28 oct 2019
A Palestinian youth was injured on Monday evening after being shot by Israeli occupation forces in the Old City of Jerusalem for allegedly attempting a stabbing attack.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces opened fire at a Palestinian youth in the Old City, injuring him in the arm, before they detained him. video video
Israeli media sources claimed that the detainee attempted a stabbing attack near al-Sahera Gate, one of the main entrances to al-Aqsa Mosque, but no injuries were reported.
The Israeli forces later closed al-Sahera Gate, assaulted the Palestinian citizens who were present in the area, and sprayed them with pepper gas. video
VIDEO : Israeli Police Pepper Spray Palestinians, Shoot One, Detain Three
Israeli police, Monday, closed the gates to the Old City of Jerusalem following an alleged stabbing attempt, detaining three people, including an elderly man, witnesses told Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA).
Eyewitnesses reported police shooting into the air, some reported heavy shooting, in addition to pepper spraying people. The police were said to have chased a youth alleged to have attempted to stab police in Bab Hutta area of the Old City. video
Israeli police were deployed throughout the Old City, and closed the Damascus Gate and Herod’s Gate.
Later reports said police apprehended a young Palestinian at Herod’s Gate, after shooting him in the arm. The young man was seen being taken away in an Israeli ambulance with police following it.
The identities of the injured Palestinian, or the other two detainees were unknown at the time of reporting. video
Israeli police are shown in the video yelling and pushing elderly Palestinian men in the streets of the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces opened fire at a Palestinian youth in the Old City, injuring him in the arm, before they detained him. video video
Israeli media sources claimed that the detainee attempted a stabbing attack near al-Sahera Gate, one of the main entrances to al-Aqsa Mosque, but no injuries were reported.
The Israeli forces later closed al-Sahera Gate, assaulted the Palestinian citizens who were present in the area, and sprayed them with pepper gas. video
VIDEO : Israeli Police Pepper Spray Palestinians, Shoot One, Detain Three
Israeli police, Monday, closed the gates to the Old City of Jerusalem following an alleged stabbing attempt, detaining three people, including an elderly man, witnesses told Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA).
Eyewitnesses reported police shooting into the air, some reported heavy shooting, in addition to pepper spraying people. The police were said to have chased a youth alleged to have attempted to stab police in Bab Hutta area of the Old City. video
Israeli police were deployed throughout the Old City, and closed the Damascus Gate and Herod’s Gate.
Later reports said police apprehended a young Palestinian at Herod’s Gate, after shooting him in the arm. The young man was seen being taken away in an Israeli ambulance with police following it.
The identities of the injured Palestinian, or the other two detainees were unknown at the time of reporting. video
Israeli police are shown in the video yelling and pushing elderly Palestinian men in the streets of the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
Four Palestinian administrative detainees in Israel remain on hunger strike against their indefinite incarceration without charge or trial, including one who has been consistently refusing food for 97 days in a row, the Palestinian Prisoners Commission said, today.
Ismail Ali, from Abu Dis, to the east of Jerusalem, has been on hunger strike for 97 days, today.
The Israeli High Court, yesterday, rejected his petition for release. The commission said that Ali’s health has seriously deteriorated, due to his long fast.
Another administrative detainee, Hiba Labadi, a Jordanian citizen who has been on hunger strike for 35 days, also in protest against her administrative detention without charge or trial, was transferred to hospital following a deterioration in her health, said the Prisoners Commission.
Labadi was arrested upon her arrival at Allenby Bridge crossing with Jordan, on her way into the West Bank, and has been on hunger strike since then, protesting her torture and detention.
A third hunger striker, Ahmad Zahran, who has been fasting for 37 days, has had his administrative detention order extended by four more months, two days before his current one was supposed to end.
The fourth is Musab Hindi, who has been on hunger strike for 35 days, also demanding his release from administrative detention.
Two other administrative detainees, Tareq Qadan and Ahmad Ghannam, have recently ended their long hunger strike after they were guaranteed that their administrative detention would not be renewed past the present period, WAFA correspondence reports.
