31 mar 2016
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) suppressed on Wednesday evening a peaceful march in Doheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, in commemoration of the Land Day.
The PIC reporter said that the march started from Doheisheh camp heading towards the northern entrance of Bethlehem.
The participants waved Palestinian flags and raised photos of Palestinian martyrs whose bodies are still detained by Israeli authorities, some of whom, for dozens of years.
Israeli forces attacked the peaceful march with teargas bombs. Dozens of participants choked on tear gas. Palestinian youths responded by throwing stones at the soldiers.
Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinian refugees marked on Wednesday the Land Day in Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria despite the tight siege imposed on the camp.
The commemoration event came in coincidence with the arrival of a Swedish aid convoy to the besieged camp. Hundreds of food parcels were distributed in Yarmouk camp. Coordinator for the aid convoy Khaled Youssef revealed that a second convoy will be organized before the holy month of Ramadan.
The PIC reporter said that the march started from Doheisheh camp heading towards the northern entrance of Bethlehem.
The participants waved Palestinian flags and raised photos of Palestinian martyrs whose bodies are still detained by Israeli authorities, some of whom, for dozens of years.
Israeli forces attacked the peaceful march with teargas bombs. Dozens of participants choked on tear gas. Palestinian youths responded by throwing stones at the soldiers.
Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinian refugees marked on Wednesday the Land Day in Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria despite the tight siege imposed on the camp.
The commemoration event came in coincidence with the arrival of a Swedish aid convoy to the besieged camp. Hundreds of food parcels were distributed in Yarmouk camp. Coordinator for the aid convoy Khaled Youssef revealed that a second convoy will be organized before the holy month of Ramadan.
30 mar 2016
The Israeli Knesset approved the suspension of lawmakers accused of backing "terrorism", a bill which seems to target Arab MPs, while PM Netanyahu has ordered Palestinian bodies held by the military not to be returned.
Fifty-nine lawmakers voted for the bill, widely seen to be targeting the Arab-led bloc after three of its members met the families of accused Palestinian attackers.
The bloc accounts for 13 of Knesset's 120 members, making it the chamber's third-largest grouping. The bill would give parliament the power to strip any lawmaker of the right to vote on draft legislation. It needs to pass a second and third reading in the Knesset before becoming a law.
Zouheir Bahloul, an Arab legislator, accused Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition of “quietly stealing Arab members’ right to a democratic discourse.”
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel also warned the law "is being promoted to harm the Arab MKs (Knesset members), whose statements and actions do not find favor with the political majority.” The Israeli chamber already has the power to censure the lawmakers for what it deems “unseeingly behavior.”
The idea for the bill, according to Press TV/Al Ray, was originally suggested by Netanyahu after Arab lawmakers from the Balad Party met with the families of the Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.
In February, the three were suspended from speaking in the Israeli parliament, as punishment, after they voiced support for the families of the Palestinian victims killed by Israeli military forces.
‘Stop returning Palestinian bodies’
On Monday, Netanyahu ordered a halt to returning the bodies of the Palestinians killed by Israeli forces as the regime fears subsequent mass funerals could trigger more protests.
Netanyahu ordered Moshe Ya’alon, Israeli minister for military affairs, not to hand over Palestinian bodies to their families until a comprehensive policy decision is reached on the matter, local media reported.
The Israeli military is currently holding an unspecified number of bodies belonging to the Palestinians shot dead for allegedly trying to stab regime forces.
Ya’alon’s ministry had resumed returning the corpses to their families on the condition that they were buried overnight and in a low-key funeral.
However, several Israeli officials, including Netanyahu, have voiced support for withholding the bodies to avoid mass funerals that could turn into large anti-occupation demonstrations.
Israel’s refusal to return the dead has drawn an angry reaction from several Palestinian officials and human rights organizations.
Earlier this month, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary General Saeb Erekat called on the international community to pressure Israel into releasing the bodies.
