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Prisoners Archive - September 2010
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - September 2010
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
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News Israeli Police Detains 12 Palestinians In Jerusalem IMEMC - 30 Sep 2010 - Thursday September 30, 2010 - 22:28, Israeli Police Detains 12 Palestinians In Jerusalem, Israeli policemen detained on Thursday 12 Palestinians near the Al Aqsa Mosque and took them to unknown destinations. Islamic Jihad: PA arrests West Bank leader 9/30/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority forces detained a member of Islamic Jihad on Thursday, the movement's Gaza branch said. Khader Adnan was detained from his workplace in the town of Qabatiya in the Jenin district, a statement from the party said." Adnan has suffered medical troubles since his release from Israeli.... Iranian blogger sentenced to 19.5 years in prison Palestine Note 30 Sep 2010 - Washington - Canadian-Iranian blogger, Hossein Derakhshan, 35, has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison with charges of blasphemy and propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Derakhshan has also been banned from any involvement... Ansar Al-Asra: Israel kidnaps about 500 Palestinian children every year PIC 30 Sep 2010 - Ansar Al-Asra, a human rights organization, reported Thursday that Israel kidnaps about 500 Palestinian prisoners under age 18 every year and there are still 310 of them in its jails. Nassif urges Hamas to give priority to detainees in W. Bank jails PIC 30 Sep 2010 - Senior Hamas official Ra'fat Nassif, a prisoner in Israeli jails, called on his Movement to give priority to the issue of Palestinian detainees in the Palestinian Authority's prisons. Hamas Prisoner In P.A. Jail Hospitalized Due To Torture IMEMC - 29 Sep 2010 - Wednesday September 29, 2010 - 06:44, Palestinian media sources reported Tuesday evening that a political prisoner of the Hamas movement was moved to hospital after being reportedly tortured by security personnel of the Fatah movement. Israeli army detains 5 in Hebron district 9/29/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained five Palestinians across the southern West Bank district of Hebron on Wednesday morning, taking them to an unknown location. Ma'an's correspondent said Israeli troops invaded the Ar-Ramadin village in the district, detaining four residents identified asNayef Mohammad Daghaghmah, 34, Hussein Daghaghmah, 42, Ibrahim Mohammad.... Marwan Barghouthi: Too early to talk of new intifada 9/29/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi said Tuesday it was "too early" to discuss the outbreak of a third Palestinian uprising amidst internal Palestinian division. Speaking from prison on the 10th anniversary of the Second Intifada, Barghouthi said a new uprising "is to be decided by all Palestinians and is carried out.... Hamas: PA responsible for hospitalized detainee 9/29/2010 - SALFIT (Ma'an) -- Two Hamas lawmakers expressed concern Wednesday over the ongoing detention of a party affiliate by Palestinian Authority security forces, after he was transferred to hospital in critical condition while in their custody. The Salfit Palestinian Legislative Council members, Omer Abed Ar-Razeq and Naser Abed Al-Jawwad, issued a joint statement saying they.... Police control 2 brawls, detain 20 in Tulkarem 9/29/2010 - TULKAREM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police controlled two fights and detained 20 suspected of involvement in Tulkarem city and the Bal'a village, a report issued Wednesday read. Eight students were detained after a fight broke out on the Al-Khadoury University campus in the city while 12 were detained for starting a brawl.... Gaza police find forged documents at Rafah 9/29/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Gaza government police detained several Palestinians they said were in possession of forged foreign documents as they tried to leave the Strip through the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Wednesday. Director of Gaza's crossing police Major Iyad Al-Hurani said passport control officers seized a number of forged Swedish.... Statistics on Palestinians in the custody of the Israeli security forces Uruknet September 28, 2010 - About 6,011 Palestinians were held in Israel as of the end of August 2010, the vast majority in facilities of the Israel Prisons Service, and a small number in IDF facilities. The figures are provided by the government authorities.... Rights group: Abu Ghalma detention unlawful PIC 29 Sep 2010 - The Supreme National Committee to support prisoners called on rights organizations to step in to free Linan Yousef Abu Ghalma, 28, from solitary confinement in the Hasharon prison. Bahar condemns Abbas militias for summoning wife of detained MP PIC 29 Sep 2010 - Dr. Ahmed Bahar has lashed out at the security militias loyal to de facto Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas for summoning the wife of a detained MP. Israeli forces storm homes, detain youngsters in Silwan PIC 29 Sep 2010 - Israeli police and border police forces launched a large-scale break and search campaign in Silwan town, occupied Jerusalem, at dawn Wednesday, eyewitnesses reported. Eight US universities say yes to apartheid Lawrence Davidson, Redress 9/27/2010 A letter from Gaza appeared on the web dated 24 September 2010. It was from a group of Gaza academics and students and sought to publicize the fact that eight American universities have recently signed agreements with various Israeli universities to offer US students free semester-long programmes in Israel. Among the American universities participating in this venture are Harvard, Columbia and Michigan. Unspoken strategy of cultural genocide The Gaza academics and students expressed shock at this turn of events. And so they might, given the fact that they are sitting in an outdoor prison of Israeli making and have seen their educational institutions both starved of resources by an Israeli blockade and literally bombed to rubble by Israeli warplanes. The situation in Gaza is but the worst of a bad situation for all Palestinians, including those in the West Bank and Israel proper. When it comes to education in all of these locales apartheid policies are in place to interfere with Palestinian students and teachers and minimize the educational experience. Actually, this is part of an unspoken strategy of cultural genocide. Such policies are directly or indirectly supported by the Israeli academic institutions to which the participating American universities now want to send their students. How can these US universities do this? This is certainly a legitimate question in an age when discrimination and racism are, supposedly, no longer socially or politically acceptable. After all Harvard, Columbia, Michigan, etc. are institutions of higher learning housed in a country that prides itself on broad civil rights laws and all of them adhere to social equity rules. Yet here they are climbing into academic bed, so to speak, with a state that practises apartheid against its non-Jewish minority and is attempting to ethnically cleanse the indigenous population of the occupied territories. Well, there are any number of scenarios that might lead them to this sort of hellish arrangement and here I offer only one possibility. It assumes an "Adolf Eichmann context". more.. e-mail Nobel Peace Laureate Refused Entry To Israel Palestine Monitor - Israeli authorities refused on Tuesday to allow Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire into Israel: she was detained at the country's Ben Gurion International Airport. The Irish Peace activist – who won her Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work bringing peace to Northern Ireland –... Nobel Peace Laureate Refused Entry To Israel Palestine Monitor: 29 Sep 2010 - Israeli authorities refused on Tuesday to allow Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire into Israel: she was detained at the country's Ben Gurion International Airport. The Irish Peace activist – who won her Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work bringing peace to Northern Ireland – arrived at the Tel Aviv airport yesterday morning from Frankfurt Airport. Airport authorities allowed Maguire's travel companion and colleague, Ann Patterson, into the country. Both women were coming to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories as part of a women's peace delegation organised by the Nobel Women's Initiative, a global organisation co-founded by Maguire and five sister Nobel Peace Laureates. MP Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative condemned Israeli decision to prevent Ms Maguire to enter Israeli and consequently the Palestinian territories. “ The decision to refuse entry to Mr Maguire is based on illegitimate and arbitrary political considerations”. “ She has...more Israeli police detain 24 in East Jerusalem 9/28/2010 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli police detained 24 Palestinians from an East Jerusalem neighborhood on Tuesday, an official said. Wad Hilwa Information Center director Jawad Siyam said several women and children in the Silwan neighborhood were briefly detained when Israeli military and police forces shut down the entrance to the Wad Hilwa area. Palestinians were.... MK: Release prisoners 'with blood on their hands' for Shalit 9/28/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- An Israeli member of parliament said Tuesday that his government should consider the release of Palestinian prisoners "with blood on their hands" if it would secure the release of a captured Israeli