Ismail Ali, from Abu Dis, to the east of Jerusalem, has been on hunger strike for 97 days, today.
The Israeli High Court, yesterday, rejected his petition for release. The commission said that Ali’s health has seriously deteriorated, due to his long fast.
Another administrative detainee, Hiba Labadi, a Jordanian citizen who has been on hunger strike for 35 days, also in protest against her administrative detention without charge or trial, was transferred to hospital following a deterioration in her health, said the Prisoners Commission.
Labadi was arrested upon her arrival at Allenby Bridge crossing with Jordan, on her way into the West Bank, and has been on hunger strike since then, protesting her torture and detention.
A third hunger striker, Ahmad Zahran, who has been fasting for 37 days, has had his administrative detention order extended by four more months, two days before his current one was supposed to end.
The fourth is Musab Hindi, who has been on hunger strike for 35 days, also demanding his release from administrative detention.
Two other administrative detainees, Tareq Qadan and Ahmad Ghannam, have recently ended their long hunger strike after they were guaranteed that their administrative detention would not be renewed past the present period, WAFA correspondence reports.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday arrested a number of Palestinian citizens during large-scale campaigns in the West Bank. video
Local sources said that the IOF arrested 13 Palestinian youths in different areas in al-Khalil.
Three Palestinian citizens were handed orders to appear before the Israel Intelligence Service for interrogation.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF searched several Palestinian homes and seized money.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested 13 Palestinian youths in different areas in al-Khalil.
Three Palestinian citizens were handed orders to appear before the Israel Intelligence Service for interrogation.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF searched several Palestinian homes and seized money.
Israeli forces on Monday abducted two Palestinians, including a liberated prisoner from Tulkarem.
The prisoner society in Tulkarem told the Wafa News Agency that the Israeli occupation forces arrested the young Husni Hassan Abu Shanab and the liberated prisoner Qassam Riad Bedair.
The abductions after the soldiers raided and searched the houses of the two men. Both abductees are 34 years old.
The troops also raided and searched a number of Palestinian houses in the village of Qufin in the north, while no casualties were reported.
The prisoner society in Tulkarem told the Wafa News Agency that the Israeli occupation forces arrested the young Husni Hassan Abu Shanab and the liberated prisoner Qassam Riad Bedair.
The abductions after the soldiers raided and searched the houses of the two men. Both abductees are 34 years old.
The troops also raided and searched a number of Palestinian houses in the village of Qufin in the north, while no casualties were reported.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, the town of al-‘Isawiya, in occupied East Jerusalem, before storming many stores, and forced them to close.
Media sources said the many army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stopped and harassed many Palestinians, while inspecting their ID cards and searching them.
They added that the soldiers invaded many shops in the town, and attacked several shop owners, before forcing them to close and leave. video video
It worth mentioning that, on Sunday at dawn, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the town and abducted nine Palestinians.
The town has been subject to constant invasions, the violent searches of homes and stores, in addition to the abduction of dozens of its residents, high fines and fees imposed on the Palestinians, and the demolition of homes and property.
Media sources said the many army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stopped and harassed many Palestinians, while inspecting their ID cards and searching them.
They added that the soldiers invaded many shops in the town, and attacked several shop owners, before forcing them to close and leave. video video
It worth mentioning that, on Sunday at dawn, the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the town and abducted nine Palestinians.
The town has been subject to constant invasions, the violent searches of homes and stores, in addition to the abduction of dozens of its residents, high fines and fees imposed on the Palestinians, and the demolition of homes and property.
27 oct 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday evening abducted a Palestinian youth in Qalqilya City.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF arrested Ibrahim Zaid, 21, at a checkpoint in the southern area of Qalqilya.
They added that the detainee was transferred to an undeclared destination.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF arrested Ibrahim Zaid, 21, at a checkpoint in the southern area of Qalqilya.
