4 sept 2015
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.
3 sept 2015
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.
29 aug 2015
The Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) has condemned the restrictions imposed by Israel on the Palestinian journalists and media workers in the occupied Palestinian territories.
One of the recent arbitrary measures taken against journalists, the Federation said, was Israel's decision to ban about 50 of them from leaving the Gaza Strip for the West Bank to participate in a conference on the development of the media in Palestine.
The Federation described the Israeli decision as a violation of the freedom of the press and the international law in this regard.
It stressed that such Israeli measures are against the international and humanitarian laws which protect the journalists' right to move freely in areas under occupation for the purpose of obtaining and exchanging information.
One of the recent arbitrary measures taken against journalists, the Federation said, was Israel's decision to ban about 50 of them from leaving the Gaza Strip for the West Bank to participate in a conference on the development of the media in Palestine.
The Federation described the Israeli decision as a violation of the freedom of the press and the international law in this regard.
It stressed that such Israeli measures are against the international and humanitarian laws which protect the journalists' right to move freely in areas under occupation for the purpose of obtaining and exchanging information.
28 aug 2015
A Palestinian journalist was shot and injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet, while another was abducted during clashes which erupted, in Ramallah’s village of Bil'in, between Palestinian locals and the Israeli army, as the latter suppressed the weekly and peaceful anti-settlement demonstration. Injuries were also reported east of Qalqilia.
The popular committee against the separation wall in the village said that journalist Mohammed Basman Yasin was hit with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the foot, while he was covering the event.
According to WAFA correspondence, Israeli forces also took another journalist, identified as Hamza Yasin, into custody. Head of the popular committee, Iyad Birnat, was also taken.
Meanwhile, forces suppressed another peaceful demonstration organized in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, shooting and injuring a child with a rubber-coated bullet in the foot, and causing many others to suffocate due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by the Israeli soldiers.
Many others sustained light injuries after being hit with rubber-coated bullets. They were all treated at the scene.
The soldiers further abducted Palestinian local Mahmoud al-Tamimi, along with an Italian activist.
The popular committee movement in Nabi Saleh said that soldiers attempted to nab a child, who sustained fractures in his arm during an Israeli army’ raid on the village two days ago; forces reportedly beat him, along with other locals. The child was identified as Mohammed Bassim.
Dozens of Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, while a youth was shot with live ammunition as Israeli forces quelled the weekly and peaceful anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalqilia, according to a local activist.
Coordinator of the popular resistance committee in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, Murab Shtawi, said that Israeli forces violently suppressed demonstrators, who also rallied to protest Israel’s closure of the main road that has connected the village of Kufr Qaddoum with the city of Nablus since 2003, spurring clashes between them.
Forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades at demonstrators, shooting and injuring a youth from Shtawi family with a live bullet in his foot, while dozens others were treated at the scene for rubber bullet injuries. The youth was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Forces also employed the use of chemically treated waste water against demonstrators.
“Before 2003, the residents of Kufr Qaddoum would use a shorter road to the east in order to come and go to nearby cities and villages. However, as the settlements expanded so that they overwhelmed the road, it became closed for Palestinian use, said Addameer Human Rights Association.
The only alternative road is roughly six times longer than the previous route, disrupting the villagers’ ability to attend university, their jobs, and other vital aspects of their economic and social wellbeing, noted Addameer.
“Three Palestinian deaths relating to the road’s closure occurred between 2004 and 2005,” it said.
Although Kufr Qaddoum’s Popular Resistance Committee took their case to the Israeli High Court in 2003, the legal status of the road remains unchanged, stressed Addameer. After all legal appeals failed, villagers decided to organize weekly demonstrations in July 2011, a step that was met with violent suppression by Israeli forces.
Meanwhile, extremist settlers, late Thursday night, cut off the electricity supply to the village after they broke the locks of the village’s power distribution station located near the Israeli settlement of Qedumim, built illegally on the village’s land. As a result, the village locals were left without electricity for hours.
The popular committee against the separation wall in the village said that journalist Mohammed Basman Yasin was hit with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the foot, while he was covering the event.
According to WAFA correspondence, Israeli forces also took another journalist, identified as Hamza Yasin, into custody. Head of the popular committee, Iyad Birnat, was also taken.
Meanwhile, forces suppressed another peaceful demonstration organized in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, shooting and injuring a child with a rubber-coated bullet in the foot, and causing many others to suffocate due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by the Israeli soldiers.
