24 feb 2017
Israeli forces suppressed weekly marches in the occupied West Bank districts of Ramallah and Qalqiliya on Friday, as two Palestinians, including a child, were injured with rubber bullets, while tens of Palestinians suffered tear gas inhalation.
In the village of Kafr Qaddum in Qalqiliya, two Palestinians, including a child, were injured with rubber-coated bullets as Israeli forces suppressed the village’s weekly march against Israeli settlements and the opening of the village’s main entrance which has been closed by Israeli forces for 14 years.
Coordinator of the popular resistance in the village Murad Shteiwi said that Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets, injuring Muhammad Hilme, 11, in the neck with a rubber bullet and Abdullah Salim, 26, in the leg with a rubber bullet. Salim works as a photographer for the Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Shteiwi said that nine Palestinians had also suffered from tear gas inhalation.
Shteiwi added that the clashes erupted when Israeli forces raided the village and “heavily fired” rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protesters.
He also noted that the march was launched with wide participation of Palestinians demanding an end to the nearly half century Israeli occupation, while voicing support for the Palestinian Authority (PA) which the he said was the “only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.”
Residents of Kafr Qaddum began staging weekly protests in 2011 against land confiscations, as well as the closure of the village's southern road by Israeli forces. The road, which has been closed for 14 years, is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
The Israeli army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been detained during the demonstrations since their start in 2011, and at least 84 protesters have been injured by live fire, including 12 children, Shteiwi told Ma'an during a similar protest last year.
Some 120 others have been detained at demonstrations and were subsequently held in Israeli custody for periods ranging between four and 24 months, Shteiwi said at the time, adding that they have paid fines totaling some 25,000 shekels (approximately $6,488).
Over the course of five years, an elderly protester was killed after suffering from excessive tear gas inhalation, one youth lost his eyesight, and another his ability to speak, he added.
In December, Israeli forces became the focus of international condemnation when Israeli soldiers wearing matching plain clothes and black ski masks detained a seven-year-old Palestinian during a weekly protest in the village.
A video of the incident was taken by a volunteer of B’Tselem and quickly went viral. Rights groups and activists pointed out that the video seems to show the soldiers using the child as a human shield during clashes.
B’Tselem strongly condemned the incident at the time, saying that “it does not take a lawyer to know that the detention of a seven-year-old child by soldiers, keeping him by their side as they shoot at his friends, is deplorable and utterly unacceptable."
Meanwhile, in the village of Bilin in Ramallah, Israeli forces also suppressed the village’s weekly march against Israeli settlements and occupation.
The march included the participation of both Palestinians and international peace activists.
The protesters held Palestinian flags and weaved through the village’s streets calling for national unity, the immediate release of Palestinian prisoners, and ending the Israeli occupation.
Protesters headed toward Israel’s separation wall in the village, where some Palestinian youths climbed to the top of the wall and raised the Palestinian flag, while Israeli forces shot tear gas canisters at the protesters.
Coordinator of the popular resistance in Bilin Ratab Abu Rahma said that a Norwegian delegation visited Bilin and also participated in the Friday march to support the Palestinian people and their struggle.
Abu Rahma added that the delegation was given a detailed explanation of the situation in Bilin and the village’s longstanding resistance against the Israeli occupation.
Bilin is one of the most active Palestinian villages in peaceful organized opposition against Israeli policies, as residents have protested every Friday for 12 years, and have often been met with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and stun grenades from Israeli forces.
Nearby Bilin, another weekly march was held in the village of Nilin where protesters marched against Israeli settlements, land confiscations, and in commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre.
Israeli forces stationed behind the separation wall fired tear gas canisters at protesters, causing a number of Palestinian and international peace activists to suffer from tear gas inhalation.
Protesters held Palestinian flags and demanded the destruction of the separation wall, ending the Israeli occupation, and halting Israeli settlement expansion.
Member of the popular resistance Muhammad Ameira said that six international supporters and tend of Palestinians participated in the march, which has been considered a “weekly tradition for years.”
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an she would look into reports on each of the protests.
