22 sept 2014
Palestinian prisoners rearrested this year, after being released in the 2011 Shalit swap deal, have announced that they would go on hunger strike this Tuesday, in order to pressure the Palestinian delegation in Cairo to negotiate with Israel for their release.
According to Ma'an, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners' Society said, Monday, that the strike will be observed by 63 prisoners who were among the group freed by Israel under the terms of a 2011 arrangement.
1,027 Palestinian prisoners were released under this Egyptian-brokered deal between Hamas and the Israeli government, for the return of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli sports columnist and a former Israeli soldier.
PPS head, Qaddura Fares, called on the delegation to "hold onto the principle of releasing these prisoners especially since they have begun considering an open hunger strike in protest of their rearrest."
The strike is meant to coincide with the resumption of indirect truce talks in Cairo, aimed at following up on the terms of a ceasefire deal which went into effect on August 26, ending 50 days of devastating conflict within the coastal region.
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators had both agreed to resume talks within a month of that date to discuss the terms, including the possibility of a new swap arrangement, though Israel has been reluctant to return to the negotiating table.
Negotiations are not expected to last more than a day, as the Jewish New Year holiday begins at sundown on Wednesday, according to M'an, and it is not clear how long the planned hunger strike will last.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli jails.
See also: UN Rights Council: International Campaign to Release Palestinian Ex-detainees Forthcoming
Samer al-Issawi in "Deteriorating Condition"
According to Ma'an, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners' Society said, Monday, that the strike will be observed by 63 prisoners who were among the group freed by Israel under the terms of a 2011 arrangement.
1,027 Palestinian prisoners were released under this Egyptian-brokered deal between Hamas and the Israeli government, for the return of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli sports columnist and a former Israeli soldier.
PPS head, Qaddura Fares, called on the delegation to "hold onto the principle of releasing these prisoners especially since they have begun considering an open hunger strike in protest of their rearrest."
The strike is meant to coincide with the resumption of indirect truce talks in Cairo, aimed at following up on the terms of a ceasefire deal which went into effect on August 26, ending 50 days of devastating conflict within the coastal region.
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators had both agreed to resume talks within a month of that date to discuss the terms, including the possibility of a new swap arrangement, though Israel has been reluctant to return to the negotiating table.
Negotiations are not expected to last more than a day, as the Jewish New Year holiday begins at sundown on Wednesday, according to M'an, and it is not clear how long the planned hunger strike will last.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli jails.
See also: UN Rights Council: International Campaign to Release Palestinian Ex-detainees Forthcoming
Samer al-Issawi in "Deteriorating Condition"
Abdulhakim Bawatna, the former dean of the Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails, said that the suffering and the anguish of the detainees and the non-stop punishments against prisoners portend an explosion in the Israeli prisons. Bawatna, in an interview with the PIC, stressed the importance of organizing popular activities in support of prisoners.
He called, in this respect, for putting an end to the harassments and assaults on citizens who organize such solidarity events, such as storming solidarity tents and abusing the detainees' wives and families during solidarity rallies.
A silent war
Bawatna pointed out that the situation in Israeli prisons is really hard, especially after the administrative detainees' hunger strike and the war on Gaza.
He clarified that Israel jailors raid and search the prisoners' rooms during the night, and summoning special units including the Metsada, Yamas and Nahshon to break into prisoners’ rooms while sleeping.
The ex-detainee pointed to some unjust penalties including denying family visits and access to the prison canteen, in addition to depriving the prisoners of their financial allocations and their TV sets or turning all channels off and imposing financial penalties on them especially those who participated in the hunger strike.
Bawatna charged that IOF soldiers were taking revenge on the prisoners during the Gaza conflict by imposing more psychological and physical punishments on them, especially after the failure of the Israeli military aggression on Gaza.
He described such practices as failed attempts to humiliate the Palestinian people by targeting their prisoners and to undermine the high morale of the Palestinians after the resistance's victory.
Torturing the detainees
He also mentioned that many detainees were brutally tortured during the so-called "military investigation", causing them serious health problems, physical injuries and some of them couldn’t even walk or stand up for days; furthermore; they were deprived of medical treatment and were totally neglected.
As for the news about a "famine" in the Negev desert prison, Bawatna said: "the prison administration recently reduced the quantity of food served to the detainees who were mainly depending on the canteen, but the Israeli Prison Service also deprived them of the money they used to get from their families and so they could not buy from the canteen”.
A new dean
Bawatna said that after his release, "Mahmoud Shalatoh is the dean now; he was arrested in early May, 2012 and served 29 months of administrative detention periods. He hails from Aboud village, south of Ramallah, and is held in Negev prison.
He noted that the number of the administrative detainees is about 500 after the latest arrest campaign last June, adding that only few of them were released.
And he quoted the detainees as saying that the popular solidarity activities, which coincided with the administrative hunger strike, was below the required level while the media reaction was satisfying.
He said the detainees need popular solidarity rallies and activities especially that they are being severely punished. The detainees have recently witnessed the worst conditions in years, and they are expected to take some steps so as to gain some of their rights back, he added.
Bawatna was detained on several past occasions and served more than five years in the Israeli occupation jails on aggregate.
He called, in this respect, for putting an end to the harassments and assaults on citizens who organize such solidarity events, such as storming solidarity tents and abusing the detainees' wives and families during solidarity rallies.
A silent war
Bawatna pointed out that the situation in Israeli prisons is really hard, especially after the administrative detainees' hunger strike and the war on Gaza.
He clarified that Israel jailors raid and search the prisoners' rooms during the night, and summoning special units including the Metsada, Yamas and Nahshon to break into prisoners’ rooms while sleeping.
The ex-detainee pointed to some unjust penalties including denying family visits and access to the prison canteen, in addition to depriving the prisoners of their financial allocations and their TV sets or turning all channels off and imposing financial penalties on them especially those who participated in the hunger strike.
Bawatna charged that IOF soldiers were taking revenge on the prisoners during the Gaza conflict by imposing more psychological and physical punishments on them, especially after the failure of the Israeli military aggression on Gaza.
