19 oct 2018
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A number of Palestinians were injured and others arrested on Friday afternoon when the Israeli police violently quelled a peaceful demonstration against the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar village, east of Jerusalem. video video
The PIC reporter said that at least 15 Palestinians were injured when the Israeli police attacked the demonstrators with teargas canisters and sprayed them with pepper. video Dozens of Palestinian citizens performed Friday prayer at the sit-in tent set up in Khan al-Ahmar to protest the demolition order. The Israeli police in the early morning hours threw a cordon and installed several checkpoints around Khan al-Ahmar to prevent Palestinian citizens, activists, and press crews from reaching the Bedouin community. |
Palestinians have been protesting in Khan al-Ahmar for 122 days now against an Israeli plan to demolish the village and forcibly transfer its residents to another area that lacks basic services.
Israel's Supreme Court in May ruled for demolishing the Bedouin village which is inhabited by 190 Palestinians. video
Khan al-Ahmar is one of 45 villages threatened with demolition in favor of a settlement project called E1. The project is aimed at creating a physical link between Ma'ale Adumim settlement and Jerusalem, and that would effectively complete a crescent of Israeli settlements around East Jerusalem dividing it from the rest of the West Bank.
Israel's Supreme Court in May ruled for demolishing the Bedouin village which is inhabited by 190 Palestinians. video
Khan al-Ahmar is one of 45 villages threatened with demolition in favor of a settlement project called E1. The project is aimed at creating a physical link between Ma'ale Adumim settlement and Jerusalem, and that would effectively complete a crescent of Israeli settlements around East Jerusalem dividing it from the rest of the West Bank.
The Israeli occupation authorities on Friday decided to ban a Palestinian woman from visiting her two sons in Israeli jails Ayham and Ahed until 2020.
Fuad Kamanji, the detainees' father, said that the Israeli authorities on Friday informed his wife about the new order, which also includes their other two sons.
Kamanji noted that visit bans are part of a collective punishment policy pursued against Palestinian prisoners under flimsy pretexts.
Ayham is serving two life imprisonments at Beersheba jail, while Ahed has been detained in Gilboa jail since 16 November 2017.
Kamanji called on concerned human rights organizations to intervene and pressure Israel to allow the family to visit Ayham and Ahed.
Fuad Kamanji, the detainees' father, said that the Israeli authorities on Friday informed his wife about the new order, which also includes their other two sons.
Kamanji noted that visit bans are part of a collective punishment policy pursued against Palestinian prisoners under flimsy pretexts.
Ayham is serving two life imprisonments at Beersheba jail, while Ahed has been detained in Gilboa jail since 16 November 2017.
Kamanji called on concerned human rights organizations to intervene and pressure Israel to allow the family to visit Ayham and Ahed.
Israel’s Salem military court, west of Jenin, extended on Thursday the detention of the mother of Ashraf Na’luwa, who carried out an anti-occupation attack near Israel’s illegal Brakan settlement, built on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli court ruled that Wafa Mahdawi, aged 54, be detained until October 24, pending the arrest of her son.
The Israeli military prosecution gave instructions to subject her to exhaustive questioning.
Ashraf’s sister, Feirouz, has also been made to endure intensive questioning at Israeli detention centers on the same grounds.
Over recent days, the Israeli military has ransacked Ashraf’s family home and cracked down on his relatives on a daily basis in the hunt for the youth.
Such measures make part of Israeli attempts to force Ashraf to turn himself in to the Israeli police.
The Israeli court ruled that Wafa Mahdawi, aged 54, be detained until October 24, pending the arrest of her son.
The Israeli military prosecution gave instructions to subject her to exhaustive questioning.
Ashraf’s sister, Feirouz, has also been made to endure intensive questioning at Israeli detention centers on the same grounds.
Over recent days, the Israeli military has ransacked Ashraf’s family home and cracked down on his relatives on a daily basis in the hunt for the youth.
Such measures make part of Israeli attempts to force Ashraf to turn himself in to the Israeli police.
The health condition of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan has taken a serious turn for the worse, as his open-ended hunger strike has been ongoing for 48 consecutive days to protest his arbitrary detention in Israeli lock-ups.
