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Prisoners Archive - June 2010
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - June 2010
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
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News Abu Tier detained; expulsion expected 6/30/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Jerusalem resident and elected Palestinian official Mohammad Abu Tier was detained by Israeli police on Wednesday, and reportedly taken to the Russian Compound for questioning. Former Minister of Jerusalem Affairs for the Palestinian Authority Khalid Abu Arafa confirmed the arrest, which he said was carried out near the official's Sur Baher home, in.... Detainee moved to isolation cell, center says 6/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Palestinian prisoners held at Israel's Hadarim Prison said the Prison Service transferred a Bethlehem detainee into solitary confinement on Wednesday, the Detainees' Center reported. Bassam Abu Aker, from the Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem, was originally sentenced to a 12-year term, a statement from the center read, and is considered a.... Man detained at Erez crossing 6/30/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained a man Wednesday at Gaza's northern Erez crossing. Rafah-resident Usama Anwar Suboh, said to be in his forties, was en route to hospital in Israel. His companion was not permitted to cross, and no reason was given for his detention, Palestinian sources said. Israeli officials stationed at the crossing were.... Hamas: PA continues to detain party leaders 6/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas accused the Palestinian Authority preventative security forces of detaining 13 supporters across the West Bank overnight Wednesday, including two prominent leaders. A statement issued by the movement said leaders Yahya Zeeyud from Jenin and Mohammad Hashem Khader from Qalqiliya were detained by PA forces after they were summoned by the intelligence services.... Abu Tier detained; expulsion expected Uruknet June 30, 2010 - Jerusalem resident and elected Palestinian official Mohammad Abu Tier was detained by Israeli police on Wednesday, and reportedly taken to the Russian Compound for questioning. Former Minister of Jerusalem Affairs for the Palestinian Authority Khalid Abu Arafa confirmed the arrest, which he said was carried out near the official's Sur Baher home, in a neighborhood... Palestinians protest in front of Askalan jail 30 Jun 2010 - Jenin, June 30, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – The prisoners affairs committee in the Palestinian occupied land of 48 organized on Wednesday a protest in front of Askalan Israeli jail condemning the jail administration arbitrary policy. The protesters chanted slogans and shouted against the Israeli occupation demanding the release of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails. Tadamun: Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails suffer from paralysis and cancer PIC 30 Jun 2010 - Tadamun society for human rights said that 23 prisoners permanently residing in the Ramle prison hospital are suffering from deliberate medical neglect by the Israeli prisons authority. Muzaini: No new proposals on exchange deal PIC 30 Jun 2010 - Osama Al-Muzaini has denied press reports speculating that new proposals were tabled regarding the resumption of negotiations on the prisoners' exchange deal between Israel and the resistance. 5 seized in Silwan, including 12-year-old child 6/29/2010 - Bethlehem/Jerusalem "“ Ma"™an "“ Israeli forces seized five Palestinians, including a 12-year-old child, from Silwan in East Jerusalem at dawn on Tuesday. Ma"™an"™s Jerusalem correspondent said the detentions relate to the clashes that erupted in Silwan on Saturday. The detainees were identified as Ahmad and Nasser Abu Nab, Ahmad Awad, Ahmad Abu.... Israeli forces detain PA security officer 6/29/2010 - Hebron "“ Ma'an "“ Israeli forces detained a member of the Palestinian Authority security forces during an overnight raid of the Idhna village in the southern West Bank district of Hebron on Monday. A PA security source said Nour Ad-Din Al-Kharouf, 33, was detained after Israeli forces raided his home and took him to an unknown location.... PA urges Israel to stop torture in ’all forms’ 6/29/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - On the occasion of the International Day Against Torture, the Palestinian Authority cabinet stressed that torture and assaults on Palestinian prisoners are practiced by various Israeli authorities." Israel is the only country in the world which goes far in practicing all forms of physical and psychological torture against our people at checkpoints, in.... Israel detains two Palestinians in Jenin 29 Jun 2010 - Jenin, June 29, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces detained two Palestinians in Jenin overnight, in the West Bank. Israeli forces detained the two men, Gasan Ablai, 42, and Saleh Al-Sadi, 55, while they were passing a street near Al-Zbabda town. They were in their way back from a hospital in Nablus when they were stopped at a sudden... 6800 Detainees, Including 300 Children, Currently Imprisoned By Israel IMEMC - 28 Jun 2010 - Palestinian Researcher specialized in detainees’ affairs, former detainee, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that there are currently 6800 detainees imprisoned by Israel, including 300 children 34 women, and 213 detainees in administrative detention. Knesset orders prison canteen closed, center says 6/28/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Israel Prison Service told inmates that the Palestinian Authority-funded canteen service will be discontinued as a punishment, the Gaza Center for Prisoners said Monday. Center spokesman Bassam Hassunah said prisoners were told that Israel's Knesset made the order to shut down the canteens, which operate as small general stores providing basics like.... Resistance: All detainees shall be freed 6/28/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Freeing Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails is a religious duty, a military wing within the Salah Ad-Din Brigades said Monday. A statement issued by the Resistance Committee said Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will remain captive until Palestinian prisoners are released, and called on detainees to remain steadfast as factions work toward securing their.... Hebron police arrest 40 in district 6/28/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police detained 40 men they said were fugitives and impounded 30 illegal cars in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, a report issued Monday read. Those apprehended, the report detailed, included a suspect involved in the forgery of land tax and property documents, one suspected of theft, and 13 on.... Israel raids Hebron, detains Palestinian 28 Jun 2010 - Hebron, June 28, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided today three towns in the city of Hebron and detained Palestinian. Israeli forces raided the towns of Halhoul, Al-Zahria and Bait Awa, Local sources said. In Diar Samet, IOF raided and searched the house of Aisa Al-Hourob and then detained his son Raed who was detained a week... Israel raids Nablus, detains two Palestinians 28 Jun 2010 - Nablus, June 28, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided today Nablus in the West Bank and detained two Palestinians. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation forces raided Al-Balda Al-Kadema and Ras Al-Ain neighborhoods, adding that they searched number of houses. They added that the Israeli forces detained two citizens at Howara military checkpoint when they entered the city... Israeli forces storm Ramleh prison hospital PIC 28 Jun 2010 - An elite Israeli special forces unit called Masada stormed the Ramleh hospital prison and assaulted sick prisoners and damaged their property, the Ahrar Center said. IOF troops damage cultivated land in southern Gaza, detain 10 West Bankers PIC 28 Jun 2010 - IOF backed by army tanks and military bulldozers advanced hundreds of meters into Nahda suburb at the eastern outskirts of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip, and damaged cultivated land lots. Hamas: PA forces detain leader, 23 supporters 6/27/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas accused Palestinian Authority security forces of detaining 24 party affiliates across northern West Bank districts, a Sunday statement said. A party statement said Hamas leader Anwar Umeir was detained in the Bal'a village east of Tulkarem after he was summoned by PA intelligence. An imam from Illar, north of Tulkarem, and 15.... The Only Democracy in the Middle East: 25.6.10 Uruknet June 27, 2010 - Across the West Bank, Friday was a day of protest against Israel’s blood diamonds, which are harvested while infringing on human rights in African countries and then polished in apartheid Israel and then exported. The diamond trade accounts for 30% of Israel’s total manufacturing exports. After the ceremony in honor of Palestinian prisoners, the people... On the International Day against Torture, Al Mezan Calls the International Community to Intervene to Stop the Crime of Torture in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Uruknet June 26, 2010 - The 26 June 2010 marks the International Day against Torture. It's an occasion to promote all efforts to implement the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which entered into force on 26 June 1987. This year, the International Day against Torture comes amid the escalation in Israeli violations... Thousands protest 'police torture' in Egypt Palestine Note 26 Jun 2010 - New York - Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets on Friday against what they say is the systematic use of torture by their government's police and intelligence forces. Egyptians protest police torture in Cairo on... Mizan center calls on UN to end Israel's crimes of torture in Palestine PIC 26 Jun 2010 - Al-Mizan center for human rights on Friday appealed to the UN to activate its convention against torture and put an end to Israel's crimes of torture in the occupied Palestinian lands. 