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Prisoners Archive - July 2010
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - July 2010
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
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Source: 20 Hamas leaders detained, funds seized 7/31/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority security forces detained at least 20 Hamas leaders in Nablus over the past two days, a security source told Ma'an Saturday. Among those detained was Islam Al-Betawi, son of Hamas-affiliated lawmaker Hamed, the source said. Additionally, over 200,000 [euros were] seized by PA forces after locating what the source described as.... Police: 5 Hebron men detained by army 7/31/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Palestinian security officials recorded five detentions from the Hebron region between Thursday night and Saturday morning, a police report said. Israeli soldiers, accompanied by police, entered the Al-Ja'bari neighborhood in Hebron's center overnight Thursday, detaining Fadi Bajis Ja'bari, Muhammad Fattouh Ja'bari and Idreis Ja'bari. On Friday morning, an Israeli force raided Dura, south.... Nablus: Hamas says PA security detained 2 supporters 7/31/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas officials in the West Bank accused the Palestinian Authority security services of detaining two of the party's supporters from areas in the north, a statement released on Saturday said. The two detained were said to have been an elementary school teacher from the city of Nablus, and an An-Najah University student from.... Noam Shalit appeals to Palestinian public for Shalit deal Ha'aretz - Father of abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit to hold East Jerusalem press conference urging parents of Palestinian prisoners to pressure Hamas into exchange deal. CPJ Condemns Prison Sentence Handed To Journalist In The West Bank PNN - New York – PNN - the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Palestinian authorities in the West Bank to release Amer Abu Arfa, a correspondent for the Shihab news agency, who was... Noam Shalit appeals to Palestinian public for Shalit deal Ha'aretz 1 Aug 2010 - Father of abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit to hold East Jerusalem press conference urging parents of Palestinian prisoners to pressure Hamas into exchange deal. UN Panel Slams Israel on Human Rights WAFA - GENEVA, July 30, 2010 (WAFA)- A United Nations panel of experts has raised concerns about Israeli discrimination against Palestinians, demanding Israel stop targeted killings and torture, Voice of IOA summons wife of detained Hamas leader PIC 31 Jul 2010 - The Ahrar center has denounced the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for summoning Ikhlas Al-Suwais, the wife of detained Hamas leader Abbas Al-Sayyed, for questioning. Collaboration Ma’an News Agency 7/31/2010 The term "collaborator" refers to individuals who supply information, or in some cases land, to Israel, or anyone considered an “enemy state,” either voluntarily or by coercion. The term became familiar to the international community during the First and Second Intifadas, when known and suspected collaborators were publicly executed and in some cases lynched in highly publicized events. Treatment of suspected collaborators by Palestinian police and justice systems came under intense scrutiny from international media and human rights groups. Types of collaboration include providing one-time bits of information on leading Palestinian figures to Israeli intelligence officers, the sale of land to Israeli interest groups, ongoing information sharing, and spying for Israeli intelligence. Forms of collaboration Low level informants provide intelligence on specific persons of interest, like family, friends of work associates, often comprising information on daily routines, places frequented, etc. The small pieces of information provide for Israel what amounts to detailed analysis of the workings of a community. Infiltrators are active members of a political party, popular committee, or other organization of interest, recruited by Israeli intelligence to provide detailed and wide-ranging information. The individual is often detained by Israeli forces and recruited during interrogation or prison terms, with targets expected to provide information on an on-going basis once they are released. Release is often conditioned on the promise to provide information. more.. e-mail Hamas: PA detained 6 affiliates 7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority security forces detained six Hamas affiliates in the West Bank, a Hamas statement issued Friday said. The affiliates were from the West Bank cities of Nablus, Hebron and Qalqiliya.... Rights groups to Clinton: Free prisoned Palestinian activist Palestine Note 30 Jul 2010 - Washington – An array of legal and human rights groups have sent a joint letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to advocate for American support to release Palestinian human rights activist Ameer Makhoul, Electronic... PA detains soldiers who mistakenly entered Nablus 7/29/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority security forces arrested two Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank on Thursday. They were returned to Israeli-controlled territory after coordination between both sides, Palestinian and Israeli officials told Ma'an. The soldiers were driving a white Suzuki east of a Nablus municipal building when they arrived at a PA roadblock and.... PA detains Israeli soldiers entering Nablus Palestine Note 29 Jul 2010 - Washington – Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces detained several Israeli soldiers Thursday after they mistakenly drove into Nablus in Palestinian-controlled Area A of the West Bank. Ma’an News Agency reported : [The soldiers] were returned to Israeli-controlled... Center alleges medical experiments in Israeli prison 7/28/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Jerusalem Detainees Center said Tuesday it was in possession of several reports and documents that provide proof of medical experimentation on Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. Ma'an could not independently verify the allegations. Center director Badi' Al-Masri said the documents show that Israeli Prison Service staff in the Ramle prison prescribed unapproved.... Israeli forces detain 7 in Hebron town 7/28/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians overnight Tuesday from the town of Yatta in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, locals told Ma'an. Yatta residents said Israeli troops stormed the town, searching and ransacking several homes before seven men were detained. Those detained were identified as: -- Iyad Jamil Hushiyya, 34 and his brother.... Israeli army says man arrested carrying knife 7/28/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Soldiers detained a Palestinian man carrying a knife near Bethlehem on Wednesday, the Israeli army said. According to an Israeli military spokesman,the unidentified individual was found with a knife on his person near the Gush Etzion settlement. Reports in the Israeli press said a man from Tuku village confessed to planning a.... Palestinian prisoners protest inhumane Israeli punishment Uruknet July 28, 2010 - Palestinian prisoners protest inhumane Israeli punishmentThe Ministry of Prisoner Affairs for the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah has warned of an 'explosion' of the situation within Israeli prisons, given the systemic conduct of collective punishment of detainees exercised in most Israeli jails. In a press release issued on Monday (26.07.2010), the ministry stated that the management... IOF raids Hebron, arrests seven 28 Jul 2010 - Hebron, July 28, (Pal Telegraph) Israeli occupation forces arrested early today seven Palestinians after raiding their homes and inspected them in the city of Yatta south of Hebron in the West Bank. The public relations officer in Yatta’s Municipality, Abdul Aziz Abu Fanar, said that the Israeli occupation forces detained today the following people: Mohammed Issa Al Jundi, Murad Jabour (... Cameron urges lifting of Gaza siege AlJazeera 28 Jul 2010 - British prime minister slams current state of Palestinian enclave as a "prison camp". Barhoum: Cameron’s position on the siege a step in the right direction PIC 28 Jul 2010 - Hamas said Wednesday that comments by British Prime Minister David Cameron, who recently described the Gaza Strip as a “prison camp”, are “a step in the right direction.” Palestinian prisoners in Jalbo threaten hunger strike PIC 28 Jul 2010 - Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jail of Jalbo have threatened to go on hunger strike in the event the prison administration continued to impose penal measures against them. Khatib warns of plotting to kill Sheikh Salah in prison PIC 28 Jul 2010 - Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib, the deputy leader of the Islamic movement in 1948 occupied Palestine, has warned of an Israeli plot to kill Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the movement, in jail. IOF troops detain Palestinian student on returning from the Ukraine PIC 28 Jul 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) manning the King Hussein Bridge crossing point with Jordan detained a Palestinian student on returning from the Ukraine where he was studying medicine. British PM compares Gaza to ’a prison camp’ 7/27/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday likened the experience of Palestinians under Israel's blockade of Gaza to a prison camp, the British daily The Guardian reported."The situation in Gaza has to change," the London-based newspaper quoted Cameron as saying."Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions. Gaza cannot and.... Businessman detained in Tulkarem 7/27/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an - An Israeli raid on the Tulkarem area Tuesday morning saw three residents detained including a prominent businessman, security officials told Ma'an. