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Palestinian child prisoner Huzaifa Taha, 17, sentenced to 12 years in Israeli prison

Huzaifa Taha

Palestinian child prisoner Huzaifa Ishaq Abdel-Jawad Taha, 17, a Jerusalemite from the village of Kafr Aqab, was ordered to 12 years in Israeli prison on Sunday, 12 February. He is the latest Jerusalemite Palestinian child to receive a lengthy prison sentence after being accused of attempting to carry out a Palestinian resistance action by stabbing a settler in the illegal settlement of East Talpiyyot.

Huzaifa’s brother Abdullah was quoted by Asra Media, saying that the “harsh sentence” was “shocking, in light of all the contradictory evidence in the file, but the prosecutor insisted on this sentence with a racist mindset of ‘deterrence,’ especially against prisoners of Jerusalem.”  Huzaifa has been imprisoned since 4 January 2016 and was shot in the legs and hands with live bullets.

His sentencing follows that of Mohammed Taha and Munther al-Mayala, 16, sentenced to 11 years in Israeli prison; Ahmad Manasrah, 14, sentenced to 12 years; Nurhan Awad, 17, sentenced to 13 years; Muawiya Alqam, 14, sentenced to six years, and other harsh sentences meted out especially to Jerusalemite child prisoners.

Yazan Abu Assab

Meanwhile, Yazan Mohammed Ayoub Abu Assab, 15, from Issawiya in Jerusalem, was sentenced to 10 months in Israeli prisons and accused of “throwing stones” at occupation forces.

Palestinian women prisoners in HaSharon prison suffer medical neglect, separation from family

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission reported on the situation of the 43 Palestinian women prisoners held in Section 11 of HaSharon prison, dealing with difficult conditions of life within the prisons. A number of the prisoners are recovering from injuries and were often moved to the prison before their recoveries were complete; they continue to suffer from medical neglect. These women prisoners include: Israa Jaabis, Abla al-Aedam, Amal Taqatqa, Natalie Shokha, Jamila Jaber, Lama Bakri, Marah Bakir, Nurhan Awad, and Shorouq Dwayyat.

The Commission also highlighted the situation of the prisoners who are mothers, including Abla al-Aedam, Aliya Abbassi, Israa Jaabis, Yasmin Shaaban, Sabrin Zubeidat and Fatmeh Alayan.

There are 12 minor girls under 18 held in HaSharon prison at the present time: Lama Bakri, Jamila Jaber, Tasneem Halabi, Istabraq Nour, Malak Salman, Iman Ali, Heba Areinat, Amal Kabha, Manar Shweiki, Natalie Shokha, Amal al-Asli and Marah Bakir.

Malak Salman

A hearing is scheduled to take place today in the case of Malak Salman, 17, from Beit Safafa in Jerusalem. This will be her 22nd court hearing since she was arrested on 9 February 2016 by occupation forces, who claim that she attempted to stab a settler in Jerusalem.

Shatila Abu Ayyad

Shatila Abu Ayyad, 24, is also scheduled to face a hearing today and is threatened with 16 years of imprisoment in Israeli prisons. She is accused of attempting to stab Israelis to support Palestinian resistance and has been imprisoned since 3 April 2016.

Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli custody; 16-year-old brother of Palestinian killed by medical neglect arrested

Palestinian prisoner Mohammed al-Jallad, 24, died on Friday, 10 February at Beilinson Hospital; he had been shot by Israeli occupation forces on 9 November 2016 at the Huwwara military checkpoint near Nablus.

Occupation forces accused him of attempting to stab an occupation soldier. He also suffered from lymphoma, cancer of the lymph nodes. He is the ninth Palestinian killed this year by Israeli occupation forces and the 210th Palestinian prisoner to die in Israeli occupation custody.

Ibrahim Awad

Only days after the death of al-Jallad, Ibrahim Awad, 16, the brother of Jaafar Awad, 24, who died in April 2015 shortly after being released from Israeli prison with severe medical conditions and whose case brought sharp focus on the medical mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners, was seized by Israeli occupation forces from the village of Beit Ummar near al-Khalil.

Ibrahim also spent 24 days in Israeli jails four months ago and paid a fine of 5,000 NIS (~$1250). Ibrahim’s father spoke to Asra Voice radio, saying that the families of Palestinian martyrs and prisoners were regularly targeted by occupation forces for further arrest and persecution.

Jaafar Awad’s case highlighted medical neglect and ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Awad, who had diabetes, was administered incorrect insulin shots in Eshel prison after his arrest in November 2013, said his father. He lost the ability to speak or walk and developed heart and pancreas disease. Despite this, he was denied early release for months and received inadequate health care until he was finally released on 21 January 2015 with a high fine of 40,000 NIS ($10,200 USD). He was accused of “membership in a prohibited organization” and had been neither tried nor sentenced. He had developed acute pneumonia. Following his release, his family sought international treatment for his case, yet Israeli occupation authorities refused to allow his international travel; he was also denied permission to travel to the Israeli Hadassah hospital before his death in al-Khalil’s Mizan hospital on 10 April 2015. After the mass funeral march for Awad, his cousin Ziad Awad, 29, was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces who fired on the protest after the funeral march with live ammunition.

