3 may 2016
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) moved two Palestinian hunger strikers from Ayla solitary confinement to Megiddo and Jalbo prisons, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed Tuesday.
The two prisoners Fuad Assi, 30و and Adim Maferjeh, 29, have earlier declared hunger strike in protest against their illegal administrative detention.
IPS has imposed a number of punitive measures against the two hunger strikers in an attempt to break their protest strike, the PPS added.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian prisoner Sami Janazra, who is currently held in Soroka Hospital, is still on hunger strike for nearly two months.
On the other hand, a state of tension has prevailed among Palestinian prisoners in Nafha prison on Tuesday morning after IPS stepped up its punitive measures.
The prisoners closed all the prison’s sections in protest against the prison administration’s provocative policy against them. Prisoners Media Center said that the prisoners’ protests have escalated after the prisoner Jamal al-Hur was moved to Eshel prison without prior notice.
There are currently more than 7,000 Palestinian prisoners held in 22 Israeli jails and detention centers including women, children, and journalists amid very difficult detention conditions.
The two prisoners Fuad Assi, 30و and Adim Maferjeh, 29, have earlier declared hunger strike in protest against their illegal administrative detention.
IPS has imposed a number of punitive measures against the two hunger strikers in an attempt to break their protest strike, the PPS added.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian prisoner Sami Janazra, who is currently held in Soroka Hospital, is still on hunger strike for nearly two months.
On the other hand, a state of tension has prevailed among Palestinian prisoners in Nafha prison on Tuesday morning after IPS stepped up its punitive measures.
The prisoners closed all the prison’s sections in protest against the prison administration’s provocative policy against them. Prisoners Media Center said that the prisoners’ protests have escalated after the prisoner Jamal al-Hur was moved to Eshel prison without prior notice.
There are currently more than 7,000 Palestinian prisoners held in 22 Israeli jails and detention centers including women, children, and journalists amid very difficult detention conditions.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) security apparatuses arrested 10 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and injured others on account of their involvement in anti-occupation activism.
Reporting from Nablus, a PIC journalist said the PA attacked a reception held to welcome the newly-released detainee Alam Ubeid after nine years in Israeli jails.
Several Palestinians were left injured as the PA forces showered the area with live bullet fire.
In Tulkarem, the PA Preventive Forces kidnapped the ex-prisoner Alaa Shreitah just one month after he had been released from Israeli jails, where he had spent 14 years.
The same forces kidnapped 22-year-old Ahmad Abu Zuhra from his workplace. Sources-based in Ramallah also said the PA forces kidnapped the ex-prisoner Musaab al-Barghouti, who had previously been tortured in PA lock-ups.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped three young men from Termes’aya village, a couple of days after they had been released from the PA prison, where they had served a three-month-sentence on charges of planning for anti-occupation activities.
A Palestinian instructor and university student were also kidnapped by the PA General Intelligence from al-Khalil city.
The PA intelligence in Bethlehem kidnapped the youngster Ahmad Radi from the Aida refugee camp at the same time as the PA Preventive Forces kidnapped the two brothers Khalil and Omar Kanaan, enrolled at the Quds University. Ibrahim Surur was also kidnapped in the process.
Earlier, on Monday evening, the PA intelligence troops kidnapped the journalist Adeeb al-Atrash after they summoned him for interrogation in al-Khalil, the journalist’s family told the PIC.
Journalist al-Atrash was arrested shortly after he had received his MA degree from a university abroad. The family slammed Israel’s abduction of their son, saying the move is a serious violation of Palestinians’ right to the freedom of the press.
Reporting from Nablus, a PIC journalist said the PA attacked a reception held to welcome the newly-released detainee Alam Ubeid after nine years in Israeli jails.
Several Palestinians were left injured as the PA forces showered the area with live bullet fire.
In Tulkarem, the PA Preventive Forces kidnapped the ex-prisoner Alaa Shreitah just one month after he had been released from Israeli jails, where he had spent 14 years.
The same forces kidnapped 22-year-old Ahmad Abu Zuhra from his workplace. Sources-based in Ramallah also said the PA forces kidnapped the ex-prisoner Musaab al-Barghouti, who had previously been tortured in PA lock-ups.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped three young men from Termes’aya village, a couple of days after they had been released from the PA prison, where they had served a three-month-sentence on charges of planning for anti-occupation activities.