Tel Aviv’s “collective punishments are now being carried out against the living and the dead,” Erekat said. Palestinian rights groups Addameer and Adalah condemned Israel’s refusal to return the Palestinian bodies as “a severe violation of international humanitarian law.”
So far, more than 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the outbreak of fresh tensions in the occupied territories last October.
Fifty-nine lawmakers voted for the bill, widely seen to be targeting the Arab-led bloc after three of its members met the families of accused Palestinian attackers.
The bloc accounts for 13 of Knesset's 120 members, making it the chamber's third-largest grouping. The bill would give parliament the power to strip any lawmaker of the right to vote on draft legislation. It needs to pass a second and third reading in the Knesset before becoming a law.
Zouheir Bahloul, an Arab legislator, accused Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition of “quietly stealing Arab members’ right to a democratic discourse.”
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel also warned the law "is being promoted to harm the Arab MKs (Knesset members), whose statements and actions do not find favor with the political majority.” The Israeli chamber already has the power to censure the lawmakers for what it deems “unseeingly behavior.”
The idea for the bill, according to Press TV/Al Ray, was originally suggested by Netanyahu after Arab lawmakers from the Balad Party met with the families of the Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.
In February, the three were suspended from speaking in the Israeli parliament, as punishment, after they voiced support for the families of the Palestinian victims killed by Israeli military forces.
‘Stop returning Palestinian bodies’
On Monday, Netanyahu ordered a halt to returning the bodies of the Palestinians killed by Israeli forces as the regime fears subsequent mass funerals could trigger more protests.
Netanyahu ordered Moshe Ya’alon, Israeli minister for military affairs, not to hand over Palestinian bodies to their families until a comprehensive policy decision is reached on the matter, local media reported.
The Israeli military is currently holding an unspecified number of bodies belonging to the Palestinians shot dead for allegedly trying to stab regime forces.
Ya’alon’s ministry had resumed returning the corpses to their families on the condition that they were buried overnight and in a low-key funeral.
However, several Israeli officials, including Netanyahu, have voiced support for withholding the bodies to avoid mass funerals that could turn into large anti-occupation demonstrations.
Israel’s refusal to return the dead has drawn an angry reaction from several Palestinian officials and human rights organizations.
Earlier this month, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary General Saeb Erekat called on the international community to pressure Israel into releasing the bodies.
Tel Aviv’s “collective punishments are now being carried out against the living and the dead,” Erekat said. Palestinian rights groups Addameer and Adalah condemned Israel’s refusal to return the Palestinian bodies as “a severe violation of international humanitarian law.”
So far, more than 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the outbreak of fresh tensions in the occupied territories last October.
26 mar 2016
The body of a Palestinian whose brutal killing was caught on film sparking international outcry is still being held by Israeli authorities, with his family demanding a Palestinian coroner partake in the autopsy.
A spokesman for the family of Abed al-Fattah al-Sharif told Ma'an, "we reject the Israeli offer that a Palestinian doctor just be present at the autopsy; we demand that he takes part in the autopsy as well.”
“The family will decide on the legal and medical procedures following the autopsy," he added.
Al-Sharif was shot alongside Ramzi Aziz al-Qasrawi after the two allegedly stabbed and moderately wounded an Israeli soldier at a military checkpoint on Thursday in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron.
Al-Qasrawi was killed immediately and al-Sharif -- after lying motionless on the pavement for several minutes -- was shot in the head at point-blank range by an Israeli soldier.
Al-Sharif’s body was evacuated shortly after the second shooting and is still being held in Israeli custody.
Graphic footage of al-Sharif’s killing was filmed by a rights worker and resident of the area, which has since gone viral.
The Palestinian who caught the event on film told Ma’an he received threats the following day from Israeli settlers living illegally in the area and said he now feared for his and his family’s safety.
The body of al-Qasrawi was buried in a funeral Saturday attended by hundreds of Palestinians in the Hebron neighborhood of Wadi al-Hariya.
