3 oct 2019
The family of hunger-striking prisoner Ahmed Ghannam has expressed concern over his life as a result of his prolonged hunger strike.
According to a family source, the health condition of prisoner Ghannam has seriously deteriorated because of his hunger strike for 82 days and his exposure to medical neglect.
Ghannam has gone on hunger strike in protest at his detention administratively, with no indictment or trial.
There are also other six hunger strikers, including female prisoner Hiba al-Labadi, and all of them demand an end to their administrative detention.
According to a family source, the health condition of prisoner Ghannam has seriously deteriorated because of his hunger strike for 82 days and his exposure to medical neglect.
Ghannam has gone on hunger strike in protest at his detention administratively, with no indictment or trial.
There are also other six hunger strikers, including female prisoner Hiba al-Labadi, and all of them demand an end to their administrative detention.
Undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated, Thursday, into the Palestinian town of Kobar, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped three siblings from their home.
Media sources said the undercover soldiers, driving a car with civilian license plates, kidnapped the three siblings, identified as Qasam, Nassim and Asseel Barghouthi, after storming their home and violently searching it.
The soldiers then sped away and moved the three siblings to a nearby military base.
Media sources said the undercover soldiers, driving a car with civilian license plates, kidnapped the three siblings, identified as Qasam, Nassim and Asseel Barghouthi, after storming their home and violently searching it.
The soldiers then sped away and moved the three siblings to a nearby military base.
An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian mother of four children, between the ages of three years and eight months, to eighteen months in prison, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS said the woman, identified as Rawan Mohammad Samhan, is from the ath-Thaheriyya town, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
It added that Rawan was taken prisoner in the year 2014 while visiting with her imprisoned brother, Abdullah, who is serving a prison sentence of 19 years.
She was released twelve days later on a 20.000 Shekels bail, and the court hearings continued since then until the court sentenced her, on September 20th, 2019, to 18 months in prison.
Rawan, held at the Damon prison, is a mother of four children, the oldest is three years while the youngest is just eight months of age.
In related news, an Israeli court sentenced a detainee, identified as Ali Rabea’, 24, to eighteen months in prison in addition to a fine of 20.000 shekels.
The detainee was taken prisoner on November 6th, 2018, after the soldiers stormed his home and violently searched.
He was interrogated for more than three weeks after the army accused him of throwing stones at military jeeps and settlers’ cars, in addition to “incitement.”
The PPS said the woman, identified as Rawan Mohammad Samhan, is from the ath-Thaheriyya town, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
It added that Rawan was taken prisoner in the year 2014 while visiting with her imprisoned brother, Abdullah, who is serving a prison sentence of 19 years.
She was released twelve days later on a 20.000 Shekels bail, and the court hearings continued since then until the court sentenced her, on September 20th, 2019, to 18 months in prison.
Rawan, held at the Damon prison, is a mother of four children, the oldest is three years while the youngest is just eight months of age.
In related news, an Israeli court sentenced a detainee, identified as Ali Rabea’, 24, to eighteen months in prison in addition to a fine of 20.000 shekels.
The detainee was taken prisoner on November 6th, 2018, after the soldiers stormed his home and violently searched.
He was interrogated for more than three weeks after the army accused him of throwing stones at military jeeps and settlers’ cars, in addition to “incitement.”
Several Israeli army vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the at-Tira neighborhood in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and shot a cameraman working for Palestine TV, in addition to abducting four Palestinians in the neighborhood, and nearby villages.
The Palestinian TV has reported that the soldiers invaded the at-Tira neighborhood in Ramallah, and attacked Palestinians, who protested the invasion and hurled stones at the army jeeps.
It added that the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades at the protesters, wounding its cameraman, identified as Mohammad Radi, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg, and causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked many homes in the neighborhood, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad Walid Hanatsha.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Kobar village, northwest of Ramallah, searched several homes, and abducted Abbad Wajdi Barghouthi, while Mohammad Yousef Zahran was abducted from his home in Deir Abu Mashal, north of Ramallah, and Mamdouh Jamal Amira, was abducted from his home in the al-Janiya village, northwest of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said that protests erupted after the soldiers invaded Kobar, and ransacked the home of a political prisoner, identified as Anas Barghouti. The soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian youngsters protesting the invasion.