A Palestinian instructor and university student were also kidnapped by the PA General Intelligence from al-Khalil city.
The PA intelligence in Bethlehem kidnapped the youngster Ahmad Radi from the Aida refugee camp at the same time as the PA Preventive Forces kidnapped the two brothers Khalil and Omar Kanaan, enrolled at the Quds University. Ibrahim Surur was also kidnapped in the process.
Earlier, on Monday evening, the PA intelligence troops kidnapped the journalist Adeeb al-Atrash after they summoned him for interrogation in al-Khalil, the journalist’s family told the PIC.
Journalist al-Atrash was arrested shortly after he had received his MA degree from a university abroad. The family slammed Israel’s abduction of their son, saying the move is a serious violation of Palestinians’ right to the freedom of the press.
Three Palestinian journalists sustained minor injuries on Tuesday after Israeli forces attempted to suppress a “peaceful” sit-in with stun grenades and tear gas outside Israel’s Ofer detention center on World Press Freedom Day.
A group of Palestinian journalists used the occasion to direct attention to the plight of Palestinian journalists currently being held in Israeli custody as a result of Israel’s widely-condemned crackdown on Palestinian journalists since a wave of unrest erupted across the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
At least 43 Palestinian journalists have been detained by Israeli forces since October, who have reported cases of torture, medical negligence, and unreasonable and illegal rulings by Israeli authorities, according to a recent report by the Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists.
Staging a sit-in outside the Ofer detention center, the demonstrators raised posters of imprisoned Palestinian journalists and demanded the release of 20 who are currently being held in Israeli prisons.
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades at the journalists, despite reports that the protest was peaceful, wounding Zahir Abu Hussein, Muhammad Shawasha, and Ali Ubeidat.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into reports on the incident.
Israel’s Ofer detention center, which is illegally located on privately-held Palestinian land near Ramallah in the central West Bank, has been the scene of protests in the last week over the arbitrary arrest of Omar Nazzal, a well-known Palestinian journalist currently held at the detention center.
Nazzal was detained on April 23 at the Allenby Bridge between the occupied West Bank and Jordan en route to a European Federation of Journalist conference in Bosnia.
On Monday, the Israeli authorities extended Nazzal’s administrative detention for four months, for alleged involvement with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which Israel has declared a “terrorist” organization along with the majority of other Palestinian political parties.
Nazzal joins the some 700 Palestinians being held by Israel under administrative detention -- internment without trial or charge.
In a statement released in March, Palestinian media freedoms group MADA said it was “highly concerned” by recent Israeli resolutions targeting Palestinian media, saying it neglected “the main reason for the whole conflict, which is the continuous occupation and all systematic violations against Palestinian people.”
The watchdog reported a total of 599 violation against media freedoms in the occupied Palestinian territory over 2015, marking a 16 percent average increase from 2014.
Israeli authorities were also the target of criticism last month after reports surfaced of Israeli forces banning bulletproof vests from entering the Gaza Strip, jeopardizing the safety of Palestinian journalists in the besieged enclave who often experience missile and live firing by Israeli forces during clashes.
"Israel’s systematic assault on Palestinian journalists and media institutions is part of a broader campaign to instill fear and silence in an entire population,” Jamal Dajani of the Palestinian Prime Minister's Office said in a press release Tuesday.
“Today, freedom of expression has become grounds for arrest, under the Israeli pretext of incitement. Israel wants to stop Palestinians from reporting on Israeli human rights violations; Israel doesn’t want the world to know the real facts on the ground."
A group of Palestinian journalists used the occasion to direct attention to the plight of Palestinian journalists currently being held in Israeli custody as a result of Israel’s widely-condemned crackdown on Palestinian journalists since a wave of unrest erupted across the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
At least 43 Palestinian journalists have been detained by Israeli forces since October, who have reported cases of torture, medical negligence, and unreasonable and illegal rulings by Israeli authorities, according to a recent report by the Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists.
Staging a sit-in outside the Ofer detention center, the demonstrators raised posters of imprisoned Palestinian journalists and demanded the release of 20 who are currently being held in Israeli prisons.
