THREAT Bassem Tamimi

THREAT Bassem Tamimi ~ unbreakable !

*the first section is about Bassems actual "trial", credits to occupied palestine
*the second section a letter he has written to Ofer court on behalf of his "defending" in 2009.

Palestinian activist to judge: I do not recognize your rules

Bassem Tamimi from Nabi Saleh testified yesterday as part of the defense’s case in the ongoing trial against him. Tamimi, suspected of protest related charges, was arrested on March last year, and remains in detention since.
 Bassem Tamimi photo: ActiveStills
After 11 months in an Israeli jail, Bassem Tamimi, a prominent Palestinian activist from Nabi Saleh, was given a chance to plead his case before the military court in regards to the allegations against him, denying them in full while owning up to his and his village’s struggle against the Occupation and the theft of their lands. Tamimi, who was recognized by the European Union as a human rights defender last year, said, “International law gives us the right to peaceful protest, to demonstrate our refusal of the policies that hurt us, our daily life and the future of our children”.
Media contact: Jonathan Pollak +972-54-632-7736
Tamimi began his testimony by telling of his past experience in Israeli prisons and interrogation rooms. He recounted how he was tortured so badly by the Israeli Shin Bet in 1993 that he suffered a severe Intracranial hemorrhage which left him unconscious for a week and partially paralyzed.
He then continued to explain the reason behind the Nabi Saleh protests, saying “I do not know and do not care if they are permitted by your law, as it was enacted by an authority I do not recognize”. He narrated how the settlers from the nearby Halamish continuously took over lands belonging to his village since the 1970s abetted by the army and how, when villagers tried to prevent the latest attempts to seize their lands, the Israeli army exerted repression tactics against them. “Every time we try to help them work the land, before we reach it, they disperse us using rubber bullets, tear gas and using excessive force. This is what happens every Friday”, he said.
Based on coerced statements extracted unlawfully by the Israeli police from two minors, Tamimi is charged with organizing his village of 500 people in a formation of 11 battalions and assigning them different roles during the demonstrations. When asked of his reply to the charges against him Tamimi answered:
This is ridiculous and makes no sense, how stupid would I be to try and organize a 500 people village in 11 battalions [...] If indeed there were such battalions how come the Shin Bet or anyone else did not continue the investigation and arrests after mine was carried out? No one continued to look into this issue to try and dismantle this ‘army’ of mine…True justice would not have me stand here before this court at all, let alone while I am imprisoned and shackled. This case is baseless and made up with the sole goal of putting me behind bars…
During the course of Tamimi’s trial, new evidence has emerged, including proof of systematic violations of Palestinian minors’ rights during police interrogations (see video below) as well as first hand verification given by a military commander of disproportional use of force by the army in response to peaceful demonstrations.


Non-violence activist Bassem Tamimi's address to Israel's Ofer military court during his trial for organizing protests in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. A military judge refused to allow Tamimi to read his full statement in court.

Your Honor,

I hold this speech out of belief in peace, justice, freedom, the right to live in dignity, and out of respect for free thought in the absence of Just Laws.

Every time I am called to appear before your courts, I become nervous and afraid. Eighteen years ago, my sister was killed by in a courtroom such as this, by a staff member. In my lifetime, I have been nine times imprisoned for an overall of almost 3 years, though I was never charged or convicted. During my imprisonment, I was paralyzed as a result of torture by your investigators. My wife was detained, my children were wounded, my land was stolen by settlers, and now my house is slated for demolition.

I was born at the same time as the Occupation and have been living under its inherent inhumanity, inequality, racism and lack of freedom ever since. Yet, despite all this, my belief in human values and the need for peace in this land have never been shaken. Suffering and oppression did not fill my heart with hatred for anyone, nor did they kindle feelings of revenge. To the contrary, they reinforced my belief in peace and national standing as an adequate response to the inhumanity of Occupation.

International law guarantees the right of occupied people to resist Occupation. In practicing my right, I have called for and organized peaceful popular demonstrations against the Occupation, settler attacks and the theft of more than half of the land of my village, Nabi Saleh, where the graves of my ancestors have lain since time immemorial.

I organized these peaceful demonstrations in order to defend our land and our people. I do not know if my actions violate your Occupation laws. As far as I am concerned, these laws do not apply to me and are devoid of meaning. Having been enacted by Occupation authorities, I reject them and cannot recognize their validity.

Despite claiming to be the only democracy in the Middle East you are trying me under military laws which lack any legitimacy; laws that are enacted by authorities that I have not elected and do not represent me. I am accused of organizing peaceful civil demonstrations that have no military aspects and are legal under international law.

We have the right to express our rejection of Occupation in all of its forms; to defend our freedom and dignity as a people and to seek justice and peace in our land in order to protect our children and secure their future.

The civil nature of our actions is the light that will overcome the darkness of the Occupation, bringing a dawn of freedom that will warm the cold wrists in chains, sweep despair from the soul and end decades of oppression.

These actions are what will expose the true face of the Occupation, where soldiers point their guns at a woman walking to her fields or at checkpoints; at a child who wants to drink from the sweet water of his ancestors' fabled spring; against an old man who wants to sit in the shade of an olive tree, once mother to him, now burnt by settlers.

We have exhausted all possible actions to stop attacks by settlers, who refuse to adhere to your courts' decisions, which time and again have confirmed that we are the owners of the land, ordering the removal of the fence erected by them.

Each time we tried to approach our land, implementing these decisions, we were attacked by settlers, who prevented us from reaching it as if it were their own.

Our demonstrations are in protest of injustice. We work hand in hand with Israeli and international activists who believe, like us, that had it not been for the Occupation, we could all live in peace on this land. I do not know which laws are upheld by generals who are inhibited by fear and insecurity, nor do I know their thoughts on the civil resistance of women, children and old men who carry hope and olive branches.