In Jifna village, north of Ramallah, the soldiers stormed the house of Tareq Matar, just hours after abducting him at Za’atra military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The Palestinian TV has reported that the soldiers invaded the at-Tira neighborhood in Ramallah, and attacked Palestinians, who protested the invasion and hurled stones at the army jeeps.
It added that the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades at the protesters, wounding its cameraman, identified as Mohammad Radi, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg, and causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked many homes in the neighborhood, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad Walid Hanatsha.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Kobar village, northwest of Ramallah, searched several homes, and abducted Abbad Wajdi Barghouthi, while Mohammad Yousef Zahran was abducted from his home in Deir Abu Mashal, north of Ramallah, and Mamdouh Jamal Amira, was abducted from his home in the al-Janiya village, northwest of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said that protests erupted after the soldiers invaded Kobar, and ransacked the home of a political prisoner, identified as Anas Barghouti. The soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian youngsters protesting the invasion.
In Jifna village, north of Ramallah, the soldiers stormed the house of Tareq Matar, just hours after abducting him at Za’atra military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, five Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem, Qalqilia and Jenin, after the army invaded and searched many homes.
The soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, and abducted a former political identified as Yousef Abu Hussein, in addition to Bashir Khaled Rajabi.
In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Qawwar, from his home in Wadi Ma’ali neighborhood, in the center of the city, and Ahmad Ismael Hamamda, 19, from Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
The soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank, and abducted Omar Khadraj, 23.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers searched homes in Anza village, south of the city, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ali Bassam Ateyyani, 22.
The soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, and abducted a former political identified as Yousef Abu Hussein, in addition to Bashir Khaled Rajabi.
In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Qawwar, from his home in Wadi Ma’ali neighborhood, in the center of the city, and Ahmad Ismael Hamamda, 19, from Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
The soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank, and abducted Omar Khadraj, 23.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers searched homes in Anza village, south of the city, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Ali Bassam Ateyyani, 22.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, two young Palestinian men from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers installed a sudden military roadblock on the bypass road near Gush Etzion colonialist block, north of Hebron, before stopping and searching many Palestinian cars.
They added that the soldiers then abducted Amir Mohammad Awad, 22, and Ibrahim Mohammad Es’eifan, 22; both are students of the al-Istiqlal University for Security Sciences.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers installed a sudden military roadblock on the bypass road near Gush Etzion colonialist block, north of Hebron, before stopping and searching many Palestinian cars.
They added that the soldiers then abducted Amir Mohammad Awad, 22, and Ibrahim Mohammad Es’eifan, 22; both are students of the al-Istiqlal University for Security Sciences.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday evening kidnaped three Palestinian young men from a border area in the east of the Gaza Strip.
According to Hebrew media sources, the young men were rounded up after they breached and crossed through the border fence in the east of Gaza.
Many Palestinian citizens had been exposed to arrests during previous similar attempts to infiltrate into Israel through the border fence.
In some incidents, the IOF opened fire at citizens during their attempts to cross into Israel, causing them to suffer injuries or get killed.
According to Hebrew media sources, the young men were rounded up after they breached and crossed through the border fence in the east of Gaza.
Many Palestinian citizens had been exposed to arrests during previous similar attempts to infiltrate into Israel through the border fence.
In some incidents, the IOF opened fire at citizens during their attempts to cross into Israel, causing them to suffer injuries or get killed.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday raided different areas in the West Bank.
Local sources said that a fire broke out inside a Palestinian shop after the IOF stormed Ain Sultan refugee camp north of Jericho City amid heavy firing of tear gas bombs.
Dozens of Palestinian youths hurled stones at the IOF soldiers while they were withdrawing from the area.
