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The Detainees and ex-Detainees Committee announced, Friday, that Israeli security is still refusing to allow hunger striking journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq’s family the right to visit with him.The committee said that…
Hunger striking journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, after suffering severe convulsions on Wednesday night, lost the ability to breath, hear, see or speak until the morning.Mohammad Kana’na, who accompanied al-Qeeq in the…
Three Palestinian Arabic dailies have highlighted the Israeli Supreme Court’s rejection to transfer hunger-striking journalist detainee Mohammad al-Qeeq to a Ramallah hospital.The dailies reported, according to WAFA, that the court…
Palestinian Authority security forces, on Wednesday, detained 22 Palestinian teachers who took part in a strike demanding the guarantee of teachers’ rights, sources in the Palestinian Teachers’ Union said.The sources…
The health of Palestinian prisoner Mohammad al-Qeeq has deteriorated further, one of his lawyers said Monday, as the imprisoned journalist entered his 83rd day on hunger strike.Hanan al-Khatib, a lawyer…
Attorney for the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Eyad Mahamid, said Sunday that Mohammad al-Muhr, from the city of Jenin, has now been on hunger strike for 42 days, in protest…
Doctors in the Emek hospital, on Saturday, said that administrative prisoner, journalist Mohammad Al-Qeeq has been showing stroke symptoms 81 days into his hunger strike against arbitrary imprisonment, adding that…
‘When you feel that all the doors are sealed, and you stand there humiliated and alone, knowing in advance that the court system is a charade, one is left with…
At least 18 Palestinians, including two minors, were on abducted by Israeli troops across the West Bank districts and Jerusalem, on Tuesday, most of them during predawn raids, according to…
On Wednesday, February 10th, 18:00, supporters will arrive at the hospital in Afula, accompanied by an ambulance and doctors, to transfer Mohammed Al-Qeeq for medical treatment in the Ramallah hospital.02/09/16…
Israeli forces abducted at least 22 Palestinians on Monday, during overnight raids in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to reports by Israeli and Palestinian sources.Local sources told…
Palestinian administrative prisoner and journalist Mohammad Al-Qeeq, on Sunday, refused an Israeli offer to be released on May 1st, in return for suspending his hunger strike.PNN reports that, according to…
On Thursday, Palestinian journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq said he rejected the Israeli court decision to temporarily suspend his administrative detention (indefinite jailing without charge or trial), and that he would continue…
Israel’s top court, on Thursday, suspended the administrative detention (without trial) of Palestinian prisoner Mohammad al-Qeeq citing medical concerns, 72 days into the prisoner’s life-threatening hunger strike.Qadura Fares, the head…
The two Israeli settlers convicted, in the 2014 murder of Palestinian teen Mohammad Abu Khdeir, were sentenced on Thursday. One of them received life in prison and, the second, a…
A video published, Thursday, revealed that hunger striking detainee, journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, who started his strike 72 days ago, became barely able to speak or hear, lost a significant amount…
This morning, February 4, 2016, Dr. Mahmoud Mahamid, a member of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI), visited Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who has been on a hunger strike for 71 days and…
Israeli authorities have decided to forcibly treat hunger striking detainee, journalist Muhammad al-Qeeq, without his consent, according to Minister Issa Qaraqe, chairman of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission.Earlier on Wednesday,…
The Israeli navy took into custody four Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast and seized their boats, Wednesday morning, while the army invaded the area to the east of Khan…
Israeli forces, Tuesday, abducted at least 34 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, mostly during predawn and night raids, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS). Several Palestinian…
According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), hunger-striking journalist and administrative prisoner, Muhammad Al-Qeeq, has lost his ability to speak and 60% of his hearing sense, 70…
By day 66 of Muhammad Al-Qeeq’s hunger strike, the Palestinian journalist wrote his testament, hoping that he could see his wife and children before dying.Al-Qeeq, who has been on hunger…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority issued a four-month arbitrary Administrative Detention order against detained legislator, Hatem Rabah Qfeisha, 56, for four months,…
The family of Palestinian detainee, Wisam Sa’adi al-Haymouni, 36, has reported, Thursday, that their son started his hunger strike in the Majeddo Israeli detention center fifteen days ago, protesting his…
Israel has renewed the administrative detention order of civil society activist Itiraf Rimawi, for an additional four months.Rimawi had been scheduled to be released today. Rimawi is the executive director…