But I know what justice and reason are. Land theft and tree-burning is unjust. Violent repression of our demonstrations and protests and your detention camps are not evidence of the illegality of our actions. It is unfair to be tried under a law forced upon us. I know that I have rights and my actions are just.

The military prosecutor accuses me of inciting the protesters to throw stones at the soldiers. This is not true. What incites protesters to throw stones is the sound of bullets, the Occupation’s bulldozers as they destroy the land, the smell of teargas and the smoke coming from burnt houses. I did not incite anyone to throw stones, but I am not responsible for the security of your soldiers who invade my village and attack my people with all the weapons of death and the equipment of terror.

These demonstrations that I organize have had a positive influence over my beliefs; they allowed me to see people from the other side who believe in peace and share my struggle for freedom. Those freedom fighters have rid their conscious from the Occupation and put their hands in ours in peaceful demonstrations against our common enemy, the Occupation. They have become friends, sisters and brothers. We fight together for a better future for our children and theirs.

If released by the judge will I be convinced thereby that justice still prevails in your courts? Regardless of how just or unjust this ruling will be, and despite all your racist and inhumane practices and Occupation, we will continue to believe in peace, justice and human values. We will still raise our children to love; love the land and the people without discrimination of race, religion or ethnicity; embodying thus the message of the Messenger of Peace, Jesus Christ, who urged us to "love our enemy." With love and justice, we make peace and build the future.

THREAT Rashid

Defense for Children International (DCI) in Palestine submitted a complaint to the legal supervisor of the Israeli government and the Israeli prisons' administration on behalf of a 16 year old child, Rashid C, from Hares village. DCI demanded an immediate investigation into the physical and psychological abuse and maltreatment of Rashid by the Israeli intelligence services during his arrest and interrogation at Al-Jalama Interrogation and Detention Center in November 2011.

Rashid was arrested by Israeli soldiers on 4th November 2011, and immediately he was handcuffed and forced to sit down on an iron floor of a military vehicle for a long period of time.

Five hours after his arrest, Rashid was transferred to the Interrogation and Detention Center in al-Jalama. The soldiers searched him, though he was completely naked, and he was then interrogated by Israeli intelligence officials. During the interrogation, Rashid was cuffed to a small iron chair and was threatened with torture if he didn't cooperate with them.

Rashid told DCI that the soldiers cursed, yelled and spat at him while he was on the chair during the interrogation. He was also banned from using the bathroom despite his continuous requests.

Rashid also said that he was detained at the al-Jalama center in solitary confinement in a small dirty cell, with no lighting, for 13 days.

Abusing and maltreating children and torturing them is a violation of Israeli legal commitments according to the United Nations (UN) Convention against Torture, international law that is specialized in civil and political rights and the fourth Geneva convention.

Mr. Juan Mendez, UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in his report to the UN public organization published in October 2011, called for a complete ban on the solitary confinement of children:

"Considering the severe mental pain or suffering solitary confinement may cause, it can amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment when used as a punishment, during pre-trial detention, indefinitely or for a prolonged period, for persons with mental disabilities or juveniles," he warned.

DCI started to investigate the Israeli treatment of Rashid, especially the conditions of his detention and the nature of his interrogation. The DCI also called for a lawyer that Rashid could choose to accompany him during his interrogation.

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THREAT The Adnan Family

Mr Adnan:
He (my son) does not enjoy going on a hunger strike because of the joy of going on a hunger strike _ He is striving for the freedom of his people and the people of his country _ He lives with his head held up high_ standing tall... with no way for the occupation to get to him _

I thank you one more time and I thank the israeli people who are compassionate about the cause of my son Adnan_ because the occupation does not share the news of what is going on inside its territories in Tel Aviv_ Yaffa_ Qariat Eshmona_ Jerusalem_ it obscures the news from the israeli people _

The occupation does not want life for my son_ it wants to see him dead as quickly as possible_ but the will of God is guarding and protecting him on the 61st day and I just visited him today and the will of God is protecting him and keeping him alive
His health is stable_ thanks be to Allah and his spirits are as high as the skies and all the Israeli officials are struggling_ and it is now clear to all people what the ocuupation is doing against our peaceful people (of Palestine) and you israelis

bystander:
“we are not israelis Sheikh”

Mr Adnan:
I am talking to the israelis in Qariat Eshmona and the israelis through you I address the israelis through you_ that my son was arrested while he was at his house_ while he was with his wife and children and was taken prisoner_ and he was unarmed_ and Shalit was waging war against the people of Gaza and destroying their houses_ and shooting them_ and Shalit was released_ where is the mother of Shalit and where is his father? Why aren’t they feeling compassion for me and my humantirian cause?? Where are they?
They are on the wrong side and we are on the right side _ Our being on the right side is stronger than their being on the wrong side _ They took our homes _ They raped our land and destroyed it and destroyed our mosques and they are still destroying _
Where are you people of pride and dignity???
Is there anyone amongst you or amongst the Arabic leaders who carries the dignity of Al-Mu’tasim ?
When a Muslim woman in Ammoria called “Oh Al-Mu’tasim” (calling out for help), he armed armies and sent them from “the house of Maqdess” all the way to “Ammourya” and he got her released and the king of the Romans paid the penalty
I am not asking for much _ I am reaching out and asking for the Arabic and Islamic world
to take a stand_ a stand that is a proud one and not a broken stand in front of the enemy_ the enemy that is arrogant_ abusive and ruthless

The doctor in the hospital is telling my son “if you are a man Khader_ refuse to drink water”
Does he not know that our lives are in the hands of God? Is this medicine? And is this the way they study medicine and is this the reality of the doctors who are working at that hospital?
Is that doctor speaking in the name of the Torah sacraments which are sacred?
Does he not know that life and death is given by GOD? God gives it to the ones he chooses _ A man does not die from hunger or thirst_ God protects the people he chooses to _

I just left from visiting my son and I am determined that he continues his hunger strike till victory and till the goal of the Palestinian people of freedom and independence is achieved _ Freedom for him and all the detainees and priosners in Israeli jails_ My son does not care about hunger or thirst but he cares about his freedom and the freedom of his people

I call on President Ahmadenajad the Iranian president who has not said one word so far about my son _ and i call on Rajestani and Hassan NassrAllah and we all know who Hassan NassrAllah is_ he says he is the supporter of resistance _ Isn’t my son the one who is resisting with an empty stomach???