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades at the journalists, despite reports that the protest was peaceful, wounding Zahir Abu Hussein, Muhammad Shawasha, and Ali Ubeidat.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into reports on the incident.
Israel’s Ofer detention center, which is illegally located on privately-held Palestinian land near Ramallah in the central West Bank, has been the scene of protests in the last week over the arbitrary arrest of Omar Nazzal, a well-known Palestinian journalist currently held at the detention center.
Nazzal was detained on April 23 at the Allenby Bridge between the occupied West Bank and Jordan en route to a European Federation of Journalist conference in Bosnia.
On Monday, the Israeli authorities extended Nazzal’s administrative detention for four months, for alleged involvement with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which Israel has declared a “terrorist” organization along with the majority of other Palestinian political parties.
Nazzal joins the some 700 Palestinians being held by Israel under administrative detention -- internment without trial or charge.
In a statement released in March, Palestinian media freedoms group MADA said it was “highly concerned” by recent Israeli resolutions targeting Palestinian media, saying it neglected “the main reason for the whole conflict, which is the continuous occupation and all systematic violations against Palestinian people.”
The watchdog reported a total of 599 violation against media freedoms in the occupied Palestinian territory over 2015, marking a 16 percent average increase from 2014.
Israeli authorities were also the target of criticism last month after reports surfaced of Israeli forces banning bulletproof vests from entering the Gaza Strip, jeopardizing the safety of Palestinian journalists in the besieged enclave who often experience missile and live firing by Israeli forces during clashes.
"Israel’s systematic assault on Palestinian journalists and media institutions is part of a broader campaign to instill fear and silence in an entire population,” Jamal Dajani of the Palestinian Prime Minister's Office said in a press release Tuesday.
“Today, freedom of expression has become grounds for arrest, under the Israeli pretext of incitement. Israel wants to stop Palestinians from reporting on Israeli human rights violations; Israel doesn’t want the world to know the real facts on the ground."
2 may 2016
The Israeli occupation stepped up attacks on Palestinian journalists and violations of their right to the freedom of the press, head of the census department at the Prisoners’ and Ex-prisoners’ committee, Abdul Nasser Farwana, said Monday.
Farwana said in a press statement released on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day that the Israeli occupation infringed on journalists’ right to the freedom of the press, shut down media institutions by force, cracked down on journalists, arrested dozens arbitrarily, and kept others in jail.
He said over 280 Israeli attacks against journalists have been documented since the outbreak of the anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada, in early October.
“Dozens of journalists and press officers have been subjected to Israeli abductions during the Jerusalem Uprising while at least 19 others have been kept in occupation jails,” the activist noted.
He attributed such attacks and violations to the instructions given by Israeli political leaders to curb Palestinians’ right to the freedom of the press on allegations of incitement to violence. He added that the campaign aims at covering up the Israeli crimes perpetrated against the Palestinians on a quasi-daily basis.
Farwana called on the international media federations and journalists to seriously step in and work on releasing Palestinian journalists from Israeli jails and restoring Palestinians’ right to the freedom of the press.
Farwana said in a press statement released on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day that the Israeli occupation infringed on journalists’ right to the freedom of the press, shut down media institutions by force, cracked down on journalists, arrested dozens arbitrarily, and kept others in jail.
He said over 280 Israeli attacks against journalists have been documented since the outbreak of the anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada, in early October.
“Dozens of journalists and press officers have been subjected to Israeli abductions during the Jerusalem Uprising while at least 19 others have been kept in occupation jails,” the activist noted.
He attributed such attacks and violations to the instructions given by Israeli political leaders to curb Palestinians’ right to the freedom of the press on allegations of incitement to violence. He added that the campaign aims at covering up the Israeli crimes perpetrated against the Palestinians on a quasi-daily basis.
Farwana called on the international media federations and journalists to seriously step in and work on releasing Palestinian journalists from Israeli jails and restoring Palestinians’ right to the freedom of the press.
1 may 2016
The Palestinian Prisoner Society along with the Syndicate of Journalists in Nablus city organized on Saturday a sit-in in solidarity with the journalist captive Omar Nazzal and the hunger striker detainee Sami Janazra.
A score of Palestinian journalists participated in the sit-in, which was held within the event of the 2nd Media Freedom Conference.
