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Prisoners Archive - February 2010
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - February 2010
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
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News Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa compound 2/28/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Seven Palestinians were detained as clashes erupted on Sunday with Israeli forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, after storming the site with discord reported throughout the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. Ma'an's Jerusalem correspondent reported that four right-wing Israelis were allowed access to the Al-Aqsa compound with a police escort. Dozens of Palestinian worshipers spent the night at site, fearing a takeover during the Jewish holiday of Purim. Fatima Al-Barsi, 40, sustained a leg fracture after reportedly being attacked by Israeli soldiers as she tried to enter the site. Palestinians said their homes were used as vantage points by Israeli forces. According to the Hebrew daily Haaretz, four Israeli policemen were injured in confrontations with Palestinians. Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said "tourists entered the Temple Mount. . . " Gaza prosecutor wants UK journalist’s term extended 2/28/2010 - Chicago - Ma'an/Agencies - A Gaza military prosecutor wants to extend the detention of a British journalist, claiming he poses a security threat, a local government official told The Associated Press on Sunday. Freelance journalist Paul Martin has been held in Gaza since 14 February, the first foreign national to be arrested since Hamas took full control of the territory in 2007. Martin's initial 15-day arrest order expires on Monday. At that time, a prosecutor will ask a court to keep Martin in custody, Interior Ministry spokesman Ihab Al-Ghussein told the AP. Martin was arrested in a Gaza courtroom when he arrived to testify at the trial of a Palestinian who was accused of collaborating with Israel. Martin reportedly interviewed the accused man for a documentary. Martin's lawyer, Sharhabil Zayim, told the AP that prosecutors would likely seek another 15 days, the maximum time someone can be held without formal charges being presented. Related: Is Hamas accusing British journalist detained in Gaza of looking for captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit? Allenby traffic slows, police detain 18 ’wanted’ men 2/28/2010 - Jericho - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police deployed at the Allenby Bridge crossing into Jordan detained 18 fugitives trying to flee, a report said on Saturday. Those arrested were transferred to the general attorney to continue with legal proceedings against them, the report said. Police were able to coordinate the exit of 17 ambulances, transporting 17 patients, into Jordan. A total of 85 international passport holders and 57 Palestinians with Israeli ID cards entered through the Jericho border. During the same period, 54 foreign nationals and 24 Israeli ID card holders left through the crossing. Numbers for the last three weeks at the crossing include: 7-13 February-- Enter 6,474 Exit 8,099, 14-20 February-- Enter 6,058 Exit 7,218, 21-27 February-- Enter 5,635 Exit 7,115. . . . . IOF soldiers shoot Gazan farmer and 5 civilians, round up three others Uruknet February 28, 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained three Palestinian citizens east of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip at dawn Sunday, local sources said. They told the PIC reporter that an IOF special force infiltrated into the area and took away the three civilians. The IOF soldiers on Saturday fired at and wounded a Palestinian farmer in... Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa compound Uruknet February 28, 2010 - Seven Palestinians were detained as clashes erupted on Sunday with Israeli forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, after storming the site with discord reported throughout the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. Ma'an's Jerusalem correspondent reported that four right-wing Israelis were allowed access to the Al-Aqsa compound with a police escort. Dozens of Palestinian worshipers spent... Israel experiments on Palestinian prisoners 28 Feb 2010 - Jerusalem, Feb. 28, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Jerusalemite MP Ahmed Atton has called for the formation of a fact-finding committee to look into the Israeli occupation authority's use of Palestinian detainees for experiments with new medicines. The Palestinian MP said in a press release on Friday that Palestinian detainees, especially in the Negev jail, are also exposed to radiation that caused... Shalit negotiator talks about resignation Palestine Note 28 Feb 2010 - Mahmoud Az-Zahar, senior Hamas negotiator on the Gilad Shalit prisoner-swap, has left his position on the negotiating team, reports the Jerusalem Post . Zahar stated that he made this decision after Israel withdrew from commitments they had... Zahhar denies his withdrawal from prisoner swap delegation PIC 28 Feb 2010 - Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, categorically denied Israeli reports claiming that he withdrew from the delegation responsible for handling the prisoner swap file. IOF soldiers shoot Gazan farmer and 5 civilians, round up three others PIC 28 Feb 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained three Palestinian citizens east of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip at dawn Sunday, local sources said. IOF troops detain four West Bankers including university student PIC 28 Feb 2010 - The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up four Palestinians in the districts of Jenin and Tulkarem at dawn Sunday despite the severe rainy weather, Hebrew media reported. Israeli Troops Detain 20 People From The West Bank IMEMC - Thursday February 25, 2010 - 18:20, Twenty Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops during military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities on Thursday morning. 2 Palestinians detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank 2/26/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Two Palestinians were detained in the West Bank overnight on Friday, Israeli media reported. An Israeli military spokesman said the two were detained on suspicion of involvement in "terror activity," and were arrested in the north of Ramallah and east of Nablus. According to the spokesman, the two were taken for security questioning. [end] Shalit Talks Stall 2/26/2010 - Palestine Note - Internal Hamas tensions halt prisoner swap negotiations - Mahmoud Az-Zahar, senior negotiating team member working on the deal to trade IDF solider Gilad Shalit for a number of Palestinian prisoners, has resigned as a result of internal Hamas tensions over the prisoner swap, Haartez reports. Az-Zahar gave his resignation two weeks ago, prior to which he was locked in a row with Hamas' senior political leader Khaled Meshal about the direction of negotiations. Says Haaretz, Az-Zahar was taking a more moderate approach and showing ability to compromise with Israel. Meshal and others, including Hamas military wing leader Ahmed Al-Jabri, "refused to make any concessions. " Following Germany-moderated talks in December, a prisoner-swap freeing Shalit seemed imminent, with PM Benjamin Netanyahu declaring "readiness to show flexibility with regard to compromises offered by [German negotiator Gerhard] Konrad. "Hamas has been evasive in responding to the German proposal. Defense for Children International appeals for detained Palestinian minors. Uruknet February 25, 2010 - Following the detention of 17 minors, many of them children, from the Jalazone Refugee Camp on 11 February, Defense for Children International issued an emergency appeal seeking an intervention for the continued confinement and ill-treatment of the boys. At the time, Ma'an reported the detention of 21 teens and young men from the Jalazone Refugee Camp,... Israeli forces raid kindergarten, detain 5 in Beit Ummar 2/25/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli troops detained five Beit Ummar residents from their homes north of Hebron Thursday morning, and handed papers to nine others demanding that they appear in front of Israeli intelligence officials. The Toyur Al-Janneh (Birds of Heaven) kindergarten building was also raided and ransacked, Palestinian Solidarity Project spokesman Muhammad Awad said. Awad identified those detained as: Ibrahim Awad, 18, Iyad Za'aqiq, 34, Nader Bahar, 37, Muhamad Alami, 17, and Hasan Alami, 22. He said they were all taken to an unknown location. [end]Related: VIDEO - Tuiur Al Jannah - Al Maa` Egypt arrests Chinese nationals en route to Israel 2/25/2010 - Al-Arish - Ma'an - Egyptian authorities arrested three Chinese nationals in central Sinai on Wednesday, security sources said. The three unidentified detainees were en route to Israel, Egyptian security sources told Ma'an. The men surrendered after Egyptian forces fired warning shots in the air, the sources said. Under questioning, the men said they were attempting to enter Israel to search for jobs, the sources said, adding that they had paid 1,000 US dollars to international smugglers. Meanwhile, Egyptian police detained a Palestinian teenager trying to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt, sources said. He was identified as Ibrahim Ash-Shureiky, 16, and was accused of working in tunnels along the border. As a minor, the teenager will be returned to his parents in Gaza after questioning, sources added. The four arrests come amid an ongoing Egyptian crackdown against foreign migrants. PA arrests four PFLP members in Nablus 2/26/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Fatah-allied Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces arrested four members of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday. Senior PFLP officials said PA forces deployed across the city and arrested Muhammad At-Teriaqi, 17, Muhammad Jihad An-Natur, 18, Omer Tayseer Abdul Haq, 18, and Muhammad Al-Madani, 17. A source close to the PA security establishment told Ma'an that the arrests were made at Israel's request. If they four had not been arrested,the source said, Israeli forces would have invaded Nablus and taken them to Israeli prisons. Khalida Jarrar, a PFLP-affiliated member of the Palestinian Legislative Council slammed the arrests as "serving Israeli security interests. " "It was a concession to the Israeli conditions and dictates that are imposed on the Palestinian Authority,". . . Researcher claims that Israel experiments on prisoners, causes cancer Uruknet February 25, 2010 - The Israeli occupation forces have been accused by a Palestinian Researcher of carrying out "thousands of experiments on Palestinian prisoners every year" which have lead to an increase in the number diagnosed with cancer. The specialist in Palestinian prisoners' affairs, Abdul Naser Ferwana, himself a former prisoner of the Israelis, claims that "more than five thousand... Raed Salah sentenced to prison by the Israeli occupation 25 Feb 2010 - Palestine, Feb. 25, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- The Israeli Jerusalem's Court of Magistrates has sentenced Raed Salah, the prominent Palestinian leader, to prison on January 13, 2010. Salah is one of the most renowned leaders of the 1948's Palestinians (i.e. located in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1948). IOF kidnaps 11 Palestinians in West Bank 24 Feb 2010 - West Bank, February 24, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation forces launched on a dawn raid today in different cities of the West Bank and detained 11 Palestinians. In one incident, the IOF closed Hawara checkpoint to the south of Nablus and detained a citizen and seized dozens of vehicles. Eyewitnesses in Nablus said that the Israeli forces stopped a... PA against PFLP: 3 arrested in Nablus YNet News 25 Feb 2010 - Security source says detainees likely to be freed after committing to cease activities. PFLP member calls on PA to end 'persecution' of Palestinians IOF soldiers detain 20 Palestinians, shoot at protestor PIC 26 Feb 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday rounded up 20 Palestinians in various West Bank areas and shot at a man protesting the demolition of his water well in Jenin district. Israeli Denial: Suppressing the Practice of Torture Palestine Chronicle: 24 Feb 2010 - By Stephen Lendman The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PACTI - stoptorture.org) "believes that torture and ill-treatment of any kind and under all circumstances is incompatible with the moral values of democracy and the rule of law." Yet it's systematically practiced by the Israeli Police, General Security Service (GSS), Israeli Prison Service (IPS), and Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). In December 2009, PACTI published its latest report titled, "Accountability Denied: The Absence of Investigation and Punishment of Torture in Israel," explaining "the many layers of immunity that protect" the guilty, specifically the GSS, the focus of this report. Immunity insures that GSS interrogation torture and abuse complaints never become criminal investigations, indictments, or legal hearings. Israel's State Attorney and Attorney General assure it "under a systemic legal cloak" giving torturers "unrestricted protection." Since 2001, victims submitted over 600 torture complaints to authorities. None were investigated - "the first step" before indictments, prosecutions, and convictions. As a result, GSS interrogators have blanket immunity to operate freely "behind closed doors (making) torture an institutionalized method of interrogation in Israel, enjoying the full backing of the legal system." As in America, torture is official Israeli policy. Torture in Israeli Law - A Barrier of Loopholes Israel's Supreme Court ruling in Public Committee against Torture in Israel et al v. the Government of Israel et al (the HCJ Torture Petition) established the current legal basis, even though international law prohibits it unequivocally, at all times, under all conditions, with no allowed exceptions - a... Israeli troops detain eight civilians during raid in the West Bank IMEMC - Tuesday February 23, 2010 - 18:22, Eight Palestinian men were detained on Tuesday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Nablus IMEMC - Tuesday February 23, 2010 - 08:53, Israeli soldiers detained, Monday evening, four Palestinians, including three brothers, in Burin village south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus after invading the village and imposing curfew. AP photographer detained in Hebron 2/23/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - A photographer for The Associated Press was detained in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning. Nasser Shiyoukhi was arrested near the Ibrahimi Mosque, he said in a phone call to Ma'an. Shiyoukhi said a police document alleges he assaulted a settler in Hebron two months ago. Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld confirmed that a journalist was being held for questioning in Hebron. The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) denounced the arrest. The AP had no immediate comment. [end] Israeli prison service isolates 2 for cell phone possession 2/23/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Prisoners at Israel's Hadarim Detention Center reported the isolation of two Palestinians found with hidden mobile phones during a cell search last week, the Prisoners Studies Center reported Tuesday. Center director Ra'fat Hamdounah identified the two as Abdel Rahman Shehab, 42, and Wael Abu Fanounah, 42. He called the isolation of the men an "escalation against Palestinian prisoners," and said Israel was responsible for their well being. Shehab was detained in 1988 from Jabaliya and was sentenced to a life term, while Fanounah was detained in 1989, and is also serving a life sentence for his involvement with the Islamic Jihad movement. Both were found guilty of resisting the occupation, Hamdounah said. . . . . Israeli forces raid Nablus-area town, seize 4 2/23/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli forces raided the village of Iraq Burin, south of Nablus on Monday afternoon, imposing a curfew on the community and arresting four young men, residents said. Palestinians in the village said the soldiers raided the house of Said An-Najjar and seized his three sons, Ayman, 24, Amjad, 23, and Luay, 21. Soldiers also detained Iyad Mustafa Az-Zawahri, 24. The four were taken out of the village in armored military jeeps. Stone-throwing teenagers confronted the soldiers during the raid, local sources also said. [end] Israeli Military Detains Five Civilians in the West Bank IMEMC - Monday February 22, 2010 - 16:02, Five Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Monday, in morning invasions. The attacks targeted a number of West Bank communities. Witnesses: Israel navy fires on Gaza fishermen 2/22/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli naval forces opened fire at fishermen off the coast of Gaza on Monday, locals said, forcing them to return to shore. No injuries were reported, but the purported witnesses said the fire has become an almost daily occurrence. An Israeli military spokeswoman said there was no such activity in the area. Last Sunday, naval forces detained four fishermen off the Sudaniyya coast in northern Gaza. They were identified as Awad Ramadan Sultan, Fadl Jamal Sultan, Sharif Muhammad Sultan, and Samih Rajab Sultan. At the time, an Israeli military spokesman said two boats crossed into an area not permitted for Palestinian vessels, and were detained for questioning when they refused orders to turn around. The same day, Egyptian security sources denied detaining four fishermen off the coast of Rafah. . . . . 2 Palestinians detained at Nablus checkpoints 2/22/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained two Palestinian men at military checkpoints near Nablus on Monday, the army said. Neither detainee was not immediately identified. An army spokeswoman said one man was found with a pipe bomb and a 30-centimeter knife at the Beqa'ot checkpoint east of Nablus. He was transferred to Israeli security forces for questioning, she added. Meanwhile, a second Palestinian was detained west of Nablus. Israeli forces pursued and eventually caught a Palestinian man near the Za'atara checkpoint after he threatened a settler with a toy gun, settler-affiliated Web sites reported. The Israeli military spokeswoman also corroborated those reports, but said the incident occurred at the Tapuah checkpoint, which is west of Nablus in the northern West Bank. . . . . Hamas: PA arrested 10 supporters across West Bank 2/22/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas accused Palestinian Authority Preventative Security Services of detaining ten of the movement's affiliates across the West Bank on Monday. The Islamist movement said that those detained were arrested in Nablus, Hebron, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Qalqiliya and Salfit. [end] Ahrar center appeals for releasing professor Doqan from Israeli jails PIC 22 Feb 2010 - Al-Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies appealed to international human rights organizations to necessarily intervene to secure the release of university lecturer Dr. Ghassan Doqan from Israeli jails. IOF troops detain 5 Palestinians, shell resistance fighters PIC 22 Feb 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up five Palestinian citizens in West Bank districts at dawn Monday at the pretext they were "wanted", a Hebrew daily said. Hamas: PA detained 12 supporters across the West Bank 2/21/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas on Sunday accused the Palestinian Authority Security Services of detaining 12 of the movement's supporters across the West Bank, including a prominent leader in Nablus. Mustapha Ash-Shunnar, 49, a lecturer at Nablus' An-Najah University, was detained as he left a wedding party in the city, Hamas said in a statement. The remaining detentions took place in Ramallah, Bethlehem and Qalqiliya, Hamas said. [end] PA police: 7 fugitives detained at Allenby 2/21/2010 - Jericho - Ma'an - Palestinian police deployed at the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jericho and Jordan detained seven "fugitives" attempting to flee to Jordan last week, a police report said on Sunday. Those arrested were detained criminal charges and were transferred to the general attorney to progress with legal proceedings against them, following interrogation, the report said. According to the report, 7,218 Palestinians left the West Bank last week via the Allenby crossing while 6,058 entered. Additionally, 60 international passport holders and 35 Palestinians with Israeli ID cards entered. During the same period, 58 foreign nations and 534 Israeli ID card holders left through the West Bank border crossing, the report said. . . . . Israeli Abusive Administrative Detentions Palestine Chronicle: 20 Feb 2010 - By Stephen Lendman B'Tselem is the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Hamoked is the Center for the Defence of the Individual, an Israeli human rights organization, aiding Palestinians whose rights Israel violates. In October 2009, they jointly published a report titled, "Without Trial: Administrative detention of Palestinians by Israel and the Internment of Unlawful Combatants Law," covering Israel's policy of imprisoning hundreds of uncharged Palestinians without trial "by order of an administrative official," not a judge. B'Tselem is the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Hamoked is the Center for the Defence of the Individual, an Israeli human rights organization, aiding Palestinians whose rights Israel violates. In October 2009, they jointly published a report titled, "Without Trial: Administrative detention of Palestinians by Israel and the Internment of Unlawful Combatants Law," covering Israel's policy of imprisoning hundreds of uncharged Palestinians without trial "by order of an administrative official," not a judge. By so doing, they're denied due process, may be held indefinitely, aren't told why they're detained, can't dispute it, cross-examine witnesses, or present contradictory evidence to refute them. Three Israeli laws authorize the practice: -- the Order Regarding Administrative Detention (the Administrative Detention Order), part of military law governing the West Bank; -- the Emergency Powers (Detentions) Law for Israel; and -- the Internment of Unlawful Combatants Law (the 2002 Unlawful Combatants Law), like a similar one in America, a dubious Geneva-superceded status international law expert Francis Boyle calls a: "quasi-category... Security developments in the Hebron area 2/21/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces intervened in a number of incidents in the Hebron area on Saturday, including the detention of Palestinians and the prohibiting of access to agricultural land, and reportedly withdrew from a military base. The following report does not include the shooting by Israeli forces of two Palestinians in Yatta. Click [below] for a detailed account of that incident. Arrests and withdrawal - Locals said an Israeli military camp known as Al-Majnuna was evacuated on Saturday. Two residents from the town Dura, identified as Ahmad Khalil Najib and his brother, Yassin, were detained by Israeli forces upon attempting to enter the area of the camp, and were taken to an unknown location, locals said. An Israeli military spokesman said the army was "not familiar" with the evacuation of a military base in Hebron. Another Palestinian was detained by Israeli forces during a raid. . . Related: Israeli soldiers shoot and injure alleged car thieves in Yatta Israel military: Exchange of gunfire near Bethlehem 2/21/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Israeli military said it opened fire on Palestinian gunmen in a speeding car who attacked a military patrol west of Bethlehem on Saturday night. A military spokesman told Ma'an that the Palestinians opened fire on the patrol and attemped to run over soldiers near the Gush Etzion settlement block. The Israeli personnel returned fire and pursued the car, which managed to escape, the military also said. Palestinians in the village of Hussan, west of Bethlehem, reported that Israeli soldiers opened fire at men driving a stolen car, injuring three of them. The the men managed to escape, residents said. The Israeli District Coordination and Liaison Office (DCO) received word that two Palestinians were being treated at a hospital in Bethlehem for gunshot wounds. The DCO also reported that three Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces in connection with the incident. CPT: Rise in Violence against Shepherds Shows Settler-Military Collaboration 2/20/2010 - WAFA - Palestine News Agency - HEBRON, February 20, 2010 (WAFA)- The past two weeks have seen a marked rise in settler activity outside the illegal settlements* of Ma'on and the Havat Ma'on (Hill 833) outpost, in the southern Hills of the West Bank city of Hebron. Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) said: This has varied from settlers crossing Palestinian grazing land, to grazing their sheep while shooting rocks from slingshots at nearby Palestinian shepherds, to abducting young Palestinian shepherds with the aid of the Israeli military and police. On Friday afternoon, Jewish settlers, soldiers and police detained a 12-year-old boy from the Palestinian village of Saadet Tha'lah, located near the Israeli settlement of Carmel in the South Hebron Hills. The boy had been grazing his family's flock alone in their regular grazing area, just above Umm Zeitouna Valley, on the south side of the large Israeli dairy facility belonging to the Ma'on Settlement. Related: CPT: Palestine Projects While the world talks about Shalit, thousands of Palestinians remain in prison 20 Feb 2010 - Gaza, February 19, 2010 (Pal Telegraph; by Pam Bailey) - "Gilad Shalit" is virtually a household name for anyone who follows Middle Eastern politics even somewhat cursorily. Shalit is an Israeli soldier of French nationality who was captured by members of the Palestinian Resistance Committees (various political factions, all resisting the Israeli occupation) on June 25, 2006, while he was... Three Palestinians wounded in IOF incursion, Palestinian woman detained in WB PIC 21 Feb 2010 - Three Palestinians were wounded on Saturday morning when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided east of Qarara, Khan Younis district south of the Gaza Strip, local and medical sources said. Israeli Abusive Administrative Detentions Palestine Chronicle: 20 Feb 2010 - By Stephen Lendman B'Tselem is the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Hamoked is the Center for the Defence of the Individual, an Israeli human rights organization, aiding Palestinians whose rights Israel violates. In October 2009, they jointly published a report titled, "Without Trial: Administrative detention of Palestinians by Israel and the Internment of Unlawful Combatants Law," covering Israel's policy of imprisoning hundreds of uncharged Palestinians without trial "by order of an administrative official," not a judge. B'Tselem is the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Hamoked is the Center for the Defence of the Individual, an Israeli human rights organization, aiding Palestinians whose rights Israel violates. In October 2009, they jointly published a report titled, "Without Trial: Administrative detention of Palestinians by Israel and the Internment of Unlawful Combatants Law," covering Israel's policy of imprisoning hundreds of uncharged Palestinians without trial "by order of an administrative official," not a judge. By so doing, they're denied due process, may be held indefinitely, aren't told why they're detained, can't dispute it, cross-examine witnesses, or present contradictory evidence to refute them. Three Israeli laws authorize the practice: -- the Order Regarding Administrative Detention (the Administrative Detention Order), part of military law governing the West Bank; -- the Emergency Powers (Detentions) Law for Israel; and -- the Internment of Unlawful Combatants Law (the 2002 Unlawful Combatants Law), like a similar one in America, a dubious Geneva-superceded status international law expert Francis Boyle calls a: "quasi-category... The Israeli Military Detain 11 Palestinian Civilians from the West Bank IMEMC - Thursday February 18, 2010 - 17:44, Eleven Palestinian civilians were detained, on Thursday, by Israeli troops during military invasions targeting West Bank communities. Israeli forces detain 11 from across the West Bank 2/19/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli forces raided Haifa street in the west end of Nablus city on Thursday morning, taking two young men from the area, witnesses said. The families of the teens identified them as Ala Kamel Teryaqi, 17, and Sami Hashem Abu Shleik, 17. An Israeli report said a total of 11 Palestinians were taken from areas across the West Bank overnight. The Palestinian Monitoring Group, under the PLO's Negotiations Affairs department, counted 10 arrests, 13 detentions and 31 raids by Israeli forces overnight on Wednesday, when Israeli reports also said 11 Palestinians were detained. An Israeli media report said the 11 men were taken for questioning. . . . . 