Palestinian Detainee On Hunger Strike, Moved To Prison Hospital
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Friday that detainee Yousef Skafi, who has been on hunger strike since 34 days, was moved to Al Ramla prison hospital; he is currently…
Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians including Legislator, Journalist, Human Rights Activist
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Tuesday at dawn a Palestinian legislator, the head of a center that defends the rights of Palestinian detainees and human rights and a Journalist. 11 Palestinians…
PRC: “Netanyahu Behind Delay In Shalit Deal”
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) one of three groups holding Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, captive since mid-2006, stated that the corporal could have been freed if Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin…
Netanyahu To Toughen Conditions For Palestinian Detainees
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he will toughen conditions for Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in response to Hamas’s refusal to allow the International Red Cross access to…
Detained Legislator Receives Extended Administrative Detention Order
An Israeli military court decided Thursday to renew, for six more months, the administrative detention order against elected legislator, Mohammad At-Til, from Al Thaheriyya town, south of the southern West…
The Treatment and Rehabilitation Center: a Case Study
The idea of having an organization designed to offer appropriate and comprehensive assistance to victims of torture in the Palestinian territories is crucially necessary in the context of the ongoing…
Egypt negotiates for release of Israeli soldier captured five years ago
An Egyptian official told Israeli reporters Saturday that there are active negotiations taking place with Palestinian resistance groups for the potential release of the Palestinians’ only Israeli prisoner, a soldier…
25 Detainees Facing Death Due To The Lack Of Medical Attention
25 Palestinian political prisoners in the Al Ramla Israeli detention facility are facing imminent death due to illegal Israeli policies that deprive the detainees from their right to medical treatment.…
Detainees Torch Mattresses In Protest To Detaining Mother
Palestinian political detainees at the Israeli Eshil detention center torched their mattresses in protest to detaining a mother of one of them under the pretext of carrying “unpermitted luggage” for…
Army Attacks Political Prisoners In Qidar Prison, Four Injured
Israel soldiers attacked on Tuesday the Qidar Prison, and violently attacked Palestinian political prisoners before transferring more than half of them to the Ramon detention facility; at least four detainees…
17 Year Olds Abducted By Military
The Israeli army abducted a 17-year-old boy from a village near Bethlehem, according to locals. Another was arrested near Nablus.An Israeli army spokesperson claimed that the two were arrested overnight…
Hunger strike by detainee with untreated brain tumor enters second week
A Palestinian man being held in an Israeli prison has entered the second week of hunger strike after Israeli authorities refused to allow him to receive treatment for a recently-diagnosed…
Palestinian Girl, 13, Detained During Visit To Her Detained Father
A 13 year old Palestinian girl has been detained during a visit to her father in a Israeli prison in the Negev Israeli detention camp. The girl, Samah Majdi Musallam,…
Rishiq Denies Swap Deal Nearing
Hamas political leader, Izzat Al Rishiq, denied on Thursday media reports claiming that a prisoner swap deal with Israel is approaching, adding that the deal remains in a deadlock due…
Detained Legislator Receives Extended Administrative Detention Order
The Israeli Prison Authorities decided to renew the administrative detention order against elected legislator, Dr. Mahmoud Al Ramahi, for additional six months. Al Ramahi was placed under administrative detention, without…
Palestinian Detainees To Start Escalating Hunger Strike
Palestinian Detainees imprisoned in four Israeli detention facilities held a hunger strike on Saturday, as part of the gradually escalating hunger strike demanding the prison administration to release several detainees…
Four Detainees Injured As Army Breaks Into Eshil Prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported on Friday evening that four Palestinian political prisoners were injured after the Dror Unit of the Israeli Military, broke into section 10 of the…
Palestinian Prisoner Challenges Arrest By Israeli Forces As ‘illegal Extradition’
A Palestinian who was abducted Friday outside of Nablus in a joint operation by Israeli military and police forces has challenged his abduction on the grounds that Israeli police were…
Palestinian Lawyer Released After A Year In Captivity
The Israeli Prison Authority released on Thursday evening a Palestinian lawyer, along with her two brothers, after a year in detention on charges of “illegally” transferring money to Gaza Strip…
Man Found Dead In Gaza Prison
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that Abdel Rizik, 52, died in a Gaza prison.He had been arrested on the previous Thursday. His family were informed…
