12 sept 2016
Several Palestinians, including a three-year-old girl, were left injured on Monday afternoon in Israeli assaults on the occupied West Bank provinces of Bethlehem and Nablus.
Palestinian child Toulin Ziad al-Mesri sustained face injuries shortly after the IOF rolled into Bethlehem’s southern town of al-Khader and attacked Palestinian civilians with randomly shot spates of teargas canisters.
An Israeli army patrol discharged heavy barrages of teargas canisters, resulting in injuries and sparking panic across the area. The Israeli soldiers detained Muhammad Ali Salah for a couple of hours and seized his personal car before they ordered him to pay 1,700 shekels on allegations of holding an illegal car.
Violent clashes also rocked Tekoua’ town in the evening and spread to the area’s western entrance, where the IOF attacked Palestinian civilians and family homes with rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
Eyewitnesses said a military ambulance showed up at the scene to evacuate the casualties. Meanwhile, several Palestinians sustained injuries in Qasra town, in southern Nablus province, following clashes with the IOF.
Reporting from the scene, a PIC journalist said clashes burst out after Israeli settlers targeted Palestinian homes and citizens with gunfire.
Youngster Ibrahim Wadi sustained rubber-injuries in his face while Sanyour Saada was wounded with a live bullet in his back. Several youngsters were rushed to local hospitals to be urgently treated for the live bullet injuries and breathing disorders they sustained in the assault.
The occupation troops who suddenly showed up at the scene provided the settlers with a tight security shield before they attacked the Palestinian protesters with live rounds and teargas canisters. Activists called on the Palestinian locals via the mosque loudspeakers to stand firm against the Israeli attacks.
Palestinian child Toulin Ziad al-Mesri sustained face injuries shortly after the IOF rolled into Bethlehem’s southern town of al-Khader and attacked Palestinian civilians with randomly shot spates of teargas canisters.
An Israeli army patrol discharged heavy barrages of teargas canisters, resulting in injuries and sparking panic across the area. The Israeli soldiers detained Muhammad Ali Salah for a couple of hours and seized his personal car before they ordered him to pay 1,700 shekels on allegations of holding an illegal car.
Violent clashes also rocked Tekoua’ town in the evening and spread to the area’s western entrance, where the IOF attacked Palestinian civilians and family homes with rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
Eyewitnesses said a military ambulance showed up at the scene to evacuate the casualties. Meanwhile, several Palestinians sustained injuries in Qasra town, in southern Nablus province, following clashes with the IOF.
Reporting from the scene, a PIC journalist said clashes burst out after Israeli settlers targeted Palestinian homes and citizens with gunfire.
Youngster Ibrahim Wadi sustained rubber-injuries in his face while Sanyour Saada was wounded with a live bullet in his back. Several youngsters were rushed to local hospitals to be urgently treated for the live bullet injuries and breathing disorders they sustained in the assault.
The occupation troops who suddenly showed up at the scene provided the settlers with a tight security shield before they attacked the Palestinian protesters with live rounds and teargas canisters. Activists called on the Palestinian locals via the mosque loudspeakers to stand firm against the Israeli attacks.
Hamas leader Abdul Rahman Shadid on Sunday sounded the alarm over the exacerbated health status of Palestinian hunger-strikers in Israeli jails.
Shadid urged in a press statement the human rights organizations to work on restoring the hunger-strikers’ freedom before it is too late.
According to Shadid, the hunger strike is emblematic of Palestinians’ struggle to restore their right to live in dignity. He called on the national factions to urgently intervene and work on ceasing Israel’s violations of prisoners’ rights.
“Armed resistance is the only language Israel understands,” said Shadid. He appealed to the international mass media to speak up for the hunger-strikers’ case and mobilize support for their cause.
Three Palestinian hunger-strikers—Muhammad and Mahmoud al-Balboul, along with Malek Qadi—were rushed to Israeli hospitals after their health statuses had taken a serious turn for the worse following two months of ongoing starvation in protest at their administrative detention, without charge or trial.