Meanwhile, imprisoned Palestinian Jerusalemite Nazmi Azmi Muhyiddin al-Daqqaq, 28, was transferred to the Haddassah hospital for treatment after the drastic deterioration of his health. Seized by occupation forces on 20 January 2017 and accused of intending to carry out a resistance operation, he was taken to interrogation. However, no charges against him were ever proved or filed and he was instead ordered to three months in administrative detention without charge or trial. His mother and sister were forbidden from visiting him in the hospital on 12 February and his lawyer was told he may be transferred to the Ramle prison clinic to complete his treatment.

In addition, Palestinian child prisoner Ahmed Kaddour, 15, from the town of Beitunia near Ramallah, continues to suffer from a poor health situation and needs immediate release for treatment, said Palestinian lawyer Louay Akkeh of the Prisoners Affairs Commission.  He suffered from leukemia three years ago and continues to have seizures caused by epilepsy; he is not receiving appropriate medical treatment, Akkeh emphasized. Ahmed was arrested on 2 January by occupation forces who beat him with fists and rifle butts and was subjected to ongoing harassment, ill-treatment and humiliation.

Palestinian prisoner Rami Breish also continues to suffer due to medical neglect, said Palestinian lawyer Karim Ajwa. From the Amari refugee camp near Ramallah, Breish has been imprisoned since 2003 and suffers from a number of health issues, including an accelerated heartbeat and repeated ear infections and hearing loss in his right ear. Ajwa noted that Breish emphasized the continued suffering caused by the use of the “Bosta” to transfer ill prisoners for medical tests, with the transfer taking almost 24 hours to complete due to repeated stops and removals.

25 February, Milan: Implementation of the Zionist Model of Repression in the Italian State

Saturday, 25 February
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Villa Pallavicini, via Meucci 3
Milano, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/292600627824101/
Organized by Fronte Palestina – www.frontepalestina.it

In a short time, the Senate will begin considering some proposed legislation, such as DDL 2043, with the aim of criminalizing and intimidating activists who support the campaign for the boycott of apartheid and Israeli colonization in Palestine, and DDL 2186, which implements bilateral agreements between Italy and Israel in matters of “public security and defense.”

Both represent an essential step in launching a Zionist model in legislation and repressive/military policies of the ITalian State….Deepening the analysis of this phenomenon, however, we see that this “Zionization” of the state apparatus and its policies is not only a response to a Zionist lobby, but is in fact a representation of a political and cultural model for the practical military and repressive management of the capitalist crisis.

Speakers include:
Charlotte Kates of Samidoun
Ugo Giannangeli
Enrico Bartolomei
Diana Carminati
Silvano Falessi
Fronte Palestina Padova
Students from Torino

Justice for Palestine now – end European complicity! A call from organizations throughout Europe

Samidoun is one of over 250 signatories to the following statement, coordinated by the European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP): 

A call from organizations throughout Europe

2017 marks:

  • 100 years since the « Balfour Declaration » of 1917, through which the British government unilaterally promised the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine;
  • 70 years since the partition plan of Palestine, adopted by the UN in 1947, which resulted in the 1948 Nakba, the demolition of more than 530 Palestinian villages and the expulsion of 750 000 Palestinians from their homeland, thus a process of ethnic cleansing;
  • 50 years since the beginning of Israel’s occupation in 1967 of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights, and an ongoing process of colonization and prolonged occupation by the State of Israel.

The continued dispossession of Palestinians of their land and their livelihood, including house demolition, land confiscation and apartheid wall; the denial of their culture and memory; the ten-year Gaza blockade creating severe inhuman conditions along with the recurrent military attacks on its population; the constant repression, resulting presently in over 7000 prisoners including more than 400 children held in military detention; the disastrous plight of Palestinian refugees further worsened by the war in Syria; and the draconian discriminatory laws in Israel itself: these facts, the fruits of over 100 years of denial of the rights of the Palestinian people, can no longer be accepted.

The anniversaries marked by the year 2017 remind us of the degree to which the colonial mindset, the denial of the rights of the Palestinian people, and the refusal to apply international law and UN resolutions lead to disaster.

These dates highlight the responsibility of European and Western countries for the existence of this situation, as well as the powerlessness into which the European Union has trapped itself, as it parades the principles of respect for international law without taking the measures to enforce them.

These dates remind us, also, that the building of peace cannot occur by ignoring the historic facts; and that to recognize History is the responsibility of all parties, first and foremost the Israeli State and people, contrary to the revisionist policy constantly promoted by Israel and pushed to the extreme by its current government. The European States were actors in the colonial system between the two World Wars; they made Palestine carry the consequences of the monstrous genocide of the European Jews by the Nazis; and subsequently they did nothing to require that Israel respect UN resolutions; they, too, must acknowledge the great responsibility that they bear in the tragedy endured by the Palestinian people today.