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed only one of the detentions, saying a wanted Palestinian was arrested by military officials, but the target of the arrest was not identified. Palestinian security sources said.... Palestinian prisoners suffer from hunger Uruknet July 26, 2010 - A number of prisoners sitting in the prisons of the Israeli occupation said that the food served to them is not fit to eat or for human use or consumption because of its poor processing, dirtiness, very small quantity, and bad kind. Center for studies on prisoners said in a statement issued to the press... Cameron urges lifting of Gaza seige AlJazeera 27 Jul 2010 - British prime minister slams current state of Palestinian enclave as a "prison camp". The profitable side of siege Palestine Note 27 Jul 2010 - Washington - Israel's siege of Gaza has been characterized by words like "humanitarian crisis" and "prison camp," but "profitable" usually is not among them. Gaza tunnel worker [Zoriah - Flickr] Israel imposed the siege on Gaza... British PM David Cameron: Gaza is a prison camp Palestine Note 27 Jul 2010 - New York - British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday that Israel's blockade has made the Gaza Strip a "prison camp." David Cameron speaking at the Conservative Middle East Council annual Gala Dinner on 10 June... IOF soldiers detain Palestinian businessman PIC 27 Jul 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained a 50-year-old Palestinian businessman from his house in Tulkarem city at dawn Tuesday without any reasons given for the detention, local sources reported. Family appeal to save prisoner’s life 7/26/2010 - Tubas - Ma'an - Palestinian Prisoners Society director Mahmoud Sawafta has joined the family of a detainee calling for international rights groups to intervene and save his life. Yahya Daraghmeh was sentenced to 22 years in an Israeli prison but suffers from many illnesses. Israeli prison authorities are refusing him treatment, Sawafta said in a statement.... Israel army: 5 armed Palestinians detained 7/26/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Five Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces in Nablus along the road between the Beit Furik village and the illegal Elon Moreh settlement in the district. The Israeli military said a patrol identified five suspicious men on the road who were later found to be in possession of two improvised weapons, two firebombs.... Palestinian prisoners suffer from hunger 26 Jul 2010 - Gaza, July 26, (Pal Telegraph) A number of prisoners sitting in the prisons of the Israeli occupation said that the food served to them is not fit to eat or for human use or consumption because of its poor processing, dirtiness, very small quantity, and bad kind. Center for studies on prisoners said in a statement issued to the press... Rights organizations slam W. Bank court for acquitting five killers of prisoner PIC 26 Jul 2010 - Human rights organizations strongly criticized a military court under the authority of Fatah faction for acquitting officers charged with torturing to death Hamas-affiliated prisoner Haitham Amr. Haaretz: Shin Bet uses physical, psychological torture on prisoners PIC 26 Jul 2010 - Haaretz reported that Israeli Shin Bet interrogators employ psychological pressure and physical torture to extract information and confessions for crimes attributed to Palestinian prisoners. Police: Israel detains man at border 7/25/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police said Sunday that a Palestinian resident of Tulkarem refugee camp was detained at the Allenby Bridge as he returned from Jordan over the weekend. Police said Muhammad Ahmad Issa, 50, was detained as he attempted to cross into the West Bank. A representative from Israel's Port Authority did not immediately.... Nine prisoners suffer in solitary confinement in Ashkelon prison PIC 25 Jul 2010 - Nine Palestinian prisoners have been removed from the outside world by the Ashkelon prison department and placed in inhumane conditions in complete isolation from the rest of the prison population. Hamas municipality member tortured in Abbas's jails PIC 25 Jul 2010 - Sheikh Sameh Afane was subjected to cruel torture rounds at the hands of the preventive security apparatus to extract confessions that the Israeli occupation failed to secure, sources said. Israelis demonstrate during cabinet meeting demanding exchange deal PIC 25 Jul 2010 - Relatives of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit along with dozens of supporters demonstrated on Sunday in front of the Israeli council of ministers demanding expediting a prisoners' exchange deal. Ghoul asks Red Cross to end its silence on Israel's violations against prisoners PIC 25 Jul 2010 - Faraj Al-Ghoul deplored in a letter he handed to director of the Red Cross office in Gaza Stephane Beytrison the agency's silence towards Israel's violations against Palestinian prisoners. Israeli forces seize 2 at Iraq Burin checkpoint 7/24/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained two young Palestinian men at a flying checkpoint installed outside a village south of Nablus on Saturday, in what witnesses called an attempt to prevent demonstrators from entering the area. The village, Iraq Burin, hosts weekly anti wall protests, and locals said the checkpoint was set up to prevent Palestinian.... Locals say foreign activists detained at Hebron rally 7/24/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces reportedly detained 10 foreign activists during a weekly rally calling for the re-opening of Ash-Shuhada Street to Palestinian movement on Saturday in the Old City of Hebron. Locals described the army's response to the demonstration as "violent," saying forces fired sound bombs and tear-gas canisters. They also alleged that Israeli forces.... IOF detains a bus, injures a child 24 Jul 2010 - Hebron, July 24, (Pal Telegraph) A Palestinian child was injured during the Israeli occupation soldiers inspection and detention to a bus at dawn today, attacking and severely beating the passengers at a checkpoint, located at the entrance to Hebron in the West Bank. Israeli Police said in a statement released to the press today, that the Israeli occupation soldiers stationed... Hamas: PA forces detained 7 members 7/23/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas party officials accused Palestinian Authority security forces of targeting its affiliates and making seven politically-motivated arrests in the West Bank last week, a Friday statement said. The party statement said members were detained from the Jenin, Nablus and Qalqiliya areas.... Activists: Shalit Law an attempt to legitimatize violation of prisoners' rights PIC 23 Jul 2010 - Human rights activist condemned the Israeli Shalit Law that the Israeli occupation authorities are planning to implement on Palestinian captives in Israeli occupation jails. PA official: Palestinian attacked, detained in Hebron 7/22/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces arrested a 53-year-old Palestinian man after he was beaten by an Israeli settler in the southern West Bank Hebron district on Thursday, an official said. Soldiers tookZiyad Mohammad Younis Makhamrah to an interrogation center in Kiryat Arba settlement after, Yatta municipality spokesman Abed Al-Aziz Abu Fanar said. Makramah, a farmer.... Israel sentences popular struggle leader 7/22/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A Palestinian protest organizer detained in 2005 and put on trial was sentenced Wednesday with a second trial pending, popular committee officials in Bil'in said. A statement said Abdallah Abu Rahmah was sentenced to two months of imprisonment and a six-month suspended sentence while a five-year trial on a litany of charges including.... Israel expels 178 Palestinians lacking permits 7/22/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained 178 Palestinians on Thursday morning for residing in Israel without a permit, security sources said. Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza are required to apply to Israel to gain work, study, family visitation, or religious worship permits, a process rights groups say is discriminatory. Security sources told Ma'an that.... Police: Israeli forces detain 2 overnight 7/22/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained Ala Jamal Al-Qadi, 23, from Ramallah and a resident of Hebron overnight and took them to unknown destinations, officials said Thursday. A Palestinian Authority police report said Israeli forces entered Zawata village near Nablus, and Al-Ubedyeh village in Bethlehem. An Israeli military spokesman said he was not aware of any.... From jail, Palestinian appeals for medical help Uruknet July 21, 2010 - A Palestinian man sentenced to life in an Israeli prison appealed to rights organizations Wednesday via officials at the Detainees Center in Salfit, saying he fears an undiagnosed and untreated medical condition is endangering his life. Foad Atiyeh Qar’an was imprisoned 18 May 2007 and sentenced to 25 years. He says he is sick, in... Hamas slams Fatah military court for acquitting killers of prisoner PIC 22 Jul 2010 - Hamas strongly denounced the Fatah-affiliated military court for acquitting five officers charged with torturing to death a Palestinian prisoner in the Palestinian Authority's jails. From jail, Palestinian appeals for medical help 7/21/2010 - Salfit - Ma'an - A Palestinian man sentenced to life in an Israeli prison appealed to rights organizations Wednesday via officials at the Detainees Center in Salfit, saying he fears an undiagnosed and untreated medical condition is endangering his life. Foad Atiyeh Qar'an was imprisoned 18 May 2007 and sentenced to 25 years. He says he is.... PA police: Israeli forces detain 2 in Hebron 