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The Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity movement marched in Silwan protesting mayor Nir Barkat's plans to demolish 22 houses in the village.
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Rock throwing continues in east Jerusalem
Palestinians in the village of Silwan and other surrounding Arab villages continued throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails on Thursday.
The Palestinians directed the rock and Molotov cocktail throwing at Police and Border police personnel in the area.
No injuries were reported.
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=189041 5 nov 2010, 11:07 , Respect -
Maria 3 sept 2010
Settler injured as car stoned
SALFIT (Ma'an) -- A 12-year-old Israeli girl was injured Thursday when rocks were thrown at the car she was traveling in close to Revava settlement in the West Bank, the Israeli army said.
A military statement said soldiers were searching for suspects in the area, in the Salfit district.
The incident occurred within 48 hours of two shooting attacks on cars driving to and from illegal settlements in the West Bank. Four settlers were killed and two injured in the attacks.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=312878
1 oct 2010
Minister pledges support to boy under Israeli house arrest
HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Qaraqe was received on Friday by the family of a 13-year-old Hebron boy on Friday, days after the child's release from Israeli prison.
Karem Khaled Da%u2019na, from the Wad Al-Bustan neighborhood in the West Bank city of Hebron, was taken from his family home by Israeli forces on 22 September, who said he had thrown stones at settlers on his way home from school.
The minister pledged to support the family in any way possible, as part of their ongoing efforts to secure the release of the 280 children under the age of 18 currently in Israeli prisons. Since 2000, Quraqe said, 8,000 minors were detained by Israeli forces.
According to lawyers and testimony from Karem, he was tortured and kept for six days in Israel's Ofer detention center, and later released on 3,000 shekels ($824) bail under house arrest for a period of five months without exception including going to school.
"Any state who detains young children is a state that is afraid of the future," Qaraqe told the family during the visit, accusing Israel of breaking international law and UN charters guaranteeing the rights of children when boys as young as Karem are taken from their parents' care.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=319811
4 oct 2010
1 injured, 2 vehicles damaged from stones thrown in W. Bank
An Israeli female driver was lightly injured by rocks thrown at her vehicle by Palestinians in Azon, east of Qalqiliya on Monday evening. The woman received first aid from IDF soldiers in the area and did not require hospitalization.
Rocks were also thrown at an Israeli bus near Bet Omer, south east of Bethlehem, and at an Israeli vehicle near Husan, west of Bethlehem on Monday evening. Both vehicles were damaged but no injuries were reported.
IDF soldiers were searching the area for the stone throwers.
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=190182
2 nov 2010
Report: New Israeli plan to discourage stone-throwing
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Jerusalem police are imposing high fines and house arrest on Palestinian children in occupied East Jerusalem to prevent stone-throwing at Israeli vehicles, the Hebrew-language daily Maariv reported Tuesday.
Police have conducted a trial of the policy for several weeks. A senior Jerusalem District Police officer, quoted in the newspaper, said three children were arrested in Silwan, but a Magistrates Court refused to extend their detention "because of their young age."
The officer told Maariv that "The idea is simple," explaining that "every child caught will be brought to court to extend their house arrest, and at the same time, the parents will be told to deposit various sums of money to the court."
Parents could be ordered to pay up to 5,000 shekels (nearly $1,400) the report said.
Apparently as part of the trial, on 17 October an Israeli court placed 12-year-old Omran Muhammad Mansour under house arrest after he was identified in news footage being run over by a local settler leader David Be'eri in the flashpoint Silwan neighborhood. Mansour was one of two children seen throwing stones at the car shortly before Be'eri ran them down.
Mansour was released on 2,000 shekels bail (around $560), and his family was ordered to sign a further 10,000 shekels bail.
Police would continue to do undercover work and deploy troops in the area to catch children throwing stones, Maariv reported.
On Monday, Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Qaraqe outlined the case of two 13-year-old Palestinian children who were allegedly tortured by Israeli forces after they were detained from their central West Bank homes in July.