Many others sustained light injuries after being hit with rubber-coated bullets. They were all treated at the scene.
The soldiers further abducted Palestinian local Mahmoud al-Tamimi, along with an Italian activist.
The popular committee movement in Nabi Saleh said that soldiers attempted to nab a child, who sustained fractures in his arm during an Israeli army’ raid on the village two days ago; forces reportedly beat him, along with other locals. The child was identified as Mohammed Bassim.
Dozens of Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, while a youth was shot with live ammunition as Israeli forces quelled the weekly and peaceful anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalqilia, according to a local activist.
Coordinator of the popular resistance committee in the village of Kufr Qaddoum, Murab Shtawi, said that Israeli forces violently suppressed demonstrators, who also rallied to protest Israel’s closure of the main road that has connected the village of Kufr Qaddoum with the city of Nablus since 2003, spurring clashes between them.
Forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades at demonstrators, shooting and injuring a youth from Shtawi family with a live bullet in his foot, while dozens others were treated at the scene for rubber bullet injuries. The youth was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Forces also employed the use of chemically treated waste water against demonstrators.
“Before 2003, the residents of Kufr Qaddoum would use a shorter road to the east in order to come and go to nearby cities and villages. However, as the settlements expanded so that they overwhelmed the road, it became closed for Palestinian use, said Addameer Human Rights Association.
The only alternative road is roughly six times longer than the previous route, disrupting the villagers’ ability to attend university, their jobs, and other vital aspects of their economic and social wellbeing, noted Addameer.
“Three Palestinian deaths relating to the road’s closure occurred between 2004 and 2005,” it said.
Although Kufr Qaddoum’s Popular Resistance Committee took their case to the Israeli High Court in 2003, the legal status of the road remains unchanged, stressed Addameer. After all legal appeals failed, villagers decided to organize weekly demonstrations in July 2011, a step that was met with violent suppression by Israeli forces.
Meanwhile, extremist settlers, late Thursday night, cut off the electricity supply to the village after they broke the locks of the village’s power distribution station located near the Israeli settlement of Qedumim, built illegally on the village’s land. As a result, the village locals were left without electricity for hours.
27 aug 2015
The Israeli occupation police on Thursday banned the entry of two school girls to the Aqsa Mosque for several days and summoned a female photojournalist for interrogation.
Local sources reported that the Israeli police in Occupied Jerusalem ordered the students, Bara and Israa Gazzari, not to enter the Aqsa Mosque to attend their daily religious classes, which start from eight o'clock in the morning to two o'clock in the afternoon.
According to the police order, the entry ban against the students will be effective for only 15 days.
The two students condemned the decision as "unjust and racist", pointing out that the police accused them of assaulting one of their officers and throwing a water balloon at him.
The same sources added that the police in the holy city also detained photojournalist Zaina Qatmira, who works for Qudsna media center, during her presence at al-Silsila Gate of the Aqsa Mosque.
Qatmira was released later on condition of her return next Sunday to the police station in Qishleh area for interrogation.
Local sources reported that the Israeli police in Occupied Jerusalem ordered the students, Bara and Israa Gazzari, not to enter the Aqsa Mosque to attend their daily religious classes, which start from eight o'clock in the morning to two o'clock in the afternoon.
According to the police order, the entry ban against the students will be effective for only 15 days.
The two students condemned the decision as "unjust and racist", pointing out that the police accused them of assaulting one of their officers and throwing a water balloon at him.
The same sources added that the police in the holy city also detained photojournalist Zaina Qatmira, who works for Qudsna media center, during her presence at al-Silsila Gate of the Aqsa Mosque.
Qatmira was released later on condition of her return next Sunday to the police station in Qishleh area for interrogation.
Five Palestinian prisoners, held in Negev prison, continue their open-ended hunger strike launched eight days ago in protest against their administrative detention, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
The five hunger strikers were identified as: the journalist Nidal Abu Aker, 48, Shadi Ma’ali, 39, Ghassan Zawahra, 32, Badr Rosa, and Munir Abu Sharar.
The PPS lawyer quoted the five prisoners as saying that Israeli Prison Service (IPS) refused to move them to solitary confinement to give the impression that they were not serious in their strike.
They stressed their strong determination to continue their hunger strike till ending their administrative detention according to which they are held without charge or trial.
The prisoners launched an urgent appeal to international human rights groups to support their hunger strike till achieving their demands.
