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<h1 id="reader-title">November 2016 report: 111 administrative
detention orders issued, 527 Palestinians arrested</h1>
<div id="reader-credits" class="credits">December 3, 2016<br>
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<p>In the month of November 2016, 527 Palestinians from
the West Bank and Gaza were arrested, including 120
children and 11 women. 163 were arrested in Jerusalem
(including 74 children) and 100 were arrested in
al-Khalil. 50 were arrested in Ramallah and Al-Bireh,
another 50 in Bethlehem, 42 in Jenin, 39 in Nablus, 27
in Tulkarem, 17 in Salfit, 11 in Qalqilya, 10 in
Jericho, six in Tubas, and 12 from the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>There are approximately 7,000 total Palestinian
prisoners in Israeli jails, including 48 women
prisoners, 11 of them being minor girls. The total
number of child prisoners is approximately 350, with the
majority held in Megiddo and Ofer prison. There are
approximately 700 total administrative detainees. 111
administrative detention orders for imprisonment without
charge or trial were issued in November, including 32
new orders.</p>
<p>Continued Arbitrary Detention of Palestinians from the
Gaza Strip</p>
<p>Israeli occupation forces are continuing the policy of
arbitrary detention against Palestinian civilians in
Gaza and violating international human rights law and
international humanitarian law. Palestinians are
arrested without charge and legal procedures are not
followed in the arrest of Palestinians. Moreover, the
right to a fair trial guaranteed by international
standards and instruments is consistently violated, in
particular in the denial of Palestinian detainees’ right
to information about their own case, including the
reason for their detention and access to a lawyer before
they are brought before a military court. In addition,
occupation forces regularly use excessive and extreme
force during detention operations, for example the use
of heavy gunfire against Palestinian fishermen at sea,
putting their lives at risk for no reason. During the
month of November, six incidents resulted in the arrest
of 12 Palestinian civilians, including eight fishermen
arrested at sea.</p>
<p>Battle of the Empty Stomachs</p>
<p>At the end of November, four prisoners are engaged in
an open hunger strike, three against the policy of
administrative detention. Ahmad Abu Fara and Anas Shadid
have been on an open hunger strike since 25 September in
protest of administrative detention. Both are in a
serious health condition at Assaf Harofeh hospital.
Their administrative detention has been “suspended” by
the Israeli courts and the two detainees have announced
their rejection of this action. In addition, Ammar Hmour
continues his hunger strike since 21 November in protest
of his administrative detention.</p>
<p>Kifah Hattab also announced his hunger strike during
the month of November, demanding that Israel deal with
him as a prisoner of war. Noor el-Din Amer ended his
hunger strike, which lasted for 20 days, against
solitary confinement and the dneial of family visits, in
an agreement with the prison administration. Under this
agreement, his sister will be allowed to visit him in
the coming period, he will be able to receive winter
clothing during her visit, and conditions of his
confinement in Ashkelon prison will be improved.</p>
<p>Injustices Against Children</p>
<p>During the month of November, Israeli occupation courts
issued unjust sentences against dozens of children,
mostly from Jerusalem, in addition to the imposition of
heavy fines and damages in the thousands of shekels.
Sentences ranged from months to over ten years. The most
prominent case is that of Ahmad Manasrah, sentenced to
12 years’ imprisonment and fines of 180,000 NIS ($47,150
USD). The two children Munther Khalil Abu Mayalah, 15,
and Mohammed Taha, 16, were sentenced to 11 years in
prison each; both had a 50,000 NIS ($13,100) fine
imposed upon them. Nurhan Awad was sentenced to a prison
term of 13 1/2 years and a 30,000 NIS ($8000) fine was
imposed upon her. There are dozens of detained children
still awaiting their fate before the occupation court.</p>
<p>Bahaa al-Najjar Imprisoned after One Week of Freedom,
Returned to Administrative Detention</p>
<p>On 2 November, 2016, the imprisonment of Bahaa
al-Najjar, 21, from al-Khalil expired. On the evening of
this date, without receiving any official paperwork for
his release, he was told that there was no new
administrative detention order issued against him and so
he was released – but that did not last long. Bahaa was
arrested once again on 9 November, and once again
ordered to administrative detention without charge or
trial for six months.</p>
<p>The case of al-Najjar represents the policy of
administrative detention as a method of psychological
torture against prisoners by the occupation. In
addition, the United Nations Working Group onn Arbitrary
Detention also considers the occupation practices
administrative detention systematically and on a large
scale against Palestinian civilians. With the denial of
the right to a fair trial, this constitutes a grave
breach of Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.</p>
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