3 Jerusalemites detained in Old City 2/19/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained three Palestinians and assaulted a woman following a brawl between Israeli troops and Palestinians in the Old City of Jerusalem. Locals said confrontations began when troops approached the Palestinians and beat two brothers, Fadi and Shadi Muhammad Al-Khatib. Amir Al-Bary was detained and his mother was assaulted when trying to intervene, and was taken to the closest hospital, they said. Mrs Al-Bakry has launched a complaint with the Israeli police against the border guard, according to locals. [end] Israeli media: 4 ’wanted’ Palestinians detained in West Bank 2/20/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - The Israeli army detained four "wanted" Palestinians in the West Bank on Thursday night, Israeli media reported. The four were detained near Bethlehem and Ramallah, and were taken for questioning by Israeli security forces, the Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonot said. "Four Palestinian men were arrested [overnight], suspected of involvement in terror activity," an Israeli military spokesman told Ma'an. [end] Hamas says PA forces detained 8 supporters 2/19/2010 - on 31 May 2009 [MaanImages-Khaled Raesh] Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas accused Palestinian Authority Security Services of detaining eight of the movement's supporters across the West Bank on Friday, a statement said. Hamas said the supporters were detained from Nablus, Qalqiliya, Ramallah and Salfit. [end] Joint Statement: More than One year after 'Operation Cast Lead': Distressing Lack of Accountability and Justice for the Victims of the Conflict 2/17/2010 - Al Mezan Center for Human Rights - UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - Thirteenth Session, 1 – 26 March 2010 - Joint written statement by Adalah - The Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel; Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association;Al Mezan; AL-Dameer Association for Human Rights-Gaza; Al-Haq; Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA); Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights; International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild; Palestinian Center for Human Rights; Physicians for Human Rights-Israel; The Gaza Community Mental Health Program; The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions; The National Center for Community Rehabilitation; Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Councelling (WCLAC). 1. The UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Mission), determined that Israel and Palestinian armed groups committed serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and possible war crimes and crimes against humanity. News from Within Podcast: The Case Regarding the Israeli Deportation of American Journalist Jared Malsin Alternative Information Center - 19 Feb 2010 - Thursday, 18 February 2010, On Tuesday, 16 February 2010, I spoke with Jared Malsin, Chief English Editor of the Palestinian news organization, Ma’an. Jared, an American citizen, was deported to the United States by the Israeli government on 20 January, after being detained for eight days... The Israeli military detains 11 Palestinian civilians form the West Bank IMEMC - Thursday February 18, 2010 - 17:44, Eleven Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by Israeli troops during military invasions targeting West Bank communities. PA jails journalist for ’undermining authority’ 2/18/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A Palestinian Authority military court sentenced a Nablus journalist to a year and a half in prison on Tuesday, in a move condemned by rights groups. Tariq Abu Zaid, 35, was charged with "undermining the status of the [Palestinian] Authority and resisting [its] public policy. "The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) called the sentence "an assault on the freedom of opinion and expression and press freedoms. " PCHR reported that a special military court in Nablus, chaired by Brigadier Abdul Karim Al-Masri, also found Abu Zaid guilty of "resisting the public policy of the Palestinian Authority" in violation of article 179 of the Palestine Liberation Organization Revolutionary Penal Code of 1979. Abu Zaid is a correspondent for Hamas-linked Al-Aqsa television. He was arrested by the PA's Military Intelligence Service on 15 August 2009. The Israeli Military Detains 11 Palestinian Civilians From The West Bank IMEMC 18 Feb 2010 - Wednesday February 17, 2010 - 14:45, Eleven Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Wednesday during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Israel army seizes 11 Palestinians in night raids 2/17/2010 - Washington - Ma'an - Israeli military forces detained 11 Palestinians during nightly raids on West Bank communities, army sources reported on Wednesday. The men were all allegedly detained as "wanted," and were taken for questioning, an Israeli media report said. They were not immediately identified. Witnesses said three men were taken from their homes in Sa'ir village northeast of Hebron overnight. A neighbor of one of the detained men said Israeli forces invaded the town before sunrise and entered the home of Ya'qub Jaradat, where the detained his two sons: Majdi, 26,and Fuad, 22. A second witness said the home of Shleish Jaradat was also invaded, and its contents ransacked. Jaradat's son Sa'd, 22, was taken to an unknown location, he said. . . . . Arab parliament delegation leaves Gaza 2/17/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A pan-Arab parliamentary delegation left the Gaza Strip via Egypt on Wednesday after a three-day visit intended to push forward Palestinian reconciliation efforts. Gaza border crossings authorities said top Hamas leader Mahmoud Az-Zahhar accompanied the 22-member group to the Rafah crossing point. While in Gaza the delegation visited sited destroy during last year's Israeli military offensive, including the Palestinian Legislative Council building, and also met with de facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, civil society groups, and the families of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. The delegation from the Arab Parliamentary Union included members from Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Morocco, Algeria, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Sudan, Kuwait, and Oman. Salim Ben Ali Al-Kabi, an MP from Oman led the delegation. Haniyeh to free 20 Fatah detainees 2/18/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister in Gaza, said Wednesday that his government would release 20 Fatah-affiliated detainees. It was not clear, however, when the unidentified prisoners would be released. Haniyeh's remarks came during a farewell ceremony for 26 Arab parliamentarians, who entered the besieged enclave on Monday. Ahmad Bahar, a Hamas leader and deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, praised the decision. Ihab Al-Ghosen, spokesman of the de facto Ministry of the Interior, said the move comes "in the framework of building bridges of trust between us and Fatah and is a way to honor the visit of the Arab parliamentary delegation and Dr Nabil Sha'ath. Therefore, the prime minister decided to release 20 Fatah detainees who were detained for security and various criminal issues. " The Israeli military injures three and detains them at northern Gaza Strip Uruknet February 16, 2010 - Three Palestinians were reported injured and detained by Israeli troops on Tuesday at the northern Gaza Strip town of Biet Lahyia. A number of Israeli tanks stormed the evacuated settlement of Doghet and opened fire at Palestinian workers injuring three of them, witnesses reported. Troops then detained the three men and took them to an unknown... Israel detains 5 Palestinians and sets up checkpoints in Jenin 17 Feb 2010 - West Bank, February 17, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 5 Palestinians early Wednesday after an operation of raids launched in different villages, towns and neighborhoods of Hebron in the southern of the West Bank. Security sources said that occupation forces detained two brothers Majdi and Fawzi Jaradat, in the twenties of age, after raiding their house, also... Palestinians collaborate with Israel on permit scam 17 Feb 2010 - Nablus, West Bank, February 16, 2010 (Pala Telegraph) - Thousands of Palestinians hoping to gain work and higher wages in Israel were duped over the last three years by a gang of Israelis and Palestinians selling forged permits, Secretary-General of the Palestinian Trade Union Shahir Sa'd said Tuesday. The scam was routed Sunday when Israeli police detained dozens of alleged... IPA threatens liberated prisoners with liquidation PIC 17 Feb 2010 - The Israeli prisons authority (IPA) threatened the liquidation of released Palestinian prisoners if they engage in anti-occupation activity after their release from prison. Bardawil: Hamas did not receive any message on prisoners swap deal PIC 17 Feb 2010 - Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil, the spokesman of Hamas's parliamentary bloc, has denied that his Movement had received any message from Russia concerning the prisoners' exchange deal. Netanyahu presents a new prisoner-exchange offer PIC 17 Feb 2010 - The Israeli channel2 TV has revealed that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu presented a new offer to swap captured Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit with Palestinian captives in Israeli jails. The Israeli military detains to civilians and conducts a training exercise in the West Bank IMEMC 16 Feb 2010 - Tuesday February 16, 2010 - 16:51, Two Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli soldiers, while other troops conducted a training exercise in the West Bank on Tuesday. The Israeli military injures three and detains them at northern Gaza Strip IMEMC 16 Feb 2010 - Tuesday February 16, 2010 - 15:49, Three Palestinians were reported injured and detained by Israeli troops on Tuesday at the northern Gaza Strip town of Biet Lahyia. Locals say Gaza man held without charge in Egypt since 2008 2/16/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Friends and colleagues of a Gaza man said this week that he has been held without charge or trial in an Egyptian jail since early 2008 when he and hundreds of thousands of other Palestinians breached the border wall into Egypt. Ayman Noufal's supporters say he was arrested on 27 January 2008, when militants in Gaza dynamited the border wall separating Gaza from Egypt, allowing thousands to cross into Egypt to buy goods made scarce by the Israeli-led blockade. A "solidarity committee" set up to support Noufal said he has been subjected to "psychological and physical torture" while in prison. The report could not be independently verified by Ma'an. The solidarity committee appealed specifically to the Hamas government in Gaza to pressure Egypt to release Noufal and return him to his family and six children. Hamas: PA court jails journalist 2/16/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - A Palestinian Authority military court in Nablus sentenced a Hamas affiliate to 18 months in prison on Tuesday on charges of money laundering and other offenses. Tariq Abu Zeid of Jenin was found guilty of incitement, "delivering information," and laundering money to "enemy entities," said an official in the prosecutors office who spoke on the condition of anonymity. However, Hamas sources said Abu Zeid is in fact a journalist, and was arrested and convicted because he worked as a correspondent for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa satellite TV. [end] Gaza detainee released after 6 years in detention 2/16/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli authorities released Wael Abu Elwan of Rafah after six years of detention on Tuesday evening. Wael was detained by Israeli forces in a raid against the Tal As-Soltan neighborhood in the southern Gaza Strip city in 2004, when he was detained along with a number of Palestinian men. Israel had accused Abu Elwan of involvement with armed groups, including Palestinian Authority security forces. [end] PA denies reported arrest of security officer 2/17/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A man reportedly detained for plotting to kill Palestinian Authority officials is not a member of the PA security services, a top security official said on Tuesday. PA security spokesman Adnan Ad-Dmeiri told Ma'an that Mujahed Nimer, a resident of Qalandiya refugee camp, has never been a member of the Ramallah government's forces. Nimer was arrested on criminal charges following a warrant issued by prosecutors, Dmeiri said, contradicting a report in the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth that identified Nimer as "a top official in the Palestinian security apparatus. "Quoting a senior Fatah source, the Hebrew-language newspaper said Nimer, identified as a police officer, was apprehended along with four other members of a group, said to be affiliated with Fatah, for planning to carry out an assassination. Nablus police detain escaped murder suspect near Jerusalem 2/16/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Palestinian police in Nablus arrested a man wanted for murder following a Monday night pursuit, officials said. The suspect, from Beita village in the northern West Bank, was detained by police in Anata, west of Jerusalem, the public relations department in Hebron said. The alleged killer, wanted since 2001, is suspected of shooting his sister's husband over a family dispute. He had been detained during the initial investigation but escaped when Israeli forces bombed the police headquarters in an attack during the second Intifada. A police statement said of the situation that "After the era of security chaos ended, and security began to stabilize, police started chasing the killer until they finally discovered he was hiding in Anata, near Jerusalem, where he was arrested. " . . . . Cheated: PA trade union head details permit fraud 2/16/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Thousands of Palestinians hoping to gain work and higher wages in Israel were duped over the last three years by a gang of Israelis and Palestinians selling forged permits, Secretary-General of the Palestinian Trade Union Shahir Sa'd said Tuesday. The scam was routed Sunday when Israeli police detained dozens of alleged gang members. The undercover investigation was carried out over a number of months under Commander Dorit Ben-Meir, the Israeli news site Ynet reported at the