He described such practices as failed attempts to humiliate the Palestinian people by targeting their prisoners and to undermine the high morale of the Palestinians after the resistance's victory.
Torturing the detainees
He also mentioned that many detainees were brutally tortured during the so-called "military investigation", causing them serious health problems, physical injuries and some of them couldn’t even walk or stand up for days; furthermore; they were deprived of medical treatment and were totally neglected.
As for the news about a "famine" in the Negev desert prison, Bawatna said: "the prison administration recently reduced the quantity of food served to the detainees who were mainly depending on the canteen, but the Israeli Prison Service also deprived them of the money they used to get from their families and so they could not buy from the canteen”.
A new dean
Bawatna said that after his release, "Mahmoud Shalatoh is the dean now; he was arrested in early May, 2012 and served 29 months of administrative detention periods. He hails from Aboud village, south of Ramallah, and is held in Negev prison.
He noted that the number of the administrative detainees is about 500 after the latest arrest campaign last June, adding that only few of them were released.
And he quoted the detainees as saying that the popular solidarity activities, which coincided with the administrative hunger strike, was below the required level while the media reaction was satisfying.
He said the detainees need popular solidarity rallies and activities especially that they are being severely punished. The detainees have recently witnessed the worst conditions in years, and they are expected to take some steps so as to gain some of their rights back, he added.
Bawatna was detained on several past occasions and served more than five years in the Israeli occupation jails on aggregate.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Monday 16 Palestinians throughout the West Bank including six citizens from al-Khalil. Local sources said that IOF soldiers stormed overnight Wadi Sharek town in al-Khalil where they raided and searched a number of homes. The leader in Hamas Movement Sheikh Izat Shalalda, 51, was arrested during the raid along with a number of his relatives.
Shalalda who was previously detained in Israeli and PA jails was transferred to an unknown destination along with five of his relatives.
In Ramallah, Israeli patrols stormed a number of homes belonging to two citizens affiliated with Hamas Movement in Beitunia town. The two citizens were taken to Ofer prison.
In Jenin province, IOF soldiers broke into several towns and carried out arrest and summons campaigns. Two ex-detainees were arrested during the raids, while several checkpoints were erected at the entrances to the raided towns.
In Nablus, Palestinian Prisoners Society said that four detainees were nabbed in Burin town, while an ex-detainee was arrested in Furik town.
Meanwhile, four women and two children were arrested Sunday shortly after coming out of al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli forces arrested four female Palestinians including an elderly woman and two children in occupied Jerusalem’s Old City.
Tensions ran high during their arrest after they were taken to the nearby police station.
Israeli occupation authorities have stepped up persecution of Jerusalemite worshipers especially women as dozens were prevented from having access to the holy site for different periods of time.
Shalalda who was previously detained in Israeli and PA jails was transferred to an unknown destination along with five of his relatives.
In Ramallah, Israeli patrols stormed a number of homes belonging to two citizens affiliated with Hamas Movement in Beitunia town. The two citizens were taken to Ofer prison.
In Jenin province, IOF soldiers broke into several towns and carried out arrest and summons campaigns. Two ex-detainees were arrested during the raids, while several checkpoints were erected at the entrances to the raided towns.
In Nablus, Palestinian Prisoners Society said that four detainees were nabbed in Burin town, while an ex-detainee was arrested in Furik town.
Meanwhile, four women and two children were arrested Sunday shortly after coming out of al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli forces arrested four female Palestinians including an elderly woman and two children in occupied Jerusalem’s Old City.
Tensions ran high during their arrest after they were taken to the nearby police station.
Israeli occupation authorities have stepped up persecution of Jerusalemite worshipers especially women as dozens were prevented from having access to the holy site for different periods of time.
The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday afternoon claimed responsibility for the abduction of two young Gazans who crossed the Gaza security fence. According to the Israel Today newspaper, the IOF patrols captured the two young men shortly after they passed through the security border fence en route to 1948 occupied Palestine.
The two Palestinian youths were dragged to an Israeli investigation center to investigate the cause of the infiltration, the paper added.
The two Palestinian youths were dragged to an Israeli investigation center to investigate the cause of the infiltration, the paper added.
The Palestinian prisoner society said that the Israeli prison unit Dror stormed section 10 in Nafha jail and pointed their guns at prisoners before taking four of them in chains to other cells. According to the society's lawyer, the prisoners started to shout loudly in an attempt to prevent the Dror soldiers from entering the section, but they stormed it at gunpoint and rounded up prisoners Aziz Fayyad, Ahmed Abu Hilal, Atef Qudaih and Faris Assar.
The lawyer noted that three of those prisoners were later transferred to other sections, while one, Aziz Fayyad, was kept in an isolation cell.
Meanwhile, 15 other Palestinian prisoners, who were transferred from Shatta and Gilboa jails, are still being detained in solitary confinement in different prisons at the pretext of their attempts to dig escape tunnels.
The society's lawyer stated that the Israeli prison authority had taken several punitive measures against those 15 detainees, including depriving them of family visits, fining each one of them 450 shekels and moving them between prisons.
The detainees also suffer from harsh incarceration conditions, including the bad food served to them and locking them up in dirty cells near criminals.
The lawyer noted that three of those prisoners were later transferred to other sections, while one, Aziz Fayyad, was kept in an isolation cell.
Meanwhile, 15 other Palestinian prisoners, who were transferred from Shatta and Gilboa jails, are still being detained in solitary confinement in different prisons at the pretext of their attempts to dig escape tunnels.
The society's lawyer stated that the Israeli prison authority had taken several punitive measures against those 15 detainees, including depriving them of family visits, fining each one of them 450 shekels and moving them between prisons.
The detainees also suffer from harsh incarceration conditions, including the bad food served to them and locking them up in dirty cells near criminals.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped at least thirteen Palestinians in numerous invasions targeting homes in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and took them to a number of military camps. The invasions started earlier at dawn, and lasted for several hours.
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank have reported that several Israeli military vehicles invaded the town of Sa’ir, north of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Ezzat Mustafa Shalalda, 56, former political prisoner Jihad Mousa Shalalda, 34, Ahmad Shalalda, Islam Younis Shalalda, 30, Mahmoud Hakim Shalalda, and Bilal ‘Aref Shalalda.