We call upon the EU and European States:

  • to make 2017 the year that the rights of the Palestinian people become a reality, in a binding timetable: the right to self-determination, the end of the occupation of all the West Bank including East Jerusalem and of the Gaza Strip, the right to equality for all citizens of Israel, and the right of return for all Palestinian refugees in the way of their choosing;
  • to cease all complicity with continued settlement activity and the myriad ways that Israel violates international law; and to demand an immediate end of the blockade of the Gaza Strip, and freedom of movement for Palestinians;
  • to take binding measures vis-à-vis the State of Israel, so long as it continues to violate international and human rights law, including the suspension of the EU’s Association Agreement with Israel until Israel complies with international law; to begin with, military and security cooperation – poorly concealed within several projects of the Horizon 2020 program – must be suspended immediately.

We, the undersigned, European civil society organizations, associations, political parties, and unions, solemnly reaffirm that in 2017, after 100 years of dispossession, denial, and ethnic cleansing, the rights of the Palestinian people must, at last, be respected.

Each with our respective views, we commit to act towards this goal, with the belief that a sustainable peace can only be achieved through enforcement of international law.

 

Signatories:

 

1. ECCP – European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine

2. Transform! Europe

3. PHM – Europe (People’s Health Movement)

 

4. Frauen in Schwarz (Wien), Austria

 

5. SODePAZ – Basque country

6. Internazionalistak Auzolanean – Basque country

7. ASOCIACIÓN BILADI РBasque country

8. Fundacion Mundubat, Basque country

 

9. PVDA/PTB – political party, Belgium

10. CNCD-11.11.11 – NGO platform, Belgium

11. 11.11.11 – NGO platform, Belgium

12. Broederlijk Delen – NGO, Belgium

13. Pax Christi – Flanders – NGO, Belgium

14. Solidarité socialiste – NGO, Belgium

15. Mouvement Ouvrier Chrétien, Belgium

16. Comac, Belgium

17. G3W–M3M – NGO, Belgium

18. Intal, Belgium

19. Association Belgo-Palestinienne WB, Belgium

20. Palestina Solidariteit, Belgium

21. Union des Progressistes Jiufs de Begique, Belgium

22. Vrede vzw, Belgium

23. Agir pour la Paix, Belgium

24. CADTM Belgique (Comité pour l’Abolition des Dettes illégitimes), Belgium

25. BACBI – Belgian Campaign For An Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, Belgium

26. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Belgium

27. Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine, Belgium

28. Solidarity With Bedouins Committee, Belgium

29. PJPO Ittre, Belgium

30. Via Velo Palestina, Belgium

31. Les Amis du Monde Diplomatique, Belgium

32. Composantes de la Communauté Arabe de Belgique – CoCABe, Belgium

33. V-SB (Vlaams-Socialistische Beweging)

34. Croiseregard asbl. Belgium

 

35. International Solidarity Movement, Czech Republic group

 

36. Finnish-Arab Friendship Society, Finland

37. The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)– Finland

 

38. EELV (Europe Ecologie les Verts) – political party, France

39. Ensemble – political party, France

40. Parti Communiste Français – political party, France

41. Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA), political party, France

42. Parti des Indigènes de la République – political party, France

43. Federation Syndicale Unitaire – trade union federation, France

44. Union syndicale Solidaires – trade union, France

45. La Cimade, France

46. CCFD-Terre Solidaire, France

47. CEMEA Association Nationale, France

48. AFPS (Association France Palestine Solidarite), France

49. Plateforme des ONG françaises pour la Palestine, France

50. MRAP (Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’Amitie entre les peuples), France

51. Mouvement de la Paix, France

52. Union Juive Française pour la Paix, France

53. BDS France

54. Mouvement pour une Alternative Non-violente (MAN), France

55. Femmes Egalité, France

56. Collectif Judeo Arabe et Citoyen pour la Palestine, France

57. Collectif Interuniversitaire pour la Cooperation avec les Universites Palestiniennes, France

58. CVPR-PO, France

59. La Forge, France

60. AJPF, France

61. CPPI Saint-Denis [Collectif Paix Palestine Israel], France

62. PHM France

63. Centre for Global Education, France

64. Espaces Marx, France

65. AURDIP (Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine
Union syndicale Solidaires), France

66. CJPP5 Comité Justice et Paix en Palestine et au Proche-Orient 5eme
PG, France

67. Droit Solidarité, France

68. MJCF Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France, France

69. UTIT Union des Travailleurs Immigrés Tunisiens, France

70. LA COURNEUVE-PALESTINE, France

71. Association des Travailleurs Maghrébins de France (ATMF), France

72. Terre des Hommes France, France

73. Association « Pour Jérusalem », France

74. Atelier Israël Palestine du GAIC : Groupe d’Amitié Islamo Chrétienne, France

75. The Fédération Artisans du Monde, France

76. Forum Palestine Citoyenneté, France

77. Participation et Spiritualité Musulmanes, France

78. AILES femmes du Maroc, France

 

79. Pax Christi Erding-Dorfen – NGO, Germany

80. Bundesarbeitskreis der LINKEN Gerechter Frieden in Nahost – Federal Working Group on “Just Peace in the Middle East”), Germany