A Palestinian coroner responsible for performing autopsies on the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces condemned in December the practice by Israeli authorities to demand Palestinian bodies be buried immediately.
Head of Al-Quds University's Institute for Forensic Medicine, Sabir al-Aloul, said Israel’s conditional handover of bodies prevents autopsies from being carried out.
A number of Palestinian families signed a letter in December demanding that families should be allotted time to request an official autopsy report on their dead, which is used in official paperwork necessary to file cases against Israeli authorities at the International Criminal Court.
According to autopsies al-Aloul has performed on Palestinians killed since Oct. 1, the coroner said that those killed were “shot in the head and the chest many times from a very close distance,” similar to incident caught on film Thursday.
Senior PLO official Saeb Erekat urged the international community on March 4 to pressure Israel to release the bodies of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces while allegedly carrying out attacks.
He said: "Israel's collective punishments are now being carried out against the living and the dead."
A joint statement released earlier this month by rights groups Addameer and Adalah condemned Israel’s practice of withholding bodies as "a severe violation of international humanitarian law as well as international human rights law, including violations of the right to dignity, freedom of religion, and the right to practice culture."
The statement said it appeared "many" of the Palestinians whose bodies Israel was holding had been "extra-judicially executed by Israeli forces during alleged attacks against Israelis, despite posing no danger."
Al-Qasrawi and al-Sharif were among more than 200 Palestinians to be killed since a wave of unrest swept the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
The majority were killed while carrying out or attempting to carry out small-scale attacks that have left nearly 30 Israelis dead.
A spokesman for the family of Abed al-Fattah al-Sharif told Ma'an, "we reject the Israeli offer that a Palestinian doctor just be present at the autopsy; we demand that he takes part in the autopsy as well.”
“The family will decide on the legal and medical procedures following the autopsy," he added.
Al-Sharif was shot alongside Ramzi Aziz al-Qasrawi after the two allegedly stabbed and moderately wounded an Israeli soldier at a military checkpoint on Thursday in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron.
Al-Qasrawi was killed immediately and al-Sharif -- after lying motionless on the pavement for several minutes -- was shot in the head at point-blank range by an Israeli soldier.
Al-Sharif’s body was evacuated shortly after the second shooting and is still being held in Israeli custody.
Graphic footage of al-Sharif’s killing was filmed by a rights worker and resident of the area, which has since gone viral.
The Palestinian who caught the event on film told Ma’an he received threats the following day from Israeli settlers living illegally in the area and said he now feared for his and his family’s safety.
The body of al-Qasrawi was buried in a funeral Saturday attended by hundreds of Palestinians in the Hebron neighborhood of Wadi al-Hariya.
A Palestinian coroner responsible for performing autopsies on the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces condemned in December the practice by Israeli authorities to demand Palestinian bodies be buried immediately.
Head of Al-Quds University's Institute for Forensic Medicine, Sabir al-Aloul, said Israel’s conditional handover of bodies prevents autopsies from being carried out.
A number of Palestinian families signed a letter in December demanding that families should be allotted time to request an official autopsy report on their dead, which is used in official paperwork necessary to file cases against Israeli authorities at the International Criminal Court.
According to autopsies al-Aloul has performed on Palestinians killed since Oct. 1, the coroner said that those killed were “shot in the head and the chest many times from a very close distance,” similar to incident caught on film Thursday.
Senior PLO official Saeb Erekat urged the international community on March 4 to pressure Israel to release the bodies of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces while allegedly carrying out attacks.
He said: "Israel's collective punishments are now being carried out against the living and the dead."
A joint statement released earlier this month by rights groups Addameer and Adalah condemned Israel’s practice of withholding bodies as "a severe violation of international humanitarian law as well as international human rights law, including violations of the right to dignity, freedom of religion, and the right to practice culture."
The statement said it appeared "many" of the Palestinians whose bodies Israel was holding had been "extra-judicially executed by Israeli forces during alleged attacks against Israelis, despite posing no danger."