Khader Adnan’s wife has expressed concerns over his exacerbated health status and the preplanned medical neglect pursued by the Israeli prison authorities against her isolated husband.
She added that Adnan cannot stand on his feet and moves on a wheelchair.
Muhjat al-Quds Foundation said prisoner Khader Adnan declared his an open-ended hunger strike some 48 days ago in response to being held arbitrarily in Israeli dungeons.
The foundation has railed against Israel’s torture tactics, including bans of visits by family members and attorneys, perpetrated against the hunger striker, in contravention of international laws and treaties.
In a letter leaked from the prison and published last week by Muhjat al-Quds Foundation, Adnan said that he had been locked up in a very small and isolated cell in Jalama jail for long weeks, during which he had been barred from visits by his lawyers and family and made to endure dire conditions of captivity.
Khader Adnan, from the northern occupied West Bank province of Jenin, was kidnapped by the Israeli forces on December 11, 2017 over allegations of anti-occupation incitement.
Khader Adnan’s wife has expressed concerns over his exacerbated health status and the preplanned medical neglect pursued by the Israeli prison authorities against her isolated husband.
She added that Adnan cannot stand on his feet and moves on a wheelchair.
Muhjat al-Quds Foundation said prisoner Khader Adnan declared his an open-ended hunger strike some 48 days ago in response to being held arbitrarily in Israeli dungeons.
The foundation has railed against Israel’s torture tactics, including bans of visits by family members and attorneys, perpetrated against the hunger striker, in contravention of international laws and treaties.
In a letter leaked from the prison and published last week by Muhjat al-Quds Foundation, Adnan said that he had been locked up in a very small and isolated cell in Jalama jail for long weeks, during which he had been barred from visits by his lawyers and family and made to endure dire conditions of captivity.
Khader Adnan, from the northern occupied West Bank province of Jenin, was kidnapped by the Israeli forces on December 11, 2017 over allegations of anti-occupation incitement.
18 oct 2018
The Israeli occupation forces on Thursday evening detained two Palestinian young men at the main entrance to Azabet al-Tabib town, east of Qalqilya province, in the northern West Bank.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers stopped two Palestinian young men in Azabet al-Tabib and detained them without identifying the reasons for the measure.
At the same time, Palestinian anti-occupation youth hurled Molotov cocktails at Israeli army patrols near Azzoun town, east of Qalqilya, after the latter showed up in the area and scoured residential neighborhoods.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers stopped two Palestinian young men in Azabet al-Tabib and detained them without identifying the reasons for the measure.
At the same time, Palestinian anti-occupation youth hurled Molotov cocktails at Israeli army patrols near Azzoun town, east of Qalqilya, after the latter showed up in the area and scoured residential neighborhoods.
A Palestinian-American student who was prevented entry to study in Israel has claimed victory at the Israeli Supreme Court.
The court ruled today that 22-year old Lara al-Qasem will be allowed entry to study in a graduate program at Hebrew University.
al-Qasem, whose grandparents are Palestinian, is an American student who had been part of a group, as an undergraduate, that called for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel to pressure the Israeli government to adhere to international law. She was the President of the University of Florida branch of Students for Justice in Palestine from 2016-17.
She has been in detention at the airport in Tel Aviv for the past two weeks. According to her lawyer, al-Qasem was denied access to food, water, a bathroom and legal representation.
According to the court ruling, “Since the petitioner’s actions do not sufficiently warrant banning her entry to Israel, the unavoidable impression is that her political opinions were the reason behind the cancellation of the visa that was granted to her. If that is indeed the case, we are talking about a radical and dangerous step.”
Lior Haiat, the consul general of Israel in Miami, told the Miami Herald in a statement: “Every country has the sovereign right to decide who is admitted to enter its borders. Once we realized that Ms. Alqasem is involved in anti-Israel (and anti-Semitic) activities through the BDS movement, she was denied entry…We find it ironic that someone who calls on the indiscriminate boycott of Israel, as a tool to harm and destroy the State of Israel, wishes to study in the very country which they call to boycott.”
