4 sept 2015
The occupation forces arrested on Thursday early morning a Jerusalemite woman after raiding and searching her house in the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan, and handed two others calls for interrogation after raiding their houses in the neighborhood.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces arrested the 50-year old Ikram Ghazzawi after raiding her house in the neighborhood of Al-Thori.
Ghazzawi family explained that the forces raided the families building and detained Ikram in her room. They searched her house especially her personal items and then arrested her and transferred her to Al-Qishleh police center.
The family added that the forces also raided the house of Ikram’s son and handed his wife Samah (27) a call for interrogation on Thursday afternoon at Al-Qishleh police center in the Old City of Jerusalem; they also searched Samah’s personal items.
The forces also raided the house of the 30-year old Jihad Ghazzawi in the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amood in Silwan. Jihad’s husband explained that the forces handed his wife a call for interrogation at Al-Qishleh police center; note that Jihad is Samah’s sister.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces arrested the 50-year old Ikram Ghazzawi after raiding her house in the neighborhood of Al-Thori.
Ghazzawi family explained that the forces raided the families building and detained Ikram in her room. They searched her house especially her personal items and then arrested her and transferred her to Al-Qishleh police center.
The family added that the forces also raided the house of Ikram’s son and handed his wife Samah (27) a call for interrogation on Thursday afternoon at Al-Qishleh police center in the Old City of Jerusalem; they also searched Samah’s personal items.
The forces also raided the house of the 30-year old Jihad Ghazzawi in the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amood in Silwan. Jihad’s husband explained that the forces handed his wife a call for interrogation at Al-Qishleh police center; note that Jihad is Samah’s sister.
Sheikh Majdi Abu al-Hija, whose house was demolished shortly before his arrest, affirmed that no question was directed to him during his detention that lasted for few days.
Abu al-Hija was arrested few days ago after the demolition of his home at the hands of Israeli soldiers.
"They brought me out and then asked me ironically if I want to take anything from my house after they completely destroyed it," he narrated.
His statement came during a press conference held Thursday on the ruins of his demolished home in Jenin few hours after his release.
“I was with my family when Israeli forces surrounded the home and the neighboring buildings at 9.30 pm. They then asked me through loudspeakers to get out along with my family members.”
"They took us to my neighbor’s home, and there they started asking me about each member of my family," he continued.
When I confirmed, he added, to the Israeli officer that no one of my family members remained inside our home, I heard five big explosions.
An Israeli bulldozer then arrived at the scene and started totally demolishing the home after targeting it with five rocket-propelled grenades.
The demolition process lasted till dawn hours. The Israeli soldiers then brought him out and asked him if he wants to take anything out of the destroyed home.
“I was taken to Salem military camp to be then moved to Dotan military camp and Megiddo prison where I spent few days before my release. No question was directed to me during my detention.”
Abu al-Hija declared during the conference his intention to prosecute the Israeli occupation authorities for the demolition of his home.
Abu al-Hija was released Thursday after three days of his detention and the demolition of his home under the pretext of “harboring wanted persons.”
Majdi Abu al-Hija, 46, is an ex-detainee who spent eight years in Israeli jails. His two brothers were killed by Israeli gunfire in 1993 and 2002.
Abu al-Hija was arrested few days ago after the demolition of his home at the hands of Israeli soldiers.
"They brought me out and then asked me ironically if I want to take anything from my house after they completely destroyed it," he narrated.
His statement came during a press conference held Thursday on the ruins of his demolished home in Jenin few hours after his release.
“I was with my family when Israeli forces surrounded the home and the neighboring buildings at 9.30 pm. They then asked me through loudspeakers to get out along with my family members.”
"They took us to my neighbor’s home, and there they started asking me about each member of my family," he continued.
When I confirmed, he added, to the Israeli officer that no one of my family members remained inside our home, I heard five big explosions.
An Israeli bulldozer then arrived at the scene and started totally demolishing the home after targeting it with five rocket-propelled grenades.
The demolition process lasted till dawn hours. The Israeli soldiers then brought him out and asked him if he wants to take anything out of the destroyed home.
