16 may 2015
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Amateur photographer Ahmad Nazzal captured Israeli forces spraying 'skunk water' at a Palestinian child during the Kafr Qaddum weekly march in the occupied West Bank on Friday.
Five-year-old Muhammad Riyad appears standing in front of Israeli forces wearing a Palestinian Keffiyeh before the forces begin chasing him with skunk water, the boy eventually falling to the ground. The foul-smelling liquid has been used by the Israeli military as a form of non-lethal crowd control since at least 2008 and can leave individuals and homes smelling like feces and garbage for weeks. Skunk water was developed by Israeli company Odortec Ltd. in conjunction with the Israel police and is generally sprayed from specially designed |
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trucks up to a range of 30-40 meters, according to Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem.
Israeli army spokesperson has reported that skunk contains "organic material and has been approved for use by the Israeli Ministry of the Environment and the Chief IDF Medical Officer," although the exact contents of the rancid liquid have been contested, B'Tselem says. The rights group documented regular use of skunk water by Israeli forces, and has accused the forces of using the substance for collective punishment, citing instances of Israeli security forces driving skunk trucks down the streets of villages known for active demonstrations and spraying the substance into residents' homes. |
Photographer Nazzal had headed to cover the Kafr Qaddum weekly march, this week commemorating the 67th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, when he witnessed Friday's incident. Four Palestinians were also injured with live fire as Israeli forces suppressed the march.
An Israeli army spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the incident.
Israelis tell another story, this time they are right after seen the video (FlotillaHyves)
An Israeli army spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the incident.
Israelis tell another story, this time they are right after seen the video (FlotillaHyves)
14 may 2015
Israeli forces injured three Palestinian children with live fire during severe clashes that erupted between soldiers and school students in the Jabal al-Tawil neighborhood of al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank Thursday, witnesses said.
The injured children were taken to a hospital for treatment, while Israeli forces detained six Palestinian children, all under 10 years of age, and took them to the nearby Psagot settlement, locals told Ma'an.
Israeli forces had reportedly set up an ambush for the students prior to the clashes, locals added.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not have immediate information but told Ma'an she was looking into the incident.
Palestinian children routinely come under live fire and excessive force from Israeli forces, according to children's rights group Defense for Children International- Palestine.
Israeli forces shot and injured at least 30 children across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since the beginning of this year as of March 24, 2015, DCIP reported.
While Israeli military regulation permits the use of live ammunition when a direct mortal threat exists, the DCIP found no evidence that any of the children injured in 2015 thus far posed such a threat to Israeli forces or settlers.
Israeli military courts rarely prosecute members of Israeli forces in such cases, leading to what rights groups argue a culture of impunity that enables incidents like Thursday's injuries.
From 2000-2012, only 117 of 2,207 investigations opened by the Military Police Criminal Investigations Division were indicted, about 5 percent of the total files opened, according to Israeli human rights group Yesh Din.
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour sent an open letter to the UN Security Council earlier this month demanding that Israel be brought to justice over violations and abuse against Palestinian children.
The injured children were taken to a hospital for treatment, while Israeli forces detained six Palestinian children, all under 10 years of age, and took them to the nearby Psagot settlement, locals told Ma'an.
Israeli forces had reportedly set up an ambush for the students prior to the clashes, locals added.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not have immediate information but told Ma'an she was looking into the incident.
Palestinian children routinely come under live fire and excessive force from Israeli forces, according to children's rights group Defense for Children International- Palestine.
Israeli forces shot and injured at least 30 children across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since the beginning of this year as of March 24, 2015, DCIP reported.
While Israeli military regulation permits the use of live ammunition when a direct mortal threat exists, the DCIP found no evidence that any of the children injured in 2015 thus far posed such a threat to Israeli forces or settlers.
Israeli military courts rarely prosecute members of Israeli forces in such cases, leading to what rights groups argue a culture of impunity that enables incidents like Thursday's injuries.
From 2000-2012, only 117 of 2,207 investigations opened by the Military Police Criminal Investigations Division were indicted, about 5 percent of the total files opened, according to Israeli human rights group Yesh Din.
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour sent an open letter to the UN Security Council earlier this month demanding that Israel be brought to justice over violations and abuse against Palestinian children.