Meanwhile, the IOF broke into the house of an ex-detainee in Yatta town south of al-Khalil City and wreaked havoc on it.
A Palestinian citizen was arrested by the IOF on his way home in a neighboring area.
Local residents said that Samer Abu Rweish was arrested on al-Shuhadaa Street and moved to an unknown destination.
Local sources said that a fire broke out inside a Palestinian shop after the IOF stormed Ain Sultan refugee camp north of Jericho City amid heavy firing of tear gas bombs.
Dozens of Palestinian youths hurled stones at the IOF soldiers while they were withdrawing from the area.
Meanwhile, the IOF broke into the house of an ex-detainee in Yatta town south of al-Khalil City and wreaked havoc on it.
A Palestinian citizen was arrested by the IOF on his way home in a neighboring area.
Local residents said that Samer Abu Rweish was arrested on al-Shuhadaa Street and moved to an unknown destination.
2 oct 2019
Palestinian protesters have marked a ‘day of rage’ over the brutal torture of a Palestinian detainee during interrogation by Israel’s domestic spy service Shin Bet, in what Amnesty International has slammed as “a reprehensible crime.”
In the occupied West bank, Israeli police attacked the protesters, using tear gas, sound bombs and rubber-coated bullets to break up the gathering on Tuesday, media reports said.
Dozens were treated for tear gas inhalation in the aftermath of the Israeli crackdown, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Reuters reported up to 300 protesters took part in the demonstrations in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Israeli forces also clashed with the protesters and activists, who gathering outside the hospital where the injured detainee is being treated in occupied East Jerusalem, arresting two protesters.
Samer al-Arbid was arrested last week on suspicion of involvement in a deadly bomb attack near an Israeli settlement northeast of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
The 44-year-old father of three was, however, hospitalized on Friday with signs of beating on his body, a fractured rib cage and severe kidney failure.
Family members and lawyers speaking to the MEE have said that al-Arbid has been tortured and beaten by Israeli forces, stating that he had fully healthy prior to his arrest.
A lawyer working for the prisoner rights organization Addameer was able to briefly visit al-Arbid in hospital on Monday. The hospitalized inmate was reported to have been unconscious and in critical condition.
n a statement on September 30, Amnesty International slammed Israel’s mistreatment of the Palestinian inmate and said, “Under international treaties, which legally bind Israel, the use of torture cannot be justified under any circumstances. This case exposes Israel’s claims that its judiciary upholds human rights as a complete sham.”
“Resorting to torture during interrogation is also a reprehensible crime,” said Saleh Higazi, Amnesty’s Deputy Middle East and North Africa director, calling on the Tel Aviv regime to end the “systematic use of torture and ensure that those responsible for the torture of Samir Arbeed, including those with command and other superior responsibility, are held to account.”
A hearing on the torture case is expected to be held in an Israeli court on Wednesday.
Palestinians and rights groups, however, doubt Israeli investigations into similar cases of mistreatment, saying such probes are a sham and serve public relations purposes.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly held in Israeli jails.
According to Addameer, 220 Palestinians have died in Israeli detention since 1967. The rights group says 60 of them lost their lives due to medical negligence, while 73 people have died as a result of torture.
Amnesty International: “Legally-sanctioned torture of Palestinian detainee left him in critical condition”
Amnesty International: The legally-sanctioned torture of a Palestinian detainee during interrogation by officers from Shin Bet, Israel’s Security Agency, further exposes the complicity of Israel’s authorities, including its judiciary, in the systematic violation of the human right to be free from torture, said Amnesty International today.
Samir Arbeed was arrested on 25 September on suspicion of being involved in the killing of a 17-year-old Israeli girl Rina Shnerb.
According to Israeli media reports and Samir’s lawyer, a “judicial body” granted Shin Bet special permission to “use exceptional ways to investigate” in his case, effectively sanctioning the use of methods amounting to torture during his interrogation.
