16 oct 2019
On October 15, 2019, Samer Arbeed's detention was extended for another eight days following a court session that was held in hospital without allowing his lawyer to attend it.
According to Addameer Association for Prisoner Support and Human Rights, the court hearing was held in Hadassah Hospital’s intensive care unit, where Samer was transferred on September 27 due to life-threatening injuries, which he sustained during his exposure to extreme torture by Israeli interrogators in al-Maskubiya interrogation and detention center.
Samer has regained consciousness and was disconnected from a respirator, but he continues to lie in the intensive care unit at Hadassah Hospital, Addameer said on its website.
Samer’s medical report details multiple serious injuries. His kidneys have seriously malfunctioned, requiring him to be on regular dialysis. Additionally, he suffers from pains and swelling all over his body, particularly in his extremities, and he is still unable to move his legs. Eleven of his ribs are also fractured.
Samer are still being denied legal counsel, while Israeli officers continue to interrogate him while he is in the intensive car unit.
Addameer said it was permitted by Israeli officials who held the court session at the hospital to publicly comment on and publish information about Samer’s health condition following a previous gag order.
According to Addameer Association for Prisoner Support and Human Rights, the court hearing was held in Hadassah Hospital’s intensive care unit, where Samer was transferred on September 27 due to life-threatening injuries, which he sustained during his exposure to extreme torture by Israeli interrogators in al-Maskubiya interrogation and detention center.
Samer has regained consciousness and was disconnected from a respirator, but he continues to lie in the intensive care unit at Hadassah Hospital, Addameer said on its website.
Samer’s medical report details multiple serious injuries. His kidneys have seriously malfunctioned, requiring him to be on regular dialysis. Additionally, he suffers from pains and swelling all over his body, particularly in his extremities, and he is still unable to move his legs. Eleven of his ribs are also fractured.
Samer are still being denied legal counsel, while Israeli officers continue to interrogate him while he is in the intensive car unit.
Addameer said it was permitted by Israeli officials who held the court session at the hospital to publicly comment on and publish information about Samer’s health condition following a previous gag order.
Israeli intelligence officers abducted, Wednesday, the Khatib of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, Sheikh Ismael Nawahda, while he was crossing Qalandia Terminal, north of the city.
Khaldoun Najm, the lawyer of Nawahda, said the soldiers took him to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility n Jerusalem.
He added that Israel is claiming that Sheikh Nawahda “is inciting against it during the sermons on Fridays.”
Update: Sheikh Dr. Ismael Nawahda was released after several hours of interrogation, and was slapped with an order preventing him from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for eleven days.
Khaldoun Najm, the lawyer of Nawahda, said the soldiers took him to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility n Jerusalem.
He added that Israel is claiming that Sheikh Nawahda “is inciting against it during the sermons on Fridays.”
Update: Sheikh Dr. Ismael Nawahda was released after several hours of interrogation, and was slapped with an order preventing him from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for eleven days.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, at least twenty-one Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and injured one.
Media sources in Hebron, in southern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified Montaser Abul-Hamid Mheisin, 22, and Ward Ibrahim Awad, 19, from their homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the city.
They added that the soldiers also abducted two former political prisoners, identified Essam Hussein Masharqa, and Hamza Nader Hlayyil, from Doura town, south of Hebron.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Ayyoub Omar Tarayra, from his home in Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, and Ala Mohammad Awawda, from his home in Doura town.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded and ransacked several homes, and abducted Hasan Ibrahim Milhim, 46, Wasfi Abdul-Hakim Hammouda, 55, and Islam Bilal Doweiri, 24.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers shot Bara’ Mohammad As’ad, 17, near the Annexation Wall in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, before Palestinian medics rushed him to a local hospital.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Tha’er Mohammad Bader, 43, and his brothers Ashraf, 39, and Tamer, 30, in addition to Qussai Zahran.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded homes and abducted eight Palestinians, including two siblings, in several parts of the governorate.