The statement failed to recognize that Palestinian-Americans and other Palestinians living in exile are routinely denied entry to their ancestral homeland, often in explicitly racist terms. Studying at Hebrew University is likely the only way that an American of Palestinian descent would be allowed to enter Jerusalem – since all other paths (tourism, immigration, work visas) are closed to Palestinians.
According to the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, al-Qasem was detained and held at the airport for two weeks, and ordered to be deported to London because, while she was a student at the University of Florida, she “promoted a boycott of Israeli companies and worked to harm Israel through a cultural boycott”.
Other people outspoken in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, such as Jewish-American activist Ariel Gold, have been deported without a chance to have their cases heard in Israeli court.
The court ruled today that 22-year old Lara al-Qasem will be allowed entry to study in a graduate program at Hebrew University.
al-Qasem, whose grandparents are Palestinian, is an American student who had been part of a group, as an undergraduate, that called for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel to pressure the Israeli government to adhere to international law. She was the President of the University of Florida branch of Students for Justice in Palestine from 2016-17.
She has been in detention at the airport in Tel Aviv for the past two weeks. According to her lawyer, al-Qasem was denied access to food, water, a bathroom and legal representation.
According to the court ruling, “Since the petitioner’s actions do not sufficiently warrant banning her entry to Israel, the unavoidable impression is that her political opinions were the reason behind the cancellation of the visa that was granted to her. If that is indeed the case, we are talking about a radical and dangerous step.”
Lior Haiat, the consul general of Israel in Miami, told the Miami Herald in a statement: “Every country has the sovereign right to decide who is admitted to enter its borders. Once we realized that Ms. Alqasem is involved in anti-Israel (and anti-Semitic) activities through the BDS movement, she was denied entry…We find it ironic that someone who calls on the indiscriminate boycott of Israel, as a tool to harm and destroy the State of Israel, wishes to study in the very country which they call to boycott.”
The statement failed to recognize that Palestinian-Americans and other Palestinians living in exile are routinely denied entry to their ancestral homeland, often in explicitly racist terms. Studying at Hebrew University is likely the only way that an American of Palestinian descent would be allowed to enter Jerusalem – since all other paths (tourism, immigration, work visas) are closed to Palestinians.
According to the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, al-Qasem was detained and held at the airport for two weeks, and ordered to be deported to London because, while she was a student at the University of Florida, she “promoted a boycott of Israeli companies and worked to harm Israel through a cultural boycott”.
Other people outspoken in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, such as Jewish-American activist Ariel Gold, have been deported without a chance to have their cases heard in Israeli court.
An Israeli court on Thursday renewed the administrative detention of leading member of the PFLP Khalida Jarrar for the fourth consecutive time.
The military court approved the renewal order that would keep Jarrar in detention for three more months.
Israeli forces had detained Jarrar on July 2nd, 2017,a year after her release. Since then, her detention was renewed three times.
Jarrar, a leading member of the PFLP, deputy at the PLC (Palestinian Legislative Council), heads the PLC’s prisoners’ committee and acts as the Palestinian representative in the Council of Europe, an international organization promoting human rights and democracy around the world, was previously detained in 2015 and had spent 14 months in Israeli jails.
The military court approved the renewal order that would keep Jarrar in detention for three more months.
Israeli forces had detained Jarrar on July 2nd, 2017,a year after her release. Since then, her detention was renewed three times.
Jarrar, a leading member of the PFLP, deputy at the PLC (Palestinian Legislative Council), heads the PLC’s prisoners’ committee and acts as the Palestinian representative in the Council of Europe, an international organization promoting human rights and democracy around the world, was previously detained in 2015 and had spent 14 months in Israeli jails.
A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces at daybreak Thursday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 10 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank on account of their involvement in anti-occupation activities.
Ex-prisoner Tareq al-Samhan was kidnapped by the occupation forces from his family home in al-Maajeen neighborhood, west of Nablus.
The ex-prisoner had spent over 13 years in Israeli dungeons.
Violent clashes burst out between the heavily-armed occupation patrols and Palestinian anti-occupation youth.
Ex-prisoners Mundher Ashour and Walid Usfur were also kidnapped by Israeli soldiers from Tulkarem while Murad al-Sweiti was kidnapped from Beit Uwa, south of al-Khalil.
