Prisoners

Prison sentence of child Ahmad Manasra reduced

The Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday had reduced the prison sentence for 15-year-old Ahmad Manasra, from 12 years to nine and a half years. In 2015, Manasra was shot and wounded under the pretext of a stabbing attempt at Pisgat Ze’ev settlement, Jerusalem. His cousin, 15 years old, was killed …

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Israeli forces detain 23 Palestinians in East Jerusalem, West Bank raids

RAMALLAH – Israeli forces Thursday detained 23 Palestinians, including four minors, in multiple overnight raids in Jerusalem and the West Bank, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and security sources. PPS said Israeli police detained at least eight Palestinians, including three 17-year-old teens, during raids across the East Jerusalem neighborhoods …

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Israel detains Palestinian lawmaker, brings total in custody to 13

NABLUS – Israel detained Wednesday Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Hosni Bourini from his Asira al-Shamalia home, northwest of Nablus in the northern West Bank, according to Palestinian security sources, bringing the total number of Palestinian lawmakers in Israeli custody to 13. Bourini was one of five Palestinians the Israeli …

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Israeli forces detain 10 Palestinians in West Bank raids

BETHLEHEM – Israeli forces Tuesday detained at least 10 Palestinians, including two minors, during multiple predawn raids across the West Bank, said Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and security sources. Israeli forces raided al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem city in the southern West Bank, where they detained three Palestinians, including a …

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Israeli police detains 30 Palestinians in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM– Israeli police detained at least 30 Palestinians, more than half of them from Mount of Olive and Al-Tur neighborhoods, during overnight raids in occupied East Jerusalem, local sources said on Monday. Israeli police and security forces raided the neighborhoods of Mount of Olive and al-Tur, where they detained 18 …

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Israel issues new administrative detention orders against 13 detainees

RAMALLAH – Ashraf Abu Sneieneh, lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) Sunday said that Israel issued new administrative detention orders against 13 detainees. The sentences ranged between four and six months with the prisoners being from Jenin, Ramallah, Hebron, Tubas, Qalailia and Bethlehem. Administrative detention is the imprisonment of …

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