Shadid urged in a press statement the human rights organizations to work on restoring the hunger-strikers’ freedom before it is too late.
According to Shadid, the hunger strike is emblematic of Palestinians’ struggle to restore their right to live in dignity. He called on the national factions to urgently intervene and work on ceasing Israel’s violations of prisoners’ rights.
“Armed resistance is the only language Israel understands,” said Shadid. He appealed to the international mass media to speak up for the hunger-strikers’ case and mobilize support for their cause.
Three Palestinian hunger-strikers—Muhammad and Mahmoud al-Balboul, along with Malek Qadi—were rushed to Israeli hospitals after their health statuses had taken a serious turn for the worse following two months of ongoing starvation in protest at their administrative detention, without charge or trial.
Tension heightened in the Israeli Eshel prison on Sunday evening after special forces stormed section 10 and assaulted Palestinian prisoners.
The official Palestinian prisoners authority chairman Issa Qaraqea said in a telephone interview with WAFA news agency that the special forces provocatively searched cells and assaulted prisoners in the process.
He pointed out that tension was mounting in various wards in Eshel following the violent raids on the cells.
The official Palestinian prisoners authority chairman Issa Qaraqea said in a telephone interview with WAFA news agency that the special forces provocatively searched cells and assaulted prisoners in the process.
He pointed out that tension was mounting in various wards in Eshel following the violent raids on the cells.
Eight members of the same family were injured in Silwan town, in Occupied Jerusalem, and two others were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) Monday afternoon following an assault on Palestinian family homes.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan said the IOF stormed Palestinian civilian homes in Wadi Hilweh neighborhoods in the afternoon and aggressively attacked the native residents using batons.
Eight family members, including a woman and children, sustained bruises and face burns as a result of heavy pepper spray.
The assault culminated in the abduction of 16-year-old Ali Seyam and 20-year-old Yazen Seyam from the area.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan said the IOF stormed Palestinian civilian homes in Wadi Hilweh neighborhoods in the afternoon and aggressively attacked the native residents using batons.
Eight family members, including a woman and children, sustained bruises and face burns as a result of heavy pepper spray.
The assault culminated in the abduction of 16-year-old Ali Seyam and 20-year-old Yazen Seyam from the area.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Ramallah and Jenin, and interrogated many others.
Several military vehicles invaded Beit Rima town, northwest the central West Bank district of Ramallah, searched a number of homes and kidnapped one Palestinian.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the kidnapped Palestinian has been identified as Wahbi Ehsan Rimawi, 26; he is the third Palestinian to be kidnapped in the town in less than a week.
In addition, the soldiers installed a military roadblock at the main entrance of Arraba town, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers also detained and interrogated several other residents, before kidnapping one of them; his identity remained unknown until the time of this report.
The soldiers stopped and searched many cars, and examined the ID cards of dozens of residents while interrogating some of them.
IOF soldiers raid Ramallah village on first day of Eid
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Beit Reema village in northern Ramallah city in the West Bank at dawn Monday the first day of Islamic Eidul Adha.
Local sources said that large numbers of IOF soldiers stormed the village and arrested a young man, Wahbi Ihsan, from his family home.
They added that the soldiers wreaked havoc on the house while searching it and deliberately terrified women and children in the process.
Several military vehicles invaded Beit Rima town, northwest the central West Bank district of Ramallah, searched a number of homes and kidnapped one Palestinian.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the kidnapped Palestinian has been identified as Wahbi Ehsan Rimawi, 26; he is the third Palestinian to be kidnapped in the town in less than a week.
In addition, the soldiers installed a military roadblock at the main entrance of Arraba town, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers also detained and interrogated several other residents, before kidnapping one of them; his identity remained unknown until the time of this report.
The soldiers stopped and searched many cars, and examined the ID cards of dozens of residents while interrogating some of them.