The Israeli forces summoned two Palestinian young men to questioning after they ransacked their family homes in al-Bireh, in the central occupied West Bank.
The assault culminated in the abduction of three Palestinian civilians from Occupied Jerusalem.
The occupation forces further ravaged Palestinian homes in eastern occupied Jerusalem, Tulkarem, al-Khalil, and Qalqiliya.
Israeli soldiers distributed writs threatening harsh penalties against Palestinians assisting the chased anti-occupation attacker Ashraf Na’luwa.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Former Political Prisoners In Tulkarem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, many areas in the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, and conducted extensive searches of homes, lands and property, before abducting two former political prisoners.
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Waleed Issam ‘Asfour (al-‘Aloul), 25, from his home on Nur Shams refugee camp, east of the city.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Monther Mohammad ‘Ashour, 30, from his home in Ertah area, south of Tulkarem.
The soldiers also invaded Ektaba area and Bal’a town, east of Tulkarem, in addition to Shweika area, north of the city, before conducting extensive searches in alleys, farmlands and surrounding hills.
In addition, the army invaded Na’alwa neighborhood and posted leaflets containing the picture of Ashraf Na’alwa, and warning severe punishment to any Palestinian who helps or aids him. The Punishment includes demolishing homes and extended imprisonment.
On Wednesday, the soldiers abducted Ashraf’s mother, Wafa’ Mahdawi, after invading her home, and took her to the al-Jalama interrogation facility.
Last Monday, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday Shweika area, and handed Na’alwa family an official order for the demolition of their home.
Since Na’alwa carried out the fatal shooting in Burkan illegal colony, killing two Israelis, identified as Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh HaAyin, and Ziv Hagbi, 35, from Rishon LeZion, and fled the scene, the military started ongoing invasions into his home, and the homes of his relatives along with dozens of homes and property.
The soldiers also repeatedly abducted members of his family, including his father, mother, sisters and brothers, in an attempt to locate him.
Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Hebron And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, five young Palestinian men from their homes in Hebron and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, during extensive and violent invasions and searches of neighborhoods and homes.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in southern West Bank, has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded many neighborhoods and homes in the city, and Beit Awwa town, west of Hebron, before abducting Anas Najjar and Morad Riyad Sweity.
It added that the soldiers also invaded Taffuh town, west of Hebron, and violently searched homes owned by members of the at-Tarda family.
In related news, a number of illegal colonialist settlers threw old clothes and trash near Nabi Younes Mosque, in Halhoul town, north of Hebron, and fled the area.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Abdullah Alqam, a senior social figure in Shu’fat refugee camp, and two social activists, identified as Kamal Abu Qweider and Fadi Mitwer.
The three Palestinians are among a few Palestinians investigating the apparent sale of Jouda building to Israeli colonialist settlers in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 10 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank on account of their involvement in anti-occupation activities.
Ex-prisoner Tareq al-Samhan was kidnapped by the occupation forces from his family home in al-Maajeen neighborhood, west of Nablus.
The ex-prisoner had spent over 13 years in Israeli dungeons.
Violent clashes burst out between the heavily-armed occupation patrols and Palestinian anti-occupation youth.
Ex-prisoners Mundher Ashour and Walid Usfur were also kidnapped by Israeli soldiers from Tulkarem while Murad al-Sweiti was kidnapped from Beit Uwa, south of al-Khalil.
The Israeli forces summoned two Palestinian young men to questioning after they ransacked their family homes in al-Bireh, in the central occupied West Bank.
The assault culminated in the abduction of three Palestinian civilians from Occupied Jerusalem.
The occupation forces further ravaged Palestinian homes in eastern occupied Jerusalem, Tulkarem, al-Khalil, and Qalqiliya.
Israeli soldiers distributed writs threatening harsh penalties against Palestinians assisting the chased anti-occupation attacker Ashraf Na’luwa.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Former Political Prisoners In Tulkarem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, many areas in the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, and conducted extensive searches of homes, lands and property, before abducting two former political prisoners.