Where are you Hassan Nasrillah? I have heard nothing from you _
Where are you Youssef Qardawi? I did not hear anything from you _
Where are you Sheikh to the Al Azhar mosque? I have heard nothing from you _
And as if this matter does not concern you all_ does not concern you in any way_ not in a close way or a distant way
Where are you Mahmoud Abbas???
Where are you Abu Mazen?
You who are keeping and exercising complete diplomatic relations with the zionist entity with whom you negotiate_ and you are waiting until my son dies_ then you will wave your flags and say “I consider Khaled a martyr”….

I want my son to come out alive and well_ through the pride of proud people or the humiliation of the humiliated ones _ I want him to return to his family and his people and all those who love him all over the homeland

Khader’s message has reached from the furthest East to West_ South to North _ and from the East to the West I am contacted by people in the USA_ people that are close to the White House_ the White House that is actually the Black House _ May God make them even darker_ as they are not supporters of justice or supporters of peace _ they want the surrender of our people_ the Palestinians_ this Muslim people who are struggling in “Bait el Makdess” Jerusalem
<quote from the Prophet (PBUH) >
I thank you for being here
I thank you for your support
I thank you for your cooperation
this is the message of Khader _ the speaker on behalf of Arabic and Muslim people
Peace be upon you…

PEACE BE UPON YOU AND YOUR BRAVE LOVED ONES MUSA

THREAT Dirar Abu Sisi

Dirar Abu Seesi or: Abu Sisi (Arabic: ضرار أبو سيسي; born in 1969 in Jordan) 
Married to Veronika, father of six
is the Deputy Engineer for the Gaza Strip's sole electrical plant, which provides 25% of Gaza's power, and, according to Israel, also a Hamas weapons engineer. In February 2011, he traveled to Ukraine, his wife's native country, to apply for citizenship, after coming to believe that Gaza was no longer a safe place to raise his six children. He disappeared in Poltava on February 19, and later turned up in an Israeli prison. On April 4, he was indicted for his alleged aid to Hamas.

Abduction

On the evening of February 18, after formally filing the papers for citizenship, Abu Seesi was traveling by train to the Kiev airport for a reunion with his brother Yussef, who was residing in the Netherlands and whom he had not seen in 15 years. Just outside the city of Poltava, two men, whom the family believes were Ukrainian security agents, entered the train and removed Dirar. After that, he disappeared. His wife Veronika, who was in Ukraine at the time as well, did not hear from him for a week. During that period of silence, she summoned the Ukrainian press and stated that the Mossad On February 27, the Palestinian Interior Ministry demanded that the Ukrainian Interior Ministry disclose the reasons for his disappearance. had kidnapped him.
Dalia Kerstein, executive director of the Israeli human rights NGO, HaMoked, confirmed that the Gazan engineer was in an Israeli prison. Kerstein identified Abu Seesi’s Israeli attorney Michal Orkabi, who confirmed that she represented him, but she could provide no further information due to a security gag order imposed by the Petah Tikva Magistrates' Court preventing her from speaking about the case. On March 20, the gag order was partially lifted with Israel admitting it was holding Abu Seesi.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees became involved in the case when it determined that Abu Seesi was classified as a refugee. An Associated Press article revealed that the UNHCR's Ukrainian representative asked Ukraine to account for any role its own officials may have played in the disappearance.
Veronika Abu Seesi claims that Israel kidnapped him because he was the “brain of the power system” and that he had rebuilt it himself after it was destroyed during Operation Cast Lead in 2009. The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post both report that Abu Seesi had devised a technique enabling the plant to rely solely on diesel fuel supplied by Egypt that could fully power the plant. This would enable it to bypass Israel as its sole source of fuel to run the plant.Der Spiegel indicated that Abu Seesi's abduction was owing to information he had in relation to missing Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was being held by Palestinian militants in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a live interview with YouTube World View and Channel Two News, said that Abu Seesi is a Hamas man being held in Israel, and he disclosed valuable information. Israeli officials were insinuating earlier that Abu Seesi was involved in weaponry for Hamas.

Indictment

On April 4, 2011, Abu Seesi was indicted in the Beersheba District Court, charged with "membership in a terrorist organization, conspiracy to commit a crime, and the production of illegal weaponry, assistance to an illegal organization and other various crimes". According to the indictment, Abu Seesi was the central developer of the Qassam rocket among other rockets and anti-tank missiles, was responsible for upgrading older rockets for Hamas and served as the commander of Hamas' Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Military Academy.

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Embassy of Albania in Tel Aviv, Israel
54/26 Rehov Pinkas
Tel Aviv, 62261
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Embassy of Angola in Israel
8 Shaul Hamelech Blvd
64733
Tel Aviv
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Embassy of Argentina in Israel
112 Rehov Hayarkon, 2nd Fl.
63571
Tel Aviv
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Honorary Consulate of Armenia in Jerusalem, Israel
1, Vitron street
Atolot Industrial Zone
Jerusalem
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Australian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel
4th Floor, Europe House
37 Shaul Hamelech Blvd.
Tel Aviv 64928
Israel
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Office Hours: Mon -Thurs: 08:00 to 16:30 Fri: 08:00 to 13:00

Austrian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel
Beit Crystal,
Hachilason Str. 12, 6th floor
Ramat Gan 52522
Tel Aviv
Israel
Phone: (+972/3) 612 0924
Fax: (+972/3) 751 0716
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Email: tel-aviv-ob@bmeia.gv.at