“It is utterly outrageous that the use of torture during interrogations continues to be sanctioned by the Israeli authorities, from the Shin Bet, through the executive branch and all the way to the Supreme Court,” said Saleh Higazi, Amnesty International’s Deputy Middle East and North Africa Director.
“Under international treaties, which legally bind Israel, the use of torture cannot be justified under any circumstances. This case exposes Israel’s claims that its judiciary upholds human rights as a complete sham.”
The use of torture cannot be justified under any circumstances. This case exposes Israel’s claims that its judiciary upholds human rights as a complete sham
Saleh Higazi, Amnesty InternationalUpon his arrest, Samir Arbeed was badly beaten by the Israeli forces and then tortured during interrogation.
According to his lawyer, Mahmoud Hassan of the Addameer rights group, Samir Arbeed appeared in the Ofer military court on 26 September with visible bruises and told the judge he was in pain and unable to eat. Despite this, the torture continued. On 28 September Samir Arbeed was transferred to hospital after losing consciousness. He was admitted with broken ribs and kidney failure and is currently in critical condition on a respirator.
In 1999, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that while torture and other ill-treatment were generally prohibited, Shin Bet interrogators who used what the Court described as “physical interrogation methods” in “ticking time-bomb” situations may be exempted from criminal prosecution or even investigation.
Since then, Shin Bet interrogators have tortured hundreds of Palestinians, citing the “ticking bomb” plea, and not one of them has been prosecuted.
“Targeting civilians and killing them is a war crime. There is no doubt that those who perpetrate such killings and other abuses should be held accountable for their actions. But resorting to torture during interrogation is also a reprehensible crime,” said Saleh Higazi.
“Israel’s authorities must end their systematic use of torture and ensure that those responsible for the torture of Samir Arbeed, including those with command and other superior responsibility, are held to account.”
The Israeli Justice Ministry has launched an investigation into Samir Arbeed’s torture and will examine how his interrogation was conducted and what level of violence was used.
“Claims of ‘ticking time-bombs’ are totally irrelevant to investigations into torture, which is prohibited absolutely. Such claims must therefore play no part in decisions to prosecute,” said Saleh Higazi.
Background
Samir Arbeed, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was first arrested by Shin Bet on 26 August, along with three others, in connection with the murder of Rina Shnerb near the West Bank settlement of Dolev on 23 August. On 2 September, the Ofer military court issued a three-month administrative detention order against him, but during a later hearing, the court ordered his release.
On 25 September a special unit of Israeli forces rearrested Samir Arbeed, beating him during the arrest. He was taken to the Shin Bet’s interrogation center at the Russian Compound in Jerusalem and denied access to his lawyer. On 28 September he was transferred to a hospital in West Jerusalem.
Activists seal off ICRC’s Ramallah office in solidarity with detainee tortured by Israel
Several Palestinian activists today sealed off the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the West Bank city of Ramallah in solidarity with Samir Arbeed, who was tortured by Israeli interrogators and is currently in critical condition in an Israeli hospital in Jerusalem. video
WAFA correspondent said the activists shut the doors of the ICRC offices and prevented its staff from entering them. They demanded immediate intervention by the ICRC to save Arbeed’s life, to visit him in hospital to check on his situation and to investigate the torture he underwent.
Arbeed was detained on September 25 while heading home with his wife and was subjected to severe torture and beatings during his arrest and interrogation, which caused him pulmonary hemorrhage, several broken ribs and marks all over his body as well as severe kidney failure.
He was rushed to the Hadassah hospital in Israel after suffering serious health deterioration due to torture and ill-treatment during interrogations.
Minster of Health, Mai Kaila, demanded the ICRC to pressure the Israeli authorities to allow a Palestinian medical team to visit Arbeed in hospital to check on his health condition.
In the occupied West bank, Israeli police attacked the protesters, using tear gas, sound bombs and rubber-coated bullets to break up the gathering on Tuesday, media reports said.