They have been identified as Mohammad, 18, and Yazan ‘Oleyyan, 20, Younis Abu al-Hummus, Mahmoud Mustafa, Qassem Dirbas, Abdul-Qader Abi Sayma, Ahmad Abu Shammala, and Yousef Erekat.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, have led dozens of illegal colonialist settlers, accompany by the police, into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after forcing many Palestinians away. video video video
The Islamic Waqf and Endowment Department in Jerusalem said the colonists conducted provocative tours in the courtyards of the holy site, after the soldiers removed the Palestinians. video video
Media sources in Hebron, in southern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified Montaser Abul-Hamid Mheisin, 22, and Ward Ibrahim Awad, 19, from their homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the city.
They added that the soldiers also abducted two former political prisoners, identified Essam Hussein Masharqa, and Hamza Nader Hlayyil, from Doura town, south of Hebron.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Ayyoub Omar Tarayra, from his home in Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, and Ala Mohammad Awawda, from his home in Doura town.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded and ransacked several homes, and abducted Hasan Ibrahim Milhim, 46, Wasfi Abdul-Hakim Hammouda, 55, and Islam Bilal Doweiri, 24.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers shot Bara’ Mohammad As’ad, 17, near the Annexation Wall in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, before Palestinian medics rushed him to a local hospital.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Tha’er Mohammad Bader, 43, and his brothers Ashraf, 39, and Tamer, 30, in addition to Qussai Zahran.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded homes and abducted eight Palestinians, including two siblings, in several parts of the governorate.
They have been identified as Mohammad, 18, and Yazan ‘Oleyyan, 20, Younis Abu al-Hummus, Mahmoud Mustafa, Qassem Dirbas, Abdul-Qader Abi Sayma, Ahmad Abu Shammala, and Yousef Erekat.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, have led dozens of illegal colonialist settlers, accompany by the police, into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after forcing many Palestinians away. video video video
The Islamic Waqf and Endowment Department in Jerusalem said the colonists conducted provocative tours in the courtyards of the holy site, after the soldiers removed the Palestinians. video video
The Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished all the crude homes and tents in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Araqib in the Negev desert for the 163th consecutive time, displacing its residents.
According to local sources, Israeli police forces and employees from the Bedouin development authority, which is responsible for such demolitions, stormed the village and forcibly removed the residents from their homes before wreaking havoc on everything.
Police forces also arrested Sheikh Sayyah Attouri, chief of the village, and his son Aziz.
Sheikh Attouri and many local residents, including women and children, were exposed to detention several times following recent demolition campaigns in an attempt to intimidate them and force them to leave the area.
The Israeli authorities also imposed exorbitant financial penalties on the Araqib villagers recently.
Araqib residents live in a constant state of fear because they expect the demolition of their village at any moment after they manage to rebuild their homes again.
However, such Israeli arbitrary, criminal and inhumane policy of demolition, uprooting and displacement will only increase the residents’ resolve and adherence to their land and village even if Israel demolishes it thousands of times.
Al-Araqib is one of several Bedouin villages in the Negev desert, which are "unrecognized" by Israel.
The demolition of al-Araqib and other villages in the Negev is a systematic Israeli policy aimed at expelling the native population from the Negev and transferring them to government-zoned areas to pave the way to expand and build settlements for Jewish communities.
According to local sources, Israeli police forces and employees from the Bedouin development authority, which is responsible for such demolitions, stormed the village and forcibly removed the residents from their homes before wreaking havoc on everything.
Police forces also arrested Sheikh Sayyah Attouri, chief of the village, and his son Aziz.
Sheikh Attouri and many local residents, including women and children, were exposed to detention several times following recent demolition campaigns in an attempt to intimidate them and force them to leave the area.
The Israeli authorities also imposed exorbitant financial penalties on the Araqib villagers recently.
Araqib residents live in a constant state of fear because they expect the demolition of their village at any moment after they manage to rebuild their homes again.
