Othman, 15, is sitting at the top of a narrow staircase in the front porch of his family’s home in the Old City, Jerusalem. He almost never smiles or laughs, and he doesnt speak much. He has been under house arrest for the past 11 months, during which time he was only able to leave the house occasionally with his mother or father. Recently, he has been allowed to go to school accompanied by a parent. “That helps. A little bit,” he says. Othman was arrested when he was 14, along with his then 16-year-old brother, Obaid, on November 25, 2013. Israeli soldiers came to the family’s house at dawn and took both boys to the Mascobiyya detention center, where they were interrogated. Obaid remains in detention; the boys have not seen each other since their arrest.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 03:48:14 +0000
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