Al-Qasrawi and al-Sharif were among more than 200 Palestinians to be killed since a wave of unrest swept the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
The majority were killed while carrying out or attempting to carry out small-scale attacks that have left nearly 30 Israelis dead.
22 mar 2016
Only 30 persons from Eskafi family were allowed to attend their son Omar’s funeral in occupied Jerusalem amid very tight military restrictions.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) handed over the body of Omar Eskafi, 21, to his family at 1 a.m. and allowed only 30 members of his family to attend the funeral.
The IOA also prevented any video recording or photography of the body, and seized the cell phones of people attending the funeral and imposed on the family a bail of 20,000 shekels ($5,150) that would be confiscated if those conditions were breached.
Omar’s body was held by the IOA since his killing on December 6 by Israeli forces over an alleged stabbing attempt.
On the other hand, the family of the martyr Hassan Manasrah, 15, refused to receive his body in protest against Israeli preconditions set on their son’s funeral. The family was unable to recognize their son as his body was entirely covered in ice due to being kept refrigerated in Israeli custody.
The family strongly denounced the Israeli restrictions and preconditions imposed on the Palestinian families whose relatives’ bodies were held by the Israeli authorities.
Israel continues to hold bodies of Jerusalemite martyrs who were shot and killed by Israeli gunfire for allegedly being involved in stabbing attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
The Israeli rights group B’Tselem described the withholding of bodies as “patently immoral” and “yet another instance of Israeli authorities’ disregard for the lives of Palestinians – even after their death.”
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) handed over the body of Omar Eskafi, 21, to his family at 1 a.m. and allowed only 30 members of his family to attend the funeral.
The IOA also prevented any video recording or photography of the body, and seized the cell phones of people attending the funeral and imposed on the family a bail of 20,000 shekels ($5,150) that would be confiscated if those conditions were breached.
Omar’s body was held by the IOA since his killing on December 6 by Israeli forces over an alleged stabbing attempt.
On the other hand, the family of the martyr Hassan Manasrah, 15, refused to receive his body in protest against Israeli preconditions set on their son’s funeral. The family was unable to recognize their son as his body was entirely covered in ice due to being kept refrigerated in Israeli custody.
The family strongly denounced the Israeli restrictions and preconditions imposed on the Palestinian families whose relatives’ bodies were held by the Israeli authorities.
Israel continues to hold bodies of Jerusalemite martyrs who were shot and killed by Israeli gunfire for allegedly being involved in stabbing attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
The Israeli rights group B’Tselem described the withholding of bodies as “patently immoral” and “yet another instance of Israeli authorities’ disregard for the lives of Palestinians – even after their death.”
21 mar 2016
The Israeli authorities were set to return overnight Monday the bodies of two Palestinians who were shot dead after allegedly attacking Israelis in October and December last year.
Muhammad Mahmoud, a lawyer with Palestinian prisoners' rights group Addameer, told Ma'an Israel had agreed to release the bodies of 15-year-old Hassan Khalid Manasra and 21-year-old Omar Yasser Skafi, both from Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem.
Manasra was shot dead after he and his 13-year-old cousin Ahmad Manasra carried out a stabbing attack near the illegal Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev near Beit Hanina on Oct.12.
Two Israelis, aged 13 and 21, were seriously injured in the incident, while Ahmad was knocked over by a car and seriously wounded.
Ahmad was taken into custody and has since been charged with attempted murder, while Hassan's body has been held in an Israeli morgue for the past five months.
Meanwhile, Skafi was shot dead in Jerusalem on Dec. 6 after he allegedly hit an Israeli with his car before stabbing another.
Mahmoud said Israel had stipulated that only 30 to 40 people take part in the funeral procession, which it demanded be held after midnight.
The families also had to deposit 20,000 shekels ($5,190) to guarantee that they adhered to the terms of the bodies' release.
Separately, the Israeli Supreme Court decided on Monday that Israel's military prosecution must respond to an appeal lodged by Mahmoud demanding a specific date for the release of all other bodies Israel is continuing to withhold.