The five hunger strikers were identified as: the journalist Nidal Abu Aker, 48, Shadi Ma’ali, 39, Ghassan Zawahra, 32, Badr Rosa, and Munir Abu Sharar.
The PPS lawyer quoted the five prisoners as saying that Israeli Prison Service (IPS) refused to move them to solitary confinement to give the impression that they were not serious in their strike.
They stressed their strong determination to continue their hunger strike till ending their administrative detention according to which they are held without charge or trial.
The prisoners launched an urgent appeal to international human rights groups to support their hunger strike till achieving their demands.
26 aug 2015
Ali Yassin
The occupation municipality issued on Wednesday tickets for journalist photographers while monitoring and recording the events near Al-Silsileh Gate (one of Al-Aqsa Gates).
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation municipality issued financial tickets to the photographer of Palestine TV Ali Yassin, and the photographer of Russia Today Mohammad Isho; note that each ticket was 475 NIS and was issued under the pretext of obstructing the movement of people due to their photographic products.
The journalists denounced being harassed by the occupation police that prevent them from recording and monitoring the events and the occupation municipality that harass them under the pretext of “obstructing movement”.
The journalists confirmed that the police was obstructing movement through establishing iron barriers and deploying their forces in the streets and roads leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Assaults and arrest…
The occupation forces assaulted and pushed the journalist Liwa’ Abu Rmeileh and verbally insulted her near Al-Silsileh Gate.
They also detained the journalist Bayan Jo’beh and photographer Saeed Rukon but released them afterwards with no conditions.
The occupation municipality issued on Wednesday tickets for journalist photographers while monitoring and recording the events near Al-Silsileh Gate (one of Al-Aqsa Gates).
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation municipality issued financial tickets to the photographer of Palestine TV Ali Yassin, and the photographer of Russia Today Mohammad Isho; note that each ticket was 475 NIS and was issued under the pretext of obstructing the movement of people due to their photographic products.
The journalists denounced being harassed by the occupation police that prevent them from recording and monitoring the events and the occupation municipality that harass them under the pretext of “obstructing movement”.
The journalists confirmed that the police was obstructing movement through establishing iron barriers and deploying their forces in the streets and roads leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Assaults and arrest…
The occupation forces assaulted and pushed the journalist Liwa’ Abu Rmeileh and verbally insulted her near Al-Silsileh Gate.
They also detained the journalist Bayan Jo’beh and photographer Saeed Rukon but released them afterwards with no conditions.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Wednesday arrested Palestinian youths and detained a pressman in Occupied Jerusalem.
The Director of Quds Media center, Mohammad al-Sadeq, said IOF soldiers stopped him along with another man near al-Khalil gate after searching their IDs and questioning him about his work. They were heading to Bethlehem, he added.
The IOF arrested a Palestinian young man from Herod’s gate in Occupied Jerusalem. The man, who has not been identified yet, was taken to a police station in the city.
On the other hand, a Jerusalemite detainee called Khaled Shuwaiki, 40, was released from Raymond jail after serving a sentence of 30 months for belonging to Fatah movement. On Tuesday, the Israeli forces arrested two Jerusalemite minors aged 17 years.
In a similar context, Israeli soldiers along with Special Forces broke into the house of Adnan Ghaith, Fatah secretary general in Silwan town in Occupied Jerusalem. The forces handed a summons to his brother ordering the Fatah leader to be questioned by an Israeli Shin Bet officer.
Ghaith said the forces wreaked havoc in the house and took photos for the entire house claiming it was built without a construction permit. The IOF soldiers also assaulted his family members.
It is the second time that IOF soldiers break into Ghaith’s house, as it was stormed at the beginning of the year when he was held under administrative detention in Israeli jails.
The Director of Quds Media center, Mohammad al-Sadeq, said IOF soldiers stopped him along with another man near al-Khalil gate after searching their IDs and questioning him about his work. They were heading to Bethlehem, he added.
The IOF arrested a Palestinian young man from Herod’s gate in Occupied Jerusalem. The man, who has not been identified yet, was taken to a police station in the city.
On the other hand, a Jerusalemite detainee called Khaled Shuwaiki, 40, was released from Raymond jail after serving a sentence of 30 months for belonging to Fatah movement. On Tuesday, the Israeli forces arrested two Jerusalemite minors aged 17 years.
In a similar context, Israeli soldiers along with Special Forces broke into the house of Adnan Ghaith, Fatah secretary general in Silwan town in Occupied Jerusalem. The forces handed a summons to his brother ordering the Fatah leader to be questioned by an Israeli Shin Bet officer.
