25 dec 2019
A Palestinian woman from Occupied Jerusalem underwent surgery to implant a metal plate in her skull after an Israeli police officer assault her with his rifle butt.
According to Haaretz newspaper, 36-year-old Rina Darbas complained to the justice ministry’s department that investigates police officers, but they tried to convince her that she was struck by a rock.
Interrogators have claimed some of the questions that were asked during her deposition were "meant to ameliorate the investigation, and certainly do not testify to its results."
The victim said the incident occurred six weeks ago, when she tried to protect her son and keep him from being arrested by the police in Issawiya district.
The police held her 14-year-old son, demanding to check his shirt and shoes to see if they matched the description of a person suspected of throwing rocks at them.
Darbas and her husband overheard one officer say that their son was not the suspect they were looking for; however, they put him in their patrol vehicle anyway.
According to the deposition Darbas signed in the presence of her attorney, she tried to pull her kid away, to no avail, and when she tried to speak to one of the officers in the patrol car, he forcefully hit her with the butt of his rifle. Darbas lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital, where she underwent a complicated surgery to implant a metal plate in her skull, and will likely need plastic surgery as well.
“My life is ruined. I suffer from pain in my head and my face. My life has become a nightmare,” Darbas wrote in her deposition.
In an attempt to evade responsibility, the Israeli police claimed that firebombs and stones were hurled at their forces in Issawiya at the time of the incident and that Darbas fell victim to one of the stray stones.
Darbas’ son, who was arrested at the time for allegedly throwing stones, was released after four days in detention. No formal charges were filed against him.
A day after the incident, her husband contacted the justice ministry's police investigations department to file a formal complaint. He said they rejected his complaint and said only his wife could open a file. After having been discharged from the hospital, Darbas went to the department herself, but said she was treated dismissively by personnel there.
“The interrogator made it hard for me to explain what happened,” according to her deposition. “He asked for details about the soldier and asked me to draw a picture of the weapon. How would I know to do such a thing? He tried to put words in my mouth, to get me to say that I was hit by a rock, and he even tried to convince me that the soldier had hit me by accident when he raised his arm with the rifle to protect me from a rock that was thrown at me. I told him there was no rock-throwing going on there.”
Shortly after Haaretz inquired about the status of the case, Darbas' attorney received an answer from the department to the effect that the case is still under investigation. However, some hours later, another source informed the attorney that a case had not yet been opened.
The justice ministry’s department denied Darbas’ claims and said it opened the case file immediately after her husband came in to file a complaint. Its interrogation was meant to clarify events – not to hurt the complainant, it said.
The Israeli police insisted on their claims saying that during the weekend in question, 24 firebombs as well as fireworks and rocks were thrown at police forces at the scene in question, which is apparently how the local resident was hurt.”
According to Haaretz newspaper, 36-year-old Rina Darbas complained to the justice ministry’s department that investigates police officers, but they tried to convince her that she was struck by a rock.
Interrogators have claimed some of the questions that were asked during her deposition were "meant to ameliorate the investigation, and certainly do not testify to its results."
The victim said the incident occurred six weeks ago, when she tried to protect her son and keep him from being arrested by the police in Issawiya district.
The police held her 14-year-old son, demanding to check his shirt and shoes to see if they matched the description of a person suspected of throwing rocks at them.
Darbas and her husband overheard one officer say that their son was not the suspect they were looking for; however, they put him in their patrol vehicle anyway.
According to the deposition Darbas signed in the presence of her attorney, she tried to pull her kid away, to no avail, and when she tried to speak to one of the officers in the patrol car, he forcefully hit her with the butt of his rifle. Darbas lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital, where she underwent a complicated surgery to implant a metal plate in her skull, and will likely need plastic surgery as well.
“My life is ruined. I suffer from pain in my head and my face. My life has become a nightmare,” Darbas wrote in her deposition.
In an attempt to evade responsibility, the Israeli police claimed that firebombs and stones were hurled at their forces in Issawiya at the time of the incident and that Darbas fell victim to one of the stray stones.
Darbas’ son, who was arrested at the time for allegedly throwing stones, was released after four days in detention. No formal charges were filed against him.
A day after the incident, her husband contacted the justice ministry's police investigations department to file a formal complaint. He said they rejected his complaint and said only his wife could open a file. After having been discharged from the hospital, Darbas went to the department herself, but said she was treated dismissively by personnel there.
