Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap, Not Arrest, 150 Palestinians in Two Days, February 12, 2010

Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap, Not Arrest, 150 Palestinians in Two Days

February 12, 2010

Editor's Note:

The Israeli occupation forces have no right to be in the Palestinian territories, have no jurisdiction over Palestinians there, and have no right whatsoever to detain or arrest them. As a result, when Palestinians are taken by force from their homes, the act should be called kidnapping, not arrest or detention.

Only a legitimate government can arrest or detain its citizens, part of a proper legal process. Israeli occupation forces are neither legitimate nor represent the Palestinian government.

For the sake of accuracy at least, editors, journalists, and readers should avoid describing these illegal Israeli acts as arrests or detention. These are kidnappings by enemy forces. Period.

IOFs kidnap 150 Palestinians in two days

[ 12/02/2010 - 11:45 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

The PA ministry of prisoners and ex-prisoners affairs in Gaza said on Thursday that the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped 150 Palestinian citizens over the past two days, most of them from Jerusalem city.

According to Reyadh Al-Ashqar, the information officer in the ministry, the IOFs rounded up nearly 100 Palestinian youths and minors in the refugee camp of Shafat, north of the occupied city of Jerusalem during a military incursion described as the most violent in recent years.

Another 15 Palestinian civilians of one family, including children, were also kidnapped by the IOF troops after they swept into the northern borders of the Gaza Strip near the town of Beit Lahia. The whereabouts of the kidnapped Gazans is still unknown.

In the West Bank, the IOFs kidnapped 38 Palestinian citizens, including at least 15 minors, over the past couple of days.

Meanwhile, the Israeli Salem military court extended the administrative detention of Palestinian female captive Sanabil Nabegh Brek, 19, for the 40th times successively. The Palestinian lady was kidnapped since September, 2008.

The court also extended the detention of Muntaha Al-Taweel, 45, wife of Al-Beireh mayor Jamal Al-Taweel, who was kidnapped from her house three days ago. Al-Taweel is a mother of five children, at least two of them need special care.

In this regard, the ministry appealed to international human rights and legal institutions to immediately intervene to protect the unarmed Palestinian civilians, and to pressure the IOFs to halt the heinous practices against them.

The IOFs is holding nearly 12,000 Palestinian citizens captives in its jails, many of them spent more than 20 years in jail so far. The issue of prisoners is considered one of the most crucial issued for the Palestinian people.

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