However, such Israeli arbitrary, criminal and inhumane policy of demolition, uprooting and displacement will only increase the residents’ resolve and adherence to their land and village even if Israel demolishes it thousands of times.
Al-Araqib is one of several Bedouin villages in the Negev desert, which are "unrecognized" by Israel.
The demolition of al-Araqib and other villages in the Negev is a systematic Israeli policy aimed at expelling the native population from the Negev and transferring them to government-zoned areas to pave the way to expand and build settlements for Jewish communities.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, two siblings in the al-Isawiya town, and one Palestinian in Abu Dis town, in occupied Jerusalem.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in al-‘Isawiya, and abducted two siblings, identified as Mohammad, 18, and Yazan Oleyyan, 20.
They added that the soldiers also invaded Abu Dis town, before searching homes, and abducted Yousef Erekat.
The soldiers also drove through many neighborhoods the two towns, and withdrew later, taking the Palestinians to an unknown destination.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in al-‘Isawiya, and abducted two siblings, identified as Mohammad, 18, and Yazan Oleyyan, 20.
They added that the soldiers also invaded Abu Dis town, before searching homes, and abducted Yousef Erekat.
The soldiers also drove through many neighborhoods the two towns, and withdrew later, taking the Palestinians to an unknown destination.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, six Palestinians, including former political prisoners, in Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Local nonviolent activist Mohammad Awad, said several army jeeps invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes.
Awad added that the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Montaser Abdul-Hamid Mheisin, 26, and Ward Ibrahim Awad, 19, from their homes in the al-Bayyada area, in Beit Ummar.
The soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Doura city, south of Hebron, and abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Essam Hussein Masharqa and Hamza Nader Abu Halayyel, in addition to Ayyoub Omar Tarayra.
In Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, the soldiers also searched homes and abducted Omar Rashid Tarayra.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched a few homes in Hebron city, especially in Abu Sneina neighborhood.
Local nonviolent activist Mohammad Awad, said several army jeeps invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes.
Awad added that the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Montaser Abdul-Hamid Mheisin, 26, and Ward Ibrahim Awad, 19, from their homes in the al-Bayyada area, in Beit Ummar.
The soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Doura city, south of Hebron, and abducted two former political prisoners, identified as Essam Hussein Masharqa and Hamza Nader Abu Halayyel, in addition to Ayyoub Omar Tarayra.
In Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, the soldiers also searched homes and abducted Omar Rashid Tarayra.
In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched a few homes in Hebron city, especially in Abu Sneina neighborhood.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock.
Media sources said that the soldiers installed a sudden military roadblock at the eastern entrance of Qalqilia, before stopping and searching dozens of residents and cars.
They added that the soldiers abducted Mohammad Hotari, 19, while returning to his home from Ramallah.
Media sources said that the soldiers installed a sudden military roadblock at the eastern entrance of Qalqilia, before stopping and searching dozens of residents and cars.
They added that the soldiers abducted Mohammad Hotari, 19, while returning to his home from Ramallah.
15 oct 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday kidnaped at least four Palestinian citizens in the West Bank.
A statement released by the Israeli army claimed that four wanted Palestinians were arrested during campaigns in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped a young man called Mahmoud Zahran from his home in Deir Abu Masha'al village, west of Ramallah.
The IOF also stormed Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil and kidnaped a citizen called Ali al-Allami two weeks after demolishing his unfinished house.
In a separate incident, some Jewish settlers physically assaulted a Palestinian woman in Khirbet Umm al-Marajem area in Duma village, south of Nablus.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said that settlers attacked a 35-year-old woman called Zubda Musallam with pepper spray in Khirbet Umm al-Marajem, adding that she was rushed to hospital for medical assistance.
A statement released by the Israeli army claimed that four wanted Palestinians were arrested during campaigns in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped a young man called Mahmoud Zahran from his home in Deir Abu Masha'al village, west of Ramallah.