time. According to the report, 23 Israelis and 11 Palestinians were involved in the scam. The head of the operation was identified as a high-profile Israeli security officer working in the Civil Administration offices, Linda Salem, while her second in command was an Israeli working in the Ministry of the Interior, Mariah Hashash, Sa'd said. IOF soldiers detain 3 Palestinians after wounding them in northern Gaza PIC 16 Feb 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained three Palestinian citizens north of the Gaza Strip after shooting and wounding them, local sources reported. The Israeli Military Detain 12 Palestinian Civilians During Invasions in the West Bank IMEMC 15 Feb 2010 - Monday February 15, 2010 - 16:01, Twelve Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Monday, during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. At least 15 detained at West Bank checkpoint 2/16/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained more than 15 youths at a checkpoint in the northern West Bank on Monday, onlookers said. Ma'an's correspondent, reporting from the scene, said 15 young Palestinians were being held up at the At-Tunib checkpoint near Deir Sharaf, between Tulkarem and Nablus. According to the correspondent, the searches were humiliating because all the detainees were being forced to hold their hands in the air for no apparent reason as people passed by. He added that dozens of vehicles were also held up at the checkpoint. Forces were searching the cars intensively and making any young males found inside step out for inspection. An Israeli military spokesman did not immediately return calls seeking comment. . . . . Press forum condemns arrest of journalists by PA 2/15/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Palestinian Press Forum condemned the detention of a journalist by Palestinian Authority forces on Monday after being summoned to the Palestinian intelligence forces. Ma'ath Mash'al, 24, was called on to present himself for questioning on Saturday and his family was informed that evening of Mash'al's arrest, sources said. The PPF expressed their concern for the continued arrest of journalists in the West Bank by the PA, saying that it was a move that opposed the freedom of the press, in a statement. The forum further called for the release of four other journalists, Mustapha Sabry, Mohammad Bsharat, Yazid Khader and Tareq Abu Zeid, who have been detained for more than three months, as well as all other journalists currently detained in PA jails. . . . . Israeli soldiers seize 12 in night raids 2/15/2010 - Washington - Ma'an - The Israeli military said on Monday it seized 12 Palestinians during raids in the West Bank overnightAccording to the military spokesperson's unit, seven were detained in the Nablus area, two in Hebron, and three in the Ramallah area. A gun was found in the home of one of the detainees, who were all taken on account of their "wanted" status. Palestinian security sources identified those detained in Nablus as Thaer Walid Najim, 28, his brothers Mujahid, 19, and Imad, as well asMuhammad Minni, 20, Mahdi Salim, 25, Raji Salim, 20, and Mujahid Qutub, 23. The Israeli military also reported that three Palestinians carrying three pipe bombs and a knife were detained at an army checkpoint in the Nablus area on Sunday. It was unclear if these three were included in the total of 12 detentions reported by Israel. PA security chief detained in Jerusalem 2/15/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained the head of the Palestinian Authority's preventative security services in Jerusalem on Monday. Ma'an's Jerusalem correspondent reported that Muhammad As-Sayyad was seized at his home, and will be held for 24 hours of questioning. An Israeli police spokesman said he was not familiar with the report. [end] Dubai: European team killed Hamas leader 2/16/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh was assassinated by a team of 11 mercenaries in his hotel room in Dubai last month, the emirate's police chief said Monday. "This is a highly sophisticated operation conducted by people who knew when Al-Mabhouh would arrive in the country," Lt. Gen. Dhahi Tamim told reporters in Dubai. "We have identified the suspects and will issue arrest warrants against them and will take legal action against anyone or any party which will prove to stand behind the murder," Tamim added, as police released photos and CCTV videos of the accused European nationals. Tamim said two suspects are Palestinians, both residents of the UAE. They have been detained on suspicion they provided logistical support to the operation, he said. According to the Dubai-based satellite network Al-Arabiya, the two were handed over by Jordan. Hamas: PA security detains 5 affiliates in Ramallah 2/16/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas accused the Palestinian Authority Security Services of detaining five of the movement's affiliates in the West Bank, a statement said on Monday. The statement said that all five Hamas supporters were detained in Ramallah. [end] Palestinian prisoner released after 10 years in prison 15 Feb 2010 - Gaza Strip, Feb. 15, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Israel has released Palestinian prisoner Eyad Abu Shiha. He was received after serving 10 years in Israeli jails by the Waed Society for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners and a large mass of Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip. Abu Shiha, 33, was arrested on July 16, 2000, at the Erez checkpoint. During his imprisonment,... Dubai: Hamas man assassinated by 11 mercenaries YNet News 15 Feb 2010 - Ten men, one woman carrying various passports behind assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, local police say; 2 Palestinians detained in connection with killing. Assassins dressed up as tennis players, used advanced technology Sheikh Salah: I am not afraid of the prison sentence issued against me PIC 15 Feb 2010 - Sheikh Ra’ed Salah said that he does not care for the imprisonment sentence issued by Israel against him and stressed that the Palestinians are ready to defend their right without hesitation. IOA orders administrative detention of mayor's wife PIC 15 Feb 2010 - The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has held Muntaha Al-Tawil the wife of detained mayor of El-Bireh Sheikh Jamal Al-Tawil under administrative detention. British Journalist Detained In Gaza IMEMC 14 Feb 2010 - Monday February 15, 2010 - 03:48, Palestinian and British sources confirmed that a British documentary director was arrested by the Hamas-controlled security forces after he arrived at a Gaza court to testify in a law suit filed against a Palestinian gunman accused of collaborating with Israel. British documentary filmmaker arrested in Gaza 2/14/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Security forces in the Gaza Strip arrested a British filmmaker on Sunday as he arrived to testify at the trial of a Palestinian fighter accused of collaborating with Israel. Documentary filmmaker Paul Martin was detained shortly after he arrived in the coastal enclave to speak on behalf of the unidentified defendant, a journalist who was present at the courthouse in Gaza City told Ma'an. "This person [the Palestinian] was accused by the government of being a collaborator with the Israeli side. Our colleague [Martin] came as a witness to testify in favor of this guy," the journalist said. Martin arrived in Gaza with evidence proving the accused man had fought against the Israeli military, the journalist added. "Suddenly, the court announced that the reporter said something that is against the law, and it jailed him for 15 days for investigation," according to the journalist, who said Martin had interviewed the accused man during Israel's assault on Gaza, which began in late December 2008. De facto gov’t: 4 fishermen detained by Israeli navy off Gaza coast 2/14/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli naval forces detained four Gazan fishermen off the Sudaniyya coast of northern Gaza, according to Nixar Ayyash, head f the Union of Fishermen in Gaza. Sources within the de facto government identified those detained as Awad Ramadan Sultan, Fadl Jamal Sultan, Sharif Muhammad Sultan, and Samih Rajab Sultan. The de facto Ministry of Interior called for the fishermen's immediate release urged international human rights groups to protect Gaza's fishermen. An Israeli military spokesman said the following: "Earlier today two Palestinian fishing boats crossed into an area not permitted for Palestinian sea vessels. An IDF naval force called on the crew to halt. When the latter failed to comply the boats were lead to the Ashdod port where the crews were taken for security questioning. " . . . . Israel: 3 armed Palestinians detained near Nablus 2/14/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Three Palestinians were detained in the northern West Bank on Sunday, an Israeli military spokesman said. He said the detainees were found with three pipe bombs and a seven-inch knife at a military checkpoint east of Nablus. On Friday, a Palestinian man died en route to a Jerusalem hospital after he was shot by Israeli forces in Hebron. The army said the Palestinian had tried to stab a soldier in Hebron's Old City. On Wednesday, an Israeli soldier died after he was stabbed near Nablus. The army arrested a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the attack, for which Fatah's military wing claimed responsibility. [end] Hamas: PA security detains 5 affiliates across the West Bank 2/14/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas accused the Palestinian Authority Security Services of detaining five of the movement's affiliates across the West Bank, in a statement issued on Sunday. Those detained include lawyer Murad Azzam from Nablus, Ahmad Saleh Al-Arouri of Birzeit University, Ramallah, An-Najjah University student Anas Raddad from Sayda in Tulkarem and Polytechnic University students Majed Kweistro and Nidal Shawar from Hebron, according to the statement. [end] Nuzha Nusseibeh named Knight of Jerusalem 2/14/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Nuzha Nusseibeh was named the Knight of Jerusalem during a ceremony celebrating her lifetime achievements in education, women and prisoners' rights, at the Dar At-Tifl school and orphanage in Jerusalem on Saturday evening, organized by the Jawwal Theatre Group. Nusseibeh was awarded the title for her pioneering role in establishing a number of Palestinian institutions dedicated to providing education to both young girls and orphans, most prominent of all being the Young Women's Islamic Association which hosts one of the most successful secondary schools for girls in Jerusalem. Under Nusseibeh's leadership, theYWIArecently opened a new school and community center on the Mount of Olives following a lengthy battle with the Israeli Jerusalem Municipality. Israel kidnaps 5 Palestinians in West Bank 14 Feb 2010 - West Bank, February 14, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli forces kidnapped five Palestinians in the West Bank early Sunday morning. Israeli occupation forces detained Emad Hadowish and Aziz Al-Hour from Sorif and Bair Awa villages, close to Hebron in the West Bank. The houses of the two Palestinians were searched before they were taken away. Palestinian sources reported that another... British journalist detained by Hamas in Gaza Ha'aretz 14 Feb 2010 - Freelance filmmaker Paul Martin taken into custody at trial of Palestinian militant charged with revealing secrets. Nofal subjected to intensified torture in Egypt PIC 14 Feb 2010 - Solidarity committee with Palestinian captive Ayman Nofal who is detained in Egyptian dungeons has strongly condemned the Egyptian police for intensifying moral and physical torture against him. Resistance fighters survive IOF shelling, 3 West Bankers detained PIC 14 Feb 2010 - The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired an artillery shell at a group of Palestinian resistance fighters east of Gaza city but its members survived unharmed. Palestine's 'Acceptable' and 'Unacceptable' Faces Palestine Chronicle: 13 Feb 2010 - By Stuart Littlewood – London 'O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us!' A few weeks ago, on the annual Robert Burns Night, these immortal lines from 1786 were being recited all over the world, but probably not in Palestine. The leadership there aren’t blessed with the gift of seeing themselves as the rest of the world sees them… a bit like the Israelis that way. The consequences for the Palestinians are tragic. Fatah especially would do well to learn the lines off by heart. The next two go 'It would from many a blunder free us, And foolish notion!' The poem addresses a louse, which seems appropriate enough. We’ve heard a great deal about Fatah spreading security chaos, almost provoking a civil war, then collaborating with the US to recruit sinister battalions of “security” thugs with orders to crush all opposition, silence dissent, destroy Hamas and the welfare structure it provides, and force Palestinians to bend to Israel’s will. This vile scenario is topped off with unjustified arrests, torture and lack of due process. It sounds like Fatah’s brave “security” forces have been trained in terror tactics by the Gestapo and are working for the enemy. Who is the enemy these days? Palestine’s external enemy we know about. But the ‘enemy within’ is always more dangerous. Since I first visited the Holy Land nearly 5 years ago I have tried to keep my promise to tell the story of those wonderful people... Hamas: Affiliates, Islamic Jihad members detained by PA 2/13/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Security officers with the Palestinian Authority detained two West Bank residents from Qabatiya village in the northern West Bank on Friday night, Hamas officials said, adding that the men were targeted for their political affiliation. One of the men was affiliated with Hamas, a party statement said, while the second was a member of the Islamic Jihad. Hamas officials regularly report the detention of members by West Bank government police, accusing officials of targeting the party's supporters because of an ongoing rivalry between the Fatah-run West Bank government and the Gaza-based Hamas-lead governments. [end] Israel abducts more than 150 Palestinians in 2 days 13 Feb 2010 - West Bank, 13 February, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- The Palestinian Ministry of Detainee Affairs said that the occupation authorities have stepped up recently abductions of Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, where more than 150 residents were abducted during the past two days. Riyad Al-Ashqar, director