“I was taken to Salem military camp to be then moved to Dotan military camp and Megiddo prison where I spent few days before my release. No question was directed to me during my detention.”
Abu al-Hija declared during the conference his intention to prosecute the Israeli occupation authorities for the demolition of his home.
Abu al-Hija was released Thursday after three days of his detention and the demolition of his home under the pretext of “harboring wanted persons.”
Majdi Abu al-Hija, 46, is an ex-detainee who spent eight years in Israeli jails. His two brothers were killed by Israeli gunfire in 1993 and 2002.
The Palestinian prisoner Suleiman Skafi has continued his hunger strike for the second week in protest against his administrative detention according to which he is held without charge or trial.
Skafi family told Quds Press that their son declared an open-ended hunger strike in rejection of the Israeli court’s order to renew his administrative detention for six months for the second time in a row.
Skafi was recently moved to solitary confinement in Ofer prison in an attempt to break his strike declared more than a week ago, his brother said.
The family called on local and international human rights institutions to immediately intervene for his release especially that he suffers different health problems due to the Israeli deliberate medical negligence policy.
Skafi family told Quds Press that their son declared an open-ended hunger strike in rejection of the Israeli court’s order to renew his administrative detention for six months for the second time in a row.
Skafi was recently moved to solitary confinement in Ofer prison in an attempt to break his strike declared more than a week ago, his brother said.
The family called on local and international human rights institutions to immediately intervene for his release especially that he suffers different health problems due to the Israeli deliberate medical negligence policy.
Uday Isteiti
Head of the legal unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Jawad Boulos, filed a complaint against the violations and torture tactics perpetrated by the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) against prisoner Uday Isteiti during his hunger strike in jail.
Lawyer Boulos said the PPS appealed to court over the torture and mistreatment prisoner Isteiti has been subjected to during his period of self-starvation in protest at being held administratively, with neither charge nor trial.
The PPS cited exhaustive inter-prison transfers, beatings, verbal assaults, and violations of freedom of worship as the most striking instances of the torture polices inflicted on the detainee on several occasions.
Prisoner Isteiti, 24, had gone on a 42-day hunger strike, which he suspended on July 29 after the Israeli prison authorities promised to release him on October 20.
Lawyer Boulos added that he has been keeping tabs on earlier court cases filed some few days ago over the dire detention circumstances endured by Palestinian detainees in the Israeli Meggido lock-up, including insect swarms, over-crowdedness, poor ventilation, and unfit toilets.
Meanwhile, the Israeli prison administration transferred the Palestinian detainee Sami Abu Diak, 33, from the Ramon jail to the Sorroka hospital in Negev after his health had sharply deteriorated.
According to the PPS, inmate Abu Diak has been held in the intensive care unit at the Sorroka hospital, where preliminary medical check-ups diagnosed him with acute hepatitis, cholecystitis, and pancreatitis in anticipation of final diagnoses.
Prisoner Abu Diak, has spent 13 years out of three life sentences and a 30 year-term in the Israeli occupation prisons.
Head of the legal unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Jawad Boulos, filed a complaint against the violations and torture tactics perpetrated by the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) against prisoner Uday Isteiti during his hunger strike in jail.
Lawyer Boulos said the PPS appealed to court over the torture and mistreatment prisoner Isteiti has been subjected to during his period of self-starvation in protest at being held administratively, with neither charge nor trial.
The PPS cited exhaustive inter-prison transfers, beatings, verbal assaults, and violations of freedom of worship as the most striking instances of the torture polices inflicted on the detainee on several occasions.
Prisoner Isteiti, 24, had gone on a 42-day hunger strike, which he suspended on July 29 after the Israeli prison authorities promised to release him on October 20.
Lawyer Boulos added that he has been keeping tabs on earlier court cases filed some few days ago over the dire detention circumstances endured by Palestinian detainees in the Israeli Meggido lock-up, including insect swarms, over-crowdedness, poor ventilation, and unfit toilets.