3 detained south of Nablus 6/25/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israel's army arrested three young Palestinians including a school teacher south of the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday. Fawzi Shehada, head of the U'rif village, told Ma'an that "Israeli military jeeps raided the village at 1:00 a. m. and arrested three young men after breaking into their homes and carrying.... Captors firm 4 years since Shalit operation 6/25/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Four years after the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the Palestinian resistance remains insistent on the conditions of his release, Hamas leader Mahmoud Az-Zahhar said Friday. Speaking in Hebrew on the anniversary of Shalit's capture, Az-Zahhar told Israel Radio that prisoner swap talks have reached a stalemate, as German middleman Gerhard Conrad.... Hamas: 19 members detained by PA forces 6/25/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police and security officers detained 19 Hamas members and affiliates from five West Bank governorates, a statement from the party said Friday. Hamas officials said members were arrested for political reasons, and detained from Bethlehem, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem, Qalqiliya and Ramallah. A lull in statements, none of which could be confirmed.... Negev prisoners report ’uncountable number of insects’ 6/24/2010 - Salfit - Ma'an - Palestinian detainees in Israel's Negev prison told lawyers Wednesday that as the summer encroached, an increasing number of insects and rodents had invaded their tents. The prison facility is mostly outdoors, with several quadrants of tents set up in compounds for prisoners, who said the deteriorating conditions had caused several inmates to break.... Red Crescent medic detained at Gaza crossing 6/24/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained a Red Crescent medic Wednesday night at the Erez crossing as he and four other medics were en route to a training conference in Jerusalem. Maher Abu Auf, a Palestinian official at the Beit Hanoun crossing, said Israeli border guards detained medic Ashraf Al-Khatib and refused to explain why he.... 7 said detained in Hebron area 6/24/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli troops raided several Hebron-area towns on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, detaining what Palestinain security sources said were eight men, with several homes reported ransacked. North of Hebron troops entered Beit Ummar and Beit Awla, detaining Yousef Abu Hashem, Aziz Ismael, 42, Mufid Atashneh, and Ibrahim Al-Jabarin, 32. To the west of.... Qalqiliya men accused of school-document forgeries 6/24/2010 - Qalqiliya - Ma'an - Three Qalqiliya men accused of forging school diplomas were detained by Palestinian Authority police on Wednesday, a police statement said. According to the police public relations office, officials received information a week earlier that a man had presented forged documents to prospective employers. The man was questioned by police, and admitted that he.... Family says son paralyzed from torture in Israeli jail Uruknet June 23, 2010 - The parents of a Palestinian detainee from Jenin have called on international rights groups to secure their son's immediate release, after he was reportedly tortured in an Israeli prison. Asad Sholi, from the Kafr Dan village in Jenin, was severely beaten by Israeli Prison Service staff, during which both hands and legs were broken, parents... Barriers, Borders, and Blockades: Policing Movement and Controlling Information Uruknet June 23, 2010 - To keep some out. To fence others in. To police movement, instill fear, uncertainty, and instability. Palestine is a land cross-hashed with separation barriers, walls, fences and checkpoints. For many people, these structures make one either an exile or a prisoner, barred from returning or unable to leave. But in addition to the policing of... Israel raids Hebron, detains 5 Palestinians 24 Jun 2010 - Hebron, June 24, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided today Hebron in the West Bank and detained five Palestinians. Security sources said that Israeli forces raided Ezna, Bait Awla and Sair towns in Hebron. They detained Ibrahim Al-Jabareen, 32, Azez Ismail, 42, and Mofed Atasha, 32, Mohammed Al-Kisi, 32, and his brother Khalil. They also searched the... IOA court refuses to release lawyer on bail, IOF troops detain more West Bankers PIC 24 Jun 2010 - The judge at the Israeli central court in Jerusalem refused a request to release a Palestinian female lawyer along with her two brothers on bail, the father of the lawyer said. Family says son paralyzed from torture in Israeli jail 6/23/2010 - Jenin - Ma'an - The parents of a Palestinian detainee from Jenin have called on international rights groups to secure their son's immediate release, after he was reportedly tortured in an Israeli prison. Asad Sholi, from the Kafr Dan village in Jenin, was severely beaten by Israeli Prison Service staff, during which both hands and legs were.... 3 detainees mark 21 years in Israeli prisons 6/23/2010 - Salfit - Ma'an - Three Palestinians from the Bruqin marked 21 years in Israeli custody on Saturday, head of Salfit Detainees Center said Wednesday. A statement released by Abdul Nasser Farawneh, himself a former detainee, said the three men were detained on 20 June 1989 and were charged with affiliation to Fatah and killing an Israeli settler.... Israeli army detains 4 Nablus teenagers 6/23/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained four Palestinian teenagers from Nablus and transferred them to the Huwwara detention center for questioning, the lawyer representing them from the Prisoners' Society said Wednesday. After questioning, their detention was extended under the pretext of further investigation, the lawyer said. The four seized were identified by the society as:- Tareq.... Ahmad Sa'adat Greets the US Social Forum Uruknet June 23, 2010 - I greet you from inside the walls of the prisons of the occupation, with the voice of thousands of Palestinian and Arab political prisoners. On behalf of the Palestinian prisoners' movement, the Palestinian national movement, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, I carry our salutes to the US Social Forum, this coming... Israel prevents prisoners from studying 23 Jun 2010 - Palestine, June 23, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – The Israeli Prison Service prevents Palestinian prisoners from completing their university study and seized their books. Yaser Abu Baker, Palestinian leader prisoner in the Askalan Israeli jail, said that the prisoners’ conditions in the jail are very bad as a result of the brutal restrictions imposed by the jail administration. The Israeli Prison... Israel detains 4 Palestinians in Ramallah 23 Jun 2010 - Ramallah, June 23, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained on Wednesday four Palestinians in Ramallah, in West Bank, local sources reported. The Israeli forces roamed a number of towns in Ramallah, raided houses and then detained the four Palestinians. IOF carries out search operations and raids on daily basis aim to arrest Palestinian youth under the pretext... Israel holding mystery 'Prisoner X' Palestine Note 23 Jun 2010 - Washington - Israel is holding a prisoner, possibly involved in an espionage case, in conditions so secret even his jailers do not know his name. [Photo: Wikimedia Commons] Israel's Ynet news website first reported on the... Hamas: PA continues to detain top members 6/22/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority security forces detained two top Hamas affiliates in the West Bank on Monday night, the Islamist movement saidThe two detained were identified as chief of the Hamas-affiliated Al-Quds TV Nawaf Al-Amar and Deputy Nablus Mayor Mahdi Al-Hanbali. A Hamas statement said the two were among 14 Hamas supporters detained by PA.... Hamas: Fatah not serious about unity deal 6/22/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Hamas warned Wednesday of unspecified repercussions if the Palestinian Authority continues its ongoing detention campaign against West Bank-based supporters and leaders of the Islamic movement. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, is asserting that 30 affiliates were detained overnight and at least 70 more summoned for interrogation by the Ramallah-based PA, which has.... Palestine: Freed Islamic leader urges national unity Uruknet June 21, 2010 - Nayef Rajoub, the popular Islamic leader in the al-Khalil region, has been set free after spending 48 months of captivity in Zionist jails and detention camps for "taking part in illegal elections."