The participants raised photos of both detainees along with posters calling for releasing them in addition to another 18 journalist prisoners languishing in Israeli jails.
Key Palestinian figures delivered speeches in the event including the representative of the journalists’ syndicate in Nablus Jaafar Eshtaiyeh, director general of international relations at the Palestinian Prisoner Society Amer al-Kateb, and the political analyst Hani al-Masri.
All of the speakers demanded to expose Israeli aggressive practices against Palestinian pressmen and called for international action for the sake of prisoners support.
A score of Palestinian journalists participated in the sit-in, which was held within the event of the 2nd Media Freedom Conference.
The participants raised photos of both detainees along with posters calling for releasing them in addition to another 18 journalist prisoners languishing in Israeli jails.
Key Palestinian figures delivered speeches in the event including the representative of the journalists’ syndicate in Nablus Jaafar Eshtaiyeh, director general of international relations at the Palestinian Prisoner Society Amer al-Kateb, and the political analyst Hani al-Masri.
All of the speakers demanded to expose Israeli aggressive practices against Palestinian pressmen and called for international action for the sake of prisoners support.
28 apr 2016
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) has been detaining the Jerusalemite journalist Samah Duwaik, 25, for 17 consecutive days after charging her with incitement against occupation over Facebook.
The IOA has been preventing detainee Duwiak from family visitation since she was arrested on April 10 under the pretext of the ongoing Jewish holidays.
Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed that Duwaik is one of 19 journalists who are detained in Israeli jails.
The captive’s sister, Israa, told Quds Press on Wednesday that her sister was arrested from her home in Silwan neighborhood and held in Hasharon Israeli jail with 10 other female detainees.
An Israeli court extended her detention order last week for the completion of judicial procedures.
The IOA has been preventing detainee Duwiak from family visitation since she was arrested on April 10 under the pretext of the ongoing Jewish holidays.
Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed that Duwaik is one of 19 journalists who are detained in Israeli jails.
The captive’s sister, Israa, told Quds Press on Wednesday that her sister was arrested from her home in Silwan neighborhood and held in Hasharon Israeli jail with 10 other female detainees.
An Israeli court extended her detention order last week for the completion of judicial procedures.
26 apr 2016
journalist Omar Nazal
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) violently suppressed a solidarity sit-in outside Ofer prison west of Ramallah calling for the release of Palestinian imprisoned journalist Omar Nazal.
According to Quds Press, Israeli forces fired teargas bombs and stun grenades at the participants, injuring two journalists. The event was organized by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate amid large participation of Palestinian and foreign journalists.
The two injured journalists were identified as the photographer for Reuters Saed Hawari and news reporter for a Jordanian channel Hafed Abu Sabra.
The participants held photos of the imprisoned journalist Nazal and chanted slogans calling for his immediate release and a stop to Israeli systematic violations against journalists.
Nazal was arrested last Saturday at Karama crossing that links between Jordan and West Bank while on his way to Jordan to participate in an international press conference in Bosnia.
There are currently 19 Palestinian journalists in Israeli jails, most of them are held in administrative detention according to which hundreds of Palestinians are held without charge or trial.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) violently suppressed a solidarity sit-in outside Ofer prison west of Ramallah calling for the release of Palestinian imprisoned journalist Omar Nazal.
According to Quds Press, Israeli forces fired teargas bombs and stun grenades at the participants, injuring two journalists. The event was organized by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate amid large participation of Palestinian and foreign journalists.
The two injured journalists were identified as the photographer for Reuters Saed Hawari and news reporter for a Jordanian channel Hafed Abu Sabra.
The participants held photos of the imprisoned journalist Nazal and chanted slogans calling for his immediate release and a stop to Israeli systematic violations against journalists.
Nazal was arrested last Saturday at Karama crossing that links between Jordan and West Bank while on his way to Jordan to participate in an international press conference in Bosnia.
There are currently 19 Palestinian journalists in Israeli jails, most of them are held in administrative detention according to which hundreds of Palestinians are held without charge or trial.
24 apr 2016
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday arrested the Palestinian journalist Omar Nazal as he tried to pass through the Karama border crossing.
The Palestinian Journalists Union said the IOF arrested member of the union’s General Secretariat Omar Nazal on his way to attend a conference of the European Journalists Federation.