With a snow storm expected to hit the region by Monday,young Palestinian prisoners in Israel’s Hasharon prison have complained about being deprived of a necessary heating system, according to the…
The Israeli military court of Salem, a few days ago, sentenced Palestinian citizen Mamdouh Abdulhaq, aged 25, from Nablus, to 14 months actual imprisonment and 18 months of suspended sentence…
Head of the detainees and ex-detainees committee, Ashraf Abu Sneineh, on Monday morning, said that the health of journalist prisoner, Muhammad al-Qeeq is deteriorating on a fast pace, confirming the…
The Ofer Israeli military court ordered on Sunday that the wounded detained Palestinian child Ahmad Omar al-Atrash, 13, should remain under interrogation until Thursday. The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee noted that…
The army abducted, on Sunday at daw,n six Palestinians from Hebron; a Member of Parliament and ex- minister were counted among them.Media sources reported, according to Al Ray, that forces…
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee, on Wednesday, reported that Israeli forces have arrested some 130 Palestinians for their activities on social media throughout the year 2015.The report by the…
Two Israeli teenagers suspected of scrawling hate speech on a historic church in occupied East Jerusalem, earlier this week, have been arrested, according to Israeli police.A spokesperson said that a…
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported, Wednesday, that the Israeli Authorities have kidnapped 130 Palestinians, in 2015, for social media activities, deemed by Israel to be “incitement.”The Committee said 27…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Tuesday, that Israeli soldiers assaulted three Palestinians after kidnapping them, and forced several others in the cold for many hours after abducting them.…
Israeli forces kidnapped at least eight Palestinians across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday.In Bethlehem’s Duheisha refugee camp, Israeli forces was reported to have abducted the wife of Palestinian detainee…
The Israeli military court of Ofer prison rejected an appeal to end the administrative detention of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Qeeq, on Saturday.Al-Qeeq continues his open-ended hunger strike since the…
The Israeli Prison Service has refused to allow a 45-year old Palestinian prisoner to receive a medically-indicated, lifesaving heart surgery. The prisoner is now in an intermittent coma as a…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that at least 15 political prisoners, held by Israel, have been held in solitary confinement for several years, denied the right to family visits,…
Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Qeeq stopped taking vitamins on Thursday, as he entered the 51st day of a hunger strike which he began to protest his detention without trial, the Palestinian…
Israeli forces abducted at least 18 Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank, during predawn raids, on Thursday.Locals said that 10 were taken from the Hebron district, including five Palestinians…
Israeli prosecutors, on Wednesday, called for life sentences with regard to two young Jewish extremists convicted, last year, of burning a Palestinian teen alive, part of an upsurge in violence…
A military court in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, sentenced four Palestinians to death for collaboration with Israel, Palestinian security sources said.Security sources told Ma’an News Agency that the Hamas-run…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that recent testimonies from child detainees, held by Israel, revealed they have been subject to torture and abuse during their abduction, and interrogation. The…
Israeli police and army forces, Tuesday, detained two Palestinian young women in Jerusalem and Hebron, according to local sources.In Jerusalem, Israeli police detained a young woman, who was identified as…
The Palestine Prisoners Society (PPS), Tuesday, said that prisoner Kifah Hattab has suspended his open ended hunger strike, which began 50 days ago in demand of being treated as a…
Israeli forces, early Tuesday, abducted four young men, including a journalist, from Nablus and Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank.Local sources reported that an Israeli special force…
The Head of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe’ said that the Israeli Authorities have force-fed hunger striking detainee, journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, via intravenous infusion.Qaraqe stated al-Qeeq is the…
Israeli authorities, on Monday, issued administrative detention orders against 34 Palestinian detainees, said the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).Fourteen of the detainees received administrative detention orders for the first time, according…
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs warned, on Monday, of the Israeli Medical Committee’s decision to force-feed Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who is currently on hunger strike.Al-Qeeq has waged a hunger…