Israel began holding bodies of Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks or attempting to carry out attacks when unrest increased in October, but began reversing the policy in November following uproar from Palestinian families and communities.
While the majority of bodies have been returned to families in the occupied West Bank, a number of bodies of Palestinian residents of Jerusalem continue to be held.
Senior PLO official Saeb Erekat urged the international community on March 4 to pressure Israel to release the bodies of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces while allegedly carrying out attacks.
He said: "Israel's collective punishments are now being carried out against the living and the dead."
A joint statement released earlier this month by Addameer and the Israeli minority rights group Adalah condemned Israel’s practice of withholding bodies as "a severe violation of international humanitarian law as well as international human rights law, including violations of the right to dignity, freedom of religion, and the right to practice culture."
Muhammad Mahmoud, a lawyer with Palestinian prisoners' rights group Addameer, told Ma'an Israel had agreed to release the bodies of 15-year-old Hassan Khalid Manasra and 21-year-old Omar Yasser Skafi, both from Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem.
Manasra was shot dead after he and his 13-year-old cousin Ahmad Manasra carried out a stabbing attack near the illegal Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev near Beit Hanina on Oct.12.
Two Israelis, aged 13 and 21, were seriously injured in the incident, while Ahmad was knocked over by a car and seriously wounded.
Ahmad was taken into custody and has since been charged with attempted murder, while Hassan's body has been held in an Israeli morgue for the past five months.
Meanwhile, Skafi was shot dead in Jerusalem on Dec. 6 after he allegedly hit an Israeli with his car before stabbing another.
Mahmoud said Israel had stipulated that only 30 to 40 people take part in the funeral procession, which it demanded be held after midnight.
The families also had to deposit 20,000 shekels ($5,190) to guarantee that they adhered to the terms of the bodies' release.
Separately, the Israeli Supreme Court decided on Monday that Israel's military prosecution must respond to an appeal lodged by Mahmoud demanding a specific date for the release of all other bodies Israel is continuing to withhold.
Israel began holding bodies of Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks or attempting to carry out attacks when unrest increased in October, but began reversing the policy in November following uproar from Palestinian families and communities.
While the majority of bodies have been returned to families in the occupied West Bank, a number of bodies of Palestinian residents of Jerusalem continue to be held.
Senior PLO official Saeb Erekat urged the international community on March 4 to pressure Israel to release the bodies of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces while allegedly carrying out attacks.
He said: "Israel's collective punishments are now being carried out against the living and the dead."
A joint statement released earlier this month by Addameer and the Israeli minority rights group Adalah condemned Israel’s practice of withholding bodies as "a severe violation of international humanitarian law as well as international human rights law, including violations of the right to dignity, freedom of religion, and the right to practice culture."
Palestinians in Beit Fujjar town in southern Bethlehem Sunday evening bade farewell to both martyrs Ali Thawabteh, 19 and Ali Taqatqa, 20.
Both Palestinian martyrs were killed by Israeli forces last Thursday near Ariel settlement after alleged stabbing attempt. Israeli forces delivered the bodies of martyrs to their families after three days of detention.
Israeli soldiers intensified their siege on Beit Fujjar town, which has been imposed since Thursday night, and barred the inhabitants from heading to hospital for receiving the bodies of martyrs.
The town of Beit Fujjar sacrificed five martyrs during Jerusalem Intifada which broke out last October, including an infant who died due to breathing tear gas which was unleashed directly by Israeli soldiers towards his family home.
Both Palestinian martyrs were killed by Israeli forces last Thursday near Ariel settlement after alleged stabbing attempt. Israeli forces delivered the bodies of martyrs to their families after three days of detention.
Israeli soldiers intensified their siege on Beit Fujjar town, which has been imposed since Thursday night, and barred the inhabitants from heading to hospital for receiving the bodies of martyrs.