7/21/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained two Palestinian residents in the southern West Bank district of Hebron overnight Tuesday, Palestinian Authority police said. A police report said Israeli soldiers raided the Adh-Dhahiriya village in Hebron, storming the home of Muhammad Eid At-Tal and detaining his brother Basem. Forces also raided the Dura village and detained Ahmad.... Hamas official: No political detainees in Gaza 7/21/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Hamas is not holding any Fatah-affiliated detainees, Gaza Interior Minister Fathi Hammad said Wednesday. In a public session addressing the prospects of a Palestinian reconciliation deal, Hammad said the Islamist movement has proposed "everything possible" to achieve reconciliation with Fatah, but that it has not witnessed similar initiatives. The comment came a day.... PA municipal chief accused of stealing water 7/21/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority forces detained the head of the Tarqumiya Municipality on Wednesday on allegations that he and other Hebron officials failed to commit to the Water Authority's standards on infrastructure and water theft. Mohammad Al-Ja'freh and several others including employees of nearby municipalities and owners of illegal water extensions on the Hebron district.... From jail, Palestinian appeals for medical help Uruknet July 21, 2010 - A Palestinian man sentenced to life in an Israeli prison appealed to rights organizations Wednesday via officials at the Detainees Center in Salfit, saying he fears an undiagnosed and untreated medical condition is endangering his life. Foad Atiyeh Qar’an was imprisoned 18 May 2007 and sentenced to 25 years. He says he is sick, in... Palestinian who posed as Jew jailed for 'rape by deception' Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 - New York - A Palestinian resident of Jerusalem who had consensual sex with an Israeli woman after allegedly misrepresenting himself as Jewish has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by an Israeli court. [Photo: Berthold... IOF troops raid Abasan, detain four west Bankers PIC 21 Jul 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) went on the rampage east of Khan Younis city, south of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday night bulldozing land and firing at Palestinian homes. Ofer prisoners initiate protest steps against Israeli violations PIC 21 Jul 2010 - Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli ofer jail started protest steps against the Israeli prison authority's violations of their rights. Palestinian Children Under Occupation Stephen Lendman, Dissident Voice 7/21/2010 The Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations is a Beirut, Lebanon-based organization engaged in “strategic and futuristic studies on the Arab and Muslim worlds, (emphasizing) the Palestinian issue.” In July 2010, it published the latest in its “Am I Not a Human?” series titled, “The Suffering of the Palestinian Child under the Israeli Occupation,” saying: Palestinian children grow up “under the Israeli occupation, surrounded by cruelty, oppression, killing, starvation and destruction.” Yet, like all children, they dream of playing and living normally and safely. Instead, their father may be dead or in prison, their brother killed, their home destroyed, and their mother forced to give birth at an Israeli checkpoint, risking her and the newborn. Palestinian children grow up differently from most others, their development “distorted by an occupation,” destroying their innocence, dreams and well-being. They live in constant fear, forced to grow up while still a child. “Actually (they are) grown up, for (they challenge) the toughest circumstances,” helping their families, replacing a parent when lost, and confronting Israeli incursions. “Amazingly… Palestinian child(ren set) the example to mature people,” even when very young. They live when “we think that the world has become (more) civilized” without cruel colonizations, when global leaders defend human rights, dignity, democratic freedoms, and peace rhetorically, yet are indifferent to oppressed Palestinians, children always the most vulnerable, yet they persist and endure despite enormous hardships and obstacles, what Western children can’t imagine. From September 2000 (the start of the second Intifada) through 2007 alone, 1,400 children were killed, 230 under age 12.... more.. e-mail Israel detains Palestinian activist on spy charges 7/20/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - A well-known Palestinian activist in Israel was detained by Israeli police on Tuesday on allegations that he spied for a foreign agent against Israel, Israeli media reported. Mahmoud Masarwah, 62, from the Palestinian village of Baka Al-Garbiyeh in Israel, further had [h]is remand extended by 10 days without being granted access.... Jordanian national detained by Israel forces 7/20/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained a Palestinian and a Jordanian national in Tulkarem in the northern West Bank overnight Sunday. Masked Israeli soldiers raided the southern neighborhood in the city and stormed the house of detained Al-Qassam Brigades leader Abbas As-Sayyed. Forces later searched his brother's home and detained Amjad Sabe As-Sayyed, 27. A second.... Netanya bombers told to compensate hotel 7/20/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an - Six Palestinians involved in the Netanya bombing of 2002 have been ordered by an Israeli military court to pay $18 million dollars in compensation to the Park Hotel, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Tuesday. Tulkarem branch director Halima Rmelat said Abbas As-Sayyed, Muhannad Shrem, Mu'amar Shahroor, Naser Az-Zetawy, Ahmad Al-Jayousy, and Fathi Al-Khatib.... PA to compensate family of Hamas detainee 7/20/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - A Palestinian military court ruled Tuesday that Palestinian Authority Intelligence Services must compensate the family of suspect who died in prison. But the Southern and Northern Provinces court exonerated five intelligence officers suspected of involvement in Haytham Abdullah Abdul Rahman Amr's death. Amr was detained by PA intelligence forces on 11 June 2009.... Occupation forces target PFLP in Beit Furik Uruknet July 19, 2010 - Occupation soldiers conducted a campaign of arrests targeting leaders, members and supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Beit Furik village near Nablus, and kidnapped nine residents, seven men and two women, including recently freed prisoner Comrade Linan Abu Ghoulmeh. Mayssar Itiani, a Palestinian prisoners' activist, reported that the occupation forces... Israeli forces detain Hebron resident 7/19/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained a resident from the Beit Ummar village in northern Hebron overnight Sunday. Palestine Solidarity Project spokesman Mohammad Awad said forces raided the house of Sufyan Zaki Odeh Bahar, 34, and detained him. Bahar was released by Israeli authorities 40 days ago following a 26-month detention, the spokesman said. An.... Tulkarm governor meets European delegation 7/19/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an - Tulkarm's governor met a delegation of European peace activists in his office Monday. Governor Talal Dweikat noted the importance of internationals seeing firsthand the reality of the occupation, and affirmed the necessity of recognizing Palestinian rights to an independent state, releasing political prisoners, and allowing refugees to return for a lasting and stable.... PA police detain fugitive 7/19/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police say they have arrested man who owes 238,000 shekels (more than $61,000). The resident of Attil village in the West Bank district of Tulkarm was arrested Monday and will be transferred to prison, a police report said.... Israel detains 2 Palestinians in WB 19 Jul 2010 - West Bank, July 19, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces detained today two Palestinians after raiding their houses in the West Bank. Israeli occupation forces raided the house of Sofian Baher, 34, in Bait Omar village in north of Hebron city, and then detained him. Baher was released 4o days ago after spending 2 and a half years in... Slandering the good guys: Some basic facts about IHH Palestine Note 19 Jul 2010 - In the immediate aftermath of the massacre aboard the Mavi Marmara on May 31st, 2010, while journalists and activists were detained and isolated from the world, the Israeli government was quick to unleash their own version... Israeli soldier who killed British activist to get early release Palestine Note 19 Jul 2010 - New York - An Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting to death British peace activist Thomas Hurndall in Gaza in 2003 will be released from prison early next month, it emerged on Monday. International Solidarity... The resistance continues in protests across Palestine 7/19/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Al Ma'sara, Friday 16 July - On the anniversary of the French Revolution, the theme of the protest in Al Ma'sara on Friday was the destruction of the prison in which Israel holds Palestinians captive, redolent of the French storming of the Bastille in 1789. Around 50 demonstrators, both Palestinians and internationals, marched towards the main.... Palestinian gets 14 years for raping UNICEF volunteer YNet News - A 20-year-old Palestinian was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday after being convicted of rape, sodomy, indecent attack and robbery against a 60-year-old Norwegian ....... Ahrar denounces IOF arrest of Palestinian woman PIC 19 Jul 2010 - Ahrar center for prisoners' studies and human rights has denounced the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) for arresting a 57-year-old Palestinian woman in her house in Tulkarem at dawn Monday. Detained PFLP