Ghaith said the forces wreaked havoc in the house and took photos for the entire house claiming it was built without a construction permit. The IOF soldiers also assaulted his family members.
It is the second time that IOF soldiers break into Ghaith’s house, as it was stormed at the beginning of the year when he was held under administrative detention in Israeli jails.
19 aug 2015
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) assaulted a Palestinian photographer, called Abdelaffu Ezghaiyer, at noon Tuesday while taking photos in Occupied Jerusalem.
Photographer Ezghaiyer who works for Q-Press said two Israeli soldiers took him to a police station close to al-Silsilah gate at the Aqsa Mosque and attacked him by severe beating and cursing regardless of showing his ID at their request.
He said the Israeli forces target Jerusalemites especially the journalists in order to limit the spread of news on Israeli violations.
Q-Press media center condemned the incident and charged Israel of responsibility for depriving Jerusalemites and journalists of their humanitarian and professional rights.
The center demanded offering an international protection for Journalists and pressmen in Occupied Jerusalem especially at the Aqsa Mosque in light of the Israeli escalation of its violations and offensive practice in the city.
Abdelaffu Ezghaiyer was arrested and attacked on a previous occasion while working at the Aqsa Mosque similar to scores of other Palestinian journalists, who are daily abused by Israeli forces.
Photographer Ezghaiyer who works for Q-Press said two Israeli soldiers took him to a police station close to al-Silsilah gate at the Aqsa Mosque and attacked him by severe beating and cursing regardless of showing his ID at their request.
He said the Israeli forces target Jerusalemites especially the journalists in order to limit the spread of news on Israeli violations.
Q-Press media center condemned the incident and charged Israel of responsibility for depriving Jerusalemites and journalists of their humanitarian and professional rights.
The center demanded offering an international protection for Journalists and pressmen in Occupied Jerusalem especially at the Aqsa Mosque in light of the Israeli escalation of its violations and offensive practice in the city.
Abdelaffu Ezghaiyer was arrested and attacked on a previous occasion while working at the Aqsa Mosque similar to scores of other Palestinian journalists, who are daily abused by Israeli forces.
18 aug 2015
The PA Preventive Security Service (PSS) arrested Monday evening the journalist Amer Abu Arafa after storming his home in al-Khalil and confiscating his computer.
Abu Arafa’s fiancé affirmed in a Facebook post that PSS forces detained Abu Arafa after violently breaking into his home.
Abu Arafa, who earlier served time in Israeli jails, works as a journalist for Shihab News Agency.
Abu Arafa’s fiancé affirmed in a Facebook post that PSS forces detained Abu Arafa after violently breaking into his home.
Abu Arafa, who earlier served time in Israeli jails, works as a journalist for Shihab News Agency.
17 aug 2015
Israeli Occupation Forces started a large-scale operation of leveling Palestinian lands and uprooting olive trees in Beit Jala city to the west of Bethlehem on Monday.
Walid al-Shatleh, Beit Jala resident, told the PIC reporter that the inhabitants of the city were astounded in the morning when the IOF escorted by military bulldozers and heavy vehicles stormed their agricultural lands.
He revealed that the Israeli bulldozers leveled over 6 out of 30 dunums intended to be leveled for the establishment of the Separation Wall in the area.
Shatleh pointed out that the Israeli forces also started uprooting perennial olive trees that date back to over 5,000 years.
The inhabitants of the city along with activists tried to protest against the Israeli violation and to stop leveling works, but the IOF barred them under threat of weapon.
Media sources disclosed that the IOF arrested a photographer called Amer Hejazi while he was covering the incident.
Walid al-Shatleh, Beit Jala resident, told the PIC reporter that the inhabitants of the city were astounded in the morning when the IOF escorted by military bulldozers and heavy vehicles stormed their agricultural lands.
He revealed that the Israeli bulldozers leveled over 6 out of 30 dunums intended to be leveled for the establishment of the Separation Wall in the area.
Shatleh pointed out that the Israeli forces also started uprooting perennial olive trees that date back to over 5,000 years.
The inhabitants of the city along with activists tried to protest against the Israeli violation and to stop leveling works, but the IOF barred them under threat of weapon.
Media sources disclosed that the IOF arrested a photographer called Amer Hejazi while he was covering the incident.
5 aug 2015
Hamas security forces on Wednesday detained a Gazan journalist several months after she wrote a report critical of the Hamas-run Ministry of Health, her father told Ma'an.
