base for interrogation.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that the soldiers broke into the home of Jawad Siyam, head of the media unit of the center, and searched it.
Soldiers further handed three families warrants informing them the army intends to demolish their homes, allegedly for building them without construction permits.
This is the second time the families receive those warrants in less than a month, the center said.
In related news, soldiers invaded Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians.
Another Palestinian was also kidnapped in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West bank city of Hebron.
Furthermore, several Israeli military jeeps invaded Al-Manshiyya area in Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem, and invaded Baq Zqaq area in Bethlehem.
8 oct 2013
An Israeli court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of detainee Mona Qadan for the 9th time in a row, the Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights said. Fuad Al-Khafsh, director of the center, said that Israeli courts have repeatedly adjourned the trial of Qadan, 43, without giving any reason.
He said that the Israeli courts did not pay any attention to the difficult health condition of Qadan, who hails from Arraba village in Jenin.
He pointed out that the Israeli prison service (IPS) was denying Qadan family visits, adding that each time any relative asks for a visit permit it is turned down.
Khafsh said that the Israeli occupation authority was still holding 14 Palestinian women in Hasharon jail, most of them still awaiting trial. He added that the IPS was still enforcing strip search on them and launching night raids on their cells.
Mona Qadan is the sister of liberated prisoner Tarek Qadan and has previously served three and a half years in Israeli jails.
He said that the Israeli courts did not pay any attention to the difficult health condition of Qadan, who hails from Arraba village in Jenin.
He pointed out that the Israeli prison service (IPS) was denying Qadan family visits, adding that each time any relative asks for a visit permit it is turned down.
Khafsh said that the Israeli occupation authority was still holding 14 Palestinian women in Hasharon jail, most of them still awaiting trial. He added that the IPS was still enforcing strip search on them and launching night raids on their cells.
Mona Qadan is the sister of liberated prisoner Tarek Qadan and has previously served three and a half years in Israeli jails.
Palestinian prisoner, held in Raymond prison, stated that the Israeli doctors diagnose prisoners' illnesses through "guessing" without conducting medical tests. The prisoner Kamanji told Palestine center for prisoners' studies that the Israeli doctors provide the patient prisoners with the wrong medication causing them health deterioration.
The prisoner pointed out to the ill-treatment of the IPS against the Palestinian prisoners particularly the patient prisoners, where they have been transferred to hospitals handcuffed in addition to being denied from the necessary treatment for long period of time.
For its part, the human rights center called for ending the Israeli slow death policy against the patient prisoners and to provide them with the needed and appropriate medication.
The prisoner pointed out to the ill-treatment of the IPS against the Palestinian prisoners particularly the patient prisoners, where they have been transferred to hospitals handcuffed in addition to being denied from the necessary treatment for long period of time.
For its part, the human rights center called for ending the Israeli slow death policy against the patient prisoners and to provide them with the needed and appropriate medication.
The family of Palestinian prisoner Osama Abd Rabbo, 28, appealed to human rights groups to urgently move to save the life of its son whose health considerably deteriorates every day. The family affirmed that its son Osama, who was kidnapped at an Israeli checkpoint on January 14, 2005, suffers from a stomach ulcer, inflammation of the duodenum, vertebral dislocation, abdominal pains and blood allergy.
The family said that its son does not receive proper medical care in jail and demanded his immediate release in order to get the needed treatement.
For its part, Ahrar center for prisoners' studies and human rights said that Osama has been suffering from all these diseases for years in jail and the Israeli jailers refuse to release him despite his worsening health condition.
The family said that its son does not receive proper medical care in jail and demanded his immediate release in order to get the needed treatement.
For its part, Ahrar center for prisoners' studies and human rights said that Osama has been suffering from all these diseases for years in jail and the Israeli jailers refuse to release him despite his worsening health condition.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 13 Palestinians including minors in various West Bank areas at dawn Tuesday. Local sources said that IOF soldiers nabbed three 17-year-old youngsters in Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil.
They said that one of them was a liberated prisoner while another was a student at the final secondary school stage.
IOF soldiers arrested four others in Taku village, east of Bethlehem, including a 16-year-old boy and a teenager.
They said that one of them was a liberated prisoner while another was a student at the final secondary school stage.
IOF soldiers arrested four others in Taku village, east of Bethlehem, including a 16-year-old boy and a teenager.
Israeli military forces (IMF) have stormed the Palestinian town of al-Bireh in central West Bank, firing tear gas and rubber bullets on the Palestinian residents, witnesses reported. The Israeli soldiers in 30 military jeeps on Monday arrested at least one Palestinian man.
Tensions have been running high after an Israeli child shot and injured on Saturday night in the Israel settlement of Psagot located near al-Bireh.
Israeli police say the attack was probably carried out by a mentally unstable person.
Israeli settlers also attacked the al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah after the incident, throwing stones at residents and vandalizing their cars.