Secretary-General Remains In Solitary Confinement IMEMC - 18 Jul 2010 - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) warned that its secretary-general, Ahmad Saadat, is facing what is called “slow death” in Israeli prisons and that he remains in solitary confinement since more than 18 months. Video: Palestinian Women Prisoners Uruknet July 18, 2010 - Since 1967, approximately 700,000 Palestinians have been arrested and detained under Israeli military orders. This number accounts for close to 20 percent of the population in the occupied Palestinian territories. Today, 7,000 Palestinians -- including over 300 children and 34 women -- remain in Israeli prisons. The AIC explored the stories of two Palestinian women,... Palestinian nonviolent organizer sentenced to year in prison Palestine Note 18 Jul 2010 - New York - An Israeli military court sentenced a Palestinian human rights activist to a year in prison on Sunday on the charge of "aiding an illegal organization." Activist Wa’el Al-Faqeeh [Photo: Courtesy International Solidarity Movement]... Popular struggle organizer Wa’el Al-Faqeeh sentenced to one year 7/18/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Palestinian human rights activist Wa'el Al-Faqeeh has been sentenced to one year in Israeli military prison, on the charge of aiding an illegal organization. Al-Faqeeh was arrested by the Israeli military on 9 December 2009, thus due to be released in December of this year. The sentence was handed down in Salem military prrison, in.... Egypt releases 2 Islamic Jihad supporters 7/17/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Egypt released two Islamic Jihad supporters from Gaza on Friday night, Palestinian officials told Ma'an. Representatives from Gaza's border and crossings department said Ahmad Hajjaj and Talal Abdul Al were released from Egyptian custody after serving two months in prison. Islamic Jihad announced last week that two other supporters were released out of.... Hamas: 5 supporters fired from PA, 4 detained 7/17/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Hamas said five supporters were dismissed from their employment within the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank "over political affiliation," a statement read Saturday. The Islamist party accused the PA of firing four female teachers in public schools and one executive working an association in Yatta, a town in the southern West Bank.... 2 days of raids at Hadarim prison 7/16/2010 - Salfit - Ma'an - Palestinian prisoners held in Israel's Hadarim detention center reported a second day of raids, the Prisoners Studies Center said Friday. The prison authorities carried out the raids with the pretext of searching for cell phones, but the inspection teams seized personal belongings, photos, letters and university books, detainees told the center. Hundreds of.... Report: Police arrest 6 Palestinians in Israel 7/16/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Police in Petah Tikvah have arrested six Palestinians illegally residing in Israel, Israeli news site Ynet reported Friday. The report said two were arrested while working at a nursing home, and four were detained in a nearby apartment, adding that investigations found the Palestinians were holding false ID cards.... Hamas: PA forces arrest 5 West Bank affiliates 7/16/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Officials from within the Hamas movement released a statement on Friday, accusing Palestinian Authority police and security officer of detaining five party affiliates from areas in the northern West Bank. The detentions were said to have occurred between Thursday and Friday morning, and were reportedly carried out based on political motives to repress.... IOA reduces food to Palestinian captives in Negev prison Uruknet July 16, 2010 - The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) has decided Thursday to reduce the amount of food it gives to the Palestinian captives in the Negev desert prison in another clear violation of international laws and conventions on prisoners. In a statement it issued Thursday, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed that it received many complaints from the... Tension running high at Jalbu' prison PIC 16 Jul 2010 - The Israeli occupation prison authority has intensified its search operations of various sections of Jalbu' prison at the pretext that they found mobile phones smuggled into the prison. IOA reduces food to Palestinian captives in Negev prison PIC 16 Jul 2010 - The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) has decided Thursday to reduce the amount of food it gives to the Palestinian captives in the Negev desert prison. Raid on Nablus village, detentions across West Bank 7/15/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli forces entered a village in the northern West Bank early Thursday, raided several homes, and detained at least 13 Palestinians, security officials said. Eight were detained in the Nablus-area village of Beit Furiq, witnesses said and the Israeli military confirmed, while Palestinian Authority police said 10 others were missing by morning. Prisoners.... 7 prisoners moved to solitary confinement 7/15/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Seven Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails were moved into isolation cells during the past week, the Center for Detainee Studies reported Wednesday, calling the move punitive and unnecessary. Director of the Gaza-based center Rifat Hamdouna identified the seven as Tarek Izz Ad-Din, AbdObaid, Yahya Ighbaria, Mohammed Daboos,Nasser Oais, Majid Al-Masri, and Moatasem.... IDF convicts commander, soldier in shooting of bound Palestinian Ha'aretz - Lt. Col. Omri Burberg was filmed holding the blindfolded prisoner and ordering his soldier, Staff Sgt. Leonardo Korea, to fire a rubber bullet his leg in Na'alin two years ago. WATCH: Israeli troops convicted in shooting of bound Palestinian detainee Palestine Note 15 Jul 2010 - New York - An Israeli officer and soldier were convicted by a military court on Thursday of unbecoming behavior for shooting a bound, blindfolded Palestinian detainee in the West Bank in July 2008. A still image... Commander and soldier convicted for shooting of bound Palestinian 7/15/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Ha'aretz - An Israel Defense Forces court on Thursday convicted a former commander and a soldier involved in shooting a bound Palestinian at close range in the West Bank city of Na'alin two years ago. The affair unfolded after Lt. Col. Omri Burberg was filmed holding the blindfolded and bound prisoner and ordering Staff Sgt. Leonardo.... IDF convicts commander, soldier in shooting of bound Palestinian Ha'aretz 15 Jul 2010 - Lt. Col. Omri Burberg was filmed holding the blindfolded prisoner and ordering his soldier, Staff Sgt. Leonardo Korea, to fire a rubber bullet his leg in Na'alin two years ago. What Would Einstein Have Said about Gaza? César Chelala, Information Clearing House 7/14/2010 On April 9, 1948, 120 fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin, near Jerusalem, a Palestinian-Arab village of approximately 600 people. During the assault, around 107 villagers were killed, including women and children. In addition, several villagers were taken prisoner, and were later jeered, spat at, and stoned. According to most accounts, those villagers lived in peace with their Jewish neighbors from nearby villages. Some of them, from the Givat Shaul Orthodox community just across the valley, tried to help the Deir Yassin villagers during the Irgun-Lehi combined attack. After the attack, the Irgun and Lehi troops began pillaging the houses and corpses, stealing money and jewellery from the survivors, reported the Israeli historian Benny Morris. “I saw the horrors that the fighters had created. I saw bodies of women and children, who were murdered in their houses in cold blood by gunfire, with no signs of battle and not as the result of blowing up the houses…I have seen a great deal of war, but I never saw a sight like Deir, Yassin,” declared Eliahu Arbel, Operations Officer B of the Haganah’s Etzione Brigade, who arrived at the scene on April 10. The news of the massacre sparked terror among the Palestinian-Arabs and were an important factor in encouraging them to flee from their towns and villages afraid of the Jewish troop advances. “They ended up expelling people from all of Palestine on the rumor of Deir Yassin,” declared later Mohammad Radwan, a survivor of the massacre. Haganah and the area two chief rabbis condemned the killings and the Jewish Agency for Israel sent Jordan’s King Abdulla a letter of apology, which the King rebuffed. At the time of the attack Menachem Begin was a leader of the Irgun, although he wasn’t personally involved in it. more.. e-mail Detainee on hunger strike over ’inadequate’ PA salary 7/14/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - A former Palestinian detainee entered his 28th day on hunger strike Wednesday, in protest over what his family described as an inadequate salary disbursed by the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Detainees. Jamal Abu Rayyan, from the Halhul village north of Hebron, has not consumed any food for a month and is on the.... Rights group condemns Gaza arrest of Islamist group 7/14/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Following the detention members of the non-political party Hizb Ut-Tahrir on Tuesday, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights condemned the Gaza police action, saying it went against the Palestinian right to freedom of assembly. The group, which seeks to reestablish the Islamic Caliphate in the Middle East, said its members were detained by.... A Prisoner's Wife Palestine Chronicle: 14 Jul 2010 - By Janan Abdu I used to tell my husband, Ameer Makhoul, 'One day, they’ll come for you.' As chairman of the Public Committee for the Protection of Political Freedoms he'd begun to organize an awareness-raising campaign to push back against the security services' harassment of our community, the Palestinian citizens of Israel. Come for Ameer they did, late one night this May, pounding at our door, ransacking our house and terrifying our two teenage daughters. And now I’ve joined the ranks of Palestinian prisoners’ wives, many thousands of us from the occupied territories as well as within Israel. His July 13 hearing – persecution really – could begin the legal nightmare that ruptures our family for many years. This is the likely course of events unless Ameer gets a fair trial and his coerced statements are rejected or suppressed by the court. “Democracies don't fear their own people,” Secretary of...more Prisoners society warns 8 face deportation 7/13/2010 - Tubas - Ma'an - Eight prisoners will face an Israeli military court on 19 July, and could be deported, the Palestinian Prisoners Society director in Tubas in the northern West Bank reported on Tuesday. Mahmoud Sawafta identified one of the eight as Taleb Khaled Tayeh Bani Odah from Tammun in the Tubas district, detained on 21 May.... Palestinian Women in Israeli Prisons Uruknet July 12, 2010 - 34 Palestinian women political prisoners are currently held in Israeli jails, according to the July 2010 update from the Women’s Organization for Political Prisoners. 