Meanwhile, the Israeli prison administration transferred the Palestinian detainee Sami Abu Diak, 33, from the Ramon jail to the Sorroka hospital in Negev after his health had sharply deteriorated.
According to the PPS, inmate Abu Diak has been held in the intensive care unit at the Sorroka hospital, where preliminary medical check-ups diagnosed him with acute hepatitis, cholecystitis, and pancreatitis in anticipation of final diagnoses.
Prisoner Abu Diak, has spent 13 years out of three life sentences and a 30 year-term in the Israeli occupation prisons.
Two Palestinian teens narrated their stories of torture and abuse at the hands of Israeli soldiers at time of arrest last week.
Two 18-year-old prisoners Mohammad al-Adarbeh and Mahmoud Yousif told the attorney of Palestinian Prisoners Society, who visited them on Thursday, that they went through the worst abuse practices at the hands of Israeli troops during arrest and afterwards.
Adarbeh, from al-Aroub refugee camp in al-Khalil, said Israeli forces stormed his family’s house after midnight, detained family members in the kitchen and searched the home thoroughly wreaking havoc in it.
He said the soldiers started beating him severely all over his body with their hands and rifle butts. The lawyer pointed out that beating signs are still obvious on his body. He has been detained since the first of September.
Yousif, from Nabi Saleh town, said Israeli soldiers arrested him on August 28, and added that he was hit strongly on the head and body by rifle butts.
Two 18-year-old prisoners Mohammad al-Adarbeh and Mahmoud Yousif told the attorney of Palestinian Prisoners Society, who visited them on Thursday, that they went through the worst abuse practices at the hands of Israeli troops during arrest and afterwards.
Adarbeh, from al-Aroub refugee camp in al-Khalil, said Israeli forces stormed his family’s house after midnight, detained family members in the kitchen and searched the home thoroughly wreaking havoc in it.
He said the soldiers started beating him severely all over his body with their hands and rifle butts. The lawyer pointed out that beating signs are still obvious on his body. He has been detained since the first of September.
Yousif, from Nabi Saleh town, said Israeli soldiers arrested him on August 28, and added that he was hit strongly on the head and body by rifle butts.
An Israeli military court has extended the detention of journalist Hazem Yasin, who works for the Beirut-based al-Quds satellite channel.
According to a report by the channel, the journalist had left Beirut on August 8 for Ramallah city to visit his family and to finish processing his ID card application before he was summoned for interrogation in Ofer jail in the city.
Later on the same month, the Israeli army arrested him on his way back to Beirut, with no reason.
Since his detention, Yasin has underwent several interrogation sessions and military trials, according to his lawyer, who asserted that he was prevented from seeing him for long days.
The lawyer also said that Yasin attended last Monday a court hearing blindfolded, handcuffed and shackled.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society, for its part, stated that Yasin had been barred from seeing his lawyer for 15 days, affirming his exposure to ongoing harsh interrogation while being handcuffed and shackled.
According to a report by the channel, the journalist had left Beirut on August 8 for Ramallah city to visit his family and to finish processing his ID card application before he was summoned for interrogation in Ofer jail in the city.
Later on the same month, the Israeli army arrested him on his way back to Beirut, with no reason.
Since his detention, Yasin has underwent several interrogation sessions and military trials, according to his lawyer, who asserted that he was prevented from seeing him for long days.
The lawyer also said that Yasin attended last Monday a court hearing blindfolded, handcuffed and shackled.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society, for its part, stated that Yasin had been barred from seeing his lawyer for 15 days, affirming his exposure to ongoing harsh interrogation while being handcuffed and shackled.
15-year-old Palestinian detainee Anan Fares Malesh underwent a leg surgery after he was shot and injured by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) earlier overnight, a rights group reported Thursday.
A lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society, who paid a visit to Malesh at the Hadassa Ein Karem hospital, said two Israeli bullets hit the minor’s leg overnight in Bethlehem city. The casualty was transferred to hospital shortly afterwards.
The lawyer said the Israeli occupation authorities are due to transfer the casualty to an investigation center in seven days’ time pending further interrogation.