soldier. Speaking to Israel Radio, Shaul Mofaz said the prisoners' release should be implemented "if there wasn'.... Israel soldiers injure and detain Hebron child Uruknet September 27, 2010 - Israeli soldiers attacked and detained a 13-year-old Palestinian boy on Monday in the Ar-Ras neighborhood of Hebron, witnesses said. Locals said soldiers hit Sayel Rebhi Abu Quweder, leaving him bleeding from his forehead and with bruises on his face. The boy was then handcuffed and taken to an unknown location, residents added... Nobel Peace Laureate denied entry to Israel Mya Guarnieri, Ma’an News Agency 9/28/2010 Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire was denied entry to Israel on Tuesday morning and detained at the country's Ben Gurion International Airport. Maguire, an Irish peace activist and a co-founder of the Nobel Women's Initiative, was traveling to Israel and the West Bank with a delegation to learn about the efforts of Jewish and Arab women working for peace and co-existence. "Dedicating your life to peace should not be a threat to national security," one of the six founders of the Nobel Women's Initiative, Jody Williams, said as she prepared to board a flight to Tel Aviv in the wake of the detention. Maguire began the fight against deportation immediately, with the help of Adalah, a local NGO that advocates for the rights of Israel's Palestinian citizens. "We believe that the decision to refuse entry to Ms. Maguire is based on illegitimate, irrelevant, and arbitrary political considerations," Adalah attorney Fatmeh El-Ajou commented. "All of her activities [in Israel and Palestine] were done in a peaceful and nonviolent form and all of her activities should be protected under the right to express her opinion," El-Ajou added. Maguire has been a vocal critic of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians, including the siege on Gaza. In May, she participated in the Freedom Flotilla, a convoy of aid ships that set out to bring aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.... more.. e-mail Israel soldiers injure and detain Hebron child 9/27/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers attacked and detained a 13-year-old Palestinian boy on Monday in the Ar-Ras neighborhood of Hebron, witnesses said. Locals said soldiers hit Sayel Rebhi Abu Quweder, leaving him bleeding from his forehead and with bruises on his face. The boy was then handcuffed and taken to an unknown location.... Israeli forces detain 5 in Nablus district 9/27/2010 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained five Palestinians early Monday morning in the village of Talfit in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, a source told Ma'an. The source said Israeli forces stormed the village at 4 a. m. , firing gun shots in the air before ransacking several homes in the.... Center: Palestinian rights worker detained in Silwan 9/27/2010 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian human rights worker was detained by Israeli police in Silwan on Monday, the director of the Wad Hilwa Information Center said. Jawad Siyam said Mahmoud Qara'in was detained near his office, and Israeli police were deployed heavily at the entrance of Silwan inspecting residents as they entered.... Hamas: PA detains 7 in West Bank 9/27/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Hamas accused Palestinian Authority security forces of detaining seven party supporters across the West Bank, a statement issued Monday read. The Islamist movement said the detentions were carried out in Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus and Qalqiliya. Hamas also said one of the party supporters detained has cancer.... Prisoner specialist: Situation in Israeli jails could blow up any moment PIC 27 Sep 2010 - Specialist in prisoners' affairs Abdelnasser Farwana warned that the situation in Israeli jails could explode any moment as a result of the escalating Israeli violations against Palestinian prisoners. Rights group says PA tortured young brothers 9/26/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian human rights group says two Gaza brothers were beaten and tortured while they were detained by Palestinian Authority security forces in the northern Gaza Strip. Abdullah Rebhi Abu Se'da, 23, and his brother Sa'eed, 17, from Nablus, were detained on the grounds of a personal.... Police detain 41 for fighting 9/26/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police detained 41 suspects in relation to seven fights across the West Bank on Sunday. A police statement said fights in Hebron, Jericho, and Nablus left 13 injured. In Beit Ummar, near Hebron in the southern West Bank, three suspects were detained accused of participating in a fight which.... One photojournalist and a fifty year old man attacked at Beit Ummar demonstration Uruknet September 26, 2010 - One Palestinian photojournalist was attacked and detained while a fifty year old man collapsed due to tear gas inhalation during a Beit Ummar demonstration calling for the release of 17 year-old Youssef Abu Maria and the boycott of settlement products. Palestinian, international and Israeli activists held a demonstration in front of the settlement of Karmei... Detainees in Israeli jails announce hunger strike Uruknet September 26, 2010 - Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails announced a hunger strike on Saturday to protest prison conditions. The strike was in response to abuse by Israeli guards and the escalation of arbitrary procedures carried out by the Israeli prison administration, a statement from the Prisoners' Society said. Head of the society's Hebron branch Amjad An-Najjar said... Palestinian Prisoners Begin Open-Ended Hunger Strike Alternative Information Center - Approximately 7,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel commenced an open-ended hunger strike yesterday (25 September) in protest of their deteriorating conditions and to raise the issue of Palestinian prisoners in the newly renewed Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. Detainees in Israeli jails announce hunger strike 9/25/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails announced a hunger strike on Saturday to protest prison conditions. The strike was in response to abuse by Israeli guards and the escalation of arbitrary procedures carried out by the Israeli prison administration, a statement from the Prisoners' Society said. Head of the society.... Hamas says PA escalating arrest campaign 9/25/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas officials in the West Bank accused Palestinian Authority security serviceson Saturday of escalating a campaign to detain affiliates. In a statement, the Islamist movement said dozens of party leaders and supporters were arrested overnight in Bethlehem, Nablus and Hebron, adding that one detainee was taken to hospital. Hamas has.... 21 detained at Allenby Bridge crossing 9/25/2010 - JERICHO (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police said Saturday that around 27,000 travelers crossed the Allenby Bridge between the West Bank and Jordan during the week. A police report added that 21 Palestinians "wanted for various criminal acts" were apprehended at the border crossing, and were transferred to prosecution to commence legal proceedings. Israeli forces.... Palestinian Detainees To Go On Hunger Strike Uruknet September 24, 2010 - Approximately 7,500 Palestinian political prisons held by Israel will start, on Saturday September 25, a hunger strike demanding that Israel halt its violations and attacks against them, and to improve their living conditions. Riyadh al-Ashqar, head of the Media Department at the Ministry of Detainee in Gaza, called on the Palestinian people to act in... Resistance leaders sit in at Gaza to support Palestinian prisoners PIC 25 Sep 2010 - Palestinian faction leaders and other speakers at a press conference on Saturday agreed to escalate efforts supporting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Jerusalemite MPs facing exile go on hunger strike in solidarity with prisoners PIC 25 Sep 2010 - The Jerusalemite MPs threatened with exile on Saturday morning went on hunger strike at the Red Cross headquarters in Jerusalem as a step of solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners. Hope vs. reality Sam Bahour, Ma’an News Agency 9/25/2010 As a Palestinian-American father of two daughters living in Al-Bireh, the twin city of Ramallah, no one on this earth wishes for Palestinians and Israelis to reach a lasting peace agreement more than I do. I suspect that the overwhelming majority of Israeli parents feel the same; I know my Israeli friends do. I would even expect that many of those Israeli settler parents who live on the military garrisons of confiscated lands that pepper West Bank hilltops feel the same too. But wishing in a vacuum artificially raises expectations that hurt even harder every time they come crashing to the ground to meet reality. The facts on the ground are bitter, very bitter. To extract the region from never-ending turmoil to that of permanent stability and normalcy, much more self-reflection will need to be made by all the parties involved. I’ll start with my own side, the Palestinians. Since 1948, Palestinians have been dispossessed from 78 percent of our homeland. Today, 60 percent of Palestinians are internally displaced or dwell in refugee camps just hours from their homes and properties, 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza survive under siege conditions, hundreds of thousands have been illegally detained or assassinated by Israel, and the economy is micro-managed by a foreign military that is underwritten by donor countries. The Palestinian negotiating