... Rajoub pointed out that he was carrying two messages from thousands of Palestinian political prisoners and resistance activists languishing in Israeli dungeons and... "What solidarity means": a letter from Gilboa Prison Uruknet June 21, 2010 - Ameer Makhoul is a human rights defender, the director of the Arab nongovernmental organization network Ittijah, a leading voice of the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions movement and a Palestinian citizen of Israel. He has been in Israeli detention since he was arrested from his family home in Haifa in the early morning hours of... Israel detains more than 20 Palestinians in Hebron 22 Jun 2010 - Hebron, June 22, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained more than 20 Palestinians today from Dorah town in Hebron, in the West Bank. Witness said that IOF detained more than 20 citizens after raiding and searching their houses, adding that they beat them and forced them to leave their houses. The witness added that the majority of... Female detainee released after 8 years of detention 6/21/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - The Detainees Center in Jerusalem said a 32-year-old Palestinian woman from a village inside Israel was released from Israeli custody on Monday. After serving eight years in Israel's HaSharon prison, Wardeh Al-Bakrawi was received by her family and welcomed home, the society said.... Hamas: PA actions will result in retaliation 6/21/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Hamas will be forced to retaliate against Fatah's treatment of its party members and detain officials in Gaza, a party spokesman said, following the arrest of a senior Hamas leader in the West Bank on Sunday. Speaking to Ma'an on Monday, Salah Bardawil said the detention of Khalid Al-Hajj by Palestinian Authority police.... Ameer Makhoul: Letter from Gilboa prison Palestine Note 21 Jun 2010 - The following text is a letter written by Ameer Makhoul, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who was detained on 23 April by Israeli police on charges of espionage and treason. His lawyers suspect that he has... Hamas leader freed from Israeli jail calls for Palestinian unity Ha'aretz 21 Jun 2010 - Sheikh Naif Rajoub was arrested after Shalit's capture, and Israel had been hoping to use him as bargaining chip in prisoner swap. Letter from Gilboa Prison Ameer Makhoul, Ma’an News Agency 6/21/2010 The following text is a letter written by Ameer Makhoul, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who was detained on 23 April by Israeli police on charges of espionage and treason. The letter, in Makhoul’s hand writing, was received by mail by his family and postmarked from Israel’s Gilboa Prison. His wife Janan confirmed to Ma’an that the letter was in fact from her husband. It was received one week ago. Makhoul is a leader in the Palestinian community of Haifa. He was detained along with his colleague Omar Said. May 30, 2010 After being allowed to get a pen and a piece of paper, which has been banned for the last three weeks, and after being allowed to get out of my total isolation, it’s a moment to write a short letter from my jail. It’s a great opportunity for me to express my sincere thanks, greetings and appreciation to all the colleagues, friends and solidarity groups, organizations and persons, internationals, Arabs in the region, Israelis and Palestinians in the homeland and in the Diaspora. A very special salute to all those who visited my family and supported them after the trauma they passed in May 6 and since that late night. It’s a moment to express my great appreciation to all the international and local human rights organizations which raised their voices loudly. Also to Ittijah partner organizations all around the world which supported my/our struggle for justice and for a fair trial in order to get to prove my innocence. more.. e-mail Israel allows Ukrainian mother to visit daughter in custody 6/20/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A Ukrainian detainee in Israel's custody was permitted a visit by her mother last Wednesday, a report issued by the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs read. Folantina Bakuta, 60, visited her daughter, Irena Sarahna at HaSharon Prison, accompanied by the Ukrainian ambassador to Israel and Sarhana's daughter Ghazala, the report.... Hamas leader freed from Israeli jail calls for Palestinian unity Ha'aretz - Sheikh Naif Rajoub was arrested after Shalit's capture, and Israel had been hoping to use him as bargaining chip in prisoner swap. Freed Hamas leader calls for unity Palestine Note 20 Jun 2010 - New York - Hamas lawmaker Nayef Rajoub issued a call for Palestinian unity on Sunday after Israeli authorities released him from prison. Elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in 2006, Rajoub was seized by the... Hamas leader freed from Israeli jail calls for Palestinian unity Ha'aretz 20 Jun 2010 - Sheikh Naif Rajoub was arrested after Shalit's capture, and Israel had been hoping to use him as bargaining chip in prisoner swap. Beatings, arrests, nighttime raids and dubious indictments Uruknet June 18, 2010 - M., a Haaretz reader from Zichron Yaakov, was disturbed by reports about the manner in which Palestinian children are arrested in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. They are being detained held in the middle of the night, held in conditions of fear and pain before their interrogations, and then finally interrogated without the presence... Report: Israel has arrested 468 Palestinians in Hebron since the beginning of the year Uruknet June 18, 2010 - A human rights report published by the Palestinian 'Prisoner's Forum' has reported that since the beginning of 2010, Israeli Occupation Forces have 'detained approximately 468 Palestinian citizens from the governorate of Hebron in the southern West Bank. The report highlighted the fact that during the first half of this year, the Israeli forces launched a... Prisoners' committee holds IOA responsible for life of seriously ill detainee PIC 20 Jun 2010 - The higher national committee on Palestinian prisoners held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) and the Israeli prisons authority (IPA) fully responsible for the life of detainee Ahmed Asfour, 19. Hamas: PA detained 5 affiliates from West Bank 6/18/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Five Hamas members were detained by Palestinain Authority police, a statement from the party said, adding that the men were taken from their homes in the Nablus and Qalqiliya governorates.... Fatah member seized weeks after release 6/17/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli forces have detained a 34-year-old man less than a month after he was released after an eight-year sentence, Palestinian officials said. Fatah member Mazen Al-Danbak was released on 18 May 2010, and detained a second time Wednesday after armored Israeli vehicles surrounded his home in Nablus. The Prisoner's Society in Nablus.... IOF soldiers force mother of prisoner to strip for search PIC 17 Jun 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) manning Taiba crossing forced a mother of one of the Palestinian prisoners to strip in a closed room for search, the prisoners' center for studies reported on Thursday. Report: IOF troops detained 468 Palestinians in Al-Khalil in 2010 PIC 17 Jun 2010 - The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained 468 Palestinian citizens in Al-Khalil district since the start of 2010, a report by the Palestinian prisoner's association said. Former prisoner detained shortly after release, says center 6/16/2010 - Salfit - Ma'an - A former Palestinian prisoner was detained by Israeli forces on Monday, after completing a three-year sentence in March, the Detainees' Center said. Raed Al-Omlah, 24, was detained by Israeli forces from his home in Beit Awla, west Hebron after a home raid, his brother Mahmoud told the center. The center further said Al-Omlah's.... UK charity to sue Israel over flotilla raid 6/16/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - A UK-registered charity said on Tuesday it will file suit in Britain on behalf of activists detained by Israel two weeks ago after a fatal Israeli raid in May on an aid convoy en route to Gaza, Agence France-Presse reported. Mary Nazzal-Batayneh, president of the Palestine Legal Aid Fund (PLAF), told AFP.... Hebron court sentences 3 collaborators to life 6/16/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - The Palestinian Authority has sentenced three Palestinians convicted of collaborating with Israeli intelligence. Hebron's Court of First Instance on Tuesday sentenced the three, two men and one woman, to life in prison with hard labor. One of them, an unidentified former security officer from the Hebron area, was present at sentencing. He was.... IOF detains 2 in Hebron, hands interrogation warrant to a child 16 Jun 2010 - Hebron, June 16, (Pal Telegraph) Israeli occupation forces arrested early today two young men from the town of “Beit Amer”, north of Hebron, and a 7 year old boy was given a warrant to be present at the Israeli intelligence center for interrogation. Ayad Awad, spokesperson of the Palestinian Solidarity Draft in the town, said that the Israeli occupation forces... Israel summons seven-year-old boy and releases another after being tortured PIC 16 Jun 2010 - Child captive Moataz Azmy Shuyoukhi was released from jail by Israeli authorities on Tuesday night following a three month stay in Ofer prison after paying a fine of 500 dollars. Shatta prison detainees threaten hunger strike 6/15/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Palestinian detainees held at Israel's Shatta prison will go on hunger strike if a prisoner is not immediately released for medical treatment, Detainees Minister Issa Qaraqe said Tuesday. Qaraqe said Khalil Ahmad Moussa, 29, from Jenin, has seen his health deteriorate considerably after he underwent surgery six months prior, a statement from the.... Israeli forces detain 14 across West Bank 6/15/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained 14 Palestinians across the West Bank overnight Monday, Israeli media reported. Four were detained in Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported, alleging "A hunting rifle, a sharpshooter rifle and a grenade were found during a search of their homes." Another three were taken from the Tulkarem.... Inside Gaza’s Ansar prison for women 6/15/2010 - Gaza – Ma'an – "Ethical issues, thefts, crimes, and checks without balance" are some of the charges against the women in the Ansar Central Woman's Prison, officials explained ahead of an unprecedented press visit to the facility. The move follows an initiative by the Palestinian Authority prison administration in the West Bank, which invited reporters inside government-run.... Israeli forces detain 2 teens, child in Beit Ummar 