Honorary Consulate of The Bahamas in Tel Aviv, Israel
10 Paamoni St.
62918
Tel Aviv
Phone: 972 03 6925771 or 972 03 6058902
Fax: 972 03 5465604

Embassy of Belarus in Tel Aviv, Israel
2 Kauffman str.
68012
Tel Aviv
Phone: (9723) 510-22-36
Fax: (9723) 510-22-35
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Consulate General of Belgium in Jerusalem, Israel
5 Biber Street
Sheikh Jarrah
97200 Jerusalem
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Embassy of Brazil in Israel
Beit Yachin 2
Kaplan St. – 8th Floor
Tel Aviv, Israel 64734
Phone: (9723) 696-3934
Fax: (9723) 691-6060
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British Embassy
192 Hayarkon Street
Tel Aviv 63405
Phone: (972) (3) 7251222
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British Consulate-General
19 Nashashibi Street
Sheikh Jarrah Quarter
PO Box 19690
East Jerusalem 97200
Phone: (972) (2) 541 4100
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Canadian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel
3 Nirim Street, 4th Floor
Tel Aviv, Israel
67060
Phone: (011 972 3) 636 3300
Fax: (011 972 3) 636 3380
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Email: taviv@international.gc.ca

Embassy of Chile in Israel
Beit Sharbat, 8vo Piso,
4 Kaufman St.,
Tel Aviv 68012.
Phone: 972(3) 5102751 - 5102753
Fax: 972(3) 5100102
Web Site: http://www.embachile.org.il/
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Honorary Consulate of Chile in Tel Aviv
25/10 Keilat Zion St.Herzlyia 46153,
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Fax: 972-9-9554334
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Honorary Consulate of Chile in Jerusalem
Calle Hagichom N22 P.O.B. 781,
Jersusalem CP 91007.
Phone: 972-2-6738138
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Honorary Consulate of Chile in Eilat
6 Arnevet,
Nve Midbar, Eilat
Phone: 972-8-6377372
Fax: 972-8-6315593
Email: caboths@eilatcity.co.il

Embassy of China in Israel
222 Ben Yehuda St.
P.O.BOX 6067
Tel Aviv
Phone: + 972-3-5467277
Fax: + 972-3-5467311
Web Site: http://www.chinaembassy.org.il/
Email: chinaemb_il@mfa.gov.cn
Office Hours: 9:00-12:30 (Monday-Thursday)

Embassy of Colombia in Tel Aviv, Israel
52 Pinkas St., Apt.26
6th Floor, 62261
Tel Aviv
Phone: 009 972 3 5461434
Fax: 009 972 3 5461404

Embassy of Cyprus in Israel
50, Dizengoff Str.
Top Tower 14th Floor
64332
Tel-Aviv
Phone: + 972 3 5250212, 6292546, 6297033 (Amb.), + 972 9 9500948 (Res.)
Fax: + 972 3 6290535
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Embassy of the Czech Republic in Israel
Zeitlin Str. 23
P.O.Box 16361
61664
Tel Aviv
Phone: 009723/6918282-3
Fax: 009723/6918286
Web Site: http://www.mfa.cz/telaviv
Email: telaviv@embassy.mzv.cz
Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 07.45 - 16.45 Monday - Friday: 09.00 - 12.00 (Public) Monday, Wendesday and Friday: 09.00 - 11.00 (Visas)

Royal Danish Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel
4, Berkovitz Street
P.O. Box 21080
61210 Tel Aviv
Israel
Tel Aviv
Phone: +972 (0)3 544 2144
Fax: +972 (0)3 546 5502
Email: tlvamb@um.dk

Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Israel
Rehov Soutine 19, Apt. 1, 64684
P.O. Box 21536
61215
Tel Aviv
Phone: (972-3) 527 7073
Fax: (972-3) 527 7074
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Embassy of El Salvador in Israel
4 Avigail, Apto. 4
Abu-Tor 93551
Jerusalem
Phone: 0972 267 28411; 0972 267 28412
Fax: 0972 267 33641
Email: salemba@zahav.net.il

Embassy of Eritrea in Ramat-Gan, Israel
33 Jabotinsky st.
Twin Building #1
52 511
City: Ramat-Gan
Phone: +972-3-6120039
Fax: +972-3-612561
Embassy of Ethiopia in Israel
48 Derech Petach Tikva Bldg
B, Fl. 8B
66184
Tel Aviv
Phone: 972-3- 6397831/2
Fax: 972-3- 6397837
Web Site: http://www.ethemb.co.il/

Embassy of Finland in Israel
9th floor, Canion Ramat Aviv 40
Einstein Street, 69101
P.O. Box 39666
61396
Tel Aviv
Phone: +972-3-745-66-00
Fax: +972-3-744 0314
Email: sanomat.tel@formin.fi
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00-12.00

Embassy of Georgia in the State of Israel
74/5 Hei Be 'Iyar Kikar
Hamedina
Tel Aviv 62198
Israel
Phone: (+9723) 6043232
Fax: (+9723) 6021542
Email: geoemba@netvision.net.il

Embassy of Germany in Tel Aviv, Israel
3, Daniel Frisch St.
19. Stock
64731 Tel Aviv
Israel
Phone: 03-6931 313
Fax: 03-6969 217
Web Site: http://www.germanemb.org.il/
Email: ger_emb@mail.netvision.net.il
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday: 8:00 - 16:00 Friday and Holidays: 8:00 - 12:30

Embassy of Greece in Tel Aviv, Israel
Tower Building
3 Daniel Frisch St.
16th floor
64731
Tel Aviv
Phone: (009723) 6953060 or 609 4981 or 6951088
Fax: 6951329
Email: gremil@netvision.net.il

Embassy of India in Tel Aviv, Israel
140 Hayarkon Street
PO Box 3368
Tel Aviv-61033
Phone: 00-972-3-5291999
Fax: 00-972-3-5291953
Web Site: http://www.indembassy.co.il/
Email: indemtel@indembassy.co.il

