28 sept 2016
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) intensified since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada in early October 2015 arrest campaigns across the occupied territories, rights group revealed.
Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies revealed that 8,000 arrests were reported since last October including 2,155 minors, 270 women, and 250 online activists.
The center pointed out that most of the detainees were subjected to severe torture and ill-treatment in Israeli jails and detention centers. 1,773 administrative detention orders were also issued during the reported period, the report added.
40 female minors and four Palestinian MPs were also among the documented arrests. During the reported period, 110 old men over the age of 60, 23 academics, 190 people with special needs, and 79 journalists were detained.
The center said that two Palestinian prisoners died in Israeli jails due to the Israeli deliberate medical negligence.
Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies revealed that 8,000 arrests were reported since last October including 2,155 minors, 270 women, and 250 online activists.
The center pointed out that most of the detainees were subjected to severe torture and ill-treatment in Israeli jails and detention centers. 1,773 administrative detention orders were also issued during the reported period, the report added.
40 female minors and four Palestinian MPs were also among the documented arrests. During the reported period, 110 old men over the age of 60, 23 academics, 190 people with special needs, and 79 journalists were detained.
The center said that two Palestinian prisoners died in Israeli jails due to the Israeli deliberate medical negligence.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched at dawn Wednesday a large-scale raid and arrest campaign throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem. 26 Palestinians were detained during the pre-dawn campaign including a Palestinian MP and ex-prisoners.
Israeli Army affirmed that 19 “wanted” Palestinians were arrested Wednesday for being involved in anti-occupation attacks.
Three arrests were carried out in Qabatia town south of Jenin, while two others were reported in Tulkarem. Four more detainees were arrested south of Ramallah.
Three Palestinian were rounded up in occupied Jerusalem while six others were kidnapped from their houses in al-Khalil including activists in Hamas Movement.
The Palestinian MP for Hamas Movement Jamal al-Natsheh was among al-Khalil’s detainees, where Israeli forces brutally broke into his house and took him to unknown detention center only seven months after his release from Israeli jails.
Al-Natsheh spent 19 years in Israeli jails in separate arrests. Seven more arrests were carried out in Shufat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, Israeli authorities released overnight the Palestinian journalist Musab Zayoud a week after his arrest.
Israeli Army affirmed that 19 “wanted” Palestinians were arrested Wednesday for being involved in anti-occupation attacks.
Three arrests were carried out in Qabatia town south of Jenin, while two others were reported in Tulkarem. Four more detainees were arrested south of Ramallah.
Three Palestinian were rounded up in occupied Jerusalem while six others were kidnapped from their houses in al-Khalil including activists in Hamas Movement.
The Palestinian MP for Hamas Movement Jamal al-Natsheh was among al-Khalil’s detainees, where Israeli forces brutally broke into his house and took him to unknown detention center only seven months after his release from Israeli jails.
Al-Natsheh spent 19 years in Israeli jails in separate arrests. Seven more arrests were carried out in Shufat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, Israeli authorities released overnight the Palestinian journalist Musab Zayoud a week after his arrest.
26 sept 2016
On an international day of solidarity with Palestinian Journalists, Israeli forces detained 79 journalists and shot 130 others, the Commission of Supporting Palestinian Journalists reported.
The commission reported, according to Al Ray, that Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists and cameramen have raised dramatically since the beginning of Al-Aqsa Habba – uprising.
Last October saw the highest number of Israeli violations against Palestinian media staff in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and occupied Jerusalem.
The commission said, in a statement published on Monday, that it recorded more than 489 violations committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian media staff between October of 2015 and August of 2016.
174 of the violations committed in the last three months of 2015, while 315 violations were committed at the beginning of 2016.
The 26th of September is now commemorated as the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Journalists.
The commission reported, according to Al Ray, that Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists and cameramen have raised dramatically since the beginning of Al-Aqsa Habba – uprising.
Last October saw the highest number of Israeli violations against Palestinian media staff in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and occupied Jerusalem.
The commission said, in a statement published on Monday, that it recorded more than 489 violations committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian media staff between October of 2015 and August of 2016.
174 of the violations committed in the last three months of 2015, while 315 violations were committed at the beginning of 2016.