6/14/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Two Palestinian teenagers and a child were detained from their homes in Beit Ummar raid overnight, during which Israeli forces reportedly used sound bombs and fired tear-gas. Muhammad Ayyad, a spokesman for the Palestinian Solidarity Project in Beit Ummar, identified the three as 17-year-old Anan Muhammad Bahr, 17-year-old Ali Abu Mariyya.... Palestinian detained at Nablus checkpoint 6/14/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained a Palestinian man at the Huwara checkpoint south of Nablus on Monday, alleging the possession of explosives, the army said. The Israeli army said five pipe bombs bombs placed by the suspect were uncovered at the military installation, which was shut down shortly after as a result, transferring the suspect.... Palestinian released from Israeli custody, society says 6/14/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israel released a Palestinian prisoner after serving six years in Israeli custody on Monday, the Detainees' Society said. Sufian Jawad Abu Eid, from Rafah, was detained on 14 September 2004 and charged with affiliation to the Islamic Jihad movement and resisting the occupation, society spokesman Riyad Al-Ashkar said. The former detainee was recieved.... Israel detains 4 Palestinians in Hebron 14 Jun 2010 - Hebron, June 14, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained four Palestinians today from Bait Omar and Ezna towns in Hebron city, in the West Bank. Mohammed Awas, the spokesman for the Palestinian solidarity project, said that IOF detained Alam Baher, Mohammed Abu Maria, and Moayad Baher all are 17 years old. Israeli troops raided the houses this... IOF troops detain 7 West Bankers, police detain Islamic leader in Negev PIC 14 Jun 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up seven Palestinians in various West Bank areas at dawn Monday for suspicion of taking part in attacks on Israeli targets, Hebrew press reported. `They said crying at Al-Aqsa was incitement` 6/13/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Head of the Jerusalem Prisoners Society was summoned by Israeli police on Sunday, where he was threatened with deportation from the city, and answered questions around an alleged incitement infraction incurred the week earlier. The local leader, Naser Qous, had lead a visitors trip of Palestinian youth from the diaspora on a tour.... Prisoners barred from sitting exams, group says 6/13/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Israeli Prison Service is barring Palestinian prisoners from sitting the Palestinian and Jordanian high school matriculation exams, known as the tawjihi, for the third consecutive year, a detainees' society said Sunday. The Palestinian Committee for Prisoners' Defense said the move by the IPS was to exert pressure on the captors of Israeli.... `They said crying at Al-Aqsa was incitement` Uruknet June 13, 2010 - Head of the Jerusalem Prisoners Society was summoned by Israeli police on Sunday, where he was threatened with deportation from the city, and answered questions around an alleged incitement infraction incurred the week earlier. The local leader, Naser Qous, had lead a visitors trip of Palestinian youth from the diaspora on a tour of Jerusalem,... Israel prevents prisoners from sitting secondary school exams 13 Jun 2010 - Palestine, June 13, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – The Israeli Prison Service is preventing Palestinian prisoners from sitting the high school exams, known as the tawjihi, for the third year in a row. Riayd Al-Ashqar, the spokesman for the Palestinian Committee for Prisoners' Defense, said that the Israeli Prison Service prevented in 2009 more than 1800 detainee from sitting the high... Palestinian activist faces prison sentence 6/13/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Amnesty International - Amnesty International has urged an Israeli military court not to convict a Palestinian non-violent activist who has been detained since last July, after he took part in a protest against the Israeli built fence/wall on Palestinian land. Adeeb Abu Rahma has been charged with "being present in a declared military zone", "incitement" and "activity against public order". There is a real concern that the Ofer Military Court in the Israeli-occupied West Bank will convict him on Sunday. "A guilty verdict would set a worrying precedent for other activists charged and awaiting trial, as Adeeb Abu Rahma would be the first activist against the fence/wall to be brought to a full evidential trial in a case of this kind," said Amnesty International. Related: Source: Amnesty International Israel’s Greatest Loss: Its Moral Imagination Henry Siegman, Ha’aretz 6/11/2010 If a people who so recently experienced such unspeakable inhumanities cannot understand the injustice and suffering its territorial ambitions are inflicting, what hope is there for the rest of us? Following Israel’s bloody interdiction of the Gaza Flotilla, I called a life-long friend in Israel to inquire about the mood of the country. My friend, an intellectual and a kind and generous man, has nevertheless long sided with Israeli hardliners. Still, I was entirely unprepared for his response. He told me—in a voice trembling with emotion—that the world’s outpouring of condemnation of Israel is reminiscent of the dark period of the Hitler era. He told me most everyone in Israel felt that way, with the exception of Meretz, a small Israeli pro-peace party. “But for all practical purposes,” he said, “they are Arabs.” Like me, my friend personally experienced those dark Hitler years, having lived under Nazi occupation, as did so many of Israel’s Jewish citizens. I was therefore stunned by the analogy. He went on to say that the so-called human rights activists on the Turkish ship were in fact terrorists and thugs paid to assault Israeli authorities to provoke an incident that would discredit the Jewish state. The evidence for this, he said, is that many of these activists were found by Israeli authorities to have on them ten thousand dollars, “exactly the same amount!” he exclaimed. When I managed to get over the shock of that exchange, it struck me that the invocation of the Hitler era was actually a frighteningly apt and searing analogy, although not the one my friend intended. A million and a half civilians have been forced to live in an open-air prison in inhuman conditions for over three years now, but unlike the Hitler years, they are not Jews but Palestinians. Their jailers, incredibly, are survivors of the Holocaust, or their descendants. Of course, the inmates of Gaza are not destined for gas chambers, as the Jews were, but they have been reduced to a debased and hopeless existence. more.. e-mail Disinformation about the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Palestine Chronicle: 13 Jun 2010 - By Ron Forthofer The Israeli propaganda effort has been really active in spreading disinformation about Israel's attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Deflection, distraction and disinformation are used to obfuscate about something that should be straightforward. For example, suppose it were Iran or China instead of Israel that had attacked a flotilla of unarmed ships carrying human rights activists and aid in international waters. Suppose that the attackers killed a number of the passengers, severely beat many more, seized the ships, kidnapped the passengers, stole their possessions, and detained them for days. Wouldn't things be crystal clear then? There wouldn't be any questions about the legality of the attack or about the killing of unarmed people. We certainly wouldn't have questioned defensive measures taken by those being attacked. To cloud this straightforward issue, Israel immediately attempted to control the coverage by kidnapping and holding the human rights activists incommunicado for...more Injuries reported in West Bank clashes 6/13/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israel's army detained a disabled Palestinian and a Chilean peace activist during anti-wall protests in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. Others were hurt by tear gas. Protests are held each week in the Hebron-area town of Beit Ummar and Tuwani, a village near the southern West Bank city that is also home.... Amnesty to Israel: Don’t convict non-violent activist 6/12/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Amnesty International has urged an Israeli military court not to convict a Palestinian non-violent activist who has been detained since last July, after he took part in a protest against Israel's wall on Palestinian land. Adeeb Abu Rahma has been charged with "being present in a declared military zone," "incitement," and "activity against.... IOF beats Palestinian youth in Hebron 12 Jun 2010 - Hebron, June 12, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation soldiers severely beat Palestinian youth at military checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli soldiers beat Abedallah Al-Hawarn, 19, from Al-Zahria town while they were detaining him at Al-Ramaden military checkpoint, security sources said to SAFA news agency. The sources added that Al-Hawarn was transferred to Al-Khalil Governmental Hospital.... Health conditions of female prisoners deteriorating due to medical negligence PIC 12 Jun 2010 - The PPS appealed to international medical associations to support the society in its demand for specialized medical committees to conduct examinations for Palestinian women in Israeli prisons. Palestinian Detainee Dies In Israeli Prison IMEMC - 10 Jun 2010 - The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies reported Thursday that detainee Mohammad Abdul-Salaam Abdeen, 37, from al-Toor Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, died at the al-Ramla prison. DCI report to renew issue of Israel’s torture of children 6/12/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Palestinian children are routinely tortured