81. DIE LINKE. Niedersachsen LAG Gerechter Frieden Nahost –  State Working Group Lower Saxony on “Just Peace in the Middle East”), Germany

82. Jewish Voice of Peace, Germany

83. German-Palestinian Association e.V., Germany

84. Palästinakomitee Stuttgart, Germany

85. Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Group Munich, Germany

86. AK Nahost Berlin, Germany

87. Arbeitskreis Palästina, Nürnberg, Germany

88. Attac rhein-sieg, Germany

89. BDS Berlin, Germany

90. BDS Hamburg, Germany

91. BDS-Gruppe Bonn, Germany

92. « Das Palästina Portal », Germany

93. Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft Bremen e.V., Germany

94. Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft, Regionalgruppe Düsseldorf, Germany

95. Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft Nordrhein-Westfalen (Süd), Germany

96. Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft e.v. Regionalgruppe Ruhrgebiet, Germany

97. Deutscher Freidenker-Verband; Landesverband Hessen, Germany

98. German Freethinkers Association, Germany

99. Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e.V., Germany

100. Frauen wagen Frieden (Projektgruppe in der evangelischen Frauenarbeit der Pfalz), Germany

101. Gesellschaft zur Humanitären Unterstützung der Palästinenser e.V., Germany

102. Israel-Palästina Solidaritätskreis Darmstadt, Germany

103. Keep Hope Alive, Germany

104. Palästina/Nahost-Initiative Heidelberg, Germany

105. Solidarität International e.V., Germany

106. The European Alliance in Defence of Palestinian Detainees, Germany

107. Union of Palestinian Communities, Institutions and Activities in Europe, Germany

108. Vitaminepalestine, Germany

 

109. Fiom-Cgil – trade union, Italy

110. Confederazione Cobas – trade union, Italy

111. ARCI, Italy

112. ArciMilano, Italy

113. ArciLombardia, Italy

114. AssopacePalestina, Italy

115. Associazione di Amicizia Italo-Palestinese Onlus, Italy

116. Associazione per la Pace, Italy

117. Associazione Oltre il Mare, Italy

118. BDS Italia, Italy

119. BDS Italia / Coordinamento campagna BDS Bologna, Italy

120. BDS Ravenna, Italy

121. Cultura è Libertà, Italy

122. Comitato Pistoiese per la Palestina, Italy

123. Donne in nero, Italia, Italy

124. Italia-Cuba Milano, Italy

125. Le radici e le ali Onlus Milano, Italy

126. Libera, associazioni nomi e numeri contro le mafie, Italy

127. Rete ECO (Ebrei contro l’occupazione), Italy

128. Rete romana di solidarietà con il popolo palestinese, Italy

129. Rete Radiè Resch – Gruppo di Udine, Italy

130. Salaam Ragazzi dell’Olivo-comitato di Mlano-Onlus, Italy

131. Servizio civile Internazionale, Italy

132. Statunitensi contro la guerra/U.S. Citizens Against War (Florence), Italy

133. Un Ponte per, Italy

134. Ulaia Arte sud, Italy

135. Women in culture, Italy

136. WILPF Italia (Women international league for peace and freedom), Italy

137. AWMR (Donne della regione mediterranea), Italy

138. Reti di pace – Laboratorio Monteverde Roma, Italy

139. Make An Impact Association ONLUS, Italy

140. GAZZELLA onlus, Italy

 

141. Trócaire – development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Ireland

142. Mandate – the trade union for retail, bar and admin workers in Ireland

143. Communications Workers Union of Ireland – trade union, Ireland

144. Communication Workers Union Northern Ireland Region – trade union, Ireland

145. Derry Trades Union Council – trade union, Ireland

146. Sinn Féin – political party, Ireland

147. Communist Party of Ireland’ political party, Ireland

148. Action from Ireland (Afri), Ireland

149. Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Ireland

150. Sadaka – the Ireland Palestine Alliance, Ireland

151. Trade Union Friends of Palestine, Ireland

152. Gaza Action Ireland, Ireland

153. Academics for Palestine, Ireland

154. Centre for Global Education, Ireland

155. The People’s Movement, Ireland

156. Jewish Voice for Just Peace, Ireland

157. Irish Anti-War Movement, Ireland

158. Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland

159. Anti-Racism Network Ireland , Ireland

160. United Against Racism, Ireland

161. The Ireland Institute, Ireland

162. Workers Solidarity Movement, Ireland

 

163. Comité pour une paix juste au Proche-Orient, Luxembourg

164. FNCTTFEL – Landesverband, Luxembourg

 

165. Scotish Friends of Palestine – Scotland

 

166. Združena levica parliamentary group (ZL) – political party, Slovenia

167. Institute for Western Sahara studies – NGO, Slovenia

168. Institute Abraham – NGO, Slovenia

169. Drustvo Humanitas, Slovenia

 

170. Slovak Initiative for a Just Peace in the Middle East – Slovakia

 

