I went home from school at around 1:00 p.m. As soon as I arrived home I saw a large number of boys throwing stones in the area behind our house. In the beginning I didn’t see any Israeli soldiers in the area but then I saw a group of soldiers on our roof. I quickly ran into my house but four soldiers followed me and stormed into our home.

 

The soldiers tried to arrest my brother but I stood in the way. In the mayhem I was dragged outside the house and I was handcuffed. The soldiers also pulled down my hat to cover my eyes. The soldiers then took me to the main road and pushed me into the back of a troop carrier where I sat on the floor. After about an hour of driving we arrived at the police station in Binyamin settlement. I waited for a short while before I was taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogation started at around 3:30 p.m. The interrogator had a tape recorder but he did not inform me of any rights. He immediately asked me why I throw stones at soldiers and told me there was no point denying the accusation because he had photographic evidence. In the beginning I denied the accusation but then I decided to confess when the interrogator became aggressive and threatened to arrest my parents and lock them up with me.

 

After I confessed the interrogator showed me some documents in Hebrew and asked me to sign them and I did without understanding what they said. I was too scared to refuse to sign. Then he took my photograph and my fingerprints.

 

I was then blindfolded and taken to an unknown place while I was still handcuffed and a doctor examined me. He asked me whether I was on drugs and whether I had any illnesses. I was then taken to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. We arrived at Ofer at around 6:00 p.m. At Ofer I was strip searched and taken to Section 13.

 

During my time at Ofer I appeared in the military court around 10 times. My parents attended all of the hearings except the first one because they were not notified in time. All the hearings were adjourned the minute I entered the court room after waiting for hours. The first four hearings I waited from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. On the last hearing I was sentenced to four months in prison and fined NIS 2,500 and given a six months suspended sentence valid for five years.

 

I was released from prison on 10 May. I spent my entire sentence at Ofer. My parents were waiting for me outside Ofer and I went home with them. In prison I studied Arabic and mathematics.