Israel Arrests Four Arab Lawyers Believed To Be Liaisons For Islamic Jihad Detainees
Israeli sources reported that the Police arrested in recent weeks four Arab lawyers from the north of the country on suspicion that they delivered messages from detained Islamic Jihad detainees…
Al Ahram: “New European Mediator In Shalit Talks”
Egyptian Al Ahram Newspaper reported that a new European mediator has started mediation talks for the release of prisoner-of-war, corporal Gilad Shailt, captured by the resistance in Gaza since mid-June…
UN Official Calls For Protecting Palestinian Detainees In Israeli Prisons
United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Territories called for providing the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons with protecting due to repeated Israeli military attacks and constant violations against them.Maxwell…
Palestinian Detainee Exiled To Malaysia
Detainee Maher Odah, 48, from Ein Yabroud village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, was forced into exile on Wednesday evening after the Israeli government decided to deport…
Israeli Court Extends Remand Of Two Legislators For Additional Six Month
An Israeli court decided on Tuesday at night to extend the remand of two elected Palestinian legislators for additional six month under administrative detention, once again, without an indictment. Legislator…
European Network Denounces Extended Solitary Confinement Of Blind Palestinian Detainee
The European network to Support the Rights of Palestinian Prisoners, (UFree), denounced Tuesday an Israeli court ruling forcing a blind Palestinian detainee in solitary confinement for additional six months.The detainee…
7,000 Palestinian Prisoners Hold One-Day Hunger Strike To Protest Conditions
According to the Palestinian Minister of Detainees, a one-day hunger strike was held on Monday to protest the conditions where Palestinian prisoners are being held by Israeli authorities, including medical…
Gazan Engineer Formally Charged By Israel
Dirar Abu Sisi, the Gazan engineer who was abducted by Israeli security personnel whilst traveling by train through the Ukraine, has been formally charged by an Israeli court on Monday.The…
Suffering From Cancer, Child Detainee Released From Israeli Prison
Palestinian sources reported Monday that detainee Mustafa Shihab Abdul-Wahab, 16 years old, from a village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, was released from an Israeli detention facility…
Hamas: “Israel Is Deluding Its People, Obstructing Swap Deal”
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release accusing Israel, and its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of acting to sabotage internationally-mediated talks that aims at conducting a prisoner-swap deal. The…
Detention of Gazan Engineer Extended by Israeli Magistrates Court
The detention of an engineer from the Gaza Strip, Dirar Abu Sissi, has been extended by seven days by the magistrates court in Petah Tikva.Application for extension is only permissible…
Facebook Activist Charged With Incitement And “Humiliating Public Employee”
A Palestinian Facebook activist from Sakhnin, north of the country, was kidnapped by the Israeli police on Wednesday and was placed under interrogation on charges of “inciting violence, and humiliating…
Palestinian Non-violent Organizer Released From Prison
Abdullah Abu Rahme, a Palestinian organizer of the weekly non-violent demonstrations in Bil’in village, in the central West Bank, was released from prison on Monday after serving a 16-month sentence…
Soldiers Break Into Eshil-Be’er Sheva Prison, Attack Detainees, Search Their Rooms
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Thursday that Israeli soldiers and under-cover units of the Israeli army broke into the Eshil-Be’er Sheva prison, violently attacked the detainees and searched their…
Report: “Israel Kidnapped 80 Children in Jerusalem Since The Beginning of 2011”
The Research and Documentation Unit at the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JCSER) reported that Israeli soldiers and policemen have kidnapped more than 80 Palestinian children in occupied…
Army Kidnaps Elected Legislator
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, legislator Azzam Salhab, 54 years old, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after stopping him at a military roadblock near Jericho city.…
Report: Israel illegally interrogates, tortures children
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainee Affairs published a new report Wednesday documenting the torture of children as young as seven in Israeli prisons. Since the beginning of this year, Israeli…
Six Children Arrested in Silwan Clashes
Israeli ‘undercover’ forces arrested six Palestinian children, on Monday, during violent confrontations in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan, local sources informed.Six children were rounded up in al-Ein al-Fawqa, in…
Elected Legislator Sentenced To Six Months
The Israeli Authorities sentenced, on Sunday, a Palestinian legislator to six months in administrative detention without presenting any legal charges against him.Dr. Omar Abdul-Raziq, former Finance Minister, stated after the…