The union condemned the arrest, dubbing it a serious and dangerous violation against Palestinian journalists and the freedom of the press. The union vowed to do whatever it takes to bring the Israeli crimes against journalists to an end and prosecute all the responsible parties.
The union further announced the launch of a solidarity campaign both nationally and internationally to push for Omar’s release. At least 19 Palestinian journalists are currently held in the Israeli occupation jails.
The Palestinian Journalists Union said the IOF arrested member of the union’s General Secretariat Omar Nazal on his way to attend a conference of the European Journalists Federation.
The union condemned the arrest, dubbing it a serious and dangerous violation against Palestinian journalists and the freedom of the press. The union vowed to do whatever it takes to bring the Israeli crimes against journalists to an end and prosecute all the responsible parties.
The union further announced the launch of a solidarity campaign both nationally and internationally to push for Omar’s release. At least 19 Palestinian journalists are currently held in the Israeli occupation jails.
22 apr 2016
Israeli Prison Service transferred the Palestinian Jerusalemite journalist Samah Dwaik, 25, from Ramleh jail to Hasharon.
The captive’s sister, Israa, told Quds Press that the family requested to visit her imprisoned sister through coordination with the international Red Cross in order to check on their daughter and to send her needs to jail.
Detainee Dwaik has been arrested since April 10. She was working as a correspondent for Quds News Network.
The Israeli court extended her detention order based on an indictment including incitement for violence over Facebook.
The captive’s sister, Israa, told Quds Press that the family requested to visit her imprisoned sister through coordination with the international Red Cross in order to check on their daughter and to send her needs to jail.
Detainee Dwaik has been arrested since April 10. She was working as a correspondent for Quds News Network.
The Israeli court extended her detention order based on an indictment including incitement for violence over Facebook.
Israeli court on Thursday sentenced Mujahid al-Saadi, correspondent of “Palestine Today" satellite channel, to seven months in addition to a fine of 5000 shekels ($1300).
Journalist Saadi was arrested on January 12 this year from his home in Jenin. He was an ex-detainee who spent over five years in Israeli jails. Israeli Occupation Authorities are detaining 19 Palestinian journalists.
Some of them are held under the illegal administration detention with no charges or trials and the others are sentenced to different periods.
Journalist Saadi was arrested on January 12 this year from his home in Jenin. He was an ex-detainee who spent over five years in Israeli jails. Israeli Occupation Authorities are detaining 19 Palestinian journalists.
Some of them are held under the illegal administration detention with no charges or trials and the others are sentenced to different periods.
21 apr 2016
The Israeli Central Court, in Occupied Jerusalem, extended on Wednesday the detention of 25-year-old Palestinian journalist Samah Dweik pending a finalization of the verdict.
Lawyer Ramzi Kteilat said the Israeli Magistrate Court ruled for releasing Dweik on certain conditions, but the prosecution objected to the decision and demanded its suspension. The central court approved the appeal and ruled for extending Dweik’s remand until the end of legal proceedings.
The Israeli prosecution indicted journalist Dweik for incitement to violence via earlier statements posted on her Facebook account.
Journalist Samah Dweik, held in the Ramla jail, was detained on April 10 after the Israeli occupation troops broke into her family home in Ras al-Amoud, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem.
Lawyer Ramzi Kteilat said the Israeli Magistrate Court ruled for releasing Dweik on certain conditions, but the prosecution objected to the decision and demanded its suspension. The central court approved the appeal and ruled for extending Dweik’s remand until the end of legal proceedings.
The Israeli prosecution indicted journalist Dweik for incitement to violence via earlier statements posted on her Facebook account.
Journalist Samah Dweik, held in the Ramla jail, was detained on April 10 after the Israeli occupation troops broke into her family home in Ras al-Amoud, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Ministry of Information and Ma'an News Agency honored activist Emad Abu Shamsiya Tuesday in appreciation of his role in exposing Israeli crimes by documenting the high-profile killing of a Palestinian by an Israeli soldier.
Abu Shamsiya captured video footage of an Israeli soldier shooting and killing the gravely-injured Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron after he allegedly stabbed another Israeli soldier. The footage was released by Israeli human rights group B’Tselem and called international attention to the incident, which was labeled by the UN as an “extrajudicial execution.”
