21 apr 2017
A Palestinian journalist, Anal al-Jada, correspondent of Palestine TV in Qalqilya, was injured on Friday in Israeli quelling of Kafr Qaddum weekly march.
Local sources revealed that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at the participants in the peaceful march. Some of the protesters choked on the tear gas, the sources added.
The anti-separation wall and anti-settlement march demanded the reopening of a main road closed by the IOF 14 years ago.
The wounded Jada was taken to hospital. Meanwhile, others who suffered breathing problems were treated in the field.
Local sources revealed that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at the participants in the peaceful march. Some of the protesters choked on the tear gas, the sources added.
The anti-separation wall and anti-settlement march demanded the reopening of a main road closed by the IOF 14 years ago.
The wounded Jada was taken to hospital. Meanwhile, others who suffered breathing problems were treated in the field.
11 apr 2017
Israeli soldiers detained, on Tuesday morning, two Palestinian photojournalists, working for the WAFA Palestinian news agency, and the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, in Hebron’s Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers searched the two journalists, Mash-hour al-Wihwah, who works for the Palestinian Info & News (WAFA), and the second, Tha’er Faqqousa, who works for the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)
The two were released later, after the soldiers searched them and their equipment, causing damage to one of their cameras.
The soldiers searched the two journalists, Mash-hour al-Wihwah, who works for the Palestinian Info & News (WAFA), and the second, Tha’er Faqqousa, who works for the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)
The two were released later, after the soldiers searched them and their equipment, causing damage to one of their cameras.
4 apr 2017
An Israeli prosecutor on Tuesday filed a new indictment against Palestinian journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq, who is supposed to be released.
Accordingly, a court hearing will be held for him today in the military court of Ofer.
His wife, Fayha Shalash, said that the new indictment was filed 10 days before her husband’s release, describing the step as “a dirty attempt to retain him in detention for as long as possible.”
Shalash told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the new charges could be related to Qeiq’s participation in marches in solidarity with prisoners and martyrs.
Prisoner Qeiq had staged, for the second consecutive time, an open-ended hunger strike on February 6 before he extracted a pledge last month from his jailers to end his administrative detention in mid-April.
He launched his hunger strike after he was ordered to administrative detention following 22 days of interrogation.
This was his second hunger strike against administrative detention. In 2016, he refused food for 94 days to demand his freedom, winning his release in May 2016.
Later on January 15, he was arrested anew at Beit El crossing after his participation in a march organized in protest at Israel’s detention of Palestinian martyrs from Bethlehem.
Accordingly, a court hearing will be held for him today in the military court of Ofer.
His wife, Fayha Shalash, said that the new indictment was filed 10 days before her husband’s release, describing the step as “a dirty attempt to retain him in detention for as long as possible.”
Shalash told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the new charges could be related to Qeiq’s participation in marches in solidarity with prisoners and martyrs.
Prisoner Qeiq had staged, for the second consecutive time, an open-ended hunger strike on February 6 before he extracted a pledge last month from his jailers to end his administrative detention in mid-April.
He launched his hunger strike after he was ordered to administrative detention following 22 days of interrogation.
This was his second hunger strike against administrative detention. In 2016, he refused food for 94 days to demand his freedom, winning his release in May 2016.
Later on January 15, he was arrested anew at Beit El crossing after his participation in a march organized in protest at Israel’s detention of Palestinian martyrs from Bethlehem.
27 mar 2017
Many Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the village of Kafr Ni’ma, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, before breaking into and searching the home of a Palestinian artist, and confiscated his Caricatures.
The artist, Osama Nazzal, said the soldiers surrounded his family’s home, approximately at 4 at dawn, before invading it and ransacking its property.
Nazzal added that the soldiers damaged many of his drawings, and confiscated all the remaining caricatures, before withdrawing.
The artist, Osama Nazzal, said the soldiers surrounded his family’s home, approximately at 4 at dawn, before invading it and ransacking its property.
Nazzal added that the soldiers damaged many of his drawings, and confiscated all the remaining caricatures, before withdrawing.
journalist Ayyoub Ma’zouz Hassan 30
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and earlier Monday, eighteen Palestinians, including a journalist and one woman, during invasions of homes and property, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, mainly from Bethlehem and Tulkarem, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS stated that the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in the district, and abducted six Palestinians, identified as ‘Ala Mohammad Taqatqa, Essam Mohammad Taqatqa, Monir Mohammad Taqatqa, Fayez Ali Deeriyya, Yahya Hashem Jado and ‘Ala Mohammad al-Hreimi.