They added that the detainee was transferred to an undeclared destination.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday arrested 18 Palestinian citizens, including 10 workmen, in the West Bank.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, seven Palestinian young men were arrested during a large-scale campaign in al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem.
An eighth Palestinian citizen was kidnapped from his home in Tulkarem.
Meanwhile, the IOF arrested 10 Palestinian workers during their attempt to enter the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories through a separation wall gate near Tulkarem.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, seven Palestinian young men were arrested during a large-scale campaign in al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem.
An eighth Palestinian citizen was kidnapped from his home in Tulkarem.
Meanwhile, the IOF arrested 10 Palestinian workers during their attempt to enter the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories through a separation wall gate near Tulkarem.
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Palestinian, International and Israeli activists take part in a direct action inside an Israeli outpost in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, October 26, 2019. Israeli forces detained 34 people, among them 23 activists and 11 Palestinian journalists. video
Phones and cameras were confiscated from the Palestinian journalists. All detainees were released the same night except of one Palestinian that is still under arrest. |
The Israeli occupation police on Sunday kidnaped seven Palestinian young men from their homes in Issawiya district, east of Jerusalem.
The detainees were identified as Anwar Sami Obeid, Hamed Obeid, Mahmoud Zumorod, Mohamed Khaled, Ismail Sanqarat, Malek ash-Sheikh, Mohamed Dawoud.
For nearly five months, Israeli police forces have been raiding the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya on a daily basis, ransacking homes and arresting and assaulting Palestinians.
The Israeli campaign against Issawiya is aimed at oppressing and making life miserable for all who live there as part of efforts to push the native residents out of the holy city.
The detainees were identified as Anwar Sami Obeid, Hamed Obeid, Mahmoud Zumorod, Mohamed Khaled, Ismail Sanqarat, Malek ash-Sheikh, Mohamed Dawoud.
For nearly five months, Israeli police forces have been raiding the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya on a daily basis, ransacking homes and arresting and assaulting Palestinians.
The Israeli campaign against Issawiya is aimed at oppressing and making life miserable for all who live there as part of efforts to push the native residents out of the holy city.
26 oct 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday kidnaped three Palestinian citizens, including two children, during a campaign in different areas of al-Khalil city.
Local sources reported that the IOF stormed the neighborhood of al-Harayek and al-Tahrir rotary in al-Khalil, and kidnaped two kids from their homes, adding that the IOF also ransacked some commercial stores in those areas.
The IOF also stormed Sanjar suburb between Dura town and al-Khalil city, raided homes and rounded up a young man called Waseem Yousef, according to the local sources.
Several homes were ransacked in the Old City of al-Khalil during the IOF campaign, with no reported arrests.
Local sources reported that the IOF stormed the neighborhood of al-Harayek and al-Tahrir rotary in al-Khalil, and kidnaped two kids from their homes, adding that the IOF also ransacked some commercial stores in those areas.
The IOF also stormed Sanjar suburb between Dura town and al-Khalil city, raided homes and rounded up a young man called Waseem Yousef, according to the local sources.
Several homes were ransacked in the Old City of al-Khalil during the IOF campaign, with no reported arrests.
Israeli police Saturday evening, attacked Palestinians demonstrating in occupied Jerusalem city in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in protest of their administrative detention in Israeli jails, said local sources. video
Sources said Israeli police attacked demonstrators with tear gas canisters and stun grenades in an attempt to disperse them, one Palestinian youth was detained after being brutally attacked by police. video video video
Five Palestinians have been on an open-ended hunger strike demanding an end to their unending administrative detention, which Israel uses to incarcerate Palestinian activists based on secret evidence for six months at a time that could be renewed indefinitely.
The five prisoners are Ismail Ali, on strike for 95 days, Tareq Qadan, on strike for 88 days, Ahmad Zahran, for 35 days, Musab Hindi, for 33 days, and Heba Labadi, a Jordanian citizen, also for 33 days.