He is also one of the founders of the Palestinian group Human Rights Defenders, who document human rights violations by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Abu Shamsiya was the target of harassment and verbal abuse by Israeli settlers who threatened him at his home following the release of the footage he captured.
Deputy Minister Mahmoud Khalifeh and Ma'an’s Editor in Chief Nasser Laham applauded the resistance of the people in Hebron’s Old City -- especially in the Tel Rumeida area -- for pushing back against Israeli human rights violations and documenting their crimes.
Tel Rumeida -- the site of al-Sharif's killing and where Shamsiya’s house is located -- has long been a flashpoint for tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers and soldiers, and is located near an illegal Israeli settlement.
Abu Shamsiya thanked the Ministry of Information and Ma'an News Agency, dedicating his award to all peace activists and defenders of human rights.
Abu Shamsiya captured video footage of an Israeli soldier shooting and killing the gravely-injured Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron after he allegedly stabbed another Israeli soldier. The footage was released by Israeli human rights group B’Tselem and called international attention to the incident, which was labeled by the UN as an “extrajudicial execution.”
He is also one of the founders of the Palestinian group Human Rights Defenders, who document human rights violations by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Abu Shamsiya was the target of harassment and verbal abuse by Israeli settlers who threatened him at his home following the release of the footage he captured.
Deputy Minister Mahmoud Khalifeh and Ma'an’s Editor in Chief Nasser Laham applauded the resistance of the people in Hebron’s Old City -- especially in the Tel Rumeida area -- for pushing back against Israeli human rights violations and documenting their crimes.
Tel Rumeida -- the site of al-Sharif's killing and where Shamsiya’s house is located -- has long been a flashpoint for tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers and soldiers, and is located near an illegal Israeli settlement.
Abu Shamsiya thanked the Ministry of Information and Ma'an News Agency, dedicating his award to all peace activists and defenders of human rights.
20 apr 2016
The Palestinian Media Forum warned of the Israeli continued detention of the sick journalist Bassam al-Sayeh, calling for his immediate release.
Israeli authorities have notably escalated repression policies against Palestinian sick prisoners, the Forum’s statement warned.
More than 700 sick prisoners are currently held in Israeli jails, and subjected to deliberate medical negligence as they only receive painkillers and anesthetics despite their serious health condition, according to the statement.
The PA committee for prisoners’ studies has said that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) moved the Palestinian sick prisoner Bassam al-Sayeh from Eshel prison to Ramla prison hospital after his health condition deteriorated.
The detained journalist Bassam al-Sayeh, who has been arrested since October 08, 2015, suffers from leukemia and bones cancer since 2011 in addition to severe pneumonia as well as weakness in the heart muscle.
The Forum warned that al-Sayeh may face death at any moment due to his difficult health situation, calling for his immediate release. The statement also pointed out that an Israeli military court sentenced the journalist Mohamed Assida for 18 months in jail. Mohamed Assida spent four years in Israeli jails in separate arrests.
The Media Forum concluded its statement by calling on international human rights institutions to exert more pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities for the release of 18 Palestinian journalists.
Israeli authorities have notably escalated repression policies against Palestinian sick prisoners, the Forum’s statement warned.
More than 700 sick prisoners are currently held in Israeli jails, and subjected to deliberate medical negligence as they only receive painkillers and anesthetics despite their serious health condition, according to the statement.
The PA committee for prisoners’ studies has said that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) moved the Palestinian sick prisoner Bassam al-Sayeh from Eshel prison to Ramla prison hospital after his health condition deteriorated.
The detained journalist Bassam al-Sayeh, who has been arrested since October 08, 2015, suffers from leukemia and bones cancer since 2011 in addition to severe pneumonia as well as weakness in the heart muscle.
The Forum warned that al-Sayeh may face death at any moment due to his difficult health situation, calling for his immediate release. The statement also pointed out that an Israeli military court sentenced the journalist Mohamed Assida for 18 months in jail. Mohamed Assida spent four years in Israeli jails in separate arrests.
The Media Forum concluded its statement by calling on international human rights institutions to exert more pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities for the release of 18 Palestinian journalists.
The Committee to Support Journalists warned Tuesday of the dangers with which journalists’ lives have been fraught in Gaza due to the Israeli restrictions on the entry of press vests and shields.
