On 7 December 2014, my younger brother was arrested near the Wall. I was in the area too but I went home at around 3.00 p.m. My brother was arrested together with other boys from our village 30 minutes after I left. It seems that one of the boys told an Israeli interrogator at Binyamin settlement that I was with the group of boys near the Wall.

 

On 8 December 2014, at around 5.00 p.m., my father received a telephone call from an Israeli policeman at Binyamin. The policeman told him to immediately accompany me to the settlement because they were going to interrogate me about throwing stones at soldiers. The interrogator told my father if he didn’t show up with me at the police station immediately he was going to send the army to arrest me. My father asked the interrogator whether he was sure they wanted me and not my brother who was arrested the day before and the interrogator confirmed that they wanted me.

 

My father was reluctant to take me to the Israeli police station but he was worried that they might come in the middle of the night to arrest me and so in the end he decided to take me. We arrived at the police station at around 7.00 p.m. We immediately went into the interrogator’s room where he was waiting for us.

 

The interrogator wore an Israeli police uniform. A soldier was also in the room to interpret for me. The interrogator allowed my father to stay during the interrogation but asked him to remain silent and not to say anything, otherwise he would be sent out. The interrogator told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to see a lawyer. Before I could talk to a lawyer he started to interrogate me.

 

The interrogator accused me of throwing stones at soldiers near the Wall together with other boys. He told me other boys had confessed against me saying I was preparing stones and handing them sling shots. I told the interrogator this was not true and that I didn’t throw stones. I also asked him to confront me with the boys he claimed had testified against me. The interrogation lasted for more than an hour and the interrogator was writing down what I was telling him. About 10-15 minutes into the interrogation the interrogator told my father to leave the room because he spoke.

 

At the end of the interrogation the interrogator printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it. I signed after he told me it was identical to what I had told him. I was then photographed and fingerprinted.

 

The interrogator called my father in and told him I was going to be released on bail and that a decision whether I would be taken to the military court or not would be decided on later after studying my file with the military prosecutor. My father paid NIS 500 and I went home with him.