of the information department in the ministry, said... Army Used to Deport Anti-Wall Activists Jonathan Cook, CounterPunch 2/12/2010 Israel’s War on Protest Jerusalem - The Israeli courts ordered the release this week of two foreign women arrested by the army in the West Bank in what human-rights lawyers warn has become a wide-ranging clampdown by Israel on non-violent protest from international, Israeli and Palestinian activists. The arrest of the two women during a nighttime raid on the Palestinian city of Ramallah has highlighted a new tactic by Israeli officials: using immigration police to try to deport foreign supporters of the Palestinian cause. A Czech woman was deported last month after she was seized from Ramallah by a special unit known as Oz, originally established to arrest migrant labourers working illegally inside Israel. Human rights lawyers say Israel’s new offensive is intended to undermine a joint non-violent struggle by international activists and Palestinian villagers challenging a land grab by Israel as it builds the separation wall on farmland in the West Bank. In what Israel’s daily Haaretz newspaper recently called a “war on protest”, Israeli security forces have launched a series of raids in the West Bank over the past two months to detain Palestinian community leaders organising protests against the wall. “Israel knows that the non-violence struggle is spreading and that it’s a powerful weapon against the occupation,” said Neta Golan, an Israeli activist based in Ramallah. “Israel has no answer to it, which is why the security forces are panicking and have started making lots of arrests." more.. e-mail Palestine's 'Acceptable' and 'Unacceptable' Faces Palestine Chronicle: 13 Feb 2010 - By Stuart Littlewood – London 'O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us!' A few weeks ago, on the annual Robert Burns Night, these immortal lines from 1786 were being recited all over the world, but probably not in Palestine. The leadership there aren’t blessed with the gift of seeing themselves as the rest of the world sees them… a bit like the Israelis that way. The consequences for the Palestinians are tragic. Fatah especially would do well to learn the lines off by heart. The next two go 'It would from many a blunder free us, And foolish notion!' The poem addresses a louse, which seems appropriate enough. We’ve heard a great deal about Fatah spreading security chaos, almost provoking a civil war, then collaborating with the US to recruit sinister battalions of “security” thugs with orders to crush all opposition, silence dissent, destroy Hamas and the welfare structure it provides, and force Palestinians to bend to Israel’s will. This vile scenario is topped off with unjustified arrests, torture and lack of due process. It sounds like Fatah’s brave “security” forces have been trained in terror tactics by the Gestapo and are working for the enemy. Who is the enemy these days? Palestine’s external enemy we know about. But the ‘enemy within’ is always more dangerous. Since I first visited the Holy Land nearly 5 years ago I have tried to keep my promise to tell the story of those wonderful people... The Israeli military detains two civilians at the Nil‘in weekly protest IMEMC 12 Feb 2010 - Friday February 12, 2010 - 18:21, A Palestinian teen and an Israeli supporter were detained by Israeli soldiers during an anti-wall protest at the village of Nil’in near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Hamas: PA forces detained 4 members in dawn raids 2/12/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas officials accused Palestinian Authority forces of detaining four of its members and affiliates during arrest campaigns across the West Bank overnight Thursday. In a statement, the party identified those detained as: Ramallah: Muhammad Hamed, Bassam Hammad, Tulkarem: Muhammad Abu Zeineh, Hebron: Adel Badarin. The detentions could not be independently verified. [end] IOA kidnaps 150 Palestinians in two days Uruknet February 12, 2010 - The PA ministry of prisoners and ex-prisoners affairs in Gaza said on Thursday that the Israeli occupation authorities kidnapped 150 Palestinian citizens over the past two days, most of them from Jerusalem city. According to Reyadh Al-Ashkar, the information officer in the ministry, the IOA rounded up nearly 100 Palestinian youths and minors in the refugee... Saba'na fighting illness in the dungeons of Abbas's militia PIC 13 Feb 2010 - The family of Sheikh Faisal Saba'na (50 years) expressed profound fear for the life of their son who is detained in one of Abbas's militia prisons and stressed that he was in a bad health condition IOA kidnaps 150 Palestinians in two days PIC 13 Feb 2010 - The PA ministry of prisoners and ex-prisoners affairs in Gaza said on Thursday that the IOA kidnapped 150 Palestinian citizens over the past two days, most of them from Jerusalem. Army Used to Deport Activists against the Wall Palestine Chronicle: 12 Feb 2010 - By Jonathan Cook - Jerusalem The Israeli courts ordered the release this week of two foreign women arrested by the army in the West Bank in what human-rights lawyers warn has become a wide-ranging clampdown by Israel on non-violent protest from international, Israeli and Palestinian activists. The arrest of the two women during a nighttime raid on the Palestinian city of Ramallah has highlighted a new tactic by Israeli officials: using immigration police to try to deport foreign supporters of the Palestinian cause. A Czech woman was deported last month after she was seized from Ramallah by a special unit known as Oz, originally established to arrest migrant labourers working illegally inside Israel. Human rights lawyers say Israel’s new offensive is intended to undermine a joint non-violent struggle by international activists and Palestinian villagers challenging a land grab by Israel as it builds the separation wall on farmland in the West Bank. In what Israel’s daily Haaretz newspaper recently called a “war on protest”, Israeli security forces have launched a series of raids in the West Bank over the past two months to detain Palestinian community leaders organising protests against the wall. “Israel knows that the non-violence struggle is spreading and that it’s a powerful weapon against the occupation,” said Neta Golan, an Israeli activist based in Ramallah. “Israel has no answer to it, which is why the security forces are panicking and have started making lots of arrests.” The detention this week of Ariadna Marti, 25, of Spain, and... Abbas Instructs Erekat To Ensure The Release of An Ailing Detainee Imprisoned By Israel IMEMC 11 Feb 2010 - Friday February 12, 2010 - 03:25, The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that President Mahmoud Abbas instructed head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization to act on the release of a sick detainee imprisoned by Israel since more than 30 years. The Israeli Military Detain Four Civilians From Bethlehem City IMEMC 11 Feb 2010 - Thursday February 11, 2010 - 16:11, Four Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by the Israeli military during invasions targeting the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Detainees association: Israeli police break leg of Abu Dis teen 2/11/2010 - Salfit - Ma'an - Undercover Israeli agents attacked a 17-year-old Palestinian youth, breaking his leg and taking him first to hospital, officials from the Detainees Association said Thursday. A statement identified the youth as Muhammad Halabiyah, a resident of Abu Dis, and said the report came from a visit to the youth in the detention facility. Halabiyah reportedly told the association that he was followed, beaten taken to the the Hadassa Hospital in Jerusalem then to the Nitzan Detention Center at Ramle. A fellow detainee, Ammar Qazaz, told association officials that when Halabiyah arrived in the facility he was in poor condition and in a great deal of pain from his recently set leg. Qazaz said prison officials ignored Halabiyah's request to be taken to a medical center for treatment, and was left in a cell with the injury, according to the association. Palestinians detained near Gaza-Israel border 2/12/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained at least six Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, witnesses said and the army confirmed. Onlookers said 10 Palestinian men scavenging for iron girders northeast of Beit Lahiya were seized and dragged into Israel by soldiers patrolling the border. They were rummaging through the rubble of buildings, and were loaded into military vehicles and taken to an undisclosed location, the witnesses said. Approached by Ma'an, an Israeli military spokesman said six Palestinians were detained when they came close an area considered off-limits to Palestinians. He said they were released shortly thereafter. Residents of the area said Israeli soldiers opened fire on workers Wednesday, with no injuries reported. As Israel and Egypt continue to ban all but 36 types of goods for import into Gaza, most of which are foodstuffs, the only construction. . . Palestinians detained near Gaza-Israel border Uruknet February 11, 2010 - Israeli forces detained at least six Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, witnesses said and the army confirmed. Onlookers said 10 Palestinian men scavenging for iron girders northeast of Beit Lahiya were seized and dragged into Israel by soldiers patrolling the border. They were rummaging through the rubble of buildings, and were loaded into military vehicles... Palestinian witnesses won't be driven like detainees YNet News 11 Feb 2010 - Rights groups turn to IDF, request that Palestinians testifying in Israeli courts not be transported in vehicles intended for prisoners. Military police chief: Respect rights, dignity of witnesses Carrying Palestinian witnesses in prisoner transport vehicle stopped B'tselem 10 Feb 2010 - Following the intervention of Yesh Din and B'Tselem, the Chief Military Police Officer announced that the Military Police will improve the treatment of Palestinians arriving in military courts in Israel to testify in trials of security forces charged wit IOF disguised soldiers break foot of Palestinian teen PIC 11 Feb 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) wearing plain clothes beat up a 17-year-old Palestinian teen a few days ago and broke his foot, the Palestinian prisoners' society said on Thursday. Israel Gets Away with Murder .. Again Palestine Chronicle: 11 Feb 2010 - By Tammy Obeidallah Amid the glamour of the world's tallest building, gold bars, man-made islands, casinos and fashion, a man lay dead in his hotel room. Preliminary reports would say he had been suffocated with a pillow; further investigation would determine that he was injected with poison. Post-mortem photos of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, age 50, told a story the media would not tell: the tip of his nose blackened, red blotches covering his cheeks and jaw and a horrific indentation on one side of his nose testified of torture and a cruel execution. Most news sources subliminally justified Al-Mabhouh’s murder in Dubai on January 20. He was described only as a “senior Hamas militant,” “founding member of Hamas’ military wing” or even “arch-terrorist.” As someone who was allegedly involved in the deaths of two Israeli soldiers in the 1980s and committed numerous other acts of armed resistance against Israel, he was undoubtedly a menace by western standards. Al-Mabhouh grew up in the squalor of Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp, but had lived in exile in Syria since 1989. He had been the target of two previous assassination attempts: a car bombing and a poisoning. The latter took place in Beirut only six months ago and rendered him unconscious for 30 hours. The Israeli government issued a statement claiming Al-Mabhouh had traveled to Dubai en route to Iran in order to smuggle weapons back to his native Gaza. Israeli defense officials told the Associated Press that these rockets would be capable of reaching... Troops Detain Two Civilians, Attack And Search Homes in Hebron City IMEMC 10 Feb 2010 - Wednesday February 10, 2010 - 18:22, Two Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Wednesday, during house search targeting the city of Hebron and nearby town. Israel revokes amnesty of pardoned Fatah affiliate 2/10/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - The Israeli government revoked the full amnesty granted to a previously "wanted" Palestinianfor a partial agreement, sources said Wednesday. Mahdi Maraqa, 33, from Nablus, and once affiliated to Fatah's paramilitary organization the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, will from Wednesday on be detained by Palestinian authorities at 8pm daily and spend the night in a detention center. Additionally, the Palestinian Authority was been ordered to prohibit Maraqa from leaving area A, the only part of the West Bank under full Palestinian control following the Oslo Accords in 1993. In accordance with Israel's amnesty offer to "wanted" Palestinian combatants, Maraqa was transferred to the PA Juneid Prison in Nablus in November 2008, and asked to hand in all arms and denounce Palestinian militancy. In return, those pardoned will not be subject to Israeli assassinations. Israeli forces detain Palestinian in Hebron-area town 2/10/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained a resident from Yatta, south of Hebron, on Wednesday and took him to an unknown location, Palestinian Authority security forces said. Sources said "Israeli forces invaded the town and arrested Iyad Mahmoud Khalil Abu I'beid, 28, after breaking into his home and ransacking its contents. "[end] PFLP: Repression in Shu’fat camp must end 2/10/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The constant harassment and repression of Palestinians in the Shu'fat Refugee Camp, ongoing since Monday, must come to an end, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine demanded Wednesday evening. The faction called on Palestinians to unite in the face of the violence, and stop the constant police raids and rampant damage to civilian properties in the camp. Unrest followed the invasion of dozens of forces on Monday as the Israeli army detained dozens of camp residents. Palestinians in the camp responded by stone throwing, answered in turn by a heavy military presence at all entrances to the camp, heightened following each protest by residents. A schoolboy was detained near a checkpoint Tuesday, and clashes again erupted Wednesday as more arrests were made. The PFLP said solders were randomly detaining dozens including young boys. PA detains 6 al-Qaeda men YNet News 10 Feb 2010 - For