during periods of detention by Israeli forces, a report recently released by Defence For Children International (DCI) found. The document, based on hundreds of sworn, independent affidavits, was been submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture following its release, and is expected to renew an international challenge to Israeli detention practices.... Related: AlJazeera: Israel faces child-abuse claims Man deported from Eilat to Gaza 6/11/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli authorities deported a Beersheba resident from his work in Eilat on Thursday night, the Wa'ed Prisoners Organization said. The man, born in the Gaza Strip town of Johr Ad-Dik, married a Palestinian citizen of Israel in 2000, and moved to Beersheba where he has lived since. The man, identified as Saber Abu.... Gaza students detained on Egyptian holiday 6/11/2010 - Al-Arish - Ma'an - Three Palestinian residents of Gaza were detained on Friday after entering Egypt illegally via the smuggling tunnels, on holiday, Egyptian security forces said. The tunnel, which runs from Gaza's Salah Ad-Din area into Egypt, was used by the 19-year-old university students to sneak out. The three were not detained until police stopped.... MADA condemns detention of 3 journalists 6/11/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) condemned on Friday the detention of three journalists in the occupied West Bank. Photographers Nasser Al-Shuokhi of The Associated Press, Fadi Aruri of Xinhua, and Atef Safadi of the European Press Agency were briefly detained while covering a protest in Bil'in, near Ramallah. Al-Shuokhi.... Hamas: PA arrested party members in WB 6/11/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas officials accused Palestinian Authority police of detaining two party members from their West Bank homes in Bethlehem and Qalqiliya on Thursday night.... DCI-Palestine submits 50 cases of ill-treatment to the UN Committee Against Torture Uruknet June 11, 2010 - On 7 June 2010, DCI-Palestine submitted 50 new cases of ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children by the Israeli authorities to the UN Committee Against Torture, a committee of 10 independent experts whose role is to review state compliance with the Convention Against Torture. The Committee last reviewed Israel’s compliance with the Convention in May... DCI report to renew issue of Israel's torture of children Uruknet June 11, 2010 - Palestinian children are routinely tortured during periods of detention by Israeli forces, a report recently released by Defence For Children International (DCI) found. The document, based on hundreds of sworn, independent affidavits, was been submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture following its release, and is expected to renew an international challenge to Israeli detention... Hamas: Schalit enjoys full rights Jeruslalem Post 11 Jun 2010 - Official says soldier better off than Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Hamas and Jihad captives declare a 3-day hunger strike PIC 11 Jun 2010 - Hamas and Jihad captives in the Negev desert prison on Friday morning declared a hunger strike for three days in protest at the circumstances of the death of fellow captive Muhammad Abdeen. Obama, the ADC and the Gaza Flotilla Jennifer Loewenstein, CounterPunch 6/10/2010 No Regrets Imagine the media coverage that would have awaited us in our local and national newspapers, our radio, facebook, twitter and television news alerts and special bulletins had Iran or another ‘enemy’ nation killed –and in some cases executed – 9 or more Israeli or American Jewish peace activists aboard a Turkish vessel (and therefore a NATO partner). What if that vessel were leading a convoy of 700 unarmed activists aboard ships filled with humanitarian aid to a million and a half Jewish political prisoners held hostage by that nation on spurious and sinister claims of ‘national security’? Imagine, in the wake of these events, President Obama not even bothering to respond to an invitation to deliver the keynote address at AIPAC, the US’ most influential pro-Israel lobby, as Jews and their supporters from across the United States traveled to Washington DC for AIPAC’s most important annual event – one that coincided with the 30th anniversary of its founding? The political fallout from such an offense would have created a storm of controversy. Of course, none of this happened because the event at hand involved the murder of 9 Turkish-Muslim activists (one an American citizen) aboard a convoy of ships on behalf of the Gaza Freedom Movement, a movement organized and participated in by citizens from around the world, including Israel, fed up with the craven, gutless responses of their governments to more than half a century of dispossession, expulsion, theft, abuse and killing of Arabs and Muslims from, or supporting, Palestine. Faced with the imminent ‘threat’ of having to cease its illegal siege and blockade of Gaza –and perhaps from there begin dismantling its occupation by letting the aid ships in – Israel seized the occasion to halt the flotilla in international waters and storm the ship with the maximum amount of force at its disposal. Taking these already violent and illegal actions to levels of absurdity bordering on madness, Israel then made the cynical and preposterous claims that it had been forced to use ‘self-defense’ against al-Qaeda-allied terrorists on the high seas. By then even some of Israel’s most egregious defenders had begun to voice some complaints. more.. e-mail Muhammad Abdeen dies in an Israeli jail PIC 11 Jun 2010 - Ahrar Centre for Prisoners Affairs confirmed the death on Thursday of Muhammad Abdul-Salam Abdeen, 37, in Ramlah prison. The HNCSP 2010 held the Israeli occupation responsible for his death. Obama, the ADC and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Palestine Chronicle: 11 Jun 2010 - By Jennifer Loewenstein Imagine the media coverage that would have awaited us in our local and national newspapers, our radio, facebook, twitter and television news alerts and special bulletins had Iran or another ‘enemy’ nation killed –and in some cases executed – 9 or more Israeli or American Jewish peace activists aboard a Turkish vessel (and therefore a NATO partner). What if that vessel were leading a convoy of 700 unarmed activists aboard ships filled with humanitarian aid to a million and a half Jewish political prisoners held hostage by that nation on spurious and sinister claims of ‘national security’? Imagine, in the wake of these events, President Obama rejecting without comment an invitation to deliver the keynote address at AIPAC, the US’ most influential pro-Israel lobby, as Jews and their supporters from across the United States traveled to Washington DC for AIPAC’s most important annual event – one that...more Soldiers Detain, Violently Attack A Youth In Hebron IMEMC - 10 Jun 2010 - Israeli soldiers detained and violently attacked a Palestinian Youth in Beit Ummar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and released him later on. 7 Palestinians detained overnight 6/10/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - At least seven people were detained overnight in the occupied West Bank, officials said, but reports were conflicting. Palestinian security sources identified five as Tareq Ash-Shahatit, Eshaq Hantash, Munther Abu Atwan and Muhammad Maher Ad-Darabi; all four from Dura, near Hebron; and Khaled Ghneimat, 17, from Surif, near Bethlehem. Palestine Solidarity Project spokesman.... Former US professor among 3 detained near Bethlehem 6/10/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained three anti-wall protesters in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday morning, witnesses said. Mazin Qumsiyeh, a Palestinian-American activist and former Yale geneticist, was reportedly among the three detained in Walaja, a village near Bethlehem where construction of Israel's wall has sparked confrontation with locals.Onlookers said Qumsiyeh was detained after the protest.... Related: Israel releases former US professor 2 detained by Egypt en route to Sweden 6/10/2010 - Al-Arish - Ma'an - Egyptian authorities detained three Palestinians they said were attempting to sneak into Egypt via a smuggling tunnel on Wednesday night. Security officials in Al-Arish said the boys were transferred to interrogations in Rafah, where two of the three told officials that they were en route to Sweeden for treatment, alongside the third, who.... Detainee dies in Ramla prison 6/10/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Prisoners Affairs announced the death of a West Bank man in Israeli prison on Thursday, saying the cause of death remained unclear. Muhammad Abdul Salam Abdeen, 26, was convicted for his alleged attempt to run down four Israeli soldiers in the French Hill neighborhood of East Jerusalem.... Nearly four hundred Palestinian children subject to serious abuse in Israeli prisons Uruknet June 9, 2010 - Almost four hundred Palestinian children being held in Israeli prisons are subjected to "flagrant" violations of their human and civil rights, according to a Palestinian rights centre. A statement issued by the Prisoners' Studies Centre claims that 380 children in Damon Prison and other detention centres are being abused to the extent that intervention is... Extensive Report on Palestinian Detainees In Israeli Prisons Uruknet June 9, 2010 - Former detainee and the head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry Of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that Israel conducted 700.000 arrests since June of 1967, including dozens of thousands of children and more than 10.000 women. Farawna also stated that 198 Palestinians died due to torture, medical negligence, while some of them were... Israel detains 4 Palestinians in Hebron, Nablus 10 Jun 2010 - West Bank, June 10, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained four Palestinians on Wednesday overnight