After journalist Mushira al-Hajj wrote the article, the Ministry of Health filed a complaint against her to the Hamas-affiliated attorney general, her father Tawfiq said. Tawfiq, who is a local poet, said that both he and his daughter were asked to apologize about the report, but they refused. He said that his daughter's arrest on Wednesday followed as a result.
Gaza-based rights groups said in statements that she would initially be detained 48 hours for questioning in the coastal enclave's Ansar prison. Mushira al-Hajj, 28, has worked with a number of local media outlets. She is married and has a daughter.
Earlier this year, a Palestinian journalist working for al-Jazeera accused security forces in Gaza of physically assaulting and detaining him.
The Gaza Center for Press Freedom reported hundreds of "violations of press freedom" to have taken place across the occupied Palestinian territories last year, in what was the deadliest year for Palestinian journalists on record.
While this included 295 violations committed by Israeli forces, it also included 82 violations of press freedom committed by Palestinian authorities, who arrested or summoned 28 journalists and injured or assaulted 26 more.
After journalist Mushira al-Hajj wrote the article, the Ministry of Health filed a complaint against her to the Hamas-affiliated attorney general, her father Tawfiq said. Tawfiq, who is a local poet, said that both he and his daughter were asked to apologize about the report, but they refused. He said that his daughter's arrest on Wednesday followed as a result.
Gaza-based rights groups said in statements that she would initially be detained 48 hours for questioning in the coastal enclave's Ansar prison. Mushira al-Hajj, 28, has worked with a number of local media outlets. She is married and has a daughter.
Earlier this year, a Palestinian journalist working for al-Jazeera accused security forces in Gaza of physically assaulting and detaining him.
The Gaza Center for Press Freedom reported hundreds of "violations of press freedom" to have taken place across the occupied Palestinian territories last year, in what was the deadliest year for Palestinian journalists on record.
While this included 295 violations committed by Israeli forces, it also included 82 violations of press freedom committed by Palestinian authorities, who arrested or summoned 28 journalists and injured or assaulted 26 more.
Israeli authorities on Wednesday banned a Palestinian journalist from Jerusalem from travellling for three months.
Amjad Arafeh, a freelance cameraman, told Ma'an that he was summoned for interrogation at the Russian Compound police station in West Jerusalem where he was told that his travel documents would be confiscated as part of a three month travel ban.
The ban was reportedly imposed for "security purposes," with no further details provided by Israeli authorities.
Amjad Arafeh, a freelance cameraman, told Ma'an that he was summoned for interrogation at the Russian Compound police station in West Jerusalem where he was told that his travel documents would be confiscated as part of a three month travel ban.
The ban was reportedly imposed for "security purposes," with no further details provided by Israeli authorities.
4 aug 2015
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) banned two Palestinian journalists from traveling abroad for security reasons. One journalist was summoned for investigation before he was informed of the travel ban.
The Palestinian journalist Amjad Abu Arafeh told Quds Press that he was summoned on Tuesday to be questioned by the Israeli intelligence in Occupied Jerusalem. He was released on bail.
He added that the IOA prevented him from travel for three months under the claim of security reasons. The Israeli forces confiscated his Jordanian passport and asked him to hand over his Israeli passport.
In the same context, journalist Mohammad Khader Semrain said that the Israeli intelligence informed him on Monday about the order of ban of travel until a further notice due to security reasons.
Journalist Abu Arafeh works as a cameraman for Al-Aqsa Satellite Channel while the journalist Semrain works as a correspondent for a local radio station.
The Palestinian journalist Amjad Abu Arafeh told Quds Press that he was summoned on Tuesday to be questioned by the Israeli intelligence in Occupied Jerusalem. He was released on bail.
He added that the IOA prevented him from travel for three months under the claim of security reasons. The Israeli forces confiscated his Jordanian passport and asked him to hand over his Israeli passport.
In the same context, journalist Mohammad Khader Semrain said that the Israeli intelligence informed him on Monday about the order of ban of travel until a further notice due to security reasons.
Journalist Abu Arafeh works as a cameraman for Al-Aqsa Satellite Channel while the journalist Semrain works as a correspondent for a local radio station.
28 july 2015
The Israeli Ofer military court sentenced the Palestinian journalist Ali Abd al-Kareem al-Awiwi, from al-Khalil, to six months in jail.