first time, Palestinian Authority forces arrest six al-Qaeda activists in West Bank, security official says; source in Jenin tells Ynet group planned to hit PA targets, some suspects known as Hamas members in past Human Rights Abuses in Israel and Occupied Palestine Stephen Lendman, Dissident Voice 2/5/2010 Founded in 1972, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) is its leading human and civil rights organization through activities involving litigation, legal advocacy, education, and public outreach. Each year it publishes an annual report covering flagrant violations, positive trends, if any, and “significant human rights-related processes” affecting Israelis and Palestinians. Its latest December 2009 one is examined below, discussing “a disturbing (government-sponsored) trend that has (gained) currency in Israel over the past year — both in public discourse and sometimes in practice — to make human rights conditional: on fulfilling some obligation, having financial means, or belonging (or not belonging) to certain groups.” For example, free expression is targeted, and Israeli Arabs threatened, denied equality, education, employment, and their citizenship without “declaring loyalty” to Israel — in other words, on condition they abandon their national identity, culture, language, and historic heritage that’s the equivalent of asking Jews to renounce Judaism. Financial means involves regarding social rights, including healthcare and education, as commodities, accessible to those who can pay. And for Occupied Palestinians, Gaza was devastated by war, remains under siege, and sustains near daily assaults, killings, and targeted assassinations. In the West Bank, security forces enforce land seizures, home demolitions, displacement, segregation, isolation, closures, movement and travel restrictions, the Separation Wall’s construction, daily home invasions, arrests, attacks on peaceful protestors, imprisonments, and torture of detainees under a rigid “matrix of control” involving checkpoints, bypass roads, roadblocks, curfews, electric fences, and various other harassments to cow all Palestinians into submission or make them give up and leave. more.. e-mail The Israeli Military Detained 16 Palestinian Civilians From The West Bank IMEMC 9 Feb 2010 - Tuesday February 09, 2010 - 15:35, The Israeli military detained 16 Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting West Bank communities, late Monday night and Tuesday at dawn. Locals: Israeli forces detain workers, erect flying checkpoint 2/9/2010 - Jericho - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained late on Monday night a group of Palestinian workers in the industrial area near Khan Al-Ahmar, Jericho. According to locals, Israeli forces erected a flying checkpoint at the entrance of the industrial zone and confiscated workers' permits. Those detained were taken to Ma'ale Adummim police station for questioning, they added. Among the workers detained were Muhammad As-Samhury, Muhammad Hmeidan, and Ahmad Hassan. Weal Nathif, head of the Palestinian workers' union in Jericho, said the detention of workers was a serious issue and that the union will follow up on the detentions. An Israeli military spokesman said that the army was not familiar with the incident, following an initial investigation into the report. . . . . Israeli forces detain PA security guard 2/9/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained a Palestinian Authority security guard near the central West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday evening, a security source confirmed, after he was accused of possessing a knife. Ahmed Taqatqa was en route to Hebron from his home in Beit Fajjar when he was detained near the Kfar Etzion junction on accusations he had a knife in his car, the source said, denying the official explanation for his arrest. Approached by Ma'an, an Israeli military spokesman confirmed that a Palestinian was detained in the same area on grounds he had a knife in his possession. He was transferred to Israeli police, the spokesman said. Palestinian civilians are detained multiple times each week on accusations they were found to be in possession of knives or sharp tools, although it is not as common for PA security officers to be held on such charges as they are generally permitted to carry firearms and other weapons. . . . . Mash’al: US insistence on talks stalls unity efforts 2/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Chief of the Hamas politburo Khalid Mash'al accused the United States on Monday of hindering Palestinian unity efforts by insisting on a peace process when there was no opportunity to do so with the current Israeli government. Speaking to reporters following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Mash'al said Hamas "wants reconciliation with Fatah as soon as possible," but noted obstacles to unity included several American conditions placed on going back to peace talks. He further explained that Hamas was ready to sign the initial Egyptian unity document, but noted the current version signed by Fatah officials had been amended without consulting Hamas. He said that without American intervention the re-negotiation of the unity document would be straightforward. On the status of prisoner-swap talks, Mash'al said he held Israeli Prime. . . Bardawil: Reopening Fatah HQ depends on reconciliation 2/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Hamas leader Salah Bardawil said on Tuesday that the reopening the headquarters of Fatah in Gaza is tied into the reconciliation process and depends on making agreements based on common national interests, he said in a statement. Bardawil called on Fatah "to stop their crimes in the West Bank against Palestinians their practices to oppose freedom. . . ""Reconciliation requires that Fatah stop their practices. . . against Hamas in order to prepare for an atmosphere of unity. " The Hamas leader added that the de facto government aspires toward social stability and peace within the community, which he said are core Hamas values. On Monday Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Sha'ath said that Hamas will instruct its government in the Gaza Strip to release detainees held on political grounds and reopen the Fatah party headquarters within the next two days. What's Israel's new strategy? Arresting Palestinian women Uruknet February 9, 2010 - The arrest by the Israeli authorities of Montaha Altaweel has been condemned by Ahrar Centre for Studies on Human Rights and Prisoners. Ms. Altaweel is one of the most active women working in the prisoners' solidarity movement; her husband is the mayor of Albera, Gamal Altaweel. Fouad Alkhafesh, the Director of the Centre, regards Ms. Altaweel's... Report documents journalist rights violations 9 Feb 2010 - Palestine, February 10, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - A number of violations of the rights of journalists, most committed by the Israeli occupation forces, occurred in the Palestinian territories last month. The following journalists were assaulted by Israeli forces during their professional work: Haroon Amayreh, Musa'b Al-Khatib, Ahmad Al-Kilani, Yousif Shaheen, Ayed Awemer, Rami Swidan and Issam Rimawi. In addition, they detained and deported... Shalit activists to obstruct visits to Palestinian prisoners 9 Feb 2010 - Palestine, February 9, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - A few dozen activists for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who is kept in Gaza, gathered on Tuesday near Hadarim Prison to block family members of Palestinian prisoners from visiting their relatives in jail. Hadar Miller, one of the event's organizers, claimed: "It is absurd that the Palestinian prisoners in... 'Israel may free Palestinian prisoners when peace talks resume' Ha'aretz 9 Feb 2010 - Netanyahu tells EU officials Israel will improve quality of life in West Bank if progress is made. Female Activist Kidnapped By The Army IMEMC 8 Feb 2010 - Tuesday February 09, 2010 - 04:54, The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies stated that the Israeli army kidnapped on Monday Montaha Taweel, 45, an activist in defending the rights of the Palestinian detainees, and the wife of Al Biereh mayor. Ten Detained By Israeli Troops During Pre-Dawn Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities IMEMC 8 Feb 2010 - Monday February 08, 2010 - 17:12, Ten Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Monday, during pre-dawn military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Scores Detained By The Military As Soldiers Attack Palestinian Refugee Camp In Jerusalem IMEMC 8 Feb 2010 - Monday February 08, 2010 - 16:26, Sixty Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli soldiers, on Monday, during house-to-house raids targeting the Shufat refugee camp in the city of Jerusalem. Injuries after fierce clashes at Jerusalem refugee camp 2/9/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Dozens of Palestinians including journalists were injured as fierce clashes broke out on Monday in Shu'fat refugee camp after Israeli civil and paramilitary police stormed the camp and detained dozens. Confrontations erupted near the military checkpoint at the main entrance to the camp after young Palestinians pelted Israeli soldiers with stones and empty bottles. Soldiers responded by firing tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades. As a result, several correspondents and photojournalists were hurt. Amongst them were Samir Abu Gharbiyya, a cameraman working for the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera International, Amir Abed Rabbo, cameraman of Panet news, and Diala Juweihan, working for Quds Press. Ma'an's Jerusalem correspondent, who was also on the scene, said three Israeli officers sustained injuries. Israel’s High Court frees 2 foreign activists 2/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israel's High Court of Justice on Monday freed two foreign nationals who were detained early Sunday in Ramallah. Ariadna Marti of Spain and Bridgett Chappel of Australia, activists with the International Solidarity Movement, posted a 3,000-shekel bail and will be permitted to remain in Israel while they challenge a deportation order. The High Court accepted that the detentions may have been illegal, because they reportedly involved Israel's special "Oz" immigration unit, which is permitted to handle only cases of foreigners in Israel. Marti and Chappel, however, were in Ramallah, a city supposedly under control of the Palestinian Authority. "The raid and detention of the two is in direct violation of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which clearly forbids any Israeli incursion into Area A for reasons not directly and urgently related to security. " Israeli forces detain wife of mayor in Ramallah 2/8/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained Muntaha Tawil, wife of Al-Bireh Mayor Jamal Tawil, on Monday, after searching their home in Ramallah. "Heavily armed soldiers and large numbers of military vehicles raided the mayor's home on Monday early morning breaking the doors and damaging the house' interior before they detained Muntaha Tawil, the mayor's wife," an Al-Birreh Municipal Council statement said. Mayor Tawil said his wife's detention would not hinder his ability to provide his constituents with the services they need, adding that Israel often attempts to exert pressure on mayors of Palestinian villages through detentions, forced home searches and summons orders. Tawil is the mother of four and her husband has been detained several time by Israeli forces. Mayor Tawil previously served 13 years in an Israeli prison. Disabled man among 10 seized overnight 2/8/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - One of 10 Palestinians detained in West Bank raids overnight is disabled, local sources told Ma'an late Monday. Yousif Ibrahim Abdul Fattah Al-Mawa'jeh, 43, was paralyzed in an accident, neighbors said, and had received treatment in Iran. A native of Yatta, near Hebron, Al-Mawa'jeh was rounded up along with nine other Palestinians in Qalqiliya, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron at daybreak. The army said a homemade rifle was confiscated during the search of a home in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron. [end] Health conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails Uruknet February 8, 2010 - Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967 the number of Palestinians detained is in excess of 700,000 men, women and children, representing 20% of the Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories. The current number of prisoners and detainees is estimated at between 8,000 – 10,000 spread around... Friends of Humanity: 2009 is the worst year in the history of Palestinian detainees 8 Feb 2010 - Palestine, February 8, 2010 ( Pal Telegraph) - Friends of Humanity International organization, based in Vienna, issued on Saturday a detailed report entitled "Beyond the Sun" on the reality of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails; the organization reported that 2009 was the worst year in history of Palestinian detainees utterly. "In 2009, The Israeli Prison service practiced new methods of torture... Israeli invasion into Qalqilyah and Al-Bira 8 Feb 2010 - West Bank, February 8, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday dawn detained six Palestinians in raid into the villages of Azzun and Haja in Qalqilya governorate in the West Bank. Local sources said that a large force of Israeli army invaded the villages at dawn and raided several houses. After searching them, they kidnapped six Palestinians and... Israeli navy kidnaps 4 fishermen off the Gaza shore 7 Feb 2010 - Gaza, February 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The Israeli navy kidnapped four fishermen from the northern Gaza shore, then took them to an unknown place. Nizar Ayash, head of the Palestinian fishermen, said the Israeli navy detained the four fishermen while they were fishing about one mile from the Gaza shore. The fishermen are Odai Al-Soltan and his brother Mohammed,... Israel detains 2 internationals in overnight raid 2/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli soldiers raided a Ramallah apartment early Sunday morning and detained a Spanish and Australian nationals over expired visas, the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee said in a statement. The Israeli army forcefully entered an apartment in the Area A city of Ramallah at 3am and arrested two activists from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) on suspicion of overstaying their visas. The two, Ariadna Jove Marti, a Spanish journalist, and Bridgette