26 aug 2013
Noted Palestinian writer Lama Khater said that the Palestinian Authority (PA) preventive security agency detained and physically assaulted her husband after summoning him for interrogation on Sunday morning at its headquarters in Al-Khalil city. According to her facebook page, PA officers verbally and physically abused her husband Hazem Fakhouri and kept for six hours questioning him about the marches held a few days ago in Al-Khalil in solidarity with Egypt and Syria.
They also questioned him about the articles his wife had written and asked him if she could write articles in favor of the PA and its security apparatuses in the West Bank.
Khater said that this interrogation session was one of many sessions held previously against her husband in order to pressure her to stop writing critical articles against the PA and its violations in the West Bank.
Khater and her husband were both exposed to direct threats by PA security elements during their participation in a peaceful rally held last Friday outside Al-Hussein Mosque in Al-Khalil.
The PA security forces, however, violently attacked the rally and wounded 12 Palestinian citizens, including women.
Khater said that the threats of the PA security apparatuses could not intimidate her or stop her from advocating the victimized peoples wherever they are.
She noted that the PA security apparatuses persist in their violations despite the latest remarks made by [de facto] president Mahmoud Abbas, in which he claimed that the freedom of journalists to work in the West Bank are a red line and cannot be violated.
They also questioned him about the articles his wife had written and asked him if she could write articles in favor of the PA and its security apparatuses in the West Bank.
Khater said that this interrogation session was one of many sessions held previously against her husband in order to pressure her to stop writing critical articles against the PA and its violations in the West Bank.
Khater and her husband were both exposed to direct threats by PA security elements during their participation in a peaceful rally held last Friday outside Al-Hussein Mosque in Al-Khalil.
The PA security forces, however, violently attacked the rally and wounded 12 Palestinian citizens, including women.
Khater said that the threats of the PA security apparatuses could not intimidate her or stop her from advocating the victimized peoples wherever they are.
She noted that the PA security apparatuses persist in their violations despite the latest remarks made by [de facto] president Mahmoud Abbas, in which he claimed that the freedom of journalists to work in the West Bank are a red line and cannot be violated.
The Palestinian security apparatuses in the Gaza Strip were able to arrest some individuals who were proved to have been planning to create chaos and destabilize the situation in the Strip under the name of Tamarud movement. According to an informed official source, one of the detainees confessed to his association with the Israeli and Palestinian Authority intelligence agencies.
The informed source told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the security apparatuses also found out that Qais Al-Baroudi, who was claimed to be the spokesman for Tamarud movement in Gaza, does not live in Gaza.
The source added that the information obtained by the security apparatuses in Gaza confirms that someone by that name lives in Nablus city of the West Bank.
The so-called Tamarud movement in Gaza had declared earlier that Qais Al-Baroudi was its spokesman in the Gaza Strip.
The official source stated that some unruly elements are seeking to create chaos in Gaza through replicating what has happened in other countries in order to draw attention to their alleged cause and win financial support from some parties that are hostile to the Arab and Muslim nations.
He expressed his confidence that the Palestinian people have the faith and strength to face any suspicious attempt to create a state of anarchy in Gaza, the stronghold of the Palestinian resistance.
The informed source told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the security apparatuses also found out that Qais Al-Baroudi, who was claimed to be the spokesman for Tamarud movement in Gaza, does not live in Gaza.
The source added that the information obtained by the security apparatuses in Gaza confirms that someone by that name lives in Nablus city of the West Bank.
The so-called Tamarud movement in Gaza had declared earlier that Qais Al-Baroudi was its spokesman in the Gaza Strip.
The official source stated that some unruly elements are seeking to create chaos in Gaza through replicating what has happened in other countries in order to draw attention to their alleged cause and win financial support from some parties that are hostile to the Arab and Muslim nations.
He expressed his confidence that the Palestinian people have the faith and strength to face any suspicious attempt to create a state of anarchy in Gaza, the stronghold of the Palestinian resistance.
25 aug 2013
The Palestinian Authority security forces launched a large-scale arrest campaign against members and supporters of the Hamas Movement, and summoned many others for interrogation in different West Bank areas. According to local sources, the PA security forces arrested 10 Palestinian citizens because of their political affiliation with Hamas and summoned many others, including university students and ex-detainees in Israeli jails.
In Ramallah, the PA intelligence agency kidnapped a student at Birzeit university named Mohamed Mousa from his home in Beit Liqya village and another young man named Munder Alawi from his home in Deir Jarir village.
Alawi previously spent two years in Israeli jails and was exposed to several arrests by PA security apparatuses because of his affiliation with Hamas.
PA preventive security forces also kidnapped journalist Mohamed Al-Kiq from outside Al-Birah Mosque in downtown Ramallah after beating him severely with fists and batons.
Kiq was covering events during a march organized in Ramallah last Friday when he was assaulted. He works as a reporter for Al-Majd satellite channel and was a prisoner for three years in Israeli jails.
In Al-Khalil, the PA intelligence agency arrested a young man named Muhannad Ashour due to his participation in a march held on Friday in the city in solidarity with Egypt and Syria.
The intelligence also arrested an ex-detainee in Israeli jails named Jaafar Al-Qawasmi and took him to an interrogation center in Al-Khalil city.
Qawasmi spent more than six years in Israeli jails and was arrested several times by the PA security apparatuses because of his affiliation with Hamas.
In Nablus, the PA security forces kidnapped Sayed Qawariq, 21, after a violent raid on his home in Awarta village to the south of the city.
The PA preventive security also kidnapped a student at Al-Najah university and a member of the Islamic student bloc named Musaab Quzah from his home in the city.
Sheikh Ramadan Abu Jaafar, 45, was also kidnapped by the preventive security forces as he was leaving Ebad Al-Rahman Mosque, south of the city, after he finished his prayers at dusk.
In Tulkarem, the preventive security forces kidnapped another ex-detainee named Saleh Zeitawi, aged 37.
Zeitawi had been taken prisoner several times by the PA and Israeli security forces, and exposed to excruciating torture at the hands of PA security interrogators.
Several Palestinians, mostly university students, were also summoned for interrogation in different West Bank areas. Some of them refused to go for questioning.
Among those who received summonses and refused to be interrogated was a Palestinian lady named Iman Misk, and she is the sister of Izzuddin Misk, a martyred resistance fighter from Hamas.
In Ramallah, the PA intelligence agency kidnapped a student at Birzeit university named Mohamed Mousa from his home in Beit Liqya village and another young man named Munder Alawi from his home in Deir Jarir village.
Alawi previously spent two years in Israeli jails and was exposed to several arrests by PA security apparatuses because of his affiliation with Hamas.
PA preventive security forces also kidnapped journalist Mohamed Al-Kiq from outside Al-Birah Mosque in downtown Ramallah after beating him severely with fists and batons.
Kiq was covering events during a march organized in Ramallah last Friday when he was assaulted. He works as a reporter for Al-Majd satellite channel and was a prisoner for three years in Israeli jails.
In Al-Khalil, the PA intelligence agency arrested a young man named Muhannad Ashour due to his participation in a march held on Friday in the city in solidarity with Egypt and Syria.
The intelligence also arrested an ex-detainee in Israeli jails named Jaafar Al-Qawasmi and took him to an interrogation center in Al-Khalil city.
Qawasmi spent more than six years in Israeli jails and was arrested several times by the PA security apparatuses because of his affiliation with Hamas.
In Nablus, the PA security forces kidnapped Sayed Qawariq, 21, after a violent raid on his home in Awarta village to the south of the city.