In the Nablus district, in the northern part of the West Bank, soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes, and kidnapped four in Burin village, south of the city, and one of Beit Forik, east of Nablus.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohammad Soheil Najjar, ‘Amr Mohsin Qadous, Mahmoud Nasser ‘As’ous, and ‘Abed Mashour Najjar, all from Burin, in addition to Mleitat Salim in Beit Forik.
In Zababda village, south of Jenin, soldiers kidnapped two brothers, both former political prisoners, after breaking into their home and violently searching it.
The two have been identified as Taha, 26, and his brother Mahdi Najeh Sharqawy, 27 years of age.
On Sunday evening, soldiers kidnapped four women in Bab al-‘Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Maan News Agency said the soldiers kidnapped Zahiyya Nimir, in her sixties, in addition to Mona Bayya’, who was walking with two siblings, 8 and 13, in addition to kidnapping two more women, who remained unidentified until the time of this report.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers chased several women while leaving the al-Aqsa Mosque, and kidnapped them in al-Wad Street and Bab al-‘Amoud.
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank have reported that several Israeli military vehicles invaded the town of Sa’ir, north of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
The kidnapped have been identified as Ezzat Mustafa Shalalda, 56, former political prisoner Jihad Mousa Shalalda, 34, Ahmad Shalalda, Islam Younis Shalalda, 30, Mahmoud Hakim Shalalda, and Bilal ‘Aref Shalalda.
In the Nablus district, in the northern part of the West Bank, soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes, and kidnapped four in Burin village, south of the city, and one of Beit Forik, east of Nablus.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohammad Soheil Najjar, ‘Amr Mohsin Qadous, Mahmoud Nasser ‘As’ous, and ‘Abed Mashour Najjar, all from Burin, in addition to Mleitat Salim in Beit Forik.
In Zababda village, south of Jenin, soldiers kidnapped two brothers, both former political prisoners, after breaking into their home and violently searching it.
The two have been identified as Taha, 26, and his brother Mahdi Najeh Sharqawy, 27 years of age.
On Sunday evening, soldiers kidnapped four women in Bab al-‘Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Maan News Agency said the soldiers kidnapped Zahiyya Nimir, in her sixties, in addition to Mona Bayya’, who was walking with two siblings, 8 and 13, in addition to kidnapping two more women, who remained unidentified until the time of this report.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers chased several women while leaving the al-Aqsa Mosque, and kidnapped them in al-Wad Street and Bab al-‘Amoud.
The Israeli Parliament of the Knesset passed, on Monday, a bill which prohibits the grant of pardon or the ease of sentence for Palestinian prisoners by reducing it, in case of a political deal or prisoner exchange.
According to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency, the bill restricts the powers given to the Israeli President when it comes to granting pardon or reducing sentence for Palestinian prisoners convicted of actions against Israelis and, therefore, have been sentenced to life term imprisonment.
The powers will, nonetheless, be transferred to the courts.
Under this new law, detainees sentenced to life in prison, in "dangerous situations", are not allowed to request a determination of the period of their sentences, by Israeli courts.
WAFA further reports that Palestinian prisoners convicted of murder will not be allowed to request the court to determine the period of their life sentence before 15 years of their sentence, provided that the minimum fixed life sentence equals 40 years.
The law was passed at the request of MP Ayelet Shaked, member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home Party.
New Israeli Policy Results In Keeping Hundreds Imprisoned
The Israeli Persecution initiated, since the beginning of July, a new policy in occupied East Jerusalem, resulting in keeping hundreds of Palestinians, including dozens of children, behind bars for extended periods, until concluding all “legal measures” against them.
Israeli daily Haaretz said the new policy, used by the Israeli Prosecution, is resulting in keeping every detained Palestinian, believed to have thrown stones at the soldiers or settlers, or believed to have committed a violation, behind bars until all legal measures are concluded.
Such measures led to keeping dozens of children imprisoned for a month, and in many cases two months, before there were even sent to trial. Haaretz said the army, and police has arrested 260 Palestinian children in the last two months.
It added that 58 Palestinian children from Jerusalem are currently detained by Israel for “participating in clashes with the army and police in Jerusalem."
Several defense attorneys, and social workers, said most of the detained children actually “confess” to whatever the interrogators accuse them of, hoping to be able to see their families, and have their detention time reduced.
Haaretz said it closely examined the issue, and found out that, in many cases, Israeli courts respond to requests of alternative measures to prison when it comes to detained Jewish suspects, and largely denies similar requests when it comes to Arab prisoners.
According to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency, the bill restricts the powers given to the Israeli President when it comes to granting pardon or reducing sentence for Palestinian prisoners convicted of actions against Israelis and, therefore, have been sentenced to life term imprisonment.
The powers will, nonetheless, be transferred to the courts.
Under this new law, detainees sentenced to life in prison, in "dangerous situations", are not allowed to request a determination of the period of their sentences, by Israeli courts.
WAFA further reports that Palestinian prisoners convicted of murder will not be allowed to request the court to determine the period of their life sentence before 15 years of their sentence, provided that the minimum fixed life sentence equals 40 years.
The law was passed at the request of MP Ayelet Shaked, member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home Party.
New Israeli Policy Results In Keeping Hundreds Imprisoned
The Israeli Persecution initiated, since the beginning of July, a new policy in occupied East Jerusalem, resulting in keeping hundreds of Palestinians, including dozens of children, behind bars for extended periods, until concluding all “legal measures” against them.
Israeli daily Haaretz said the new policy, used by the Israeli Prosecution, is resulting in keeping every detained Palestinian, believed to have thrown stones at the soldiers or settlers, or believed to have committed a violation, behind bars until all legal measures are concluded.
Such measures led to keeping dozens of children imprisoned for a month, and in many cases two months, before there were even sent to trial. Haaretz said the army, and police has arrested 260 Palestinian children in the last two months.