171. Confederacion General del Trabajo CGT – trade union, Spain

172. Izquierda Unida – political party, Spain

173. Partido Comunista de España (PCE) – political party, Spain

174. Communist Youth Union of Spain, Spain

175. Coordinadora Valenciana de ONGD, Spain

176. Anticapitalistas, Spain

177. Asociacion Paz con Dignidad, Spain

178. Årea Paz y Solidaridad Izquierda Unida Toledo Provincial, Spain

179. Palestina Toma La Calle, Madrid, Spain

180. CAUM (Club de Amigos de la Unesco), Spain

181. Plataforma Córdoba por Palestina, Spain

182. ASPA, Asociación Andaluza por la Solidaridad y la Paz, Spain

183. Plataforma Solidaria con Palestina de Valladolid, Spain

184. Asociación Transformando Madrid, Spain

185. UNADIKUM España, Spain

186. Moviment 15M Sabadell, Spain

187. Comité de Solidaridad con la Causa Árabe (CSCA), Spain

188. Yayoflautas Madrid, Spain

189. Coordinadora Andalucía con Palestina, Spain

190. HILOMBÉ SOLIDARIDAD, Spain

191. Rumgo a Gaza, Spain

192. CERAI, Spain

193. Transformando, S. Coop. Mad., Spain

194. Tierra y Culturas, Spain

195. Al-Quds Association for Solidarity with People in Arab Countries, Spain

196. Plaza de los Pueblos 15M Madrid, Spain

197. ALQUDS, Spain

198. Plataforma Solidaria por Palestina Valladolid, Spain

199. NitDempeusBCN, Spain

200. Asociacion Paz con Dignidad, Spain

201. Colectivo de Solidaridad con Palestina Al’Madafa, Spain

202. Palestina Toma la Calle, Madrid, Spain

203. Coordinadora Vallés Occ. 15M, Spain

204. Asociación de la Comunidad Hispano – Palestina « JERUSALÉN », Spain

205. Moviment 15M Sabadell, Spain

206. ASOCIACIÓN BILADI, Spain

207. CATNPUD, Spain

208. Asociación Médica Hispano Palestina, Spain

209. NOVACT – International Institute for Nonviolent Action , Spain

210. RESCOP – coalition that consists of:,

1. Al’Madafa

2.Anticapitalistas

3. Asociación Al-Quds de Solidaridad con los Pueblos del Mundo Árabe (Málaga)

4. Asociación de Amistad Palestina-Granada «Turab»

5. Asociación Andaluza por la Solidaridad y la Paz – ASPA

6. Asociación Hispano Palestina Jerusalén (Madrid)

7. Asociación Palestina Biladi

8. Asociación Pau Ara y Sempre

9. Asociación Pro-Derechos Humanos de Andalucía

10. Asociación ProPalestina del Campo de Gibraltar

11. Asociación Unadikum

12. BDS Alacant

13. BDS Catalunya

14. BDS Granada

15. BDS Madrid

16. BDS País Valencià

17. Castelló per Palestina

18. Centro de Estudios Rurales y de Agricultura Internacional (CERAI)

19. Coalició Prou Complicitat amb Israel

20. Comité de Solidaridad con la Causa Árabe (Madrid, Asturias)

21. Comité de Solidaridad con los Pueblos – Interpueblos (Cantabria)

22. Comunidad Palestina en Canarias

23. Comunitat Palestina de Catalunya

24. Comunitat Palestina de València

25. Coordinadora de apoyo a Palestina (La Rioja)

26. Ecologistas en Acción (Confederal)

27. Fundación IEPALA

28. Fundación Mundubat

29. Grupo de Cooperación Sevilla Palestina

30. Hilombé Solidaridad

31. Izquierda Anticapitalista Revolucionaria (IZAR)

32. Komite Internazionalistak (Euskal Herria)

33. MEWANDO (Euskadi)

34. Movimiento de Jóvenes Palestinos

35. Mujeres en Zona de Conflicto – M.Z.C.

36. Mujeres por la Paz – Acción Solidaria con Palestina (Canarias)

37. Pallasos en Rebeldía

38. Paz Ahora

39. Paz con Dignidad

40. Plataforma de Solidaridad con Palestina (Sevilla)

41. Plataforma Palestina Ibiza

42. Plataforma Solidaria con Palestina de Valladolid

43. Palestina Toma la Calle

44. Red Judía Antisionista Internacional (IJAN)

45. Sodepau

46. Sodepaz

47. Sodepaz Balamil

48. Taula per Palestina (Illes Balears)

49. Unión de Juventudes Comunistas de España (UJCE)

 

211. Parti suisse du Travail – political party, Switzerland

212. Communist Party – political party, Switzerland

213. Housing and Land Rights Network, Switzerland

214. BDS Switzerland, Switzerland

215. Gerechtigkeit und Frieden in Palästina, Switzerland

216. Collectif Urgence Palestine Vaud, Switzerland

217. BDS Zuerich, Switzerland

218. Berner Mahnwache für einen gerechten Frieden in Israel/Palästina, Switzerland

 