The PA preventive security also kidnapped a student at Al-Najah university and a member of the Islamic student bloc named Musaab Quzah from his home in the city.
Sheikh Ramadan Abu Jaafar, 45, was also kidnapped by the preventive security forces as he was leaving Ebad Al-Rahman Mosque, south of the city, after he finished his prayers at dusk.
In Tulkarem, the preventive security forces kidnapped another ex-detainee named Saleh Zeitawi, aged 37.
Zeitawi had been taken prisoner several times by the PA and Israeli security forces, and exposed to excruciating torture at the hands of PA security interrogators.
Several Palestinians, mostly university students, were also summoned for interrogation in different West Bank areas. Some of them refused to go for questioning.
Among those who received summonses and refused to be interrogated was a Palestinian lady named Iman Misk, and she is the sister of Izzuddin Misk, a martyred resistance fighter from Hamas.
24 aug 2013
No "Tamarrad" activists have been arrested in the Gaza Strip, the newly-formed youth movement said Saturday.
Tamarrad (Rebel) Against Injustice said in a statement that reports its activists had been arrested by Hamas security forces in the enclave were false.
Hamas official Yahya Mousa told the Lebanese newspaper El-Nashra on Friday that security forces had detained members of the Tamarrad group and that they were being interrogated.
Mousa said the group had centers in the West Bank and Gaza and that its members were trained by Egyptian intelligence and security services.
The Egyptian Tamarod (Rebellion) movement is a protest group that organized opposition to the rule of president Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who was deposed on July 3.
Gaza's Tamarrad movement was launched to counter "injustice" against the Palestinian people and to work toward achieving reconciliation between Palestinians, the group said in its statement on Saturday.
In a video released Sunday, masked activists read a statement by the group calling for protests across the enclave on Nov. 11 to overthrow Hamas.
On Nov. 11, all "tyrannies and oppression practiced by the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza" will come to an end, the activists said.
Tamarrad (Rebel) Against Injustice said in a statement that reports its activists had been arrested by Hamas security forces in the enclave were false.
Hamas official Yahya Mousa told the Lebanese newspaper El-Nashra on Friday that security forces had detained members of the Tamarrad group and that they were being interrogated.
Mousa said the group had centers in the West Bank and Gaza and that its members were trained by Egyptian intelligence and security services.
The Egyptian Tamarod (Rebellion) movement is a protest group that organized opposition to the rule of president Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who was deposed on July 3.
Gaza's Tamarrad movement was launched to counter "injustice" against the Palestinian people and to work toward achieving reconciliation between Palestinians, the group said in its statement on Saturday.
In a video released Sunday, masked activists read a statement by the group calling for protests across the enclave on Nov. 11 to overthrow Hamas.
On Nov. 11, all "tyrannies and oppression practiced by the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza" will come to an end, the activists said.
PA security forces have suppressed in Bireh city a popular march in support of legitimacy in Egypt and in solidarity with the victims of the chemical attack in Syria. Hamas leaders Sheikh Jamal al-Tawil and Sheikh Hussein Abu Kuweik were assaulted during the police brutal attack on Friday while Sheikh Faraj Roumaneh was detained.
More than 200 police elements, heavily armed, were deployed around Bireh Mosque before Friday prayers following Hamas's call for a solidarity rally.
Once the protestors gathered outside the mosque after Friday prayers, the PA forces brutally attacked them.
The PA security forces detained Sheikh Tawil and Sheikh Kuweik for half an hour before releasing them, while assaulting and beating Sheikh Faraj Roumaneh, 45, who was also arrested.
Furthermore, PA forces prevented journalists from covering the event, where they arrested the reporter in al-Aqsa TV Muhammad Aruri while on his way to cover the march and attacked Watan TV reporter Ahmad Melhem and confiscated his equipment.
A number of other journalists were assaulted and brutally beaten before being arrested including Anatolia Agency reporter.
Since the early morning hours, the PA forces erected temporary barriers to the entrances of Ramallah preventing participation of many citizens in the march.
Sheikh Tawil strongly denounced the attack on the peaceful march that was permitted by PA security services. He stressed that he made contacts with members of the freedoms committee, which was formed as part of the reconciliation agreements, but he received no answer.
In a related context, the occupation forces suppressed a rally organized in al-Khalil in support of legitimacy in Egypt and the Syrian revolution. The occupation forces fired tear gas bombs against the participants, injuring dozens of them.
In its turn, the Palestinian Media Forum has denounced in a statement the PA forces' attack on journalists covering pro-Egyptian and Syrian people.
The forum called for prosecuting those responsible for the attack, stressing the need to respect media freedoms.
Resheq condemns suppression of march in solidarity with Egyptians
Member of Hamas's political bureau Ezzat al-Resheq on Saturday condemned the Palestinian Authority’s security apparatuses for quelling a march organized by Hamas in solidarity with the Egyptian and Syrian peoples on Friday. PA's security apparatuses attacked during the suppression of the peaceful march Hamas leaders Sheikh Jamal Tawil and Sheikh Hussein Abu Kuweik, and arrested leader Faraj Romana after assaulting him. The security elements also attacked journalists, and arrested a number of marchers.
Resheq considered the suppression of the march and the attack on the people a serious escalation and a continuation to the series of suppression of freedoms in the West Bank.
The march was organized by Hamas in the city of Bireh, in support of the Syrian and the Egyptian peoples and in rejection of the military coup and the Egyptian army's practices against supporters of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
For his part, former minister Wasfi Kabha stressed that the Palestinian Basic Law amended in 2005 ensures the freedom of opinion and expression, and that the human rights and fundamental freedoms should be respected.
Kabha condemned the attack on the Palestinian leaders, the citizens, and press crews by the PA's apparatuses.
He called on the PA's presidency to intervene immediately to ensure the respect of the public freedoms and to put an end to the arrogance of security services, which are supposed to protect the citizen.
More than 200 police elements, heavily armed, were deployed around Bireh Mosque before Friday prayers following Hamas's call for a solidarity rally.
Once the protestors gathered outside the mosque after Friday prayers, the PA forces brutally attacked them.
The PA security forces detained Sheikh Tawil and Sheikh Kuweik for half an hour before releasing them, while assaulting and beating Sheikh Faraj Roumaneh, 45, who was also arrested.
Furthermore, PA forces prevented journalists from covering the event, where they arrested the reporter in al-Aqsa TV Muhammad Aruri while on his way to cover the march and attacked Watan TV reporter Ahmad Melhem and confiscated his equipment.
A number of other journalists were assaulted and brutally beaten before being arrested including Anatolia Agency reporter.
Since the early morning hours, the PA forces erected temporary barriers to the entrances of Ramallah preventing participation of many citizens in the march.
Sheikh Tawil strongly denounced the attack on the peaceful march that was permitted by PA security services. He stressed that he made contacts with members of the freedoms committee, which was formed as part of the reconciliation agreements, but he received no answer.
In a related context, the occupation forces suppressed a rally organized in al-Khalil in support of legitimacy in Egypt and the Syrian revolution. The occupation forces fired tear gas bombs against the participants, injuring dozens of them.
In its turn, the Palestinian Media Forum has denounced in a statement the PA forces' attack on journalists covering pro-Egyptian and Syrian people.
The forum called for prosecuting those responsible for the attack, stressing the need to respect media freedoms.