It added that 58 Palestinian children from Jerusalem are currently detained by Israel for “participating in clashes with the army and police in Jerusalem."
Several defense attorneys, and social workers, said most of the detained children actually “confess” to whatever the interrogators accuse them of, hoping to be able to see their families, and have their detention time reduced.
Haaretz said it closely examined the issue, and found out that, in many cases, Israeli courts respond to requests of alternative measures to prison when it comes to detained Jewish suspects, and largely denies similar requests when it comes to Arab prisoners.
Following the July 2nd kidnapping of Mohammad Abu Khdeir, 16, from Jerusalem, who was tortured and burnt to death by fanatic Israelis, and the resulting clashes in occupied Jerusalem, the police kidnapped 760 Palestinians, including 260 children.
Most of them face charges of “committing violent acts,” “throwing stones at the Police,” and “assaulting an officer,” therefore, any Arab person, even a child over 14 years of age, who is facing any sort of charges, is kept detained under interrogation for an extended period of time.
They are largely kept detained for 14 days, which are automatically renewed each time until the end of all legal measures against them.
Haaretz also stated that, because the detained children do not have relatives living outside of Jerusalem, and because there are no institutions to deal with such issues for Arab children in Jerusalem, the courts largely reject all appeals for placing them under house arrest, instead of prison, especially since ankle monitors do not function in occupied East Jerusalem.
Haaretz said these issues lead to releasing many Jewish prisoners, even those who committed more serious violations, while keeping Arab prisoners, including children, behind bars.
An example to that is the Sunday decision of the Israeli Supreme Court to release four Jewish-Israelis facing charges of torching a Palestinian coffee shop in Doura town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The four conducted what is known as a “Price Tag” attack against the Palestinians. Such attacks refer to assaults carried out by Israeli fanatics against the Palestinians, their property and lands, allegedly “to avenge a certain attack," or “avenge the Israeli removal of an illegitimate settlement outpost," although very few outposts have actually been dismantled.
Under the Price Tag attacks, Israeli fanatics burnt and attempted to burn several mosques and churches, defaced many Islamic and Christians graveyards and holy sites, defaced cars and punctured their tires, among various other violations, including torching farmlands and orchards, cutting and bulldozing Palestinian trees.
PCHR Statement On Abduction And Murder Of Palestinian Child.
Most of them face charges of “committing violent acts,” “throwing stones at the Police,” and “assaulting an officer,” therefore, any Arab person, even a child over 14 years of age, who is facing any sort of charges, is kept detained under interrogation for an extended period of time.
They are largely kept detained for 14 days, which are automatically renewed each time until the end of all legal measures against them.
Haaretz also stated that, because the detained children do not have relatives living outside of Jerusalem, and because there are no institutions to deal with such issues for Arab children in Jerusalem, the courts largely reject all appeals for placing them under house arrest, instead of prison, especially since ankle monitors do not function in occupied East Jerusalem.
Haaretz said these issues lead to releasing many Jewish prisoners, even those who committed more serious violations, while keeping Arab prisoners, including children, behind bars.
An example to that is the Sunday decision of the Israeli Supreme Court to release four Jewish-Israelis facing charges of torching a Palestinian coffee shop in Doura town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The four conducted what is known as a “Price Tag” attack against the Palestinians. Such attacks refer to assaults carried out by Israeli fanatics against the Palestinians, their property and lands, allegedly “to avenge a certain attack," or “avenge the Israeli removal of an illegitimate settlement outpost," although very few outposts have actually been dismantled.
Under the Price Tag attacks, Israeli fanatics burnt and attempted to burn several mosques and churches, defaced many Islamic and Christians graveyards and holy sites, defaced cars and punctured their tires, among various other violations, including torching farmlands and orchards, cutting and bulldozing Palestinian trees.
PCHR Statement On Abduction And Murder Of Palestinian Child.
21 sept 2014
Israeli police on Sunday afternoon detained four Palestinian women and children from Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.
Zahiya Nimer, in her 60s, and Muna Bayyaa, with two children aged 8 and 13 accompanying her, and two other unidentified women were detained.
Witnesses said the women were chased after they left the al-Aqsa compound until they were detained at the gate.
Zahiya Nimer, in her 60s, and Muna Bayyaa, with two children aged 8 and 13 accompanying her, and two other unidentified women were detained.
Witnesses said the women were chased after they left the al-Aqsa compound until they were detained at the gate.
About 200 Palestinian families left Tulkarem in the northern West Bank to Israel's Negev prison on Sunday morning to visit their children after having been deprived of visits for three months, a prisoner rights group said.
The Tulkarem branch of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society said in a statement that Israeli prison authorities have been imposing "collective punishment" on Tulkarem-area prisoners since June, refusing to allow family members to see their imprisoned relatives.
The statement said that even today, the wife of Palestinian prisoner Hasan Theib from Tulkarem was denied a family visit despite the lifting of restrictions on most other families.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli prisons, including 2,000 arrested just in the last three months. Of those, more than 500 are being held in administrative detention without charge or trial.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
The Tulkarem branch of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society said in a statement that Israeli prison authorities have been imposing "collective punishment" on Tulkarem-area prisoners since June, refusing to allow family members to see their imprisoned relatives.
The statement said that even today, the wife of Palestinian prisoner Hasan Theib from Tulkarem was denied a family visit despite the lifting of restrictions on most other families.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli prisons, including 2,000 arrested just in the last three months. Of those, more than 500 are being held in administrative detention without charge or trial.
Under international law, it is illegal to transfer prisoners outside of the occupied territory in which they are detained, and the families of Palestinian prisoners face many obstacles in obtaining permits to see their imprisoned relatives.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday nabbed four peaceful, foreign pro-Palestine activists during a protest rally launched in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil. Local sources said the IOF had stormed the city and come down heavily on a group of Palestinian citizens and foreign activists who marched in Khirbet Susia streets, east of Yatta, in al-Khalil, demanding immediate lifting of Israeli settler tents recently pitched in the area.
The IOF attack culminated in the abduction of four foreign anti-Israel advocates.
