3 mar 2020
Yahya Ighbariyah, 52
Two Palestinian prisoners have today completed 28 years behind Israeli prison bars, according to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said that Yahya Ighbariyah, 52, from the village of Musheirfeh, and Mohammad Jabareen, 69, from Umm al-Fahm, both Arab towns in Israel, were sentenced for life in prison for resisting the Israeli occupation.
Two Palestinian prisoners have today completed 28 years behind Israeli prison bars, according to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said that Yahya Ighbariyah, 52, from the village of Musheirfeh, and Mohammad Jabareen, 69, from Umm al-Fahm, both Arab towns in Israel, were sentenced for life in prison for resisting the Israeli occupation.
Mohammad Jabareen, 69
The two were among 30 Palestinian prisoners held since before the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 Israel has reneged on their release in 2014 in a US-sponsored Palestinian-Israeli deal in which Israel would release all Palestinian political prisoners held since before the signing of the Oslo agreement.
The two were among 30 Palestinian prisoners held since before the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 Israel has reneged on their release in 2014 in a US-sponsored Palestinian-Israeli deal in which Israel would release all Palestinian political prisoners held since before the signing of the Oslo agreement.
26 feb 2020
Ibrahim Ighbarieh, 54, and his brother, Mohammad, 51, have completed 28 years in Israeli jails for resisting the occupation, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said today.
The two brothers are from the Arab village of Musherfeh, in Israel, and were both detained on February 26, 1992 and sentenced to life in prison.
They were supposed to be released in 2014 as part of a US-sponsored Palestinian-Israeli deal in which Israel would release all Palestinian political prisoners held since before the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993.
However, after releasing three batches of Palestinian prisoner, all from the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel reneged on the fourth and final batch that included prisoners from occupied East Jerusalem and inside Israel and who totaled 26.
PPS said Mohammad Ighbarieh received his master’s degree while in prison and has published four books, while his brother, Ibrahim, published one book.
The two brothers are from the Arab village of Musherfeh, in Israel, and were both detained on February 26, 1992 and sentenced to life in prison.
They were supposed to be released in 2014 as part of a US-sponsored Palestinian-Israeli deal in which Israel would release all Palestinian political prisoners held since before the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993.
However, after releasing three batches of Palestinian prisoner, all from the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel reneged on the fourth and final batch that included prisoners from occupied East Jerusalem and inside Israel and who totaled 26.
PPS said Mohammad Ighbarieh received his master’s degree while in prison and has published four books, while his brother, Ibrahim, published one book.
14 jan 2020
Israeli war minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that 66,500 shekels (about $19,000) were confiscated from the family of Palestinian prisoner Maher Younis — the second longest-serving detainee in Israeli jails.
In Twitter remarks, Bennett claimed the family received this amount of money from the Palestinian Authority.
He said that this measure was taken in accordance with a previous official decision to seize PA-paid money of prisoners who carried out what he called attacks (resistance operations) and hold an Israeli ID.
A Hebrew website said that it was the first time Israel confiscated money from a Palestinian prisoner’s family in such way.
The family of prisoner Younis lives in Ara village in the Haifa District in northern Israel (the 1948 occupied lands). The prisoner is serving 40 years on a charge of killing an Israeli soldier.
In Twitter remarks, Bennett claimed the family received this amount of money from the Palestinian Authority.
He said that this measure was taken in accordance with a previous official decision to seize PA-paid money of prisoners who carried out what he called attacks (resistance operations) and hold an Israeli ID.
A Hebrew website said that it was the first time Israel confiscated money from a Palestinian prisoner’s family in such way.
The family of prisoner Younis lives in Ara village in the Haifa District in northern Israel (the 1948 occupied lands). The prisoner is serving 40 years on a charge of killing an Israeli soldier.
7 jan 2020
The two longest-serving Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, cousins Karim and Maher Younis, have been behind bars for 38 years, on Monday, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported.
Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the two, along with 24 other prisoners, were supposed to have been released in 2014 in a deal struck with Israel, negotiated by former US Secretary of State John Kerry.
However, Israel has reneged on that deal and kept the prisoners, all from occupied Jerusalem or inside Israel, in prison.
Karim Younis was born on November 23, 1958, in the town of Ara inside Israel. He is the eldest son of his family. Younis was arrested on January 6, 1983 and was sentenced to life in prison and later set to a period of 40 years.
Maher Younis, Karim’s cousin, was born on January 6, 1958. He is also from the village of Ara and from a family of five sisters and one brother. He was arrested on January 18, 1983 and sentenced to life in prison, also later set to 40 years.
Other long serving Palestinian prisoners, according to the PPS, include Bashir al-Khatib, who has been in jail for 33 years. He was born on April 20, 1961, he is from the city of Ramle, inside Israel, and he is the father of five children.
Nasser Srour and Mahmoud Srour, from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, have been in jail for 28 years. Nasser was born on November 16, 1969 and arrested on January 4, 1993. Mahmoud was born on January 27, 1970 and was arrested on January 5, 1993.
Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the two, along with 24 other prisoners, were supposed to have been released in 2014 in a deal struck with Israel, negotiated by former US Secretary of State John Kerry.
However, Israel has reneged on that deal and kept the prisoners, all from occupied Jerusalem or inside Israel, in prison.
Karim Younis was born on November 23, 1958, in the town of Ara inside Israel. He is the eldest son of his family. Younis was arrested on January 6, 1983 and was sentenced to life in prison and later set to a period of 40 years.