Israeli Soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday evening a Palestinian child in Hebron, and a man in the Old Askar refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and invaded Huwwara town near Nablus before imposing curfew, forcing the residents under house arrest.
Media sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron said the soldiers attacked, and beat, a 10-year-old child, in the Old City of Hebron, and kidnapped him.
The child has been identified as Farhan Nader Rajabi, 10; he suffered various cuts and bruises.
In addition, undercover forces of the Israeli army, driving a civilian car with Palestinian license plates, invaded the Old Askar refugee camp, in Nablus, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Nasser Naqeeb.
Eyewitnesses said the resident was kidnapped in a store in the center of the camp, and was taken to an unknown destination.
On Wednesday at night, soldiers invaded Huwwara town, south of Nablus, and imposed curfew forcing the entire town under house arrest.
Eyewitnesses said that several military vehicles invaded the town, forced all stores shut, and fired a number of gas bombs and concussion grenades in addition to a number of flares, and imposed curfew.
Media sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron said the soldiers attacked, and beat, a 10-year-old child, in the Old City of Hebron, and kidnapped him.
The child has been identified as Farhan Nader Rajabi, 10; he suffered various cuts and bruises.
In addition, undercover forces of the Israeli army, driving a civilian car with Palestinian license plates, invaded the Old Askar refugee camp, in Nablus, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Nasser Naqeeb.
Eyewitnesses said the resident was kidnapped in a store in the center of the camp, and was taken to an unknown destination.
On Wednesday at night, soldiers invaded Huwwara town, south of Nablus, and imposed curfew forcing the entire town under house arrest.
Eyewitnesses said that several military vehicles invaded the town, forced all stores shut, and fired a number of gas bombs and concussion grenades in addition to a number of flares, and imposed curfew.
13 may 2015
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke into and searched a number of homes leading to cashes with local youths.
Media sources in Nablus said clashes took place near Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, after dozens of soldiers invade the area, in addition to the Amman Street and the Joseph Tomb area.
The soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs near the main entrance of Balata refugee camp, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The army also invaded Madama village, broke into the homes of Basel, Bajes and No’man Jadallah, and searched them before photographing the properties' interior and exterior.
The soldiers asked Jadallah to deliver a verbal “warning message” to the headmaster of the nearby local high school, informing him that the army will shoot any student who leaves school during schooldays.
They also said that the army would be repeatedly invading all homes along the settlers bypass road should local youths throw stones on settlers’ cars, and army vehicles.
In related news, several army vehicles invaded the site of the former Dothan military base, near ‘Arraba town, south of Jenin, and started bulldozing the site.
Media sources in Nablus said clashes took place near Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, after dozens of soldiers invade the area, in addition to the Amman Street and the Joseph Tomb area.
The soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs near the main entrance of Balata refugee camp, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The army also invaded Madama village, broke into the homes of Basel, Bajes and No’man Jadallah, and searched them before photographing the properties' interior and exterior.
The soldiers asked Jadallah to deliver a verbal “warning message” to the headmaster of the nearby local high school, informing him that the army will shoot any student who leaves school during schooldays.
They also said that the army would be repeatedly invading all homes along the settlers bypass road should local youths throw stones on settlers’ cars, and army vehicles.
In related news, several army vehicles invaded the site of the former Dothan military base, near ‘Arraba town, south of Jenin, and started bulldozing the site.
12 may 2015
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Tuesday, a Palestinian man, summoned two for interrogation, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, a child in occupied Jerusalem, and a third Palestinian in Hebron. Two Palestinians kidnapped in Jerusalem, on Monday.
Palestinian security sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers kidnapped Omar Habib Mousa, 30 years of age, after summoning him for interrogation in the Etzion military base, south of the city.
Mousa, from Ras Efteis area in Bethlehem, headed to the Etzion base after the soldiers invaded his home, searched it, and handed him the interrogation order.
The sources added that the army invaded Husan town, west of Bethlehem, broke into and searched a number of homes, and handed Dia’ Mohammad Zaghoul, 20, and Mohammad Kamal Zaghoul, 30, military warrants for interrogation, also in Etzion.