The march was staged as part of the growing attempts to protect Palestinians’ lands in danger of Israel’s expropriation in eastern Yatta and thwart Israel’s schemes to establish illegal settlements at the expense of Palestinians’ private lands.
In a related development, the IOF troops tightened their military grip at the northern entrance to al-Khalil, where a chain of flying military checkpoints and provocative search campaigns were launched.
The IOF provocatively inspected Palestinian passengers’ IDs after having set up random roadblocks across northern al-Khalil and cordoned off the area with military jeeps, the PIC quoted by-standers as reporting.
The IOF attack culminated in the abduction of four foreign anti-Israel advocates.
The march was staged as part of the growing attempts to protect Palestinians’ lands in danger of Israel’s expropriation in eastern Yatta and thwart Israel’s schemes to establish illegal settlements at the expense of Palestinians’ private lands.
In a related development, the IOF troops tightened their military grip at the northern entrance to al-Khalil, where a chain of flying military checkpoints and provocative search campaigns were launched.
The IOF provocatively inspected Palestinian passengers’ IDs after having set up random roadblocks across northern al-Khalil and cordoned off the area with military jeeps, the PIC quoted by-standers as reporting.
At least eight Palestinians have been kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, during Israeli military invasions into Palestinian communities, in the West Bank districts of Hebron, Bethlehem and Jenin.
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, have reported that several Israeli military jeeps invaded Beit Ummar town and al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and Yatta town, south of the city, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped four Palestinians.
The soldiers kidnapped Wahid Hasan Sabarna, 23, from his home in Beit Ummar, and Fares at-Teety from his home in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped Ahmad al-Qawasmi also after breaking into his home, and ransacking it, in Hebron city.
In Yatta town, south of Hebron, soldiers invaded at least one home, and kidnapped Mohammad Maher al-‘Adra, 22.
In Bethlehem, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians from the al-Walaja, west of Bethlehem, allegedly while trying to enter Jerusalem for work, without carrying permits.
The three have been identified as Hamza Saleh Ma’ali, 28, Mohammad Salah Ma’ali, 20, and Baha’ Karim Abu at-Teen, 24.
In addition, a number of military vehicles invaded al-’Arqa village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before the soldiers searched and ransacked a number of homes, and kidnapped a resident identified as Mahmoud Tawfiq Yahia, 21.
Soldiers also invaded Borqeen town, and Wad Borqeen village, drove around their streets and alleys, and withdrew later on.
On Saturday at night, several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, during clashes that took place after a number of Israeli military jeeps invaded Zabbouba village, west of Jenin.
The soldiers also installed a roadblock on the main road between the village of Zabbouba and Rommana, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated the residents while inspecting their ID cards.
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, have reported that several Israeli military jeeps invaded Beit Ummar town and al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and Yatta town, south of the city, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped four Palestinians.
The soldiers kidnapped Wahid Hasan Sabarna, 23, from his home in Beit Ummar, and Fares at-Teety from his home in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped Ahmad al-Qawasmi also after breaking into his home, and ransacking it, in Hebron city.
In Yatta town, south of Hebron, soldiers invaded at least one home, and kidnapped Mohammad Maher al-‘Adra, 22.
In Bethlehem, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians from the al-Walaja, west of Bethlehem, allegedly while trying to enter Jerusalem for work, without carrying permits.
The three have been identified as Hamza Saleh Ma’ali, 28, Mohammad Salah Ma’ali, 20, and Baha’ Karim Abu at-Teen, 24.
In addition, a number of military vehicles invaded al-’Arqa village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before the soldiers searched and ransacked a number of homes, and kidnapped a resident identified as Mahmoud Tawfiq Yahia, 21.
Soldiers also invaded Borqeen town, and Wad Borqeen village, drove around their streets and alleys, and withdrew later on.
On Saturday at night, several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, during clashes that took place after a number of Israeli military jeeps invaded Zabbouba village, west of Jenin.
The soldiers also installed a roadblock on the main road between the village of Zabbouba and Rommana, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated the residents while inspecting their ID cards.
20 sept 2014
Israeli forces, early Saturday abducted six Palestinians, including an elderly, from the Hebron and Bethlehem districts of the occupied West Bank, in addition to summoning three others for interrogation, according to reports by security sources.
Israeli forces raided al-Arroub refugee camp, to the north of the city, where they arrested four Palestinian aged 18, 19, 21 and 47 years after breaking into and ransacking their homes, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency.
They also served two Palestinians, aged 18 and 60 years, with official notices to appear before Israeli intelligence.
Troops in the Old City of Hebron took yet another 16-year-old Palestinian, during an extensive raid throughout various neighborhoods in the city, where they set up roadblocks at the entrances of Sa‘ir and Halhul, stopping Palestinian-registered vehicles and interrogating the occupants.
Meanwhile, to the southeast of Bethlehem, forces raided Harmala, where they abducted a 59-year-old Palestinian after breaking into his home.
They also served one 22-year-old Palestinian from Taqou‘, to the south, with a notice to appear before Israeli intelligence, following a similar raid on his home.
Over 550,000 colonial Israeli settlers now live in illegal developments across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct contravention of established international laws and resolutions.
Israeli forces raided al-Arroub refugee camp, to the north of the city, where they arrested four Palestinian aged 18, 19, 21 and 47 years after breaking into and ransacking their homes, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency.
They also served two Palestinians, aged 18 and 60 years, with official notices to appear before Israeli intelligence.
Troops in the Old City of Hebron took yet another 16-year-old Palestinian, during an extensive raid throughout various neighborhoods in the city, where they set up roadblocks at the entrances of Sa‘ir and Halhul, stopping Palestinian-registered vehicles and interrogating the occupants.
Meanwhile, to the southeast of Bethlehem, forces raided Harmala, where they abducted a 59-year-old Palestinian after breaking into his home.
They also served one 22-year-old Palestinian from Taqou‘, to the south, with a notice to appear before Israeli intelligence, following a similar raid on his home.
Over 550,000 colonial Israeli settlers now live in illegal developments across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct contravention of established international laws and resolutions.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, Hebron and Bethlehem, kidnapped an elderly Palestinian man, and a teenager, and handed one resident a military warrant for interrogation.