Resheq condemns suppression of march in solidarity with Egyptians
Member of Hamas's political bureau Ezzat al-Resheq on Saturday condemned the Palestinian Authority’s security apparatuses for quelling a march organized by Hamas in solidarity with the Egyptian and Syrian peoples on Friday. PA's security apparatuses attacked during the suppression of the peaceful march Hamas leaders Sheikh Jamal Tawil and Sheikh Hussein Abu Kuweik, and arrested leader Faraj Romana after assaulting him. The security elements also attacked journalists, and arrested a number of marchers.
Resheq considered the suppression of the march and the attack on the people a serious escalation and a continuation to the series of suppression of freedoms in the West Bank.
The march was organized by Hamas in the city of Bireh, in support of the Syrian and the Egyptian peoples and in rejection of the military coup and the Egyptian army's practices against supporters of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
For his part, former minister Wasfi Kabha stressed that the Palestinian Basic Law amended in 2005 ensures the freedom of opinion and expression, and that the human rights and fundamental freedoms should be respected.
Kabha condemned the attack on the Palestinian leaders, the citizens, and press crews by the PA's apparatuses.
He called on the PA's presidency to intervene immediately to ensure the respect of the public freedoms and to put an end to the arrogance of security services, which are supposed to protect the citizen.
23 aug 2013
The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in UK (AOHR) said that it got credible information that prisoners in Jericho Prison in the West Bank are subjected sever torture. Credible sources visited prisoners and confirmed the information stating that: “Prisoners are strung up on meat hooks like carcasses in a slaughterhouse. They remain hanged, while screaming at the top of their voices, for long hours.” Several sources said that the PA carried out arbitrary mass arrests on the background of the bloody dispersal of protests in Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Al-Nahda Squares in Egypt last week. PA security services kidnapped people from homes and streets; and AOHR’s sources described the situation as a typical copy of what happened in wake of Palestinian division in 2007.
In this context, the family of the prisoner Kanan Mostafa Said Shatat, 34, married and father of four children, said that he was kidnapped from his house on August 17, 2013. The family said that a group of unidentified people broke into the house and took Kanan to an unknown place. Two days later, the family was told that the kidnappers were PA security staff and knew that Kanan was taken to Jericho Prison, where he immediately went on hunger strike.
The Public Prosecutor issued a prison order pending investigation for him but the PA intelligence services kidnapped him from the court and led him to their headquarters in Jericho, where he is being severely tortured.
Kanan and his five brothers have been detained several times by the Israeli occupation and the PA security services. They were severely tortured, but they described torture in PA prisons as being worse than in Israeli jails.
Kanan himself is suffering chondritis and consequences of prison torture as he suffered head fractures during torture sessions inside PA prisons in 2009.
AOHR said that it reaffirms that systematic torture in PA interrogation cells has never stopped and it has been widely used based on unidentified policies.
The organisation emphasized that there is a fierce arrest campaign by the PA against opposition members in the West Bank based on no clear reason. Security services investigate and torture prisoners based on old charges.
AOHR called on EU governments and UN Secretary General to immediately intervene to save the lives of prisoners being currently tortured inside the PA prisons, especially in Jericho Prison.
In this context, the family of the prisoner Kanan Mostafa Said Shatat, 34, married and father of four children, said that he was kidnapped from his house on August 17, 2013. The family said that a group of unidentified people broke into the house and took Kanan to an unknown place. Two days later, the family was told that the kidnappers were PA security staff and knew that Kanan was taken to Jericho Prison, where he immediately went on hunger strike.
The Public Prosecutor issued a prison order pending investigation for him but the PA intelligence services kidnapped him from the court and led him to their headquarters in Jericho, where he is being severely tortured.
Kanan and his five brothers have been detained several times by the Israeli occupation and the PA security services. They were severely tortured, but they described torture in PA prisons as being worse than in Israeli jails.
Kanan himself is suffering chondritis and consequences of prison torture as he suffered head fractures during torture sessions inside PA prisons in 2009.
AOHR said that it reaffirms that systematic torture in PA interrogation cells has never stopped and it has been widely used based on unidentified policies.
The organisation emphasized that there is a fierce arrest campaign by the PA against opposition members in the West Bank based on no clear reason. Security services investigate and torture prisoners based on old charges.
AOHR called on EU governments and UN Secretary General to immediately intervene to save the lives of prisoners being currently tortured inside the PA prisons, especially in Jericho Prison.
The Palestinian Authority’s General Intelligence in the city of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank summoned journalist Khalid Amayreh, but did not specify the reasons. Safa news agency quoted Amayreh as saying that GI officers visited him at his home in Dura, 10 Kilometers South West al-Khalil, and handed him a summons to attend the GI’s offices in al-Khalil at 9:30am Saturday.
Amayreh said that he does not know exactly what they want to interview him about. This is not the first time he gets summoned by the PA intelligence who interrogated him several times before concerning articles he wrote or television interviews he gave which did not please the Palestinian Authority.
Amayreh said that he does not know exactly what they want to interview him about. This is not the first time he gets summoned by the PA intelligence who interrogated him several times before concerning articles he wrote or television interviews he gave which did not please the Palestinian Authority.
On Tuesday, 20 August 2013, a colonel who serves as director of the office of the Palestinian presidency’s secretary general broke into a house in Ramallah and fired inside it allegedly because his child was attacked by another child living in the house. As a result of the indiscriminate shooting, the colonel’s child, who was accompanying him, was injured by a bullet to the foot. This attack constitutes a form of misuse of weapons, a phenomenon which prevails in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).
According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), and the testimony of the affected house’s owner, Ms. Hanan Du’ais Abu Kwaik, 44, at approximately 03:00 on Tuesday, 20 August 2013, Colonel Sa’id Ahmed, director of the office Tayeb Abdul al-Rahim, secretary general of the Palestinian presidency, his bodyguard and his child stormed Abu Kwaik’s house in al-Hayat housing community in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood in Ramallah. The colonel and his bodyguard were armed.
Colonel Ahmed searched for Abu Kwaik’s child, 13-year-old Bahaa’, and when he found him, he attempted to force him out of the house claiming that Bahaa’ had attacked the colonel’s child, but Bahaa’ was able to escape. Immediately, the colonel opened fire indiscriminately. As a result, the colonel’s child was injured by a bullet to the foot, and the house was damaged.
PCHR condemns this attack, which constitutes a form of misuse of weapons, a phenomenon which prevails in the oPt. PCHR calls upon the Attorney General’s office to investigate it and bring the perpetrators before justice.
Source: PCHR Gaza
According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), and the testimony of the affected house’s owner, Ms. Hanan Du’ais Abu Kwaik, 44, at approximately 03:00 on Tuesday, 20 August 2013, Colonel Sa’id Ahmed, director of the office Tayeb Abdul al-Rahim, secretary general of the Palestinian presidency, his bodyguard and his child stormed Abu Kwaik’s house in al-Hayat housing community in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood in Ramallah. The colonel and his bodyguard were armed.
Colonel Ahmed searched for Abu Kwaik’s child, 13-year-old Bahaa’, and when he found him, he attempted to force him out of the house claiming that Bahaa’ had attacked the colonel’s child, but Bahaa’ was able to escape. Immediately, the colonel opened fire indiscriminately. As a result, the colonel’s child was injured by a bullet to the foot, and the house was damaged.
PCHR condemns this attack, which constitutes a form of misuse of weapons, a phenomenon which prevails in the oPt. PCHR calls upon the Attorney General’s office to investigate it and bring the perpetrators before justice.
Source: PCHR Gaza
21 aug 2013
The Palestinian Authority security apparatuses arrested six Hamas affiliates, and summoned nearly twenty members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in different parts of the West Bank. In al-Khalil, the Preventive security service (PSS) arrested liberated prisoner Ahmed al-Titi after raiding his workplace in the city. He spent eight years in the Israeli jails, and is a former political detainee in PA jails.
