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Palestinian security forces, Sunday night, arrested a Palestinian journalist after raiding his home in the village of Kafr Ein, north of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.A statement issued…
Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Committee of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated Sunday that the Israeli army has kidnapped 6059 Palestinians in 2014.The former political prisoner…
Israeli forces, Saturday, summoned seven Palestinians between the ages of 14 and 21 to appear before Israeli intelligence for interrogation. In addition, soldiers blocked the entrance of Beit Ikksa village,…
At least 12 Palestinians were kidnapped by Israeli forces on Christmas Day, during predawn raids in the occupied West Bank districts of Nablus and Hebron, and in occupied East Jerusalem,…
Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee, and a member of its follow-up committee in the Gaza Strip, stated that the ongoing arbitrary kidnappings, carried out by the Israeli…
Israeli police, on Tuesday, attempted to arrest two preschoolers during a raid on two homes in the occupied East Jerusalem town of Silwan, according to witnesses.WAFA correspondence reports that police…
Israeli occupation forces have taken into custody, since the beginning of December, some 115 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem, including 30 minors, a Palestinian official revealed.According to Al Ray Palestinian Media…
A report published by the Palestinian Detainees Committee on Sunday revealed that 17 Palestinian female detainees, held by Israel, are facing very harsh conditions, harassment and are denied the right…
A report published by the Palestinian Detainees Committee on Sunday revealed that 17 Palestinian female detainees, held by Israel, are facing very harsh conditions, harassment and are denied the right…
Heba Masalha, a lawyer working for the Palestinian Detainees Committee, managed to visit two Palestinian teens, held by Israel, who testified to her of horrific abuse and torture by the…
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that seventy Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, are ongoing with the hunger strike they started more six days ago, demanding an end to…
Israeli forces abducted two Palestinians and summoned four others from the districts of Hebron and Bethlehem, on Saturday, according to reports by security sources and a local activist.25-year-old ‘Abd-l-‘Al Abu-Mayyala…
Ramallah, December 11, 2014—Othman, 15, is sitting at the top of a narrow staircase in the front porch of his family’s home in the Old City, in Jerusalem. He almost…
The Jerusalemite Prisoners Committee said, Thursday, that an Israeli court sentenced 64-year-old exiled Jerusalemite lawmaker Mohammed Abu Teir to 25 months in Ofer prison. According to WAFA correspondence, Abu Teir…
At 3 am, on the 8th of December in Azzun whilst the Radwan family slept, dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded their house and broke in. 11th December 2014 | International…
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that seventy detainees, held in a number of Israeli prisons and detention centers, have decided to hold an open-ended hunger strike, starting Wednesday.The…
According to reports by local and security sources, at least 15 Palestinians, including five minors, were taken captive by Israeli army and police during predawn raids across the occupied West…
Israeli forces took into their custody, early Thursday, 21 Palestinians, including six minors, from the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, according to security sources and a human rights center. Further…
Salem military court has sentenced activist Murad Eshtewi, from Kufr Qaddum village, to 9 and a half months of prison, with an additional 10,000 shekel fine. Israeli forces arrested Eshtewi…
Israeli forces broke into the home of a Ma’an News Agency reporter in Jerusalem, post-midnight Wednesday, inspecting the house thoroughly as they searched for her brother Majdi, who was at…
An Israeli undercover unit Wednesday nabbed a Palestinian child in an area of the occupied East Jerusalem town of Silwan, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center.Majdi Abbasi, of the Center,…
In a report issued on Monday, by Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights, Israeli occupation forces were said to have killed 9 Palestinians and detained 650 others, over…
The Israeli Minister of Internal Security has decided to transfer 20-year-old Islam Izzat Natsheh, from Anata, to conditions of administrative detention (imprisonment without charge or trial) for 6 months, in…
Palestinian detainee Nahar Al Saadi, from Jenin, is now in his first week of hunger strike in protest of ill-treatment from the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and their denial of…
11-month-old Balqis Ghawadra became the youngest prisoner in the world, after visiting her father in Eshel Israeli prison, occupied Beer Sheva.Nihal Ghannam Ghawadra from Bir Al-Basha village, near Jenin, waited…