The 26th of September is now commemorated as the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Journalists.
25 sept 2016
16 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Syria since the armed violence started in the country, according to the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate.
In a report released on Saturday, the syndicate's commission of freedoms appealed to international and regional media and press unions to work on exposing serious violations that had been committed against Palestinian journalists in Syria and following up disappearance incidents that happened to some of them.
The report mentioned several Palestinian journalists who had been killed in different circumstances, including photojournalists Jihad Shahabi, Fadi Abu Ajaj, Jamal Khalifa and Iyas Farahat as well journalist Ghassan Shahabi, head of al-Shajarah Center.
In a report released on Saturday, the syndicate's commission of freedoms appealed to international and regional media and press unions to work on exposing serious violations that had been committed against Palestinian journalists in Syria and following up disappearance incidents that happened to some of them.
The report mentioned several Palestinian journalists who had been killed in different circumstances, including photojournalists Jihad Shahabi, Fadi Abu Ajaj, Jamal Khalifa and Iyas Farahat as well journalist Ghassan Shahabi, head of al-Shajarah Center.
24 sept 2016
Tunisian journalists issued a statement under the title “journalists against normalization,” in which they declared their strong rejection of normalization with Israel.
The statement came after a non-official Tunisian delegation visited Occupied Jerusalem and Palestine at the invitation of PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
The statement considered the visit as normalization with Israel especially that visiting occupied Jerusalem could only be under Israeli coordination.
Such a visit would provide a legitimacy to the Israeli occupation of Jerusalem, the statement said. "Visiting our (Palestinian) brothers in Occupied Jerusalem and supporting their steadfastness could never justify normalization with Israel," according to the statement.
The statement came after a non-official Tunisian delegation visited Occupied Jerusalem and Palestine at the invitation of PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
The statement considered the visit as normalization with Israel especially that visiting occupied Jerusalem could only be under Israeli coordination.
Such a visit would provide a legitimacy to the Israeli occupation of Jerusalem, the statement said. "Visiting our (Palestinian) brothers in Occupied Jerusalem and supporting their steadfastness could never justify normalization with Israel," according to the statement.
22 sept 2016
The Israeli Jalama military court extended Thursday the arrest of the Palestinian journalist Musab Zayoud, from Jenin, for 11 days pending further investigation.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed that the journalist was denied lawyer visits till September 25.
Zayoud was taken from his house two days ago.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed that the journalist was denied lawyer visits till September 25.
Zayoud was taken from his house two days ago.
21 sept 2016
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, approximately at 2:30 after midnight, the village of Bil’in in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, broke into and searched several homes and confiscated hard discs from a number of laptops.
Most of the invaded homes belong to nonviolent activists, senior members of the Popular Committee against the Wall in Bil’in, including Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, his brother Abdullah Abu Rahma, in addition to Ahmad Abu Rahma Mohammad al-Khatib, Ashraf Abu Rahma and photojournalist Haitham Khatib.
Photojournalist Khatib said four military jeeps and two army trucks, carrying around six soldiers, invaded the village and started searching homes before confiscating hard disks from a number of laptops.
“The soldiers just said they will be the property back, but no one believes this,” he said, “They took my car before and never returned it; they are just lying.”
Coordinator of the Popular Committee in Bil’in, Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, denounced the latest military invasion, and the searches of homes, in addition to the illegal confiscation of private property.
Abu Rahma added that the escalating Israeli violations will not be able to stop the nonviolent, popular resistance, in the village.
The protests in Bil’in started approximately twelve years ago, and kept going despite the ongoing excessive use of force and escalating violations, including night raids, home invasions and curfews, and despite the death of several nonviolent activists on the hands of the Israeli military.
The villages managed to regain 1200 Dunams of orchards, out of 2300 Dunams illegally confiscated and isolated by Israel for the construction of the Wall and the illegal colonies.
Most of the invaded homes belong to nonviolent activists, senior members of the Popular Committee against the Wall in Bil’in, including Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, his brother Abdullah Abu Rahma, in addition to Ahmad Abu Rahma Mohammad al-Khatib, Ashraf Abu Rahma and photojournalist Haitham Khatib.