The Palestinian apparatuses summoned the imam of Beit Ummar mosque on the backdrop of the Friday sermon in which he expressed support to the Egyptian people.
They also continued to detain two students at the Polytechnic University Mahmoud Ahmeidat and Annan Atawna and a student at al-Khalil University Mohammed Sayara, while released al-Khalil University students Abdullah Jineidi and Hudhaifah Khatib after four days of arrest, because of their participation in a demonstration staged to denounce the massacres committed against the Egyptians.
In Nablus, the PSS arrested the Nael Nassar after storming his house in the village of Awarta, while the intelligence summoned a number of ex-detainees from Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the village of Tal. The apparatuses summoned six other citizens in Ramallah, including two liberated captives.
The intelligence service continued to detain three leaders and activists from the Islamic bloc for more than two weeks. The Bloc at Birzeit University announced continuing its sit-in inside the university campus in solidarity with their detained colleagues.
Arrested for creating “Morsi” fragrance
In Tulkarem, intelligence elements arrested a student at An-Najah University and a liberated captive.
They also stormed a perfume shop and arrested its owner, the liberated prisoner Islambouli Badir, after confiscating his computer and summoning his brother Qassam.
The security men assaulted Islambouli because he protested the way they stormed his shop without a search warrant. They confiscated all "Morsi" fragrance bottles before arresting Islambouli.Islambouli is an activist on social networking sites and is known for his support for the Egyptian elected president, Muhammad Morsi. He has been previously jailed by the PA for 9 months and by the Israeli occupation for two years. He is the son of Martyr Reyad Bdair who was killed defending the Jenin refugee camp in 2002.
PA security services summoned 3 other liberated prisoners in Tulkarem, Qalqilya and Bethlehem.
Sources in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) told PIC’s correspondent that Ramallah General Intelligence Service summoned seven of the Front's activists in Bethlehem and Ramallah on Sunday.
PFLP organized earlier this month a march against the return to negotiations, which led to clashes with the PA's security services near the Moquata'a that led to injuring a number of demonstrators.
The Palestinian apparatuses summoned the imam of Beit Ummar mosque on the backdrop of the Friday sermon in which he expressed support to the Egyptian people.
They also continued to detain two students at the Polytechnic University Mahmoud Ahmeidat and Annan Atawna and a student at al-Khalil University Mohammed Sayara, while released al-Khalil University students Abdullah Jineidi and Hudhaifah Khatib after four days of arrest, because of their participation in a demonstration staged to denounce the massacres committed against the Egyptians.
In Nablus, the PSS arrested the Nael Nassar after storming his house in the village of Awarta, while the intelligence summoned a number of ex-detainees from Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the village of Tal. The apparatuses summoned six other citizens in Ramallah, including two liberated captives.
The intelligence service continued to detain three leaders and activists from the Islamic bloc for more than two weeks. The Bloc at Birzeit University announced continuing its sit-in inside the university campus in solidarity with their detained colleagues.
Arrested for creating “Morsi” fragrance
In Tulkarem, intelligence elements arrested a student at An-Najah University and a liberated captive.
They also stormed a perfume shop and arrested its owner, the liberated prisoner Islambouli Badir, after confiscating his computer and summoning his brother Qassam.
The security men assaulted Islambouli because he protested the way they stormed his shop without a search warrant. They confiscated all "Morsi" fragrance bottles before arresting Islambouli.Islambouli is an activist on social networking sites and is known for his support for the Egyptian elected president, Muhammad Morsi. He has been previously jailed by the PA for 9 months and by the Israeli occupation for two years. He is the son of Martyr Reyad Bdair who was killed defending the Jenin refugee camp in 2002.
PA security services summoned 3 other liberated prisoners in Tulkarem, Qalqilya and Bethlehem.
Sources in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) told PIC’s correspondent that Ramallah General Intelligence Service summoned seven of the Front's activists in Bethlehem and Ramallah on Sunday.
PFLP organized earlier this month a march against the return to negotiations, which led to clashes with the PA's security services near the Moquata'a that led to injuring a number of demonstrators.
20 aug 2013
The Islamic student bloc at Birzeit university said that one of its members was transferred to the hospital after his health condition worsened as a result of his hunger strike for nine days. The Islamic bloc stated on Monday that a number of its member students at the university had already started an open-ended hunger strike and 130 others decided to go on hunger strike for three days only as of Tuesday.
The Islamic bloc called on the student council, the dean of the student affairs, the national freedoms committee and human rights groups to take concrete steps ending the suffering the detained students and ensure their return to their studies at the university.
A number of Islamic bloc students are still persistent in their sit-in on campus, which they had started about 10 days ago in protest at the kidnapping of three of their senior fellow members by the Palestinian authority intelligence agency.
The Islamic bloc called on the student council, the dean of the student affairs, the national freedoms committee and human rights groups to take concrete steps ending the suffering the detained students and ensure their return to their studies at the university.
A number of Islamic bloc students are still persistent in their sit-in on campus, which they had started about 10 days ago in protest at the kidnapping of three of their senior fellow members by the Palestinian authority intelligence agency.
Palestinian Authority police forces detained a settler on Tuesday after he entered the city of Nablus by mistake.
The settler mistakenly drove into Nablus city center and was detained by PA police while they contacted Israeli authorities.
He was later transferred to the custody of Israeli police.
The settler mistakenly drove into Nablus city center and was detained by PA police while they contacted Israeli authorities.
He was later transferred to the custody of Israeli police.
18 aug 2013
Palestinian Authority security forces detained six Hamas affiliates on Sunday across the West Bank, a statement from the Islamist group said.
PA forces made the arrests in Salfit, Hebron and Jenin, Hamas said.
A reconciliation deal signed by Fatah and Hamas in May 2011 entailed pledges to stop politically motivated arrests, but the agreement has not been implemented.
PA forces made the arrests in Salfit, Hebron and Jenin, Hamas said.
A reconciliation deal signed by Fatah and Hamas in May 2011 entailed pledges to stop politically motivated arrests, but the agreement has not been implemented.
17 aug 2013
Palestinian Authority security apparatuses on Friday attacked a peaceful march in al-Khalil, south of the West Bank, condemning the massacres in Egypt. Some citizens were injured while others were arrested. Eyewitnesses said riot control elements suppressed a peaceful demonstration launched after Friday prayers from Al-Hussein Bin Ali Mosque towards the roundabout of Ibn Roshd in al-Khalil, and arrested a number of marchers.
A number of Fatah leaders supported the attack by the Egyptian army on the supporters of President Mohamed Morsi in Rabaa El Adaweya and the Nahda Squares in Egypt.
For its part, the Palestinian media forum condemned the attack by Palestinian security forces on journalists and preventing them from filming the peaceful march, and demanded the prosecution of those involved in these attacks.
Meanwhile, the Preventive Security Service (PSS) in Jenin arrested after Friday prayers Sheikh Ali Abdul Qadir Atiq, aged 54, the preacher of the grand mosque of Burqin and the former mayor of Jenin, on the background of the Friday sermon in which he criticized "the blind murder in Egypt."
Local sources told PIC's correspondent that the PSS summoned Sheikh Atiq after Friday prayers and that upon his arrival to the Preventive Security headquarters he was informed that he will be arrested for commenting on the Egyptian situation during the sermon.