At least 600 Palestinian children were arrested in Jerusalem since last June. Of these chlidren, nearly 40% were reportedly exposed to sexual abuse during arrest or investigation by the Israeli…
Israeli forces have taken captive at least 380 Palestinians, in raids across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, over the past 20 days, including 21 on Thursday alone. The…
Israeli forces arrested early Tuesday 21 Palestinians, including three minors, from the West Bank and Jerusalem, in addition to 14 members of the family of two Palestinian suspects in regard…
Head of Prisoners Committee Issa Qaraqe said, Monday, that some 1,500 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails are suffering from various diseases, including 25 cases of cancer.Mr. Qaraqe says that…
Israeli soldiers, on Sunday, shot and critically injured a Palestinian to the east of the town of al-Qarara, east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.WAFA correspondence reports that…
35-year-old Palestinian prisoner Raed Moussa continues his hunger strike, now, for the 53 day in a row, in protest of administrative detention.Though his health condition has deteriorated severely, Israeli authorities…
The Ofer Israeli Military Court has decided that detainee Abdullah Mheisin, held under arbitrary Administrative Detention, would be released on February 17, 2015. Two detainees forced into solitary confinement.The Palestinian…
Israeli forces are reported to have kidnapped, at dawn on Tuesday, six Palestinian citizens during a large-scale raid campaign throughout the occupied West Bank.According to Palestinian media, local sources said…
Lawyer of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, Karim Ajwa, managed to visit hunger striking Palestinian detainee Ra’ed Mousa, who started his hunger strike 46 days ago, and is currently held at…
The Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs said, Monday, that 17 female Palestinian prisoners held in Hasharon Israeli prison are currently facing harsh conditions, including medical negligence and denial of family visits.Attorney…
Israeli forces, Tuesday, kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens, including one with a chronic heart condition, while assaulting another in the West Bank, according to reports by security sources.Israeli forces…
Israel has detained 900 Palestinians from East Jerusalem and pressed charges against 300 of them since the July 2 murder of East Jerusalem teen Mohammad Abu Khdeir, according to Israel’s…
Two Palestinian teens were injured during clashes with Israeli forces to the east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, early Monday, according to medical sources.The director of the…
Israeli forces abducted, over Saturday night and Sunday morning, some 19 Palestinians from the Hebron, Jerusalem and Nablus districts in the occupied West Bank.The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said that the…
Lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC), Shireen Nasser, stated Thursday that health conditions for prisoners are constantly deteriorating, with some detainees now awaiting critical operations for months and even…
The PA’s Department of Prisoner’s Affairs said, today, that dozens of Palestinian minors jailed by Israel have recently been assaulted by prison authorities, during their time in custody.According to Ma’an…
On October 21st, Human Rights Defender Abdallah Abu Rahma was found guilty by an Israeli military court of “disturbing a soldier”.21st October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Bil’in “Demonstrating…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 225 Palestinians in the last three weeks, in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Israel also issued…
On October 19th, Israeli soldiers briefly detained a developmentally disabled Palestinian boy, who is under the age of criminal responsibility, on suspicion that he had thrown stones. The boy, A.…
Israeli special forces broke into section five of Rimon prison, yesterday, as part of a regular abusive search campaign, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Studies Center.Al Ray reports that dozens…
Ahrar Center recently announced that Israel’s Ofer court has sentenced prisoner Bakr Sa’ad to two years of imprisonment, with a fine of 4,000 shekels (About $1,070) and a stay of…
Israeli forces, on Sunday, kidnapped at least 15 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, including a physically disabled ex-detainee, while summoning one for interrogation, according to reports by media and…
Palestinian Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, has warned that sick Palestinian prisoners are facing death in Israeli prisons, due to deliberate medical negligence by the Israeli prison administration.The ministry…
A Palestinian political prisoner from Sielet ath-Thaher, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, has entered his 28th consecutive day of his hunger strike in an Israeli detention…
Palestinian detainee, Rami al-‘Alami, who supervises Palestinian children held at the ‘Ofer Israeli military prison, told a lawyer of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee that around 100 children are held in…
