I was arrested on the main road near Route 60 at around 5.00 p.m. There were clashes and stone throwing incidents near the road between villagers and Israeli soldiers at the time. Some soldiers chased me for a few meters and arrested me. They made me sit on the ground. They tied my hands to the front with one plastic tie. The tie was painful. They also blindfolded me.

 

I remained on the ground for about 30 minutes before a vehicle arrived. I was put in the back of the vehicle and I sat on a seat. I remained in the stationary vehicle for about 15 minutes. The vehicle then drove for about 10 minutes before it stopping at the settlement of Ma’ale Levona. On arrival the blindfold was removed.

 

I was taken out of the vehicle and put in a room where I sat on a bench. There were soldiers in the room and I remained there for about 30 minutes. There were other detainees from our village in the room. While inside the room a soldier slapped me lightly on the face. Then a jeep arrived and I was put inside and made to sit on the metal floor. The jeep drove for about 30 minutes before stopping at the Israeli police station inside the settlement of Binyamin.

 

On arrival at Binyamin I was put in a room and sat on a seat. There were also soldiers in the room. At around 10.00 p.m. an interrogator took me to another room. He wore civilian clothes. He sat me down and removed the hand tie. He immediately started to interrogate me but did not inform me of my right to silence or of my right to see a lawyer.

 

The interrogation went in stages for about two hours. Each stage lasted about 30 minutes. In between the interrogator would take me out of the room and then bring me back. The interrogator accused me of throwing stones at soldiers which I denied. He then told me that soldiers witnessed me throwing stones. I told him this was not true and asked him to confront me with the soldiers. He told me he wasn’t going to do so. Then he told me young men from the village confessed to him that I always take part in demonstrations. I asked him to name these young men but he refused. I asked to use the bathroom and he allowed me but I wasn’t given any food.

 

In the end the interrogator printed out a document in Hebrew and asked me to sign it. I signed it although I didn’t understand what it said. I was then photographed and fingerprinted and taken back to the waiting room. There were soldiers guarding me.

 

At around midnight soldiers handcuffed and shackled me and put me in the back of a vehicle. The vehicle drove for about 30 minutes. During the trip some soldiers swore and me and made fun of me. They said bad things about my mother and my sisters. I swore back at them and a soldier slapped me lightly on my face. Thirty minutes later we arrived at Ofer prison, near Jerusalem.

 

On arrival at Ofer I was strip searched and given prison clothes. I was then taken to a room outside the prison which had a bed. I slept in the room. The following morning they brought me food and one of the soldiers told me I had a hearing in the military court. A lawyer was in court to represent me. My parents were not informed so they did not attend. The hearing was adjourned and I was taken to Section 13 inside the prison where other minors were being held.

 

On 24 April 2014, I had another hearing in the military court. This time my parents attended and the lawyer. The hearing was adjourned once again. I had about 10 hearings. The prosecutor requested a six-month prison sentence for me but my lawyer managed to reduce the sentence to five months with a fine of NIS 2,000. I was also given a suspended sentence of 18 months valid for five years.

 

In prison I studied Arabic and mathematics. I spent my entire sentence at Ofer and I had regular family visits. I was released on 12 September 2014.