In the village of Kafr Qaddum in Qalqiliya, two Palestinians, including a child, were injured with rubber-coated bullets as Israeli forces suppressed the village’s weekly march against Israeli settlements and the opening of the village’s main entrance which has been closed by Israeli forces for 14 years.
Coordinator of the popular resistance in the village Murad Shteiwi said that Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets, injuring Muhammad Hilme, 11, in the neck with a rubber bullet and Abdullah Salim, 26, in the leg with a rubber bullet. Salim works as a photographer for the Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Shteiwi said that nine Palestinians had also suffered from tear gas inhalation.
Shteiwi added that the clashes erupted when Israeli forces raided the village and “heavily fired” rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protesters.
He also noted that the march was launched with wide participation of Palestinians demanding an end to the nearly half century Israeli occupation, while voicing support for the Palestinian Authority (PA) which the he said was the “only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.”
Residents of Kafr Qaddum began staging weekly protests in 2011 against land confiscations, as well as the closure of the village's southern road by Israeli forces. The road, which has been closed for 14 years, is the main route to the nearby city of Nablus, the nearest economic center.
The Israeli army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been detained during the demonstrations since their start in 2011, and at least 84 protesters have been injured by live fire, including 12 children, Shteiwi told Ma'an during a similar protest last year.
Some 120 others have been detained at demonstrations and were subsequently held in Israeli custody for periods ranging between four and 24 months, Shteiwi said at the time, adding that they have paid fines totaling some 25,000 shekels (approximately $6,488).
Over the course of five years, an elderly protester was killed after suffering from excessive tear gas inhalation, one youth lost his eyesight, and another his ability to speak, he added.
In December, Israeli forces became the focus of international condemnation when Israeli soldiers wearing matching plain clothes and black ski masks detained a seven-year-old Palestinian during a weekly protest in the village.
A video of the incident was taken by a volunteer of B’Tselem and quickly went viral. Rights groups and activists pointed out that the video seems to show the soldiers using the child as a human shield during clashes.
B’Tselem strongly condemned the incident at the time, saying that “it does not take a lawyer to know that the detention of a seven-year-old child by soldiers, keeping him by their side as they shoot at his friends, is deplorable and utterly unacceptable."
Meanwhile, in the village of Bilin in Ramallah, Israeli forces also suppressed the village’s weekly march against Israeli settlements and occupation.
The march included the participation of both Palestinians and international peace activists.
The protesters held Palestinian flags and weaved through the village’s streets calling for national unity, the immediate release of Palestinian prisoners, and ending the Israeli occupation.
Protesters headed toward Israel’s separation wall in the village, where some Palestinian youths climbed to the top of the wall and raised the Palestinian flag, while Israeli forces shot tear gas canisters at the protesters.
Coordinator of the popular resistance in Bilin Ratab Abu Rahma said that a Norwegian delegation visited Bilin and also participated in the Friday march to support the Palestinian people and their struggle.
Abu Rahma added that the delegation was given a detailed explanation of the situation in Bilin and the village’s longstanding resistance against the Israeli occupation.
Bilin is one of the most active Palestinian villages in peaceful organized opposition against Israeli policies, as residents have protested every Friday for 12 years, and have often been met with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and stun grenades from Israeli forces.
Nearby Bilin, another weekly march was held in the village of Nilin where protesters marched against Israeli settlements, land confiscations, and in commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre.
Israeli forces stationed behind the separation wall fired tear gas canisters at protesters, causing a number of Palestinian and international peace activists to suffer from tear gas inhalation.
Protesters held Palestinian flags and demanded the destruction of the separation wall, ending the Israeli occupation, and halting Israeli settlement expansion.
Member of the popular resistance Muhammad Ameira said that six international supporters and tend of Palestinians participated in the march, which has been considered a “weekly tradition for years.”
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an she would look into reports on each of the protests.
Three Palestinians continue their hunger strike in Israeli jails in protest at their administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial.
Palestinian journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 19 days in protest at a six-month administrative term slapped by the Israeli prison service.
Al-Qeiq was re-arrested by the Israeli forces on January 15, 2017.