Sources said Israeli police attacked demonstrators with tear gas canisters and stun grenades in an attempt to disperse them, one Palestinian youth was detained after being brutally attacked by police. video video video
Five Palestinians have been on an open-ended hunger strike demanding an end to their unending administrative detention, which Israel uses to incarcerate Palestinian activists based on secret evidence for six months at a time that could be renewed indefinitely.
The five prisoners are Ismail Ali, on strike for 95 days, Tareq Qadan, on strike for 88 days, Ahmad Zahran, for 35 days, Musab Hindi, for 33 days, and Heba Labadi, a Jordanian citizen, also for 33 days.
25 oct 2019
Ayham Sabah
In December 2018, 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in prison for his alleged role in a stabbing attack targeting an Israeli soldier in an illegal Jewish settlement in the West Bank.
Sabah was only 14 years old when the alleged attack took place.
Another alleged attacker, Omar al-Rimawi, also 14, was reportedly shot by undercover Israeli forces in the Shufat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem. He later succumbed to his wounds.
Although the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a “child” as “every human being below the age of eighteen years”, Israel chooses not to abide by that definition. In Israel, there are two kinds of children: Israeli children who are 18 years old or younger, and Palestinians children, 16 years and younger.
In Sabah’s case, he was detained for years to ensure that he was tried as an “adult” per Israel’s skewed legal standards.
According to research conducted by the Israeli rights group, B’Tselem, by the end of August 2019, 185 Palestinian children, including two younger than 14 years old were held in various Israeli prisons as “security detainees and prisoners.”
Thousands of Palestinian children are constantly being rotated through the Israeli prison system, often accused of “security” offenses, which include taking part in anti-Israeli occupation protests and rallies in the West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Association estimates that at least 6,000 Palestinian children have been detained in Israeli prisons since 2015.
In a statement issued last April, the Association, revealed that “98 percent of the children held had been subjected to psychological and/or physical abuse while in Israeli custody” and that many of them were detained “after first being shot and wounded by Israeli troops.”
While Gazan children are the ones most likely to lose their lives or get shot by the Israeli army, the children of occupied East Jerusalem are “the most targeted” by Israeli troops in terms of detention or prolonged imprisonment.
In 2016, the US and Israeli governments signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding, whereby, the US “pledges” to grant Israel $38 billion in military aid. The previous agreement, which concluded in 2018, gave Israel over $3 billion per year.
Most of the money went to finance Israeli wars and security for illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank. A large portion of that money was, and still is, allocated to subsidize the Israeli prison system and military courts located in occupied Palestine – the kind that regularly detain and torture Palestinian children.
Aside from the US government, which has blindly supported Israel’s ongoing violations of international law, many governments and rights groups around the world have constantly highlighted Israel’s criminally reprehensible treatment of Palestinian children.
In a written submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the State of Palestine last March, the group reported that “Palestinian children aged between 12 and 17 years from the West Bank and East Jerusalem, continue to be detained and arrested by Israeli forces.”
“Israeli security forces routinely interrogate children without a guardian or lawyer present, use unnecessary force against children during arrest, which often takes place in the middle of the night, and physically abuse them in custody,” HRW reported.
While the US government, lawmakers and media often turn a blind eye to such violations, Congresswoman Betty McCollum does not. The representative for Minnesota’s 4th congressional district has taken a stand against the prevailing norm in American politics, arguing that Israel must respect the rights of Palestinian children, and that the US government should not be funding Israel’s violations of human rights.
On April 30, McCollum introduced House resolution H.R. 2407 – “Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act”.
“I am introducing legislation to protect children from abuse, violence, psychological trauma, and torture,” she said in her statement to the Congress.
“The legislation I am introducing is expressly intended to end U.S. support and funding for Israel’s systematic military detention, interrogation, abuse, torture, and prosecution of Palestinian children.”
By introducing H.R. 2407, McCollum has broken several major taboos in the US government. She unapologetically characterizes Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights with all the correct terms – “torture”, “abuse”, and so on… Moreover, she calls for conditioning US military support for Israel on the latter’s respect for human rights.