Sheikh Ali Atiq is one of the prominent leaders of the Islamic movement and a liberated prisoner from the Israeli occupation jails.
A number of Fatah leaders supported the attack by the Egyptian army on the supporters of President Mohamed Morsi in Rabaa El Adaweya and the Nahda Squares in Egypt.
For its part, the Palestinian media forum condemned the attack by Palestinian security forces on journalists and preventing them from filming the peaceful march, and demanded the prosecution of those involved in these attacks.
Meanwhile, the Preventive Security Service (PSS) in Jenin arrested after Friday prayers Sheikh Ali Abdul Qadir Atiq, aged 54, the preacher of the grand mosque of Burqin and the former mayor of Jenin, on the background of the Friday sermon in which he criticized "the blind murder in Egypt."
Local sources told PIC's correspondent that the PSS summoned Sheikh Atiq after Friday prayers and that upon his arrival to the Preventive Security headquarters he was informed that he will be arrested for commenting on the Egyptian situation during the sermon.
Sheikh Ali Atiq is one of the prominent leaders of the Islamic movement and a liberated prisoner from the Israeli occupation jails.
Security forces of the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip on Friday detained two Palestinian Authority security officers.
Hamas security forces ransacked several homes in the Fadil Rayhan neighborhood in northern Gaza, a Ma'an reporter said.
They detained Zakariyya Shehada, an officer in the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority's Preventive Security Services, and his son Jihad, and confiscated a computer and mobile phones from Shehada's apartment.
Hamas forces also ransacked the home of PSS officer Khalid Judah. He was taken to an interrogation center.
Hamas security forces ransacked several homes in the Fadil Rayhan neighborhood in northern Gaza, a Ma'an reporter said.
They detained Zakariyya Shehada, an officer in the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority's Preventive Security Services, and his son Jihad, and confiscated a computer and mobile phones from Shehada's apartment.
Hamas forces also ransacked the home of PSS officer Khalid Judah. He was taken to an interrogation center.
16 aug 2013
The PA security forces have escalated the arrest campaign against members of Hamas movement where they arrested three of them in the West Bank including coordinator of the Islamic bloc in the Palestine Polytechnic University in al-Khalil. PA Intelligence services arrested the liberated prisoner Mahmoud Ehmeidat, the coordinator of the Islamic bloc in the Palestine Polytechnic University, the liberated prisoner Mohammed Jamal Saya’rah, a student at al-Khalil University.
In a related matter, the PA Intelligence services released Firas Wael Abu Sharkh, a few hours after his arrest, where they raided his workplace in al-Khalil.
In Nablus, the PA Preventive Security Service arrested a liberated prisoner after raiding his home and summoned a local activist Samir Abu Shoaib from Awarta.
In Salfit, PA forces arrested Ayman Atef Ryan, 30, while returning from work. Ryan, a former political detainee, is a father of three daughters, and the brother liberated prisoner released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal.
In a related matter, the PA Intelligence services released Firas Wael Abu Sharkh, a few hours after his arrest, where they raided his workplace in al-Khalil.
In Nablus, the PA Preventive Security Service arrested a liberated prisoner after raiding his home and summoned a local activist Samir Abu Shoaib from Awarta.
In Salfit, PA forces arrested Ayman Atef Ryan, 30, while returning from work. Ryan, a former political detainee, is a father of three daughters, and the brother liberated prisoner released in Wafa al-Ahrar deal.
15 aug 2013
The Palestinian authority intelligence agency refused on Wednesday to release three students from the Islamic bloc at Birzeit university after they ended their hunger strike two days ago following pledges to set them free. A senior member of the Islamic bloc at the university told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the PA intelligence refused the request filed by the lawyer of the three students to release them according to previous pledges in this regard.
He stated that three students are Mohamed Qaddoumi, Suhaib Rabei and Al-Mutasim Billah Omar and all of them started on the first day of their detention, the sixth of August, a hunger strike that lasted for one week.
The senior member affirmed that more than 100 members of the Islamic student bloc decided to take part in an open-ended hunger strike to protest the PA security apparatuses' repressive practices against the bloc's members.
He also said that the bloc members would continue rallying outside the headquarters of the student council at the university until all the three students released from PA jails.
He stated that three students are Mohamed Qaddoumi, Suhaib Rabei and Al-Mutasim Billah Omar and all of them started on the first day of their detention, the sixth of August, a hunger strike that lasted for one week.
The senior member affirmed that more than 100 members of the Islamic student bloc decided to take part in an open-ended hunger strike to protest the PA security apparatuses' repressive practices against the bloc's members.
He also said that the bloc members would continue rallying outside the headquarters of the student council at the university until all the three students released from PA jails.
14 aug 2013
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is concerned over the summon and arrest campaign launched by the Internal Security Service (ISS) against members of Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip in the past days, PCHR said in a press release Tuesday. PCHR calls upon the government in Gaza to fully abide by the law and stop arrests on political grounds.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR, the campaign was implemented by ISS against 16 Fatah members throughout the Gaza Strip in the past days. According to statements of some of the arrested persons and their families, the campaign started with summons that were sent to the majority of the arrested persons to refer to the ISS head office each in his area and/or arresting them from their houses after searching the houses or other places they were in, in addition to confiscating PC sets. The campaign targeted a number of Fatah leaders, including current and former province secretaries, area secretaries and other members. The arrested persons were questioned on giving money to families of Fatah members who were wounded or killed during the events of June 2007.
According to PCHR, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday, 09 August 2013, the ISS summoned and arrested 9 members of Fatah movement. The majority of them were summoned to the ISS head office, while 2 of them were arrested. The arrested persons were:
1. Abdul Aziz Hassan al-Maqadma (46), an area secretary of Fatah movement, who was arrested from his house in al-Etisalat area. The ISS officers searched the house and confiscated a PC set. It should be noted that al-Maqadma suffers from thyroid disorders and has been under detention so far.
2. Walid Ahmed Sbeih (42), an area secretary of Fatah movement, from Beer al-Na'jah area. He was arrested on 09 August evening from al-Falouja area.
The other seven persons who were summoned are:
1. Abdul Jawad Tawfiq Ziada (42), a member of Fatah movement and director of Hope and Life Association, from Beit Lahia housing project;
2. Ra'ed Abdul Halim Abu Hussein (41), a member of Fatah movement, from Jabalia refugee camp;
3. Jalil Abdul Hadi Ishtaiwi (47) member of Fatah movement, from Beit Lahia;
4. Issa Abdul Hay Darweesh (35), an area secretary of Fatah movement, from Beit Lahia housing project;
5. Maher Ramadan al-Shenbari (43), an activist of Fatah movement, from Beit Hanoun;
6. Mahmoud Awad (40), an activist of Fatah movement, from Jabalia; and
7. Maher Ibrahim Abu Harbid (52), the northern Gaza Strip secretary of Fatah movement, from Beit Hanoun.
In the central Gaza Strip, on 10 August 2013, the ISS officers arrested Hatem Saber Othman (45), from al-Bureij refugee camp. Othman, who was the Deputy Chief of the Preventive Security Service in the central Gaza Strip, was transferred to the ISS office in Deir al-Balah, where he was questioned on offering aid to families of Fatah members who were wounded or killed in the events of June 2007. Othman was handed a notice to refer to the ISS office on 13 August and was then released.