The IOF also stormed Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil and kidnaped a citizen called Ali al-Allami two weeks after demolishing his unfinished house.
In a separate incident, some Jewish settlers physically assaulted a Palestinian woman in Khirbet Umm al-Marajem area in Duma village, south of Nablus.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said that settlers attacked a 35-year-old woman called Zubda Musallam with pepper spray in Khirbet Umm al-Marajem, adding that she was rushed to hospital for medical assistance.
The Israeli occupation police on Monday evening kidnaped two Palestinian young men from Issawiya district in east Jerusalem.
According to local sources, police forces stormed Issawiya and rounded up two young men identified as Nasrallah Mahmoud, 17, and Mohamed Dirbas, 23, during their presence near the Arba’ein Mosque.
The Israeli police in Jerusalem also banned seven Palestinians, including two women, from entering the Aqsa Mosque for many days.
Lawyer Khaled Zabarqa said the police arrested on Monday morning two women and five men when a Saudi soccer delegation visited the Aqsa Mosque, but later they released them after detaining them for some hours.
The detainees were also handed police orders preventing them from entering the Mosque for 15 days.
According to local sources, police forces stormed Issawiya and rounded up two young men identified as Nasrallah Mahmoud, 17, and Mohamed Dirbas, 23, during their presence near the Arba’ein Mosque.
The Israeli police in Jerusalem also banned seven Palestinians, including two women, from entering the Aqsa Mosque for many days.
Lawyer Khaled Zabarqa said the police arrested on Monday morning two women and five men when a Saudi soccer delegation visited the Aqsa Mosque, but later they released them after detaining them for some hours.
The detainees were also handed police orders preventing them from entering the Mosque for 15 days.
14 oct 2019
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, the head of the Palestinian Preventative Security, and five young men, in the courtyards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers abducted the head of the Palestinian Preventative Security office in occupied Jerusalem, Sa’id Atari, and five other young men.
It added that the soldiers invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, before abducting the six Palestinians, and took them to an interrogation center in Jerusalem.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers abducted the head of the Palestinian Preventative Security office in occupied Jerusalem, Sa’id Atari, and five other young men.
It added that the soldiers invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, before abducting the six Palestinians, and took them to an interrogation center in Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, Jerusalem Governor Adnan Gheith, and Fateh Secretary in the city, Shadi Mitwer, from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem.
Media sources said the soldiers stormed and ransacked the home of Shadi Mitwer, and assaulted him in front of his family, before abducting him.
They added that the soldiers also abducted Jerusalem governor, Adnan Gheith, from his home, in Silwan town, after violently searching it.
It is worth mentioning that both political officials have been repeatedly abducted and imprisoned by the army, as part of Israel’s ongoing violations against Palestinian officials, activists, and institutions in occupied Jerusalem.
Media sources said the soldiers stormed and ransacked the home of Shadi Mitwer, and assaulted him in front of his family, before abducting him.
They added that the soldiers also abducted Jerusalem governor, Adnan Gheith, from his home, in Silwan town, after violently searching it.
It is worth mentioning that both political officials have been repeatedly abducted and imprisoned by the army, as part of Israel’s ongoing violations against Palestinian officials, activists, and institutions in occupied Jerusalem.
The Jordanian Government has officially demanded Israel to release two of its citizens, who are imprisoned by Tel Aviv, including the young woman, holding a hunger strike.
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported that its ambassador in Tel Aviv officially demanded the Israeli side to immediately release Hiba al-Lubbadi and Abdul-Rahman Mer’ey.
It also demanded Israel to facilitate their immediate transfer to Jordan and added that it tasked its embassy in Tel Aviv to visit with the two detainees regularly until their freedom is secured.
Sufian al-Quda, the Spokesperson of the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, told Petra News Agency that the Hashemite Kingdom rejects holding the two detainees under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, and is demanding their immediate release.