As of November 17, H.R. 2407 has acquired 22 co-sponsors, with Rep. Mark DeSaulnier being the last Congress member to join the list.
This is not the first time that McCollum has taken such brave initiatives. In November 2017, she introduced the “Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act” (H.R. 4391). Then, she pushed the bill with the same vigor and moral clarity as today’s campaign.
The 2017 bill was not enacted in the previous Congress. McCollum is hoping to change that this time around, and there are good reasons to believe that H.R. 2407 could succeed.
One public opinion poll after another points to a shift in US perception of Israel, especially among Democrats and even US Jewish voters.
Eager to exploit the political chasm, US President Donald Trump accused Jewish Democrats who don’t support Israel of being “disloyal”.
“The Democrats have gone very far away from Israel,” Trump said last August. “In my opinion, you vote for a Democrat, you’re being very disloyal to Jewish people and very disloyal to Israel.”
In fact, it seems that an increasing number of American voters are now linking their perception of Israel to their perception of their own polarizing President and his relationship with the equally polarizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The above reality is now widening the margins of criticism of Israel, whether in the US Congress, media, or other facets of American life which have historically stood on the side of Israel despite the latter’s dismal human rights record.
While one hopes that McCollum’s congressional bill pays dividends in the service of human rights in Palestine and Israel, one hopes equally that the current shift in American political perceptions continues unhindered.
In December 2018, 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in prison for his alleged role in a stabbing attack targeting an Israeli soldier in an illegal Jewish settlement in the West Bank.
Sabah was only 14 years old when the alleged attack took place.
Another alleged attacker, Omar al-Rimawi, also 14, was reportedly shot by undercover Israeli forces in the Shufat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem. He later succumbed to his wounds.
Although the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a “child” as “every human being below the age of eighteen years”, Israel chooses not to abide by that definition. In Israel, there are two kinds of children: Israeli children who are 18 years old or younger, and Palestinians children, 16 years and younger.
In Sabah’s case, he was detained for years to ensure that he was tried as an “adult” per Israel’s skewed legal standards.
According to research conducted by the Israeli rights group, B’Tselem, by the end of August 2019, 185 Palestinian children, including two younger than 14 years old were held in various Israeli prisons as “security detainees and prisoners.”
Thousands of Palestinian children are constantly being rotated through the Israeli prison system, often accused of “security” offenses, which include taking part in anti-Israeli occupation protests and rallies in the West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Association estimates that at least 6,000 Palestinian children have been detained in Israeli prisons since 2015.
In a statement issued last April, the Association, revealed that “98 percent of the children held had been subjected to psychological and/or physical abuse while in Israeli custody” and that many of them were detained “after first being shot and wounded by Israeli troops.”
While Gazan children are the ones most likely to lose their lives or get shot by the Israeli army, the children of occupied East Jerusalem are “the most targeted” by Israeli troops in terms of detention or prolonged imprisonment.
In 2016, the US and Israeli governments signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding, whereby, the US “pledges” to grant Israel $38 billion in military aid. The previous agreement, which concluded in 2018, gave Israel over $3 billion per year.
Most of the money went to finance Israeli wars and security for illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank. A large portion of that money was, and still is, allocated to subsidize the Israeli prison system and military courts located in occupied Palestine – the kind that regularly detain and torture Palestinian children.
Aside from the US government, which has blindly supported Israel’s ongoing violations of international law, many governments and rights groups around the world have constantly highlighted Israel’s criminally reprehensible treatment of Palestinian children.
In a written submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the State of Palestine last March, the group reported that “Palestinian children aged between 12 and 17 years from the West Bank and East Jerusalem, continue to be detained and arrested by Israeli forces.”
“Israeli security forces routinely interrogate children without a guardian or lawyer present, use unnecessary force against children during arrest, which often takes place in the middle of the night, and physically abuse them in custody,” HRW reported.