Dozens were treated for tear gas inhalation in the aftermath of the Israeli crackdown, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Reuters reported up to 300 protesters took part in the demonstrations in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Israeli forces also clashed with the protesters and activists, who gathering outside the hospital where the injured detainee is being treated in occupied East Jerusalem, arresting two protesters.
Samer al-Arbid was arrested last week on suspicion of involvement in a deadly bomb attack near an Israeli settlement northeast of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
The 44-year-old father of three was, however, hospitalized on Friday with signs of beating on his body, a fractured rib cage and severe kidney failure.
Family members and lawyers speaking to the MEE have said that al-Arbid has been tortured and beaten by Israeli forces, stating that he had fully healthy prior to his arrest.
A lawyer working for the prisoner rights organization Addameer was able to briefly visit al-Arbid in hospital on Monday. The hospitalized inmate was reported to have been unconscious and in critical condition.
n a statement on September 30, Amnesty International slammed Israel’s mistreatment of the Palestinian inmate and said, “Under international treaties, which legally bind Israel, the use of torture cannot be justified under any circumstances. This case exposes Israel’s claims that its judiciary upholds human rights as a complete sham.”
“Resorting to torture during interrogation is also a reprehensible crime,” said Saleh Higazi, Amnesty’s Deputy Middle East and North Africa director, calling on the Tel Aviv regime to end the “systematic use of torture and ensure that those responsible for the torture of Samir Arbeed, including those with command and other superior responsibility, are held to account.”
A hearing on the torture case is expected to be held in an Israeli court on Wednesday.
Palestinians and rights groups, however, doubt Israeli investigations into similar cases of mistreatment, saying such probes are a sham and serve public relations purposes.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly held in Israeli jails.
According to Addameer, 220 Palestinians have died in Israeli detention since 1967. The rights group says 60 of them lost their lives due to medical negligence, while 73 people have died as a result of torture.
Amnesty International: “Legally-sanctioned torture of Palestinian detainee left him in critical condition”
Amnesty International: The legally-sanctioned torture of a Palestinian detainee during interrogation by officers from Shin Bet, Israel’s Security Agency, further exposes the complicity of Israel’s authorities, including its judiciary, in the systematic violation of the human right to be free from torture, said Amnesty International today.
Samir Arbeed was arrested on 25 September on suspicion of being involved in the killing of a 17-year-old Israeli girl Rina Shnerb.
According to Israeli media reports and Samir’s lawyer, a “judicial body” granted Shin Bet special permission to “use exceptional ways to investigate” in his case, effectively sanctioning the use of methods amounting to torture during his interrogation.
“It is utterly outrageous that the use of torture during interrogations continues to be sanctioned by the Israeli authorities, from the Shin Bet, through the executive branch and all the way to the Supreme Court,” said Saleh Higazi, Amnesty International’s Deputy Middle East and North Africa Director.
“Under international treaties, which legally bind Israel, the use of torture cannot be justified under any circumstances. This case exposes Israel’s claims that its judiciary upholds human rights as a complete sham.”
The use of torture cannot be justified under any circumstances. This case exposes Israel’s claims that its judiciary upholds human rights as a complete sham
Saleh Higazi, Amnesty InternationalUpon his arrest, Samir Arbeed was badly beaten by the Israeli forces and then tortured during interrogation.
According to his lawyer, Mahmoud Hassan of the Addameer rights group, Samir Arbeed appeared in the Ofer military court on 26 September with visible bruises and told the judge he was in pain and unable to eat. Despite this, the torture continued. On 28 September Samir Arbeed was transferred to hospital after losing consciousness. He was admitted with broken ribs and kidney failure and is currently in critical condition on a respirator.
In 1999, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that while torture and other ill-treatment were generally prohibited, Shin Bet interrogators who used what the Court described as “physical interrogation methods” in “ticking time-bomb” situations may be exempted from criminal prosecution or even investigation.
Since then, Shin Bet interrogators have tortured hundreds of Palestinians, citing the “ticking bomb” plea, and not one of them has been prosecuted.