Al-Quda added that Hiba al-Lubbadi is still ongoing with the hunger strike, an issue that makes securing her immediate release more urgent.
It is worth mentioning that Hiba was slapped with a five-month Administrative Detention order and is currently facing health complications but determined to continue her strike.
Hiba al-Lubbadi, 24, who started the hunger strike on September 24th, is currently imprisoned at the al-Jalama Israeli detention facility.
She was taken prisoner on the border terminal between Jordan and the occupied West Bank, while heading to Jenin to visit with her family, and was subjected to harsh interrogation for 25 consecutive days, before she was slapped with an Administrative Detention order.
Abdul-Rahman Mer’ey was abducted on September 2nd, while heading to the West Bank to attend the wedding of one of his relatives. He suffers from various health issues and undergone several surgeries in the last few years.
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported that its ambassador in Tel Aviv officially demanded the Israeli side to immediately release Hiba al-Lubbadi and Abdul-Rahman Mer’ey.
It also demanded Israel to facilitate their immediate transfer to Jordan and added that it tasked its embassy in Tel Aviv to visit with the two detainees regularly until their freedom is secured.
Sufian al-Quda, the Spokesperson of the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, told Petra News Agency that the Hashemite Kingdom rejects holding the two detainees under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, and is demanding their immediate release.
Al-Quda added that Hiba al-Lubbadi is still ongoing with the hunger strike, an issue that makes securing her immediate release more urgent.
It is worth mentioning that Hiba was slapped with a five-month Administrative Detention order and is currently facing health complications but determined to continue her strike.
Hiba al-Lubbadi, 24, who started the hunger strike on September 24th, is currently imprisoned at the al-Jalama Israeli detention facility.
She was taken prisoner on the border terminal between Jordan and the occupied West Bank, while heading to Jenin to visit with her family, and was subjected to harsh interrogation for 25 consecutive days, before she was slapped with an Administrative Detention order.
Abdul-Rahman Mer’ey was abducted on September 2nd, while heading to the West Bank to attend the wedding of one of his relatives. He suffers from various health issues and undergone several surgeries in the last few years.
13 oct 2019
Provoking Jerusalem's Palestinians 'For Nothing': Cop's Recording Sheds Light on 'Screwed Up' Policy
Israeli officers heard in a body camera video complaining about disputed operation in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Isawiyah, aimed at 'causing more problems'
Israeli police officers in the East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhood of Isawiyah were caught on camera complaining that there was no purpose to an ongoing police operation in the neighborhood, highly criticized by community leaders, other than deliberately provoking the residents.
The video footage, which was seen by an Israeli court during a hearing on charges pressed against a resident for throwing stones, shows one policeman telling his colleague: “It’s really provoking them for nothing. Why do this on purpose?”
During the entire course of the summer, the Jerusalem District Police carried out daily wide-scale raids in Isawiyah, entering the East Jerusalem neighborhood in the afternoon on patrol, setting up roadblocks and stopping motorists and passersby for inspection and then going back in at night to arrest residents.
More than 350 residents of Isawiyah have been arrested, including 11 in the early morning on Sunday, but charges were pressed only against about ten of them. Residents have claimed that the raids have been aimed at provoking them and that the police are seeking to spark violence. The residents also claim that there has been no stone throwing in the neighborhood before or during the raids other than at police forces that have entered Isawiyah.
Israeli police officers in the East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhood of Isawiyah were caught on camera complaining that there was no purpose to an ongoing police operation in the neighborhood, highly criticized by community leaders, other than deliberately provoking the residents.
The video footage, which was seen by an Israeli court during a hearing on charges pressed against a resident for throwing stones, shows one policeman telling his colleague: “It’s really provoking them for nothing. Why do this on purpose?”
During the entire course of the summer, the Jerusalem District Police carried out daily wide-scale raids in Isawiyah, entering the East Jerusalem neighborhood in the afternoon on patrol, setting up roadblocks and stopping motorists and passersby for inspection and then going back in at night to arrest residents.