In Khan Yunis, on 10 August, the ISS officers raided a house belonging to the family of Mohammed Khalil Irbei' (42) in al-Satar al-Gharbi area. Irbei' is a member of the centre of Khan Yunis' leadership of Fatah movement. The officers searched the house and seized a laptop, some documents and a cell phone belonging to the aforementioned person. They took him to the ISS office and questioned him. Irbei' was handed a notice to refer to the ISS office on 13 August and was released at night. Moreover, Jihad Mohammed Abu Mousa (50) and Saleh Abu Hamed, both are Fatah activists in the west and east of Khan Yunis province, were handed summons to go to the ISS office on 12 August. They were arrested, questioned and then released.
In Rafah, on 09 August, the ISS officers arrested 3 Fatah activists after raiding and searching their houses and confiscating some of the contents. The arrested were:
1. Mahmoud Khalil Hussein (46), former secretary of Fatah movement in Rafah, from Rafah. He suffers from cardiac disease;
2. Ahmed Hosny Abdul Latif (37), a former member of Fatah movement in Rafah, from Tal al-Sultan. He was released on Saturday, 10 August; and
3. Khalil Ibrahim Abu Hasnah (41), Director of the Office of the Palestinian Legislative Council's Member Majed Abu Shammala.
A number of those members have been under detention while the others were released. Some of the released persons said they were detained at the ISS offices each in his area for one day, during which they were interrogated. They were then ordered to return later to the ISS offices in different dates. One of the released persons said he was questioned and tortured by the ISS officers in Rafah after he was arrested from his house in Tal al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah. He added that he was questioned three times; an hour and a half each. During interrogation, his head was covered with a sack although he underwent a lens implantation surgery in his eye 6 months ago. He explained that he was mainly questioned about giving amounts of money to families of Fatah members who were wounded or killed during the events of June 2007. During interrogation, he was slapped and pushed by hands and verbally insulted and cursed.
PCHR is concerned over this campaign and stresses that "Personal freedom is a natural right, and shall be guaranteed and protected," according to the Palestinian Basic Law that also stipulates "It is unlawful to arrest, search, imprison, restrict the freedom, or prevent the movement of, any person, except by judicial order." Besides, "Every arrested person shall be informed of the reasons for his arrest or detention."
It reminds of the decision issued by the Palestinian High Court of Justice on 20 February 1999, which considered political detention illegal and demanded all executive authorities to respect the court's decision and stop the exercise of illegal political detention.
PCHR emphasizes that detention is regulated under the Palestinian law and is under the authority of law-enforcement officers represented in the Civil Police under the Attorney General's supervision.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR, the campaign was implemented by ISS against 16 Fatah members throughout the Gaza Strip in the past days. According to statements of some of the arrested persons and their families, the campaign started with summons that were sent to the majority of the arrested persons to refer to the ISS head office each in his area and/or arresting them from their houses after searching the houses or other places they were in, in addition to confiscating PC sets. The campaign targeted a number of Fatah leaders, including current and former province secretaries, area secretaries and other members. The arrested persons were questioned on giving money to families of Fatah members who were wounded or killed during the events of June 2007.
According to PCHR, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday, 09 August 2013, the ISS summoned and arrested 9 members of Fatah movement. The majority of them were summoned to the ISS head office, while 2 of them were arrested. The arrested persons were:
1. Abdul Aziz Hassan al-Maqadma (46), an area secretary of Fatah movement, who was arrested from his house in al-Etisalat area. The ISS officers searched the house and confiscated a PC set. It should be noted that al-Maqadma suffers from thyroid disorders and has been under detention so far.
2. Walid Ahmed Sbeih (42), an area secretary of Fatah movement, from Beer al-Na'jah area. He was arrested on 09 August evening from al-Falouja area.
The other seven persons who were summoned are:
1. Abdul Jawad Tawfiq Ziada (42), a member of Fatah movement and director of Hope and Life Association, from Beit Lahia housing project;
2. Ra'ed Abdul Halim Abu Hussein (41), a member of Fatah movement, from Jabalia refugee camp;
3. Jalil Abdul Hadi Ishtaiwi (47) member of Fatah movement, from Beit Lahia;
4. Issa Abdul Hay Darweesh (35), an area secretary of Fatah movement, from Beit Lahia housing project;
5. Maher Ramadan al-Shenbari (43), an activist of Fatah movement, from Beit Hanoun;
6. Mahmoud Awad (40), an activist of Fatah movement, from Jabalia; and
7. Maher Ibrahim Abu Harbid (52), the northern Gaza Strip secretary of Fatah movement, from Beit Hanoun.
In the central Gaza Strip, on 10 August 2013, the ISS officers arrested Hatem Saber Othman (45), from al-Bureij refugee camp. Othman, who was the Deputy Chief of the Preventive Security Service in the central Gaza Strip, was transferred to the ISS office in Deir al-Balah, where he was questioned on offering aid to families of Fatah members who were wounded or killed in the events of June 2007. Othman was handed a notice to refer to the ISS office on 13 August and was then released.
In Khan Yunis, on 10 August, the ISS officers raided a house belonging to the family of Mohammed Khalil Irbei' (42) in al-Satar al-Gharbi area. Irbei' is a member of the centre of Khan Yunis' leadership of Fatah movement. The officers searched the house and seized a laptop, some documents and a cell phone belonging to the aforementioned person. They took him to the ISS office and questioned him. Irbei' was handed a notice to refer to the ISS office on 13 August and was released at night. Moreover, Jihad Mohammed Abu Mousa (50) and Saleh Abu Hamed, both are Fatah activists in the west and east of Khan Yunis province, were handed summons to go to the ISS office on 12 August. They were arrested, questioned and then released.
In Rafah, on 09 August, the ISS officers arrested 3 Fatah activists after raiding and searching their houses and confiscating some of the contents. The arrested were:
1. Mahmoud Khalil Hussein (46), former secretary of Fatah movement in Rafah, from Rafah. He suffers from cardiac disease;
2. Ahmed Hosny Abdul Latif (37), a former member of Fatah movement in Rafah, from Tal al-Sultan. He was released on Saturday, 10 August; and
3. Khalil Ibrahim Abu Hasnah (41), Director of the Office of the Palestinian Legislative Council's Member Majed Abu Shammala.
A number of those members have been under detention while the others were released. Some of the released persons said they were detained at the ISS offices each in his area for one day, during which they were interrogated. They were then ordered to return later to the ISS offices in different dates. One of the released persons said he was questioned and tortured by the ISS officers in Rafah after he was arrested from his house in Tal al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah. He added that he was questioned three times; an hour and a half each. During interrogation, his head was covered with a sack although he underwent a lens implantation surgery in his eye 6 months ago. He explained that he was mainly questioned about giving amounts of money to families of Fatah members who were wounded or killed during the events of June 2007. During interrogation, he was slapped and pushed by hands and verbally insulted and cursed.
PCHR is concerned over this campaign and stresses that "Personal freedom is a natural right, and shall be guaranteed and protected," according to the Palestinian Basic Law that also stipulates "It is unlawful to arrest, search, imprison, restrict the freedom, or prevent the movement of, any person, except by judicial order." Besides, "Every arrested person shall be informed of the reasons for his arrest or detention."
It reminds of the decision issued by the Palestinian High Court of Justice on 20 February 1999, which considered political detention illegal and demanded all executive authorities to respect the court's decision and stop the exercise of illegal political detention.
PCHR emphasizes that detention is regulated under the Palestinian law and is under the authority of law-enforcement officers represented in the Civil Police under the Attorney General's supervision.
The EU Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah are deeply concerned at the announcements by the de facto authorities of their intention once more to carry out a number of executions and to do so publicly, the European Commission revealed in a press release Tuesday.