IOF soldiers raid Ramallah village on first day of Eid
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Beit Reema village in northern Ramallah city in the West Bank at dawn Monday the first day of Islamic Eidul Adha.
Local sources said that large numbers of IOF soldiers stormed the village and arrested a young man, Wahbi Ihsan, from his family home.
They added that the soldiers wreaked havoc on the house while searching it and deliberately terrified women and children in the process.
11 sept 2016
After being voted into law more than a year ago and facing a great deal of criticism from legal experts, the 'force-feed law' was found by several High Court justices to uphold a balance between the sanctity of life, public interests and individual rights.
A panel of High Court judge rejected a petition Sunday, which called to cancel the force-feeding of detainees and prisoners.
Supreme Court Judges Elyakim Rubenstein, Noam Solberg and Menachem Meni Mazuz held that an amendment to the order given to Israeli prisons, which allows for force-feeding prisoners while working to prevent causing damage to their health, upholds any constitutional yardstick regarding the rights of prisoners and detainees.
The judges noted that they had come to their decision after reviewing claims in light of former Israeli rulings, international law, comparative law and Hebrew law.
In their decision, the judges also explained that allowing the force-feeding of prisoners maintains a gentle balance between the sanctity of life, public interests, the individual's right to dignity, their right to autonomy and freedom of expression. The decision was reportedly also based on several medical, legal and judicial sources.
The Knesset Assembly voted the "force-feed" bill into law in July 2015, after a long process to get it approved. An amendment to the order given to Israeli prisons acts in this case as a measure of oversight to prison force-feeding, allowing a representative of the prison to approach a district court judge and, with the permission of the attorney general, ask that a prisoner on a self-imposed hunger strike receive medical attention.
The approval of the law raised a great deal of opposition from medical experts, and in a recent case even came to physicians refusing to force-feed Mohammed Allaan, a West Bank detainee who went on a hunger strike. Following its approval, Israel Medical Association Chairman Dr. Leonid Eidelman called it "a harmful law that blemishes Israel's statutes book."
A panel of High Court judge rejected a petition Sunday, which called to cancel the force-feeding of detainees and prisoners.
Supreme Court Judges Elyakim Rubenstein, Noam Solberg and Menachem Meni Mazuz held that an amendment to the order given to Israeli prisons, which allows for force-feeding prisoners while working to prevent causing damage to their health, upholds any constitutional yardstick regarding the rights of prisoners and detainees.
The judges noted that they had come to their decision after reviewing claims in light of former Israeli rulings, international law, comparative law and Hebrew law.
In their decision, the judges also explained that allowing the force-feeding of prisoners maintains a gentle balance between the sanctity of life, public interests, the individual's right to dignity, their right to autonomy and freedom of expression. The decision was reportedly also based on several medical, legal and judicial sources.
The Knesset Assembly voted the "force-feed" bill into law in July 2015, after a long process to get it approved. An amendment to the order given to Israeli prisons acts in this case as a measure of oversight to prison force-feeding, allowing a representative of the prison to approach a district court judge and, with the permission of the attorney general, ask that a prisoner on a self-imposed hunger strike receive medical attention.
The approval of the law raised a great deal of opposition from medical experts, and in a recent case even came to physicians refusing to force-feed Mohammed Allaan, a West Bank detainee who went on a hunger strike. Following its approval, Israel Medical Association Chairman Dr. Leonid Eidelman called it "a harmful law that blemishes Israel's statutes book."
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday kidnapped six Palestinians from their own family homes in Occupied Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of six Palestinians under allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activism.
The campaign targeted two Palestinian youths from Tulkarem’s Nour Shams refugee camp, another from Nablus, and two more youths from Bethlehem’s town of Beit Fajjar.
Another Palestinian young man was kidnapped by the IOF from Occupied Jerusalem. The occupation army claimed they found arms in a search campaign in al-Khalil city.
The abductions were carried out shortly after the IOF rolled into Occupied Jerusalem and occupied West Bank provinces and rummaged into civilian homes.