More than 350 residents of Isawiyah have been arrested, including 11 in the early morning on Sunday, but charges were pressed only against about ten of them. Residents have claimed that the raids have been aimed at provoking them and that the police are seeking to spark violence. The residents also claim that there has been no stone throwing in the neighborhood before or during the raids other than at police forces that have entered Isawiyah.
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Such claims were also expressed in the video footage that was obtained by Haaretz and filmed in April, a few weeks before the police stepped up their enforcement activity in the neighborhood. It was filmed on a body camera worn by one of the policemen patrolling at the time. The video was taken on the neighborhood’s main street, in the vicinity of the main mosque in Isawiyah.
The police officers whose comments were caught on video stood near the mosque for several hours. Repeatedly one or another of the officers is seen raising his weapon as if purportedly aiming it a residents seen in the background. A large number of pedestrians and vehicles passed the policemen but none approached them. The police officers are heard talking among themselves about the purpose of police operations in Isawiyah. One of them remarked: “This is really provoking them for nothing.” The second police officer is heard agreeing. Later the first policemen said: “Why do this on purpose?” The second one replied: “Our policy is screwed up from the outset.” The first policeman then comments: “Let then live. You’re provoking them here for nothing.” Several minutes later the first policeman addressed a third: “I have a question for you. Isn’t what we’re doing here causing more problems?” The third policeman replied: “That’s the goal,” to which the first asked: “Causing more problems?” The second policeman then replied in the affirmative. Later two of the officers are heard discounting the danger posed by stones thrown in the neighborhood. One is heard saying it is not a terrorist attack. “It’s just stones,” he said. “It’s a game for them. They’re not throwing them to cause harm.” |
The video was presented during a hearing held at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court last week of Isawiyah resident Abdallah Mustafa, who was charged with throwing three stones at police officers on the day the video was filmed. Mustafa’s lawyer from the public defender’s office, Ahmed Awawdeh, claimed that the punishment to be imposed in the case should be reduced, in the interest of justice, due to the police officers’ comments heard in the video.
The remarks, Awawdeh noted, were made by the police themselves rather than Isawiyah residents or representatives from the B’Tselem Israeli human rights group or, as he noted, Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy “or anyone else.” They were members of the border police, he said.
“We see that there is no operational need here and that the police are entering the neighborhood for the purpose of harassing neighborhood residents, acts that terrify children,"Awawdeh said.
“How can someone stand facing children and pointing a weapon at their body? In a country ruled by law, this deliberate disruption of their lives has to be stopped. How can this be stopped? Through court rulings, through fearless statements by the court,” the defendant’s lawyer said.
The police have roundly rejected the claim that their operations have been carried out for purposes of harassment. The real aim is “preserving public order and enforcing the law at all times and in every location,” they said.
The prosecutor in Mustafa’s case, Doreen Haim, told the court that police officers seen in the video had misspoken: “There are no grounds for taking one momentary statement of a witness who later recanted. Just as the thoughts of defendants are not punished, the same is true regarding policemen who had a slip of the tongue.”
Magistrate’s Court Judge Yaron Mientkavich accepted the defendant’s position in part and said he would take the video into consideration while sentencing the defendant.
Mustafa was sentenced to seven and a half months in prison, which is considered relatively lenient in such a case, considering the fact he had previously been convicted of similar offenses.
Residents of Isawiyah have been claiming for months that the purpose of the police operations in the neighborhood is to harass the residents and disrupt their lives as collective punishment and to apply pressure on them. Over a period of years, testimony has accumulated suggesting that the police in Jerusalem have acted to increase friction with residents of the neighborhood.
In Kan public television’s reality series “Jerusalem District,” one officer, Erez Hazan, who was in a scene in which a weapon was planted in the home of an Isawiyah neighborhood, is seen saying: “There’s a procedure that is beginning to be carried out. They’re beginning to apply a bit of pressure in entering and leaving [the neighborhood] to provide the option that someone would make some kind of mistake.”