The child has been locked up by the IOF at the Hadassah hospital, in Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation soldiers shot and detained the 15-year-old Palestinian boy overnight Wednesday in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, the same sources added.
A lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society, who paid a visit to Malesh at the Hadassa Ein Karem hospital, said two Israeli bullets hit the minor’s leg overnight in Bethlehem city. The casualty was transferred to hospital shortly afterwards.
The lawyer said the Israeli occupation authorities are due to transfer the casualty to an investigation center in seven days’ time pending further interrogation.
The child has been locked up by the IOF at the Hadassah hospital, in Occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation soldiers shot and detained the 15-year-old Palestinian boy overnight Wednesday in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, the same sources added.
A Palestinian car on Thursday afternoon overturned and burst into flames after Israeli policemen opened fire at it near al-Eizariya town, east of Occupied Jerusalem.
The police claimed that a Palestinian driver drove his car fast into a security checkpoint near the town, which forced the policemen there to open fire at him.
According to them, the driver lost control of his car during the shooting and flipped over before he was rounded up.
The police also said that the car went on fire, but it did not state if the driver suffered injuries during the incident.
The channel said that the Israeli police launched an investigation into the incident to know the motive behind it.
The police claimed that a Palestinian driver drove his car fast into a security checkpoint near the town, which forced the policemen there to open fire at him.
According to them, the driver lost control of his car during the shooting and flipped over before he was rounded up.
The police also said that the car went on fire, but it did not state if the driver suffered injuries during the incident.
The channel said that the Israeli police launched an investigation into the incident to know the motive behind it.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young man was shot and injured, , on Friday at dawn, and four others have been kidnapped, after dozens of soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
The Qalandia Media Center said a large military force, accompanied by armored vehicles and trucks, invaded the camp before breaking into several homes, including homes of political prisoners, and violently searched them.
The soldiers also occupied rooftops of a number of homes and tall buildings, and used them as monitoring towers.
The Israeli army said the invasion was carried out after shots were fired, on Thursday evening, targeting the monitoring tower of the Qalandia Terminal, and that the shots came from the ar-Ram neighborhood.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers, and local youths, who hurled stones, empty bottles and Molotov cocktails on them, while the army fired several rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
The soldiers then kidnapped four Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Ebzea’, 21, ‘Ali Khaled Hamad, 19, ‘Ammar Mteir, 27, and Mustafa Fayyala, 20.
IOF shoots Palestinian, detains 4 others in Qalandia
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Friday between Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and local youths in Qalandia refugee camp to the south of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that IOF soldiers fired live shots, tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets towards local homes during the clashes.
Medics said a young man was shot in the leg by sniper fire as soldiers took over rooftops and deployed snipers.
Four other young men were arrested after breaking into their homes. The detainees were identified as Muhammad Ibzei, 21, Ali Khalid Hamad, 19, Ammar Mteir, 27, and Mustafa Fayyaleh, 20.
Several local homes were stormed during the raid including homes belonging to ex-detainees.
The Qalandia Media Center said a large military force, accompanied by armored vehicles and trucks, invaded the camp before breaking into several homes, including homes of political prisoners, and violently searched them.
The soldiers also occupied rooftops of a number of homes and tall buildings, and used them as monitoring towers.
The Israeli army said the invasion was carried out after shots were fired, on Thursday evening, targeting the monitoring tower of the Qalandia Terminal, and that the shots came from the ar-Ram neighborhood.
Clashes took place between the invading soldiers, and local youths, who hurled stones, empty bottles and Molotov cocktails on them, while the army fired several rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
The soldiers then kidnapped four Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Ebzea’, 21, ‘Ali Khaled Hamad, 19, ‘Ammar Mteir, 27, and Mustafa Fayyala, 20.
IOF shoots Palestinian, detains 4 others in Qalandia
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Friday between Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and local youths in Qalandia refugee camp to the south of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that IOF soldiers fired live shots, tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets towards local homes during the clashes.
Medics said a young man was shot in the leg by sniper fire as soldiers took over rooftops and deployed snipers.