Prisoners Raed Mteir and Jamal Abu al-Leil started their open-ended hunger strike on February 16 in response to a renewed six-month administrative sentence.
The hunger strikers’ families held the Israeli occupation responsible for any turn for the worse their relatives’ conditions might take in Israeli jails and appealed to the Palestinian people, regardless of their political affiliations, to speak up for the hunger strikers’ cause.
Prisoner al-Qeiq was transferred to the Ramla prison clinic following a health setback while Abu al-Leil and Mteir were moved to Ashkelon and Shatta prisons.
According to a statement by the prisoners and ex-prisoners commission, hunger striker Mteir has lost six kilograms and suffers from excruciating pains in his chest and groins. He has also refused to take in vitamins.
The commission added that Mteir has been locked up in an isolated cell under very dire conditions and banned from family visits.
Administrative detention is a policy pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities legitimizing the incarceration of Palestinian detainees to renewed administrative terms of up to six months, with neither charge nor trial.
Palestinian journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 19 days in protest at a six-month administrative term slapped by the Israeli prison service.
Al-Qeiq was re-arrested by the Israeli forces on January 15, 2017.
Prisoners Raed Mteir and Jamal Abu al-Leil started their open-ended hunger strike on February 16 in response to a renewed six-month administrative sentence.
The hunger strikers’ families held the Israeli occupation responsible for any turn for the worse their relatives’ conditions might take in Israeli jails and appealed to the Palestinian people, regardless of their political affiliations, to speak up for the hunger strikers’ cause.
Prisoner al-Qeiq was transferred to the Ramla prison clinic following a health setback while Abu al-Leil and Mteir were moved to Ashkelon and Shatta prisons.
According to a statement by the prisoners and ex-prisoners commission, hunger striker Mteir has lost six kilograms and suffers from excruciating pains in his chest and groins. He has also refused to take in vitamins.
The commission added that Mteir has been locked up in an isolated cell under very dire conditions and banned from family visits.
Administrative detention is a policy pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities legitimizing the incarceration of Palestinian detainees to renewed administrative terms of up to six months, with neither charge nor trial.
21 feb 2017
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released Monday evening the journalist Omar Nazzal, a member of the General Secretariat of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.
Nazzal, 55, was arrested on April 23, 2016 at the Israeli-controlled Karama crossing that links Jordan with the West Bank.
Nazzal spent nearly a year in administrative detention according to which he was held without charge or trial.
His administrative detention was renewed three times without trial or indictment.
Shortly after his release, Nazzal said that Palestinian prisoners are held amid very difficult detention conditions, subjected to systematic harassment and ill-treatment aimed at breaking their strong determination.
The prisoners are planning to wage an open hunger strike in protest against their difficult detention conditions, he added.
20 Palestinian journalists are currently held behind Israeli bars, most of them are in administrative detention.
Nazzal, 55, was arrested on April 23, 2016 at the Israeli-controlled Karama crossing that links Jordan with the West Bank.
Nazzal spent nearly a year in administrative detention according to which he was held without charge or trial.
His administrative detention was renewed three times without trial or indictment.
Shortly after his release, Nazzal said that Palestinian prisoners are held amid very difficult detention conditions, subjected to systematic harassment and ill-treatment aimed at breaking their strong determination.
The prisoners are planning to wage an open hunger strike in protest against their difficult detention conditions, he added.
20 Palestinian journalists are currently held behind Israeli bars, most of them are in administrative detention.
20 feb 2017
Israeli soldiers have abducted, overnight and at dawn Monday, at least twenty-two Palestinians, from various areas, in the occupied West Bank, and violently searched dozens of homes, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The Hebron office of the PPS, in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Surif and Beit Awwa towns, and abducted two Palestinians, while a third was taken prisoner at a roadblock in the city.
It stated that the soldiers abducted Ibrahim Mohammad Abu Fara, from Surif town, and Mahmoud Issa Abu Rezeq, from Beit Awwa.