Three Palestinian detainees continue their open-ended hunger strikes, staged in differing duration, according to a report released by the PLO’s Committee of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, on Sunday.The prisoner, Kifah Hattab,…
The Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq has fallen into a coma, after entering his 48th day of hunger strike, family sources revealed.According to the Palestinian News Center (PIC), Al-Qeeq’s wife said…
Israeli troops carried out predawn detention raids in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, arresting six young Palestinian men, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said in a statement.Israeli forces detained…
Israeli forces abducted at least 16 Palestinians in predawn raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.Hebron locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces stormed the…
Former political prisoner and long-term hunger striker Khader Adnan was abducted Monday by Israeli troops while driving east of Ramallah, then released several hours later. Adnan has undertaken two long-term…
Israeli military prosecutors, on Sunday, charged two Palestinian 12-year-old boys with attempted murder and possession of knives, prisoners’ rights group Addameer said.A lawyer for the group, Muhammad Mahmoud, told Ma’an…
An Israeli court, on Sunday morning, indicted two Jewish Israeli extremists suspected in the July arson attack on a Palestinian home which killed a baby and his parents — a…
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has transferred jailed Palestinian journalist, Muhammad Al-Qeeq, to the hospital, after his health severely deteriorated. He has been staging a hunger strike for over 30 days.The…
Israeli armed forces, Thursday, abducted nine Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank districts, as well as summoned five others for interrogation, according to official and security sources.In Bethlehem, forces…
A suspect in the deadly arson attack on the Dawabsha family is expected to be charged with murder within days, Israeli media reported.Israeli state prosecutors reportedly notified the Petah Tikva…
Israeli police have arrested five Israelis involved in a Jerusalem wedding ceremony that incited violence towards Palestinians, Israeli media reported Tuesday.The groom of the wedding — reportedly a well-known member…
Israeli forces kidnapped 28 Palestinians, including nine minors, from across the West Bank districts overnight, according to local and security sources.In Tulkarem city and the nearby Shwakeh Neighborhood, armed Israeli…
The Israeli Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reduced the sentence of ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from six years to 18 months, with regard to his conviction for bribery scandal. According to…
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, ransacked the Bethlehem headquarters of the district’s Palestinian Authority-run committee for charitable work as well as a prisoners’ rights group office in Nablus, destroying and confiscating…
Israel has detained a total of 5,934 Palestinian children over the last five years, the Palestinian Studies and Documentation unit revealed, according to WAFA.The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee Studies…
Israeli army forces, on Sunday, abducted at least 14 Palestinians, mainly during predawn and night raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).In the Hebron…
A Jordanian prisoner in Israeli custody ended a 47-day hunger strike on Sunday, reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service.Prisoner Abdullah Abu Jaber went on hunger strike on Nov.…
25 Palestinian political prisoners held by the Israeli occupation in Etzion jail – a detention center attached to the Gush Etzion illegal settlement on Palestinian land – have launched a…
As they left the gate of their school, residing at the western area of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem, Marah Bakeer, a student in her last year of high…
In July of 2015, two parents and their 18-month-old son were burned to death when a group of Israelis threw firebombs at the Dawabsha family’s home in the village of…
The Israeli Supreme Court is to release, on Monday, two Israelis accused of burning the Dawabsha family in the village of Douma, occupied Nablus, four months ago.Israeli public radio stated,…
On his first speech after being released, Palestinian ex-detainee Waseem Marouf has asserted that Israeli forces and jailers tortured him while in their custody. The Palsestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported…
Five Palestinian detainees, including two females, have begun a hunger strike in protest of living conditions and Israel’s arbitrary administrative detention policy, the committee of prisoners and ex-prisoners said.The committee…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Sunday, that around 21 detainees, held by Israel in the Huwwara prison, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, are ongoing with…
On November 26th 2015, the Israeli court charged teenagers Ali Shamlawi, Mohammed Kleib, Mohammed Suleiman, Ammar Souf and Tamer Souf with manslaughter.The court sentenced the boys to 15 years in…
On Thursday, one of the suspects in the fatal arson attack on the Dawabsha family, this past July, was released to house arrest.The settler, who is reportedly connected to a…