“The interrogator made it hard for me to explain what happened,” according to her deposition. “He asked for details about the soldier and asked me to draw a picture of the weapon. How would I know to do such a thing? He tried to put words in my mouth, to get me to say that I was hit by a rock, and he even tried to convince me that the soldier had hit me by accident when he raised his arm with the rifle to protect me from a rock that was thrown at me. I told him there was no rock-throwing going on there.”
Shortly after Haaretz inquired about the status of the case, Darbas' attorney received an answer from the department to the effect that the case is still under investigation. However, some hours later, another source informed the attorney that a case had not yet been opened.
The justice ministry’s department denied Darbas’ claims and said it opened the case file immediately after her husband came in to file a complaint. Its interrogation was meant to clarify events – not to hurt the complainant, it said.
The Israeli police insisted on their claims saying that during the weekend in question, 24 firebombs as well as fireworks and rocks were thrown at police forces at the scene in question, which is apparently how the local resident was hurt.”
Several Israeli army vehicles on Wednesday morning infiltrated into a border area in the north of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said that five Israeli military bulldozers rolled 50 meters into the eastern area of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza and razed tracts of Palestinian-owned land.
The eastern border areas of the Gaza Strip are repeatedly exposed to Israeli military incursions and gunfire attacks which are seen as violations of the last ceasefire understandings between the Palestinian resistance and Israeli occupation.
The PIC reporter said that five Israeli military bulldozers rolled 50 meters into the eastern area of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza and razed tracts of Palestinian-owned land.
The eastern border areas of the Gaza Strip are repeatedly exposed to Israeli military incursions and gunfire attacks which are seen as violations of the last ceasefire understandings between the Palestinian resistance and Israeli occupation.
Palestinian youths on Tuesday evening threw firebombs at an Israeli police vehicle and set it ablaze in Issawiya district, east of Occupied Jerusalem. video
The incident happened after Israeli police forces stormed neighborhoods in Issawiya, raided homes and clashed with hundreds of local young men. video
It has been six months of unrest in Issawiya. Excessive police brutality and indiscriminate daily raids by Israeli forces with no justification have left residents of the East Jerusalem district exhausted – and there is no end in sight.
According to the human rights group B’Tselem, Israeli forces, for long months, have been “detaining hundreds of residents, including minors, issuing traffic tickets for spurious infractions, serving house demolition orders, and committing acts of violence.
The incident happened after Israeli police forces stormed neighborhoods in Issawiya, raided homes and clashed with hundreds of local young men. video
It has been six months of unrest in Issawiya. Excessive police brutality and indiscriminate daily raids by Israeli forces with no justification have left residents of the East Jerusalem district exhausted – and there is no end in sight.
According to the human rights group B’Tselem, Israeli forces, for long months, have been “detaining hundreds of residents, including minors, issuing traffic tickets for spurious infractions, serving house demolition orders, and committing acts of violence.
24 dec 2019
Father Atallah Hanna on Monday accused the Israeli occupation of being responsible for the poisoning incident that happened to him last week.
“What happened could be an attempt to assassinate me or keep me sick for the rest of my life. The effects of the poisonous substance are dangerous, especially to the nervous system,” Hanna, Archbishop of the Palestinian Orthodox Church in Occupied Jerusalem, told the official Jordanian TV channel.
He said that a Palestinian team embarked on ascertaining the type and source of the substance he had inhaled.
Father Hanna was rushed to a hospital in Jordan last week after he inhaled a chemical substance that had been sprayed by the Israeli occupation authority near the patriarchate in the holy city.
“What happened could be an attempt to assassinate me or keep me sick for the rest of my life. The effects of the poisonous substance are dangerous, especially to the nervous system,” Hanna, Archbishop of the Palestinian Orthodox Church in Occupied Jerusalem, told the official Jordanian TV channel.
He said that a Palestinian team embarked on ascertaining the type and source of the substance he had inhaled.
Father Hanna was rushed to a hospital in Jordan last week after he inhaled a chemical substance that had been sprayed by the Israeli occupation authority near the patriarchate in the holy city.
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Tuesday morning, two Palestinian homes in Jabal al-Mokabber town, south of occupied East Jerusalem.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers, accompanied by employees of the City Council, invaded Khallet Abed area in Jabal al-Mokabber and demolished two homes owned by members of Shqeirat family.
They added that the demolitions were carried out under the pretext of being built without construction permits from the city council.
On Monday, the soldiers handed Jamal Ata Oleyyan, from the al-‘Isawiya town in Jerusalem, an order for the demolition of his home.