from Hebron and Nablus, in the West Bank. In Al-Zaheria town south of Hebron, IOF detained the citizen Mohammed Sabah Al-Hawaren, Esa Baher, 16, and Sameer Abu Marya, 16. They also beat the child Saker Abu Hashem, SAFA news agency reported. Israeli... Torture Of Palestinian Child Prisoners "Widespread And Institutionalised" Palestine Monitor - This week a DCI (Defence For Children International) report found that Palestinian children are still routinely tortured under Israeli custody. The document, based on hundreds of sworn, independent affidavits, has been submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture. Photo: Lazar Simeonov 'Free The Children' protest outside... The Real Threat Aboard the Freedom Flotilla Noam Chomsky, In These Times 6/8/2010 Israel’s violent attack on the Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza shocked the world. Hijacking boats in international waters and killing passengers is, of course, a serious crime. But the crime is nothing new. For decades, Israel has been hijacking boats between Cyprus and Lebanon and killing or kidnapping passengers, sometimes holding them hostage in Israeli prisons. Israel assumes that it can commit such crimes with impunity because the United States tolerates them and Europe generally follows the U.S.’s lead. As the editors of The Guardian rightly observed on June 1, “If an armed group of Somali pirates had yesterday boarded six vessels on the high seas, killing at least 10 passengers and injuring many more, a NATO task force would today be heading for the Somali coast.” In this case, the NATO treaty obligates its members to come to the aid of a fellow NATO country—Turkey—attacked on the high seas. Israel’s pretext for the attack was that the Freedom Flotilla was bringing materials that Hamas could use for bunkers to fire rockets into Israel. The pretext isn’t credible. Israel can easily end the threat of rockets by peaceful means. The background is important. Hamas was designated a major terrorist threat when it won a free election in January 2006. The U.S. and Israel sharply escalated their punishment of Palestinians, now for the crime of voting the wrong way. The siege of Gaza, including a naval blockade, was a result. The siege intensified sharply in June 2007 after a civil war left Hamas in control of the territory. more.. e-mail Torture Of Palestinian Child Prisoners "Widespread And Institutionalised" Palestine Monitor: 10 Jun 2010 - This week a DCI (Defence For Children International) report found that Palestinian children are still routinely tortured under Israeli custody. The document, based on hundreds of sworn, independent affidavits, has been submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture. Photo: Lazar Simeonov 'Free The Children' protest outside Ofer military prison. September 12, 2009. Each year around 700 Palestinian children are arrested, interrogated and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system. From 100 testimonies, from different age groups and locations, DCI found that 69% were beaten or kicked and 81% made forced confessions during interrogations, which would commonly take place with the prisoner blindfolded and handcuffed. 32% signed confessions in Hebrew. A senior DCI source called it “the most comprehensive report yet”, making a pattern from previous years hard to discern but added the results were “not a surprise”. Explaining his confidence in the data's legitimacy, he explained “all the affidavits were... Gaza Burning – A Poem Palestine Chronicle: 10 Jun 2010 - By Jehan Bseiso No matter flag. No matter medicine. No matter civilian. No matter international community. No matter your international waters. No matter your sanctions, no matter your rhetoric and foreign policy. Only 62 years status quo, Everyday Nakba, Subsidized settlements, Even more walls- Matter. Children on the ICRC bus, visiting their Baba’s in your prisons- Matter. Food and medicine rotting at every border- Matter From the shadows, the silent majority watch water go on fire. - Jehan Bseiso contributed this poem to PalestineChronicle.com.more Extensive Report on Palestinian Detainees In Israeli Prisons IMEMC - 9 Jun 2010 - Former detainee and the head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry Of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that Israel conducted 700.000 arrests since June of 1967, including dozens of thousands of children and more than 10.000 women. PPS: “Israel To Expel Nine Detainees" IMEMC - 9 Jun 2010 - A special committee in Israel will be holding a meeting on Wednesday to make a decision on expelling nine Palestinian detainees from the West Bank. Israeli police detain 25 in Silwan overnight 6/9/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Twenty-five Palestinians were detained by Israeli police at dawn on Wednesday during a detention campaign in the flashpoint East Jerusalem's Silwan, locals told Ma'an. Locals said the detentions began at around 4pm and lasted until 6am, during which a force of police, border guards, and special forces arrested the Palestinians for their participation.... Hebron woman released by Israel 6/9/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - A Palestinian woman who was detained at an Israeli military checkpoint last week was released on Wednesday, the Detainees Center said. A lawyer with the center, Munther Abu Ahmad, said Iman Ekhlayel, 32, from Beit Ummar in Hebron, was detained at the Atsion checkpoint on 2 June and transferred to the HaSharon prison.... Man arrested for possessing Byzantine antiques 6/9/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police confiscated several Byzantine antiques and detained the owner on Wednesday in the village of Idhna in Hebron, a report read. PA Tourism and Antiquities police impounded the Byzantine era collection, and transferred the suspect to questioning, the report said. The find is the second since Tuesday, when PA Tourism and.... Extensive Report on Palestinian Detainees In Israeli Prisons Uruknet June 9, 2010 - Former detainee and the head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry Of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that Israel conducted 700.000 arrests since June of 1967, including dozens of thousands of children and more than 10.000 women. Farawna also stated that 198 Palestinians died due to torture, medical negligence, while some of them were... Headshot: Propaganda, State Religion, and the Attack on the Gaza Peace Flotilla MediaLens, Dissident Voice 6/9/2010 The most potent propaganda relies on language loaded with hidden implications. In a recent speech, journalist Robert Fisk noted: “When we westerners find that ‘our’ enemies — al-Qaeda, for example, or the Taliban — have set off more bombs and staged more attacks than usual, we call it ‘a spike in violence’. Ah yes, a ‘spike’! “A ‘spike’ in violence, ladies and gentlemen is a word first used, according to my files, by a brigadier general in the Baghdad Green Zone in 2004. Yet now we use that phrase, we extemporise on it, we relay it on the air as our phrase.” It seems reasonable to assert that violence has ‘spiked’ in, say, Afghanistan because violence +has+ increased. But having accepted this reasonable, open implication, we will likely also accept the hidden prediction – that the rise in violence will be followed by a rapid decline. This is important because if we believed the violence might be long-lasting, perhaps worsening, then we might become concerned, outraged – we might even feel prompted to take action. A ‘spike’ suggests that, by the time we get round to doing something, the problem may already have gone away. Similarly, on June 25, 2006, an Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, was captured by Palestinian militants at an army post near Gaza. The BBC and ITV news, the Guardian and the Independent all described the action as a “kidnapping”. Guardian journalist David Fickling wrote: “Israeli troops arrested dozens of Hamas ministers and parliamentarians today as they stepped up their campaign to free a soldier kidnapped by militants in Gaza at the weekend.” We wrote to Fickling and asked him why Israeli militants “detain” and “arrest” while Palestinian militants “kidnap”. Fickling replied.... more.. e-mail All Palestine is divided into four parts Mondoweiss - The Free Gaza Movement and the Freedom Flotilla have succeeded in drawing attention to Israel's siege on Gaza, which has turned the Strip into a giant prison. There is another aspect to the Gaza prison however, highlighted by Amira Hass in her column today , and that... Gaza man marks 22 years in Israeli prison 6/8/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Detainees Center prepared to mark the 22nd anniversary of the incarceration of Gaza native Imad Shihadeh from the Ar-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City on Monday. Shihadeh is one of the over 7,000 Palestinians currently being held in Israeli prisons, and marks his detention anniversary alongside a second Gaza man, serving 19 years.... Detained Fatah leader Barghouti co-authors book 6/8/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Three prominent Palestinian leaders jailed by Israel released a book Tuesday that they authored in prison, entitled Resisting Detention. The authors -- Fatah's Marwan Barghouti, co-founder of Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades Abdul-Nasser Issa, and General Commander of the Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades Ahid Abu Ghalama -- dedicated the book to "those who resist the occupation whether.... Israel detains child, teen overnight in Hebron 6/8/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - In an overnight detention campaign targeting two Hebron villages, Israeli forces detained a child and a teenager from Beit Ummar, among others, and reportedly detained a resident en route to hospital in a Palestinian ambulance. Palestinian security sources saidWasim Wahadin, 14, and Oday Bahar, 17, were