Four other young men were arrested after breaking into their homes. The detainees were identified as Muhammad Ibzei, 21, Ali Khalid Hamad, 19, Ammar Mteir, 27, and Mustafa Fayyaleh, 20.
Several local homes were stormed during the raid including homes belonging to ex-detainees.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that a detainee was moved, on Thursday evening, to the Intensive Care Unit in an Israeli hospital following a serious deterioration in his health condition.
The PPS said initial medical tests revealed that detainee Sami Abu Diak, 33, from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, suffers infections in his liver, pancreas and gallbladder, and that the detainee is still awaiting the final official report.
Abu Diak was taken prisoner thirteen years ago, and was sentenced to three life terms, and an additional thirty years imprisonment.
The PPS said initial medical tests revealed that detainee Sami Abu Diak, 33, from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, suffers infections in his liver, pancreas and gallbladder, and that the detainee is still awaiting the final official report.
Abu Diak was taken prisoner thirteen years ago, and was sentenced to three life terms, and an additional thirty years imprisonment.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday evening, two Palestinians trying to cross the roadblock, blocking the main entrance of Beit Iksa village, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that the soldiers stopped a truck carrying cooking gas jars, and prevented it from crossing into the village before kidnapping the driver, along with another resident identified as Anas Anwar Zayed.
They added that the soldiers refused to reopen the roadblock, and closed the main road linking Beit Iksa with Biddu nearby town.
Eyewitnesses told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that the soldiers stopped a truck carrying cooking gas jars, and prevented it from crossing into the village before kidnapping the driver, along with another resident identified as Anas Anwar Zayed.
They added that the soldiers refused to reopen the roadblock, and closed the main road linking Beit Iksa with Biddu nearby town.
3 sept 2015
Israeli Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, has said that the army should have shot the Palestinian women who saved Mohammad al-Tamimi from abuse by an Israeli soldier.
Israeli Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, has said that the Israeli army should have shot the Palestinian women who saved Mohammad al-Tamimi from abuse by an Israeli soldier. The incident took place during the Nabi Saleh village’s weekly demonstration against the illegal confiscation of their land, according to a report in Midde East Monitor.
In a Facebook statement, she said that the unarmed protesters should have been shot. Regev called on Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to change the army’s policy on the use of live-fire because of the “humiliation” the soldier endured.
“We need to decide immediately that a soldier that is attacked is permitted to return fire. Period. I call on the minister of security to put an end to the humiliation and change the open fire regulations immediately!”
“Anyone who tries to harm Israeli civilians and soldiers needs to know his blood is in his head,” Regev continued, using a Hebrew expression to convey that the Palestinians who assaulted the soldier are fair game for shooting.
Israeli forces took the parents of the boy into custody on Tuesday.
Israeli Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, has said that the Israeli army should have shot the Palestinian women who saved Mohammad al-Tamimi from abuse by an Israeli soldier. The incident took place during the Nabi Saleh village’s weekly demonstration against the illegal confiscation of their land, according to a report in Midde East Monitor.
In a Facebook statement, she said that the unarmed protesters should have been shot. Regev called on Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to change the army’s policy on the use of live-fire because of the “humiliation” the soldier endured.
“We need to decide immediately that a soldier that is attacked is permitted to return fire. Period. I call on the minister of security to put an end to the humiliation and change the open fire regulations immediately!”
“Anyone who tries to harm Israeli civilians and soldiers needs to know his blood is in his head,” Regev continued, using a Hebrew expression to convey that the Palestinians who assaulted the soldier are fair game for shooting.
Israeli forces took the parents of the boy into custody on Tuesday.
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All members of Al-Tamimi family, including parents, daughter and two sons. The two sons are in cast, one of them because of an assault by an Israeli settler.
