On the way [to the detention center] the soldiers started beating me with a stick. They tightened the iron cuffs around my hands which caused me great pain. They also burnt my hands with cigarettes

Emad Shab

Date of birth: 2 January 1993
Age at arrest: 17
Date of arrest: 21 February 2010
Place of residency: Hebron
Place of detention: Ofer Prison, section 13
Postal address: Ofer Prison, Givat Zeev, P.O. Box 3007, via Israel
Number of administrative detention orders: Three
Charges: None

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“Although he was standing several meters away, I was sure that it was his goal to see that I was kicked and pushed down the stairs. He wanted to see me fall.”

Date of birth: 15 April 1981
Place of residence: Tiyasir Tubas, near Jenin
Date of arrest: 4 December 2007
Place of detention: Ofer Prison

Postal Address: Ofer Prison, Givat Zeev, P.O. Box 3007, via Israel

ARREST

On 14 December 2007, Hassan Yusef Hassan Dabak was accosted by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) as he walked down a Jericho street. He found himself suddenly surrounded by military vehicles on either side and faced with a barrage of raised weapons. An Israeli military commander approached Hassan, asked him for his name and slapped him across the face. The soldiers then handcuffed him, placed a black bag over his head and transported him to the Israeli police station at the Jericho District Coordination Office (DCO). Read the rest of this entry »

Date of birth: 25 September 1982
Place of residence: Deir Ghassaneh Village, Ramallah district
Occupation: Third year university student at Birzeit University; Sociology Major
Date of arrest: 30 August 2009
Place of detention: Ofer Prison

Postal address:
Ofer Prison
Givat Zeev, P.O. Box 3007
via Israel

ARREST AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

Number of order renewals: One
Expected end of current administrative detention order: 27 August 2010

Arafat Mudar Mohammad Daoud was arrested by Israeli soldiers from his family home in the early morning hours of 30 August 2009. This arrest occurred less than four months after his release from more than a year in Israeli detention, parts of which he spent as an administrative detainee. Read the rest of this entry »

Date of birth: 19 August 1966
Date of arrest: 22 June 2007
Date of release: 17 March 2010
Previous place of residence: ‘Aroura, West Bank
Place of exile: Damascus, Syria
Residency status: Refugee
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Since 1990, when he was just 24 years old, Saleh Mohammad Suleiman Al-‘Arouri has spent a total of almost eighteen years in Israeli detention. These  detention periods have been imposed through a combination of 20 administrative detention orders and two prison sentences, measures that each time were taken in relation to his alleged affiliation with Hamas, which along with all other Palestinian political parties including Fatah are illegal under Israeli law.(1)

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Sabti Khawaja (Left)
Date of birth: 10 September 1989
Place of residence: Ni’lin
Occupation: Student
Date of arrest: 2 February 2010
Detained at Ofer: 80 days
Released on bail: 8,500 NIS (USD $2,270)

Mahmoud Nafa’ (Right)
Date of birth: 20 May 1991
Place of residence: Ni’lin
Occupation: Student
Date of arrest: 2 February 2010
Detained at Ofer: 77 days
Released on bail: 5,000 NIS (USD $1,340)

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INTIMIDATION, ARREST AND DETENTION
Mahmoud Nafa’ and Sabti Khawaja were arrested by Israeli security authorities on 2 February 2010 at Ofer Military Base after appearing for interrogation as ordered in Israeli summonses delivered to both.
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“Missing the five-year anniversary of our struggle in Bil’in will be like missing the birthday of one of my children. Lately I think a lot about my friend Bassem whose life was taken during a nonviolent demonstration last year and how much I miss him. Despite the pain of this loss, and the yearning I feel to be with my family and friends at home, I think that if this is the price we must pay for our freedom, then it is worth it, and we would be willing to pay much more.”

– Abdallah Abu Rahma, 21 February 2010

Date of birth: 10 November 1971
Date of arrest: 10 December 2009
Occupation: High school teacher
Place of residence: Ramallah
Place of detention: Ofer Prison
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Date of birth: 23 October 1993
Place of residence: Qalandiya Refugee Camp
Occupation: Student
Date of arrest: 20 March 2010
Place of detention: Ofer Prison

Mailing address:
Ofer Prison
Givat Zeev
P.O. Box 3007
via Israel

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ARREST AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

Number of administrative detention orders: One
Expiration of current order: 26 June 2010
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Date of birth: 14 December 1976
Place of residence: Saida, Tulkarem
Occupation: Aluminum light-structures designer and maker
Date of arrest: 9 April 2008
Place of detention: Megiddo Prison

Postal address:

Megiddo Prison
Section 9, Cell # 12
P.O. Box 2424, Israel
Expected end of current administrative detention order: 14 April 2010
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Date of birth: 30 August 1976
Place of residence: Nablus
Status: Married
Date of arrest: 11 November 2009

Postal address: HaSharon Prison, Even Yehuda, P.O. Box 7, 40330 Israel

ARREST

Nelli Zahi As’ad Sa’id As-Safadi was arrested by the Israeli army on 11 November 2009 at an Israeli military checkpoint between Nablus and Hebron in the occupied West Bank. After stopping her at the checkpoint and confirming her identify, the soldiers took Nelli for a body search, without informing her of their intent to conduct the procedure or securing her consent. After the body search, Nelli was formally arrested and was transferred by military jeep to Petah Tiqva Interrogation and Detention Center inside Israel. Immediately after her arrival to Petah Tiqva, she was taken for a cursory physical examination, and then Israeli authorities began to interrogate her. At no stage during this process of arrest and detention was she informed of the reasons behind her arrest, nor was she permitted to call her family or a lawyer to inform them of what had happened. Read the rest of this entry »

21 February 2010

Dear Friends and Supporters,
It has been two months now since I was handcuffed, blindfolded and taken from my home. Today news has reached Ofer Military Prison that the apartheid wall on Bil’in’s land will finally be moved and construction has begun on the new route. This will return half of the land that was stolen from our village. For those of us inOfer, imprisoned for our protest against the wall, this victory makes the suffering of being here easier to bear. After actively resisting the theft of our land by the Israeli apartheid wall and settlements every week for five years now, we long to be standing along side our brothers and sisters to mark this victory and the fifth anniversary of our struggle. Read the rest of this entry »