The town of Beit Fujjar sacrificed five martyrs during Jerusalem Intifada which broke out last October, including an infant who died due to breathing tear gas which was unleashed directly by Israeli soldiers towards his family home.
20 mar 2016
The Israeli occupation army on Sunday continued its siege on Beit Fajjar town, northeast of al-Khalil city, for the fourth consecutive day.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) closed in the morning all entrances to Beit Fajjar town and prevented its residents from entering or leaving it as a punitive measure.
The military cordon on the town started after two local young men named Ali Thwabteh and Ali Taqatqa carried out a stabbing attack in Ariel settlement near Salfit. Both of them were killed on site.
The Palestinian Red Crescent, for its part, said the Israeli side would hand over the bodies of Thawabteh and Taqateqa to their families soon.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) closed in the morning all entrances to Beit Fajjar town and prevented its residents from entering or leaving it as a punitive measure.
The military cordon on the town started after two local young men named Ali Thwabteh and Ali Taqatqa carried out a stabbing attack in Ariel settlement near Salfit. Both of them were killed on site.
The Palestinian Red Crescent, for its part, said the Israeli side would hand over the bodies of Thawabteh and Taqateqa to their families soon.
Husam Badran, the spokesman of Hamas Movement, warned Israeli occupation authorities of detaining the bodies of Palestinian martyrs saying that it will increase the outrage of Palestinians and will flame the uprising.
In a press statement on Saturday, Badran said detaining the bodies of martyrs will not weaken the determination of the Palestinian youths to keep up their heroic anti-occupation attacks and will not prevent Palestinian families from encouraging their sons to defend their land for the sake of freedom and dignity.
Badran called on the Palestinian people to organize events demanding the release of martyrs' bodies. He also urged the human rights institutions to prosecute Israeli occupation leaders at the international level for committing crimes against Palestinians especially the Israeli policy of collective punishment.
The Israeli authorities are still detaining 18 bodies of Palestinian martyrs, mostly Jerusalemites, who carried out anti-occupation attacks in Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank.
In a press statement on Saturday, Badran said detaining the bodies of martyrs will not weaken the determination of the Palestinian youths to keep up their heroic anti-occupation attacks and will not prevent Palestinian families from encouraging their sons to defend their land for the sake of freedom and dignity.
Badran called on the Palestinian people to organize events demanding the release of martyrs' bodies. He also urged the human rights institutions to prosecute Israeli occupation leaders at the international level for committing crimes against Palestinians especially the Israeli policy of collective punishment.
The Israeli authorities are still detaining 18 bodies of Palestinian martyrs, mostly Jerusalemites, who carried out anti-occupation attacks in Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank.
17 mar 2016
The Israeli authorities continue to detain the bodies of 13 Jerusalemite Martyrs part of a collective punishment policy imposed on their families since the first moments of the Martyrdom of their sons.
Martyrs whose bodies are still detained by the occupation authorities are:
Martyrs whose bodies are still detained by the occupation authorities are:
- Thaer Abdel Salam Abu Ghazaleh, 19, passed away on 8/10/2015, Old City of Jerusalem
- Hasan Khaled Manasra, 15, passed away on 12/10/2015, Beit Hanina
- Baha’ Mohammad Alayan, 22, passed away on 13/10/2015, Jabal Al-Mukabber
- Ala’ Daoud Abu Jamal, 32, passed away on 13/10/2015, Jabal Al-Mukabber
- Mutaz Ahmad Aweisat, 16, passed away on 17/10/2015, Jabal Al-Mukabber
- Mohammad Abed Nimer, 37, passed away on 10/11/2015, Esawyeh
- Omar Yaser Iskafi, 21, passed away on 6/12/2015, Beit Hanina
- Abdel Muhsen Hassouneh, 21, passed away on 14/12/2015, Beit Hanina
- Mohammad Abu Khalaf, 20, passed away on 9/2/2016, Kufor Aqab.
- Fadwa Abu Ter, 51, passed away on 8/3/2016, Um Tuba.