Video Exposes Israeli Army Repression of Nabi Saleh Children
“They come for our woman and our children,” Bassem Tamimi, the leader of the Popular Committee of Nabi Saleh recently told me, “they [the Israeli army] know that woman are…
Amidst Political Unrest, Palestinians Escape Egyptian Prisons
Four Palestinians, who were held in an Egyptian prison, returned to the Gaza Strip on Sunday. The prisoners made their escape when thousands broke out of jails across Egypt amid…
14 Year Old Boy Arrested By Israeli Military In Night Raid In Nabi Saleh
On Sunday night, the Israeli army raided the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh for the third time in two weeks and arrested a 14 year old boy.Last week, the army…
Protestors in Gaza Hurl Eggs, Shoes, at Visiting French FM
After the French Foreign Minister, Michelle Alliot-Marie, arrived in Gaza two days ago, a number of protesters hurled eggs and their shoes at her vehicle in protest to her statements…
3 Palestinians Detained in Hebron-area by Israeli Forces
On Tuesday morning, the homes of three men in the southern West Bank towns of Beit Ummar and Adh-Dhahiriya were raided and searched by Israeli forces, resulting in the men’s…
Palestinian Political Prisoners Punished for Organizing Hunger Strike in Israeli Prison
Ahmad Sa’adat, the general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Jamal Abu Al-Haija , a leader of Hamas in the West Bank, are being punished…
Israeli Court Extends Jail Term for Abdallah Abu Rahma, Anti-Wall Activist
UPDATE: Today, the Israeli Military Court has accepted the military prosecution’s appeal to extend Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence. Abu Rahmah was supposed to be released on November 18th 2010, but…
Prisoners’ Rights Group Calls for Release of Five Hamas Men from Israeli Custody
Lawyers from Addameer, the Palestinian prisoner’s rights group, visited three of the five Hamas men detained by Israeli forces during a deadly raid on Hebron last week, and called for…
Eight Detainees Injured, Dozens Treated For Gaza Inhalation After Being Attacked By Soldiers
Undercover Forces of the Nahshon Israeli Military Unit, broke on Wednesday at night into the Ofer Israeli military detention center, and attacked Palestinian detainees wounding eight while dozens suffered the…
Report: 90% of Shin Bet Detainees Prevented from Seeing Lawyer
According to study by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), up to 90% of Palestinian prisoners interrogated by the Israeli Shin Bet security team are not allowed to…
Palestinian Women Suffer Harsh Violations in Israeli Jails
The P.A. spokesman in Gaza denounced, on Thursday, Israeli jailers for their treatment of Palestinian female prisoners, who suffer harsh and systematic violations, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. Riyadh al-Ashqar,…
Shin Bet to Compensate PFLP Member After Torture
The Shin Bet security service agreed to compensate a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine for torturing him in what the Haaretz daily newspaper called ‘an…
Israeli Forces Stormed Palestinian MP House
Israeli soldiers raided, on Tuesday, the house of Palestinian MP Halaika in Hebron, the Palestinian Information Center claimed.Hamas lawmaker Samira al-Halaika said Israeli military raided the house at noon on…
Sheikh Salah Released After Five Months Imprisonment
The Israeli Authorities released on Monday the head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Raed Salah, after serving a five-month sentence issued against him by an Israeli…
P.A. Arrest 28 Hamas Supporters in the Last 24 Hours
The Palestinian Authority’s security forces have arrested 28 Hamas affiliates in the West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center claimed on Thursday.The Palestinian Authority rounded up 28 Hamas supporters, in the…
PFLP Member Arrested in Raid Near Nablus
Israeli forces detained a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in a raid, on Wednesday, Ma’an News sources claimed. Local witnesses said that Israeli military arrested…
Hearing Begins In Case Of Palestinian Non-violent Protest Organizer
Abdullah Abu Rahme was brought to an Israeli court Monday, after completing a one year prison sentence for ‘incitement’ due to his role organizing non-violent weekly demonstrations against the Wall.…
Israel Criticized Over Renewed Detention of Palestinian Female Prisoner
Palestinian human rights center Ahrar slammed Israel for renewing the administrative detention of Kifah Jibril just few hours before her scheduled release, the Palestinian Information Centre said. The director of…
Report: “280 Palestinians, Including 43 Children and Three Women, Kidnapped In November”
The Higher Committee for Supporting the Detainees stated that Israeli soldiers kidnapped in November 280 Palestinians, including 43 children and three women, in several areas in the occupied West Bank…
Female Detainees Safely Moved Out Of Al Damoun Prison
Amin Shooman, head of the Higher Committee for West Bank Detainees imprisoned by Israel, stated that all female detainees imprisoned at the Al Damoun Israeli prison were evacuated to the…