Israeli forces abducted 31 Palestinians overnight, including four minors, from various occupied West Bank districts, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and security sources.Israeli forces detained 10 Palestinians from Tulkarem…
An Israeli court sentenced, Sunday, democratically-elected leftist Palestinian legislator, and a senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Khaleda Jarrar to 15 months imprisonment.…
Several Israeli youths connected to Jewish extremist organizations have been arrested by Israeli forces for suspected involvement in a fatal arson attack on a Palestinian family in July, Shin Bet…
The Palestinian Authority announced, on Wednesday, the launch of an international campaign aiming to pressure the Israeli government to release Palestinian child detainees, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said in a…
At least 35 Palestinians were abducted by Israeli troops across various occupied West Bank districts, mostly during night and predawn raids, according to local and security sources.Israeli forces stormed the…
An Israeli court, on Tuesday, sentenced a Jewish extremist to three years in prison for his part in an arson attack on a mixed Palestinian and Israeli school in Jerusalem,…
Yesterday evening, Israeli forces kidnapped two activists from local rights group, Youth Against Settlement (YAS), in Hebron. Illegal settlers, under the protection of soldiers, closed the YAS center, the Soumud…
On Universal Children’s Day, Israel reportedly abducted 400 Palestinian children between the age of 11 and 17; some of them are to be tried and others are not, the Palestinian…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Friday, addressed American spy, Jonathan Pollard, who was released on parole after serving 30 years in prison, after handing over top-secret classified information to…
Translated By Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News (www.imemc.org): A statement issued by the head of the Research and Documentation Department at the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, and a member of its…
The Israeli army and police forces, on Wednesday, abducted at least 41 Palestinians, including minors, during predawn raids and searches in various West Bank districts, according to security sources and…
Israel’s Justice Ministry has finished drafting a bill that would allow children under 14 to be sentenced to jail, Israeli sources reported.Under the bill, which was drawn up by Israeli…
This controversial video shows clips of the interrogation of 13-year-old Palestinian child, Ahmad Manasra, as Israeli occupation detectives curse and verbally abuse Manasra, in questioning him about the incident and…
The Islamic Christian Commission for supporting Jerusalem and Holy sites considered a recently released video, showing the interrogation of the child Ahmad Manasra, 13, to be one simple example of…
On the 7th of November, soldiers entered the home of the Haddad family from 5am, and did not leave until 7am the following day.11/09/15 | International Solidarity Movement | Al-Khalil…
Israeli authorities recently issued administrative detention orders, without charge or trial, against nine Palestinian minor prisoners, according to the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs (CPA).Heba Masalha, a CPA attorney, identified the…
Israeli authorities have escalated the administrative detention process since the eruption of a Palestinian uprising in the beginning of last October. The number of administrative detainees increased to 500, the…
The head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee Issa Qaraqe has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped more than 800 Palestinian children in October, most of them from Jerusalem, and subjected…
Representative of Detained Palestinian children in Ofer Israeli prison, Abdul-Fattah Doula, said the Israeli army has transferred more than 138 children to the detention center in October, and that 48…
The Israeli authorities released, Wednesday, detainee Mohammad Allan, who had gone on hunger-strike for more than two months, protesting his continued illegal administrative detention, without charges or trial.Allan was immediately…
A 17-year-old Palestinian detainee incarcerated in Israeli jails had his leg amputated as a result of severe injuries he sustained in early October, after he was shot by Israeli settlers,…
Israel is set to release famed Palestinian detainee Muhammad Allan on Wednesday, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Tuesday, ending a year-long stint in administrative detention that he undertook a 66-day…
An Israeli military court sentenced, Wednesday, a young Palestinian woman, a second-year student of the Media Department in Birzeit University, Jurin Sa’id Qadah, to three months under arbitrary Administrative Detention,…
Israeli forces stormed the northern occupied West Bank village of Qusra, overnight Saturday, and detained the village’s mayor and his son, a local monitor said.Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement-related activities…
Israeli authorities, last week, placed three Palestinian minors from East Jerusalem under administrative detention, a move rights group say is unprecedented in the city, as Israel heightens security measures amid…