The soldiers also abducted Morad ‘Ashour, after stopping him at a military roadblock, in Abu Sneina neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city.
|Israeli Soldiers Invade Homes In Hebron|
In addition, the soldiers invaded Rommana village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mahdi Mirshid Bushnaq, 42.
The soldiers also assaulted a Palestinian journalist, identified as Khaled Mohammad Bushnaq, 39, causing many cuts and bruises, and forced him to remove his clothes in the cold, under the allegation of searching him.
In addition, a large military force invaded Barta’a town, isolated behind the Annexation Wall, southwest of Jenin, and the Industrial Zone, and violently search many stores and buildings, after breaking into them.
Media sources in Jenin said the violent invasions, and searches, were carried out by the soldiers while a military helicopter flew overhead.
The soldiers also invaded Jenin refugee camp, before storming and searching homes, and abducted a young man, identified as Saleh Abu Zeina.
Also at dawn, the soldiers invaded Tal village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched homes and abducted two young Palestinian men, identified as Mahmoud Saqer ‘Aseeda, 29, and Tawfiq al-Hindi, 27.
It is worth mentioning that Aseeda is a former political prisoner, who was frequently abducted and imprisoned by Israel, and was only released from a detention center less than three months ago.
In a statement, the Israeli army said its soldiers have arrested twenty-two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Nablus, Jenin, Qalqilia, Ramallah and Al-Biereh, Jerusalem and Hebron.
Furthermore, Israeli military bulldozers destroyed a drinking water pipeline, providing the villages of ‘Atouf and al-Hadeediyya, in the West Bank’s northern plains, with the needed water.
Mo’taz Bisharat, a Palestinian official at the governate office in Tubas and the northern Plains, said the Israeli attack left more than 47 families without water.
He added that this was the second attack of its kind, carried out by the soldiers in the area, since the beginning of this year.
In related news, Israeli navy ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats Gazan territorial waters in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and near the coast northwest of Gaza city.
The Hebron office of the PPS, in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Surif and Beit Awwa towns, and abducted two Palestinians, while a third was taken prisoner at a roadblock in the city.
It stated that the soldiers abducted Ibrahim Mohammad Abu Fara, from Surif town, and Mahmoud Issa Abu Rezeq, from Beit Awwa.
The soldiers also abducted Morad ‘Ashour, after stopping him at a military roadblock, in Abu Sneina neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city.
|Israeli Soldiers Invade Homes In Hebron|
In addition, the soldiers invaded Rommana village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mahdi Mirshid Bushnaq, 42.
The soldiers also assaulted a Palestinian journalist, identified as Khaled Mohammad Bushnaq, 39, causing many cuts and bruises, and forced him to remove his clothes in the cold, under the allegation of searching him.
In addition, a large military force invaded Barta’a town, isolated behind the Annexation Wall, southwest of Jenin, and the Industrial Zone, and violently search many stores and buildings, after breaking into them.
Media sources in Jenin said the violent invasions, and searches, were carried out by the soldiers while a military helicopter flew overhead.
The soldiers also invaded Jenin refugee camp, before storming and searching homes, and abducted a young man, identified as Saleh Abu Zeina.
Also at dawn, the soldiers invaded Tal village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched homes and abducted two young Palestinian men, identified as Mahmoud Saqer ‘Aseeda, 29, and Tawfiq al-Hindi, 27.
It is worth mentioning that Aseeda is a former political prisoner, who was frequently abducted and imprisoned by Israel, and was only released from a detention center less than three months ago.
In a statement, the Israeli army said its soldiers have arrested twenty-two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Nablus, Jenin, Qalqilia, Ramallah and Al-Biereh, Jerusalem and Hebron.
Furthermore, Israeli military bulldozers destroyed a drinking water pipeline, providing the villages of ‘Atouf and al-Hadeediyya, in the West Bank’s northern plains, with the needed water.
Mo’taz Bisharat, a Palestinian official at the governate office in Tubas and the northern Plains, said the Israeli attack left more than 47 families without water.
He added that this was the second attack of its kind, carried out by the soldiers in the area, since the beginning of this year.
In related news, Israeli navy ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats Gazan territorial waters in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and near the coast northwest of Gaza city.