After Haaretz reported that the gun had been planted at the home of Samar Sleiman, the Kan public broadcaster cancelled the series and all of the episodes of the series were removed from its website.
In 2017, the police brought a busload of police to the neighborhood dressed as soldiers to provoke stone throwing and then to catch the perpetrators. A juvenile defendant caught in the operation was sentenced to 19 months in detention.
The remarks, Awawdeh noted, were made by the police themselves rather than Isawiyah residents or representatives from the B’Tselem Israeli human rights group or, as he noted, Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy “or anyone else.” They were members of the border police, he said.
“We see that there is no operational need here and that the police are entering the neighborhood for the purpose of harassing neighborhood residents, acts that terrify children,"Awawdeh said.
“How can someone stand facing children and pointing a weapon at their body? In a country ruled by law, this deliberate disruption of their lives has to be stopped. How can this be stopped? Through court rulings, through fearless statements by the court,” the defendant’s lawyer said.
The police have roundly rejected the claim that their operations have been carried out for purposes of harassment. The real aim is “preserving public order and enforcing the law at all times and in every location,” they said.
The prosecutor in Mustafa’s case, Doreen Haim, told the court that police officers seen in the video had misspoken: “There are no grounds for taking one momentary statement of a witness who later recanted. Just as the thoughts of defendants are not punished, the same is true regarding policemen who had a slip of the tongue.”
Magistrate’s Court Judge Yaron Mientkavich accepted the defendant’s position in part and said he would take the video into consideration while sentencing the defendant.
Mustafa was sentenced to seven and a half months in prison, which is considered relatively lenient in such a case, considering the fact he had previously been convicted of similar offenses.
Residents of Isawiyah have been claiming for months that the purpose of the police operations in the neighborhood is to harass the residents and disrupt their lives as collective punishment and to apply pressure on them. Over a period of years, testimony has accumulated suggesting that the police in Jerusalem have acted to increase friction with residents of the neighborhood.
In Kan public television’s reality series “Jerusalem District,” one officer, Erez Hazan, who was in a scene in which a weapon was planted in the home of an Isawiyah neighborhood, is seen saying: “There’s a procedure that is beginning to be carried out. They’re beginning to apply a bit of pressure in entering and leaving [the neighborhood] to provide the option that someone would make some kind of mistake.”
After Haaretz reported that the gun had been planted at the home of Samar Sleiman, the Kan public broadcaster cancelled the series and all of the episodes of the series were removed from its website.
In 2017, the police brought a busload of police to the neighborhood dressed as soldiers to provoke stone throwing and then to catch the perpetrators. A juvenile defendant caught in the operation was sentenced to 19 months in detention.
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, on Sunday morning, that a hunger-striking detainee, identified as Ismael Ahmad Ali, 30, from Abu Dis town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, is suffering a very serious health condition after 82 days of the hunger strike.
In a statement, the Committee said that the detainee now suffers from a severe drop in his heartbeats, in addition to losing approximately %25 of his body weight.
It added that Ali also suffers from constant pain in various parts of his body and is unable to move his legs or arms.
It is worth mentioning that the detainee was previously moved to an Israeli medical center due to his bad health condition, however, he was transferred to Nitzan prison, in Ramla, where he is currently held in solitary confinement.
The soldiers are constantly invading and searching his cell, in addition to cuffing his hands and legs to his bed under the pretext of “posing danger to them,” despite his bad health condition and inability to move.
It is worth mentioning that the Commission filed an appeal against the ongoing arbitrary Administrative Detention or the detainee, holding him captive without charges or trial, and added that a court hearing was scheduled for October 24th.
It is worth mentioning that the detainee was taken prisoner on January 12th, 2019, just one day before his wedding. He was also frequently abducted and imprisoned by Israel prior to his current detention.
Five other detainees are also ongoing with the hunger strike, protesting being held under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders.