Local sources in Bethlehem have reported that several Israeli military jeeps invaded Harmala village, southeast of Bethlehem, and kidnapped an elderly man identified as Khalil Yousef az-Zeer, 59, after breaking into his home and ransacking it.
The soldiers also invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and handed Mohammad ‘Adel al-’Amour, 22, a military warrant for interrogation at the Etzion base, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, soldiers invaded the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped a teenager, identified as Hasan al-Batsh, 16.
The soldiers also invaded several neighborhoods in Hebron, and installed roadblocks at the main entrances of Halhoul and Sa’ir towns, north of the city, before stopping dozens of cars, and investigating the ID cards of scores of residents.
Israeli soldiers conduct daily invasions and arrests in different parts of the occupied West Bank as part of the ongoing violations against the Palestinian people, their lands and property.
Fanatic settler groups also continue to target Palestinian property, agricultural lands and orchards in different parts of the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources in Bethlehem have reported that several Israeli military jeeps invaded Harmala village, southeast of Bethlehem, and kidnapped an elderly man identified as Khalil Yousef az-Zeer, 59, after breaking into his home and ransacking it.
The soldiers also invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and handed Mohammad ‘Adel al-’Amour, 22, a military warrant for interrogation at the Etzion base, south of Bethlehem.
In addition, soldiers invaded the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped a teenager, identified as Hasan al-Batsh, 16.
The soldiers also invaded several neighborhoods in Hebron, and installed roadblocks at the main entrances of Halhoul and Sa’ir towns, north of the city, before stopping dozens of cars, and investigating the ID cards of scores of residents.
Israeli soldiers conduct daily invasions and arrests in different parts of the occupied West Bank as part of the ongoing violations against the Palestinian people, their lands and property.
Fanatic settler groups also continue to target Palestinian property, agricultural lands and orchards in different parts of the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
19 sept 2014
Israeli police assaulted, this past Wednesday, 16-year old Shadi Raed Ghurab as he was walking along Nablus Street, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Police severely beat the boy with batons while being detained in the interrogation room, at the Salah Eddin Street police station, according to Jerusalem's Wadi Hilweh Information Center. The Center noted that he suffered fractures in his arm and leg, as seen in the photo.
Shadi explained that an officer detained him on Nablus Street and, then, took him to Salah Eddin Street police station. After the interrogator entered the room, he mocked the child for being a resident of the Al-Thori neighborhood, which resulted in a number of verbal altercations.
Additionally, according to the boy's testimony, the interrogator then transferred him to a different room which did not have any cameras, upon which he was assaulted by not one but three officers.
Shadi explained that he was able to leave the station during the arrest of another young man, and was then transferred to Al-Maqased hospital for treatment.
Such inhumane treatment of Palestinians is a common occurrence, by both Israeli authorities and civilian settlers alike.
See also, from Wadi Hilweh Info Center, "In pictures: The police arrest the 9-year old Qusai Ashoor and detain him for hours"
Police severely beat the boy with batons while being detained in the interrogation room, at the Salah Eddin Street police station, according to Jerusalem's Wadi Hilweh Information Center. The Center noted that he suffered fractures in his arm and leg, as seen in the photo.
Shadi explained that an officer detained him on Nablus Street and, then, took him to Salah Eddin Street police station. After the interrogator entered the room, he mocked the child for being a resident of the Al-Thori neighborhood, which resulted in a number of verbal altercations.
Additionally, according to the boy's testimony, the interrogator then transferred him to a different room which did not have any cameras, upon which he was assaulted by not one but three officers.
Shadi explained that he was able to leave the station during the arrest of another young man, and was then transferred to Al-Maqased hospital for treatment.
Such inhumane treatment of Palestinians is a common occurrence, by both Israeli authorities and civilian settlers alike.
See also, from Wadi Hilweh Info Center, "In pictures: The police arrest the 9-year old Qusai Ashoor and detain him for hours"
An international campaign, calling for releasing 73 ex-detainees of Shalit prisoner swap deal, is set to be launched today, at the meeting of Human Rights Council of the United Nations.
The ex-detainees were re-arrested recently in Israeli prisons, according to Issa Qaraqe, the chief of detainees affairs said.
Al Ray reports that Qaraqe recently announced the campaign during his visit to the family of the ex-detainee Nael Barghouti, who was re-arrested after serving 35 years in Israeli jails.
Mr. Qarage explained that both international and Palestinian human rights organizations will participate in the campaign, which aims to protest the illegal and unjust acts of the Israeli government against the previously released detainees.
"Israel seeks political revenge on the Palestinian people by re-arresting ex-detainees and violating all international norms and conventions," he said.
The detainees are now threatening to declare a hunger strike in protest of their re-arrest, calling on international bodies to work for their release.
Al Ray further reports that issues of ex-detainees are to be discussed during indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis in Egypt, scheduled for next week under the umbrella of an open-ended truce.
The ex-detainees were re-arrested recently in Israeli prisons, according to Issa Qaraqe, the chief of detainees affairs said.
Al Ray reports that Qaraqe recently announced the campaign during his visit to the family of the ex-detainee Nael Barghouti, who was re-arrested after serving 35 years in Israeli jails.
Mr. Qarage explained that both international and Palestinian human rights organizations will participate in the campaign, which aims to protest the illegal and unjust acts of the Israeli government against the previously released detainees.
"Israel seeks political revenge on the Palestinian people by re-arresting ex-detainees and violating all international norms and conventions," he said.
The detainees are now threatening to declare a hunger strike in protest of their re-arrest, calling on international bodies to work for their release.
Al Ray further reports that issues of ex-detainees are to be discussed during indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis in Egypt, scheduled for next week under the umbrella of an open-ended truce.
Sameh Maraa’beh
Israel extends detention of national football team player for 8th time
According to bdsmovement.net, the Union of European Football Associations has rejected an Israeli bid to host games during the 2020 European Championships. Meanwhile, an Israeli court has extended the arrest of Palestinian national football team player, Sameh Maraa’beh, without any clear charge.