The committee said the Israeli occupation authorities have frequently banned journalists’ access to a set of helmets and bulletproof vests donated by international and Arab parties.
The statement held the Israeli occupation responsible for the lives of hundreds of Palestinian journalists who have been directly exposed to bullet fire and rocket-propelled grenades while they were covering facts on the grounds.
“Such oppressive restrictions endanger the lives of Palestinian journalists and stand in sharp contrast to all international treaties and human rights conventions,” the statement read.
The committee appealed to the International Federation of Journalists, Reporters without Borders, and the UNESCO, along with other international bodies, to urge the Israeli occupation to abide by all U.N. conventions, restore journalists’ rights, and lift bans on the entry of logistic kit into blockaded Gaza.
The committee said the Israeli occupation authorities have frequently banned journalists’ access to a set of helmets and bulletproof vests donated by international and Arab parties.
The statement held the Israeli occupation responsible for the lives of hundreds of Palestinian journalists who have been directly exposed to bullet fire and rocket-propelled grenades while they were covering facts on the grounds.
“Such oppressive restrictions endanger the lives of Palestinian journalists and stand in sharp contrast to all international treaties and human rights conventions,” the statement read.
The committee appealed to the International Federation of Journalists, Reporters without Borders, and the UNESCO, along with other international bodies, to urge the Israeli occupation to abide by all U.N. conventions, restore journalists’ rights, and lift bans on the entry of logistic kit into blockaded Gaza.
19 apr 2016
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) moved Tuesday the Palestinian sick prisoner Bassam al-Sayeh from Eshel prison to Ramla prison hospital after his health condition deteriorated, the PA committee for prisoners’ studies said.
The committee affirmed that the cancer patient Bassam al-Sayeh, 43, was transferred to Ramla prison hospital in a very difficult condition.
The patient captive Bassam al-Sayeh, who has been arrested since October 08, 2015, suffers from leukemia and bones cancer since 2011 in addition to severe pneumonia as well as weakness in the heart muscle.
The committee affirmed that the cancer patient Bassam al-Sayeh, 43, was transferred to Ramla prison hospital in a very difficult condition.
The patient captive Bassam al-Sayeh, who has been arrested since October 08, 2015, suffers from leukemia and bones cancer since 2011 in addition to severe pneumonia as well as weakness in the heart muscle.
Israeli police searched the main offices of Jerusalem-based Palestinian news outlet al-Quds late Monday, holding employees at gunpoint and harassing workers during the search, local sources said.
Sources told Ma’an that Israeli police raided the newspaper's’ main building and print shop in the Atarot industrial area in northern Jerusalem before checking surveillance cameras, in a search for West Bank IDs-holders who had allegedly entered Israel illegally.
Al-Quds newspapers’ employees denied that anyone was present in the building who had entered the area illegally, sources said.
Witnesses said that two Israeli officers pulled guns on al-Quds employees during the raid, shouting obscenities at journalists in the office.
An Israeli police spokesperson had no information on the search.
Palestinian media outlets have been frequently targeted by the Israeli authorities since unrest hit the occupied Palestinian territory over the past six months, with a number of outlets shut down for alleged “incitement against Israel.”
Following Israel’s raid and closure of a slew of news offices late last year, a high-ranking PA official said the move was part of Israel’s policy to "oppress the voice of Palestinian rights.”
Sources told Ma’an that Israeli police raided the newspaper's’ main building and print shop in the Atarot industrial area in northern Jerusalem before checking surveillance cameras, in a search for West Bank IDs-holders who had allegedly entered Israel illegally.
Al-Quds newspapers’ employees denied that anyone was present in the building who had entered the area illegally, sources said.
Witnesses said that two Israeli officers pulled guns on al-Quds employees during the raid, shouting obscenities at journalists in the office.
An Israeli police spokesperson had no information on the search.
Palestinian media outlets have been frequently targeted by the Israeli authorities since unrest hit the occupied Palestinian territory over the past six months, with a number of outlets shut down for alleged “incitement against Israel.”
Following Israel’s raid and closure of a slew of news offices late last year, a high-ranking PA official said the move was part of Israel’s policy to "oppress the voice of Palestinian rights.”