team claims to be a legitimate leadership but there is not one functioning institutional body that can genuinely claim to be the source of their self-defined legitimacy. For its part, Israel is not in a much better position. Its government is comprised of a toxic coalition that mixes neo-conservatism with Jewish fundamentalism and lives on the verge of daily collapse.... more.. e-mail No One Was Safe Palestine Monitor: 25 Sep 2010 - "No one was safe", once Israeli soldiers began using live ammunition on board the Mavi Marmara, says an authoritative UN investigation team into the Israeli attacks on the Gaza aid flotilla. Their report is now going to be considered by the 57-member UN Human Rights Council next week that has the chance to finally ensure that Israel is held accountable for committing what the UNFFM found to be serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law including war crimes of wilful killing and torture. The UNFFM found that Israeli military personnel used ‘incredible violence' against civilians who the investigators describe as ‘persons genuinely committed to the spirit of humanitarianism'. ENFORCEMENT IS ESSENTIAL - OTHERWISE ISRAEL WILL CONTINUE TO VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS WITH IMPUNITY The British passengers who were on board the Gaza-bound aid flotilla have today welcomed the findings of a UN inquiry, which found a strong prima facie case...more Palestinian Detainees To Go On Hunger Strike IMEMC - 24 Sep 2010 - Friday September 24, 2010 - 07:36, Approximately 7,500 Palestinian political prisons held by Israel will start, on Saturday September 25, a hunger strike demanding that Israel halt its violations and attacks against them, and to improve their living conditions. Islamic Jihad hold Abbas responsible for wellbeing of their detained members PIC 24 Sep 2010 - The Islamic Jihad in the West Bank held Abbas's militia responsible for the wellbeing of their kidnapped members, a number of whom were arrested or assassinated by the IOF upon release. Hamas: PA detained 12 supporters overnight 9/23/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) - Hamas accused Palestinian Authority forces of arresting 12 supporters in West Bank cities on Wednesday. The Islamist movement said affiliates were detained in Nablus, Qalqiliya and Hebron. Rights groups, including the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, have documented hundreds of detentions of Hamas members since 30 August, when Hamas-affiliated militants killed.... Police detain 15 for fighting 9/23/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Palestinian police detained 15 suspects accused of fighting near Hebron Wednesday night. None of the suspects were identified. Rocks and sticks were used in the fight in Beit Ummar, which police said was caused by a financial dispute.... Gaza authorities move to execute collaborators 9/23/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A military court in Gaza handed down a death sentence Thursday, to a man detained by Hamas security forces in Khan Younis in what was said to have been a mass arrest of collaborators. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights condemned the sentence - death by firing squad - immediately saying it.... DCI-Palestine and PCATI request investigation in assault case of a 14-year-old Palestinian boy Uruknet September 23, 2010 - On 20 September 2010, DCI-Palestine and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) wrote to the Judge Advocate General’s office requesting an immediate investigation into the alleged assault of a 14-year-old boy in May 2010, in which an interrogator is alleged to have attached a set of car jump leads to the boy's genitals.... IOF troops round up son of recently released physics professor PIC 23 Sep 2010 - IOF soldiers on Wednesday detained in Nablus city Huzaifa Al-Ashqar, 21, the engineering student and son of physics professor Essam Al-Ashqar who was recently released from Israeli jails. Israeli army raids school, detains 2 pupils 9/22/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces raided a school in Hebron's Old City on Wednesday and detained two ninth grade students, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education said in a statement. The PA ministry said forces raided the Al-Ibrahimmiyee School after surrounding it for over an hour, searched classes and detained Anas Jabber.... PFLP men sentenced for revenge assassination plot 9/22/2010 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Four Palestinian students were sentenced to 4-to-8-year prison terms Tuesday after they were found guilty plotting to kill an Israeli judge, advocates for the young men said. The four, all between 22-24 years old and members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, were detained.... Israeli army detains 6 Nablus residents 9/22/2010 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- The Israeli army detained six Palestinians from the northern West Bank city of Nablus after armoured vehicles raided the area early Wednesday morning, a Palestinian security source told Ma'an. The source said forces entered the eastern area of the city at 2 a. m. and raided Amman Street, An-Najah.... Israel releases 5 Palestinian prisoners 9/22/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israel released five Palestinian detainees on Tuesday evening after each had completed sentences ascribed to them by Israeli courts, the Detainees' Center in Gaza City said in a statement. The center noted that several of those released had spent over a decade in Israeli custody and identified the prisoners.... Human rights centre claims that Israeli prisons "are worse than Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib" Uruknet September 20, 2010 - A Palestinian human rights group has branded the treatment of Palestinians in Israeli prisons as "worse than Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib". According to the Prisoners' Studies Centre, Israeli soldiers have forced dozens of Palestinian prisoners to strip naked at gunpoint before being searched, despite complaints from the prisoners. One of the 120 prisoners transferred from... The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat demands the release of all Palestinian Authority political prisoners and an end to the policy of security cooperation Uruknet September 21, 2010 - The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat demands that the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and its security services to end its policy of political arrests and persecution, free all political prisoners from its jails, and respect the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people. The Palestinian Authority continues to adhere to the policy of security cooperation... Tension in Gaza over Hamas' campaign to detain spies Palestine Note 22 Sep 2010 - Washington - A heightened sense of paranoia has spread throughout Gaza as Hamas continues its campaign to seek out Palestinian collaborators for Israel, Haaretz reported Wednesday. Though this is not a new policy enacted by Hamas,... Israel Makes Meeting Another Arab a Crime Palestine Chronicle: 22 Sep 2010 - By Jonathan Cook - Nazareth A vague security offence of 'contact with a foreign agent' is being used by Israel's secret police, the Shin Bet, to lock up Arab political activists in Israel without evidence that a crime has been committed, human rights lawyers alleged this week. The lawyers said the Shin Bet was exploiting the law to characterise innocent or accidental meetings between members of Israel’s large Arab minority and Arab foreign nationals as criminal activity. The chances of such contacts have increased rapidly with advances in new technology and opportunities for Israel’s Arab citizens to travel to the wider Arab world, said Hussein Abu Hussein, a lawyer who represents security detainees. The lawyers’ criticisms come at a particularly sensitive moment, as Israel has been widely accused of hounding two prominent political activists. Both were arrested on the grounds that they spied for the Lebanese militant group Hizbollah. One,...more Report: Hamas carried out shooting to provoke Israel 9/21/2010 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Three Hamas operatives detained over a deadly shooting in Hebron told Palestinian Authority interrogators that their aim was to prevent peace talks from being resumed by provoking Israel into invading the West Bank, Egyptian media reported Monday. A Palestinian security source told the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram that interrogation revealed Hamas also.... PA says Hamas lied about lawmaker's detention 9/21/2010 - TULKAREM (Ma'an) -- Hamas officials in the West Bank accused PA security forces of detaining an elected official from his home north of Tulkarem on Tuesday. A statement from the party said Abdel Rahman Zeidan, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, elected with Hamas' Change and Reform bloc in 2006, was taken.... Antiquities officials detain alleged black market dealer 9/21/2010 - JENIN (Ma'an) -- Roman- and Bronze-age goods were seized in Jenin and Ramallah on Tuesday, following the arrest of black market antiquities dealers in the northern West Bank, police said. Tourism police, acting on a tip, arrived at a small shop in Jenin where unregistered antiquities were being sold behind the counter, Palestinian Authority.... Weekly protests continue across Palestine 9/20/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Bil`in - On Friday, 17 September 2010, the people of Bil'in were joined by Israelis and Internationals to protest against the theft of land and the imprisonment by Abdullah and Adeeb Abu Rahma, Ibrahim Burnat and other political prisoners from Bil'in. The demonstration went on for one and a half hours and.... Author questioned for allegedly smuggling Palestinians into Israel for day of fun Ha'aretz - 'We don't recognize the legality of the entry law into Israel,' author Ilana Hammerman tells Haaretz, adding she is not deterred by possible 2-year prison term. Abbas's militia detains son of MP, as criticism mounts of its kidnap of Zeidan PIC 21 Sep 2010 - Militia loyal to de facto Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday detained Hamza Qarawi, the son of Hamas MP Fathi Qarawi, while working in Rafidiya hospital in Nablus. Hamas prisoners: Violations in Israeli jails rise with every round of peace talk PIC 21 Sep 2010 - The Hamas senior leadership committee of prisoners in Israeli jails said Tuesday that recent cell raids in Israeli jails recur with every new round of negotiations between PA and Israel. Israel releases 2 detainees 9/20/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities released two Palestinian prisoners from Hebron on Sunday evening after completing their sentence, a source said. Muhammad Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Adam, 24, was released after spending eight years in custody while Muhammad Mahmud Salem Etbeesh, 24, was released after spending six years in prison on charges of resisting Israel. 