19 feb 2017
Sami al-Saee (R)
Palestinian Media Assembly (PMA) warned of a systematic crime of physical liquidation of two Palestinian journalists: Sami al-Saee who is detained in a Palestinian Authority’s (PA) jail and the hunger striker Mohammad al-Qiq who is held captive in an Israeli prison.
In a statement on Sunday, the Assembly expressed concerns over the fate of both detainees. The wife of captive Saee quoted his mother who has visited him lately as saying that Saee may die at any moment as a result of severe torture he is being subjected to in Jericho jail.
In a letter to his mother, Saee said “Prepare my funeral as you might hear the news of my death soon”. He does not feel his limbs any more, he said, because of being held in solitary confinement in the isolation cells naked and fixed to an object for long hours.
Captive Saee, who works as a correspondent to al-Fajr al-Jadeed local TV in Tulkarem, suffers from migraine as well as a neurological disease due to torture he was previously exposed to in Israeli jails.
The PA’s intelligence apparatus refuses to release Saee on bail based on a court ruling that was issued on February, 08, 2017. It extended his detention order to 15 extra days.
The Assembly expressed as well its solidarity with detainee Mohammad al-Qiq, who has been on hunger strike for 14 days in protest at the illegal administrative detention.
Captive Qiq was detained one month ago after he was stopped by Israeli soldiers at Beit El military checkpoint north of al-Bireh town in Ramallah.
Palestinian Media Assembly (PMA) warned of a systematic crime of physical liquidation of two Palestinian journalists: Sami al-Saee who is detained in a Palestinian Authority’s (PA) jail and the hunger striker Mohammad al-Qiq who is held captive in an Israeli prison.
In a statement on Sunday, the Assembly expressed concerns over the fate of both detainees. The wife of captive Saee quoted his mother who has visited him lately as saying that Saee may die at any moment as a result of severe torture he is being subjected to in Jericho jail.
In a letter to his mother, Saee said “Prepare my funeral as you might hear the news of my death soon”. He does not feel his limbs any more, he said, because of being held in solitary confinement in the isolation cells naked and fixed to an object for long hours.
Captive Saee, who works as a correspondent to al-Fajr al-Jadeed local TV in Tulkarem, suffers from migraine as well as a neurological disease due to torture he was previously exposed to in Israeli jails.
The PA’s intelligence apparatus refuses to release Saee on bail based on a court ruling that was issued on February, 08, 2017. It extended his detention order to 15 extra days.
The Assembly expressed as well its solidarity with detainee Mohammad al-Qiq, who has been on hunger strike for 14 days in protest at the illegal administrative detention.
Captive Qiq was detained one month ago after he was stopped by Israeli soldiers at Beit El military checkpoint north of al-Bireh town in Ramallah.
18 feb 2017
Palestinian Journalists Forum and Waad association for prisoners declared in a press conference a series of popular events in support of the imprisoned journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq who has been on hunger strike for the second week.
Representative for the Forum Mohamed Abu Qamar stressed its total support to Palestinian prisoners’ issue particularly al-Qeiq’s hunger strike till his release from Israeli jails.
The Forum will continue defending Palestinian journalists’ rights in light of the Israeli systematic violations against them, he said, pointed out that 21 journalists are currently held in Israeli jails, mostly in administrative detention.
He also pointed out that the cancer patient Bassam al-Sayeh’s health condition has been seriously deteriorated, calling for more support to his right for freedom and medical treatment.
For his part, head of Waad association Abulallah Qandil called for uniting all efforts in support of Palestinian prisoners.
Mohamed al-Qeiq, 33, declared an open hunger strike for the second time in Israeli jails in protest against his re-arrest and illegal administrative detention.
Al-Qeiq was recently moved to solitary confinement in the Jalama prison, north of the occupied West Bank, in a bid to pressure him to end his hunger strike.
Representative for the Forum Mohamed Abu Qamar stressed its total support to Palestinian prisoners’ issue particularly al-Qeiq’s hunger strike till his release from Israeli jails.