The UEFA decision follows a campaign by Palestinian sports teams and campaign groups and activists all across Europe, reports the Palestinian BDS National committee:
The Israeli Football Association recently propped a bid to host games in Jerusalem as part of the UEFA 2020 tournament. The games will take place across 13 cities, but the UEFA announced on Friday that Jerusalem was not successful in its move.
Israel was one of just 6 cities that failed in its bid to host games.
Full article at BDS Movement's official website.
In related news, an Israeli court has extended the arrest of both Palestinian national football team player, Sameh Maraa’beh, and the head of the Qalqilyah Islamic Club, Moayyad Shrim, for another week, without any clear charge, according to the Palestinian News Network (PNN).
The extension is the 8th for both prisoners in Majiddo (Megiddo) prison, located in the Valley of Jezreel, after the failure of Israel to find them guilty.
Sameh’s father was reportedly shocked by the court decision, as he has not been able to see his son for more than the 15 minutes of legal rhetoric which comprised the Israeli court session.
PNN notes that Sameh was arrested last April, at the Jericho checkpoint, on his way back from a camp abroad with the national team in Qatar.
Israel extends detention of national football team player for 8th time
According to bdsmovement.net, the Union of European Football Associations has rejected an Israeli bid to host games during the 2020 European Championships. Meanwhile, an Israeli court has extended the arrest of Palestinian national football team player, Sameh Maraa’beh, without any clear charge.
The UEFA decision follows a campaign by Palestinian sports teams and campaign groups and activists all across Europe, reports the Palestinian BDS National committee:
The Israeli Football Association recently propped a bid to host games in Jerusalem as part of the UEFA 2020 tournament. The games will take place across 13 cities, but the UEFA announced on Friday that Jerusalem was not successful in its move.
Israel was one of just 6 cities that failed in its bid to host games.
Full article at BDS Movement's official website.
In related news, an Israeli court has extended the arrest of both Palestinian national football team player, Sameh Maraa’beh, and the head of the Qalqilyah Islamic Club, Moayyad Shrim, for another week, without any clear charge, according to the Palestinian News Network (PNN).
The extension is the 8th for both prisoners in Majiddo (Megiddo) prison, located in the Valley of Jezreel, after the failure of Israel to find them guilty.
Sameh’s father was reportedly shocked by the court decision, as he has not been able to see his son for more than the 15 minutes of legal rhetoric which comprised the Israeli court session.
PNN notes that Sameh was arrested last April, at the Jericho checkpoint, on his way back from a camp abroad with the national team in Qatar.
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped four Palestinians, and one in Hebron, before taking them to an unknown destination. The soldiers also searched several homes.
Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, Mos’ab Khaled Thweib, 23, from Za’tara town, and Mahmoud Ramadan Hamamra, 17, from Husan, east of Bethlehem city.
Late on Thursday at night, soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians from the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, as they were standing at a nearby bypass road near the city.
The two have been identified as Mohammad ‘Adnan Abu ‘Ayyash, 22, and Marcel Mahmoud Badawi, 21.
Also on Thursday night, a number of Israeli settlers invaded the al-Fredees village, east of Bethlehem, and obstructed traffic causing a traffic jam.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Mohammad Ahmad Breghieth, 21, after cuffing and blindfolding him at the town's main entrance.
Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, Mos’ab Khaled Thweib, 23, from Za’tara town, and Mahmoud Ramadan Hamamra, 17, from Husan, east of Bethlehem city.
Late on Thursday at night, soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians from the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, as they were standing at a nearby bypass road near the city.
The two have been identified as Mohammad ‘Adnan Abu ‘Ayyash, 22, and Marcel Mahmoud Badawi, 21.
Also on Thursday night, a number of Israeli settlers invaded the al-Fredees village, east of Bethlehem, and obstructed traffic causing a traffic jam.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Mohammad Ahmad Breghieth, 21, after cuffing and blindfolding him at the town's main entrance.
Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Committee of Detainees, Abdul-Naser Ferwana, stated that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 266200 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip since 1967, adding that this number represents around one-third of more than 800.000 Palestinians kidnapped in occupied Palestine since 1967.
The former political prisoner said Israel is still holding captive more than 400 Gazans, including twenty who have been held since more than 20 years, adding that 22 Palestinians, who were kidnapped during Israel’s latest aggression and ground invasion into Gaza, are still imprisoned.
“Gaza Strip detainees have always been an important part of ongoing struggle of the prisoners’ movement; many became symbols of the struggle,” he said. “The first detainee to die during strike in Israeli prisons is Abdul-Qader Abu al-Fahm, from Jabalia in northern Gaza, he died in 1970."
Ferwana further stated that the families of Gaza Strip detainees have been denied the right to visit with their detained family members after Israeli made a political decision, an act of collective punishment in June of 2007, denying family visit to all Gaza Strip detainees.
The decision remained in effect until July 2012, after the detainees held a hunger strike that lasted for 28 days, and after Israel allowed visits to dozens of detainees before it broke its vows and reinstated the ban of all visits when it launched its offensive on Gaza on July 8. The ban remains in effect.
Ferwana said that the arrests of Gazans declined since mid-1994, after the first Oslo Agreement and the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, and after the Gaza Disengagement Plan of 2005.
The decline in arrests still meant that more than 6500 Palestinians from Gaza were taken prisoner in the prisoner in the period between 1994 and 2014.
He also said that 62 Gaza detainees died in Israeli prisoners since 1967, due to torture and medical neglect, while some have been deliberately assassinated after their arrest.
This number includes detainees Abdul-Qader Abu al-Fahm, Rasem Halwa, Samih Hasballah, Khaled Sheikh Ali, Atiyya Za’anin, Yousef al-‘Ar’ir, As’ad Shawwa, and Fadel Shahin, who died in 2008.
The 62 slain Gaza Strip detainees represent %30 of the 206 Palestinian detainees who died, or were killed, in Israeli prisons since 1967.