While the US government, lawmakers and media often turn a blind eye to such violations, Congresswoman Betty McCollum does not. The representative for Minnesota’s 4th congressional district has taken a stand against the prevailing norm in American politics, arguing that Israel must respect the rights of Palestinian children, and that the US government should not be funding Israel’s violations of human rights.
On April 30, McCollum introduced House resolution H.R. 2407 – “Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act”.
“I am introducing legislation to protect children from abuse, violence, psychological trauma, and torture,” she said in her statement to the Congress.
“The legislation I am introducing is expressly intended to end U.S. support and funding for Israel’s systematic military detention, interrogation, abuse, torture, and prosecution of Palestinian children.”
By introducing H.R. 2407, McCollum has broken several major taboos in the US government. She unapologetically characterizes Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights with all the correct terms – “torture”, “abuse”, and so on… Moreover, she calls for conditioning US military support for Israel on the latter’s respect for human rights.
As of November 17, H.R. 2407 has acquired 22 co-sponsors, with Rep. Mark DeSaulnier being the last Congress member to join the list.
This is not the first time that McCollum has taken such brave initiatives. In November 2017, she introduced the “Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act” (H.R. 4391). Then, she pushed the bill with the same vigor and moral clarity as today’s campaign.
The 2017 bill was not enacted in the previous Congress. McCollum is hoping to change that this time around, and there are good reasons to believe that H.R. 2407 could succeed.
One public opinion poll after another points to a shift in US perception of Israel, especially among Democrats and even US Jewish voters.
Eager to exploit the political chasm, US President Donald Trump accused Jewish Democrats who don’t support Israel of being “disloyal”.
“The Democrats have gone very far away from Israel,” Trump said last August. “In my opinion, you vote for a Democrat, you’re being very disloyal to Jewish people and very disloyal to Israel.”
In fact, it seems that an increasing number of American voters are now linking their perception of Israel to their perception of their own polarizing President and his relationship with the equally polarizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The above reality is now widening the margins of criticism of Israel, whether in the US Congress, media, or other facets of American life which have historically stood on the side of Israel despite the latter’s dismal human rights record.
While one hopes that McCollum’s congressional bill pays dividends in the service of human rights in Palestine and Israel, one hopes equally that the current shift in American political perceptions continues unhindered.
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier on Friday at dawn, a wheelchair-bound Palestinian woman, from her home in Beit Liqya town, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The Mayor of Beit Liqya, Arij Aassi, told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that the soldiers invaded the home of Hiam Shokri Bader, 65, and took her to an unknown destination.
She added that Hiam is paralyzed, and that approximately 10 days ago, the soldiers stormed her home, and abducted her sons, Tha’er, Ashraf and Tamer.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, a group of illegal Israeli colonists infiltrated into Yitma town, south of the city, and punctured the tires of several Palestinian cars, in addition to writing racist graffiti.
The Mayor of Beit Liqya, Arij Aassi, told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that the soldiers invaded the home of Hiam Shokri Bader, 65, and took her to an unknown destination.
She added that Hiam is paralyzed, and that approximately 10 days ago, the soldiers stormed her home, and abducted her sons, Tha’er, Ashraf and Tamer.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, a group of illegal Israeli colonists infiltrated into Yitma town, south of the city, and punctured the tires of several Palestinian cars, in addition to writing racist graffiti.
Israeli forces on Thursday evening invaded the town of al-Issawiya in East Jerusalem, desecrated a mosque, and fired tear gas at Palestinian residents of the town.
Local sources told WAFA that a number of heavily armed Israeli soldiers had desecrated their shoes at the Al-Arba’een mosque in the middle of Issawiya, under the pretext of “searching for children.”
Earlier on Thursday afternoon, the Israeli forces abducted Majd Rafat Tariq al-Issawi from the center of the town. video
In addition, Israeli troops installed a roadblock near a home of a deceased Palestinian and started searching cars and interrogating residents
al-Issawiya is one of the towns subjected to a continuous campaign of harassment and abductions of Palestinian residents, as it has been designated as an area for Jewish colonization.