The Forum will continue defending Palestinian journalists’ rights in light of the Israeli systematic violations against them, he said, pointed out that 21 journalists are currently held in Israeli jails, mostly in administrative detention.
He also pointed out that the cancer patient Bassam al-Sayeh’s health condition has been seriously deteriorated, calling for more support to his right for freedom and medical treatment.
For his part, head of Waad association Abulallah Qandil called for uniting all efforts in support of Palestinian prisoners.
Mohamed al-Qeiq, 33, declared an open hunger strike for the second time in Israeli jails in protest against his re-arrest and illegal administrative detention.
Al-Qeiq was recently moved to solitary confinement in the Jalama prison, north of the occupied West Bank, in a bid to pressure him to end his hunger strike.
17 feb 2017
The Israeli High Court decided on Friday to hold a hearing next Sunday to determine the health status of the captive journalist Mohammed al-Qiq, who has been on hunger strike for the twelfth day in a row protesting his administrative detention.
Fayha Shalash, al-Qiq's wife, told al-Quds Press news agency that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) is still insistent on preventing al-Qiq from meeting his lawyer or family, and refuses to disclose his health status.
She said that lawyer Khaled Zabarqa filed an urgent request to the Israeli High Court to reveal the health condition of al-Qiq amid an Israeli intransigence and the IPS's refusal to allow him visits.
Shalash affirmed that the Israeli court will hold a hearing next Sunday to determine her husband's health condition as well as his legal status.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) re-arrested al-Qiq on 15th January 2017 after detaining him along with relatives of Palestinian martyrs who had attended a protest in Bethlehem city, and imposed administrative detention on him.
Al-Qiq went previously on a hunger strike in November 2015 that lasted for 94 days and was ended on 19th May 2016 after he clinched a deal stipulating his release.
In a related development, Palestinian activists organized two protests on Friday in solidarity with the Jerusalemite prisoners Jamal Abu al-Lil and Raed Muteir on the second day of their hunger strike.
According to al-Quds Press, Palestinian activists staged a protest in front of the central court in occupied Jerusalem, and another one at the entrance of Qalandia refugee camp, north of the city, where they raised portraits of the two prisoners and demanded their immediate release.
The IOF arrested Muteir and Abu al-Lil on 14th and 15th February 2016 respectively. The Israeli occupation authorities imposed 6-month administrative detentions on them three times.
Prisoner Jamal Abu al-Lil is a former member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, while Raed Muteir is the head of Qalandia Youth Center, and both of them are residents of Qalandia refugee camp who were arrested several times before.
Fayha Shalash, al-Qiq's wife, told al-Quds Press news agency that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) is still insistent on preventing al-Qiq from meeting his lawyer or family, and refuses to disclose his health status.
She said that lawyer Khaled Zabarqa filed an urgent request to the Israeli High Court to reveal the health condition of al-Qiq amid an Israeli intransigence and the IPS's refusal to allow him visits.
Shalash affirmed that the Israeli court will hold a hearing next Sunday to determine her husband's health condition as well as his legal status.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) re-arrested al-Qiq on 15th January 2017 after detaining him along with relatives of Palestinian martyrs who had attended a protest in Bethlehem city, and imposed administrative detention on him.
Al-Qiq went previously on a hunger strike in November 2015 that lasted for 94 days and was ended on 19th May 2016 after he clinched a deal stipulating his release.
In a related development, Palestinian activists organized two protests on Friday in solidarity with the Jerusalemite prisoners Jamal Abu al-Lil and Raed Muteir on the second day of their hunger strike.
According to al-Quds Press, Palestinian activists staged a protest in front of the central court in occupied Jerusalem, and another one at the entrance of Qalandia refugee camp, north of the city, where they raised portraits of the two prisoners and demanded their immediate release.
The IOF arrested Muteir and Abu al-Lil on 14th and 15th February 2016 respectively. The Israeli occupation authorities imposed 6-month administrative detentions on them three times.
Prisoner Jamal Abu al-Lil is a former member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, while Raed Muteir is the head of Qalandia Youth Center, and both of them are residents of Qalandia refugee camp who were arrested several times before.