Photojournalist Khatib said four military jeeps and two army trucks, carrying around six soldiers, invaded the village and started searching homes before confiscating hard disks from a number of laptops.
“The soldiers just said they will be the property back, but no one believes this,” he said, “They took my car before and never returned it; they are just lying.”
Coordinator of the Popular Committee in Bil’in, Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, denounced the latest military invasion, and the searches of homes, in addition to the illegal confiscation of private property.
Abu Rahma added that the escalating Israeli violations will not be able to stop the nonviolent, popular resistance, in the village.
The protests in Bil’in started approximately twelve years ago, and kept going despite the ongoing excessive use of force and escalating violations, including night raids, home invasions and curfews, and despite the death of several nonviolent activists on the hands of the Israeli military.
The villages managed to regain 1200 Dunams of orchards, out of 2300 Dunams illegally confiscated and isolated by Israel for the construction of the Wall and the illegal colonies.
20 sept 2016
Journalist Mos’ab Zyoud
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and at dawn Tuesday, 33 Palestinians, including many children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank – twelve of them were kidnapped in Jerusalem.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded, at dawn Tuesday, many homes in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, violently searched them and kidnapped nine Palestinians.
They have been identified as Rida Obeid, 15, Daoud Ateyya, 17, Ahmad Jamal Ateyya, Mo’men Mheisin, 15, Mansour Mahmoud, Shadi Mheisin, Mousa Asaliyya, Hamdi Hreiz, and Yassin Sobeh.
In the Central West Bank district of Ramallah, the soldiers searched many homes and kidnapped seven Palestinians, largely from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp.
The kidnapped have been identified as Odai Majed Qattawi, 18, Odai Mustafa Nakhla, 17, Osama Mustafa Hattab, 15, Ali Omar Nakhla, 25, Mojahed Salah Oleyyan, 16, Yousef Sami Dar Musleh, 16, and Thaker Aziz Arar, 38.
In Bethlehem district, the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians identified as Salama Mohammad Taqatqa, Ahmad Fares Fararja, Ramzi Abu Ajamiyya (who was also injured in Deheishe refugee camp), Yassin Bdeir and Ibrahim Abu Srour.
In the Hebron district, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Hamad Samir Hassan and Mohammad Arafat Abu Sbeih, 20.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers stormed and searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Razeq Zreiq, 19, and Omar Shakhsheer.
In Jenin, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped a Journalist, identified as Mos’ab Zyoud, in addition to Mohammad Fahd Souqiyya.
In The northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, the soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Raed Rashid Kharbat.
On Monday at night, the soldiers searched several homes in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped three siblings, identified as Ammar, Ala and Luay al-Kurd, in their twenties.
The soldiers also kidnapped two children, identified as Hussein Ateyya and Hani Dirbas, from their homes in Jerusalem, and released them several hours later.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and at dawn Tuesday, 33 Palestinians, including many children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank – twelve of them were kidnapped in Jerusalem.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded, at dawn Tuesday, many homes in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, violently searched them and kidnapped nine Palestinians.
They have been identified as Rida Obeid, 15, Daoud Ateyya, 17, Ahmad Jamal Ateyya, Mo’men Mheisin, 15, Mansour Mahmoud, Shadi Mheisin, Mousa Asaliyya, Hamdi Hreiz, and Yassin Sobeh.
In the Central West Bank district of Ramallah, the soldiers searched many homes and kidnapped seven Palestinians, largely from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp.
The kidnapped have been identified as Odai Majed Qattawi, 18, Odai Mustafa Nakhla, 17, Osama Mustafa Hattab, 15, Ali Omar Nakhla, 25, Mojahed Salah Oleyyan, 16, Yousef Sami Dar Musleh, 16, and Thaker Aziz Arar, 38.
In Bethlehem district, the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians identified as Salama Mohammad Taqatqa, Ahmad Fares Fararja, Ramzi Abu Ajamiyya (who was also injured in Deheishe refugee camp), Yassin Bdeir and Ibrahim Abu Srour.
In the Hebron district, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Hamad Samir Hassan and Mohammad Arafat Abu Sbeih, 20.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers stormed and searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Razeq Zreiq, 19, and Omar Shakhsheer.