The Israeli occupation army claimed responsibility for the abduction of six Palestinians under allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activism.
The campaign targeted two Palestinian youths from Tulkarem’s Nour Shams refugee camp, another from Nablus, and two more youths from Bethlehem’s town of Beit Fajjar.
Another Palestinian young man was kidnapped by the IOF from Occupied Jerusalem. The occupation army claimed they found arms in a search campaign in al-Khalil city.
The abductions were carried out shortly after the IOF rolled into Occupied Jerusalem and occupied West Bank provinces and rummaged into civilian homes.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the towns of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, and Ethna, west of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The soldiers also opened fire on farmers and homes, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Several military vehicles invaded Beit Fajjar before the soldiers broke into a number of homes, and searched them, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Mahmoud Abdullah Taqatqa.
The soldiers also invade Ethna town, west of Hebron, and kidnapped Issa Mohammad Nattah, 36, from his home.
In related news, soldiers stationed on military towers across the border fence opened fire on Palestinian farmers in their lands, east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The soldiers also fired at a number of homes in the same area; no injuries were reported.
The soldiers also opened fire on farmers and homes, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Several military vehicles invaded Beit Fajjar before the soldiers broke into a number of homes, and searched them, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Mahmoud Abdullah Taqatqa.
The soldiers also invade Ethna town, west of Hebron, and kidnapped Issa Mohammad Nattah, 36, from his home.
In related news, soldiers stationed on military towers across the border fence opened fire on Palestinian farmers in their lands, east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The soldiers also fired at a number of homes in the same area; no injuries were reported.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian police officer, and detained several Palestinians, after stopping them at a military roadblock on the main entrance of Zababda town, southeast of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian police officer, identified as Montaser Mohammad Abu ‘Arra, 35, after stopping on at the roadblock, and took him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also detained and interrogated many young Palestinian men while inspecting their ID cards, in addition to stopping and searching dozens of cars.
Also on Saturday evening, a Palestinian child identified as Lama Marwan Mousa, only six years of age, was killed after being rammed by a speeding Israeli colonist’s car in Um Rokba area, in the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian police officer, identified as Montaser Mohammad Abu ‘Arra, 35, after stopping on at the roadblock, and took him to an unknown destination.
The soldiers also detained and interrogated many young Palestinian men while inspecting their ID cards, in addition to stopping and searching dozens of cars.
Also on Saturday evening, a Palestinian child identified as Lama Marwan Mousa, only six years of age, was killed after being rammed by a speeding Israeli colonist’s car in Um Rokba area, in the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) overnight on Saturday kidnapped a Palestinian youngster in Beita town, to the south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Reporting from the abduction scene, a PIC news correspondent said a Palestinian youth was arrested by an Israeli occupation patrol in central Beita town.
Calling for help, the child kept crying out so loud: “I am from Osrin village! I am from Osrin village”, added the correspondent.
The captive was aggressively beaten by the IOF soldiers and dragged to an Israeli military jeep moments afterwards.
In a related development, the Israeli occupation soldiers detained two Palestinian young men from Beita for over 12 hours at the Askar camp in Hawara.
At predawn time on Sunday, Israeli army bulldozers rolled into southern Nablus villages after they removed the sand barriers and concrete roadblocks set up across access roads.
A blockade imposed by the occupation army on over 18 villages in southern Nablus over the past few days blocked Palestinians’ movement in and out and inflicted heavy losses on Palestinian traders and shopkeepers.
The occupation authorities claimed the blockade came in response to Palestinian stone-hurling against Israeli settlers residing in illegal settlement outposts across the occupied West Bank.
Reporting from the abduction scene, a PIC news correspondent said a Palestinian youth was arrested by an Israeli occupation patrol in central Beita town.
Calling for help, the child kept crying out so loud: “I am from Osrin village! I am from Osrin village”, added the correspondent.
The captive was aggressively beaten by the IOF soldiers and dragged to an Israeli military jeep moments afterwards.