Israeli forces took into custody, on Tuesday, the parents of Mohammad al-Tamimi, the Palestinian boy who was beaten by a masked Israeli soldier in Al-Nabi Saleh Village on Friday. The pictures of the boy went viral on internet. “The Israeli army arrested Basil and his wife, Nariman, as they tried to cross an Israel military checkpoint at the entrance of Al-Nabi Saleh Village north of Ramallah,” Bassam al-Tamimi, a relative, said. |
He further stated, according to Days of Palestine: “The Israeli soldiers arrested Basel and his wife and prevented all of the family members from communicating with them.”
Palestinian sources confirmed the arrest, noting that the parents were taken by the Israeli soldiers to an unknown place.
Regarding Mohammad, the Israeli soldier beat him savagely, claiming he had threw stones at him. However, this remains questionable, as the boy’s hand was broken and clearly in a cast.
Female family members pulled at the boy, as he refused to be led by the Israeli soldiers, who then released him.
After the incident, a request was reportedly submitted to the Israeli police for the arrest of the Al-Tamimi family, who were accused of “assaulting” the soldier.
Palestinian sources confirmed the arrest, noting that the parents were taken by the Israeli soldiers to an unknown place.
Regarding Mohammad, the Israeli soldier beat him savagely, claiming he had threw stones at him. However, this remains questionable, as the boy’s hand was broken and clearly in a cast.
Female family members pulled at the boy, as he refused to be led by the Israeli soldiers, who then released him.
After the incident, a request was reportedly submitted to the Israeli police for the arrest of the Al-Tamimi family, who were accused of “assaulting” the soldier.
Local sources revealed that the Palestinian young man, who was arrested on Wednesday after being injured for trying to sneak into the Israeli Zikkim military base near Gaza, suffers mental disorders.
The sources told the PIC reporter on Thursday that the 24-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Tanira, from Khan Younis, is suffering from mental disorders. He was visiting his aunt in Sheikh Radwan district when he lost his way and headed towards the Israeli military security fence northwest of Beit Lahia, the sources added.
They said that the Israeli forces shot the mentally unstable man when he approached the security fence before arresting him. Later on, the forces informed his family that he was shot in his foot and held at Barzilai Hospital.
The sources told the PIC reporter on Thursday that the 24-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Tanira, from Khan Younis, is suffering from mental disorders. He was visiting his aunt in Sheikh Radwan district when he lost his way and headed towards the Israeli military security fence northwest of Beit Lahia, the sources added.
They said that the Israeli forces shot the mentally unstable man when he approached the security fence before arresting him. Later on, the forces informed his family that he was shot in his foot and held at Barzilai Hospital.
The Union of Palestinian Radio and Television documented about 20 Israeli violations regarding the rights of Palestinian journalists and media staff working in Palestine this August.
The Union stated, in the monthly report issued on Thursday, that Israeli forces detained six Palestinian journalists and two photojournalists, including Hazem Obaid, who works for Al-Quds TV.
According to Al Ray, Obaid was detained while he was en route to travel via Al-Karama crossing. Authorities later extended his detention.
The number of journalists, writers and media activists detained in the Israeli jails was up to19 prisoners, by this time, to include Nidal Abu Aker, the director of Bethlehem's Al-Wehda Radio and presenter of "In Their Cells" programs. Abu Aker has staged a continued hunger strike since August 20th, in protest against the administrative detention policy.
Palestinians, this past month, have witnessed an escalation in the organized attack against Jerusalemite journalists during their coverage of the continued incursions of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the daily events in the city, in general.
During Israel's latest military offensive on the Gaza Strip, 17 journalists were reported killed by Israeli forces. According to the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), over 80 percent of Palestinian journalists were engaged in self-censorship by late October of 2014. In a dangerous precedent, Israeli police recently fined Palestine TV photojournalists and crew members of Russia Today TV, under the pretext of "obstruction" caused during their coverage to prevent the entry of worshipers to the Al-Aqsa Mosque from Al-Silsila gate.
After the incident, a request was reportedly submitted to the Israeli police for the arrest of the Al-Tamimi family, who were accused of “assaulting” the soldier.
The Union stated, in the monthly report issued on Thursday, that Israeli forces detained six Palestinian journalists and two photojournalists, including Hazem Obaid, who works for Al-Quds TV.