In addition, dozens of soldiers conducted military drills in Wad al-Jouz and Farsh al-Hawa, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped one resident identified as Kifah Ahmad Abu Ayyash.
In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child, identified as Yousef al-Hazeena, 14, near the Sahera Gate, in the Old City. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers took the child to the Police station in the nearby Salah Eddin area.
On Monday at dawn, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, including a child, after breaking into their homes in Jerusalem.
The three have been identified as Mofid Es’id, 15 years of age, Hotheifa Shreiteh, 20, and Fahed Shalabi, 22.
Palestinian security sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers kidnapped Omar Habib Mousa, 30 years of age, after summoning him for interrogation in the Etzion military base, south of the city.
Mousa, from Ras Efteis area in Bethlehem, headed to the Etzion base after the soldiers invaded his home, searched it, and handed him the interrogation order.
The sources added that the army invaded Husan town, west of Bethlehem, broke into and searched a number of homes, and handed Dia’ Mohammad Zaghoul, 20, and Mohammad Kamal Zaghoul, 30, military warrants for interrogation, also in Etzion.
In addition, dozens of soldiers conducted military drills in Wad al-Jouz and Farsh al-Hawa, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped one resident identified as Kifah Ahmad Abu Ayyash.
In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child, identified as Yousef al-Hazeena, 14, near the Sahera Gate, in the Old City. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers took the child to the Police station in the nearby Salah Eddin area.
On Monday at dawn, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, including a child, after breaking into their homes in Jerusalem.
The three have been identified as Mofid Es’id, 15 years of age, Hotheifa Shreiteh, 20, and Fahed Shalabi, 22.
11 may 2015
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported Monday that a recently detained Palestinian child has been subject to torture, and frequent violations, by Israeli soldiers and interrogators, in a military base, before being moved to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility, in occupied Jerusalem.
The PPS said that child was beaten with weapons and batons, while the soldiers also repeatedly kicked him, causing various cuts and bruises to his head, and other parts of his body.
The child, Malek Emad Zayed, from Ramallah, told a PPS lawyer that he was bleeding from his head, after the soldiers repeatedly kicked and beat him, and that he was not allowed to have any food, or even water.
The child was later moved to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility, where the PPS lawyer eventually managed to meet him.
The PPS said the army decided to keep the child under interrogation until May 15, for what the interrogators said, “Obtaining a secret file against him.”
Such “secret files," largely used to keep Palestinians held for extended periods without charges or trial, include alleged violations and charges that neither the detainees, nor their lawyers, can ever have access to.
They are mainly used to keep Palestinian detainees held under arbitrary “Administrative Detention” orders, without charges. Many detainees spent years in prison as such ordered kept getting renewed by military judges.
The PPS said that child was beaten with weapons and batons, while the soldiers also repeatedly kicked him, causing various cuts and bruises to his head, and other parts of his body.
The child, Malek Emad Zayed, from Ramallah, told a PPS lawyer that he was bleeding from his head, after the soldiers repeatedly kicked and beat him, and that he was not allowed to have any food, or even water.
The child was later moved to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility, where the PPS lawyer eventually managed to meet him.
The PPS said the army decided to keep the child under interrogation until May 15, for what the interrogators said, “Obtaining a secret file against him.”
Such “secret files," largely used to keep Palestinians held for extended periods without charges or trial, include alleged violations and charges that neither the detainees, nor their lawyers, can ever have access to.
They are mainly used to keep Palestinian detainees held under arbitrary “Administrative Detention” orders, without charges. Many detainees spent years in prison as such ordered kept getting renewed by military judges.
7 may 2015
At least seven schoolchildren inhaled tear gas during clashes with Israeli troops Thursday morning in Arab al-Ramadin village south of Hebron in the southern West Bank, the local council reported.
Ahmad Suleiman, who heads the village's local council, said large numbers of Israeli troops stormed the area and destroyed the main electricity network.
As a result, angry schoolchildren clashed with the soldiers who showered them with tear gas hurting at least seven. Two children have been detained, according to Suleiman. This was the second time Israeli forces destroyed the village's electricity network, added Suleiman, who noted that the local council filed legal procedures at an Israeli court.
Ahmad Suleiman, who heads the village's local council, said large numbers of Israeli troops stormed the area and destroyed the main electricity network.