It said, the de facto authorities in Gaza should refrain from carrying out any executions of prisoners and comply with the de facto moratorium on executions put in place by the Palestinian Authority, pending abolition of the death penalty in line with the global trend.
The EU Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah recall the EU's firm opposition under all circumstances to the use of capital punishment. The EU considers that abolition of the death penalty contributes to human dignity and the progressive development of human rights. It considers that capital punishment is cruel and inhuman, that it fails to provide deterrence to criminal behaviour, and that it represents an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity, the statement added.
It said, the de facto authorities in Gaza should refrain from carrying out any executions of prisoners and comply with the de facto moratorium on executions put in place by the Palestinian Authority, pending abolition of the death penalty in line with the global trend.
The EU Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah recall the EU's firm opposition under all circumstances to the use of capital punishment. The EU considers that abolition of the death penalty contributes to human dignity and the progressive development of human rights. It considers that capital punishment is cruel and inhuman, that it fails to provide deterrence to criminal behaviour, and that it represents an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity, the statement added.
13 aug 2013
PA security forces have arrested an Islamic preacher in al-Khalil and continued the summon another preacher from Qalqilya. A political detainee was also arrested in Nablus. In al-Khalil, the preacher Walid Amayreh was arrested following directing some questions to the PA interior minister during his visit to the martyr Qawasmi's house.
In Qalqilya, PA intelligence services continued to summon Sheikh Mujahid Nofal, on a daily basis, for his distinctive preaching role in the city. Sheikh Nofal is prevented from preaching at the mosque of Hajja Ferial.
In Nablus, Israeli forces arrested the liberated prisoner and former political detainee Khadr Sarkaji, 36, after brutally raiding his house in Haifa Street after midnight last night.
In Qalqilya, PA intelligence services continued to summon Sheikh Mujahid Nofal, on a daily basis, for his distinctive preaching role in the city. Sheikh Nofal is prevented from preaching at the mosque of Hajja Ferial.
In Nablus, Israeli forces arrested the liberated prisoner and former political detainee Khadr Sarkaji, 36, after brutally raiding his house in Haifa Street after midnight last night.
11 aug 2013
Hamas security forces have launched an arrest campaign against Fatah leaders and affiliates in the Gaza Strip, Fatah said in a statement on Sunday.
Hamas security forces raided the home of Fatah official Abed al-Aziz al- Maqadma on Thursday, confiscating his computer and mobile phone.
He was taken to internal security headquarters in northern Gaza, where he is still being detained.
Hamas security forces also detained Fatah officials Issa Darwish and Hussein Abu Hilayel on Friday, with both officials still being held for unknown reasons.
Abed al-Jawad Ziyada, Walid Sbeih, Jalil Ishteiwi, and Raed Abu Hussein were summoned for questioning for participating in Fatah activities.
Fatah said the arrests were flagrant assaults and violate previous arrangements made during reconciliation talks, which agreed to end to politically motivated arrests.
The party called on Hamas to end all violations against its members.
A Fatah MP on Friday warned of an impending security campaign by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, after its security forces raided the homes of several Fatah leaders in the enclave.
Majed Abu Shamallah said Hamas forces raided the home of Khalil Abu Hasna, the executive director of the National Commission for Development and Islamic Solidarity, early Friday morning.
The MP said Hamas forces confiscated Abu Hasna's cell phone, laptop, documents and his children's iPad.
Hamas security forces raided the home of Fatah official Abed al-Aziz al- Maqadma on Thursday, confiscating his computer and mobile phone.
He was taken to internal security headquarters in northern Gaza, where he is still being detained.
Hamas security forces also detained Fatah officials Issa Darwish and Hussein Abu Hilayel on Friday, with both officials still being held for unknown reasons.
Abed al-Jawad Ziyada, Walid Sbeih, Jalil Ishteiwi, and Raed Abu Hussein were summoned for questioning for participating in Fatah activities.
Fatah said the arrests were flagrant assaults and violate previous arrangements made during reconciliation talks, which agreed to end to politically motivated arrests.
The party called on Hamas to end all violations against its members.
A Fatah MP on Friday warned of an impending security campaign by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, after its security forces raided the homes of several Fatah leaders in the enclave.
Majed Abu Shamallah said Hamas forces raided the home of Khalil Abu Hasna, the executive director of the National Commission for Development and Islamic Solidarity, early Friday morning.
The MP said Hamas forces confiscated Abu Hasna's cell phone, laptop, documents and his children's iPad.
Palestinian Authority's security apparatuses summoned six citizens from Qalqilya on the pretext of their affiliation with Hamas, while they continued to detain ten other Hamas members from Tulkarm. The Preventive Security Service (PSS) summoned six Hamas supporters from the town of Immatin east of Qalqilya, local sources confirmed.
In Tulkarem, the PSS also continued to detain ten Hamas affiliates. They all are liberated captives from the Israeli jails and former political detainees in PA prisons.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Courts in Ramallah extended the detention of three leaders in the Islamic bloc at Birzeit University for fifteen days. The three detainees have launched an open hunger strike since their arrest by the General Intelligence Service in Ramallah last Tuesday.
In Tulkarem, the PSS also continued to detain ten Hamas affiliates. They all are liberated captives from the Israeli jails and former political detainees in PA prisons.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Courts in Ramallah extended the detention of three leaders in the Islamic bloc at Birzeit University for fifteen days. The three detainees have launched an open hunger strike since their arrest by the General Intelligence Service in Ramallah last Tuesday.
10 aug 2013
The families of political prisoners Islam Saleh and Mohamed Asi held a sit-in on Friday afternoon outside the detention center of the Palestinian Authority intelligence agency in Jericho after they were prevented from visiting them. An informed source told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that two families of 20 individuals left Beit Lakiya village, near Ramallah city, in the early morning hours on Friday on their way to visit their relatives Saleh and Asi in Jericho jail, but they were unjustifiably barred from seeing them.
After their attempt to visit the prisoners failed, the families decided to stay outside the jail to protest such attitude by the PA jailers.
After long hours of waiting, the jailers allowed only the mother of Islam to see her son for a few minutes.
Members of the families said they are determined to come back later during the current week to stage an open-ended protest outside the jail.
After their attempt to visit the prisoners failed, the families decided to stay outside the jail to protest such attitude by the PA jailers.
After long hours of waiting, the jailers allowed only the mother of Islam to see her son for a few minutes.
Members of the families said they are determined to come back later during the current week to stage an open-ended protest outside the jail.
9 aug 2013
The PA security started Eid by arresting three Hamas supporters from al-Khalil and Ramallah, two of them were arrested as soon as they were released from a PA jail. In al-Khalil district the PA security arrested Radi Qaqur from Tarqumia town, who spent three years in occupation jails and was previously a political prisoner in PA jails.
In Ramallah, the PA General Intelligence re-arrested on Monday afternoon Islam Saleh, 23, the son of imprisoned Hamas leader Sheikh Saleh Dar Musa, moments after being released on an a surety of JD 500.
The PA Intelligence also arrested Muhammad Hani Asi moments after he left their headquarters despite the fact that the military prosecutor had ordered his release.
The families of the two political prisoners called for their release, saying that there was no other name for their detention other than political detention.
In Ramallah, the PA General Intelligence re-arrested on Monday afternoon Islam Saleh, 23, the son of imprisoned Hamas leader Sheikh Saleh Dar Musa, moments after being released on an a surety of JD 500.
The PA Intelligence also arrested Muhammad Hani Asi moments after he left their headquarters despite the fact that the military prosecutor had ordered his release.