1.... Hamas: PA detains 20 affiliates 9/20/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Hamas accused Palestinian Authority forces of detaining 20 party affiliates across the West Bank overnight, a statement issued Monday read. The Islamist movement said the PA Preventive Security Services has "escalated" its detention campaign against party members and supporters in the West Bank since it claimed responsibility for the killing of.... Weekly protests continue across Palestine Uruknet September 20, 2010 - On Friday, 17 September 2010, the people of Bil’in were joined by Israelis and Internationals to protest against the theft of land and the imprisonment by Abdullah and Adeeb Abu Rahma, Ibrahim Burnat and other political prisoners from Bil’in. The demonstration went on for one and a half hours and was met with large amounts... Political Detainees Injured During Clashes With Soldiers PNN - Jerusalem – PNN – a number of Palestinian political detainees were reported injured as clashes took place at the Israeli military detention facility Ramon on Monday. The clashes erupted late on Sunday... 'Talks to continue if settlement building remains frozen' Jeruslalem Post 20 Sep 2010 - Mahmoud Abbas says he is not prepared to negotiate an agreement for a "single day more" if Israel does not extended the construction moratorium; wants Palestinian prisoners to be included in deal. 3 protestors wounded in Bil'in protest in solidarity with the prisoners of the Popular Resistance Stop The Wall - During the protest the participants raised Palestinian flags and pictures of the popular resistance prisoners. Weekly protests continue across Palestine 9/20/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Bil`in - On Friday, 17 September 2010, the people of Bil'in were joined by Israelis and Internationals to protest against the theft of land and the imprisonment by Abdullah and Adeeb Abu Rahma, Ibrahim Burnat and other political prisoners from Bil'in. The demonstration went on for one and a half hours and.... International organization urges PA in Ramallah to end torture in its jails PIC 20 Sep 2010 - The international crisis group (ICG) has called for an end to torture rounds in the prisons of Ramallah security apparatuses in the West Bank. Rights center demands int'l inquiry into Ramon jail attack PIC 20 Sep 2010 - The Palestinian center for defending prisoners slammed the Israeli "aggressive" attack on the prisoners in Ramon jail and called for opening international probe into the incident. Israeli jailers force Palestinian prisoners to strip naked for search PIC 20 Sep 2010 - A Palestinian prisoner said that he and 119 other detainees a few days ago were forced by Israeli jailers to strip naked before they were transferred from Shata prison to another one. 28 Years Later: Sabra and Shatila Massacre Reham Alhelsi, Palestine Think Tank 9/16/2010 28 years ago, one September day, after playing with my siblings and friends in our land, we returned home with joy in our hearts. We were very happy and rushed to tell my parents of our plan to go on a “picnic” the following day with our friends. My father looked at us and said calmly: no, there will be no picnic tomorrow. My parents were sitting in front of the TV, both unusually quiet, my father’s eyes looked troubled, my mother had tears in her eyes. The house was silent, dead silent, except for the screams coming from the TV. I looked at the TV and saw the same images over and over: dead bodies …. dead bodies …. dead bodies…. 28 years ago, I saw images of butchered Palestinians, piled up like sacks one over the other. I saw images of murdered men, women, children and elderly filling the streets. I saw women crying and shouting and cursing. I saw Sabra and Shatila. 28 years later, I remember Sabra and Shatila, look at the images of the martyred victims. I memorize the 3500 names of those tortured to death, of those butchered. I read out loud the testimonies of those who survived the atrocities. I think of their pain, their suffering and of their fear. I think: 62 years of murder, 62 years of terror, 62 years of Zionism occupying Palestine and threatening humanity. 28 years ago, I understood for the first time what it means to mourn, what it feels like to lose someone, how much it hurts to see someone lying in their blood, hear the stories of the their last minutes, listen to the screams of those who survived. We sat in our living room in occupied Palestine and saw the images of all those men, women and children, lying dead in the streets. It was like waking up from a dream, and realizing that for you, as a Palestinian, there was no place for picnics, no place for happiness as long as other Palestinians were being murdered, that there is no place for happiness as long as Palestine is still occupied.... more.. e-mail Lawyer: Detainees at Huwara prison suffer malnutrition, food poisoning 9/19/2010 - SALFIT (Ma'an) -- Palestinian detainees held in Israeli detention are suffering from food poisoning and malnutrition, a human rights lawyer said Sunday. Ahmad Tubasi said the administration of Huwara detention center does not provide sufficient food, and often just an egg and yoghurt is provided. The food is often rotten, he added. Detainee Saed.... Border guards chase Palestinian workers near Jerusalem 9/19/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli Border Guards patrolling the area between Jerusalem and Bethlehem chased a car of Palestinian workers on Sunday morning entering Israel by the Tsur Hadassah area, an Israeli source said. The source said during the chase, the Israeli military vehicle hit the Palestinian car, injuring two officers. Six Palestinians were detained.... Hamas: PA detained 14 affiliates 9/19/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Hamas accused Palestinian Authority forces of detaining 14 party affiliates across the West Bank overnight, a statement issued Sunday read. The Islamist movement said PA Preventive Security Services detained its members in the northern West Bank districts of Salfit, Tulkarem, Nablus and Jenin and the southern districts of Hebron and Bethlehem.... Palestinian female prisoners complain against Nashon PIC 19 Sep 2010 - Forty Palestinian female prisoners sued the Israeli Nahshon unit that is specialized in quelling prisoners for maltreatment. Hawara prisoners suffer food poisoning after served bad food PIC 19 Sep 2010 - The international Tadhamon foundation for human rights said prisoners in the Hawara detention center near Nablus are suffering from malnutrition, while noting some cases of food poisoning. Israel Insists On Killing Chances For Peace Palestine Monitor: 19 Sep 2010 - Israel insists on "killing chances for peace" and "assassinating the peace process" with settlements and the wall, Palestinian National Initiative leader Mustafa Barghouthi said Sunday. The PNI leader said Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's comments that Palestinians were using a call to extend a moratorium on illegal West Bank settlement building to undermine peace talks were " another confirmation that Israel uses negotiations to cover its expansionist policies and not for peace." Barghouthi said settlement expansion was not deterred by the moratorium, pointing to developments in occupied East Jerusalem, which was excluded from the freeze. He said Israel was planning to build a 12 meter concrete wall sectioning off parts of the occupied city, which would isolate residents in the Shu'fat refugee camp, Ras Khamis, Ras Shehada and Anata villages from Jerusalem. Barghouthi further denounced attacks against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention, calling for an escalation in popular resistance in support...more Gaza govt: PA, Israel colluded in assassination 9/18/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Palestinain Authority Security Forces detained slain Hamas leader Iyad Shelbaya seven times in the past two years, Gaza government spokesman Taher An-Nunu said Saturday. The repeated detentions, which followed an 11-month period in Israeli prison starting in 2003, An-Nunu said, was akin to collaboration with Israel on the part.... Hamas: PA continues targeted detentions 9/18/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Hamas officials in the West Bank said Palestinian Authority security services officers of detaining 