18 women are being held in HaSharon Prison (Tel Mond), 15 in Damoon Prison (Carmel Mountain), and one in Neve Tirza Prison (Ramle). Over the years, Palestinian women prisoners had reported... Female prisoner Shirin Issawi beaten by Israeli offenders PIC 13 Jul 2010 - The International Tadamun (Solidarity) Foundation for Human Rights, quoting prisoners in Hasharon prison, said that prisoner Shirin Issawi was attacked by a gang of female criminal offenders. Ahrar center calls for Palestinian moves to confront Shalit family's campaign PIC 13 Jul 2010 - Al-Ahrar center called on families of Palestinian prisoners and human rights organizations to necessarily respond to the active moves made by the Shalit family to get their son released. PCATI and Adalah: "Exposed: The Treatment of Palestinian Detainees During Operation Cast Lead" IMEMC - 12 Jul 2010 - The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, released, today, a special report "Exposed" which discusses violations of detainee rights during "Cast Lead". Israeli forces detain 2, settlers attack elderly man in Hebron 7/12/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli authorities detained two Palestinians from villages near Hebron on Monday, while locals reported that Kiryat Arba settlers attacked an elderly man. Israeli forces raided Sa'ir village in the northern West Bank and detained Muhannad Nadi Al-Faroukh, after searching his house. Soldiers also raided nearby village Beit Awwa, detaining Muhammad Yaser Masalmeh. An.... Hizb Ut-Tahrir: PA security detained 17 supporters 7/12/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Hizb Ut-Tahrir, an international pan-Islamist party seeking the re-establishment of an Islamic Caliphate, accused the Palestinian Authority's security services of detaining 17 supporters near Hebron on Sunday. A statement from the group, which does participate in Palestinian elections, said the detentions came after a public lecture at Al-Umari Mosque in the southern West.... ExposedThe Treatment of Palestinian Detainees during Operation “Cast Lead” (Full Text) Uruknet July 12, 2010 - The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, released, today, a special report "Exposed" which discusses violations of detainee rights during "Cast Lead". The report relies on a significant number of testimonies given to PCATI and Adalah attorneys, most of the civilian detainees who were... Bardawil affirms consent to Clinton’s mediation in prisoner trade-off PIC 12 Jul 2010 - Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil confirmed in a press release on Sunday that Hamas has no opposition in using former U.S. President Bill Clinton as a mediator to achieve the prisoner trade-off. Israeli police release settler charged with murdering Palestinian child PIC 12 Jul 2010 - The Israeli police released an Israeli settler on Sunday only two hours after detaining him on charges of killing a 15-year-old Palestinian child two months ago. IOF troops arrest son, brother of Hamas detained leader PIC 12 Jul 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested on Monday the son and the brother of detained Hamas leader Sheikh Ibrahim Jabr, 50, at a military roadblock near Al-Khalil city. Ahrar center holds Israel fully responsible for death of ex-detainee Rabea Harb PIC 12 Jul 2010 - Al-Ahrar center held the Israeli prisons authority fully responsible for the death of ex-detainee in its jails Rabea Harb, who was completely paralyzed from the waist down. What's Normal under Occupation? Palestine Chronicle: 12 Jul 2010 - By Kara Newhouse – The West Bank, Palestine 'For 122 days I heard the voices of tortured people, the shouting of tortured people, the crying of tortured people. The first days in that time, I could not sleep. I could not do anything, because I could not stop hearing the voices of tortured people. But after maybe 100 days, I got used to that situation, so I could sleep very well, and I started thinking there is nothing that can bother me. I started laughing a lot with my mate in my horrible cell and my family when they came to visit me.' I heard these words from Mahmoud, who has been locked up by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority eight times over the last nine years. He is a former student government leader and politically-minded artist, and I met him only days after I completed an article on...more Bill Clinton to mediate Shalit deal? Palestine Note 11 Jul 2010 - Report: Israeli PM asks former president to engage Hamas for soldier's release Washington - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has requested former US president Bill Clinton get involved in the prisoner exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad... Three Peace Activists Detained In Sheikh Jarrah IMEMC - 10 Jul 2010 - Israeli soldiers kidnapped three peace activists in Sheikh Jarrah Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem during the weekly protest against occupation and extremist settlers who took over Arab homes in the neighborhood. 3 protesters hurt, 1 detained at anti-wall rally 7/10/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces injured two children and a journalist at a demonstration Saturday in the West Bank, activists said. Muhammed Jawad Awad, 9, was hit with shrapnel in his head, and a stun grenade struck Abu Mariyya, 14, in his back at the rally in Beit Ummar, near Hebron, Palestine Solidarity Project spokesman Muhammad.... Group: Soldier assaults Germany fans 7/10/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - A legal aid group issued a report Friday detailing an Israeli soldier's assault of a Palestinian family. The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights reported that Khaled Barakat, his sons Feras and Ra'aft, and nephew Na'eem, were beaten and detained on 3 June because they supported Germany in the World Cup match.... 9 Hamas supporters detained in West Bank, party says 7/10/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas said Saturday that Palestinian Authority forces have detained nine party supporters across the West Bank. The Islamist movement said PA Preventative Security Service officers arrested Hamas affiliates in East Jerusalem, Tulkarem, Qalqiliya, Salfit and Hebron. Dozens of Hamas supporters have further been summoned by PA security, particularly in the northern West Bank.... PA police say 20 fugitives detained at Allenby 7/10/2010 - Jericho - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police deployed at the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank said Saturday they detained 20 fugitives over the past week. According to a police report, the detainees attempted to flee to Jordan and were wanted for a number of criminal charges including fraud. Additionally, police detailed that officers.... Another Palestinian Gandhi Crushed by Israel Uruknet July 9, 2010 - Few people other than Palestinians visit the Ofer Israeli military prison in the West Bank. Part military prison and part military courthouse, the Ofer prison complex feels like a desert version of Guantanamo Bay. Palestinians families wait for hours inside the prison walls while their loved ones stand trial in makeshift courthouses before military tribunals.... IOF injures 2 children in Bait Omar demo 10 Jul 2010 - Hebron, July 10, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – IOF soldiers attacked today Bait Omar demonstration and fired gas and sound bombs which injured two children. Besides they detained an activist and beat a journalist. The spokesman for the Palestinian solidarity project, Mohammed Ayad Awad, said that Israeli soldiers injured the children Mohamed Abu Maria, 14, in his back and Mohammed Awad,... Two sit-ins Uri Avnery, Ma’an News Agency 7/10/2010 At this moment, two sit-ins are taking place in Jerusalem, two kilometers apart. In West Jerusalem, the Shalit family is sitting in a protest tent in front of the prime minister’s residence, swearing to remain there until the return of their son. In East Jerusalem, three members of the Palestinian parliament are holed up in the building of the International Red Cross. The word that connects the two is: Hamas. The Shalit family is demanding the release of their son, Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit, after four years in captivity. For that purpose they have marched, under the beating sun, 200 kilometers from their home in Galilee to Jerusalem, at the head of tens of thousands. This is a popular movement almost without precedent in Israel: people of the left and the right marched together with ordinary people who were touched and