Sixth graders Muhammad Mukhaimar and Muhammad Radwan, from Beit Ur At-Tahta, said border guards locked them naked in the bathroom of Petah Tikva detention center and left them for two days with the air conditioning on.
"The most awful thing that happened, was when the soldiers went to the bathroom, they peed on us and did not use the toilet," Mukhaimar said, adding that one of the soldiers videotaped the incident. Mukhaimer also said he was kicked and beaten with rifle butts during his arrest.
The accounts corroborated testimony collected by two Israeli rights groups B'Tselem and HaMoked, detailing the "state sanctioned ill-treatment of interrogees" at the detention center. In a report released Tuesday, the organizations said the testimonies of 121 detainees "indicate a clear pattern of activity by the authorities," which "constitutes cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment."
The report said testimonies suggested that children were treated no differently than adults by soldiers and detention center authorities, despite their legal status as minors.
"Only in one matter did the authorities take care to comply with a directive regarding minors: separating them from the adult detainees. As the minors were not spared the manipulation of transferring them to "informer wings," the special care given to separating them from adults is somewhat absurd: in these wings, the informer was placed in a cell adjacent to that of the minor, and solicited him to confess to the allegations against him through a small opening between the cells," the report found.
http://flotilla.hyves.nl/blog/newedit/
3 nov 2010
AFP: Children of Silwan to Be Placed Under House Arres
Shmulik Ben Ruby, spokesman for the Israeli police, said on Tuesday that Israel was to issue court orders imposing house arrest on stone-throwing children living in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, Agence France-Presse reported.
The official noted that the targeted youth would have to commute to school together with a legal guardian adding that, should the house arrest be violated, families would have to appear in court in the place of their children.
The police have been aiming at the Silwan protesters who oppose Israel's plans to raze 22 Arab-residing homes in order to build an 'archeological park'.
Last month, an incident affected two Palestinian children aged 10 and 12 who had been ran over by the leader of Silwan's Jewish settlers and left without assistance. The incident, which resulted into break of the younger victim's leg, caused international condemnation.
A new report by Defense for Children International-Palestine, released on Monday, revealed that settler violence directed against Palestinian children had escalated over the past two years. The study documents 38 cases of aggression in which three children were killed, and 42 injured.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59812 5 nov 2010, 15:35 , Respect -
Maria 4 nov 2010
Security vehicle stoned by Arab youths in Silwan
Dozens of Arab youths stoned an Israeli security vehicle which broke down in Silwan East Jerusalem on Thursday. Border guards that were called to the scene cleared the attackers from the area and extracted the stranded security guards from the car.
No one was hurt in the incident, but the car was severely damaged. One of the attackers was arrested.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3979991,00.html 10 nov 2010, 19:16 , Respect -
Maria 5 nov 2010
Israelis attacked on way to Jerusalem pub
Three students and Australian tourist take wrong turn on way to Jerusalem's city center, find themselves in heart of Arab neighborhood of Issawiya. 'Dozens of young men began throwing stones and sticks at us. It was a well-planned ambush,' driver recounts.
Three students from the central city of Givatayim and their Australian friend will never forget their nightly drive to Jerusalem's city center. The three, who picked up the young woman from the Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus, almost paid with their lives after taking a wrong turn.
"There were four of us in the car, and we planned to sit in a quiet pub on Ben-Yehuda Street and talk," the driver, Assaf Ben-Ari, told Ynet on Friday morning. "There were no signs, and since we don't live in the area we didn't know how to turn back. We took a right turn on one of the curves and found ourselves on a one-way road in an unfamiliar area."
Shortly afterwards the four began feeling discomfort, which was soon replaced with real fear.
"After driving for a minute, we saw a 12-year-old boy walking on the side of the road. We explained to him that we lose our way and asked how to get to Ben-Yehuda Street. He said in an Arabic accent that he didn't speak Hebrew and called someone. That's when I began realizing that something was wrong," Assaf recounted.
As he and his friends were waiting, Assaf noticed that all the store signs in the area were in Arabic. "An older person arrived and he and the kid began laughing at us. They told us to continue driving on the same road, while the older one was on the phone and simply sent us into a well-planned ambush."