Ferwana demanded the International Community, the International Red Cross, and all related organizations, to intervene and pressure Israel into stopping its violations, and to allow family visits to all detainees.
|Related: Ferwana: “More Than 2000 Palestinians Kidnapped Since July 12”|
The former political prisoner said Israel is still holding captive more than 400 Gazans, including twenty who have been held since more than 20 years, adding that 22 Palestinians, who were kidnapped during Israel’s latest aggression and ground invasion into Gaza, are still imprisoned.
“Gaza Strip detainees have always been an important part of ongoing struggle of the prisoners’ movement; many became symbols of the struggle,” he said. “The first detainee to die during strike in Israeli prisons is Abdul-Qader Abu al-Fahm, from Jabalia in northern Gaza, he died in 1970."
Ferwana further stated that the families of Gaza Strip detainees have been denied the right to visit with their detained family members after Israeli made a political decision, an act of collective punishment in June of 2007, denying family visit to all Gaza Strip detainees.
The decision remained in effect until July 2012, after the detainees held a hunger strike that lasted for 28 days, and after Israel allowed visits to dozens of detainees before it broke its vows and reinstated the ban of all visits when it launched its offensive on Gaza on July 8. The ban remains in effect.
Ferwana said that the arrests of Gazans declined since mid-1994, after the first Oslo Agreement and the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, and after the Gaza Disengagement Plan of 2005.
The decline in arrests still meant that more than 6500 Palestinians from Gaza were taken prisoner in the prisoner in the period between 1994 and 2014.
He also said that 62 Gaza detainees died in Israeli prisoners since 1967, due to torture and medical neglect, while some have been deliberately assassinated after their arrest.
This number includes detainees Abdul-Qader Abu al-Fahm, Rasem Halwa, Samih Hasballah, Khaled Sheikh Ali, Atiyya Za’anin, Yousef al-‘Ar’ir, As’ad Shawwa, and Fadel Shahin, who died in 2008.
The 62 slain Gaza Strip detainees represent %30 of the 206 Palestinian detainees who died, or were killed, in Israeli prisons since 1967.
Ferwana demanded the International Community, the International Red Cross, and all related organizations, to intervene and pressure Israel into stopping its violations, and to allow family visits to all detainees.
|Related: Ferwana: “More Than 2000 Palestinians Kidnapped Since July 12”|
One Palestinian kidnapped at a nearby roadblock, two near Hebron
Medical sources reported, on Thursday evening, that several Palestinians received treatment for the effects of tear gas inhalation, after dozens of soldiers invaded two villages near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The sources said that residents have been injured in Zababda town and Mslayia village, after the soldiers invaded the two communities and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, to provoke clashes with the locals.
Also on Thursday evening, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man while he was crossing a military roadblock near Barta’a ash-Sharqiyya village, near Jenin.
Mohammad Yousef Waked, 23, from the al-‘Arqa village, was taken prisoner at a military roadblock which closed off the main entrance of Barta’a ash-Sharqiyya.
In related news, soldiers installed a roadblock between the villages of Zabbouba and Rommana, west of Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of vehicles, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians from Beit Ummar village, north of the city.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, Mohammad Awad, stated that dozens of soldiers invaded the town after closing its entrances, kidnapped two Palestinians, and detained two others.
Awad said the soldiers kidnapped Eyad Khalil Sabarna, 22, and Roshdi Nasri Sabarna, 21, taking them to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also detained two other Palestinians, confiscated their ID cards and the keys to their vehicles.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, was handed a military order to head to the Etzion military base for interrogation.
Medical sources reported, on Thursday evening, that several Palestinians received treatment for the effects of tear gas inhalation, after dozens of soldiers invaded two villages near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The sources said that residents have been injured in Zababda town and Mslayia village, after the soldiers invaded the two communities and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, to provoke clashes with the locals.
Also on Thursday evening, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man while he was crossing a military roadblock near Barta’a ash-Sharqiyya village, near Jenin.
Mohammad Yousef Waked, 23, from the al-‘Arqa village, was taken prisoner at a military roadblock which closed off the main entrance of Barta’a ash-Sharqiyya.
In related news, soldiers installed a roadblock between the villages of Zabbouba and Rommana, west of Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of vehicles, and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians from Beit Ummar village, north of the city.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, Mohammad Awad, stated that dozens of soldiers invaded the town after closing its entrances, kidnapped two Palestinians, and detained two others.
Awad said the soldiers kidnapped Eyad Khalil Sabarna, 22, and Roshdi Nasri Sabarna, 21, taking them to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also detained two other Palestinians, confiscated their ID cards and the keys to their vehicles.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, was handed a military order to head to the Etzion military base for interrogation.
18 sept 2014
The Israeli District Court in occupied Jerusalem ordered, Wednesday, six Palestinian children from occupied Jerusalem under house arrest for one week. The court also imposed high fines on the families; two children remain imprisoned.
Amjad Abu ‘Asab, head of the Jerusalemite Detainees Committee, told the SAFA news agency that the court ordered each family to pay a 500NIS fine, and a third party bail of 5000NIS.
Abu ‘Asab identified the children as Ashraf Hani Gheith, 14, Mohammad Younis Abdul-Razeq, 14, Mohammad Khaled Abdul-Razeq, 12, Mo’taz Sheiki, 13, Marwan ‘Alwat, 14, and Mohammad Talhami, 15.
Following the abduction of the children, the police interrogated them for several hours without any legal representation, and alleged they threw Molotov cocktails and stones at an illegal settlement outpost.
The children were released, and were again called for interrogation on Wednesday.
Amjad Abu ‘Asab, head of the Jerusalemite Detainees Committee, told the SAFA news agency that the court ordered each family to pay a 500NIS fine, and a third party bail of 5000NIS.
Abu ‘Asab identified the children as Ashraf Hani Gheith, 14, Mohammad Younis Abdul-Razeq, 14, Mohammad Khaled Abdul-Razeq, 12, Mo’taz Sheiki, 13, Marwan ‘Alwat, 14, and Mohammad Talhami, 15.
Following the abduction of the children, the police interrogated them for several hours without any legal representation, and alleged they threw Molotov cocktails and stones at an illegal settlement outpost.
The children were released, and were again called for interrogation on Wednesday.