In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted ‘Ala Khaled Ismael, 23, Ahmad Yousef Abu Harb, 34, Rafat Jamil Naseef, 50, and Hamza Yahya, 24.
In Jenin and Qalqilia, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Farouq ‘Aabed, and a journalist, identified as Ayyoub Ma’zouz Hassan, 30.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Jihad Sari Wahdan, Mo’taz Sameeh Wahdan and Zeid Samhan Wahdan.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted a woman, identified as Tahani Jaber.
In occupied East Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Lu’ay Abu Sa’ad and Salman Abu Mayyala; both guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and were taken prisoner from its courtyards.
On Monday at dawn, the soldiers invaded Kafr Ni’ma village, west of Ramallah, before breaking into and searching the home of a Palestinian artist, identified as Osama Nazzal, and confiscated his Caricatures.
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and earlier Monday, eighteen Palestinians, including a journalist and one woman, during invasions of homes and property, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, mainly from Bethlehem and Tulkarem, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS stated that the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in the district, and abducted six Palestinians, identified as ‘Ala Mohammad Taqatqa, Essam Mohammad Taqatqa, Monir Mohammad Taqatqa, Fayez Ali Deeriyya, Yahya Hashem Jado and ‘Ala Mohammad al-Hreimi.
In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted ‘Ala Khaled Ismael, 23, Ahmad Yousef Abu Harb, 34, Rafat Jamil Naseef, 50, and Hamza Yahya, 24.
In Jenin and Qalqilia, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Farouq ‘Aabed, and a journalist, identified as Ayyoub Ma’zouz Hassan, 30.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Jihad Sari Wahdan, Mo’taz Sameeh Wahdan and Zeid Samhan Wahdan.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted a woman, identified as Tahani Jaber.
In occupied East Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Lu’ay Abu Sa’ad and Salman Abu Mayyala; both guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and were taken prisoner from its courtyards.
On Monday at dawn, the soldiers invaded Kafr Ni’ma village, west of Ramallah, before breaking into and searching the home of a Palestinian artist, identified as Osama Nazzal, and confiscated his Caricatures.
26 mar 2017
Several Palestinians, including a journalist, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in abduction sweeps launched at predawn Sunday.
Overnight, the Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of four Palestinians on account of their involvement in anti-occupation events.
The campaign targeted three Palestinians from Jenin’s northern town of al-Jalama and another from the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
A PIC reporter, said the IOF soldiers rolled into al-Jalama at around 3 a.m. and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they kidnapped three Palestinians, two among whom aged 21 and the third in his early 30s.
Palestinian journalist Raed Abu Rmeila, working for B’Tselem watchdog, was arrested by the occupation soldiers from southern al-Khalil and transferred to an Israeli detention center, where he had been aggressively attacked and strip-searched. He was released sometime later.
The attack on Abu Rmeila has not been the first of its kind. He had been subjected to several such assaults while covering Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the Old City of al-Khalil. Last Thursday, he survived gunshots fired by an Israeli soldier overnight.
Meanwhile, reporting from Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank, a PIC news correspondent said the IOF kidnapped five Palestinian young men in a predawn raid on the city.
The list of detainees included Mohamed Mo’men Khalaf, his cousin Mohamed Ma’moun, and Ibrahim Hamamra, all kidnapped from their family homes in Husan village, west of Bethlehem.
At the same time, 27-year-old Palestinian youth Assid al-Wardian, from Bethlehem, was transferred to administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial, just a couple of days after he was arrested by the IOF. His health has reportedly gone downhill as a result of a heart attack sustained one month ago in the Palestinian Authority (PA) lock-ups.
Overnight, the Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of four Palestinians on account of their involvement in anti-occupation events.
The campaign targeted three Palestinians from Jenin’s northern town of al-Jalama and another from the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
A PIC reporter, said the IOF soldiers rolled into al-Jalama at around 3 a.m. and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they kidnapped three Palestinians, two among whom aged 21 and the third in his early 30s.
Palestinian journalist Raed Abu Rmeila, working for B’Tselem watchdog, was arrested by the occupation soldiers from southern al-Khalil and transferred to an Israeli detention center, where he had been aggressively attacked and strip-searched. He was released sometime later.
The attack on Abu Rmeila has not been the first of its kind. He had been subjected to several such assaults while covering Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the Old City of al-Khalil. Last Thursday, he survived gunshots fired by an Israeli soldier overnight.
