In 3 prisons 800 administrative detention orders against Palestinians within 3 months

April 09, 2023

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In 3 prisons 800 administrative detention orders against Palestinians within 3 months The Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the Israeli occupation authorities continue to expand the crime of arbitrary administrative detention against Palestinians, under the pretext of having a secret file, as the number of administrative detention orders issued since the beginning of this year has reached about 800. The Palestinian Prisoners Club (non-governmental) said on Saturday that the number of administrative detention orders issued since the beginning of this year has reached about 800. The club added in a statement that "the occupation continues to expand the circle of administrative detention, as the number of administrative detainees exceeded a thousand, and this number is the highest since 2003." He stated that "the Israeli occupation authorities continue to expand the crime of arbitrary administrative detention against Palestinians, under the pretext of having a secret file." The club said that the number of administrative detainees "reached 1,016 detainees until the end of last March, including 6 children and a female prisoner." According to the club, "administrative detainees are held in three central prisons: Ofer (central West Bank), the Negev and Megiddo (southern and northern Israel)." According to the Prisoners' Club, "Over the past nine years, the Israeli occupation authorities have issued about 13,000 administrative detention orders." He said that "80% of the administrative detainees are former detainees who spent years in the occupation prisons." According to the Prisoners' Club, the Israeli authorities use administrative detention "against those against whom they cannot file an indictment, under the pretext of having a secret file, and as a retaliatory measure based on the Emergency Law that it inherited from the British Mandate." He said that the Israeli courts "are complicit in consolidating this crime by executing the orders of the occupation intelligence," in reference to the intelligence's responsibility for the practice of administrative detention. The Captive Club indicated that "more than 410 individual hunger strikes against administrative detention have been carried out since 2011." Administrative detention is a detention order by an Israeli military order under the pretext of a security threat, without filing an indictment, and it extends for 6 months, which can be extended. Until the end of March, the Prisoners' Club estimated the total number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons at about 4,800, including 170 children and 29 female prisoners. “Because of the security situation.” The Israeli Defense Minister orders an extension of the closure of the West Bank and Gaza Israel extends the closure of the Palestinian territories due to the "security situation". Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant decided on Saturday to extend the imposition of closure on the Palestinian territories and to cancel facilities previously approved by his ministry during the month of Ramadan, until the end of Passover, next Wednesday evening. The Israeli Army Radio and the (official) Broadcasting Corporation stated that "Galant decided to extend the closure imposed on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip crossings due to the security situation," after it was scheduled to end on Saturday/Sunday night. According to the two sources, Gallant also ordered the army to join the police forces in central Israel, to help them maintain security. Gallant's decision also includes canceling the approved facilities during the month of Ramadan related to the arrival of West Bank Palestinians to the city of East Jerusalem. Usually, when the closure includes the Gaza Strip, the Israeli authorities close the "Karm Abu Salem" commercial crossing (south), and Beit Hanoun "Erez" for the movement of individuals (north) Gaza. As for the West Bank, the validity of permits that Palestinian workers hold to work inside Israel are suspended, in addition to freezing the work of some crossings and closing a number of streets that pass through Israeli settlements. As for the Ramadan facilities, they include allowing women, children and elderly residents of the West Bank to enter the city of Jerusalem to pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque without the need for permits. This comes in conjunction with the injury of a number of Palestinian youths, Saturday, in clashes with the Israeli police in the town of Al-Tur, central East Jerusalem. According to eyewitnesses, clashes broke out in the town of Al-Tur, in the center of Jerusalem, following the heavy deployment of Israeli forces throughout the town. Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli forces fired rubber bullets, tear gas and sound bombs at the young men. They indicated that a number of young men sustained minor injuries and were treated in the field. Since the beginning of last week, Jerusalem has been witnessing tension, following the Israeli police storming Al-Aqsa Mosque at night, and preventing the worshipers from performing I'tikaf in it. The repeated incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque led to tension and clashes throughout the Palestinian territories and the Arab regions of Israel, in addition to the firing of rockets from Lebanon and Gaza. For the 14th week Thousands of Israelis demonstrate against the "judicial reform" plan The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that thousands of citizens began demonstrating in separate parts of the country against the "judicial reform" plan that the government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu intends to implement. Thousands of Israelis began demonstrating for the fourteenth consecutive week, Saturday, against the "judicial reform" plan that the government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu intends to implement. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper (privately) reported on its website that "hundreds of people started heading towards Kaplan Square in the center of Tel Aviv, to demonstrate against the judicial reform plan and the government's intention to establish a national guard at the behest of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir." The newspaper pointed out that "thousands of people are also demonstrating in the city of Haifa (north) against the judicial reform plan." While hundreds of others gather to demonstrate against the plan in other parts of Israel, including Jerusalem (center) and Beersheba (south), according to the newspaper. Under the weight of strikes and mass demonstrations, Netanyahu announced at the end of last March the suspension of his plan until the summer session of the Knesset (parliament), which begins on April 30 and lasts for 3 months, until a dialogue is held with the opposition, but he said he would not abandon it. Immediately after suspending his plan, President Isaac Herzog announced the start of hosting dialogue sessions between coalition and opposition parties to bring points of view closer. The controversial plan would limit the powers of the Supreme Court (the highest judicial body) and give the government coalition control of the judge appointment committee. Opposition leaders, most notably former Prime Minister Yair Lapid, say that the plan, in its current form, marks the "end of democracy" and the beginning of a "dictatorial era" in Israel, describing it as an "authoritarian coup," while Netanyahu asserts that it aims to restore balance between powers (judicial, executive, and legislative).

The Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the Israeli occupation authorities continue to expand the crime of arbitrary administrative detention against Palestinians, under the pretext of having a secret file, as the number of administrative detention orders issued since the beginning of this year has reached about 800.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club (non-governmental) said on Saturday that the number of administrative detention orders issued since the beginning of this year has reached about 800.

The club added in a statement that "the occupation continues to expand the circle of administrative detention, as the number of administrative detainees exceeded a thousand, and this number is the highest since 2003."

He stated that "the Israeli occupation authorities continue to expand the crime of arbitrary administrative detention against Palestinians, under the pretext of having a secret file."

The club said that the number of administrative detainees "reached 1,016 detainees until the end of last March, including 6 children and a female prisoner."

According to the club, "administrative detainees are held in three central prisons: Ofer (central West Bank), the Negev and Megiddo (southern and northern Israel)."

According to the Prisoners' Club, "Over the past nine years, the Israeli occupation authorities have issued about 13,000 administrative detention orders."

He said that "80% of the administrative detainees are former detainees who spent years in the occupation prisons."

According to the Prisoners' Club, the Israeli authorities use administrative detention "against those against whom they cannot file an indictment, under the pretext of having a secret file, and as a retaliatory measure based on the Emergency Law that it inherited from the British Mandate."

He said that the Israeli courts "are complicit in consolidating this crime by executing the orders of the occupation intelligence," in reference to the intelligence's responsibility for the practice of administrative detention.

The Captive Club indicated that "more than 410 individual hunger strikes against administrative detention have been carried out since 2011."

Administrative detention is a detention order by an Israeli military order under the pretext of a security threat, without filing an indictment, and it extends for 6 months, which can be extended.

Until the end of March, the Prisoners' Club estimated the total number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons at about 4,800, including 170 children and 29 female prisoners.

“Because of the security situation.” The Israeli Defense Minister orders an extension of the closure of the West Bank and Gaza

Israel extends the closure of the Palestinian territories due to the "security situation".

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant decided on Saturday to extend the imposition of closure on the Palestinian territories and to cancel facilities previously approved by his ministry during the month of Ramadan, until the end of Passover, next Wednesday evening.

The Israeli Army Radio and the (official) Broadcasting Corporation stated that "Galant decided to extend the closure imposed on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip crossings due to the security situation," after it was scheduled to end on Saturday/Sunday night.

According to the two sources, Gallant also ordered the army to join the police forces in central Israel, to help them maintain security.

Gallant's decision also includes canceling the approved facilities during the month of Ramadan related to the arrival of West Bank Palestinians to the city of East Jerusalem.

Usually, when the closure includes the Gaza Strip, the Israeli authorities close the "Karm Abu Salem" commercial crossing (south), and Beit Hanoun "Erez" for the movement of individuals (north) Gaza.

As for the West Bank, the validity of permits that Palestinian workers hold to work inside Israel are suspended, in addition to freezing the work of some crossings and closing a number of streets that pass through Israeli settlements.

As for the Ramadan facilities, they include allowing women, children and elderly residents of the West Bank to enter the city of Jerusalem to pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque without the need for permits.

This comes in conjunction with the injury of a number of Palestinian youths, Saturday, in clashes with the Israeli police in the town of Al-Tur, central East Jerusalem.

According to eyewitnesses, clashes broke out in the town of Al-Tur, in the center of Jerusalem, following the heavy deployment of Israeli forces throughout the town.

Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli forces fired rubber bullets, tear gas and sound bombs at the young men.

They indicated that a number of young men sustained minor injuries and were treated in the field.

Since the beginning of last week, Jerusalem has been witnessing tension, following the Israeli police storming Al-Aqsa Mosque at night, and preventing the worshipers from performing I'tikaf in it.

The repeated incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque led to tension and clashes throughout the Palestinian territories and the Arab regions of Israel, in addition to the firing of rockets from Lebanon and Gaza.

For the 14th week Thousands of Israelis demonstrate against the "judicial reform" plan

The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that thousands of citizens began demonstrating in separate parts of the country against the "judicial reform" plan that the government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu intends to implement.

Thousands of Israelis began demonstrating for the fourteenth consecutive week, Saturday, against the "judicial reform" plan that the government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu intends to implement.

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper (privately) reported on its website that "hundreds of people started heading towards Kaplan Square in the center of Tel Aviv, to demonstrate against the judicial reform plan and the government's intention to establish a national guard at the behest of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir."

The newspaper pointed out that "thousands of people are also demonstrating in the city of Haifa (north) against the judicial reform plan."

While hundreds of others gather to demonstrate against the plan in other parts of Israel, including Jerusalem (center) and Beersheba (south), according to the newspaper.

Under the weight of strikes and mass demonstrations, Netanyahu announced at the end of last March the suspension of his plan until the summer session of the Knesset (parliament), which begins on April 30 and lasts for 3 months, until a dialogue is held with the opposition, but he said he would not abandon it.

Immediately after suspending his plan, President Isaac Herzog announced the start of hosting dialogue sessions between coalition and opposition parties to bring points of view closer.

The controversial plan would limit the powers of the Supreme Court (the highest judicial body) and give the government coalition control of the judge appointment committee.

Opposition leaders, most notably former Prime Minister Yair Lapid, say that the plan, in its current form, marks the "end of democracy" and the beginning of a "dictatorial era" in Israel, describing it as an "authoritarian coup," while Netanyahu asserts that it aims to restore balance between powers (judicial, executive, and legislative).