According to Al Ray, Obaid was detained while he was en route to travel via Al-Karama crossing. Authorities later extended his detention.
The number of journalists, writers and media activists detained in the Israeli jails was up to19 prisoners, by this time, to include Nidal Abu Aker, the director of Bethlehem's Al-Wehda Radio and presenter of "In Their Cells" programs. Abu Aker has staged a continued hunger strike since August 20th, in protest against the administrative detention policy.
Palestinians, this past month, have witnessed an escalation in the organized attack against Jerusalemite journalists during their coverage of the continued incursions of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the daily events in the city, in general.
During Israel's latest military offensive on the Gaza Strip, 17 journalists were reported killed by Israeli forces. According to the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), over 80 percent of Palestinian journalists were engaged in self-censorship by late October of 2014. In a dangerous precedent, Israeli police recently fined Palestine TV photojournalists and crew members of Russia Today TV, under the pretext of "obstruction" caused during their coverage to prevent the entry of worshipers to the Al-Aqsa Mosque from Al-Silsila gate.
After the incident, a request was reportedly submitted to the Israeli police for the arrest of the Al-Tamimi family, who were accused of “assaulting” the soldier.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) decided Thursday morning to move the hunger striker Suleiman Skafi to solitary confinement in Negev prison in an attempt to break his strike declared three days ago, a rights group said.
The Palestinian center for prisoners’ studies revealed that Skafi, 30, declared early this month an open-ended hunger strike in protest against his continued administrative detention according to which he is held without charge or trial.
Spokeswoman for the center said that the hunger striker demands an end to his administrative detention and providing him with medical treatment.
Skafi was detained for five times during which he spent six years behind Israeli bars. He was subjected to severe torture, causing him sharp pains all over his body and several health problems.
The hunger striker’s family called on local and international human rights institutions to immediately intervene for his release before it is too late.
The Palestinian center for prisoners’ studies revealed that Skafi, 30, declared early this month an open-ended hunger strike in protest against his continued administrative detention according to which he is held without charge or trial.
Spokeswoman for the center said that the hunger striker demands an end to his administrative detention and providing him with medical treatment.
Skafi was detained for five times during which he spent six years behind Israeli bars. He was subjected to severe torture, causing him sharp pains all over his body and several health problems.
The hunger striker’s family called on local and international human rights institutions to immediately intervene for his release before it is too late.
A Palestinian official report has accused Israel of detaining 301 Palestinian children in its prisons with no regard to the international law, which protects their rights.
The Palestinian ministry of information stated in its report that most of those children were taken prisoners between April and August of the current year, noting that 145 of them are from Jerusalem, 55 others from al-Khalil and nine from Gaza.
According to the report, those children are still in Israeli jails, suffering from very harsh incarceration conditions.
The Palestinian ministry of information stated in its report that most of those children were taken prisoners between April and August of the current year, noting that 145 of them are from Jerusalem, 55 others from al-Khalil and nine from Gaza.
According to the report, those children are still in Israeli jails, suffering from very harsh incarceration conditions.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested four Jerusalemites including two minors in Occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday evening.
Amjad Abu Asab, head of the Committee for the Families of Jerusalemite Detainees, revealed that the Israeli forces rounded up two minors: Wasim Taa aged 13 and Mohammad Marqastu, 15. They were taken to Qashale investigation center in the city.
Wadi Helweh Information Center stated that the forces arrested two young men, called Ammar Shwaiki and Khaled Al-Zeer, and confiscated a car of one of them. It was parking near al-Rahmah cemetery adjacent to the wall of the Aqsa Mosque.
Arresting the young men came after Palestinian youths had cut the barbed wire put by the Israeli Nature Authority over a large area near al-Rahmah gate cemetery Wednesday morning. The land belongs to al-Hussaini and al-Ansari (Palestinian) families.
The Israeli Nature Authority seeks to confiscate the land and turn it into public parks in addition to settlement projects especially that the land is located near the eastern wall of the Aqsa Mosque.