Embassy of Ireland in Israel
3 Daniel Frisch Street
The Tower, 17th Floor
64731
Tel Aviv
Phone: +972-3-6964166
Fax: +972-3-6964160
Email: telavivembassy@dfa.ie

Embassy of Italy in Tel Aviv, Israel
Trade Tower Building
25 Hamered Street
Tel Aviv
Phone: 972 3 510 4004
Fax: 972 3 510 0235
Web Site: http://www.italian-embassy-israel.org/
Email: italemb@netvision.net.il

Jamaican Consulate in Israel
10 Kremenetski Street
67899
Tel Aviv
Phone: 972-36231-400 or 972-36231-331
Fax: 972-362-31401
Email: mgmt@jamaican-consulate.co.il

Embassy of Jordan in Tel Aviv, Israel
14, Rehov Abba hillel
Silver Ramat Gan
009723
Tel Aviv
Phone: 7517722
Fax: 7517712
Email: jordanembassy@012.net.il
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday:9:00-3:00
Sunday:9:00-3:00

Embassy of Kazakhstan in Tel-Aviv, Israel
52a, Hayarkon Street,
Tel Aviv 63432,
Israel
Phone: code +9723 tel. 516-34-11, 516-34-64, 516-36-19
Fax: 516-34-37
Web Site: http://www.kazakhemb.org.il/
Email: kzisrael@netvision.net.il

Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Tel Aviv, Israel
15 Abba Hillel Silver, 3rd Floor
Ramatgan 52136
P.O. Box 3621
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Phone: + 972-3 5754633
Fax: + 972 3 5754788
Web Site: http://www.kenyaembassyisrael.org/
Email: kenya7@netvision.net.il

Latvian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel
Amot Investments Tower 15th Floor
2, Rehov Weizman
Tel Aviv 64239,
Israel
Phone: (972) 3 777 58 00; (972) 3 777 58 12
Fax: (972) 3 695 31 01
Email: embassy.israel@mfa.gov.lv

Honorary Consulate of Malta in Haifa, Israel
9 Andrei Sakharov Street
P.O. Box 1723
Haifa 31016
Phone: 00972 (4) 865 2536
Fax: 00972 (4) 865 2744
Email: maltaconsul.haifa@gov.mt

Honorary Consulate of Malta in Tel Aviv, Israel
14 Hasharon Str.
66185 Tel Aviv
Phone: 00972 (3) 560 8828
Fax: 00972 (3) 560 8828
Email: maltaconsul.telaviv@gov.mt

Embassy of Mexico in Israel
25 Hamered St.
Trade Tower 5
68125
Phone: 972-3-5163938, 972-3- 516-3532, 972-3-516-2534
Fax: 972-3-5163711
Web Site: http://www.sre.gob.mx/israel
Email: communication1@embamex.org.il
Office Hours: Monday to Thursday of 08:30 a.m. to 5:00 pm Friday from 08:30 am to 3:00 pm

Embassy of the Union of Myanmar in Israel
26 Hayarkon
Tel-Aviv 68011
Phone: +972-3-517 0760, 517 0761
Fax: (972) (3) 517 1440
Web Site: http://metelaviv.com.il/
Email: teltaman@aquanet.co.il

Embassy of Nepal in Tel Aviv, Israel
Textile Center Building,
7th Floor, 2 Kaufman St.
Tel Aviv-68012
Phone: 5100111, 5168085 & 5168086
Fax: +972 3 5167965
Email: nepal.embassy@012.net.il & nepembtelavia@gmail.com

Royal Netherlands Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel
Beit Oz 14, Abba Hillel St
Ramat Gan 52506
Phone: 03-7540777
Fax: 03-7540748
Web Site: http://www.netherlands-embassy.co.il/
Email: nlgovtel@012.net.il
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday Friday Embassy 08.00-15.00 08.00-13.00 Consular affairs 09.00-12.30 09.00-12.30

Consulate of Netherlands in Eilat, Israel
HaGiladim 1,
Ganei Schachmon
88000 Eilat
Israel
Phone: +972 8 6335466
Fax: +972 8 6337189
Email: prigal@actcom.co.il

Netherlands Information Office
Sha'arei Ha'Ir
216 Jaffa Street, 5th floor
Jerusalem 94383
Israel
City: Jerusalem
Phone: +972 2 537 29 91
Fax: +972 2 537 70 41
Email: nlgoverjer@zahav.net.il

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel
40 Einstein Street
Canion Ramat Aviv 13th floor
69101 Tel Aviv
P.O. Box 17575
61175 Tel Aviv, Israel
Phone: +972 3 744 1490
Fax: +972 3 744 1498
Web Site: http://www.norway.org.il/
Email: emb.telaviv@mfa.no
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday: 08.30 - 16.00
Friday 08.30 - 15.00

Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Tel Aviv, Israel
119 Rothschild Blvd.
65271 Tel Aviv
P O Box 14067
61140 Tel Aviv
Israel
Phone: 03-6855092 / 6850584
Fax: 03-6855095
Email: management@amina.co.il

Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Haifa, Israel
Migdal Armon
18 Hanevi'im st.
33501 Haifa
P O Box 4388
31043 Haifa, Israel
Phone: 04-8605888
Fax: 04-8605866
Email: ckg@forumfilm.co.il

Royal Norwegian Consulate in Eilat, Israel
1153 Los Angeles st
Desert House Apt 14
88201 Eilat
P O Box 590
88104 Eilat, Israel
Phone: 08-6334277
Fax: 08-6330491
Email: jprigal@actcom.co.il

Embassy of the Philippines in Tel-Aviv, Israel
No. 18 Bnei Dan Street
Tel-Aviv, 62260
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Phone: (9723) 546-1499; 544-0527; 602-0549
Fax: (9723) 604-1038
Email: filembis@netvision.net.il / telavivpe@dfa.gov.ph

Consulate General of Philippines in Haifa, Israel
104 Ha'Atzmaut Street
Haifa, Israel
Phone: (+972) (4) 852-3030
Fax: (+972) (4) 852-6264