“Targeting civilians and killing them is a war crime. There is no doubt that those who perpetrate such killings and other abuses should be held accountable for their actions. But resorting to torture during interrogation is also a reprehensible crime,” said Saleh Higazi.
“Israel’s authorities must end their systematic use of torture and ensure that those responsible for the torture of Samir Arbeed, including those with command and other superior responsibility, are held to account.”
The Israeli Justice Ministry has launched an investigation into Samir Arbeed’s torture and will examine how his interrogation was conducted and what level of violence was used.
“Claims of ‘ticking time-bombs’ are totally irrelevant to investigations into torture, which is prohibited absolutely. Such claims must therefore play no part in decisions to prosecute,” said Saleh Higazi.
Background
Samir Arbeed, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was first arrested by Shin Bet on 26 August, along with three others, in connection with the murder of Rina Shnerb near the West Bank settlement of Dolev on 23 August. On 2 September, the Ofer military court issued a three-month administrative detention order against him, but during a later hearing, the court ordered his release.
On 25 September a special unit of Israeli forces rearrested Samir Arbeed, beating him during the arrest. He was taken to the Shin Bet’s interrogation center at the Russian Compound in Jerusalem and denied access to his lawyer. On 28 September he was transferred to a hospital in West Jerusalem.
Activists seal off ICRC’s Ramallah office in solidarity with detainee tortured by Israel
Several Palestinian activists today sealed off the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the West Bank city of Ramallah in solidarity with Samir Arbeed, who was tortured by Israeli interrogators and is currently in critical condition in an Israeli hospital in Jerusalem. video
WAFA correspondent said the activists shut the doors of the ICRC offices and prevented its staff from entering them. They demanded immediate intervention by the ICRC to save Arbeed’s life, to visit him in hospital to check on his situation and to investigate the torture he underwent.
Arbeed was detained on September 25 while heading home with his wife and was subjected to severe torture and beatings during his arrest and interrogation, which caused him pulmonary hemorrhage, several broken ribs and marks all over his body as well as severe kidney failure.
He was rushed to the Hadassah hospital in Israel after suffering serious health deterioration due to torture and ill-treatment during interrogations.
Minster of Health, Mai Kaila, demanded the ICRC to pressure the Israeli authorities to allow a Palestinian medical team to visit Arbeed in hospital to check on his health condition.
The Palestinian NGOs Network and the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council have called on the Red Cross to delegate a medical commission to investigate the exposure of prisoner Samer Arabeed to torture by Israeli interrogators.
In a joint statement, the human rights groups held the Israeli occupation state fully responsible for the life of prisoner Arabeed following confirmed reports about his exposure to severe torture.
They stressed that what happened to Arabeed was a crime and an attempt to liquidate him.
Arabeed, 44, was kidnaped by Israeli forces on September 25 from outside his workplace in Ramallah city.
According to his wife, Arabeed was brutally beaten and abused when he was arrested by Israeli soldiers before transferring him to the Maskubiya detention center, where he underwent sessions of extreme torture by interrogators.
A few days later, he was transferred in serious condition to Hadassah Hospital, where medical sources said he was in a coma and dependent on a ventilator and a dialysis machine.
In a joint statement, the human rights groups held the Israeli occupation state fully responsible for the life of prisoner Arabeed following confirmed reports about his exposure to severe torture.
They stressed that what happened to Arabeed was a crime and an attempt to liquidate him.
Arabeed, 44, was kidnaped by Israeli forces on September 25 from outside his workplace in Ramallah city.
According to his wife, Arabeed was brutally beaten and abused when he was arrested by Israeli soldiers before transferring him to the Maskubiya detention center, where he underwent sessions of extreme torture by interrogators.
A few days later, he was transferred in serious condition to Hadassah Hospital, where medical sources said he was in a coma and dependent on a ventilator and a dialysis machine.
1 oct 2019
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The Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening attacked a Palestinian protest near Hadassah Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem where the Palestinian detainee Samer al-Arabeed, who is currently in a coma after being beaten by Israeli interrogators, is held.