22 members and affiliates from across the West Bank. While Ma'an could not independently verify the detentions, rights organizations like the Palestinian Center for Human Rights cataloged hundreds of detentions since 30 August, when Hamas-affiliated.... Civil Defense worker detained at checkpoint 9/18/2010 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained a Palestinian Civil Defense Force worker on his way to Ramallah where he was expected to report for duty, security sources said. Soldiers at the Za'tara checkpoint south of Nablus stopped 25-year-old Thabet Yasser Sliman, a native of Beita village, and removed him from the.... 26 detained at Allenby crossing 9/18/2010 - JERICHO (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police said Saturday that 41,000 travelers crossed the Allenby Bridge between the West Bank and Jordan during the week. A police report added that 26 Palestinians "wanted for various criminal acts" were apprehended at the border crossing, and would be transferred to prosecution to commence legal proceedings. Israeli forces.... Palestinian prisoners go on hunger strike to protest IPA abuse Uruknet September 18, 2010 - Palestinian prisoners in all Israeli jails have announced they will go on hunger strike next Saturday Sept. 25 in protest of the heightened abuse they have recently suffered from the Israeli prisons authority (IPA). "The IPA has launched an unprecedented campaign against prisoners since the direct negotiations started, which reflected the Israeli government’s lack of... Nine PFLP Members Detained By P.A Security Forces In Bethlehem Uruknet September 17, 2010 - Legislator Khalida Jarrar, member of the Political Bureau of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) started Thursday that Palestinian security forces arrested nine PFLP members from the Doheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem. Jarrar said that vice Secretary-General of the PLFP, Abdul-Rahim Mallouh, contacted a number of P.A security official in an... Palestinian prisoners go on hunger strike to protest IPA abuse PIC 18 Sep 2010 - Palestinian prisoners in all Israeli jails have announced they will go on hunger strike next Saturday in protest of the heightened abuse they have recently suffered from the IPA. Hamas: PA forces detain 53 overnight 9/17/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Hamas officials in the West Bank accused Palestinian security forces of detaining 53 members and affiliates overnight, a statement said. The alleged detentions came as Israeli forces entered Nur Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarem and assassinated a Hamas leader, also detaining at least nine other Hamas members, according to Palestinian.... Israel detains civil defense worker 9/17/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers on Friday detained a Palestinian civil defense employee at Za'tara checkpoint south of Nablus, witnesses said. Locals said 25-year-old Thabet Yasser Izzat Suleiman from Beita, south of Nablus, was detained on his way to work.... Tulkarem man arrested for selling marijuana 9/17/2010 - TULKAREM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police in the West Bank city of Tulkarem detained a man on Thursday suspected of selling marijuana. Police said they seized large quantities of the drug at the suspect's house, and transferred the man to prosecution.... Jericho police detain 4 suspected of forging documents 9/17/2010 - JERICHO (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police on Friday detained four Palestinians suspected of forging official documents. Police said an investigation was launched after Israel's District Coordination Office complained that two Palestinians had submitted forged official documents to obtain commercial permits to enter Israel. The holders of the false documents were questioned by.... Nine PFLP Members Detained By P.A Security Forces In Bethlehem Uruknet September 17, 2010 - Legislator Khalida Jarrar, member of the Political Bureau of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) started Thursday that Palestinian security forces arrested nine PFLP members from the Doheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem. Jarrar said that vice Secretary-General of the PLFP, Abdul-Rahim Mallouh, contacted a number of P.A security official in an... Families of Kidnapped Hamas supporters say sons are tortured in PA jails PIC 17 Sep 2010 - Families of kidnapped Hamas members and supporters incarcerated in the PA jails asserted Thursday that their sons were exposed to severe forms of torture and for long hours. Nine PFLP Members Detained By P.A Security Forces In Bethlehem IMEMC - 16 Sep 2010 - Friday September 17, 2010 - 01:27, Legislator Khalida Jarrar, member of the Political Bureau of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) started Thursday that Palestinian security forces arrested nine PFLP members from the Doheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem. Israel detains 7 'wanted' Palestinians overnight 9/16/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Palestinian security officials said five Palestinians were detained overnight by Israeli forces in the Nablus and Hebron areas, while an Israeli military spokeswoman said there were at least seven taken for questioning. Between Wednesday night and Thursday morning three men, identified as Mustafa Kamel Shawer, 48, Sufian Hamhum, 39, and Marwan.... Palestinian expert warns about repeating Oslo's mistakes as direct talks are launched Uruknet September 15, 2010 - A Palestinian expert has warned of the danger of repeating the mistakes made by the Palestinian negotiators, especially concerning Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, in signing the Oslo Accords in 1993. The second round of direct talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians is now under way in Egypt's Sharm El Sheikh. Abdel Nasser Ferwana,... Israeli troops assault Palestinian workers at West Bank checkpoint Uruknet September 14, 2010 - Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Hamra military checkpoint in the Jordan Valley detained a group of Palestinian workers on Tuesday morning and assaulted them, a Palestinian media source reported. Nimir Sawaftah, one of the attacked workers, said soldiers beat him up with their rifle buts and batons; and was moved to a local hospital as... IOF arrests MP’s brother five days after released from PA prison PIC 16 Sep 2010 - Israeli troops raided Thursday morning the south Al-Khalil neighborhood of Wadi al-Hurriya and arrested Subhi Kafisha, 46, the brother of MP Hatem Kafisha. Nafha prisoners suspected of smuggling phones placed in solitary confinement PIC 16 Sep 2010 - The supreme national committee said Nafha prisoners have been exposed to a “vengeful suppression” operation after guards claimed mobile phones were smuggled into the prison through family visits. Center: Detainees beaten over cell phones 9/15/2010 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Detainees Center said Wednesday that a special unit raided the Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank, beating detainees, a statement read. The center said the unit opened fire at prisoners and deployed tear-gas, with several younger detainees suffering respiratory problems as a result. According to the center'.... Hamas: PA detained 60 affiliates 9/15/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Hamas accused Palestinian Authority security forces Wednesday of detaining 60 party affiliates across the West Bank. In a statement, the Islamist movement said the PA had escalated its campaign against Hamas leaders and supporters. On Tuesday, Hamas reported that 65 of its West Bank affiliates were detained by PA forces, and.... 2 detained from Beit Ummar 9/15/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained two from the north Hebron district town of Beit Ummar on Wednesday morning, following two home raids, witnesses said. Palestine Solidarity Project spokesman Muhammad Ayyad Awad identified the two as 19-year-olds Amr Issa Abdul Khaliq Zakrawi and Nabil Mahmoud Salem Alami. He said they were taken to.... PA police seize drugs across West Bank 9/15/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police confiscated narcotics across the West Bank on Wednesday and detained several residents suspected of drug dealing and narcotics possession, reports read. In the Hebron town of Deir Samit, police received information that two residents were in possession of narcotics. Police acted on the tip and detained the men.... Police: 4 arrested in Bethlehem for planting marijuana 9/15/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police detained four residents in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem on Wednesday, a report read. Police said officers were informed that marijuana was being planted in a home in Beit Jala, a Bethlehem town. Police arrived at the home and found 10 marijuana plants from the garden.... Israeli troops assault Palestinian workers at West Bank checkpoint Uruknet September 14, 2010 - Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Hamra military checkpoint in the Jordan Valley detained a group of Palestinian workers on Tuesday morning and assaulted them, a Palestinian media source reported. Nimir Sawaftah, one of the attacked workers, said soldiers beat him up with their rifle buts and batons; and was moved to a local hospital as... Prisoner released in exchange for Shalit video remains in solitary confinement PIC 15 Sep 2010 - Linan Abu Ghalma, 28, has been kept in solitary confinement and exposed to other inhumane treatment in the Hasharon prison since her arrest two months back, human rights sources said Wednesday. Nahshon