According to the Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights, 25-year-old Awiwi was kidnapped for the second time by the Israeli occupation forces on March 29, 2015. He had been previously sentenced to 18 months in the Israeli lock-ups when he was only 17 years old.
Awiwi, a father of two children, works as a journalist for the local al-Rabi’a radio station in al-Khalil.
The journalist is currently held in the Israeli Ofer prison, near Ramallah. He has reportedly been diagnosed with a critical intestinal disease and has undergone several surgeries.
According to the Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights, 25-year-old Awiwi was kidnapped for the second time by the Israeli occupation forces on March 29, 2015. He had been previously sentenced to 18 months in the Israeli lock-ups when he was only 17 years old.
Awiwi, a father of two children, works as a journalist for the local al-Rabi’a radio station in al-Khalil.
The journalist is currently held in the Israeli Ofer prison, near Ramallah. He has reportedly been diagnosed with a critical intestinal disease and has undergone several surgeries.
26 july 2015
A
number of peaceful Muslim worshipers on early Sunday morning
sustained wounds after Israeli army troops attacked them with
randomly-shot spates of tear gas canisters and stun grenades at the
holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Violent confrontations flared up since the early morning hours after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) broke into Muslims’ al-Aqsa Mosque and aggressively attacked the peaceful congregation and sit-inners.
Since predawn time the IOF has reportedly cracked down on the Muslim worshipers, denying men below the age of 50 and women of all age categories the right to enter the Mosque.
Meanwhile the IOF provided a security shield for a horde of some 30 fanatic settlers who broke into the holy site on the occasion of the so-called destruction of the temple.
The Israeli occupation officers forced the al-Aqsa supervision staff out of the Qibli Mosque and sealed off its gates with iron chains.
Members of the Endowment personnel and children have also been barred from entering the Mosque.
Earlier, some few hours ago, Israel’s former settlement minister Uri Ariel, escorted by Israeli vandals and cops, broke into the holy shrine.
On-the-spot observers documented instances of physical assaults by the Israeli officers on the Muslim women who have been maintaining vigil at the Mosque.
“I was heavily beaten by a flock of Israeli policemen as I attempted to cover the break-ins,” journalist Liwa Abu Rmila told the Anadolu News Agency.
Abu Rmila warned of an underway abduction campaign launched by the IOF against the Muslim sit-inners, some among whom have just been kidnapped and others wounded.
The IOF further sealed off the main entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City with iron roadblocks and propped up military deployment at al-Amoud, al-Sahira, and Al-Asbat Gates in an attempt to provide protection for a group of Israeli pro-Judaization marchers.
National and Islamic committees across the occupied Palestinian territories called for stepping up presence at the Mosque at a time when Israel’s alleged temple mount organizations launched calls for more desecration break-ins to mark the so-called destruction of the temple ceremony.
Violent confrontations flared up since the early morning hours after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) broke into Muslims’ al-Aqsa Mosque and aggressively attacked the peaceful congregation and sit-inners.
Since predawn time the IOF has reportedly cracked down on the Muslim worshipers, denying men below the age of 50 and women of all age categories the right to enter the Mosque.
Meanwhile the IOF provided a security shield for a horde of some 30 fanatic settlers who broke into the holy site on the occasion of the so-called destruction of the temple.
The Israeli occupation officers forced the al-Aqsa supervision staff out of the Qibli Mosque and sealed off its gates with iron chains.
Members of the Endowment personnel and children have also been barred from entering the Mosque.
Earlier, some few hours ago, Israel’s former settlement minister Uri Ariel, escorted by Israeli vandals and cops, broke into the holy shrine.
On-the-spot observers documented instances of physical assaults by the Israeli officers on the Muslim women who have been maintaining vigil at the Mosque.
“I was heavily beaten by a flock of Israeli policemen as I attempted to cover the break-ins,” journalist Liwa Abu Rmila told the Anadolu News Agency.
Abu Rmila warned of an underway abduction campaign launched by the IOF against the Muslim sit-inners, some among whom have just been kidnapped and others wounded.
The IOF further sealed off the main entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City with iron roadblocks and propped up military deployment at al-Amoud, al-Sahira, and Al-Asbat Gates in an attempt to provide protection for a group of Israeli pro-Judaization marchers.
National and Islamic committees across the occupied Palestinian territories called for stepping up presence at the Mosque at a time when Israel’s alleged temple mount organizations launched calls for more desecration break-ins to mark the so-called destruction of the temple ceremony.