united by their concern for the young man. The common demand was for the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to the proposed prisoner exchange with Hamas. The three Palestinian members of parliament are protesting the order to leave the city, in which their forefathers have lived for centuries – perhaps for millennia. Their sin is that they were elected as Hamas candidates to the Palestinian parliament, in democratic elections whose fairness was certified by former President Jimmy Carter and his team. East Jerusalem was indeed formally “annexed” by Israel but according to the Oslo agreements, its inhabitants have the right to take part in elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council. Hamas won the last elections. more.. e-mail 2 injured, 2 detained at West Bank protest 7/9/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Two Palestinians were injured and two foreign nationals were detained during an anti-wall protest in the occupied West Bank on Friday, onlookers said. Tha'er Muhammad, 25, and Muhammad Thaher, 20, were reported injured by tear-gas canisters, and two unnamed foreign-passports holders were detained, witnesses said.... 8 detained at East Jerusalem protest 7/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Eight activists were detained and held for questioning over blocking roadways at a protest in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem late Friday, Israeli media reported. The Palestinian district is the site of weekly demonstrations against the takeover of local residents' homes by Israeli settlers. The demonstrations are frequently attended.... Egypt releases 2 Islamic Jihad detainees 7/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Egyptian authorities released two Islamic Jihad detainees on Thursday night, a party source told Ma'an. The detainees were released following negotiations with Egypt, which remain ongoing to free nine other party members in Egyptian custody, the source said. In mid-May, Egyptian authorities released six Palestinian prisoners after several months of detention, prompting Palestinian.... Army court sentences Palestinian to 2 life terms 7/9/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - A Palestinian prisoner accused of affiliation with Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades' Bethlehem branch was sentenced Friday to two life terms in addition to 25 years by a military court, a source said. An Israeli military court convicted Nayef Salem Abayyat for involvement in the killing of an Israeli woman at the Al-Khader junction south.... Hamas: PA forces detain 15 affiliated students 7/9/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Hamas accused Palestinian Authority forces of detaining 15 students last week, as well as four party members over the past two days, a statement read Friday. The Islamist movement said the students were enrolled in the An-Najah University in Nablus and were detained by PA Preventative Security forces during separate campaigns. A Qalqiliya.... Report: 'Exposed: The Treatment of Palestinian Detainees During Operation Cast Lead' PCATI and Adalah, Adalah 7/8/2010 The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, released, today, a special report "Exposed" which discusses violations of detainee rights during "Cast Lead". The report relies on a significant number of testimonies given to PCATI and Adalah attorneys, most of the civilian detainees who were arrested by the Israeli army and interrogated in Israel. The testimonies provide give rise to a series claim that the Israeli Army systematically and deliberately violated their basic rights while disregarding domestic and international law. Among its primary findings: 1. The State of Israel failed in it its international & domestic legal obligation to provide information regarding place of detention to detainee family members without delay to families of the detainees and to organizations dealing with detainees. Not only were detainee families harmed by this dereliction also the ability to monitor detention conditions and the application of detainee rights was harmed. 2. The detainees were held in wretched conditions. They were held in ditches and in cold and dark cells while be denied minimally appropriate nutrition and sanitary needs. This treatment forms the basis for the torture and ill treatment that many of the detainees experienced at various stages of their detention. These conditions allowed the army to break the spirit and to humiliate the detainees in addition to the violence that they suffered during interrogation. 3. The testimonies revealed that the army systematically used the Gaz residets as human shields in order to protect the soldiers while engaged in military activity, within the strip and for many days and even up to 10 days in some instances. At times the civilians were forced to go into homes ahead of the soldiers, to march next to the soldiers to shield them from gun fire. more.. e-mail NYT’s Roger Cohen valorizes ‘Palestinian national struggle’ Mondoweiss - Roger Cohen also scores Obama's "lovefest" with Netanyahu here, and is shrewd in pointing out the conflation of Israel's permanent war with the U.S. "war on terror." I don't like his sardine can metaphor for Gaza; it dehumanizes 1.5 million people in an open-air prison. (I... Hamas: PA detained 4 affiliates across West Bank 7/8/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas accused Palestinian Authority forces of detaining four party supporters across the West Bank, a statement issued Thursday read. The Islamist movement said PA Preventative Security Services carried out the detentions in the northern districts of Salfit, Nablus, and Hebron.... Hebron police detain 40 suspects across district 7/8/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police in the southern West Bank district of Hebron detained 40 suspects and impounded 20 unlicensed vehicles, a report issued Thursday read. Those detained were suspected of involvement in a range of misdemeanors and crimes, including verbal insults, assault, property damage and arson, the report read. The suspects were transferred to.... 16-Year Old Palestinian Arrested, Fined After Being Shot By Settler Uruknet July 8, 2010 - On June 3, an Israeli settler shot Ibrahim Al-Biss and his friend Moataz outside Al-Aroub camp. Three weeks later and only one week after the 16-year-old left the hospital, Israeli police detained the boy at Kiryat Arabat. After his father paid 1500 shekels to release him, the police served Ibrahim with a military court order... IOF troops detain municipality chief, hold him in administrative detention PIC 8 Jul 2010 - IOF detained Sheikh Hammad Al-Umla, the mayor of Beit Ola village, after breaking into his home at dawn Thursday then held him in administrative custody, without trial or charge. Prisoners committee: Extending Issawi detention vengeful decision PIC 8 Jul 2010 - The higher national committee for prisoners has charged that the Israeli occupation authority's (IOA) continued detention of Palestinian female lawyer Shirin Issawi was a vengeful step. 16-Year Old Arrested, Fined After Being Shot By Settler Palestine Monitor - On June 3, an Israeli settler shot Ibrahim Al-Biss and his friend Moataz outside Al-Aroub camp. Three weeks later and only one week after the 16-year-old left the hospital, Israeli police detained the boy at Kiryat Arabat. After his father paid 1500 shekels to release him,... 16-Year Old Arrested, Fined After Being Shot By Settler Palestine Monitor: 8 Jul 2010 - On June 3, an Israeli settler shot Ibrahim Al-Biss and his friend Moataz outside Al-Aroub camp. Three weeks later and only one week after the 16-year-old left the hospital, Israeli police detained the boy at Kiryat Arabat. After his father paid 1500 shekels to release him, the police served Ibrahim with a military court order. Written and photographed by Kara Newhouse. 16-year old Ibrahim Al-Biss with his younger sister Yara. “I still don't believe it's real,” Ibrahim said of the arrest. In the hospital after being shot he had told me that he felt the violent experience was just a dream. On June 6, after encouragement from Israeli police, Ibrahim's father, Muhammad Al-Biss, filed a complaint about his son's shooting. Israeli law requires the police to investigate the incident. The family claim without police advice they would have dropped the matter, but they followed it to their cost. On June... PA minister banned from entering Israel 7/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - PA Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Qaraqe was denied entry into Israel on Tuesday and stripped of his VIP card permitting him to cross Israeli military checkpoints without harassment. The minister told Ma'an that he was en route to a meeting in Nazareth with a follow-up committee on the cases of Palestinian prisoners.... Committee: Attack on minors in captivity evidence of Israel’s brutality Uruknet July 6, 2010 - The supreme national committee for support of prisoners stated that the Israeli prison authorities’ raid against Palestinian minors in the Megiddo prison is clear evidence of Israel’s "barbarism and aggressive policies towards prisoners, and its lack of respect for international and humanitarian law". Riad Ashkar, the committee’s Media Director, clarified in a press statement on... Israel bars senior PA official from entry Palestine Note 7 Jul 2010 - Washington – Israel has barred Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Qaraqe from entering Israel and has stripped him of his VIP card. A checkpoint entering the city of Bethlehem, where PA minister Issa Qaraqe... Palestinian prisoners in Shata jail attacked by Masada unit PIC 7 Jul 2010 - Al-Ahrar center said that an Israeli special unit attacked without prior notice after midnight the Palestinian prisoners in Shata jail and went on the rampage in its sections. Bahar denounces IOF detention of Al-Ahmed, champions national