unit storms Ofer prison cells PIC 15 Sep 2010 - Israeli soldiers of the Nahshon military unit stormed the Ofer prison cells at a late hour on Tuesday night amidst firing of rubber bullets and teargas. Israeli troops assault Palestinian workers at West Bank checkpoint IMEMC - 14 Sep 2010 - Tuesday September 14, 2010 - 19:21, Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Hamra military checkpoint in the Jordan Valley detained a group of Palestinian workers on Tuesday morning and assaulted them, a Palestinian media source reported. Hamas says 65 affiliates detained by PA 9/15/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Hamas on Tuesday accused Palestinian Authority security forces of detaining 65 party affiliates in the West Bank. The Islamist movement said in a statement that among those arrested were 40 supporters previously released from Israeli custody. Hamas says up to 750 affiliates in the West Bank have been detained by PA.... Source: Israel shuts down prison, transfers detainees 9/15/2010 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israel's Prison Service will shut down the Shitah prison in northern Israel and transfer 60 Palestinian detainees to the Megido-Salem prison in the same region, a source said Tuesday. The source told Ma'an that the prison agency did not provide a reason for the jail's.... Israeli forces detain Palestinian from refugee camp 9/14/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli special forces detained a Palestinian at the entrance of the Nur Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarem overnight on Monday. Ma'an's correspondent said Anwar Naji, 20, was detained by Israeli forces in a private car and was taken to an unknown location. An Israeli military spokeswoman.... Source: 4 detained from Tulkarem overnight 9/14/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces arrested four Palestinians from the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem overnight Monday, a security source told Ma'an. The source identified those detained as Issa Odeh, 18, Yousef Fayyad, 25, and Ayman Abu Safaqa, 23. Ma'an's correspondent reported that Anwar Naji, 20, was.... Society: Israel detained 14 in Bethlehem over Ramadan 9/14/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities detained 14 Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in the district said Tuesday. Abdul Fattah Khalil said the detentions were carried out the Al-Arrub and Ad-Duheisha refugee camps in the district, as.... Israel releases Palestinian detained in Tulkarem 9/14/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces released a Palestinian Tuesday after detaining him overnight at the entrance of the Nur Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarem. Ma'an's correspondent said Israeli special forces detained Anwar Naji, 20, by Israeli special forces in a private car and was taken to an unknown location.... "FUCK YOU, GAZANS!" Uruknet September 13, 2010 - This is the narrative of a 22-year old Palestinian who returned recently to Gaza. Among his misfortunes he was apprehended and arbitrarly detained by the mukhabarat (General Intelligence) in Jordan... Israel considers prisoner release, ceding territories to PA YNet News - Israel and the Palestinians have yet to reach a compromise on settlement construction, but Jerusalem is nonetheless considering a number of gestures, including releasing ....... Woman returns from PA with rifle in car YNet News - A resident of Bu'eine Nujeidat in the Lower Galilee was detained Tuesday evening when a makeshift rifle was found in her car upon her return from the Palestinian ....... Palestinian - British Political Artist Detained And Stripped Searched At Ben Gurion Airport IMEMC - 13 Sep 2010 - Saturday September 11, 2010 - 12:42, On Saturday September 4th British-born Palestinian Political Hip Hop artist, Shadia Mansour, was held at gunpoint airport security and intelligence officers. Israel releases Hamas MP 9/13/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israel released a Hamas-affiliated member of the Palestinian Legislative Council on Sunday after eight years in custody. Muhammad Jamal An-Natsheh was detained on 17 July 2002 and sentenced to eight years in Israeli prison. Upon his release, he was greeted by relatives and PLC members. The latest release follows that of.... Israeli soldiers pictured aiming rifle at Palestinian detainee Uruknet September 12, 2010 - Controversial photos taken by Nahal unit soldiers on their cell phones were released Sunday evening. The four soldiers were pictured while directing their rifles at a bound Palestinian detainee in January this year in the Jenin area, and were accused of abuse and dishonorable behavior. The photos show the soldiers pointing their weapons at the... Eid sees factions commemorate slain, absent Uruknet September 11, 2010 - Delegations from Hamas, Fatah and leftist factions led memorial processions on Saturday, the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, culminating in visits to the graves of slain Palestinians and commemoration sites. In Gaza City, Hamas leaders also organized a visit to prisoners in Rafah, bearing holiday gifts, and inquiring as to prison conditions. The... Palestinian - British Political Artist Detained And Stripped Searched At Ben Gurion Airport Uruknet September 11, 2010- On Saturday September 4th British-born Palestinian Political Hip Hop artist, Shadia Mansour, was held at gunpoint airport security and intelligence officers. Ms. Mansour was told to return to her luggage after a usual baggage xray and multiple searches, when eight agents ran towards her, weapons drawn and pointed, they aggressively kicked away her bags and surrounded... Video: Palestinian prisoners denied visits Uruknet September 11, 2010 - Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid, a festival that brings families together. However, Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails find it very difficult to receive visits from their families and relatives. Human rights organizations say that while Israeli convicts are allowed family and home visits, Palestinians are denied even a phone call ... Stranded at Erez, Israel's deportees mark Eid Uruknet September 11, 2010 - Thirteen Palestinians, who once had Israeli identity cards allowing them to live with their spouses, celebrated Eid alone, in Gaza City on Friday. The men, who lived in what is now the Israeli city of Beersheba (formerly Beir Seba) were detained and deported because of small mistakes or oversights in their registration processes with Israeli... IOF soldiers sexually abuse detained Palestinian children PIC 13 Sep 2010 - Israeli occupation soldiers sexually abused Palestinian children while in custody in violation of international laws and norms and in a cruel violation of human rights, according to media reports. Israeli Soldiers Sexually Abuse Palestinian Children Palestine Chronicle: 13 Sep 2010 - By Stephen Lendman On September 10, Israel's YnetNews.com headlined, 'IDF sexually abused Palestinian children,' headlining: "Damning (September 9) CNN report cites uncorroborated sexual abuse charges of Palestinian children detained by IDF." Military officials refused to "respond to abuse charges as no details (were) provided," a spokesman saying "We cannot address general claims on the subject in the absence of a specific complaint." CNN's report "featured an unidentified Palestinian boy claiming that IDF forces attempted to insert an object into his rectum," and that dozens of officers present stood around laughing while it happened. The network cited Defence of Children International (DCI) as its source, an independent NGO involved in promoting and protecting children's rights globally for over 30 years, founded on the date the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) passed 10 years later. In May 2010, it asked the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to investigate...more Palestinian - British Political Artist Detained And Stripped Searched At Ben Gurion Airport IMEMC - 11 Sep 2010 - Saturday September 11, 2010 - 12:42, On Saturday September 4th British-born Palestinian Political Hip Hop artist, Shadia Mansour, was held at gunpoint airport security and intelligence officers. Stranded at Erez, Israel's deportees mark Eid 9/11/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Thirteen Palestinians, who once had Israeli identity cards allowing them to live with their spouses, celebrated Eid alone, in Gaza City on Friday. The men, who lived in what is now the Israeli city of Beersheba (formerly Beir Seba) were detained and deported because of small mistakes or oversights in.... Eid sees factions commemorate slain, absent 9/11/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Delegations from Hamas, Fatah and leftist factions led memorial processions on Saturday, the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, culminating in visits to the graves of slain Palestinians and commemoration sites. In Gaza City, Hamas leaders also organized a visit to prisoners in Rafah, bearing holiday gifts, and inquiring.... Hamas: PA detained 7 affiliates 9/10/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Hamas officials in the West Bank accused Palestinain Authority security forces of detaining sevenof its members and affiliates between Thursday night and Friday afternoon. Two separate statements from the party said forces targeted affiliates in Nablus and Hebron on Thursday night, while a second statement said three affiliates were targeted, 2.... Palestinian prisoners denied visits AlJazeera 11 Sep 2010 - Convicts in Israeli jails not allowed to receive relatives during Eid holiday. Mothers of prisoners mark Eid in protest 