Maher Younis, Karim’s cousin, was born on January 6, 1958. He is also from the village of Ara and from a family of five sisters and one brother. He was arrested on January 18, 1983 and sentenced to life in prison, also later set to 40 years.
Other long serving Palestinian prisoners, according to the PPS, include Bashir al-Khatib, who has been in jail for 33 years. He was born on April 20, 1961, he is from the city of Ramle, inside Israel, and he is the father of five children.
Nasser Srour and Mahmoud Srour, from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, have been in jail for 28 years. Nasser was born on November 16, 1969 and arrested on January 4, 1993. Mahmoud was born on January 27, 1970 and was arrested on January 5, 1993.
9 dec 2019
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has said that the Israeli prison service continues to impose punitive measures on prisoner Nael al-Barghouthi, 62, who has been in jail for 40 years.
In a statement on Sunday, the Commission said that its lawyer recently visited prisoner Barghouthi in Hadarim after he was transferred from Eshel jail, where he had been isolated for one week.
It added that the jailers also imposed a financial penalty on him and deprived him of using the commissary and seeing his family for one month at the pretext that he issued a statement to mark 40 years in detention.
Barghouthi, from the village of Kobar in Ramallah, was first arrested on December 18, 1977 for resisting the Israeli occupation. He was sentenced to three months in prison, but 14 days after his release, he was rearrested and later sentenced to life in prison plus 18 years.
Many years later, Barghouthi was released in 2011 in a prisoner swap deal brokered through mediators between the Hamas Movement and Israeli occupation state. However, he was ordered not to leave his own town after his release.
He got married a month after his last release thinking that he was going to have a normal life again and raise a family, but this did not last. He was rearrested in 2014 and had his previous life sentence plus 18 years reinstated.
In a statement on Sunday, the Commission said that its lawyer recently visited prisoner Barghouthi in Hadarim after he was transferred from Eshel jail, where he had been isolated for one week.
It added that the jailers also imposed a financial penalty on him and deprived him of using the commissary and seeing his family for one month at the pretext that he issued a statement to mark 40 years in detention.
Barghouthi, from the village of Kobar in Ramallah, was first arrested on December 18, 1977 for resisting the Israeli occupation. He was sentenced to three months in prison, but 14 days after his release, he was rearrested and later sentenced to life in prison plus 18 years.
Many years later, Barghouthi was released in 2011 in a prisoner swap deal brokered through mediators between the Hamas Movement and Israeli occupation state. However, he was ordered not to leave his own town after his release.
He got married a month after his last release thinking that he was going to have a normal life again and raise a family, but this did not last. He was rearrested in 2014 and had his previous life sentence plus 18 years reinstated.
17 nov 2019
Nael Barghouthi, the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in the Israeli jails, 62, entered today his 40th year in Israeli jails, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
Barghouthi, from Ramallah’s Kobar town, had spent 33 years in Israeli jails before being released in the Egypt-brokered prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel in October 2011.
The Israeli authorities arrested Barghouthi again in June 2014, along with 60 other Palestinian prisoners who were released in the prisoner exchange deal, sentencing him to 30 months in prison. He ended his sentence on December 17, 2016.
However, on 22 February 2017, the Israeli Military Court of Ofer re-sentenced Barghouthi as per its initial verdict prior to the exchange deal, which was a life imprisonment and 18 years.
Re-arresting ex-prisoners released in a prisoner exchange deal is a political matter for which the Israeli government is responsible. The court does not have any legal grounds for Barghouthi’s continued detention, rather its decision to restore the previous verdict is arbitrary and legally baseless.
Barghouthi, from Ramallah’s Kobar town, had spent 33 years in Israeli jails before being released in the Egypt-brokered prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel in October 2011.
The Israeli authorities arrested Barghouthi again in June 2014, along with 60 other Palestinian prisoners who were released in the prisoner exchange deal, sentencing him to 30 months in prison. He ended his sentence on December 17, 2016.
However, on 22 February 2017, the Israeli Military Court of Ofer re-sentenced Barghouthi as per its initial verdict prior to the exchange deal, which was a life imprisonment and 18 years.
Re-arresting ex-prisoners released in a prisoner exchange deal is a political matter for which the Israeli government is responsible. The court does not have any legal grounds for Barghouthi’s continued detention, rather its decision to restore the previous verdict is arbitrary and legally baseless.
24 mar 2019
Two Palestinian prisoners entered their 34th year of Israeli imprisonment, on Sunday, and are among 26 prisoners who were supposed to be released after the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993.
Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) confirmed that Rashdi Hamdan Abu Mokh and Ibrahim Nayef Abu Mokk, both residents from Baqa al-Gharbiyye, in Haifa district, in northern Israel, were detained 1968 and sentenced to life in prison.
Rashdi and Ibrahim are among 12 other Palestinian prisoners from inside Israel still held in prison for over three decades.
Both of the prisoners were among 26 others, who were supposed to be released after the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1993 and then again in 2014, however, Israel stalled negotiations and kept them in prison.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,440 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons.
Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) confirmed that Rashdi Hamdan Abu Mokh and Ibrahim Nayef Abu Mokk, both residents from Baqa al-Gharbiyye, in Haifa district, in northern Israel, were detained 1968 and sentenced to life in prison.
Rashdi and Ibrahim are among 12 other Palestinian prisoners from inside Israel still held in prison for over three decades.
Both of the prisoners were among 26 others, who were supposed to be released after the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1993 and then again in 2014, however, Israel stalled negotiations and kept them in prison.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,440 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons.