unity PIC 7 Jul 2010 - Dr. Ahmed Bahar has denounced the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) for detaining the head of Fatah's parliamentary bloc Azzam Al-Ahmed along with two other Fatah officials for a short period of time. Soldiers Attack Palestinian Detainees In Majiddo IMEMC - 6 Jul 2010 - Israeli soldiers attacked several Palestinian detainees after raiding their cells in section 4 and 5 of the Majido prison. The army said that the soldiers were searching for a mobile phone reportedly in possession of the detainees. Detainees: Prison guards use dogs, sticks during night raids 7/6/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Palestinians detained in Israel's Megido Prison reported a series of cell raids last week, with guards ransacking living areas in search of mobile phones, the PA Ministry of Detainees Affairs said Tuesday. A statement from the ministry said guards initiated the searches after midnight, entered cells,hit prisoners with sticks and launched tear-gas.... Presidential guard sentenced to 6 months by Israel 7/6/2010 - Tubas - Ma'an - Israel's military court in Salem sentenced a Tubas man on charges of resisting the occupation, handing down a six-month sentence and a large fine. Twenty-one-year-old Thabet Mohammed Jaaysa from the Al-Fara refugee camp works with the Palestinian Authority Presidential Guards, and was detained on 14 April on his way home from work in.... Israel frees Fatah leader 7/6/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Fatah parliament chief Azzam Al-Ahmad was briefly detained Tuesday at a protest in Jerusalem, onlookers said. Israeli police attempted to disperse a sit-in at the Red Cross and detained Al-Ahmad for reasons that were not immediately clear. Palestinian Legislative Council secretary-general Ibrahim Khreisha condemned the detention of Al-Ahmad, which he termed "a provocative.... Israeli soldiers Attack Palestinian Detainees In Majiddo Uruknet July 6, 2010 - Israeli soldiers attacked several Palestinian detainees after raiding their cells in section 4 and 5 of the Majido prison. The army said that the soldiers were searching for a mobile phone reportedly in possession of the detainees. The attack was carried out at midnight on July 5, and led to clashes with the detainees when... Detainees: Prison guards use dogs, sticks during night raids Uruknet July 6, 2010 - Palestinians detained in Israel's Megido Prison reported a series of cell raids last week, with guards ransacking living areas in search of mobile phones, the PA Ministry of Detainees Affairs said Tuesday. A statement from the ministry said guards initiated the searches after midnight, entered cells, hit prisoners with sticks and launched tear-gas canisters inside... IDF Face New War Crimes Allegations: Children As Human Shields Palestine Monitor: 6 Jul 2010 - A new report issued today by human rights groups in Israel accuses the army of using human shields during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza last January. The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and Adalah have collected affidavits which reveal systemic, illegal practises. The use of human shields is a war crime under the Geneva convention. In 2005, the Israeli High Court outlawed such tactics. Rights groups have accused the IDF of using them in 2006 and 2009 operations in Gaza, which prompted investigations which led to one case of criminal proceedings. In March the army indicted two soldiers on charges of endangering a nine-year old boys life, forcing him to open bags they suspected to be booby trapped. Today's report, addressing the wider topic of prisoner abuse, examined individual cases of Palestinians being used as human shields. Rami Abed Rabbo was one victim, claiming he was handcuffed, blindfolded and... IDF Face New War Crimes Allegations: Children As Human Shields Palestine Monitor - A new report issued today by human rights groups in Israel accuses the army of using human shields during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza last January. The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and Adalah have collected affidavits which reveal systemic, illegal practises. The use of... Ahmad Sa'adat: A Palestinian Prisoner of Conscience Palestine Chronicle: 5 Jul 2010 - By Stephen Lendman He's the 1967-founded Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (PFLP) General Secretary, one of thousands of Palestinian political prisoners, sentenced in 2002 to 30 years in prison "for a range of 'security-related' political offenses,' " including his prominence in a prohibited organization, a 1993 document stating that: "The strategic aim of the PFLP's struggle alongside the other forces of the Palestinian revolution is to liberate Palestine from Zionist colonial occupation. The PFLP aims for the establishment of a democratic state on the entire Palestinian land, with its capital in Jerusalem. This state would guarantee legal rights and equality of opportunity to all citizens, without discrimination on the grounds of religion, sex, belief or color. It would oppose Zionism and imperialism and be oriented towards democratic unity with other Arab countries." "Achieving this aim presupposes a radical solution for the Palestinian national cause and readiness to wage...more Report: Lebanon detains suspected Palestinian spy 7/5/2010 - Beirut - Ma'an -Palestinian refugee was detained in the south of Lebanon, suspected of spying for Israel since 2005, the Lebanese Internal Security Forces director told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper Sunday. General Ashraf Rifi reportedly said the 45-year-old suspect, known only by his initials AK, was detained during an ISF ambush where he was found.... Hamas: 17 supporters detained by PA police 7/5/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas officials said Monday that Palestinian Authority forces recently detained 17 party supporters and affiliates from across the West Bank. The Islamist movement said the detentions were carried outNablus, Qalqiliya, Tulkarem, and Bethlehem. Hamas officials have renewed accusations of politically motivated arrests in the past weeks, following the failure of an independent committee.... Israel’s abuse of female prisoners on the rise PIC 5 Jul 2010 - The Tadhamun Foundation revealed that a special Israeli unit spontaneously raided the cells of female inmates in the Damon prison and proceeded in a barbaric inspection operation a few days ago. Ahmad Sa'adat: A Palestinian Prisoner of Conscience Palestine Chronicle: 5 Jul 2010 - By Stephen Lendman He's the 1967-founded Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (PFLP) General Secretary, one of thousands of Palestinian political prisoners, sentenced in 2002 to 30 years in prison "for a range of 'security-related' political offenses,' " including his prominence in a prohibited organization, a 1993 document stating that: "The strategic aim of the PFLP's struggle alongside the other forces of the Palestinian revolution is to liberate Palestine from Zionist colonial occupation. The PFLP aims for the establishment of a democratic state on the entire Palestinian land, with its capital in Jerusalem. This state would guarantee legal rights and equality of opportunity to all citizens, without discrimination on the grounds of religion, sex, belief or color. It would oppose Zionism and imperialism and be oriented towards democratic unity with other Arab countries." "Achieving this aim presupposes a radical solution for the Palestinian national cause and readiness to wage...more Standoff at Hebron mosque 7/5/2010 - Soldiers used several Palestinians as human shields - Hebron - Ma'an - Israeli forces surrounded a mosque in the occupied West Bank late Sunday, opening fire and ordering it evacuated. It was not immediately clear what provoked the standoff at the Ar-Rihiya Mosque south of Hebron, where two Palestinians were detained. Local residents told Ma'an that Israeli forces.... PCHR concerned for Fatah activists in Gaza 7/4/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights says it is concerned by and wishes to highlight the repeated summonsing and detention of dozens of Fatah activists by the Internal Security Service in Gaza. In a statement, the PCHR called upon the government in Gaza to refrain from summonsing Fatah members and detaining them in.... Hebron police detain 36 across district 7/4/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police detained 36 men they said were fugitives and impounded 30 illegal cars in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, a report issued Sunday read. Those apprehended, the report detailed, included 10 suspects driving illegal cars and another 16 suspected of involvement in a number of criminal cases, theft, and.... Ahmad Sa'adat: A Palestinian Prisoner of Conscience Uruknet July 4, 2010 - He's the 1967-founded Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (PFLP) General Secretary, one of thousands of Palestinian political prisoners, sentenced in 2002 to 30 years in prison "for a range of 'security-related' political offenses,' " including his prominence in a prohibited organization, a 1993 document stating that: "The strategic aim of the PFLP's struggle alongside... Watch: How Gilad Shalit will save Netanyahu? Palestine Note 4 Jul 2010 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in return for kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Why the sudden change of heart? And will Netanyahu survive? Watch this report on Link... Palestinian prisoners' families to urge Hamas: Don't surrender to Israel Ha'aretz 4 Jul 2010 - Families of Palestinians jailed in Israel to march in Gaza on Sunday to urge Hamas not to relinquish its demands in prisoner exchange deal with Israel. Hamas' Zahar: Our demands won't change YNet News - Relatives of Palestinian prisoners stage protest outside Hamas strongman's house.... Hamas accuses Israeli premier of 'lying' over failure