9/10/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A committee of mothers of Palestinian prisoners met Friday outside the headquarters of the Red Cross in Gaza City, protesting the continued incarceration of their sons and daughters. The mothers read a letter to assembled protesters saying there was "no celebration of Eid without our loved ones in prison," explaining.... Hamas: Leader transferred from PA prison to hospital 9/10/2010 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- A Hamas party statement accused PA prison authorities of torturing a senior leader after he was moved from a government prison to hospital on Thursday. Hamas leader Nader Sawafta from Tubas was transferred to from a Palestinain Authority prison to Nablus' Rafidia hospital in Nablus a statement said. Officials wrote.... Gaza: Mothers of prisoners mark Eid in protest Uruknet September 10, 2010 - A committee of mothers of Palestinian prisoners met Friday outside the headquarters of the Red Cross in Gaza City, protesting the continued incarceration of their sons and daughters. The mothers read a letter to assembled protesters saying there was "no celebration of Eid without our loved ones in prison," explaining that families around the world... Palestinian - British Political Artist Detained And Stripped Searched At Ben Gurion Airport PNN - By Nancy leigh / London – PNN – on Saturday September 4th British-born Palestinian Political Hip Hop artist, Shadia Mansour, was held at gunpoint airport security and intelligence officers. Ms. Mansour was told... Hebron police detain 2 for selling unregistered cars 9/9/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Police in Hebron detained two Palestinians on Thursday for selling cars listed fraudulently as imported. Police said a Hebron district resident filed a complaint after he purchased a car saying he was the victim of fraud. Police investigated the incident and detained two unnamed Palestinians suspected of involvement in the alleged.... While In Solitary, Palestinian Detainees In Eshil Declare Hunger Strike Uruknet September 8, 2010 - Palestinian detainees placed in solitary confinement at the Eshil Israeli detention facility declared on Tuesday a hunger strike in protest to the bad meals provided to them and the bad living conditions. Palestinian Detainee Committee issued a press release on Wednesday stating that the prison administration is refusing to hand the detainees their meals by... Iran to free one of three detained American hikers Palestine Note 9 Sep 2010 - Washington - The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance issued a statement via text message announcing the release of the one of the three US hikers accused of espionage after straying into Iran via the Iraq... PA releases Hamas prisoners for Eid Palestine Note 9 Sep 2010 - Washington - The Palestinian Authority released dozens of "Hamas operatives and political activists affiliated" with Hamas overnight Wednesday, Israeli daily Haaretz said. According to the report, the release came at the behest of Palestinian President Mahmoud... Hamas: PA forces are Torturing The Movement Members In West Bank Jails PNN - Bethlehem – PNN – Hamas sources announced on Thursday that many of the movement’s activists and leaders who were detained by the Palestinian Authority forces in the West Bank are being subjected... Detainees in PA jails tortured, interrogated by Israeli officers PIC 9 Sep 2010 - Israeli intelligence officers are participating in the interrogation of Palestinian detainees held in West Bank prisons, the committee of relatives of detainees said in a statement on Thursday. Palestinians held in isolation organize single day hunger strike PIC 9 Sep 2010 - Palestinian prisoners held in isolation cells in the Israeli Eshel prison went on hunger strike on Tuesday to protest bad incarceration conditions along with bad quality meals. Bahar: Detaining resistance fighters in WB a big crime PIC 9 Sep 2010 - Dr. Ahmed Bahar has denounced the Ramallah authority's militias for reportedly detaining those who carried out the attacks on Israeli targets in the West Bank a few days ago. While In Solitary, Detainees In Eshil Declare Hunger Strike IMEMC - 9 Sep 2010 - Thursday September 09, 2010 - 02:24, Palestinian detainees placed in solitary confinement at the Eshil Israeli detention facility declared on Tuesday a hunger strike in protest to the bad meals provided to them and the bad living conditions. P.A Releases Hamas Detainees IMEMC - 9 Sep 2010 - Thursday September 09, 2010 - 02:09, Under direct orders from Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Security Forces in the northern West Bank City of Nablus released on Wednesday at night 46 political prisoners of the Hamas movement as a gesture of good will before Al Fitir Muslim feast. Hamas lawmakers released from Israeli prison 9/8/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Two elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council were released into the West Bank on Wednesday gaving served several consecutive terms in Administrative Detention. Officials at the Al-Ahrar Prisoners Society said that Azzam Salhab, 45, was released after 56 months in Israeli prison without charge, and Nizar Abdel Hamid Ramadan, 50.... Israel appears blocked out of joint shooting investigations 9/8/2010 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an/Agencies) -- Palestinian security officials told Israeli media that two more men were detained on Tuesday, in connection with the shooting of two settlers near Ramallah. The detentions follow the arrest of two other men in connection with the shooting death of four Israeli settlers, attacked on 31 August, the day before.... Hamas: PA detains 25, dismisses 6 9/8/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Hamas accused Palestinian Authority Preventative Security Services of detaining 25 party affiliates in the West Bank, a statement issued Wednesday read. The detention, Hamas said, were carried out in Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarem, Salfit, Qalqiliya and East Jerusalem. The PA has also transferred those detained to the Juneid prison in Nablus because.... PA begins Eid prisoner release 9/8/2010 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Palestinian security services in Nablus released 46 of an unknown total of Hamas-affiliated detainees from northern prisons on Wednesday night, on the order of President Mahmoud Abbas on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr. Informed sources told Ma'an that the decision would include prisoners in all West Bank governorates, with.... Hamas warns more strikes Palestine Note 8 Sep 2010 - Group calls on PA to stop arresting Hamas members Washington - Hamas members or those believed to be affiliated with Hamas have been detained en masse by Palestinian Authority forces since two shootings targeting settlers upset... Kairos: Christian Advocacy in the 'Holy Land' Palestine Chronicle: 7 Sep 2010 - By Timothy Seidel Much is said about Palestine-Israel. There is no shortage of reporting, analysis, and opinion. And there is no shortage of expressions of personal commitments to ‘peace’. One need only glance at recent headlines to discover this, especially with another push to reinvigorate the ‘peace process’. But there is also much that is not said. For example, in many reports of Israel’s attack on an aid flotilla headed to Gaza earlier this year there was a glaring absence of a back story. Why are basic relief supplies needed in Gaza? No reference to Israel’s occupation of Gaza. No reference to the fact that the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza—the majority of whom are refugees—live in what is essentially the world’s largest open-air prison. No reference to the denial of access to needed services and economic opportunity with over 70 percent living in poverty, dependent on food aid. Or...more TAKE ACTION AGAINST ISOLATION - FREE AHMAD SA'ADAT!INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION - OCTOBER 5-15, 2010 Uruknet September 6, 2010 - Imprisoned Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa'adat will be returning to court in mid-October 2010 challenging his isolation and the isolation of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons. Write letters today and take action from October 5-15, 2010 in support of Palestinian prisoners' struggle for freedom - demand an end to isolation! Ahmad Sa'adat, the General Secretary... Kairos and Christian Advocacy in the 'Holy Land' Palestine Chronicle: 7 Sep 2010 - By Timothy Seidel Much is said about Palestine-Israel. There is no shortage of reporting, analysis, and opinion. And there is no shortage of expressions of personal commitments to ‘peace’. One need only glance at recent headlines to discover this, especially with another push to reinvigorate the ‘peace process’. But there is also much that is not said. For example, in many reports of Israel’s attack on an aid flotilla headed to Gaza earlier this year there was a glaring absence of a back story. Why are basic relief supplies needed in Gaza? No reference to Israel’s occupation of Gaza. No reference to the fact that the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza—the majority of whom are refugees—live in what is essentially the world’s largest open-air prison. No reference to the denial of access to needed services and economic opportunity with over 70 percent living in poverty, dependent on food aid. Or...more Hamas: PA detains 35 more party members 9/6/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority security services have detained 35 more Hamas affiliates in the aftermath of Tuesday's attack on Israeli settlers, the movement said Monday. The arrests