219. Women in Black [Vrouwen in het Zwart Nederland], The Netherlands

220. Palestijnse gemeenschap in nederlad, The Netherlands

221. Diensten en Onderzoek Centrum Palestina (docP), The Netherlands

222. Nederlandse-Filippijnse Solidariteitsbeweging, The Netherlands

223. Nederlands arabische stichting nas, The Netherlands

224. EMCEMO, The Netherlands

225. Internationale Socialisten, The Netherlands

226. A’idoun, The Netherlands

227. Breed Platform Palestina, The Netherlands

228. Stichting Palestijnse Vrouwen in Nederland, The Netherlands

229. Stichting Groningen-Jabalya, The Netherlands

230. Nederlandse-Filippijnse Solidariteitsbeweging, The Netherlands

231. Diensten en Onderzoek Centrum Palestina (docP), The Netherlands

232. Netherlands Palestine Committee (NPK), The Netherlands

233. Palestine Workinggroup FNV, The Netherlands

234. Stichting Kairos Sabeel Nederland, The Netherlands

235. Christian Peacemaker Teams – Netherlands, The Netherlands

236. SAP/Grenzeloos, The Netherlands

237. Plant een Olijfboom, The Netherlands

238. Palestina Komitee Nijmegen, The Netherlands

 

239. The Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions Department 850, Oslo Graphic Workers Union – trade union federation, Norway

240. Industri Energi – trade union, Norway

241. Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union – trade union, Norway

242. LO i Oslo – trade union, Norway

243. NNN Oslo og Akershus – trade union, Norway

244. The Red Party (Rødt) – political party, Norway

245. Rød Ungdom – political party youth organisation , Norway

246. The Association of Norwegian NGOs for Palestine – umbrella of NGOs, Norway

 

247. Kairos Britain – NGO platform, UK

248. Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK

249. Europal Forum-UK

250. The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions UK – ICAHD UK

251. Liberal Democrats Friends of Palestine, UK

252. The Palestinian Return Centre, UK

253. Friends of Sabeel UK, UK

254. Muslim Association of Britain, UK

255. LibDem Friends of Palestine, UK

256. Make Apartheid History, UK

257. Amos Trust, UK

258. Palestinian Forum in Britain, UK

 

Growing campaign demands Belgian government and KU Leuven end participation in LAW-TRAIN project

The EU-funded LAW-TRAIN project for collaboration on interrogation techniques between the Israeli police and European police and prosecutors’ offices is drawing increased criticism in Belgium for the role of the Belgian federal prosecutors’ office and the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) for legitimizing Israeli torture.

Samidoun is part of the broad coalition in Belgium urging the state and the university to leave the LAW-TRAIN project (as Portugal already did.) There is a public petition campaign calling on Belgian and university officials to stop LAW TRAIN. Sign on to the petition here: http://stop-law-train.be/

Hundreds of Belgian academics and cultural workers recently signed an open letter organized by BACBI, the Belgian Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, calling on the government to “withdraw the Belgian Ministry of Justice from this highly contentious project. Such a withdrawal would signal to the Israeli politicians that Europe, and especially Belgium, will no longer tolerate the misdemeanors of their order and security forces against the Palestinian population.”

And most recently, a delegation of high-profile Belgian lawyers and human rights experts just returned from Palestine, where they investigated the use of torture by the Israeli police. Eva Brems, Professor at the Human Rights Center at the University of Ghent; Alexis Deswaef, chair of the Ligue des Droits de l’Homme; and Reine Meylaerts of the Study Group for Translation and Intercultural Transfer of the KU Leuven recently published an open letter in De Standaard, calling for Belgium and KU Leuven to get out of LAW-TRAIN.

Community members, students and academics in Leuven have also played a major role in protesting the university’s involvement in LAW-TRAIN, and four activists blocked the street before the university’s annual convocation, demanding it get out of the project.

Major LAW-TRAIN resources include:

English translation of the open letter from Eva Brems and the Belgian lawyers’ and human rights experts’ delegation below:

Eva Brems’ letter: “The Whitewashing Effect of Law Train” Published in De Standaard, 7 February 2017

Charles Michel is visiting Israel and Palestine this week. This is a coincidence, because we were just there. For a week, we met with human rights organizations and experts. This was an impressive account of large-scale violations of international law, of ordinary people suffering great injustice, and sometimes also of resilience and solidarity.

The righteous indignation over the “new” human rights violator in the White House should not lead us to forget that there is another unpunished Western ally that gets away with structural discrimination and oppression of an entire people. The long duration of the occupation, which reaches its fiftieth year this year, has helped it to become habitual. When outrage subsides, it sends a perverse signal: if you violate human rights long enough, you are no longer held accountable. If we admit this, then it is the end of human rights. Belgium must not contribute to the normalization of illegal occupation and Israeli repression. What struck us greatly, compared with five or ten years ago, is the changing attitude of the Palestinian population. It is a long search for someone who believes in a two state solution. Confidence in the Palestinian Authority is at a low level. All eyes are on the international community for a glimmer of hope. What will our prime minister say on behalf of Belgium, and what will he remain silent about? Now, as the Israeli government institutes a re-intensified policy of aggressive colonization, a clear public condemnation of this is the least that Michel can do.

Now the Israelis have their wall, the final piece of a policy of land grabs and discrimination, assertively promoted in their approach to Donald Trump. He may also mention this hard question. But will he dare to speak out?