taken from their homes in Beit Ummar.... Hamas says PA forces detain 8 supporters 6/8/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas accused Palestinian Authority Preventative Security Services of detaining eight of the movement's affiliates in the West Bank, a party statement read Tuesday. The supporters were detained in Nablus, Ramallah and Hebron, the statement read. On Friday, Hamas said PA forces arrested five members at dawn in Nablus and Tubas. The Islamist movement.... Gaza detainees barred from visits for 4 years Uruknet June 7, 2010 - Relatives of Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip in Israeli prisons are appealing to the International Red Cross to resume their visitation rights, which they have been stripped of for the last four years. At an IRC event in Gaza City, families reiterated the need for the visitation program to be resumed. One relative said... Israel detains two Palestinians in WB 8 Jun 2010 - West Bank, June 8, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces detained today two Palestinians in Nablus, in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses told SAFA news agency that Israeli forces detained the two men, after raiding number of citizens’’ houses. The Israeli soldiers verified the ID cards of the citizens at Howara barrier in south of Nablus. The Israeli soldiers intended... Israeli forces take 2 men, child from homes 6/7/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained three Palestinians from Beit Ummar overnight and led them to unknown destinations, local officials reported on Monday morning. Spokesman of the Palestine Solidarity Project Muhammad Ayyad Awad said troops entered the town and broke into a number of homes, pulling out men identified as:Tamer Ismail Muhammad Awad, 23Saif Rabih.... Gaza detainees barred from visits for 4 years 6/7/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Relatives of Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip in Israeli prisons are appealing to the International Red Cross to resume their visitation rights, which they have been stripped of for the last four years. At an IRC event in Gaza City, families reiterated the need for the visitation program to be resumed. One.... Israel detains 6 Palestinians in Hebron 7 Jun 2010 - Hebron, June 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained six Palestinians in Bait Omar and Al-Aroub camp in the West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces detain three citizens in Al-Aroub camp. Ali Al-Badwi, Nour Al-Badwi and Ahmed Al-Badwi were detained after raiding their houses by the IOF. IOF raided Bait... Israel detains two Palestinian boys in WB 7 Jun 2010 - West Bank, June 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces detained yesterday evening two Palestinian boys in Bethlehem and Hebron in the West Bank. Israeli forces detained the boy Ahmad Abu Amira at one of the entrances of Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi under the pretext of finding a knife with him. In Bethlehem, Israeli occupation force detain a boy, his name... Israel detains Freedom Flotilla ships for eight consecutive days PIC 7 Jun 2010 - The Israel occupation authority is still holding vessels of the Freedom Flotilla in its custody, after eight consecutive days of the raid last Monday by Israeli naval forces. The Old Gaza Boy and the Sea Palestine Chronicle: 7 Jun 2010 - By Ramzy Baroud I grew up by the Gaza sea. Through my childhood, I could never quite comprehend how such a giant a body of water, which promised such endless freedom, could also border on such a tiny and cramped stretch of land - a land that was perpetually held hostage, even as it remained perpetually defiant. From a young age, I would embark with my family on the short journey from our refugee camp to the beach. We went on a haggard cart, laboriously pulled by an equally gaunt donkey. The moment our feet touched the warm sand, the deafening screams would commence. Little feet would run faster than Olympic champions and for a few hours all our cares would dissipate. Here there was no occupation, no prison, no refugee status. Everything smelled and tasted of salt and watermelon. My mother would sit atop a torn, checkered blanket to...more Irish crew members of MV Corrie return home Monday 6/6/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Five of the detained crew members from the MV Rachel Corrie, seized by Israeli naval ships off the coast of Gaza on Saturday, will arrive home in Ireland on Monday, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign announced. Among those released were Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire, and former UN Assistant Secretary General Denis.... Irish Prisoners from MV Rachel Corrie to Arrive Dublin Tomorrow WAFA - DUBLIN, June 6, 2010 (WAFA)- The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign has just received word that the five Irish prisoners from the MV Rachel Corrie, which was hijacked yesterday by Israeli IOF soldiers detain 12 Jerusalemites in Silwan PIC 6 Jun 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained 12 Jerusalemites in Silwan town, south of the Aqsa Mosque, after storming their homes on Sunday, local sources reported. Israel uses Shalit law against prisoners, transfers hundreds of them PIC 6 Jun 2010 - The higher committee for the support of prisoners said the Israeli prison administrations have escalated the transfer of Palestinian detainees since the Knesset started to discuss the Shalit law. Israel releases Free Gaza chief Huwaida Arraf 6/5/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces have freed the chairwoman of the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla, her husband said Saturday. Huwaida Arraf, a Palestinian-American from Michigan, is a human rights activist who was on board the aid flotilla that came under attack Monday, in a raid that left nine dead. Arraf was detained at Friday's anti-wall demonstration in.... At-Tamimi: Israel turned Jerusalem into military post 6/4/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Five teenage Palestinians were detained in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Isawiya for allegedly throwing stones at cars in the nearby settlement of French Hill, witness said, while small protests broke out around the city. Muslim men under 40 who are not residents in Israel were barred from prayer at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque.... At-Tamimi: Israel turned Jerusalem into military post Uruknet June 4, 2010 - Five teenage Palestinians were detained in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Isawiya for allegedly throwing stones at cars in the nearby settlement of French Hill, witness said, while small protests broke out around the city. Muslim men under 40 who are not residents in Israel were barred from prayer at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday,... 16 Palestinians seized in Silwan 6/3/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained 16 young Palestinians Thursday from the Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. The detainees, ranging in age from 14-23, were identified as members of the Al-Abasi, Al-Awar, and Sarhan families.... Jerusalem scuffles as locals prevent arrest 6/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli military guards scuffled with Palestinians outside the Makased Hospital in Jerusalem on Wednesday night, witnesses said. Locals said the officers were attempting to enter the hospital and detain a Silwan man injured during clashes between settlers and local residents the night before. Several Palestinians reportedly fended off the officers.... Hamas refuses flotilla aid delivered by Israel The Guardian 3 Jun 2010 - Palestinian group demands release of detained activists and delivery of construction materials The de facto Hamas government in Gaza has refused to accept truckloads of aid offloaded from the flotilla raided by Israeli forces earlier this... Palestinian-Israeli leader Raed Salah released Palestine Note 3 Jun 2010 - Washington - The leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel Sheikh Raed Salah was released into house arrest after being detained with others from the "Freedom Flotilla" Monday, Ma'an News Agency reported Monday. Sheikh Raed Salah... Israeli-Detained Activists from Freedom Flotilla Released, Palestinian Citizen Participants Released to House Arrest Alternative Information Center - Israel is finally releasing all those detained from the Freedom Flotilla. Israeli State Prosecutor Moshe Lador said Wednesday evening (2 June), "All the foreign detainees from the aid convoy have... IOF troops detain 8 Palestinians, including young woman, over the past 12 hours PIC 3 Jun 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested six Palestinians in various West Bank districts at dawn Thursday but would not identify their names or places of detention. An open letter to President Obama Ahmed Yousef, Ma’an News Agency 6/3/2010 Dear Mr President, The United States is fast approaching a crossroad in its long history of dealing with Palestinian-Israeli affairs. It is an appointment expedited by Mr Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to seize with prejudice the 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid originally bound for Gaza. The operation resulted in the reported loss of 19 lives, 1 percent of the lives taken over a year ago in another indiscriminate attack on civilians. Statistics, however, have for some time lost their significance to us, given that the Israelis are no more held accountable for the killing of 1,000 people than they are of one. They permit a paucity of goods to enter Gaza, just 25 percent of what the United Nations states is necessary for basic survival. B’tselem, the Israeli human rights group, reports that over 10,000 people are detained, many without charge, and thousands of homes have been destroyed in Gaza and the West Bank, many to make way for