While Israeli continues to build and expand its illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, in direct violation of International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and various United Nations resolutions, it continues to deny the Palestinians the right to build homes on their own lands.
In related news, dozens of soldiers and police officers invaded Dari neighborhood, and the Schools area, in al-‘Isawiya, and fired many gas bombs at students, buildings and homes. video
Medical sources said dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers, accompanied by employees of the City Council, invaded Khallet Abed area in Jabal al-Mokabber and demolished two homes owned by members of Shqeirat family.
They added that the demolitions were carried out under the pretext of being built without construction permits from the city council.
On Monday, the soldiers handed Jamal Ata Oleyyan, from the al-‘Isawiya town in Jerusalem, an order for the demolition of his home.
While Israeli continues to build and expand its illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, in direct violation of International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and various United Nations resolutions, it continues to deny the Palestinians the right to build homes on their own lands.
In related news, dozens of soldiers and police officers invaded Dari neighborhood, and the Schools area, in al-‘Isawiya, and fired many gas bombs at students, buildings and homes. video
Medical sources said dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
Israeli police forces on Monday stormed Issawiya district, east of Occupied Jerusalem, and showered Palestinian homes with a hail of tear gas canisters.
According to eyewitnesses, Israeli police patrols stormed the neighborhoods of Al Dari and al-Madares in Issawiya and chased some local youths before spreading through the streets and randomly firing volleys of tear gas grenades on homes. video
For many months, Israeli police forces have been raiding the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya on a daily basis, ransacking homes and arresting and assaulting Palestinians.
The Israeli campaign against Issawiya is aimed at oppressing and making life miserable for all who live there as part of efforts to push the native residents out of the holy city.
According to eyewitnesses, Israeli police patrols stormed the neighborhoods of Al Dari and al-Madares in Issawiya and chased some local youths before spreading through the streets and randomly firing volleys of tear gas grenades on homes. video
For many months, Israeli police forces have been raiding the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya on a daily basis, ransacking homes and arresting and assaulting Palestinians.
The Israeli campaign against Issawiya is aimed at oppressing and making life miserable for all who live there as part of efforts to push the native residents out of the holy city.
23 dec 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday morning opened fire at two Palestinian young men near the border fence in the east of the Gaza Strip, wounding one of them.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that an Israeli military vehicle opened fire at two young men after they approached the fence in the east of al-Bureij refugee camp.
They said that one of the young men was injured and fell down and the other managed to run towards nearby agricultural lands in Gaza, adding that they wounded young man was apprehended by the IOF.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that an Israeli military vehicle opened fire at two young men after they approached the fence in the east of al-Bureij refugee camp.
They said that one of the young men was injured and fell down and the other managed to run towards nearby agricultural lands in Gaza, adding that they wounded young man was apprehended by the IOF.
Dozens of Palestinians suffered from tear-gas inhalation during confrontations with Israeli forces in the town of Beit Ummar, south of the city of Hebron, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
Mohammed Awwad, a media activist, said that Israeli forces stormed the town, in the southern occupied West Bank, and fired tear-gas canisters directly towards Palestinian resident’s homes.
Many local Palestinian residents resisted the invasion, until the tear-gas caused dozens to suffer the effects of tear-gas, and were treated at the scene.
According to wikipedia, 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (also called o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile; chemical formula: C10H5ClN2), a cyanocarbon, is the defining component of tear gas commonly referred to as CS gas, which is used as a riot control agent.
Exposure to this compound causes a burning sensation and tearing of the eyes to the extent that the subject cannot keep his or her eyes open, as wells as a burning irritation of the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth and throat, resulting in profuse coughing, nasal mucus discharge, disorientation, and difficulty breathing, partially incapacitating the subject.
Mohammed Awwad, a media activist, said that Israeli forces stormed the town, in the southern occupied West Bank, and fired tear-gas canisters directly towards Palestinian resident’s homes.
Many local Palestinian residents resisted the invasion, until the tear-gas caused dozens to suffer the effects of tear-gas, and were treated at the scene.
According to wikipedia, 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (also called o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile; chemical formula: C10H5ClN2), a cyanocarbon, is the defining component of tear gas commonly referred to as CS gas, which is used as a riot control agent.
Exposure to this compound causes a burning sensation and tearing of the eyes to the extent that the subject cannot keep his or her eyes open, as wells as a burning irritation of the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth and throat, resulting in profuse coughing, nasal mucus discharge, disorientation, and difficulty breathing, partially incapacitating the subject.