Chappell, an Australian student at Birzeit University, were then taken to the Ofer military prison located inside the occupied territories, where they were handed over to the Israeli immigration police unit "Oz," The PSCC said"The raid and detention of the two is in direct violation of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which clearly forbids any Israeli incursion into Area A for reasons not directly and urgently related to security. Related: Army raids Ramallah to arrest international activists in violation of Oslo Accords and Deported international activist appeals against her illegal arrest" Israel releases, deports Gazan prisoner to West Bank 2/7/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli authorities released and deported on Sunday Nitham Muhammad Shneina, originally from Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, to the West Bank. According to Riyad Al-Ashqar, spokesman for the de facto government's Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs,Shneina was detained on 4 October 2006 in the West Bank where he was employed. He was sentenced to three and a half years, and was released on Sunday and deported to the West Bank, instead of being allowed into Gaza where his family lives, Al-Ashqar said. On Friday, Israeli authorities released Bakr Al-Hafi, who lived in Tulkarem with his family for the last ten years, and deported him to Gaza, where his family originates from. Nine other Palestinian prisoners are awaiting deportations abroad. . . . . Palestinian seized near Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque 2/7/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli soldiers and paramilitary police detained a young Palestinian man near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the center of Hebron on Sunday evening, onlookers said. Palestinian witnesses said Mohammad Jibril Taha, 22, was seized after Israeli forces accused him of stealing a mobile phone. Onlookers also said Israeli forces searched others, checked ID cards, and temporarily denied them access to the area surrounding the mosque. An Israeli military spokesman said that after an initial inquiry, he was unaware of any arrests in the area. [end] PA security official: No coordination with Israel on Qaeda arrests 2/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Ibrahim Ramadan, a Palestinian AuthorityPreventative Security official, denied on Sunday that Israel and Palestinian security forces coordinated the arrest of an Al-Qaeda cell in the West Bank. His comments follow reports in Israeli media that both the PA and Israeli security forces recently arrested members of radical Islamist groups with links to Al-Qaida and global jihadists in various parts of the West Bank. According to the Israeli daily Haaretz the largest arrests were made in the town of Qabatiya near Jenin, where six people were detained. "Those detained were unarmed and were arrested before they could carry out any attacks," the daily reported, having quoted a PA security source. Ramadan said that a Preventative Security spokesman would imminently comment on the media reports. . . . . Israeli navy kidnaps 4 fishermen of Gaza shores 7 Feb 2010 - Gaza, February 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The Israeli navy forces kidnapped Sunday morning 4 fishermen in Gaza shores, in north Gaza, and then they took them to unknown place. Nizar Ayash, the head of the Palestinian fishermen, said that the Israeli navy detained the four fishermen while they were fishing in the distance of one mile in Gaza shores.... IDF weighs jailing soldiers alongside Palestinians Jeruslalem Post 7 Feb 2010 - Comes a month after state comptroller slammed army for deteriorating prison conditions. Army raids Ramallah to arrest international activists in violation of Oslo Accords 2/7/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Israeli soldiers raided a Ramallah apartment around 3AM to arrest a Spanish and an Australian activist over expired visas in direct violation of the Oslo Accords. At three in the morning, the Israeli army forcefully entered an apartment in the Area A city of Ramallah and arrested two activists from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) on suspicion of overstaying their visas. The two, Ariadna Jove Marti, a Spanish journalist, and Bridgette Chappell, an Australian student in the Beir Zeit university, were then taken to the Ofer military prison located inside the Occupied Territories, where they were handed over to the Israeli immigration police unit "Oz". The raid and detention of the two is in direct violation of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which clearly forbids any Israeli incursion into Area A for reasons not directly and urgently related to security. Even the conduct of "hot pursuit" is disallowed in non-security related matters, which overstayed visas are. IOF soldiers detain four Palestinian fishermen at sea PIC 7 Feb 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) aboard navy gunboats on Sunday arrested four Palestinian fishermen off the northern Gaza Strip coast and towed their boats to Israeli shore. Friends of humanity: 2009 the worst ever in the history of Palestinian detainees PIC 7 Feb 2010 - Friends of humanity organization reported Saturday that 2009 was the worst year ever in the history of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Israeli army stops journalists on container road after PJS election 2/6/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces stopped a bus transporting journalists on the container checkpoint en route to Hebron from Bethlehem, after having voted in the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate elections in Ramallah on Saturday. One journalist present said that Israeli forces detained journalist Raed Al-Atrash "under the pretext of attacking one of the soldiers. "Israeli soldiers demanded that all journalists to get off the bus, including the female journalists, he said. Despite journalists refusing the order, the bus was eventually allowed to pass through the checkpoint. [end] Qaraqe calls on British Mandate prisoner file to be opened 2/6/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Minister of Prisoners' Affairs and Ex-Detainees Issa Qaraqe demanded that the files of Palestinian and Arab prisoners arrested during the British Mandate and following the 1948 war be opened to facilitate research and understanding into the era, he said on Saturday. The minister's statement follow a visit to the Hasan Al-Labadi Association, named after one of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoners arrested during the British Mandate. "Establishing such an association named after Al-Labadi is an important step in collecting information on the prisoner, this great fighter. . . and all documents relating to him and the circumstances of his detention. . . in which he was isolated from the world, not knowing what happened to Palestine during that period," Qaraqe said. Qaraqe said the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs will support the association in documenting and. . . Man detained for alleged stabbing attempt 2/5/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained a Palestinian man at the Qalandiya checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, for attempting to stab an Israeli soldier on Friday, military sources reported. The suspect's relatives told Ma'an that Mahmoud Al-Qatary, 25, was detained for allegedly holding a knife. Al-Qatary was taken to an unknown location, his family said. [end] Hamas: PA security detains 11 supporters 2/5/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas accused the Palestinian Authority security forces of detaining 11 of the movement's supporters across the West Bank in a statement issued on Friday. PA forces detained the Hamas supporters in Nablus, Ramallah, Tulkarem and Qalqiliya, according to the statement. The statement identified those detained in Qalqiliya as Hamam Ash-Shanty, Saher Aby Asab, Shehab Abu Saleh, Muhammad Hamuda, Maysara Afaneh, Muhammad Swiyani and As'ad Abu Saleh. In Ramallah, the two detained were identified in the statement as Ahmad Samih Shatat and Muhammad Shreiteh, while Rasem Saleh and Abdul Rahman Odeh were detained in Nablus and Tulkarem, respectively, Hamas said. [end] Video: Soldiers attack Palestinian Shepherds and Torture Musab Raba'i Uruknet February 5, 2010 - On the morning of Thursday 7 January 2010, Israeli soldiers attacked and injured Palestinian shepherds from the Musa Rabai family, as they grazed their sheep in Humra valley, near the village of At-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. Five members of the family were hospitalized. Before leaving the area, the soldiers arrested one of the shepherds,... Dozens Suffer Tear Gas Inhalation During the Weekly Protest in Bil’in 2/5/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Bil'in Popular Committee Against Wall & Settlements - An EU delegation for monitoring Israeli army violations against protesters, lead by Mr. Thierry Vallat, along with international and Israeli activists joined a demonstration in Bil'in village on Friday. Protesters carrying Palestinian flags and banners called for an end to the Israeli occupation and the release of all Palestinian political prisoners. The protesters marched on the streets of the village chanting slogans and singing national songs. Protesters called for national unity against the Israeli occupation, the release of all prisoners and specifically the release of the Coordinator of the Popular Committee of Bil'in, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, and Bil'in residents Adeeb Abu Rahmah and Ibrahim ‘Amera. When protesters reached the wall, an Israeli army unit was situated behind a block of cement. Ma'roof: I was tortured in Egyptian jails PIC 5 Feb 2010 - A Palestinian police officer from Gaza, who was recently released from an Egyptian jail, said that he was tortured during his week-long detention in Egypt.. Army Kidnaps 29 Palestinians in the West Bank IMEMC 4 Feb 2010 - Thursday February 04, 2010 - 11:56, Israeli soldiers detained, on Thursday at dawn, 29 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Army sources claimed that those detained are on their “wanted-list” by the Israeli security. Hasan Ghafry marks 21 years in Israeli prison 2/4/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Palestinian detainee Hasan Ghafry marks today his 21st year in Israeli prison on Thursday, having spent more than half of his life incarcerated, detainees affairs experts announced. The 39-year-old from Sinjil village east Ramallah was detained when he was 18, he is unmarried. He was taken by Israeli military personnel on 4 February 1990, accused and convicted in a military court of taking action against the Israeli army. He was sentenced to life. When he was detained, Hasan was a student at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1992, he was permitted to continue his studies, in which he focused on Hebrew and Arabic Grammar with a minor in English Literature. [end] Israeli army Kidnaps 29 Palestinians in the West Bank Uruknet February 04, 2010 - Israeli soldiers detained, on Thursday at dawn, 29 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Army sources claimed that those detained are on their "wanted-list" by the Israeli security. Seven residents were kidnapped in Qalqilia district, one in Jenin, three in Ramallah, eight in Bethlehem and ten in Hebron; all were moved to interrogation... Israel detains 22 Palestinians in West Bank 4 Feb 2010 - West Bank, February 4, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation forces detained 22 Palestinians from different cities of the West Bank Wednesday night and Thursday at dawn. They detained seven Palestinians near Qalqilia, three from Ramallah, one from Jenin, eight near Bethlehem and three from Hebron. The arrest operation was conducted despite bad weather conditions. The detainees were transferred to... IOA to demolish "unlicensed" homes in Silwan, IOF detain civilians PIC 4 Feb 2010 - The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has reiterated its intention to demolish all "unlicensed" buildings in occupied eastern Jerusalem. Palestinian ex-detainee dies of mistreatment while in occupation jails PIC 4 Feb 2010 - Liberated prisoner Mohammed Al-Emle, 26, was pronounced dead on Wednesday in one of Al-Khalil hospitals of kidney failure after he was given wrong medication while in Israeli custody. The Israeli military detained 12 Palestinian civilians from the West Bank IMEMC 3 Feb 2010 - Wednesday February 03, 2010 - 16:55, Twelve Palestinian civilians were detained, on Wednesday, by Israeli troops during pre-dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Two Palestinians & One American Detained Following Pre-Dawn Incursion in Bil'in IMEMC 3 Feb 2010 - Wednesday February 03, 2010 - 14:34, 26 Israeli soldiers entered the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, on Wednesday at 3 am. They detained 2 Palestinians, one a journalist, and an international journalist. More Detainees Seeking Higher Education IMEMC 3 Feb 2010 - Wednesday February 03, 2010 - 13:17, The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that more Palestinian detainees, imprisoned at the Ramon Israeli prison, are joining the Hebrew Open University. The detainees are also holding seminars and educational sessions. Watch: American detained for `interfering` with military 2/3/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - A 27-year-old American woman was detained along with two Palestinians by Israeli forces during a night raid in the village of Bil'in on Wednesday. All three were taken to the border police station, an organizer said. An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the detentions. Forces broke into the home of Abed Al-Fattah Burnat, 27, then surrounded the home of Ashraf Abu Rahma. International and Palestinian activists were alerted of the raid and went to the location to film the event. Witnesses said the home was declared a closed military zone by army officials, who demanded reporters and activists stay 50 meters away from the door. Organizers said the group moved 50 meters back, but soldiers continued to harass photojournalist and B'Tselem volunteer Hamdi Abu Rahameh, 22. The Israeli military said Rahameh is a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and said he was. . . Report: German mediator en route to Israel for swap talks 2/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Head of the Campaign to Free Gilad Shalit, Shimshon Liebman, told Voice of Israel's morning program that the German mediator involved in prisoner swap talks will return to Israel this week. The news follows announcements by Hamas officials that the talks negotiating the release of the captured Israeli soldier in exchange for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners were closed, as retaliation for the alleged assassination of a Hamas armed wing leader in Dubai on 21 January. Officials said the swap talks were over, citing their lack of faith in Israeli intentions to follow through on the deal in light of the assassination. Israeli media outlets variously confirmed that the death of the Hamas leader was a Mossad hit and accused Arab arms traders of killing the former official. Liebman said the mediator would hand Hamas Israel's response to the last round of talks. Palestinian ex-detainee dies of mistreatment while in occupation jails Uruknet February 3, 2010 -- Liberated prisoner Mohammed Al-Emle, 26, was pronounced dead on Wednesday in one of Al-Khalil hospitals of kidney failure after he was given wrong medication while in Israeli custody. Medical sources told the PIC that the deceased was given medicines not fit for his condition during his administrative detention three years ago. They said that the detainee... Israel detains 2 Palestinians and American activist 3 Feb 2010 - Ramallah, February 3, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation forces invaded on Wednesday Bil'in village, in the west of Ramallah city, and detained 2 Palestinians and American activist. The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement said that Israeli occupation forces broke into the houses and kidnapped Ibrahim Abed Al-Fatah Brant, 29 years, who is a member of the committee... Hamas: Talks on Shalit and prisoner swap stopped PNN 3 Feb 2010 - Leading Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar has said talks on swapping Palestinian prisoners for the captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit have collapsed. Late last year a German-mediated deal emerged in which hundreds of Palestinian prisoners would be exchanged for Gilad Shalit. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Zahar blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the talks' failure. Gilad Shalit was captured... Palestinian ex-detainee dies of mistreatment while in occupation jails PIC 3 Feb 2010 - Liberated prisoner Mohammed Al-Emle, 26, was pronounced dead on Wednesday in one of Al-Khalil hospitals of kidney failure after he was given wrong medication while in Israeli custody. Zahhar: Swap negotiations collapsed PIC 3 Feb 2010 - Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar, political bureau member of Hamas, said that the indirect talks with Israel over swapping captured soldier Gilad Shalit with Palestinian prisoners had collapsed. Against incredible odds Sally Bland, Jordan Times, Jordan Times 12/7/2009 Peaceful Resistance: Building a Palestinian University under Occupation, Gabi Baramki, London and New York: Pluto Press, 2010, pp. 219 Providing quality education for the next generation in a rapidly changing world is a challenge anyplace, but nowhere more so than in Palestine. Added to the usual academic demands are the problems of getting books past Israeli military censorship, holding classes despite the army surrounding the campus, getting students and staff past innumerable roadblocks so they can attend classes, retrieving them from prison, and completing the course of study despite arbitrary and prolonged closures. These are just some of the challenges described by Gabi Baramki in his book, “Peaceful Resistance,” in which he combines memoir with a history of Birzeit University. The combination comes quite naturally because Baramki has been involved with this most outstanding of Palestinian universities in one capacity or another for most of his life. In the 1930s and 1940s, he was a student at Birzeit Higher School established by the Nasir family in their home as an elementary and secondary boarding school. After obtaining his MA from the AUB, Baramki got a job in Birzeit’s new Junior College programme. By then, Palestine had been divided with the formation of Israel, and the West Bank was under Jordanian administration. Birzeit College was able to flourish commensurate with the great efforts exerted by its staff, but after the 1967 occupation, developing it into a full-fledged, four-year university, like every single advance in its programme or facilities, had to be fought for. In one of Israel’s more hostile acts, University President Hanna Nasir was deported; as vice president, Baramki assumed responsibility for the administration of the university. Despite many new restrictions, Birzeit University continued to advance. As Baramki writes, “By 1979 we had a flourishing campus, a growing network of supporters and great plans for academic expansion. In short, the future looked bright. We had no idea of the disasters that were just around the corner.” (p. 75) more.. e-mail The Israeli Military Detains 10 Civilians & Hands Out 6 Demolition Orders In The West Bank IMEMC 2 Feb 2010 - Tuesday February 02, 2010 - 15:55, Ten Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Tuesday, as the military served six demolition orders to families during different invasions targeting West Bank communities. Prisoners society accuses Israel negligence 2/2/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - The Palestinian Prisoners Society of Hebron accused Israeli doctors of negligence and failing to provide care to critical patients. Head of the society Amjad An-Najjar said there were 300 detainees and ex-detainees in the govornorate who had suffered from inadequate treatment. He outlined the case of Muhammad Abdul Afu Al-Imleh, 26, who suffered renal failure while he was in prison, and Hamza At-Tarayreh, who was diagnosed with throat cancer shortly after his release. Al-Imleh was detained in 2004 and released in 2007. His kidney problems were so acute he was left with no option other than a transplant, which was arranged in Jordan in 2008, An-Najjar said. The youth was sent to the Ar-Ramleh Hospital, the only facility equipped for prisoners in need of medical attention, but An-Najjar said he was not okayed for a transplant at the time. Qaraqe: 65 dentists to attend to Palestinian prisoners 2/2/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoners and Ex-Detainees' Affairs Issa Qaraqe struck a deal on Tuesday with the Arab Dentists' Society in which 65 specialists will attend to prisoners in Israeli jails. The medical visits will be coordinated with the ministry as detainees are in need of dental treatment, the minister said. All of the dentists hold Israeli citizenship and therefore have access to prisoners. Qaraqe noted that the deal follows recent failures to provide Palestinians with adequate medical care by the Israeli Prison Administration. According to the minister, at least 1,500 Palestinian detainees suffer from a number of serious illnesses, including cancer. The minister called on local and international human rights organizations to intervene in the cases of those detainees whose health is deteriorating as a result of the alleged Israeli medical negligence. Israel: Armed Palestinian detained, 4 others 2/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Israeli army said on Tuesday that military police detained a Palestinian after discovering a bomb, two fragmentation grenades, a knife and ammunition in his belongings at the Tulkarem checkpoint Hervat Jibara. "The Palestinian was taken for questioning by security forces," the military said in a statement. Overnight, the Israeli army detained four "wanted" Palestinians "during an IDF operation in the Judea and Samaria region [the West Bank]. "They were detained from Jenin, Qalandiya, Ramallah and Qadura, near Hebron, and transferred to security forces for further investigations, the statement concluded. [end] Israeli police chase down, detain 4 in East Jerusalem 2/2/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Four Palestinians were chased down and detained by Israeli forces in Al-Eizariyya on Monday night, as witnesses described a high-speed chase through the streets of occupied East Jerusalem. Witnesses identified two of the detainees as Dawood Abu Ar-Reish, and Muhammad Sinnawi. Four military patrol cars were said to have ambushed a Palestinian Fiat car near the center of Al-Eizariyya. [end] East Jerusalem protests revive hope in Israeli left 2/2/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A record number of Israeli demonstrators in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on Friday challenged the trend of continued arrests and threats to protesters, reviving hope in an Israeli left. Despite police plans to end the demonstration with force, more than 300 Palestinians, internationals, and Israeli activists gathered in Sheikh Jarrah on Friday afternoon to protest the evictions of Palestinian families from their homes. A record number of protesters attended the rally, which most expected would end in dozens of arrests and possibly violence. During previous protests, dozens were detained including the director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Hagai El-Ad. When police and protesters clashed in December, 21 were detained. The Israeli daily Haaretz estimated that more than 70 demonstrators have been arrested to date. Hamas: PA forces detain 3 supporters 2/2/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an -Palestinian Authority security services detained three Hamas members in the West Bank on Tuesday, the Islamic movement said in a statement. Those allegedly seized included ex-detainee Faysal Saba'neh from Qabatiya in Jenin, who was recently released from an Israeli prison due to a deterioarting health condition, Hamas said. In Ramallah, Khaled Abul Bahaa was detained, also a recently released prisoner, Hamas added. In Qalqiliya, a fisherman's storehouse owned my Muhsen Hardan was raided. Hardan is currently in a PA prison, and his whose nephew was detained following the raid, the statement said. [end] Israel seeks to deport East Jerusalem man for spending too many years in U.S. PNN 1 Feb 2010 - The Interior Ministry is demanding that a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem be deported for having spent too many years in the United States. Elias Khayyo - who holds no foreign citizenship - has been detained for three weeks at Givon incarceration facility in Ramle with other people deemed illegal residents and slated for deportation. Khayyo, 41, was born in East Jerusalem... Egyptian authorities detain 150 Palestinian students PIC 2 Feb 2010 - The Egyptian security authorities are detaining 150 Palestinian students in their jails all of them from the Gaza Strip despite studying in Egyptian universities, students residing in Cairo said. Ex-prisoner Fidda: Palestinian female captives experience harsh incarceration PIC 2 Feb 2010 - Liberated prisoner Majeda Fidda has said that Palestinian prisoners in IOA jails are experiencing harsh incarceration conditions and deliberate medical neglect. PA ministry to publish anthology of ex-prisoner’s poetry 2/1/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs announced on Monday that it would be releasing an anthology of poetry by former Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Abu Laban. The anthology entitled "The Liberty Chant" is a compilation of work Abu Laban composed during his sentence, and includes "Forgotten Days Behind Bars," "The Patient King of Death," "My Homeland Voice," and "Take me, a Stone in your Hand. "Other poets have contributed to Abu Laban's anthology, which includes brief biographies written by the ex-detainee's friends. The introduction, written by Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Qaraqe, describes the establishment of education programs in prisons and the development of poetry, deeming it part of Palestinian national history. Publishing "The Liberty Chant," Qaraqe writes, is a vital part of preserving Palestinian prisoner literature. Israeli forces detain two Palestinians near Nablus 2/1/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained two Palestinians early Monday morning from the northern West Bank village of Awarta, south of Nablus, after raiding the family's homes, locals said. The village was stormed shortly after midnight and homes were entered near the mosque of the village center, before Abd As-Salam Awad, 39, and Muhammad Awad, 22, were detained, locals said. The two were taken to an undisclosed location. [end] Israeli forces detain group east of Bethlehem 2/1/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces reportedly detained a group of Palestinians on Monday who were in the Jeb Al-Theeb village east of Bethlehem to plant almond trees on lands near the Tekoa and Noqedim settlements. Local sources said an Israeli military force of about 20 soldiers, along with 25 settlers and police dogs, arrived to the land and made the volunteers sit in small groups away from one another. Awad Abu Swayy, the spokesman for the Popular Committee in Bethlehem, said that the volunteers were still being detained more than two hours after Israeli forces arrived. He added that soldiers allowed journalists to leave, however. The Israeli military did not immediately return calls seeking comment. . . . . In photos: Prisoner protest in Gaza 2/1/2010 - MaanImages/Wissam Nassar - Palestinians take part in a protest in Gaza City on 1 February 2010, calling for the release of their loved ones imprisoned in Israeli jails. [Background:] Talks remain at an impasse as Israel and Hamas have failed to negotiate the release of hundreds of Israel's estimated 10,000 Palestinian detainees in exchange for an Israeli soldier captured in a 2006 cross-border raid. Hamas recently rejected an offer put forward by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that would grant the release of certain "high-value" Palestinian prisoners only on condition they be exiled to Gaza or abroad. [end] Israel seeks to deport East Jerusalem man for spending too many years in U.S. PNN 1 Feb 2010 - The Interior Ministry is demanding that a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem be deported for having spent too many years in the United States. Elias Khayyo - who holds no foreign citizenship - has been detained for three weeks at Givon incarceration facility in Ramle with other people deemed illegal residents and slated for deportation. Khayyo, 41, was born in East Jerusalem... Erdogan: Turkey cannot watch Israel killing innocents, turning Gaza into prison PIC 1 Feb 2010 - Turkish premier Recep Erdogan reiterated that Turkey cannot stand idly watching Israel killing innocent people, destroying infrastructure and turning the Gaza Strip into a big prison.  Links
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