The families of the two political prisoners called for their release, saying that there was no other name for their detention other than political detention.
On Thursday, Hamas, an Islamist group elected into leadership in the 2006 Palestinian Parliamentary elections, was urged by Amnesty International to halt the execution of prisoners.
“We acknowledge the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those suspected of criminal offenses, but the death penalty is cruel and inhumane,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty’s Middle East and North Africa director. “There is no evidence that (execution) deters crime more effectively than other punishments,” he added.
Hamas’ prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, was quoted by Hamas-affiliated Felesteen news website as saying “we shall not desist in preserving our internal security.”
Haniyeh said that while he respects rights groups campaigning against capital punishment “We also respect our own blood, and our laws,” and “Under Palestinian law, collaboration with Israel, murder, and drug trafficking are all punishable by death.”
“We acknowledge the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those suspected of criminal offenses, but the death penalty is cruel and inhumane,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty’s Middle East and North Africa director. “There is no evidence that (execution) deters crime more effectively than other punishments,” he added.
Hamas’ prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, was quoted by Hamas-affiliated Felesteen news website as saying “we shall not desist in preserving our internal security.”
Haniyeh said that while he respects rights groups campaigning against capital punishment “We also respect our own blood, and our laws,” and “Under Palestinian law, collaboration with Israel, murder, and drug trafficking are all punishable by death.”
7 aug 2013
Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, has accused the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) of working together to liquidate resistance in the West Bank. Barhoum said in a statement on his Facebook page on Wednesday that the recent escalation in arrest campaigns by both the IOA and the PA was meant to distract the attention away from the resumption of negotiations between both.
He urged all parties to expose those involved in the talks, which would ultimately lead to liquidating the Palestine question.
The spokesman urged the people in the West Bank to refuse those arrests by either the IOA or the PA and to protect the liberated prisoners and resistance leaders.
He urged all parties to expose those involved in the talks, which would ultimately lead to liquidating the Palestine question.
The spokesman urged the people in the West Bank to refuse those arrests by either the IOA or the PA and to protect the liberated prisoners and resistance leaders.
6 aug 2013
A intelligence services have re-arrested Monday Islam Salah, 23, few moments after his release on bail. The Magistrates' Court ordered to release Islam on bail estimated at 500 Jordanian dinars due to his mother's critical health condition especially that she underwent surgery a few days ago, the family said.
The family added that Islam was released to be re-arrested, where he was transferred to Jericho city to be released however he was arrested again.
The Intelligence services also arrested Hani Mohammed Assi few moments after the military prosecutor ordered him released.
The youths' families called on concerned authorities to intervene for the release of their sons who are politically and illegally arrested.
Islam and Mohammed were arrested in Ramallah sine 13 days for being affiliated with Hamas movement.
Meanwhile, Hamas movement stated that PA forces have arrested 48 members of the movement including 33 liberated prisoners and 10 engineers during July.
The movement statement added that PA security services summoned 70 Palestinians affiliated with Hamas and renewed the arrest of other Palestinians although the court's decision to release them.
The family added that Islam was released to be re-arrested, where he was transferred to Jericho city to be released however he was arrested again.
The Intelligence services also arrested Hani Mohammed Assi few moments after the military prosecutor ordered him released.
The youths' families called on concerned authorities to intervene for the release of their sons who are politically and illegally arrested.
Islam and Mohammed were arrested in Ramallah sine 13 days for being affiliated with Hamas movement.
Meanwhile, Hamas movement stated that PA forces have arrested 48 members of the movement including 33 liberated prisoners and 10 engineers during July.
The movement statement added that PA security services summoned 70 Palestinians affiliated with Hamas and renewed the arrest of other Palestinians although the court's decision to release them.
A picture of the killer
Palestinian police investigations revealed that the killer of his brother's family, who is known locally as Salfit butcher, was working as a spy for the Israeli intelligence. Last month, a brutal murder of a young pregnant housewife named Lina Fattouni and her kids Majd and Jana rocked Salfit city.
The police investigations found out that the killer, Abdul-Muneim Fattouni, murdered his sister-in-law (Lina) and her kids by direct strangulation and used the gas cylinder in the house to cover his crime and make others believe that the victims died of gas suffocation.
The police affirmed that the real reason for the murder was that his sister-in-law had discovered that he was working for the Israeli intelligence, so he hastened to get rid of her at the instigation of his Israeli employer.
The killer noted in his confession that his Israeli intelligence employer had advised him how to cover his tracks after committing his crime by making up a gas leak in the house, carrying the body of the little girl and using her hand to wipe out any of his fingerprints to be found on the doors and the gas cylinder.
Palestinian police investigations revealed that the killer of his brother's family, who is known locally as Salfit butcher, was working as a spy for the Israeli intelligence. Last month, a brutal murder of a young pregnant housewife named Lina Fattouni and her kids Majd and Jana rocked Salfit city.
The police investigations found out that the killer, Abdul-Muneim Fattouni, murdered his sister-in-law (Lina) and her kids by direct strangulation and used the gas cylinder in the house to cover his crime and make others believe that the victims died of gas suffocation.
The police affirmed that the real reason for the murder was that his sister-in-law had discovered that he was working for the Israeli intelligence, so he hastened to get rid of her at the instigation of his Israeli employer.
The killer noted in his confession that his Israeli intelligence employer had advised him how to cover his tracks after committing his crime by making up a gas leak in the house, carrying the body of the little girl and using her hand to wipe out any of his fingerprints to be found on the doors and the gas cylinder.
2 aug 2013
The Palestinian Media Forum strongly condemned the PA Intelligence Services for the arrest of the journalist Musab al-Ibrahim Said while covering a sit-in of prisoners' families in Ramallah. PA forces arrested on Thursday the journalist Said, who works with a local news agency, while covering a sit-in organized by the prisoners’ families, the forum statement said.
Said was arrested for a whole month in PA jails two years ago. He also served 10 months in Israeli jails.
The journalist has declared three weeks ago that he will not answer to a summons issued by PA Security, saying that it has no legal basis. His arrest came after repeated threats from PA Intelligence due to his blogs on the social networking websites.
This arrest came as part of the PA arbitrary policy against journalists and its violations to press freedom, the statement added.
The Forum pointed out to the journalists' sit-in that was organized by the Journalists' Syndicate in Ramallah protesting the closure of al-Arabiya and Maan offices in Gaza without declaring any position towards the PA continued arrests against journalists.
The statement said that the PA arrests against journalists came in coordination with the Israeli brutal violations to freedom press where 14 Palestinian journalists are jailed in Israeli prisons.
The Palestinian Media Forum condemned the international human rights and press organizations' silence towards the PA and Israeli continued violations against journalists.
Said was arrested for a whole month in PA jails two years ago. He also served 10 months in Israeli jails.
The journalist has declared three weeks ago that he will not answer to a summons issued by PA Security, saying that it has no legal basis. His arrest came after repeated threats from PA Intelligence due to his blogs on the social networking websites.
This arrest came as part of the PA arbitrary policy against journalists and its violations to press freedom, the statement added.
The Forum pointed out to the journalists' sit-in that was organized by the Journalists' Syndicate in Ramallah protesting the closure of al-Arabiya and Maan offices in Gaza without declaring any position towards the PA continued arrests against journalists.
The statement said that the PA arrests against journalists came in coordination with the Israeli brutal violations to freedom press where 14 Palestinian journalists are jailed in Israeli prisons.
The Palestinian Media Forum condemned the international human rights and press organizations' silence towards the PA and Israeli continued violations against journalists.