In a related development, the Israeli occupation soldiers detained two Palestinian young men from Beita for over 12 hours at the Askar camp in Hawara.
At predawn time on Sunday, Israeli army bulldozers rolled into southern Nablus villages after they removed the sand barriers and concrete roadblocks set up across access roads.
A blockade imposed by the occupation army on over 18 villages in southern Nablus over the past few days blocked Palestinians’ movement in and out and inflicted heavy losses on Palestinian traders and shopkeepers.
The occupation authorities claimed the blockade came in response to Palestinian stone-hurling against Israeli settlers residing in illegal settlement outposts across the occupied West Bank.
The prisoners’ committee on Saturday evening sounded the alarm over a critical relapse rocking the health status of hunger-striker Muhammad al-Balboul, saying he might die at any possible moment.
Director of the legal unit at the prisoners’ committee, Iyad Mesk, said following a visit to al-Balboul at the Wolfson Hospital that he has gone through a remarkable health setback and suffers from severe cardiac pains.
“Muhammad’s health has entered a critical stage,” added Mesk. “His health has taken an unprecedented turn for the worse.
Medics are quite aware that with every single moment that passes by Muhammad becomes closer to death than ever before.”
Mesk held the Israeli occupation government and authorities responsible for the lives of Muhammad and his hunger-striking brother Mahmoud, along with prisoner Malek al-Khadhi who has also been starving in Israeli lock-ups.
He urged the Israeli occupation government and courts to immediately end the detainees’ administrative sentence and allow them to receive treatment in Palestinian hospitals.
“Never ever shall the Palestinians remain mum if anyone of the three hunger-strikers dies,” Mesk further warned. Muhammad and Mahmoud al-Balboul were arrested on June 9.
Both were immediately transferred to administrative detention with neither charge nor trial, which made them declare their open-ended hunger strike shortly afterwards.
Director of the legal unit at the prisoners’ committee, Iyad Mesk, said following a visit to al-Balboul at the Wolfson Hospital that he has gone through a remarkable health setback and suffers from severe cardiac pains.
“Muhammad’s health has entered a critical stage,” added Mesk. “His health has taken an unprecedented turn for the worse.
Medics are quite aware that with every single moment that passes by Muhammad becomes closer to death than ever before.”
Mesk held the Israeli occupation government and authorities responsible for the lives of Muhammad and his hunger-striking brother Mahmoud, along with prisoner Malek al-Khadhi who has also been starving in Israeli lock-ups.
He urged the Israeli occupation government and courts to immediately end the detainees’ administrative sentence and allow them to receive treatment in Palestinian hospitals.
“Never ever shall the Palestinians remain mum if anyone of the three hunger-strikers dies,” Mesk further warned. Muhammad and Mahmoud al-Balboul were arrested on June 9.
Both were immediately transferred to administrative detention with neither charge nor trial, which made them declare their open-ended hunger strike shortly afterwards.
10 sept 2016
Palestinian Detainee Malek al-Qadi, who started a hunger strike 57 days ago, fell into a coma, and is currently in a life-threatening condition that could result in imminent death, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
Executive head of the PPS Abdullah az-Zaghari said the Israeli Prison Authority issued an urgent permit for Malek’s parents in order to visit with him, after he fell into a coma amidst a serious, life-threatening, deterioration in his health condition.
The detainee is in Wolfson Israeli Medical Center, and has been striking in protest of his illegal Administrative Detention, without charges. He was moved to the Intensive Care Unit after the sharp deterioration.
Az-Zaghari stated that the detainees could die at any given moment, and that an Israeli court will be holding an urgent session, Sunday, to look into a petition for his release, especially due to his health condition, accompanied by the fact he never faces any charges.
This happened shortly after an Israeli court refused to void the Administrative Detention orders against him, but ‘froze’ the orders, an issue that means it could be reinstated after he recovers.
His mother voiced appeals to the Palestinian government, local, regional and international human rights groups to instantly intervene, and save the life of her son.
