There were clashes with Israeli soldiers on the hill near Ofer prison at around 11:30 a.m. and I was there. A military jeep approached me all of a sudden and we all tried to run away. I went in one direction and the others ran in another and the soldiers were able to catch me. While running another jeep surprised me from the opposite direction and the soldiers threatened to shoot me if I did not stop. They had a megaphone and I could hear them clearly. I stopped immediately because I had no choice.

 

The soldiers immediately started to beat me hard. Another soldier then blindfolded me and tightly handcuffed me to the back. Then they aggressively pushed me into the back of the jeep and made me sit on the metal floor between the soldiers’ legs.

 

The jeep took me to Ofer prison.  When we arrived at the gate the soldiers removed the blindfold, asked me some personal questions and then made me sit on the ground for about an hour. Then they blindfolded me again and took me to the back of the jeep where I sat on the floor again. The jeep drove for about 30 minutes to Atarot police station, in East Jerusalem.

 

At Atarot I was taken out of the jeep and I sat on the ground for about an hour. The soldiers asked me to keep my head down between my legs. During this time I was tied and blindfolded. One soldier asked me for my father’s number and called him and asked him to come to Atarot. The interrogator took me for interrogation at around 2:00 p.m. before my father arrived.

 

I was in the room with the interrogator by myself. He did not inform me of my right to silence or my right to consult with a lawyer. He asked me why I threw stones at soldiers. I told him I do not throw stones at anyone. Then he started to shout at me to scare me and repeated the same question more than once. In the end I told him I was throwing stones in self-defence.

 

Then he paused and waited for my father to come and he allowed him into the interrogation room. He told my father not to say a word and then repeated the same questions. I told him I did not throw stones. Then he lost his temper and shouted very loudly and said I had just confessed to him that I threw stones in self-defence. I told him I said so because I was scared that he would beat me.

 

Then he printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it and I did without understanding what it said. Then he took me to a room where he took my photograph and fingerprints and then I was taken to a hall and then I was taken to Ofer prison. I arrived at Ofer at around 7:00 p.m. I waited in a room for about 30 minutes and then I was strip searched and taken into Section 13.

 

I had about 11 military court hearings. During this time I was transferred to Megiddo prison, inside Israel. The trip to Ofer court from Megiddo was exhausting but I felt it was for nothing because all the hearings were adjourned.

 

On 9 February 2017, I had my last hearing and I was sentenced to seven months in prison and fined NIS 1,000. I was also given a suspended sentence of 18 months valid for 5 years. I was released from Megiddo on 9 May 2017, and I went home with my family. I did not study in prison.