Arbitrary Arrests

What premiers do and say are important in international relations. But the normalization of gross human rights violations is not only the work of governments. A number of social actors are doing so, consciously or unconsciously, as well. One painful example is the European research program Law-Train, in which the KU Leuven and the federal prosecution service are partners, as well as the Israeli police. It is unethical that the European Union accepts the Israeli police as a partner in research projects. And it is unethical that the KU Leuven and the federal prosecution service engage and continue in such cooperation. More important than the money that they receive in such a project, for the Israeli police, there is a “whitewashing effect.” The Israeli police can thus extract a form of legitimization and can uphold inward and outward appearances as the international community assists in sweeping the dirt under the carpet.

And there is a lot of dirt to clean. In Israel and the occupied territories, the actions of the police, the army and the security services create a constant climate of terror and denial of the fundamental rights of the Palestinians. The Committee Against Torture of the United Nations expressed this summer its ongoing concerns about torture and ill-treatment by these three entities. Israeli police are responsible in particular for the “security” in East Jerusalem. In addition, they make extensive use of arbitrary and heavy-handed arrests, ill-treatment and torture under interrogation, and of excessive force against demonstrations. The most poignant examples are the arrests of young people, including children of twelve years old, who undergo this treatment like adults without the assistance of a lawyer or another adult. All these facts have been documented by Israeli, Palestinian and international organizations. Yet it is nearly unheard-of for members of the police to be held accountable for their actions.

Portugal: a leading country

The Law-Train project, which is about training in interrogation techniques in the fight against international drug trafficking, is clearly not a project that directly subsidizes or promotes torture. The problem with Law-Train is the cooperation with a problematic partner. By working with the Israeli police on interrogation techniques, just as one would do with a police force that does not take these actions that we reported, the project contributes to the normalization of what should never be normal.

The Portuguese Ministry of Justice stepped out of this project, officially for budgetary reasons, but all signs indicate that they do not want to be complicit in this project of normalization. The federal prosecution service and KU Leuven can and must do the same. Ghent University approved in January a good human rights policy which excludes, inter alia, cooperation with partners who are guilty of serious human rights violations. It is difficult to believe that Rik Torfs, the rector of the Catholic University of Leuven, who earlier in his life took the lead on human rights in the Catholic Church, would today consider the human rights impact of his university to be unimportant.

Also signed by: Alexis Deswaef (chair,Ligue des Droits de l’Homme), Reine Meylaerts (Professor, KU Leuven) and Pieter Staes (lawyer)

Eva Brems is a senior full professor at the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University.

 

New report highlights economic exploitation of Palestinian prisoners

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association launched a new report focusing on the economic exploitation of Palestinian prisoners. The 68-page report, released on 8 February, looks at the impact of imprisonment and accompanying financial exploitation on prisoners and their families.

It examines prices at the “canteen,” the monopolized prison store from which Palestinian prisoners must purchase their food, hygiene supplies and other personal products. It also looks at the history of pre-1980 forced labor among Palestinian prisoners and the use of privatization with both Israeli and international corporations, including G4S, 3M, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Motorola and Volvo.

The full report can be downloaded in English from Addameer: http://www.addameer.org/sites/default/files/publications/final_report_red_2_0.pdf

Hunger-striking journalist al-Qeeq isolated, administrative detention order cut to 3 months

The Israeli occupation’s Ofer military court cut the administrative detention order of imprisoned journalist and hunger striker Mohammed al-Qeeq from six months to three, reported his family’s Facebook page, on Thursday, 9 February. Al-Qeeq is on his fourth day of hunger strike after he was ordered to administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial – on Monday, 6 February. His family confirmed that he is continuing to pursue his hunger strike despite the reduction in his imprisonment.

Al-Qeeq, 35, carried out a 94-day hunger strike against his prior imprisonment without charge or trial, securing his release from Israeli administrative detention in May 2016. His case highlighted the repression of Palestinian journalists and won widespread Palestinian and international support. Prominent in prisoner support activities, Al-Qeeq was seized by Israeli occupation forces on 15 January 2017 as he passed through the Beit El checkpoint near Ramallah. He was returning from a demonstration in Bethlehem demanding the return of the seized bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces.

Al-Qeeq was repeatedly interrogated before being ordered to administrative detention. He is currently being held in solitary confinement in Hadarim prison. A Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Committee lawyer reported that Israeli intelligence officials had proposed that he be deported from the West Bank of occupied Palestine for a period of time, a proposal completely rejected by al-Qeeq.

Nael Barghouthi emphasizes rejection of deportation or forcible transfer for re-arrested prisoners

Longest-serving Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi said that he and the other re-arrested prisoners of the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange will “reject any proposal relating to their deportation,” according to a Palestinian Prisoners Society lawyer who visited him at Gilboa prison on 9 February.

Barghouthi, 59, from the village of Kobar in Ramallah district, emphasizes that the dozens of former prisoners – many of whom have had their original sentences reimposed by a secretive Israeli military committee in violation of their exchange deal – will only accept their freedom, and return to their families.