“My son is dying right now,” she said, “People of the world, please hear my pleads and pain.”
Detainee Malek al-Qadi is from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and is a journalism student at the Al-Quds University in Nablus. He is also a former political prisoner who was held for four months, and only 47 days after his release, the army abducted him again.
Al-Qadi started his strike on July 15, 2016, after Israel slapped an Administrative Detention order against him, without charges.
Last week, Israel attempted to force-feed al-Qadi, but he resisted and fell onto the ground, causing several cuts and bruises, especially in his head and face.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee said the detained siblings, Mohammad and Mahmoud al-Balboul, are ongoing with their strike, protesting the illegal Administrative Detention orders against them, despite their declining health conditions.
Executive head of the PPS Abdullah az-Zaghari said the Israeli Prison Authority issued an urgent permit for Malek’s parents in order to visit with him, after he fell into a coma amidst a serious, life-threatening, deterioration in his health condition.
The detainee is in Wolfson Israeli Medical Center, and has been striking in protest of his illegal Administrative Detention, without charges. He was moved to the Intensive Care Unit after the sharp deterioration.
Az-Zaghari stated that the detainees could die at any given moment, and that an Israeli court will be holding an urgent session, Sunday, to look into a petition for his release, especially due to his health condition, accompanied by the fact he never faces any charges.
This happened shortly after an Israeli court refused to void the Administrative Detention orders against him, but ‘froze’ the orders, an issue that means it could be reinstated after he recovers.
His mother voiced appeals to the Palestinian government, local, regional and international human rights groups to instantly intervene, and save the life of her son.
“My son is dying right now,” she said, “People of the world, please hear my pleads and pain.”
Detainee Malek al-Qadi is from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and is a journalism student at the Al-Quds University in Nablus. He is also a former political prisoner who was held for four months, and only 47 days after his release, the army abducted him again.
Al-Qadi started his strike on July 15, 2016, after Israel slapped an Administrative Detention order against him, without charges.
Last week, Israel attempted to force-feed al-Qadi, but he resisted and fell onto the ground, causing several cuts and bruises, especially in his head and face.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee said the detained siblings, Mohammad and Mahmoud al-Balboul, are ongoing with their strike, protesting the illegal Administrative Detention orders against them, despite their declining health conditions.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) released Saturday afternoon two Palestinian youths only few hours after their overnight arrest from Beita town south of Nablus.
The two youths Abd al-Wahab Hamayel, 21, and Abada Jamali, 22, were released today afternoon after being detained in Hawara detention center for few hours.
During their detention, the two detainees were subjected to severe beating over the night hours while being blind-folded.
Following their release, the two youths affirmed that their arrest was without any known reason.
The two youths Abd al-Wahab Hamayel, 21, and Abada Jamali, 22, were released today afternoon after being detained in Hawara detention center for few hours.
During their detention, the two detainees were subjected to severe beating over the night hours while being blind-folded.
Following their release, the two youths affirmed that their arrest was without any known reason.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Saturday two young men from Beita town and broke into Kasra town south of Nablus.
Local sources affirmed that a number of Israeli military vehicles stormed Beita town after midnight and stopped a Palestinian car carrying two young men.
The two youths were then arrested and taken to a detention center. Beita town was subjected over the past week to a complete closure and tight restrictions.
The neighboring towns were also stormed overnight. Along the same line, IOF stormed early today Kasra town south of Nablus amid heavy firing of teargas bombs under the pretext that local youths threw stones at a settlement road.
Local sources affirmed that a number of Israeli military vehicles stormed Beita town after midnight and stopped a Palestinian car carrying two young men.
The two youths were then arrested and taken to a detention center. Beita town was subjected over the past week to a complete closure and tight restrictions.
The neighboring towns were also stormed overnight. Along the same line, IOF stormed early today Kasra town south of Nablus amid heavy firing of teargas bombs under the pretext that local youths threw stones at a settlement road.