colonies – all without legal legitimacy. And, of course, over 1.5 million people residing in Gaza are subject to a three-year-old medieval siege designed not, as the Israelis purport, to protect borders but to break our will to make our own choices. Despite the scale of our misery, numbers alone do little to move the conscience of global government. We have witnessed greater integrity in the streets of capitals than in the seats of command. Mr President, Greek and Turkish captains joined hands bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza over the ocean since the Israeli and Egyptian crossings are all but blocked. The symbolism was not lost on us though it may be on others. Peace, after all, does not seem to be on the Israeli agenda given the volume of excuses it readily propagates not only to avoid concessions but also to continue expropriation and expansion. more.. e-mail Israeli-Detained Activists from Freedom Flotilla Released, Palestinian Citizen Participants Released to House Arrest Alternative Information Center 3 - Israel is finally releasing all those detained from the Freedom Flotilla. Israeli State Prosecutor Moshe Lador said Wednesday evening (2 June), "All the foreign detainees from the aid convoy have... Protect Solidarity Activists! Palestine Monitor - Following a strong condemnation of the Israeli navy's act of piracy on the Freedom flotilla, Dr Mustafa Barghouthi expressed today his concern over the conduct of Israeli authorities who are detaining peaceful civilians without ensuring them to have an adequate legal assistance. “None of the activists... Protect Solidarity Activists! Palestine Monitor: 2 Jun 2010 - Following a strong condemnation of the Israeli navy's act of piracy on the Freedom flotilla, Dr Mustafa Barghouthi expressed today his concern over the conduct of Israeli authorities who are detaining peaceful civilians without ensuring them to have an adequate legal assistance. “None of the activists were permitted to meet with the lawyers”, said Dr Mustafa Barghouthi “Israel has no right to detain them: this is another clear and flagrant violation of international and humanitarian law committed by Israel”. “ One of the flotilla ships, the Rachel Corrie, is in these hours continuing toward Gaza, pursuing a strategy of non-violent resistance against the illegal and suffocating blockade on Gaza: the international community should protect these civilians from another Israeli murderous attack!”, concluded Dr Barghouthi demanding a full, independent investigation and asking that the persons, Israeli officials, political leaders and military commanders, who are responsible for the Freedom Flotilla massacre, will... Israel's New Initiative: Barbarism at Sea Palestine Chronicle: 3 Jun 2010 - By Stephen Lendman On May 31, under cover of darkness, Israeli commandos conducted a premeditated act of state terrorism against civilian aid activists trying to deliver thousands of tons of essential to life aid to besieged Gazans. Israeli radio reported that 19 were slaughtered, dozens more injured, and according to Earth Times.org: "About 480 foreign activists who were stopped by Israel on the high seas while sailing to Gaza were transferred overnight to a prison in the southern city of Beersheba, Israeli Radio reported (June 1)." About 48 others were deported. Other reports had over 600 arrested and an Israeli-imposed news blackout. Those held now face grueling interrogations, followed either by deportation or detainment ahead of prosecution, Israel's customary practice - blaming victims, absolving state terrorism, repeatedly committed, claiming it's to safeguard national security. Or by Israeli logic, its attack was self-defense. Linked to "global Jihad, Al Qaeda and Hamas," humanitarian activists were an "armada of hate and violence (engaging in a) premeditated and outrageous provocation," according to Israel's deputy defense minister, Danny Ayalon. Not according to Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Canceling scheduled military exercises with Israel and recalling his ambassador, Oguz Celikkol, he said: "It is no longer possible to cover up or ignore Israel's lawlessness....This action, totally contrary to the principles of international law, is inhumane state terrorism. Nobody should think we will keep quiet in the face of this." Nor should anyone let Israel get away with a crime this grave, its latest example of... Hamas rejects flotilla goods while activists remain in jail Palestine Note 2 Jun 2010 - Washington - Gaza officials have refused roughly 20 truckloads of aid confiscated from the "Freedom Flotilla," saying the goods were broken and that they would not accept goods while any flotilla activists were still detained, Ma'an... Flotilla activists arrive in Jordan, but journalists still detained Palestine Note 2 Jun 2010 - Washington - Jordan received 126 flotilla activists Wednesday, but 15 journalists on the raided convoy are still in detention after Israel agreed to release all the flotilla detainees Tuesday. Demonstrators gathered in New York Tuesday to... Gaza flotilla activists resist deportation until all are released 6/2/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - ISM London - At least 37 British citizens currently held by Israel are resisting attempts to deport them until all flotilla prisoners are released at the same time. Israeli spokespeople have said all foreign activists will be deported by the end of the day. However four Palestinian citizens of Israel among the activists have been remanded.... Palestinian-Israelis from Gaza Flotilla Face Extended Detention IMEMC - 2 Jun 2010 - A court hearing held in Ashkelon Tuesday resulted in the decision to extend the detention of four Flotilla detainees who are prominent Arab Israeli ctizens. Detained flotilla activist: I saw blood everywhere 6/2/2010 - Bethlehem "“ Ma'an "“ Lawyers were allowed access some 680 activists, detained by Israel on a humanitarian mission to Gaza who publicized testimony from the detainees on Wednesday, describing Israeli forces opening fire and the state of panic that followed. Lawyers from the Palestinian Prisoners Society and Adalah, the Legal Center for the Arab Minority in Israel.... Imprisoned PLC member calls for punishment of Israel 6/2/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an "“ Imprisoned Palestinian Legislative Council member Jamal At-Tirawi is calling for universal condemnation and punishment for Israel in reaction to its attack on the Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza. In a statement smuggled to his lawyer during a prison visit, At-Tirawi said Israel was showing its true colors in the shooting deaths of some.... Israel deports Palestinian to Gaza, says society 6/2/2010 - Gaza "“ Ma'an "“ A Palestinian man from Beersheba was deported into Gaza on Tuesday evening, the Wa'ed Prisoners Society said, after Israeli authorities invoked a controversial military order allowing the expulsion of Palestinians broadly defined as "infiltrators." The society said Nasser Al-Jarushah was detained late Tuesday night from his home in the southern Israeli city and.... Rachel Corrie Lives: The Attack On the Aid Flotilla Ron Jacobs, Dissident Voice 6/1/2010 Just when you think Israel can not do anything more to anger most of the world, it does. The attack on the aid flotilla of ships that includes the MV Rachel Corrie on May 31, 2010 was beyond the pale of conventionally accepted actions, even by Israel. It was the ship Mavi Marmara that was attacked and several of its passengers killed because they dared to physically challenge the tactics of the Israeli government in its campaign to isolate and eventually eradicate the idea of a Palestinian people. Like Rachel herself, the people on the ship were activists actively opposing the Israeli regime’s decades-long crusade to dehumanize and destroy the lives of those who call themselves Palestinian. Realizing that the blockade of goods into Gaza has reached disastrous proportions, these folks worked with thousands of others around the world to gather food, medicines and a multitude of other goods forbidden by Israel to enter Gaza and bring the goods to Gaza. Israel, seeing this humanitarian act as a threat to its control of events in Gaza and the West Bank, decided that this shipment of goods would not go through. After all, if Tel Aviv had allowed the flotilla carrying the goods to pass through on the flotilla’s terms, that would mean that there truly was a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In addition, it would also be a direct challenge to the forces in Israel whose goal is the eradication of Palestine and its assumption into a Zionist state where Palestinians are at best second-class residents. Apparently, it is not enough for Tel Aviv to take Palestinian land and ignore agreements it made with the Palestinians in Oslo–agreements that ensured Israel’s dominance in the region despite the allowances they provided to the Palestinians. Like its partner in crime in Washington in the world, Israel insists that it will be the only power in the region to determine what happens to its subjects in occupied Palestine. No one can help them without being painted as a terrorist and anyone who does help them will be treated as such. Washington’s current doctrine (which it calls self-defense) provides it with its motivation to wage preemptive war or attack and occupy a nation where some members of a terror group trained. Tel Aviv’s self-defense doctrine provides it with the self-justification to turn Gaza into an open air prison and attack it at will.... more.. e-mail Israel to deport all flotilla detainess Palestine Note 1 Jun 2010 - Questions remain in status of captured convoy volunteers By Jared Malsin New York - Israel plans to deport hundreds of foreigners it captured onboard a convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships, Reuters reported Tuesday afternoon, citing two...  Links
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