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Waleed Issam ‘Asfour (al-‘Aloul), 25, from his home on Nur Shams refugee camp, east of the city.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Monther Mohammad ‘Ashour, 30, from his home in Ertah area, south of Tulkarem.
The soldiers also invaded Ektaba area and Bal’a town, east of Tulkarem, in addition to Shweika area, north of the city, before conducting extensive searches in alleys, farmlands and surrounding hills.
In addition, the army invaded Na’alwa neighborhood and posted leaflets containing the picture of Ashraf Na’alwa, and warning severe punishment to any Palestinian who helps or aids him. The Punishment includes demolishing homes and extended imprisonment.
On Wednesday, the soldiers abducted Ashraf’s mother, Wafa’ Mahdawi, after invading her home, and took her to the al-Jalama interrogation facility.
Last Monday, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday Shweika area, and handed Na’alwa family an official order for the demolition of their home.
Since Na’alwa carried out the fatal shooting in Burkan illegal colony, killing two Israelis, identified as Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh HaAyin, and Ziv Hagbi, 35, from Rishon LeZion, and fled the scene, the military started ongoing invasions into his home, and the homes of his relatives along with dozens of homes and property.
The soldiers also repeatedly abducted members of his family, including his father, mother, sisters and brothers, in an attempt to locate him.
Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Hebron And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, five young Palestinian men from their homes in Hebron and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, during extensive and violent invasions and searches of neighborhoods and homes.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in southern West Bank, has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded many neighborhoods and homes in the city, and Beit Awwa town, west of Hebron, before abducting Anas Najjar and Morad Riyad Sweity.
It added that the soldiers also invaded Taffuh town, west of Hebron, and violently searched homes owned by members of the at-Tarda family.
In related news, a number of illegal colonialist settlers threw old clothes and trash near Nabi Younes Mosque, in Halhoul town, north of Hebron, and fled the area.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Abdullah Alqam, a senior social figure in Shu’fat refugee camp, and two social activists, identified as Kamal Abu Qweider and Fadi Mitwer.
The three Palestinians are among a few Palestinians investigating the apparent sale of Jouda building to Israeli colonialist settlers in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The health condition of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan has taken a serious turn for the worse, as his open-ended hunger strike has been ongoing for 47 consecutive days to protest his arbitrary detention in Israeli lock-ups.
Khader Adnan’s wife has expressed concerns over his exacerbated health status and the preplanned medical neglect pursued by the Israeli prison authorities against her isolated husband.
She added that Adnan cannot stand on his feet and moves on a wheelchair.
Muhjat al-Quds Foundation said prisoner Khader Adnan declared his an open-ended hunger strike some 47 days ago in response to being held arbitrarily in Israeli dungeons.
The foundation has railed against Israel’s torture tactics, including bans of visits by family members and attorneys, perpetrated against the hunger striker, in contravention of international laws and treaties.
In a letter leaked from the prison and published last week by Muhjat al-Quds Foundation, Adnan said that he had been locked up in a very small and isolated cell in Jalama jail for long weeks, during which he had been barred from visits by his lawyers and family and made to endure dire conditions of captivity.
Khader Adnan, from the northern occupied West Bank province of Jenin, was kidnapped by the Israeli forces on December 11, 2017 over allegations of anti-occupation incitement.
Khader Adnan’s wife has expressed concerns over his exacerbated health status and the preplanned medical neglect pursued by the Israeli prison authorities against her isolated husband.
She added that Adnan cannot stand on his feet and moves on a wheelchair.
Muhjat al-Quds Foundation said prisoner Khader Adnan declared his an open-ended hunger strike some 47 days ago in response to being held arbitrarily in Israeli dungeons.
The foundation has railed against Israel’s torture tactics, including bans of visits by family members and attorneys, perpetrated against the hunger striker, in contravention of international laws and treaties.
In a letter leaked from the prison and published last week by Muhjat al-Quds Foundation, Adnan said that he had been locked up in a very small and isolated cell in Jalama jail for long weeks, during which he had been barred from visits by his lawyers and family and made to endure dire conditions of captivity.
Khader Adnan, from the northern occupied West Bank province of Jenin, was kidnapped by the Israeli forces on December 11, 2017 over allegations of anti-occupation incitement.