'Look of murder in their eyes'
The group had no choice and continued driving according to the instructions, and found themselves in the heart of the neighborhood of Issawiya. They decided to turn back, but were shocked to discover that the road had been blocked.
"I don't know how they managed, but only two minutes later they set up a barrier which included a barbed-wire fence, chairs, and iron pipes. We were in shock. We suddenly heard an explosion sound in the back, and saw the boy and the adult who we spoke to throwing bricks at us."
It was like a nightmare'
The car's rear windowpane was smashed, and young men began coming out of the neighborhood houses and throwing stones at the vehicle. The driver began speeding into the center of Issawiya.
"My friend contacted the police, and after we managed to get away I stopped and contemplated what to do. I had never encountered such a situation of helplessness without any preparation, and with friends and a terrified tourist," Assaf said.
Meanwhile, "the entire neighborhood woke up and dozens of young men gathered next to us and waited for us with sticks and stones. I considered escaping from the vehicle or even hiding until the police arrived, but I knew we wouldn't stand a chance if they found us outside the car. Several minutes later we were surrounded, and I realized that I must drive my car into the barrier if I want to get out of here alive."
At that moment, he began driving fast while being hit with stones and iron pipes from all directions. "I pressed the gas pedal with all my might, and simply drove into the barrier at 110 kilometers an hour. The barbed-wire fence was caught under the wheels and dragged along. There were sparks in the air."
Part of barbed-wire fence in improvised barrier (Photo: Assaf Ben-Ari)
After crossing the first barrier, the group was shocked to discover a second trap. "Several meters ahead they placed a row of taxis attached to each other in order to prevent us from passing. Luckily, we managed to get through a small gap between the pavement and the wall, a moment before another taxi arrived to close us in."
At the same time, three Border Guard jeeps arrived in the area and ensured that there were no injuries. According to the police, "The fighters dispersed the rioters and the matter has been handed over to the minority department."
"It was like entering a nightmare. They had a look of murder in their eyes," the driver said after the incident. "Had we stayed there one more minute we wouldn't be alive anymore. It wasn't just an attempt to stone us, but an intentional desire to lynch us only several meters way from the university."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3980165,00.html
Hebron: House arrest instead of school
Karem, 13, placed under five-month house arrest after six days in jail on suspicion of throwing stones at IDF soldiers. 'What has he done to deserve such a punishment?' his grandfather asks.
A 7th grader under house arrest: Karem, a 13-year-old boy from Hebron, was arrested in late September on suspicion of hurling stones at Israel Defense Forces soldiers. After spending six days in the Ofer Prison, he was placed under house arrest for five months in his uncle's home and can't even go to school.
The boy's relatives say he is in a serious emotional state and is finding it difficult to recover from his days in prison. All he told his family members was that he was handcuffed and chained, and was sometimes left alone in a room or in solitary.
His friends and teachers have been visiting him in a bid to update him on the study program, which he hardly even began.
The boy himself refuses to talk. Asked what he went through during the interrogation and in jail, he responds, "I don't know, I don't know."
Karem's grandmother says his mental state has influenced his health. "You can tell that he is afraid and frightened from his days in jail. He has fungus on his body and his skin has peeled from all the pressure, fear, and nerves. He barely talks. Today we looked for him and found him hiding in the chicken coop because he didn't want to talk to anyone."
According to his grandfather, the family is afraid to send Karem to the doctor due to the house arrest. "If they decide that he violated the house arrest conditions, he may go to jail together with his uncle who signed the bail, and we don't want to take the risk," he explained.
"We hope this problem will be solved. He has been out of school for a month and a half now, and we are concerned. What has he done to deserve this punishment?"
Israel Prison Service Spokesman Yaron Zamir said in response, "The IPS is acting in a professional manner, especially when it comes to minors, while ensuring that they are held together with other detainees, without being tied, and receive proper medical care. This was implemented in this case too."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3980101,00.html