- Fouad Abu Rajab, 21, passed away on 8/3/2016, Esawyeh.
- Mohammad Kaloti, 21, passed away on 9/3/2016, Kufor Aqab.
- Abdel Malek Abu Khroub, 19, passed away on 9/3/2016, Kufor Aqab.
1 mar 2016
Israeli special forces arrested Tuesday afternoon Abdul Salam Abu Ghazala, 42, whose son Thaer was killed by Israeli forces in early October last year.
Quds Press said that the father was taken from his house in occupied Jerusalem and transferred to the Old City police station without providing any reason behind his arrest.
Abdul Salam was first arrested on October 8, 2015 few hours after his son’s killing. He was then sentenced for three months in administrative detention.
Thaer’s body is still detained by Israeli authorities along with eight other victims for being allegedly involved in anti-occupation attacks.
Addameer Institution earlier said that Israeli occupation authorities had stepped up repressive measures on funeral processions of those who were killed after allegedly carrying out anti-occupation attacks. The measures included the confiscation of mourners’ cell phones, preventing journalists’ presence, limiting the mourners’ number to 30, imposing heavy fines, and handing over the body after midnight.
Quds Press said that the father was taken from his house in occupied Jerusalem and transferred to the Old City police station without providing any reason behind his arrest.
Abdul Salam was first arrested on October 8, 2015 few hours after his son’s killing. He was then sentenced for three months in administrative detention.
Thaer’s body is still detained by Israeli authorities along with eight other victims for being allegedly involved in anti-occupation attacks.
Addameer Institution earlier said that Israeli occupation authorities had stepped up repressive measures on funeral processions of those who were killed after allegedly carrying out anti-occupation attacks. The measures included the confiscation of mourners’ cell phones, preventing journalists’ presence, limiting the mourners’ number to 30, imposing heavy fines, and handing over the body after midnight.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have been withholding the bodies of nine Palestinians killed more than four months ago as part of a policy of collective punishment that contravenes international laws, Ad-Dameer Institution and al-Adala Center for Human Rights said Monday.
Lawyer Muhammad Mahmoud, from Ad-Dameer institution said the IOA reneged on its promises to release the body of 26-year-old Musaab al-Ghazali at dawn Monday at the Bab al-Asbat cemetery. Earlier the IOA ordered al-Ghazali's family to comply with strict conditions, including the presence of 30 persons, only, in the funeral procession and the reimbursement 30,000 shekels.
The IOA also ruled for seizing the cell phones of all those attending the funeral so as to prevent any video recording or photography of the body, the lawyer added.
The ad-Dameer and the Adala groups called on the U.N., the International Red Cross, and the European Union to urge the Israeli occupation to release the bodies of slain Palestinians and initiate a probe into Israel's extrajudicial murdering of anti-occupation youths.
Al-Ghazali was shot dead by the occupation army in western Occupied Jerusalem on December 26 on allegations that he carried out an anti-occupation stabbing. No casualties were, however, reported in the alleged stabbing.
Lawyer Muhammad Mahmoud, from Ad-Dameer institution said the IOA reneged on its promises to release the body of 26-year-old Musaab al-Ghazali at dawn Monday at the Bab al-Asbat cemetery. Earlier the IOA ordered al-Ghazali's family to comply with strict conditions, including the presence of 30 persons, only, in the funeral procession and the reimbursement 30,000 shekels.
The IOA also ruled for seizing the cell phones of all those attending the funeral so as to prevent any video recording or photography of the body, the lawyer added.
The ad-Dameer and the Adala groups called on the U.N., the International Red Cross, and the European Union to urge the Israeli occupation to release the bodies of slain Palestinians and initiate a probe into Israel's extrajudicial murdering of anti-occupation youths.
Al-Ghazali was shot dead by the occupation army in western Occupied Jerusalem on December 26 on allegations that he carried out an anti-occupation stabbing. No casualties were, however, reported in the alleged stabbing.