The Israeli forces violently assaulted the Palestinian protesters and arrested two of them. video video Dozens of Palestinian activists staged a sit-in in Jerusalem in solidarity with al-Arabeed and in protest at the aggressive policies pursued against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. video The activists stressed that al-Arabeed needs urgent and real medical treatment, pointing out that the Israel Prison Service is not offering him the medical care his condition requires. |
They also demanded that all Israeli interrogators who assaulted him be tried.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported, Tuesday, that an Israeli court issued arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, against two Palestinian teenage boys, from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and added that one of them spent the last six months under similar orders and was supposed to be released in two days.
In a press release, the Committee stated that Nidal Amer, 17, was supposed to be released within two days, after serving a six-month Administrative Detention order, but was informed that another order was has been issued, extending his detention without charges for additional six months.
It added that the second detainee, Hafeth Zyoud, 17, was abducted last month, and was slapped with a four-month Administrative Detention order.
Both detained teens are imprisoned at Majeddo Israeli prison and are denied basic rights in addition to facing bad living conditions.
In its statement, the Committee stated that Israel’s use of the illegal Administrative Detention is a serious violation of the detainees’ rights, especially since they do not face charges, and neither them nor their lawyers can know why they are being held or have access to their files.
|Seven Detainees, Including One Woman, Continue Hunger Strike|
It also said that Israel is currently holding captive 500 detainees under these illegal arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, including six who are holding hunger strikes.
Three of the detainees are women, identified as Shorouq al-Badan and Alaa’ al-Basheer, in addition to Hiba al-Lubbadi who was recently slapped with an Administrative Detention order for five months and is facing very difficult condition in the al-Jalama prison.
The Committee called for an immediate and serious action against Israel’s ongoing and escalating violations against the Palestinian detainees, especially those arbitrarily held for extended periods without charges or trial, in direct violation of International Law and various related human rights treaties.
In a press release, the Committee stated that Nidal Amer, 17, was supposed to be released within two days, after serving a six-month Administrative Detention order, but was informed that another order was has been issued, extending his detention without charges for additional six months.
It added that the second detainee, Hafeth Zyoud, 17, was abducted last month, and was slapped with a four-month Administrative Detention order.
Both detained teens are imprisoned at Majeddo Israeli prison and are denied basic rights in addition to facing bad living conditions.
In its statement, the Committee stated that Israel’s use of the illegal Administrative Detention is a serious violation of the detainees’ rights, especially since they do not face charges, and neither them nor their lawyers can know why they are being held or have access to their files.
|Seven Detainees, Including One Woman, Continue Hunger Strike|
It also said that Israel is currently holding captive 500 detainees under these illegal arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, including six who are holding hunger strikes.
Three of the detainees are women, identified as Shorouq al-Badan and Alaa’ al-Basheer, in addition to Hiba al-Lubbadi who was recently slapped with an Administrative Detention order for five months and is facing very difficult condition in the al-Jalama prison.
The Committee called for an immediate and serious action against Israel’s ongoing and escalating violations against the Palestinian detainees, especially those arbitrarily held for extended periods without charges or trial, in direct violation of International Law and various related human rights treaties.
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Tuesday, Beit Ummar town, North of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into the home of a former political prisoner and confiscated his car.
The soldiers stormed the home of Mohammad Ahmad ‘Aadi, 60, before violently searching and ransacking the property, causing damage.
The family said the soldiers interrogated them, and illegally confiscated his car, without providing any reason.
It is worth mentioning that Mohammad was previously imprisoned by Israel for 10 years.
On Monday evening, the soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted a child, identified as Mohammad Ahmad Atiya, 15.
The soldiers stormed the home of Mohammad Ahmad ‘Aadi, 60, before violently searching and ransacking the property, causing damage.
The family said the soldiers interrogated them, and illegally confiscated his car, without providing any reason.
It is worth mentioning that Mohammad was previously imprisoned by Israel for 10 years.
On Monday evening, the soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted a child, identified as Mohammad Ahmad Atiya, 15.
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