Israeli settlers, mostly armed, regularly attack Palestinian villages and farms and set fire to their mosques, olive groves and other properties in the West Bank under the so-called “price tag” policy. However, the IMF rarely detains the assailants.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967.
The United Nations and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.
Tensions have been running high after an Israeli child shot and injured on Saturday night in the Israel settlement of Psagot located near al-Bireh.
Israeli police say the attack was probably carried out by a mentally unstable person.
Israeli settlers also attacked the al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah after the incident, throwing stones at residents and vandalizing their cars.
Israeli settlers, mostly armed, regularly attack Palestinian villages and farms and set fire to their mosques, olive groves and other properties in the West Bank under the so-called “price tag” policy. However, the IMF rarely detains the assailants.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967.
The United Nations and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Tuesday, the 55-year-old Saleem Fehmi al-Fares from Taloza village, northeast of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces raided the village at dawn, broke into the house of al-Fares and arrested him.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces raided the village at dawn, broke into the house of al-Fares and arrested him.
Two Palestinian brothers were taken prisoners in El-Bireh suburb at noon Monday at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF). Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers in army vehicles stormed the city and surrounded a building in Marhaba suburb before blasting their way into it.
They said that the soldiers savagely broke all gates, doors and windows in their way before capturing the two brothers. The soldiers searched the vicinity of the building and sewage wells.
They fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters at young men who protested the raid, the source s said.
Owner of the building told the PIC reporter that the soldiers smashed and broke almost all doors and windows in his building. He said that the soldiers asked for his ID and when he showed them his American passport they started insulting him. Meanwhile, the Hebrew radio said on Tuesday that the two brothers were detained in connection with the shooting in Bsgot settlement last Saturday that injured a woman.
They said that the soldiers savagely broke all gates, doors and windows in their way before capturing the two brothers. The soldiers searched the vicinity of the building and sewage wells.
They fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters at young men who protested the raid, the source s said.
Owner of the building told the PIC reporter that the soldiers smashed and broke almost all doors and windows in his building. He said that the soldiers asked for his ID and when he showed them his American passport they started insulting him. Meanwhile, the Hebrew radio said on Tuesday that the two brothers were detained in connection with the shooting in Bsgot settlement last Saturday that injured a woman.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday evening imposed a tight blockade on Al-Khalil city and set up checkpoints at its entrances. Eyewitnesses said that the IOF closed the northern entrance to Al-Khalil near Halhoul bridge as well as its western entrance and embarked on intercepting cars and searching citizens.
Another checkpoint was established at the crossroads of Al-Fawwar refugee camp in the southern area of Al-Khalil and forced Palestinian passengers, especially young men, to step out of the vehicles they were aboard for inspection.
Human rights sources, in turn, reported that the Israeli soldiers posted at the entrance to Beit Ummar town, north of Al-Khalil, detained three young men for long hours before they released two of them and took the third to Etzion detention center.
Meanwhile, a horde of fanatic Jewish settlers from Kiryat Arba outpost, located to the northeast of Al-Khalil, attacked the nearby Palestinian homes.
Ayoush Jaber, a 62-year-old man from the area, said that a group of malicious settlers under military protection threw stones and empty bottles at Palestinian cars and homes.
Jaber told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a group of Palestinian young men used stones and sticks to fend off the Jewish assailants, but the IOF protected the settlers and chased the youth to arrest them.
Consequently, Wadi Al-Nasara area, especially the neighborhood where Jaber lives, saw more violent clashes that lasted for hours between the Palestinian residents on one side and the Jewish settlers and soldiers on the other side.
The IOF also cordoned off the area and prevented cars and passersby from entering or leaving.
Another checkpoint was established at the crossroads of Al-Fawwar refugee camp in the southern area of Al-Khalil and forced Palestinian passengers, especially young men, to step out of the vehicles they were aboard for inspection.
Human rights sources, in turn, reported that the Israeli soldiers posted at the entrance to Beit Ummar town, north of Al-Khalil, detained three young men for long hours before they released two of them and took the third to Etzion detention center.
Meanwhile, a horde of fanatic Jewish settlers from Kiryat Arba outpost, located to the northeast of Al-Khalil, attacked the nearby Palestinian homes.
Ayoush Jaber, a 62-year-old man from the area, said that a group of malicious settlers under military protection threw stones and empty bottles at Palestinian cars and homes.
Jaber told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a group of Palestinian young men used stones and sticks to fend off the Jewish assailants, but the IOF protected the settlers and chased the youth to arrest them.
Consequently, Wadi Al-Nasara area, especially the neighborhood where Jaber lives, saw more violent clashes that lasted for hours between the Palestinian residents on one side and the Jewish settlers and soldiers on the other side.
The IOF also cordoned off the area and prevented cars and passersby from entering or leaving.
