Samidoun | Aug 7, 2014 During July 2014, nearly 2,000 Palestinians were arrested by Israeli occupation forces, reported the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, including all sectors of Palestinian society. There are now over 6,200 Palestinians in occupation prisons. Over 1,930 people were arrested in July, including 800 from the West Bank, 300 from Jerusalem, […]
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Zionist occupation releases 68-year-old Sheikh Sami Shabalo after 18 months in detention
[ PIC 30/10/2013 – 11:28 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) released Sheikh Sami Shabalo, 68, on Tuesday night after 18 months of detention. Shabalo relatives told the PIC reporter that he was released from Ofer prison, south west of Ramallah city, after 18 months in jail. They said that Shabalo spent […]
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Palestinian Prisoner Releases: An empty gesture ~ by @StephenLendman
by Stephen Lendman | Stephen Lendman Blog | Oct 30, 2013 Thousands of Palestinian political prisoners languish in Israel’s gulag. It’s one of the world’s worst. Many innocent victims are held uncharged or tried. Thousands are wrongfully imprisoned based on nonexistent secret evidence. Women are treated like men. Children are treated like adults. Horrific conditions […]
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Latest Israeli pogrom: Soldiers Ransack Homes and Kidnap 21 Palestinians In West Bank
Monday October 28, 2013 12:00 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies [Monday at dawn October 28, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into homes and violently searched them, before kidnapping 21 Palestinians, and taking them to unknown destinations. Two of the kidnapped are legislators from Hebron. Israeli Soldiers […]
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PA’s apparatuses arrest six Hamas affiliates and summon three others
[ PIC 06/09/2013 – 01:43 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– Palestinian Authority security apparatuses arrested six citizens from the West Bank, and summoned three others for interrogation, on charges of their affiliation with the Hamas Movement. Meanwhile, the Authority courts postponed the release of four political detainees from Ramallah who have been held for 7 […]
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PA goes Stasi-Style: Protests in Nablus, 6 arrests among Hamas’s supporters
[ PIC 05/09/2013 – 03:39 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– Tensions have re-prevailed in Fara’a refugee camp in Nablus as clashes erupted between the residents and PA forces. The protesters have closed, last night, the main street that links between the Fara’a refugee camp and Nablus city, and prevented individuals and vehicles from passing through […]
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PA goes Stasi-Style: Dozens of citizens arrested, summoned in wide PA campaign against Hamas
[ PIC 25/08/2013 – 09:58 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian Authority security forces launched a large-scale arrest campaign against members and supporters of the Hamas Movement, and summoned many others for interrogation in different West Bank areas. According to local sources, the PA security forces arrested 10 Palestinian citizens because of their political affiliation […]
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PA summons 6 Hamas affiliates. Eid Mubarak?
[ PIC 11/08/2013 – 05:01 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– Palestinian Authority’s security apparatuses summoned six citizens from Qalqilya on the pretext of their affiliation with Hamas, while they continued to detain ten other Hamas members from Tulkarm. The Preventive Security Service (PSS) summoned six Hamas supporters from the town of Immatin east of Qalqilya, […]
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Netanyahu uses settlement pledge to get coalition support for prisoner release
“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article MEMO | July 31, 2013 Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue settlement building in return for support from coalition partners for the prisoner release deal. […]
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Barghouthi: “Israel Using Detainees For Political Blackmail”
Tuesday July 30, 2013 00:40 | Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated that Israel is trying to use the issue of releasing some Palestinian political prisoners to politically blackmail the Palestinians to resume direct negotiations. Palestinian Detainees – File Wattan TV Barghouthi said that […]
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Appalling Israeli Gulag Prison Conditions ~ by @StephenLendman
Global Research | Stephen Lendman | July 24, 2013 Israel’s gulag is one of the world’s worst. On July 9, 16 human rights organizations headlined ”RE: European Parliament Fact-Finding Mission on Palestinian Political Prisoners.” They include: Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association Aldameer Association for Human Rights Al Haq Al Mezan Center for Human Rights Arab […]
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PFLP (@PFLP_ps): Return to negotiations is political suicide, endangers Palestinian cause
Statement by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | July 21, 2013 Fight Back News Service is circulating the following July 20 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said that any return to negotiations on the basis of the views […]
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Israeli Occupation sentences to jail MP Totah and former minister Abu Arafah
[ PIC 11/07/2013 – 03:27 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– An Israeli court on Thursday sentenced Jerusalemite MP Mohammed Totah and former minister Khaled Abu Arafa to 30 months imprisonment. Totah and Abu Arafa were arrested in the 23rd of January last year during their sit-in at the Red Cross compound. The two had already served […]
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