In Jenin, also in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped a Journalist, identified as Mos’ab Zyoud, in addition to Mohammad Fahd Souqiyya.
In The northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, the soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Raed Rashid Kharbat.
On Monday at night, the soldiers searched several homes in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped three siblings, identified as Ammar, Ala and Luay al-Kurd, in their twenties.
The soldiers also kidnapped two children, identified as Hussein Ateyya and Hani Dirbas, from their homes in Jerusalem, and released them several hours later.
16 sept 2016
The wife of the sick Palestinian detainee, Bassam al-Sayeh, 43, said she was finally allowed to visit her husband on Thursday at the Israeli Ramla prison clinic.
Talking to a PIC news correspondent, Mona al-Sayeh said the Israeli prison service (IPS) had frequently banned her from visiting her husband under the security pretext despite an earlier authorization.
The IPS finally succumbed to pressure exerted by human rights institutions, including the International Red Cross, to which Mona has appealed to visit her husband.
Al-Sayeh’s wife said the detainee could barely talk due to the excruciating pains inflicted by two types of cancer with which he has been diagnosed, along with severe aches caused by cardiovascular disorders.
Mona’s visit comes after a six-month ban maintained by the IPS under the security pretext. Mona also said her brother-in-law, Amjad, locked up in the Ramla jail, has been assisting prisoner al-Sayeh on a daily basis.
Cancer-stricken al-Sayeh was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on October 8, 2015, on his way to attend a hearing held for his wife at the Salem military court, near Jenin province.
The occupation authorities accused him of involvement in the Itamar anti-occupation operation carried out by the al-Qassam Brigades on October 1, 2015, in response to the deadly arson attack on the Palestinian Dawabsheh family.
Talking to a PIC news correspondent, Mona al-Sayeh said the Israeli prison service (IPS) had frequently banned her from visiting her husband under the security pretext despite an earlier authorization.
The IPS finally succumbed to pressure exerted by human rights institutions, including the International Red Cross, to which Mona has appealed to visit her husband.
Al-Sayeh’s wife said the detainee could barely talk due to the excruciating pains inflicted by two types of cancer with which he has been diagnosed, along with severe aches caused by cardiovascular disorders.
Mona’s visit comes after a six-month ban maintained by the IPS under the security pretext. Mona also said her brother-in-law, Amjad, locked up in the Ramla jail, has been assisting prisoner al-Sayeh on a daily basis.
Cancer-stricken al-Sayeh was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on October 8, 2015, on his way to attend a hearing held for his wife at the Salem military court, near Jenin province.
The occupation authorities accused him of involvement in the Itamar anti-occupation operation carried out by the al-Qassam Brigades on October 1, 2015, in response to the deadly arson attack on the Palestinian Dawabsheh family.
9 sept 2016
Prisoner Bassam As-Sayeh has lost his ability to speak completely after a slight improvement last week and his health condition has reached a life-threatening stage, according to his wife, Mona As-Sayeh.
A lawyer, who visited the prisoner on Thursday, told the wife about the seriousness of the prisoner's medical condition, and affirmed that his name was put on the waiting list for a heart surgery to provide him with a pacemaker to help control his abnormal heart rhythms.
Sayeh appealed to human rights groups to swiftly intervene to save the life of her husband. The health condition of prisoner Sayeh is considered the most serious one in Israeli jails.
He suffers from leukemia, bone cancer, a heart muscle problem and a severe lung inflammation. He was taken prisoner en route to a court hearing held on October 8, 2015 for his detained wife, Mona, at the military court of Salem near Jenin. His wife was released later.
A lawyer, who visited the prisoner on Thursday, told the wife about the seriousness of the prisoner's medical condition, and affirmed that his name was put on the waiting list for a heart surgery to provide him with a pacemaker to help control his abnormal heart rhythms.
Sayeh appealed to human rights groups to swiftly intervene to save the life of her husband. The health condition of prisoner Sayeh is considered the most serious one in Israeli jails.
He suffers from leukemia, bone cancer, a heart muscle problem and a severe lung inflammation. He was taken prisoner en route to a court hearing held on October 8, 2015 for his detained wife, Mona, at the military court of Salem near Jenin. His wife was released later.