Embassy of Romania in Tel Aviv, Israel
24 Adam Hacohen St.
Tel Aviv, Cod.p. 64585
Israel
Phone: (00) (972) (3) 5230066 or 5242482
Fax: (00) (972) (3) 5247379
Email: rouembil@netvision.net.il

Embassy of Russia in Tel-Aviv, Israel
120 Hayarkon Str., 63573 Tel Aviv, Israel
Phone: +9723 529-0691, 522-6744
Fax: +9723 522-6713
Email: amb_ru@mail.netvision.net.il

Consulate of San Marino in Israel
19 Keren Hazeitim St. Savyon
Tel Aviv
Phone: +972-3-5356625
Fax: +972-3-5347038

Consulate of San Marino in Israel
49 Aeshel Street 46603
Jerusalem
Phone: +972-3-9576575
Fax: +972-3-5753590

Embassy of Serbia in Israel
10, Bodenheimer St.
Tel Aviv
Phone: +972-3-6045535 / 6049372
Fax: +972-3-6049456
Web Site: http://yuamb/@netvision.net.il
Email: yuamb@netvision.net.il

Honorary Consulate of Seychelles in Tel Aviv, Israel
2, IBN Gvirol Street, Ellahu Building, (12th Floor)
64177
Phone: (+972-3) 6950275
Email: a.g@miltel-ltd.com

Consulate of Sierra Leone in Israel
Textile Centre, 2 Kaufman St PO Box 50207 61500
Tel Aviv
Phone: +972-3-5102666
Fax: +972-3-5102166
Email: jlliraz@bgailaw.co.il

General Consulate of Singapore in Tel Aviv, Israel
15 Floor, Platinum House
21 Har'aba'ah Street
Tel Aviv 64739
Israel
Phone: (972 3) 684 5700
Fax: (972 3) 686 9535
Email: Rinaa@sfk.co.il

Embassy of Slovenia in Israel
Top Tower, 50 Dizengoff Street PO Box 23245 61231
Tel Aviv
Phone: +972-3-6293563
Fax: +972-3-5282214
Email: vta@mzz-dkp.gov.si

Consulate of Slovenia in Israel
Omega Center, Matam 31905
Haifa
Phone: +972-4-8550917
Fax: +972-4-8550918
Email: adi-el@012.net.il

South African Embassy in Israel
Top Tower
16th Floor
50 Dizengoff Street
Tel Aviv, 64332
Phone: + 972 3 525 2566
Fax: + 972 3 525 3230; + 972 3 525 6481
Web Site: http://www.safis.co.il/
Email: attache@saemb.org.il, info@saemb.org.il

Embassy of Spain in Israel
Rehov Daniel Frisch, 3
Tel Aviv
Phone: (+972-3)-696-5218 / 696-5210 / 696-5219
Fax: +972-3-696-52-17
Email: embespil@mail.mae.es

Consulate of Spain in Israel
Sheikh Jarrah Quarter
Jerusalem
Phone: (+972-2)-5828006 / 5828680 / 5324103
Fax: +972-2-5326731
Email: conspjer@mail.mae.es

Embassy of Sweden, Tel Aviv
Asia House
4, Rehov Weizmann
64 239 Tel Aviv
Israel
Phone: +972 (0)3 695 81 11
Fax: +972 (0)3 695 81 16
Web Site: http://www.swedenabroad.com/telaviv
Email: ambassaden.tel-aviv@foreign.ministry.se
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Visa (applications and processing) Monday-Friday 10.00-12.30

Honorary Consulate of Sweden, Eilat
Rehov Hageladim 1
Schunat Shachamon
88000 Eilat
Israel
Phone: +972 (0)8 633 54 66
Fax: +972 (0)8 633 04 91
Email: upg7@bezeqint.net

Honorary Consulate of Sweden, Haifa
2, Kikar Chayat
31334 Haifa
Israel
Phone: +972 (0)4 864 31 62
Fax: +972 (0)4 866 49 02
Office Hours: Sunday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Consulate-General of Sweden, Jerusalem
58, Nablus Road
Sheikh Jarrah
Jerusalem 91002
Phone: +972 (0)2 582 8212
Fax: +972 (0)2 582 8801
Web Site: http://www.swedenabroad.com/jerusalem
Email: generalkonsulat.jerusalem@foreign.ministry.se
Office Hours: Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Friday 9 a.m. to 12 noon Visa (applications and processing): Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Friday 10.30 a.m. to 12 noon

Embassy of Switzerland in Tel Aviv, Israel
228 Hayarkon St.
Tel Aviv
63405
Phone: 03 546 44 55
Fax: 03 546 44 08
Web Site: http://www.eda.admin.ch/telaviv_emb/e/home.html
Email: vertretung@tel.rep.admin.ch
Office Hours: 9am - 11am

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Tel-Aviv, Israel
Azrieli Center 1
Round Build, 21st FL
132 Petach-Tikva Rd
Tel-Aviv 67021, Israel
Phone: (002-972-3) 6074788
Fax: (002-972-3) 6954742
Email: mofa@teco.org.il

Royal Thai Embassy, Israel
21 Shaul Hamelech Blvd.
64367 Tel Aviv
Phone: (972-3) 695-8980, 695-8984
Fax: (972-3) 695-8991
Web Site: http://www.thaiembassy.org/telaviv
Email: thaisr@netvision.co.il
Office Hours: Office Hours: Monday to Thursday: 08.30 - 12.00 hrs. / 13.00 - 17.30 hrs. Friday: 08.30 - 12.00 hrs.