35-year-old Raed Moussa, currently being held in an Israeli prison, has been on hunger strike for nearly a month, now, in protest against being held without charge or trial for…
The Israeli army arrested Hebron city council member Faruk A’shur on October 8th, later placing him in administrative detention for three months. He is a major proponent of Boycott, Divestment…
The Palestinian Committee of Detainee has reported that Israeli soldiers have escalated their attacks against Palestinian political prisoner, held at the Negev Detention camp, under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without…
Israeli authorities have kidnapped 88 Palestinian citizens since the beginning of October, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club. Additionally, the administrative detention orders of six Palestinian MPs have been renewed.According…
Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, a Palestinian researcher specialized in Detainees’ Affairs, stated that Israel is deliberately inflicting physiological harm on Palestinian political prisoners, amidst ongoing harassment, assaults and bad living conditions.The former…
On the 30th of September, six young men from the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, south of Nablus, were arrested by the Israeli military.4th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement…
Israeli teens Uriel Ferera and Udi Segal were sentenced to ten days in military prison for refusing to serve in the army. This is their eight and fourth prison terms…
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 165 Palestinians, including 40 children and 25 patients, in the southern West Bank district…
Several students, on Sunday, suffocated from tear gas canisters fired at them by Israeli soldiers in the village of al-Khader, to the west of Bethlehem, according to security sources. Further…
The Palestine Prisoners’ Society said, on Sunday, that Israeli authorities have imprisoned 560 Palestinian citizens since the beginning of this September alone, referring to legal files and records kept by…
Undercover units of the Israeli army broke, on Friday at night, into Section 11 of the Eshil Israeli Prison in Be’er as-Sabe’ (Bir Shiva), assaulted Palestinian detainees after forcing them…
The Ahrar Center for Detainee’s Studies and Human Rights has reported that, following the recent release of two female detainees, the number of female detainees held by Israel currently stands…
Early Tuesday, eight Palestinians, including two minors, were kidnapped by Israel forces from the West Bank, according to reports by local security sources and activists.WAFA reports that, in the Bethlehem…
The Israeli Parliament of the Knesset passed, on Monday, a bill which prohibits the grant of pardon or the ease of sentence for Palestinian prisoners by reducing it, in case…
Palestinian prisoners rearrested this year, after being released in the 2011 Shalit swap deal, have announced that they would go on hunger strike this Tuesday, in order to pressure the…
Israeli forces, early Saturday abducted six Palestinians, including an elderly, from the Hebron and Bethlehem districts of the occupied West Bank, in addition to summoning three others for interrogation, according…
The Israeli Prison Service maintains a systematic policy of medical negligence toward Palestinian detainees.17 September 2014 | Elizabeth Austwick | AIC Former hunger striker Samer al-Issawi, who was rearrested by…
An international campaign, calling for releasing 73 ex-detainees of Shalit prisoner swap deal, is set to be launched today, at the meeting of Human Rights Council of the United Nations.The…
Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Committee of Detainees, Abdul-Naser Ferwana, stated that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 266200 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip since 1967, adding that this…
The cellmate of 37-year-old Raed Abdul-Salaam al-Ja’bari, who died on September 9th while in Israeli custody, has spoken out about Raed’s death, telling a lawyer that Israeli prison guards took…
According to the PNN, it is an incorrect assumption that the pain of prison ends after being released. For Palestinians, not only the psychological pain continues, but the physical pain…
Palestinian detainee and iconic former hunger striker Samer al-Isawiis in deteriorating condition, his family said following a visit with him.According to Ma’an News Agency, activist Badie Dweik said that al-Isawiwas…
The family of detainee Reziq Abdullah Rajoub, 57, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, voiced an appeal to human rights and legal groups to intervene for his release,…
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights stated that detainee Nahil Abu Aisha, 33, has been denied the right to family visits for six months, and is subject…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society has reported, Sunday, that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 174 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, in the second week of September, 2014.The PPS added that most of…