As a result, angry schoolchildren clashed with the soldiers who showered them with tear gas hurting at least seven. Two children have been detained, according to Suleiman. This was the second time Israeli forces destroyed the village's electricity network, added Suleiman, who noted that the local council filed legal procedures at an Israeli court.
4 may 2015
Israeli forces have sealed the main entrance to the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Zaayyem, "locking up more than 6,000 Palestinians in a large prison," local residents say.
An iron gate set up by Israeli forces has been completely closed for ten days, head of al-Zaayyem local council Naim Sub Labantold Ma'an News Agency, on Monday.
Israeli forces first set up the gate near a military checkpoint at the main entrance to al-Zaayyem in late March, citing security concerns.
The soldiers have controlled the gate since then, Sub Laban said, opening and closing it whenever they want to restrict the movement of schoolchildren, businessmen and others who need to go in and out every day.
Sub Laban added that Israeli forces had opened the gate for several hours on Sunday afternoon, and again for two hours on Monday morning, but that otherwise the gate had been closed for ten days.
When the gate is closed, residents of the neighborhood, who have described the closure as "collective punishment" are forced to use an alternative route of dirt roads about five kilometers long.
When the gate was first set up, Israeli authorities claimed it would remain open all the time "except when there is a dangerous security situation," Sub Laban said.
Abu Mahmoud Shweiki, an ice cream distributor who sells to stores in al-Zaayyem, said that he now has to drive his truck over a long dirt road every day in order to load and unload his goods.
Schoolchildren also said that they have been forced to walk a long route along dirt roads in order to reach their schools every day.
An iron gate set up by Israeli forces has been completely closed for ten days, head of al-Zaayyem local council Naim Sub Labantold Ma'an News Agency, on Monday.
Israeli forces first set up the gate near a military checkpoint at the main entrance to al-Zaayyem in late March, citing security concerns.
The soldiers have controlled the gate since then, Sub Laban said, opening and closing it whenever they want to restrict the movement of schoolchildren, businessmen and others who need to go in and out every day.
Sub Laban added that Israeli forces had opened the gate for several hours on Sunday afternoon, and again for two hours on Monday morning, but that otherwise the gate had been closed for ten days.
When the gate is closed, residents of the neighborhood, who have described the closure as "collective punishment" are forced to use an alternative route of dirt roads about five kilometers long.
When the gate was first set up, Israeli authorities claimed it would remain open all the time "except when there is a dangerous security situation," Sub Laban said.
Abu Mahmoud Shweiki, an ice cream distributor who sells to stores in al-Zaayyem, said that he now has to drive his truck over a long dirt road every day in order to load and unload his goods.
Schoolchildren also said that they have been forced to walk a long route along dirt roads in order to reach their schools every day.
Israeli settlers harassed Palestinians, including small children, in the West Bank's South Hebron Hills this past weekend.
Four settlers, one of them armed, harassed a Palestinian walking with his son through the Palestinian-owned Humra valley in the southern West Bank's South Hebron Hills on Saturday.
The Palestinian was so alarmed by the settlers' shouting and threats that they requested that international volunteers from the group Operation Dove accompany him and his son through this exposed area.
When the international volunteers arrived on the scene, the settlers entered the nearby Palestinian village of Kharrouba, from which Israel deported its residents in 1999, entering caves and homes.
And on Friday two Palestinians, a six-year-old child and his sister, were harassed and chased by settlers as they walked to their home in the South Hebron Hills village of Tuba. The settlers screamed at and chased them, frightening the Palestinians who ran away.
These daily incidents of ongoing settler harassment renders Palestinian life in the South Hebron Hills and other places in the West Bank's Area C, over which Israel has full control, extremely difficult.
Four settlers, one of them armed, harassed a Palestinian walking with his son through the Palestinian-owned Humra valley in the southern West Bank's South Hebron Hills on Saturday.
The Palestinian was so alarmed by the settlers' shouting and threats that they requested that international volunteers from the group Operation Dove accompany him and his son through this exposed area.
When the international volunteers arrived on the scene, the settlers entered the nearby Palestinian village of Kharrouba, from which Israel deported its residents in 1999, entering caves and homes.