Amjad Abu Asab, head of the Committee for the Families of Jerusalemite Detainees, revealed that the Israeli forces rounded up two minors: Wasim Taa aged 13 and Mohammad Marqastu, 15. They were taken to Qashale investigation center in the city.
Wadi Helweh Information Center stated that the forces arrested two young men, called Ammar Shwaiki and Khaled Al-Zeer, and confiscated a car of one of them. It was parking near al-Rahmah cemetery adjacent to the wall of the Aqsa Mosque.
Arresting the young men came after Palestinian youths had cut the barbed wire put by the Israeli Nature Authority over a large area near al-Rahmah gate cemetery Wednesday morning. The land belongs to al-Hussaini and al-Ansari (Palestinian) families.
The Israeli Nature Authority seeks to confiscate the land and turn it into public parks in addition to settlement projects especially that the land is located near the eastern wall of the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday kidnapped the Palestinian lady Ikram al-Ghazawi from her family home in Occupied Jerusalem and summoned two other women for interrogation.
According to a PIC news correspondent, the IOF nabbed the Jerusalemite lady Ikram al-Ghazawi and dragged her to al-Mascoubiya investigation center after they broke into her family home in Jerusalem’s al-Thawri neighborhood, to the south of Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
The IOF further wreaked havoc on the family homes of the two Palestinian ladies Samah Ghazzawi, in al-Thawri neighborhood, and that of Jihad Ghazzawi, in Ras al-Amoud.
Both women were summoned for interrogation by the Israeli intelligence shortly afterwards.
The underway break-ins and arbitrary arrests make part of an ongoing Israeli campaign targeting the female Muslim sit-inners and worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli police forces have been cracking down on the non-violent Muslim women at al-Aqsa, denying them the right to perform their prayers in the holy shrine for the 10th day running.
According to a PIC news correspondent, the IOF nabbed the Jerusalemite lady Ikram al-Ghazawi and dragged her to al-Mascoubiya investigation center after they broke into her family home in Jerusalem’s al-Thawri neighborhood, to the south of Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
The IOF further wreaked havoc on the family homes of the two Palestinian ladies Samah Ghazzawi, in al-Thawri neighborhood, and that of Jihad Ghazzawi, in Ras al-Amoud.
Both women were summoned for interrogation by the Israeli intelligence shortly afterwards.
The underway break-ins and arbitrary arrests make part of an ongoing Israeli campaign targeting the female Muslim sit-inners and worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli police forces have been cracking down on the non-violent Muslim women at al-Aqsa, denying them the right to perform their prayers in the holy shrine for the 10th day running.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Wednesday, the goalkeeper of the Palestine National Soccer Team for Youth, in front of his home in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem.
The child, Omar Ramzi Za'aneen, 15 years of age, was just standing in front of the family home, when Israeli soldiers assaulted and kidnapped him.
The Palestinian Football Association issued a statement strongly denouncing the Israeli violation, and said it is part of ongoing attacks and policies targeting athletes and sports in occupied Palestine.
The Association said the kidnapped child is one of the most talented athletes of the national team, and received extensive training in the field.
The child, Omar Ramzi Za'aneen, 15 years of age, was just standing in front of the family home, when Israeli soldiers assaulted and kidnapped him.
The Palestinian Football Association issued a statement strongly denouncing the Israeli violation, and said it is part of ongoing attacks and policies targeting athletes and sports in occupied Palestine.
The Association said the kidnapped child is one of the most talented athletes of the national team, and received extensive training in the field.
Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian child, on Wednesday evening, in the ‘Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped him.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the camp, allegedly after a Molotov cocktail was hurled on a military vehicle near the camp.
The soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, wounding ‘Anan Fares Mallash, 15 years of age, in the leg.
The soldiers then attacked the wounded child, and kidnapped him before moving him to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the camp, allegedly after a Molotov cocktail was hurled on a military vehicle near the camp.
The soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, wounding ‘Anan Fares Mallash, 15 years of age, in the leg.
The soldiers then attacked the wounded child, and kidnapped him before moving him to an unknown destination.