Consulate of Turkey in Israel
Rehov Nashashibi 20 Cheikh Jarrah
Jerusalem
Phone: +972-2 532-1087 / +972-2 532-1087
Fax: +972-2 582-0214

Embassy of Turkey in Israel
Rehov Ben Yehuda 1
Tel Aviv
Phone: +972-3 517-1731 / +972-3 517-6157
Fax: +972-3 517-6303

Embassy of Ukraine in Israel
50 Yermiyahu St.
62594
Tel Aviv
Phone: 972-3-6040242
Fax: 972-3-6042512
Web Site: http://www.ukraine-embassy.co.il/

Embassy of United States in Tel Aviv, Israel
71 Hayarkon Street
Tel Aviv
Israel
Phone: (+972) 3-519-7575
Fax: (+972) 3-517-3227
Web Site: http://telaviv.usembassy.gov/
Office Hours: 08.00-16.30

Consulate General of United States in Jerusalem, Israel
18 Agron Road
Jerusalem 94190
Israel
Phone: 972-2-6227230 / 972-2-6253288
Fax: 972-2-6259270
Web Site: http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov/
Email: Jerusalemvisa@state.gov,uscongenjerusalem@state.gov
Office Hours: 08.00-16.30

Consular Agency of United States in Haifa, Israel
26 Ben Gurion Boulevard
Haifa, Israel
Phone: (+972) (4) 853-1470

Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Israel
52395 Mate Aharon St., 4
Ramat Gan
Phone: (03) 579 60 26
Fax: (03) 579 61 58
Web Site: http://www.uzbekistan.org.il/
Email: uzecon@barak-online.net

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Daily Violations On Human Rights 28th Jan - 07th Feb 2012 !

Daily violations on human rights
Saturday to Friday 28th, Jan,to 07th, Feb 2012
This report records violations including arrests, sentences and releases in the West Bank.

Arrests:
Occupation forces carried out ten storms of cities, towns and villages of the West Bank, and arrested more than 50 people.

Jerusalem: on Bisan checkpoint,
*Samia Moussa Mshahrh,
while going to visit her husband in Jalbou prison,
Silwan
*Khalil Abbasi,
Issawiya
*Ayoub Bahaa Obaid,
Anata
*Ali Sheikh
Hebron:
Dura
*Ayman Ismail Sharawna,
freed in the Shalid deal after ten years in occupation jail.
Beit Ommar
*Hamza Yusuf Mohamed Awad (17 years),
*Muaiyad Jawad Sulaiman Bahar (17 years),
*Muaz Jamal Mahmoud Alqam (18 years),
*Nasser Fathi Ekhlalail (23 years)
*Mohammed Naser Abdel-Hamid Alalami (20 years)
Hebron City
*Ahmed Hassan Abu Echkhaidim,
*Noor Abdul Majid Izghair,
*Sami Abu Ermaileh,
*Farid Humaidan Owaiwi,
*Ghassan Abdel Basset al-Tamimi,
*Bassam Abdel Basset al-Tamimi
*Shoaib Abdel Basset al-Tamimi.
Bethlehem:
Sabri
*Musa Jibril,
*Muaz Aziz Badan
Teko
*Fadi Ayed Awaj
Jenin:
Burkin
*Imad Saleh Musleh,
Tubas
*Faris Daraghmeh
Jenin City
*Saleh Mohammed Ali Al-Qaisi,
*Mohamed Zidan
*Dr.Mohammed Izzat As-Saiyd,
Funduqumiya
*Amin Hassan Azzam. From the town of
Tammun
*Nawaf Naif Bani Odeh,
*Iyad Abu El Asmar
Nablus:
Aqraba
*Jaber Abdel-Hamid Bani Fadel
Zeta
*Mujahid Mohamed Zidan,
Nablus City
*Usaid Salah Amer. From
Balata refugee camp
*Adnan Naeem Khrocheh.
Qalqilya:
Azzun
*Ali Fathi Jumah
*Ahmad Maher Jumah,
*Uqbah Obaid
*Majd Farooq Abu Khalid,
*Abdul-Latif Jamal Obeid,
*Feda Abdul Latif Obaid Kaddoumi,
*Hamid Sadiq Kadoumi,
*Bahaa Haitham Odwan
*Abdul Karim Fares Shebeita.
Tulkarem:
*Hamdan Abdul Ghani Bdair
Taybeh
*Mohammed Mustafa Yousef Awad
Kataba
*Khaled Youssef
Tulkarem City
*Mohammed Ahmed Said Salah
Hawara checkpoint
*Mohammed Saeed Khuwaylid
Anabata
Mohammed Fayeq al-Maqdisi, 22 years
Jericho:
*Fawzi Er-Rasi
Ramallah, Qalqilia, Nablus, Nabi Saleh, Mughayyir, Bethlehem, and Hebron additionals:
*Ala Abu Elaya, 16
*Basel Abu Elaya, 18
*Rami Isa,
*Fihmi Saleem,
*Mouseen Shibarow,
*Mohammad Alama,
*Loay and Ta'min Tamimi,
Qalqilia:
*Mohammad Ameen Nazzal, 22 years,
Hebron
*Samer Halaiqa,
Beit Ommar
*Mohammed Alalami(20 years),
Two weeks ago, the occupation forces arrested his brother
*Mo’ayad Alalami (19 years).

Sentences:
The so-called Magistrate's Court in the city of Jerusalem Continued to renew detention of the deputy for the city of Jerusalem,
*Muhammad Totah, and Minister of Jerusalem Affairs in the tenth government, *Khaled Abu Arafa.
The occupation authorities have renewed the administrative detention of the journalist
*Nawaf Al Amer for
(3 months) for the second time successively; he works at Al-Quds satellite TV.

Ofer prison court sentenced a six month administrative detention against
*Abdel Jaber Fuqaha,
deputy of the Palestinian Legislative Council, of the city of Ramallah.
The occupation authorities also renewed the administrative detention of
*Sheikh Mohammed Jamal Natshe,
of the city of Hebron for a period (6 months), for the second time;
they extended the arrest of the journalist
*Amin Abu Warde
for the fourth time, since his arrest, at the request of the prosecution for the processing of preparing an indictment to justify his detention.