And on Friday two Palestinians, a six-year-old child and his sister, were harassed and chased by settlers as they walked to their home in the South Hebron Hills village of Tuba. The settlers screamed at and chased them, frightening the Palestinians who ran away.
These daily incidents of ongoing settler harassment renders Palestinian life in the South Hebron Hills and other places in the West Bank's Area C, over which Israel has full control, extremely difficult.
3 may 2015
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council demanding that Israel be brought to justice over violations and abuse against Palestinian children.
"Every single day and in countless ways, Palestinian children are victims of Israeli human rights violations, with no child considered too young to be spared the oppression being meted out by the Israeli occupying forces and extremist settlers," Dr. Mansour wrote in the letter on Friday, which was made public late Saturday.
He added: "These crimes committed against our children and intolerable and unacceptable," and noted that they were in violation of international humanitarian and human rights law.
According to Ma'an News Agency, Mansour called on "the international community to uphold its responsibilities and provide the necessary assistance and protection to Palestinian children and hold accountable the violators of international law."
He stated: "We will spare no effort to hold the perpetrators accountable and ensure justice for the victims." The letter came days after a seven-year-old Palestinian boy, Ahmad Zaatari, was interrogated for nearly eight hours by Israeli forces, in what Mansour described as "a horrifying and traumatic ordeal for a child of any age."
The seven-year-old was detained along with his cousin Muhammed Zaatari, 12, on April 29, from the neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz in East Jerusalem.
Neither of the children's families were informed where the boys had been taken until more than three hours after the arrest, Mansour wrote, adding that more than four hours later, "Ahmad was released, terrified and hungry."
Two 15-year-old children from the same family had been detained the day before.
Mansour pointed to a number of other cases in recent weeks, including 18-year-old Muhammad Murad Yahiya, who was shot dead by Israeli forces in Jenin last week, 14-year-old Fadi Abu Mandil who remains in critical condition after he was hit with a stray Israeli bullet while studying in his room in the Gaza Strip, and 200 Palestinians students who suffered tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces raided their school in Nablus last week.
Palestine became a member of the International Criminal Court at the beginning of last month, and the Palestinian leadership had repeatedly stated its intention to pursue Israeli over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity there.
The ICC is currently investigating Israel in a preliminary probe, which is not itself a full investigation but could lead to one.
At the end of March, there were 182 Palestinian children in Israeli prisons including 26 who were 15 years-old or younger, according to rights group Military Court Watch.
Another group, Defense for Children in Palestine, found that Palestinian children often arrive at Israeli interrogation centers blindfolded and bound and over 75 percent detained in 2014 endured some form of physical violence between the period of their arrest and interrogation.
Israel detained 1,266 Palestinian children below the age of 15 in East Jerusalem and the West Bank in 2014, according to a PLO report, and over 10,000 Palestinian children have been detained by Israeli forces since 2000.
Also of interest: DCI-Palestine: Israel Willfully Targeted & Murdered Gaza Children
DCI-Palestine: 30 Children Shot by Israeli Forces in 2015
"Every single day and in countless ways, Palestinian children are victims of Israeli human rights violations, with no child considered too young to be spared the oppression being meted out by the Israeli occupying forces and extremist settlers," Dr. Mansour wrote in the letter on Friday, which was made public late Saturday.
He added: "These crimes committed against our children and intolerable and unacceptable," and noted that they were in violation of international humanitarian and human rights law.
According to Ma'an News Agency, Mansour called on "the international community to uphold its responsibilities and provide the necessary assistance and protection to Palestinian children and hold accountable the violators of international law."
He stated: "We will spare no effort to hold the perpetrators accountable and ensure justice for the victims." The letter came days after a seven-year-old Palestinian boy, Ahmad Zaatari, was interrogated for nearly eight hours by Israeli forces, in what Mansour described as "a horrifying and traumatic ordeal for a child of any age."
The seven-year-old was detained along with his cousin Muhammed Zaatari, 12, on April 29, from the neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz in East Jerusalem.
Neither of the children's families were informed where the boys had been taken until more than three hours after the arrest, Mansour wrote, adding that more than four hours later, "Ahmad was released, terrified and hungry."
Two 15-year-old children from the same family had been detained the day before.