Palestinian Woman Abducted While Visiting Detained Brother
Palestinian sources reported that resident Miriam al-Hour was abducted by the Israeli soldiers, on Monday, while visiting her detained brother, Jamal al-Hour, at the Nafha Israeli prison. Jamal al-Hour is…
Two Detainees In Israeli Prisons Start Hunger Strike
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that Sheikh Jamal Abu Al Haija, 52, from the Jenin refugee camp, and detainee Ahed Abu Ghalama, 42, from Beit…
Bomb Thrown At Hadarim Prison
After unknown persons hurled a bomb at the Hadarim Israeli prison, Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, held, on Wednesday, the Israeli government responsible for what he described as an…
Palestinian Non-Violent Organizer Released From Prison After One Month Without Charges
Eyad Jamil al-Alami, of Beit Ummar village, in the southern West Bank, has been released from an Israeli detention camp after serving more than a month without any charges.Originally Israeli…
Shin Bet Torture ‘Investigator’ Moved to Israeli Justice Department
The Israeli secret service, or Shin Bet, has always depended on ‘internal investigations’ to respond to allegations of torture and mistreatment. Now, the Shin Bet officer in charge of complaints…
Detained Palestinian Legislator Released
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies reported Wednesday that the Israeli Prison Authorities released, on Tuesday evening, one of the detained Palestinian Legislators, from the Tubas district in the central…
Carter: “Hamas Agrees To Allow Shalit To Send A Message To His Family”
Former American President, Jimmy Carter, stated during an interview with al-Jazeera on Friday, that the Hamas movement agreed to allow the captured prisoner of war, Gilad Shalit, held by three…
Israeli prosecutors seek to increase sentence of Palestinian non-violent leader
Abdullah Abu Rahma, a leader of the non-violent movement in Palestine currently imprisoned in an Israeli detention camp for “incitement”, faces two new hearings this week as Israeli prosecutors attempt…
Palestinian Teenage Boy Put Under House Arrest
A 13-year-old Palestinian boy has been placed under five-month house arrest on suspicion of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The teenager, named Karem, was detained in…
Israeli Rights Group Report Indicates Abuse in Israeli Detention
According to a report released on Tuesday by the Israeli rights groups B’Tselem and Hamoked, Palestinians detained for questioning by Tel Aviv’s security services Shin Bet are held in unsatisfactory…
Soldiers Break Into Nafha Prison
The Higher National Committee for Supporting the Detainees reported that Israeli soldiers, members of the Mitzada Unit at the Nafha detention center, broke on Tuesday at dawn into the detention…
Female Detainee on Hunger Strike for Third Day
The Mandela Institute in the Occupied Territories reported, on Friday, that detainee Linan Abu Ghalama, imprisoned at the Israeli prison, Ha-Sharon, went on hunger strike three days ago demanding the…
Israeli-Arab Peace Activist Indicted on Civil Rights Charges
Israeli-Arab peace activist, Ameer Makhoul, from Haifa in northern Israel, was arraigned on Wednesday in an Israeli court on a variety of charges ranging from ‘contacting a foreign agent’ to…
Israeli Public Prosecution Postpones Sentencing Fatah Official
The Palestinian news agency, Ma’an, reported on Wednesday that the Israeli public prosecution has postponed sentencing Hatem Abd al-Qader, an official in charge of the Jerusalem Folder in the Fatah…
Bardaweel Denies Secret Talks with Israel
Salah Bardaweel, a prominent political leader of the Hamas movement, denied an Israeli report claiming that Hamas and Israel are holding talks on a prisoner-swap deal. Bardaweel added that the…
Palestinian Legislator Sentenced to Six Months
The Israeli Ofer Military Court sentenced Palestinian Legislator Hatem Qfeisha of the Hamas’ Change and Reform Bloc, to six month in administrative detention without presenting any charges against him. Qfeisha,…
Court Decides To Keep Sa’adat in Solitary Confinement For an Additional Six Months
An Israeli court decided to keep the imprisoned Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in solitary confinement for an additional six months. Ahmad Sa’adat will…
Two Detainees Start Their Twenty-Fifth Year in Israeli Jails
The Palestinian national committee for supporting detainees stated, on Wednesday, that two detainees, Ibraheeb A’layan, 45, detained on October 10th,1986 and Sameer Abu Ne’mehn, 50, detained on October 20th,1986, both…
Palestinian Legislator Released After 54 Months Imprisonment
Palestinian Legislator of the Hamas affiliated Change and Reform Bloc, Ali Romanim, was released on Tuesday evening from an Israeli detention center after spending 54 months in detention. Romanim, one…
Saudi Paper: “Netanyahu Agrees To Release Barghouthi In A Swap Deal”
The Saudi newspaper, al-Madina, reported that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, agreed to release detained Fateh leader Marwan Barghouthi as part of a prisoner-swap deal for the release of captured…
