NOTHING NEW FOR THE JEWISH STATE, BUT STILL SHOCKING! Updated: 300 arrests reported during the Israeli campaign in West Bank: According to Palestinian Prisoners Society, 300 Palestinians were detained during the Israeli raid and arrest campaign which started on Thursday evening 12th June 2014 throughout West Bank. 52 released political prisoners and detainees following the “Shalit Swap Deal” in 2011 were among the detainees in addition to 11 PLC members. 104 arrests were carried out in Hebron, while 52 arrests were reported in Nablus. 41 Palestinian were detained in Ramallah, 37 detainees were documented in Jenin and 16 others in Tulkarm, while 13 Palestinian citizens were arrested in Qalqilya. 12 Palestinians were also detained in Bethlehem, while 12 from Jerusalem were detained. Including 6 arrests were reported in Tubas town near Nablus, and 5 others in Salfit city near Nablus, while one Palestinian was detained in Jericho. Since Thursday evening, 12th June 2014, Israeli occupation forces carried out a large-scale arrest campaign in the West Bank targeting Palestinian former ministers, Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (MPLC), university lecturers and students together with civilian women and children. Human rights activists and ex-detainees were among the arrests including those who were engaged in hunger strikes in Israeli jails as part of the Israeli systematic collective punishment scenario. Wednesday, 18th June, 69 Palestinians were arrested including 50 liberated detainees who were released during Shalit Swap Deal reached under Egyptian mediation, in addition to 3 PLC deputies. Israeli forces kidnapped 13 Palestinian MPs and 2 former ministers so far, bringing the number of Palestinian MPs held in Israeli jails to 24 in addition to 3 former ministers. Note that most of the detainees above were held in administrative detention (according to which detainees are incarcerated without charge or trial). The detained and convicted MPs: 1. Marwan Barghouti, sentenced to five life terms imprisonment 2. Ahmed Saadat, the secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, sentenced to 30 years imprisonment 3. Ahmad Attoun, from Jerusalem The MPs held administratively in Israeli jails, some of them are engaged on hunger strike: 4. D. Mahmoud Ramahi 5. Abdel Jaber Fuqaha 6. Mohammed Jamal Natshe 7. Hatem Kufaisheh 8. Nizar Ramadan 9. Mohammed Badr 10. Mohammed Abu Tair 11. Yasser Mansour MPs who were arrested during the past two days: 12. Dr. Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council 13. Hassan Yousef 14. Ahmed Totah 15. Fadel Hamdan 16. Abdul Rahman Zeidan 17. Ibrahim Abu Salem 18. Hosni Borini 19. Azzam Salhab 20. Bassem Zarir 21. Samir Kadi 22. Ayman Daraghmeh 23. Ahmed Mubaraks 24. Ahmad Haj Ali Including three former ministers: 1. Khaled Abu Arafa (Jerusalem Affairs minister) 2. Issa Al Jaba’ari (Minister of Local government) 3. Wafi Qubaha (Palestinian Detainees and ex-detainees minister) UFree Network | An independent European-wide human rights network, set up to defend the rights of Palestinian political prisoners and detainees.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:42:03 +0000
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