Serving a life sentence, Barghouthi was one of the over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners released in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange in 2011 after 34 years in Israeli prison. In 2014, he was among dozens of freed prisoners rounded up by Israeli occupation forces in an attempt to pressure Palestinain resistance organizations; many of their sentences were reimposed on the basis of secret evidence and vague allegations of “connections with prohibited organizations,” including every major Palestinian party. Barghouthi’s sentence was not reimposed; instead, he was ordered to 30 months in prison, which ended on 17 December 2016.

The military prosecution appealed this sentence and is calling for the reimposition of his original sentence; this appeal has been sitting before the secretive commission since 2015 without any ruling. Despite his lawyer’s and family’s appeal for his freedom, he was denied release as the committee considers his case and he has been repeatedly moved from one prison to another.

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network are joining in this urgent call for action to pressure Israel to release Nael Barghouthi, being held as a political hostage by the Israeli government.

TAKE ACTION:

  1. Sign and share the Change.org petition to urge international officials to take action for Nael Barghouthi’s release: https://www.change.org/p/international-officials-pressure-israel-to-free-nael-barghouthi
  1. Organize a protest, demonstration, speaking event or banner drop in your city, community or campus calling for freedom for Nael Barghouthi and his fellow Palestinian prisoners.
  1. Write to Israeli officials to demand Nael Barghouthi’s release. Write a message and email or fax it to the officials. Details available here: https://samidoun.net/2017/01/take-action-urgent-call-to-free-nael-barghouthi-longest-held-palestinian-prisoner/

Ofer military court issues 31 administrative detention orders in early February

The Israeli occupation’s Ofer military court issued 31 more administrative detention orders for imprisonment without charge or trial between 1 and 8 February 2017. Administrative detention orders are issued for one to six month periods and are indefinitely renewable. There are currently over 530 Palestinians held under administrative detention; many have had their detention renewed on multiple occasions and have spent years at a time in prison without charge or trial.

Palestinian lawyer Mahmoud Halabi reported that nine of the orders were issued against newly arrested Palestinians, while 22 of the orders renewed existing administrative detentions. Among these administrative detainees is Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qeeq, now held in isolation on his fourth day of hunger strike and demanding his release from detention. Al-Qeeq previously conducted a 94-day hunger strike against his last imprisonment in administrative detention, winning his release in May 2016.

Also included in this list of detainees are Jamal Barham and Shaher al-Rai, Palestinian leftist leaders from Tulkarem and Qalqilya whose detentions have been repeatedly extended since their simultaneous arrests in June 2015.

The administrative detainees are: ‘

1. Numan Saleh Hamed, from Ramallah, 4 months, new order
2. Adam Arafat Hroub, from al-Khalil, 5 months, extension
3. Izzedine Jamil Titi, from al-Khalil, new order
4. Ahmed As’ad Khalifa, from Jenin, 4 months, new order
5. Mohammed Daoud Rubayah, from Bethlehem, 6 months, new order
6. Mohammed Adib al-Qeeq, from al-Khalil, 6 months, new order
7. Shadi Mohammed Abu Ajamieh, from al-Khalil, 6 months, extension
8. Majed Mohammed al-‘Izat, from Bethlehem, 4 months, extension
9. Ahmed Mohammed Abu Nasr, from Ramallah, 3 months, extension
10. Jamal Jamil Barham, from Tulkarem, 3 months, extension
11. Jamal Mustafa Qatana, from Ramallah, 4 months, extension
12. Shaher Ali al-Rai, from Qalqilya, 3 months, extension
13. Nadim Rasim al-Khalil, from al-Khalil, 4 months, extension
14. Mahdi Mahmoud Shuraitah, from Ramallah, 4 months extension
15. Mohammed Hisham Shuraitah, from Ramallah, 4 months, extension
16. Mohammed Ahmed Rimawi, from Ramallah, 3 months, extension
17. Anas Mahmoud Qaqour, from Jenin, 3 months, extension
18. Maher Ali al-Qadi, from Ramallah, 4 months, extension
19. Abdel-Mohsen Ali Zamarra, from al-Khalil 4 months extension
20. Zahir Ali Hmeidan, from Jerusalem, 6 months, extension
21. Mohammed As’ad Abu Khalifa, from Jenin, 6 months, extension
22. Salah Mahmoud Attia, from Ramallah, 6 months, extension
23. Ashraf Mohammed Awad, from Ramallah, 4 months, extension
24. Mushir Abdel-Qader Shahatit, from al-Khalil, 4 months, extension
25. Moataz Raja Zaidat, from Ramallah, 4 months, extension
26. Ahmed Abdel-Karim Mohammed, from Ramallah, 4 months, new order
27. Alaa Mohammed Zakarneh, from Jenin, 6 months, new order
28. Hatem Ahmed Suweiti, from al-Khalil, 6 months, extension
29. Ayman Ali Abu Irqub, from Al-Khalil, 6 months, new order
30. Bassam Jawdat Adwan, from Jerusalem, 6 months, extension
31. Omar Mohammed Abu Latifa, from Ramallah, 4 months, new order

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