This policy of harassment was recently revealed by a tape leaked from the Israeli police in Jerusalem in which the officers admitted that they harass residents of al-Issawiya for no reason, simply to cause problems for the residents.
Video showing the invasion of the mosque.
Local sources told WAFA that a number of heavily armed Israeli soldiers had desecrated their shoes at the Al-Arba’een mosque in the middle of Issawiya, under the pretext of “searching for children.”
Earlier on Thursday afternoon, the Israeli forces abducted Majd Rafat Tariq al-Issawi from the center of the town. video
In addition, Israeli troops installed a roadblock near a home of a deceased Palestinian and started searching cars and interrogating residents
al-Issawiya is one of the towns subjected to a continuous campaign of harassment and abductions of Palestinian residents, as it has been designated as an area for Jewish colonization.
This policy of harassment was recently revealed by a tape leaked from the Israeli police in Jerusalem in which the officers admitted that they harass residents of al-Issawiya for no reason, simply to cause problems for the residents.
Video showing the invasion of the mosque.
The Israeli occupation authorities on Thursday transferred the Jordanian detainee Heba al-Labadi to the hospital following a deterioration in her health condition nearly a month after she started an open-ended hunger strike in protest at her administrative detention, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said.
The ministry spokesman Sufyan Qudah said in a press statement that Heba was transferred to the hospital on Thursday and provided with the necessary treatment before she was returned to prison on the same day.
"Heba's health condition is now stable," Qudah affirmed.
Ahmad al-Labadi, Heba's father, said in statements to Quds Press that his daughter, who has been on hunger strike for 31 days, is suffering from fatigue, dizziness and heart-related complications.
Heba al-Labadi was arrested by Israeli occupation forces on 20 August when she arrived with her mother at al-Karama crossing to attend a wedding in Nablus in the West Bank.
In the first weeks of her detention Heba was subjected to harsh interrogation and torture and prevented from seeing her family. About 33 days after she was arrested, although no charge was made against her, an Israeli court issued a five-month administrative detention order against her and she was moved to Damon jail.
Israel is holding 22 Jordanian prisoners in its jails, the latest of whom were Heba al-Labadi and Abdulrahman Mar'i who suffers from cancer and needs urgent medical interventions.
The ministry spokesman Sufyan Qudah said in a press statement that Heba was transferred to the hospital on Thursday and provided with the necessary treatment before she was returned to prison on the same day.
"Heba's health condition is now stable," Qudah affirmed.
Ahmad al-Labadi, Heba's father, said in statements to Quds Press that his daughter, who has been on hunger strike for 31 days, is suffering from fatigue, dizziness and heart-related complications.
Heba al-Labadi was arrested by Israeli occupation forces on 20 August when she arrived with her mother at al-Karama crossing to attend a wedding in Nablus in the West Bank.
In the first weeks of her detention Heba was subjected to harsh interrogation and torture and prevented from seeing her family. About 33 days after she was arrested, although no charge was made against her, an Israeli court issued a five-month administrative detention order against her and she was moved to Damon jail.
Israel is holding 22 Jordanian prisoners in its jails, the latest of whom were Heba al-Labadi and Abdulrahman Mar'i who suffers from cancer and needs urgent medical interventions.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday and Friday arrested seven Palestinian citizens, including a child, in different areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation army said in a statement on Friday morning that six Palestinian young men, whose identities have not been revealed, were arrested in the West Bank for being involved in attacks against Israeli targets.
On Thursday evening the IOF kidnapped a Palestinian boy in Silwan town in Jerusalem. video video
Local sources said that the IOF arrested the child Mohammed Zaitoun in Silwan and transferred him to a nearby detention center.
The Israeli occupation army said in a statement on Friday morning that six Palestinian young men, whose identities have not been revealed, were arrested in the West Bank for being involved in attacks against Israeli targets.
On Thursday evening the IOF kidnapped a Palestinian boy in Silwan town in Jerusalem. video video
Local sources said that the IOF arrested the child Mohammed Zaitoun in Silwan and transferred him to a nearby detention center.