in prisoner-swap talks Daily Star 4 Jul 2010 GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Hamas on Sunday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of "lying" to the Israeli people about a prisoner swap deal to secure the release of a captured Israeli soldier. The soldier was... Israeli law to prohibit detainees from appearing in court during investigation PIC 4 Jul 2010 - The Israeli Minister of Justice presented a proposal to the government which provides a free hand for Israeli intelligence in interrogation of Palestinian detainees without referring to the courts. Zahhar: Next round of negotiations on Shalit tougher PIC 4 Jul 2010 - Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar on Sunday reassured relatives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails that his movement's position in the next round of talks on the exchange deal would be tougher than before. Nakhala: Egypt still detaining 11 Jihad elements PIC 4 Jul 2010 - Deputy secretary general of Islamic Jihad movement Ziyad Nakhala has said that Egypt was detaining 11 of its members despite numerous mediation bids to release them. IOF troops wound four civilians, detain three others in peaceful march PIC 4 Jul 2010 - Four Palestinian citizens were wounded while three others were arrested when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled a peaceful anti wall march in Beit Jala town north of Bethlehem on Sunday. IOF soldiers break into MP's home, detain 3 Palestinians PIC 4 Jul 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) broke into the home of MP Mohammed Al-Tal in Dhaheria town, southwest of Al-Khalil, at dawn Sunday. Netanyahu: “Israel Willing To Release 1000 Detainees, But Not To The West Bank” IMEMC - 3 Jul 2010 - In an exclusive interview with Israel’s TV, Channel One, conducted by Ella Hason Nesher, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Israel is willing to free 1000 Palestinian detainees under the condition that they are sent to Gaza or deported. Report: Mash’al ready to talk prisoner swap 7/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas chief Khalid Mash'al said he was ready to return to indirect talks on a deal to swap a captured Israeli soldier for Palestinian prisoners, an interview published Sunday said. Speaking to Jordanian newspaper As-Sabil, the leader-in-exile insisted "if one Israeli soldier is not enough for the release of Palestinian detainees we will.... Palestinian prisoners' families to urge Hamas: Don't surrender to Israel Ha'aretz - Families of Palestinians jailed in Israel to march in Gaza on Sunday to urge Hamas not to relinquish its demands in prisoner exchange deal with Israel. Gazan prisoner suffers from serious illnesses in israeli jail 3 Jul 2010 - Gaza, July 3, (Pal Telegraph) The prisoner Abdul Rahman Shehab, a leader of national prisoners movement explained that the health status of prisoner Eyad Roshdi Abu Nasser – Gazan from “Deir Al Balah’-, who is in prison ‘Nafha” since 2003, Eyad’s health is deteriorating in every moment that passes by because of Israel’s disregard for medical assistance shown to Palestinian... Palestinian prisoners' families to urge Hamas: Don't surrender to Israel Ha'aretz 4 Jul 2010 - Families of Palestinians jailed in Israel to march in Gaza on Sunday to urge Hamas not to relinquish its demands in prisoner exchange deal with Israel. Noam Shalit responds to Netanyahu: Israel also knows the price of abandoning Gilad Ha'aretz - Family of captive soldier outraged by Netanyahu's address on prisoner swap, in which he said Israel would free 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Gaza prisoners' families talk tough on Shalit deal YNet News - Palestinian response to Shalit March: The parents of Palestinian prisoners will be holding a protest Sunday outside the home of senior Hamas figure Mahmoud al-Zahar, ....... Palestinian woman arrested during visit to jailed son 7/2/2010 - Tubas - Ma'an - Israeli forces arrested the mother of a Palestinian detainee Wednesday morning, as she entered the Gilboa prison to visit her son. Sameh Rafiq Daraghmah, from the West Bank city of Tubas, told lawyers from the Northern West Bank Prisoners Society that his mother, Fathia Ibrahim, had been arrested by police. He said he.... Erekat: Deporting Jerusalem lawmakers violates immunity agreement 7/2/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - As four Palestinian lawmakers face deportation, chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat says there is an agreement in place with the Israeli government not to detain, expel or restrict the movement of Palestinian lawmakers in Jerusalem. In a meeting, Erekat informed European peace envoy Mark Otte of the agreement, which he said Abbas is.... Palestinian mother arrested visiting son Palestine Note 2 Jul 2010 - Washington - Israeli police arrested a Palestinian woman visiting her son detained in Gilboa prison, Ma'an News Agency reported Friday. The Israeli Prison Authority alleges the women was attempting to smuggle a cell phone to her... Newspapers waffle on ‘torture’ and ‘occupation’ Mondoweiss - Many people, including me, get exercised about the New York Times' bias in its coverage of the question of Palestine. An article reporting the findings of a recent Kennedy School study, which showed that American newspapers essentially stopped calling water boarding torture during the War on... Hebron: Scores Kidnapped by Israelis in June IMEMC - 30 Jun 2010 - A report published by the Palestinian Prisoner's Society's (PPS) Hebron branch, revealed that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 100 Palestinians in several neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and its surrounding towns and villages, during the month of June. Heavy police presence in Silwan 7/1/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained three residents of the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday. As Israeli forces fanned out around the area, six homes were declared military posts, with families either confined to the space or told to evacuate. One family reported damage to the roof of their home as.... 8 Palestinians detained in overnight raids 7/1/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians overnight and handed out two stop-work orders in the northern West Bank, Palestinian police reported Thursday morning. The eight seized were from the Qalqiliya district and the orders were received in Hares village, near Salfit, police said in a daily report. One of the Qalqiliya detainees was seized.... Netanyahu firm on prisoner exchange 7/2/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israel is willing to pay a heavy price in negotiations with Hamas to exchange a captured soldier for Palestinians, but not any price. In a live address to the nation, Netanyahu was quoted by the Israeli media as saying that all Israelis wanted captured.... 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... Israel will free 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit The Guardian 1 Jul 2010 - Binyamin Netanyahu draws the line at paying 'any price' for freedom of soldier, who was abducted in 2006 Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, tonight confirmed he was prepared to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for... Hamas: Netanyahu's Shalit statement 'deludes the public' Palestine Note 1 Jul 2010 - Washington - Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's public statement regarding a prisoner swap that would free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the Hamas government in Gaza responded that the Israeli leader missed the point of... Israeli police detain 3 in Jerusalem neighborhood Palestine Note 1 Jul 2010 - Washington – Israeli troops detained 3 Silwan residents Thursday. Israeli police have increased their presence in the tense neighborhood since the Israel-administered Jerusalem municipality recently announced plans to raze Arab homes therein. Ma’an News Agency reported :... 'Direct talks if PM clarifies stand on borders, security' Jeruslalem Post 1 Jul 2010 - In briefing to Hebrew media, Abbas calls Israel’s government his partner, urges release of Schalit and all Palestinian prisoners, says he doesn’t deny 6 million died in Holocaust. Noam Shalit responds to Netanyahu: Israel also knows the price of abandoning Gilad Ha'aretz - Family of captive soldier outraged by Netanyahu's address on prisoner swap, in which he said Israel would free 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. 'Israel willing to pay heavy price to free Gilad Shalit - but not any price' Ha'aretz - PM addresses mounting pressure to implement prisoner swap, says he has agreed to free 1,000 Palestinian prisoners; Hamas: Main issue is not how many prisoners, but which ones. Prisoners' families urge Shalits to squeeze gov't YNet News - Families of Palestinian prisoners held a press conference Thursday during which they encouraged Aviva and Noam Shalit to keep pressuring the Israeli government on behalf ....... Netanyahu Willing to Free 1000 Palestinians for Shalit WAFA - TEL AVIV, July 1, 2010 (WAFA)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, today, that he is willing to approve the deal presented by the German mediator to free 1000 Palestinian prisoners in Report: 100 Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli troops last month in Al-Khalil PIC 1 Jul 2010 - The Palestinian prisoner society revealed that the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 100 Palestinian citizens in Al-Khalil last June, including patients, disabled, ex-detainees and children. IOA threatens deportation of Gazan to Egypt after completing his sentence PIC 1 Jul 2010 - The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has threatened to deport Gazan prisoner Mohammed Shaat, of Khan Younis, to Egypt. The Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees: Home page
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