Mansour pointed to a number of other cases in recent weeks, including 18-year-old Muhammad Murad Yahiya, who was shot dead by Israeli forces in Jenin last week, 14-year-old Fadi Abu Mandil who remains in critical condition after he was hit with a stray Israeli bullet while studying in his room in the Gaza Strip, and 200 Palestinians students who suffered tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces raided their school in Nablus last week.
Palestine became a member of the International Criminal Court at the beginning of last month, and the Palestinian leadership had repeatedly stated its intention to pursue Israeli over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity there.
The ICC is currently investigating Israel in a preliminary probe, which is not itself a full investigation but could lead to one.
At the end of March, there were 182 Palestinian children in Israeli prisons including 26 who were 15 years-old or younger, according to rights group Military Court Watch.
Another group, Defense for Children in Palestine, found that Palestinian children often arrive at Israeli interrogation centers blindfolded and bound and over 75 percent detained in 2014 endured some form of physical violence between the period of their arrest and interrogation.
Israel detained 1,266 Palestinian children below the age of 15 in East Jerusalem and the West Bank in 2014, according to a PLO report, and over 10,000 Palestinian children have been detained by Israeli forces since 2000.
Also of interest: DCI-Palestine: Israel Willfully Targeted & Murdered Gaza Children
DCI-Palestine: 30 Children Shot by Israeli Forces in 2015
30 apr 2015
Lawyer of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the Israeli police violently attacked, and beat, on Monday evening, a child who was kidnapped in Wad al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem.
He said that the child Majd Ramadi, 16 years of age, suffered various cuts and bruises to the face, back and other parts of his body, especially after the soldiers dragged him onto the ground while abducting him.
The child was moved to a hospital, as he needed stitches to his face and inner cheeks, and also suffered facial bruises, in addition to various cuts and bruises to his back, in addition a visible eye bruising.
On Tuesday, the District Court in Jerusalem held a hearing in which the Israeli prosecutor alleged the child hurled a Molotov cocktail on the soldiers in Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood.
The lawyer said, when the child was sent to court, signs of torture and exhaustion were clearly visible.
He said that the child Majd Ramadi, 16 years of age, suffered various cuts and bruises to the face, back and other parts of his body, especially after the soldiers dragged him onto the ground while abducting him.
The child was moved to a hospital, as he needed stitches to his face and inner cheeks, and also suffered facial bruises, in addition to various cuts and bruises to his back, in addition a visible eye bruising.
On Tuesday, the District Court in Jerusalem held a hearing in which the Israeli prosecutor alleged the child hurled a Molotov cocktail on the soldiers in Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood.
The lawyer said, when the child was sent to court, signs of torture and exhaustion were clearly visible.
27 apr 2015
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, two young Palestinian men, and a child, in occupied East Jerusalem, and violently searched homes before attacking several family members, causing injuries.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers kidnapped a child identified as Mo’men Abu Hasheema, from Jerusalem’s Old City, after violently searching his family’s home.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Ali Ata, 18 years of age, after invading his home, also in the Old City, and Ahmad Wisam Oweisat, 21, in Jabal al-Mokabber.
Silwanic stated that the soldiers surrounded the homes before invading them, and kidnapped the three Palestinians.
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli military also assaulted several members of the ‘Oweisat family, before kidnapping Ahmad.
Silwanic said the soldiers clubbed and beat Oweisat’s 66 years of age grandmother, in addition to Dina Ahmad ‘Oweisat, 13, Mahmoud Ahmad ‘Oweisat, 18, and Mohammad Ahmad ‘Oweisat, 16, causing various cuts and bruises.
The soldiers violently searched the homes for more than 40 minutes, causing excessive damage, while many Palestinians, especially the children, suffered anxiety attacks.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also kidnapped three Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Nablus; the army said the three are members of the Hamas movement.
Also on Monday at dawn, the army kidnapped four Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, while one Palestinian from the West Bank district of Bethlehem has been kidnapped in occupied Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers kidnapped a child identified as Mo’men Abu Hasheema, from Jerusalem’s Old City, after violently searching his family’s home.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Ali Ata, 18 years of age, after invading his home, also in the Old City, and Ahmad Wisam Oweisat, 21, in Jabal al-Mokabber.