bring to 750 the total number of Hamas members seized from Ramallah and Hebron in the days after the attacks that left four dead.... Report: Netanyahu to offer PA alternative to settlement freeze 9/6/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) - Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to freeze settlement construction in the West Bank, but at the same time he still wants President Mahmoud Abbas to continue with direct peace talks. To do so, Netanyahu is offering "generous" gestures such as releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and transferring more West Bank.... High committee of prisoners: 36 children, three women kidnapped in August PIC 6 Sep 2010 - The high national committee for the support of prisoners said it documented in last August the kidnapping of 295 Palestinians, including 36 children and three women. Ahrar: Israeli officers partake in interrogating Hamas cadres in PA jails PIC 5 Sep 2010 - Al-Ahrar center for the defense of prisoners revealed that Israeli intelligence officers interrogated Hamas detainees in the Palestinian authority's jails. Prisoner awarded PhD in jail 9/4/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian prisoner held in the Negev prison was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration from the American World University, the Center for Detainees' Studies announced Sunday. Abdel Hafez Saadi Gaithan's doctoral thesis was entitled Strategic Planning in Qabilia, a Palestinian village in the northern.... Police detain 9 at Allenby Crossing 9/4/2010 - JERICHO (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority security forces apprehended nine fugitives attempting to cross the Allenby Bridge into Jordan, a report said Sunday. Those arrested were wanted on fraud charges and criminal offenses, a police report said. Meanwhile, more than 8,000 travelers arrived in the West Bank from Jordan during the week, the report highlighted.... Hebron police arrest 14 9/4/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police dispersed two fights on Sunday in the Hebron district, detaining 13 suspected of involvement. Police said suspects used clubs and threw stones at each other in fights in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby town Ash-Shuyukh. Three sustained injuries and were transferred to hospital.... Mass arrests, clashes follow settler shootings Uruknet September 4, 2010 - On 1 September the Palestinian Authority's (PA) security forces launched an unprecedented arrest campaign against Palestinians affiliated with the Hamas party in the occupied West Bank. The arrest sweep followed attacks earlier in the week against Israeli settlers in Hebron and Ramallah. The PA's Preventative Security Services and the General Intelligence Services arrested and detained... Abuse of Palestinian children in detention: Palestinian and Israeli organisations write to Netanyahu Uruknet September 2, 2010 - Today, DCI-Palestine, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) have written a letter to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing deep concern over continued reports of ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children who are detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military court... Palestinian prisoners say assaulted by guards 9/3/2010 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Supreme National Committee to Defend Detainees said prisoners in Israel's Haredim prison were assaulted shortly after they began eating their iftar meal on Thursday. A statement from the group said a phone call from prisoners reported a cell invasion as prisoners broke their fast, reportedly in an.... Report: 2 detained in relation to Ramallah shootings 9/3/2010 - TEL AVIV (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority forces reportedly arrested two men linked to the deaths of four Israeli settlers driving in the West Bank, Israeli media reported on Friday. On Thursday, Palestinian officials told Ma'an that a car had been seized though it was not immediately clear whether it was in connection.... Hamas: 600 swept up by PA 9/3/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Authority has detained nearly 600 Hamas supporters and affiliates from across the West Bank, particularly from the Hebron region, a statement from the party said on Friday. The statement said that some of the movement's most prominent leaders were among those detained, alongside affiliates with the party.... Abuse of Palestinian children in detention: Palestinian and Israeli organisations write to Netanyahu Uruknet September 2, 2010 - Today, DCI-Palestine, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) have written a letter to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing deep concern over continued reports of ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children who are detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military court... Group calls on Obama to stop abuse of Palestinian kids Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 - Washington - Reports of abuse against Palestinian children by the Israeli army are not new. An Al-Jazeera report from the beginning of the summer accused officers of sexually molesting detainees, including children. Al-Awda Right to Return... Abuse of Palestinian Children in Detention: HR Organisation Write to Netanyahu WAFA - RAMALLAH, September 3, 2010 (WAFA)- Defense for Children International DCI-Palestine, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel Resheq: Kidnapped Hamas members tortured in Abbas's jails PIC 3 Sep 2010 - Ezzat Al-Resheq, member of Hamas's political bureau, said on Thursday that members and supporters of Hamas were subjected to severe torture sessions in the jails of the PA in the West Bank. Prisoner hospitalised as a result of torture in Abbas's jails PIC 3 Sep 2010 - A Palestinian academic was taken to hospital late Thursday night after deterioration in his health while in a PA security detention center in Ramallah. Pressure is on Palestinians' West Bank security force to stem anti-settler violence LA Times 3 Sep 2010 - Palestinian security forces, reformed and retrained, have made a strong show of force, arresting hundreds of suspects. But human rights groups accuse them of detaining people without proper cause. Recent Palestinian attacks on West Bank settlers, which are likely to increase in response to relaunched peace talks, pose one of the biggest challenges yet to U.S.-trained Palestinian security forces and their uneasy alliance with the Israeli military. Car believed involved in Hebron attack seized 9/2/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Palestinian security sources said 10 people were detained by Israeli forces during overnight raids on Wednesday, though military representatives only confirmed that eight were taken for questioning. Eight were said detained from the Hebron city area, though the Israeli military said five, with both sides reporting three detained from the Al-Fawwar.... PA arrests 2 in connection with West Bank shootings Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 - Washington - Hundreds of Hamas-affiliates or alleged affiliates were detained by Palestinian Authority forces overnight Tuesday after Hamas militants took credit for the gunning down of 4 Israeli settlers near Hebron. Tensions ran high Wednesday as... Palestinian Authority claims arrests of 300 Hamas members in response to killing of settlers IMEMC - 1 Sep 2010 - Wednesday September 01, 2010 - 17:30, In the largest arrest campaign since it took power in 1994, the Palestinian Authority, run by the Fateh party, sent security officers all over the West Bank Wednesday morning to arrest known members of the rival Hamas party, after Hamas' armed wing claimed responsibility for the killing of four Israeli settlers Tuesday night. According to the Palestinian Authority, at least 300 were arrested and taken to Palestinian police stations and prisons. Hizb Ut-Tahrir: Affiliate detained for 50 days without trial 9/1/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Hizb Ut-Tahrir movement said Wednesday that Palestinian Authority Preventive Security have a supporter in custody in Salfit after 50 days without trial or indictment. The pan-Islamist movement said Shahir Assaf from the Biddya village in the northern West Bank district was detained on 12 July "from the street without an.... Hamas: PA detains 150 supporters after attack 9/1/2010 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority security forces detained 150 Hamas members including senior figures across the West Bank in an arrest campaign hours after a deadly attack in Hebron, Hamas said Wednesday. Hamas said in a statement that several recently released female prisoners and supporters were summoned to PA intelligence facilities for questioning, particularly.... 3 injured, 12 detained in Hebron brawls 9/1/2010 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police dispersed three fights which led to three injuries and 12 arrests in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, a report read Wednesday. Police were called to the site of the brawls in Bab Az-Zawya and Ein Sara in the city, as well as the Adh-Dhahiriya village, with.... Butcher arrested for 'misleading consumers' 9/1/2010 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority Ministry of Economy officers on Wednesday detained a butcher in the central West Bank district of Ramallah and Al-Bireh for misleading customers into buying frozen meat which he said was fresh. Head of the consumer protection department Abed Al-Hameed Mezher said the butcher defrosted meat and sold it to....  Links
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