Meanwhile, reporting from Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank, a PIC news correspondent said the IOF kidnapped five Palestinian young men in a predawn raid on the city.
The list of detainees included Mohamed Mo’men Khalaf, his cousin Mohamed Ma’moun, and Ibrahim Hamamra, all kidnapped from their family homes in Husan village, west of Bethlehem.
At the same time, 27-year-old Palestinian youth Assid al-Wardian, from Bethlehem, was transferred to administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial, just a couple of days after he was arrested by the IOF. His health has reportedly gone downhill as a result of a heart attack sustained one month ago in the Palestinian Authority (PA) lock-ups.
21 mar 2017
journalist Mohamed Batroukh
Amid a fierce Israeli crackdown on Palestinian freedom of expression, occupation authorities have prosecuted two Palestinians over Facebook posts, according to Days of Palestine.
Israeli authorities issued a list of charges, including “Facebook incitement” against Palestinian journalist Mohamed Batroukh, from Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem-based human rights group, Wadi al-Hilweh Information Centre, said that this is a “clear and flagrant violation” of rights to impart information and free speech.
Batroukh was kidnapped by Israeli forces during a night raid on March 7, Safa news agency said.
Meanwhile, an Israeli judge sentenced Walid Rajabi to 10 months of actual imprisonment and a suspended probation sentence of seven months for three years, on charges of incitement on Facebook.
Tens of Palestinians had been kidnapped, charged and sentenced by the Israeli occupation over expressing their opinions on social media during the last six months.
Amid a fierce Israeli crackdown on Palestinian freedom of expression, occupation authorities have prosecuted two Palestinians over Facebook posts, according to Days of Palestine.
Israeli authorities issued a list of charges, including “Facebook incitement” against Palestinian journalist Mohamed Batroukh, from Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem-based human rights group, Wadi al-Hilweh Information Centre, said that this is a “clear and flagrant violation” of rights to impart information and free speech.
Batroukh was kidnapped by Israeli forces during a night raid on March 7, Safa news agency said.
Meanwhile, an Israeli judge sentenced Walid Rajabi to 10 months of actual imprisonment and a suspended probation sentence of seven months for three years, on charges of incitement on Facebook.
Tens of Palestinians had been kidnapped, charged and sentenced by the Israeli occupation over expressing their opinions on social media during the last six months.
16 mar 2017
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released on Thursday evening the Palestinian journalist Adib Atrash, 26, after spending nine months in administrative detention.
Family sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that Israeli authorities released their son via Saba’a military checkpoint to the south of al-Khalil.
Hundreds of Palestinians are currently held in administrative detention without charge or trial.
Family sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that Israeli authorities released their son via Saba’a military checkpoint to the south of al-Khalil.
Hundreds of Palestinians are currently held in administrative detention without charge or trial.
Palestinian journalist Samah Dweik was released from an Israeli detention center on Wednesday evening, following hours of intensive questioning.
Palestinian journalist Dweik had been subjected to exhaustive questioning by the Israeli forces and was released hours after she was kidnapped from her family home in Occupied Jerusalem.
Dweik was kidnapped by the Israeli forces on Wednesday evening from her home in Silwan’s neighborhood of Ras al-Amoud, south of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The journalist was dragged to an Israeli detention center, where she had been exhaustively questioned.
Earlier, Dweik had faced other arrests by the Israeli forces on allegations of inciting anti-occupation activism on social media networks.
Palestinian journalist Dweik had been subjected to exhaustive questioning by the Israeli forces and was released hours after she was kidnapped from her family home in Occupied Jerusalem.
Dweik was kidnapped by the Israeli forces on Wednesday evening from her home in Silwan’s neighborhood of Ras al-Amoud, south of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The journalist was dragged to an Israeli detention center, where she had been exhaustively questioned.
Earlier, Dweik had faced other arrests by the Israeli forces on allegations of inciting anti-occupation activism on social media networks.
15 mar 2017
The Israeli police arrested on Wednesday journalist Samah Dwaik from her house in Ras al-Amud neighborhood in Silwan town, south of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Local sources reported that Dwaik was taken to an interrogation center in occupied Jerusalem.
Dwaik was previously arrested by the Israeli police on charges of "incitement" on social media.
Local sources reported that Dwaik was taken to an interrogation center in occupied Jerusalem.
Dwaik was previously arrested by the Israeli police on charges of "incitement" on social media.