Releases:
The management of Megiddo prison released prisoner
*Ashraf Mahmoud Sheikh,
of the village of Azzun, after nine years in the prisons of the occupation.
The occupation authorities also released prisoner
*Hudhayfah Shuraiteh
from the village of Issawiya in Jerusalem, after six months of detention and the prisoner
*Sheikh Jawad Bahar En-Natsheh from Ofer prison.
The occupation forces also released the prisoner
*Husam Farid Khadir,
a resident of Khan Yunis, after spending seven years.

February  8, 2012

THREAT: Khader Adnan Mohammad Musa

KHADER ADNAN MOHAMMAD MUSA

Date of Birth: 24 March 1978
Place of residence: Arraba, Jenin
Marital status: Married, two daughters. His wife is pregnant in the 5th months
Occupation: Baker and Master’s student in Economics at Birzeit University
Date of arrest: 17 December 2011
Place of detention: Ramleh prison hospital
Number of administrative detention orders: 1
Expected end of current detention order: 8 May 2012


On 16 January 2012, Khader Adnan entered his 30th day of hunger strike and speaking strike in protest of his administrative detention. His health is rapidly deteriorating and he is refusing treatment until he is released.

ARREST

Khader was arrested on 17 December 2011, when Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) raided his home outside Jenin at 3:30 am. Before entering his house, soldiers used the driver that takes Khader’s father to the vegetable market, Mohammad Mustafa, as a human shield by forcing him to knock on the door of the house and call out Khader’s name while blindfolded. A huge force of soldiers then entered the house shouting. Recognizing Khader immediately, they grabbed him violently in front of his two young daughters and ailing mother.

The soldiers blindfolded him and tied his hands behind his back using plastic shackles before leading him out of his house and taking him to a military jeep. Khader was then thrown on his back and the soldiers began slapping him in the face and kicking his legs. They kept him lying on his back until they reached Dutan settlement, beating him on the head throughout the 10-minute drive. When they reached the settlement, Khader was pushed aggressively out of the jeep. Because of the blindfold, Khader did not see the wall right in front of him and smashed into it, causing injuries to his face.

INTERROGATION AND HUNGER STRIKE

Though he was arrested at 3:30 in the morning, Khader was kept shackled until 8:30 am, at which point he was transferred to Megiddo prison. On his first day under arrest, Khader began a hunger strike in protest of his detention. The following morning, he was taken to Al-Jalameh interrogation center. Upon arriving to Al-Jalameh, Khader was given a medical exam, where he informed prison doctors of his injuries and told them that he suffered from a gastric illness and disc problems in his back. Instead of being treated, he was taken to interrogation immediately.

Four interrogators began to insult and humiliate him, especially using abusive language about his wife, sister, children and mother. On the first day of interrogation, he answered general questions despite the continuous spate of insults. After the first session, however, Khader stopped responding and began a speaking strike because of the interrogators’ use of increasingly graphic language. Interrogation sessions continued every day for the next ten days, excluding Mondays.

On his fourth day of interrogation, the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) sentenced him in his cell to seven days of isolation due to his hunger strike. In order to further punish him without being required to go to court, the IPS also banned him from family visits for three months, revealing a pre-intention to keep him in detention upon completion of his interrogation. Khader was placed in an isolation cell in a section of the prison shared with Israeli criminal prisoners. On one occasion, a force of soldiers raided his cell in the middle of the night and strip-searched him. While in the isolation period, Khader continued to be under interrogation daily.

Each day, Khader was subjected to two three-hour interrogation sessions. Throughout the interrogation sessions, his hands were tied behind his back on a chair with a crooked back, causing extreme pain to his back. Khader notes that the interrogators would leave him sitting alone in the room for half an hour or more. Khader also suffered from additional ill-treatment. During the second week of interrogation, one interrogator pulled his beard so hard that it caused his hair to rip off. The same interrogator also took dirt from the bottom of his shoe and rubbed it on Khader’s mustache as a means of humiliation.

On Friday evening 30 December 2011, Khader was transferred to Ramleh prison hospital because of his deteriorating health from his hunger strike. He was placed in isolation in the hospital, where he was subject to cold conditions and cockroaches throughout his cell. He has refused any medical examinations since 25 December, which was one week after he stopped eating and speaking. The prison director came to speak to Khader in order to intimidate him further and soldiers closed the upper part of his cell’s door to block any air circulation, commenting that they would “break him” eventually.

On 8 January 2012, Khader was issued a four-month administrative detention order. As with all other administrative detainees, Khader’s detention is based on secret information collected by Israeli authorities and available to the military judge but not to the detainee or his lawyer. This practice violates international humanitarian law, which permits some limited use of administrative detention in emergency situations, but requires that the authorities follow basic rules for detention, including a fair hearing at which the detainee can challenge the reasons for his or her detention. These minimum rules of due process have been clearly violated in Khader’s case, leaving him without any legitimate means to defend himself. At the hearing in Ofer military court, Khader was threatened by members of the Nahshon, a special intervention unit of the IPS known for being particularly brutal in their treatment of prisoners, who told Khader that his head should be exploded.

Although his interrogation period has ended, Khader remains under hunger strike for multiple stated reasons: he considers his detention a violation of his rights and identity; he rejects the ill-treatment he suffered at the hands of the soldiers, interrogators, and Nahshon Unit; and he refuses to accept the unjust system of administrative detention. Khader currently suffers from overall fatigue and dizziness and is refusing to add any vitamins or salt to his water. The doctor in the hospital has threatened to give him nutrition by force if he continues to resist medical treatment. He is watched at all times through cameras in his cell and if he does not move at night, soldiers knock on his door violently.

PREVIOUS ARRESTS

This arrest is Khader’s eighth detention by Israeli authorities. He previously spent a total of six years in Israeli prison, mainly under administrative detention. In 2005, he launched a hunger strike that lasted for 12 days in protest of being held in isolation in Kfar Yuna.

CREDITS TO ADDAMEER