The detainees are:
1. Ahmad Ghannam, ongoing hunger strike for 92 days.
2. Tareq Qa’dan, 75 days.
3. Ahmad Zahran, 22 days.
4. Hiba Lubbadi, 20 days.
5. Mos’ab al-Hindi, 20 days.
In a statement, the Committee said that the detainee now suffers from a severe drop in his heartbeats, in addition to losing approximately %25 of his body weight.
It added that Ali also suffers from constant pain in various parts of his body and is unable to move his legs or arms.
It is worth mentioning that the detainee was previously moved to an Israeli medical center due to his bad health condition, however, he was transferred to Nitzan prison, in Ramla, where he is currently held in solitary confinement.
The soldiers are constantly invading and searching his cell, in addition to cuffing his hands and legs to his bed under the pretext of “posing danger to them,” despite his bad health condition and inability to move.
It is worth mentioning that the Commission filed an appeal against the ongoing arbitrary Administrative Detention or the detainee, holding him captive without charges or trial, and added that a court hearing was scheduled for October 24th.
It is worth mentioning that the detainee was taken prisoner on January 12th, 2019, just one day before his wedding. He was also frequently abducted and imprisoned by Israel prior to his current detention.
Five other detainees are also ongoing with the hunger strike, protesting being held under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders.
The detainees are:
1. Ahmad Ghannam, ongoing hunger strike for 92 days.
2. Tareq Qa’dan, 75 days.
3. Ahmad Zahran, 22 days.
4. Hiba Lubbadi, 20 days.
5. Mos’ab al-Hindi, 20 days.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, seventeen Palestinians, including a father and his daughter, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, causing damage, before abducting at least seventeen Palestinians.
It added that ten of the abducted residents are from the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem.
They have been identified as Khaled Mustafa, Mohammad Ibrahim Darwish, Adam Shafiq Obeid, Mohammad Marwan Obeid, Khaled Walid Obeid, Dia’ Ayman Obeid, Mo’tasem Hamza Obeid, Hatem Hasan Zomorod, and Nadim Safadi, Firas Zghayyar.
Another Palestinian, identified as Wahid Shabana, was abducted from his home in the at-Tour neighborhood, in Jerusalem.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian father, identified as Yahia Ali Manasra, 46, and his daughter, Mariam, 20, from their home in Bani Neim town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. video
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Zaher Amer Barakat, 27, and Yazan Taiseer Abdul-Dayim, 21.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Hamza Monir, from his home in Sinjil town, northeast of Ramallah, in central West Bank.
In Ramallah city, the soldiers invaded the at-Tira neighborhood, west of the city, and fired a barrage of gas bombs at Palestinian protesters; dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also fired gas bombs at Palestinian protesters, near the main entrance of Surda village, north of Ramallah.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, causing damage, before abducting at least seventeen Palestinians.
It added that ten of the abducted residents are from the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem.
They have been identified as Khaled Mustafa, Mohammad Ibrahim Darwish, Adam Shafiq Obeid, Mohammad Marwan Obeid, Khaled Walid Obeid, Dia’ Ayman Obeid, Mo’tasem Hamza Obeid, Hatem Hasan Zomorod, and Nadim Safadi, Firas Zghayyar.
Another Palestinian, identified as Wahid Shabana, was abducted from his home in the at-Tour neighborhood, in Jerusalem.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian father, identified as Yahia Ali Manasra, 46, and his daughter, Mariam, 20, from their home in Bani Neim town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. video
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Zaher Amer Barakat, 27, and Yazan Taiseer Abdul-Dayim, 21.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Hamza Monir, from his home in Sinjil town, northeast of Ramallah, in central West Bank.
In Ramallah city, the soldiers invaded the at-Tira neighborhood, west of the city, and fired a barrage of gas bombs at Palestinian protesters; dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also fired gas bombs at Palestinian protesters, near the main entrance of Surda village, north of Ramallah.