Silwanic stated that the soldiers surrounded the homes before invading them, and kidnapped the three Palestinians.
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli military also assaulted several members of the ‘Oweisat family, before kidnapping Ahmad.
Silwanic said the soldiers clubbed and beat Oweisat’s 66 years of age grandmother, in addition to Dina Ahmad ‘Oweisat, 13, Mahmoud Ahmad ‘Oweisat, 18, and Mohammad Ahmad ‘Oweisat, 16, causing various cuts and bruises.
The soldiers violently searched the homes for more than 40 minutes, causing excessive damage, while many Palestinians, especially the children, suffered anxiety attacks.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also kidnapped three Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Nablus; the army said the three are members of the Hamas movement.
Also on Monday at dawn, the army kidnapped four Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, while one Palestinian from the West Bank district of Bethlehem has been kidnapped in occupied Jerusalem.
24 apr 2015
Dozens of students suffered breathing difficulties after inhaling teargas fired heavily on Thursday into their secondary schools in Sawiya town in southern Nablus.
Director of the targeted school Adnan Hussein told the PIC reporter that dozens of girl students suffered breathing problems and fainting after Israeli forces brutally stormed and fired tear gas bombs at the neighboring boy school.
Four girl students suffered a brief fainting spell while a fifth one was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Three Israeli military jeeps surrounded a local secondary school for boys in an attempt to break into it claiming that a number of students stoned Israeli forces Thursday morning.
The director of the school strongly denounced the Israeli attack on the two secondary schools, pointing out that it is the second attack of its kind within a month.
Director of the targeted school Adnan Hussein told the PIC reporter that dozens of girl students suffered breathing problems and fainting after Israeli forces brutally stormed and fired tear gas bombs at the neighboring boy school.
Four girl students suffered a brief fainting spell while a fifth one was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Three Israeli military jeeps surrounded a local secondary school for boys in an attempt to break into it claiming that a number of students stoned Israeli forces Thursday morning.
The director of the school strongly denounced the Israeli attack on the two secondary schools, pointing out that it is the second attack of its kind within a month.
22 apr 2015
The Center for the Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights—Hurriyet on Tuesday urged the human rights institutions and prisoners’ committee to form a legal commission to keep tabs on the situation of Palestinian minor captives inside of Israeli jails.
The Hurriyet center slammed, in a statement issued following a visit paid by its lawyer to the minors section at the Ofer lock-up, Israel’s ongoing violations of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child both in the detention and post-detention phases.
The center called on the international community and human rights organizations, namely the Red Cross, the UNICEF, and the Human Rights Council, to immediately step in and take up their legal and ethical responsibilities vis-à-vis the flagrant infringements of Palestinian children’s rights in Israeli penitentiaries.
The group further quoted detainees held in the Ofer prison as reporting a striking upsurge in the number of Palestinian minor captives, estimated at some 105 children, 13 among whom reportedly below the age of 16.
The Ofer prison administration transferred over 13 children to the minors’ section in the Megiddo jail, the group further documented.
The number of Palestinian children incarcerated in different Israeli lock-ups has hit 200 so far, it added.
At least 23 Palestinian minors have been detained during the month of April, mostly from their own homes, on charges of capturing anti-Israel rallies on film and taking live snapshots of the event.
The Hurriyet center slammed, in a statement issued following a visit paid by its lawyer to the minors section at the Ofer lock-up, Israel’s ongoing violations of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child both in the detention and post-detention phases.
The center called on the international community and human rights organizations, namely the Red Cross, the UNICEF, and the Human Rights Council, to immediately step in and take up their legal and ethical responsibilities vis-à-vis the flagrant infringements of Palestinian children’s rights in Israeli penitentiaries.
The group further quoted detainees held in the Ofer prison as reporting a striking upsurge in the number of Palestinian minor captives, estimated at some 105 children, 13 among whom reportedly below the age of 16.
The Ofer prison administration transferred over 13 children to the minors’ section in the Megiddo jail, the group further documented.
The number of Palestinian children incarcerated in different Israeli lock-ups has hit 200 so far, it added.
At least 23 Palestinian minors have been detained during the month of April, mostly from their own homes, on charges of capturing anti-Israel rallies on film and taking live snapshots of the event.