Israeli forces kidnapped, on Thursday, 39 Palestinians from occupied West Bank districts of Jenin and Hebron districts, according to reports by security sources.WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency stated that…
Issa Qaraqe’, head of the Detainees’ Committee at the Palestinian Authority, stated that detainee Raed Abdul-Salaam al-Ja’bari, 37, died after being severely and repeatedly tortured by Israeli interrogators.Qaraqe’ accused Israel…
The prominent activist from the West Bank village of Burin, and member of Solidarity Movement for Free Palestine, Ghassan Najjar, was taken by the Israeli army from his home in…
Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisoners are holding a one-day hunger strike, as an initial protest, for the death of a detainee who died, Tuesday, at the Soroka Israeli medical center,…
Schools in the Jabal Al-Mokabber are have been suspended, following the arrest of two Students’ Families’ Committee members, Jerusalem’s Wadi Hilweh Information Center has reported.SFC members Mahmoud Eweisat and Omar…
Israeli forces took at least 127 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank into custody, during the first week of September alone, according to recent statements by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society…
An alleged prime suspect in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, in mid-June, has been officially charged with organizing and financing the crime, according to Israeli security officials.Israeli…
Israeli forces kidnapped six Palestinians and physically assaulted two teenagers in West Bank districts, on Monday, according to reports by security sources. Also on Monday, seven residential and agricultural structures…
At least four Palestinians were injured during clashes which erupted Monday, at dawn, in Deheishe refugee camp, to the south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.According to Al Ray…
Israeli forces abducted four Palestinians from different areas of the West Bank, on Sunday, while summoning others to appear for interrogation, according to local reports.The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said…
Israel has extended the detention of a Palestinian activist who was first taken into custody for political activities on Facebook, a Ma’an News Agency reporter said.The detention of Suhaib Zahida,…
Israeli authorities have arrested some 597 Palestinians from the West Bank governorates, including Jerusalem, since the beginning of August, the Palestine Prisoners Society (PPC) said, Saturday.According to WAFA Palestinian News…
Head of the Public Relations Department of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped more than 2000 Palestinians since July 12, after three Israeli…
12 leaders from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were abducted by Israeli forces during the night, on Monday.Zahi Khatatba and Ahmad al-Haj Muhammad Abu al-Nimr were taken…
A US State Department official accused Israel, on Wednesday, of singling out for arrest the relations of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teen who was tortured and burned alive last…
Israeli forces abducted at least 16 Palestinian citizens, on Thursday, during dawn raids in different parts of the occupied West Bank, according to local and media sources.Israeli TV Channel 7…
Member of the political bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Khalida Jarrar, stated that she received a military order from the Israeli army ordering her…
Reports of dozens of Palestinians being attacked, by both Israeli settlers and soldiers, are still surfacing in increasing amounts, as the assault on Gaza resumes with no breakthrough in peace…
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that a Palestinian woman, kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel since 2012, has never been allowed any family visits, especially since Israel labels her…
Israeli forces kidnapped nine Palestinians from various West Bank areas, on Monday, according to reports by security sources.In the Jenin district, Israeli forces raided the refugee camp, where they abducted…
Israel has placed 10 new Palestinian prisoners under arbitrary administrative detention, a procedure which allows the military to hold individuals indefinitely, without charge or trial and, often, under severe conditions…
While heading back home from the United Arab Emirates, a young Palestinian man was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers at the al-Karama Border Terminal with Jordan, and was subjected to extreme…
Several demonstrations have taken place all across the West Bank and in Jerusalem, on Thursday, in support of Palestinian resistance and in solidarity with the Gaza Strip. An AP cameraman…
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, abducted at least 14 Palestinians during the night and in predawn raids across the West Bank, according to reports by local and security sources.In Hebron City,…
Israeli forces have kidnapped 11 Palestinians and summoned several for interrogation, in addition to shooting and injuring a number of others with live fire during raids across the West Bank,…