Silwan Boys Are Men Nonetheless: A Story Of Capture And Lifelong Terror
Don’t mention cartoons to the boys of Silwan. Their story of capture and harassment is more like a horror movie which hasn’t yet ended, even with their release—instead, it’s imprinted…
Soldiers Attack Detainees in Nafha Prison
Israeli soldiers entered the Nafha Prison on Monday evening and searched the rooms of the detainees causing damage. The attack led to tension in the prison camp when the soldiers…
Palestinian Detainees To Go On Hunger Strike
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…
Four PFLP Members Convicted Of Planning To Assassinate Israeli Judge
The Salem Israeli Military Court in the northern part of the occupied West Bank sentenced four Palestinians, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), to 4-8…
Soldiers Break Into Ramon Prison, Attack Detainees
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers broke into, Sunday night, the Ramon prison and attacked dozens of detainees; clashes were reported following the…
Elected Legislator Released After Eight Years Imprisonment By Israel
The Israeli Authorities released legislator Mohammad Jamal Al Natsha, 52, of the Change and Reform Block of the Hamas movement, after imprisoning him for eight years.Al Natsha was welcomed home…
While In Solitary, Detainees In Eshil Declare Hunger Strike
Palestinian detainees placed in solitary confinement at the Eshil Israeli detention facility declared, on Tuesday, a hunger strike in protest of the poor quality of the living conditions within the…
Non-violent activist convicted of ‘incitement’ by Israeli court
An Israeli military court convicted Palestinian peace activist Abdullah Abu Rahmah of incitement and cleared him of stone-throwing charges on Tuesday. Activists called the sentence a direct assault against the…
Father Charged With ‘Resisting Arrest’ Despite Video Evidence Disproving Charge
A man whose arrest was filmed and spread on Youtube, showing his child begging soldiers to leave his father, has been sentenced by an Israeli court to three months and…
Detained PFLP Secretary-General Remains In Solitary Confinement
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) warned that its secretary-general, Ahmad Saadat, is facing what is called “slow death” in Israeli prisons and that he remains in…
Under Suspicion of “Contacting Foreign Agent,’ Israeli Security Unit Kidnaps A Man in the Golan
Israeli officers of the “Regional Unit for International Investigation”, operating under the Israeli Security Agency, kidnapped an Arab resident from Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights, under suspicion of…
Soldiers Attack Palestinian Detainees In Megiddo
Israeli soldiers attacked several Palestinian detainees after raiding their cells in section 4 and 5 of the Majido prison. The army said that the soldiers were searching for a mobile…
Jerusalem Legislator Receives Extended Detention from Israel
An Israeli court decided Sunday to extend the remand of Jerusalem lawmaker Mohammad Abu Teir, of the Hamas party, until July 12. The prosecution is demanding the expulsion of Abu…
Egypt Resumes Role In Shalit Talks
An Egyptian source reported that officials in Cairo confirmed that the country has resumed its role as a mediator in prisoner-swap talks between Israel and resistance factions holding Israeli corporal,…
Netanyahu: “Israel Willing to Pay High Price to Release Shalit, But Not Any Price”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Israel is willing to pay a high price to secure the release of prisoner-of-war, corporal Gilad Shalit, but will not pay any price…
6,800 Detainees, Including 300 Children, Currently Imprisoned By Israel
Abdul-Nasser Farawna, a Palestinian researcher specialising in detainees’ affairs and a former detainee himself, stated that there are currently 6,800 detainees imprisoned by Israel, including 300 children, 34 women, and…
Detainee Suffers Fractured Spine During Transfer To Court
Detainees at the Ofer Israeli detention facility demanded human rights groups to intervene and save the life of detainee Maher Rajoub, 33, from Dour south of Hebron, after he suffered…
Child Tortured, His Genitals Electrified By Israeli Interrogators
Israeli interrogators tortured a Palestinian child who was detained and sent to a detention center close to a settlement near Hebron. The child said that the interrogators used electricity in…
Israel Arrests 14 Throughout West Bank
Tuesday morning 14 civilians were arrested all over the West Bank in military invasions.The Israeli military claims that all fourteen men were on its ‘wanted’ list and that all of…
Palestinian Detainee Dies In Israeli Prison
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies reported Thursday that detainee Mohammad Abdul-Salaam Abdeen, 37, from al-Toor Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, died at the al-Ramla prison. The detainees was…
Extensive Report on Palestinian Detainees In Israeli Prisons
The head of the Palestinian Ministry Of Detainees’ Census Department , Abdul-Nasser Farawna, who is himself a former detainee, stated that Israel has arrested around 700,000 Palestinians since June 1967.…